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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1813)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #5 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed Heading(African-American, 1843)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #6 Racism in slave-free Ohio - Letter Heading(African-American, 1848)AuthorWilliam F. SmithHeadline1848 Racist letter in slave-free OhioDate PublishedMay 4, 1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #7 Legal problem of slave woman brought from Virginia to Washington DC by future Confederate Postal executive – Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1852)AuthorOffutt, Henry St. Geo.Headline1852 Legal problem of slave womanDate PublishedOctober 27, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #20 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1857 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #24 What I Saw in California... AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineWhat I saw in California, Edwin BryantPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #25 Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer AuthorBurnett, Peter H.HeadlinePeter Burnett Recollections of an Old PioneerPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #28 Three letters from Mokuolumne Hill and Sonoma California, 1851-52 Heading(California - Calaveras County )AuthorHolmes, Henry B.HeadlineThree letters from California, 1851-52Date Published1851-1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #29 $500 bond from the American River Water and Mining Company Heading(California - Folsom)AuthorAmerican River Water and Mining CompanyHeadlineAmerican River Water and Mining Company bond 1862PublisherAmerican River Water and Mining CompanyDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #30 Pioneer William Fell on paving Montgomery Street – Letter Heading(California - Gold Rush – San Francisco, 1850)AuthorFell, William, AgentHeadlinePioneer William Fell on paving Montgomery StreetDate PublishedNov. 12, 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #38 Political themed letter from Sacramento City California to Washington D.C. 1857 Heading(California - Sacramento City)AuthorLeake, Charles A.HeadlinePolitical letter from California to Washington D.C. 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 Pre-statehood Sacramento County California letter Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlinePre-statehood Sacramento County California letter 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #48 San Francisco shipping pioneers send Scottish beer to Hawaii and Tahiti – Letter Heading(California – Gold Rush, San Francisco)AuthorCross & Co..HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush pioneers ship Scottish beer to Hawaii and Tahiti – 1860 LetterDate PublishedDec. 20, 1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #49 Chinese Opium magnate’s Clipper ship to California, Autograph letter Signed Heading(California Gold Rush – Forbes Clipper ship)AuthorForbes, Paul SiemanHeadline1850 Chinese Opium magnate’s Clipper ship to Gold Rush California, LetterDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #50 Manuscript journal kept by James M. Goss during a trip to California via the Isthmus of Panama, with experiences in San Francisco and at the mines Heading(California Gold Rush Journal)AuthorGoss, James M.HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush Diary 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #51 1852 Gold Rush letter with original pencil drawing of two miners Heading(California Gold Rush)Headline1852 Gold Rush letter with original pencil drawingDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #52 Manuscript book of Gold Rush era songs Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorAshley, P.T., compilerHeadlineManuscript book of Gold Rush era songs 1854Date Published1854 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #53 Negbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, 1853 Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorPitt, WilliamHeadlineNegbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, 1853Date Published1853 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #54 The Celebration in San Francisco, in Commemoration of the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Monday, September 27th, 1858. Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineAtlantic Telegraph Cable celebration letter sheet 1858PublisherSterett & ButlerDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #55 Do They Miss Me At Home? Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineDo They Miss Me At Home? Pictorial lettersheet 1859PublisherSold By J.W SullivanDate Published[c.1859] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #56 Gold Rush era letter from Shasta City, California 1858 Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineLetter from Shasta City, California 1858Date Published1858 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #57 Hutching's [sic] California Scenes. The California Indians. Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)AuthorHutchins, James, engraverHeadlinePictorial letter sheet, Hutchins' California Scenes 1854PublisherExcelsior PrintDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #58 Life Among The Miners Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineLife Among The Miners - rare pictorial lettersheetPublisherHutchings and RosenfieldDate Published[1850s] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #59 Miner's Life - Illustrated Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineMiner's Life - Illustrated letter sheet with manuscript letter, 1855PublisherBarber and BakerDate Published1855 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #60 San Francisco Letter Sheet Price Current and Review of the Market. Vol. I, No. XII Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineSan Francisco Letter Sheet Price Current w/letters 1850PublisherWilliam W GallaerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #61 Sonora from the North [and] Springfield, Tuolumne County Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineSonora from the North [and] Springfield, Tuolumne lettersheet 1853PublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #70 Three Years in California AuthorColton, WalterHeadline1st Ed Walter Colton's Three Years in CaliforniaPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #80 A La California: Sketches of Life in the Golden State AuthorEvans, Albert S., Col.HeadlineEvans A La California 1873PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #96 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Signed by Coretta Scott King AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #98 Civil war era letter from Milton Latham with mention of Benjamin Holladay AuthorLatham, Milton S.HeadlineCivil war era letter from Milton S. Latham 1863Date Published1863 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #105 Eleven 18th century land deeds, nearly all for land in North Yarmouth, not in Maine, but then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Heading(Massachusetts/Maine)HeadlineColonial land deeds from Massachusetts/MaineDate Published1761-1784 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #118 Manuscript file on widow nun in 17th century Mexico, who is selling extensive properties in Mexico City Heading(Mexico)Headline17th century widow nun sells land in MexicoDate Published1613 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #124 The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - inscribed AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineInscribed with signature by John MuirPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #133 Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette... - With presentation from J.Q. Adams to Isaac Hill Heading(Presidents)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlinePresented by John Quincy Adams to Isaac HillPublisherGales and SeatonDate Published1835 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #135 Block of wood from the White House reconstruction inscribed by President Truman Heading(Presidents)HeadlineWhite House reconstruction material inscribed by President TrumanDate Published1950 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #136 Farewell Address Of President Jimmy Carter January 14, 1981 Heading(Presidents)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineFarewell Address Of President Jimmy Carter 1/300PublisherPalaemon Press LimitedDate Published1981 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #139 Two inscribed first editions from Gerald and Betty Ford Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald and BettyHeadlineTwo inscribed first editions from Gerald and Betty FordPublisherHarper & RowDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 Churchill Lecture: An Address by Gerald R. Ford at the English-Speaking Union, London, England. November 30, 1983 Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlinePresident Ford's Churchill Lecture signed 1/250PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #141 Humor and the Presidency Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineHumor and the Presidency signed by Gerald FordPublisherArbor HouseDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #142 President Gerald R. Ford swearing in ceremony broadside Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlinePresident Ford signed broadside 1/175Date Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #146 Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers, and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, Thirty-Second President of the United States of America - inscribed by Harry S. Truman Heading(Presidents)AuthorHillman, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Harry S. TrumanPublisherFarrar, Straus & YoungDate Published1952 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #147 The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover Heading(Presidents)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineMemoirs of Herbert Hoover - InscribedPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1951-52 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #149 Profiles in Courage - inscribed by John F. Kennedy Heading(Presidents)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineProfiles in Courage - inscribed by John F. KennedyPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #150 Life Was Meant To Be Lived: A Centenary Portrait Of Eleanor Roosevelt - with signed, typed letter by Eleanor Roosevelt Heading(Presidents)AuthorLash, Joseph P.Headlinesigned, typed letter by Eleanor RooseveltPublisherW. W. Norton & CompanyDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #152 Color photograph inscribed by Pat and Richard Nixon Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard and Thelma Catherine "Pat" NixonHeadlineInscribed White House photograph of Pat and President NixonDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #153 The Challenges We Face Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineRichard Nixon, The Challenges We Face - signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.Date Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #154 Leaders - two signed editions Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineRichard Nixon, Leaders - two signed editionsPublisherWarner BooksDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #155 The Memoirs of Richard Nixon - inscribed Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineThe Memoirs of Richard Nixon - inscribedPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1978] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 Real Peace: A strategy for the West Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineNixon Real Peace signed limitedDate Published1983 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #157 The Real War Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineNixon The Real War signed 1stPublisherTime WarnerDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #158 Six Crises Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineRichard M. Nixon Six Crises signedPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #159 An American Life: The Autobiography Heading(Presidents)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineRonald Reagan An American Life signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #161 Promissory note signed by Jack Ruby Heading(Presidents)AuthorRuby, JackHeadlinePromissory note signed by Jack RubyPublisherRepublic National Bank of DallasDate Published1958 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #163 Typed letter and photograph signed and inscribed by Harry S. Truman Heading(Presidents)AuthorTruman, Harry S. and BessHeadlineTyped letter and photograph signed and inscribed by Harry S. TrumanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #164 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope Heading(Presidents)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineMemoirs by Harry S. Truman, inscribedPublisherDoubledayDate Published1955-1956 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #165 Four prints inscribed by Norman Rockwell AuthorRockwell, NormanHeadlineFour prints inscribed by Norman RockwellDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #177 1851 letter detailing tour of duty on the USS St. Mary's Heading(USS St. Mary's)AuthorPhillips, D.B.Headline1851 letter tour of duty on the USS St. Mary'sDate Published1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #243 Framed quote by Albert Schweitzer - signed AuthorSchweitzer, AlbertHeadlineSigned by Albert SchweitzerDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #276 The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California: I Neither Borrow nor Lend Heading(California - Gold Rush)AuthorCurrier, NathanielHeadlineColor lithograph of California Gold HunterPublisherN. CurrierDate Publishedc.1849-50 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #375 Two volumes on autographs Heading(Autographs)HeadlineTwo volumes on autographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #388 Sarah Peterson Demmings Music Book, Her Work AuthorDemmings, Sarah PetersonHeadlineVolume of manuscript musical scores circa 1820'sDate Published[c.1820's] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next