Sale 691: Americana - Custeriana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#691) 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-81 of 81. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Maine teacher ambivalent about Mississippi Slavery – letter Heading(African-American, 1846 - Slavery)AuthorAbbott, J. J.Headline1846 Maine teacher letter on Mississippi slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 15, 1846 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #3 Original court documents about the Tennessee sale of an "unruly" slave Heading(African-American, 1854 - Slavery)Headline1854 Slave sale dispute - Tennessee legal documentsDate PublishedJune 1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #7 Travelling New York patent medicine salesman describes the lynching of a Black prisoner in Texas Heading(African-American, 1877 - Texas Lynching)AuthorBullard, John B.Headline1877 Texas lynching described by New York travelling salesmanDate PublishedOct. 18, 1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #8 New York patent medicine salesman in Texas, observes Black cotton-pickers and a Black baptism Heading(African-American, 1877 - Texas)AuthorBullard, JohnHeadline1877 NY travelling salesman observes Black life in rural TexasDate PublishedOct. 28, 1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #16 Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist AuthorAlvarez, Luis W.HeadlineLouis Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist inscribedPublisherBasic BooksDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #34 Bond prospectus for Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre Heading(California - Hollywood)HeadlineWarner Bros. build Hollywood Theatre, 1926PublisherS.W. Straus & Co.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #43 US Navy officer who officially "named" the city of San Francisco - letter as Coast Surveyor to a pioneering meteorologist Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBartlett, Washington A.HeadlineLetter from US Navy Lieutenant who officially "named" San FranciscoDate PublishedOct. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #49 Index to Assessment Rolls, Sonoma County, for 1885 Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineCitizenry of Sonoma County assessed, 1885Date Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #51 Letter-Diary of Oregon Emigrant's 50 day journey by covered wagon from Indiana to Missouri Heading(California Gold Rush – Oregon Emigrant diary)AuthorBrandt, C.[harles] A.Headline1851 Letter-diary, Oregon Emigrant trip from Indiana to MissouriDate PublishedMarch 11-May 1, 1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #52 California Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 Handwritten California Fishing Diary Heading(Fishing)HeadlineHandwritten Fishing Atlas of CaliforniaDate Publishedc.1975 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #85 Photograph portrait of razor blade entrepreneur King Gillette, inscribed and signed on the mount AuthorGillette, King C.HeadlineSigned by razor blade entrepreneur King GilletteDate Published1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #87 Stolen Kisses AuthorGriswold, Frank GrayHeadlineStolen Kisses by Frank G Griswold, signed 1914PublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #96 2 original movie studio press books for movies relating to Japanese-American internment in World War II Heading(Japanese-American Internment - films)Headline2 pressbooks for movies relating to Japanse-American wartime internmentDate Published1959-1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #103 Bill of lading for shipment from Hong Kong to San Francisco signed by ship master John B.R. Cooper & Jacob P. Leese AuthorLeese, Jacob P. & John B.R. CooperHeadlineSigned by Jacob P. Leese & John B.R. Cooper, 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #104 Important archive of material from the family and descendants of California pioneer Jacob P. Leese, with much source material on early California history Heading(Leese, Jacob Primer)HeadlineJacob P. Leese Family ArchiveDate Published19th-20th centuries View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #108 Letter on Mexican political chaos after Iturbide's abdication Heading(Mexico - post-Independence)Author[Manuel Huerta?]HeadlineLetter, Mexican political chaos after Independence from SpainDate PublishedAug. 26, 1823 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #112 Mono Lake Heading(Mono Lake)AuthorG.O. BSHeadlineSeventeen photographic views of Mono LakeDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #122 Letter from General John J. Pershing to American singer and songwriter Carrie Jacobs Bond, congratulating her on the song "A Perfect Day" AuthorPershing, John J.HeadlineBlack Jack Pershing writes from headquarters in France, 1917Date PublishedSeptember 10, 1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #123 Album with 14 albumen photographs, of Yosemite, San Francisco etc., + one of the Columbia River Heading(Photographs - California)AuthorTaber, Isaiah W.HeadlineAlbumen photos of Yosemite & San Francisco by TaberPublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #124 Silver Road to Yosemite Heading(Photographs)AuthorPillsbury, Arthur C.HeadlineRare Pillsbury silvertone photogaph on glassPublisherPillsbury's PicturesDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #125 Panorama photograph of San Pedro harbor Heading(Photographs)AuthorWest Coast Art Co.HeadlinePanorama photo of San Pedro Harbor, 1910Date Published1910 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #127 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineGerald Ford's A Time to Heal SignedPublisherW.H. AllenDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #130 Ship's papers signed by Thomas Jefferson as President, and by Levi Lincoln acting as Secretary of State Heading(Presidents)AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineShip's papers signed by Thomas JeffersonDate PublishedApril 21, 1801 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #138 Archive of Adrian F. Michaelis, producer and program manager for Standard Oil Company's The Standard Hour radio broadcast, also known as The Standard School Broadcast Heading(Standard School Broadcast)HeadlineArchive of radio producer Adrian MichaelisDate Published[1930's-1960's] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #139 Yellowstone National Park Through the Stereoscope Heading(Stereoviews - Yellowstone)HeadlineYellowstone Through the Stereoscope, 30 viewsPublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #158 Pennsylvania musters Militia to fight British “enemy hordes” 2 days after the burning of Washington - Documents and Letter. Heading(War of 1812)HeadlineWar of 1812, Pennsylvania musters militia to fight BritishDate PublishedAugust 1814 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #168 Statement of funds document from Fort Rice in 1878 signed by William Badger with receipt for 115 books recorded at Fort Leavenworth dated 1883 Heading(Badger, William)HeadlineSigned by William BadgerDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #169 U.S. Army requisition for stationery signed by William Badger, quartermaster at Fort Lincoln from time when Custer's 7th Cavalry was stationed there Heading(Badger, William)HeadlineSigned by William BadgerDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #170 Three autograph letters signed by William W. Belknap Heading(Belknap, William)HeadlineThree documents signed by William W. BelknapDate Published1871-74 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #171 William W. Belknap carte-de-visite from The Brady National Gallery with an official requisition form signed by Belknap requesting a fresh pair of trousers Heading(Belknap, William)HeadlineBelknap requests a fresh pair of trousersPublisherThe Brady National GalleryDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #172 U.S. Army requisition form signed by Frederick Benteen, 7th Cavalry captain Heading(Benteen, Frederick)HeadlineSigned by Frederick Benteen 2 weeks before Little BighornDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #173 Ulysses S. Grant and four other generals - five cartes-de-visite Heading(Civil War - Generals)HeadlineFive Civil War generals, CDVs framed togetherDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #174 Boston Corbett - autographed calling card with Bible verse in his hand on reverse; with additional clipped signature framed with cartes-de-vistite of Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth, and the Avenger of Lincoln himself, Thomas H. "Boston" Corbett Heading(Corbett, Boston - Lincoln's Avenger)HeadlineSigned with Bible quote by the Avenger of LincolnPublisherMerrill & Crosby; J. Ilbufford & SonsDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #175 George R. Crook - signed carte-de-visite Heading(Crook, George R.)HeadlineGeorge R. Crook autographed CDVPublisherDames & WilliamsDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #179 George Armstrong and Elizabeth "Libbie" Custer - carte de visite Heading(Custer, George Armstrong and Elizabeth)HeadlineGeorge Armstrong and Libbie CDVDate Publishedno date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #181 Autograph expense report signed "Gen. G.A. Custer" on U.S. Army document Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)HeadlineBlack Hills gold rush document signed by CusterDate Published1875 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #183 Gelatin silver print photograph of George Armstrong Custer Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)HeadlineGelatin silver print photo of Custer by D.F. BarryPublisherD.F. BarryDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #184 George Armstrong - bust portrait carte-de-visite photograph Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)HeadlineGeorge Armstrong Custer CDV, Mora studioPublisherJose Maria MoraDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #186 George Armstrong Custer - carte-de-visite photograph from negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)HeadlineGeorge Armstrong Custer CDV from Brady photoPublisherBrady's National Photographic Portrait GalleriesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #189 Charles DeRudio cabinet card photograph Heading(DeRudio, Charles)AuthorBarry, D.F.HeadlineAlbumen photo of Charles DeRudioPublisherBarry, David F.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #190 Original 1942 news photograph of Errol Flynn as Custer promoting They Died with Their Boots On [with] photograph of Robert Shaw as Custer from the film Custer of the West Heading(Flynn, Errol)HeadlineErrol Flynn as Custer, 1942Date Published1942 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #191 Signature of Thomas Henry French framed with modern photograph Heading(French, Thomas Henry)HeadlineSignature of Cptn. Thomas H. French, 7th CavalryDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #192 Affidavit of Alfred Fosettee regarding the loss of a black horse and the ensuing unsuccessful search - signed by Francis Marion Gibson and countersigned by William Badger Heading(Gibson, Francis Marion and William Badger)HeadlineAffidavit signed by F.M. Gibson and William BadgerDate Published1878 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #193 Affidavit of Sergeant Henry Sholl regarding the theft of 26 wagon covers and two S.S. ambulance lead harnesses at Fort Rice - signed by Francis Marion Gibson and countersigned by William Badger Heading(Gibson, Francis Marion and William Badger)HeadlineAffidavit signed by F.M. Gibson and William BadgerDate Published1878 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #194 7th Cavalry requisition document signed by Captain E.S. Godfrey Heading(Godfrey, E.S.)HeadlineE.S. Godfrey requisitions undies on the frontierDate Published1878 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #195 Letter signed by E.S. Godfrey to Major McLaughlin, Indian agent, regarding an Indian woman arrested for loitering Heading(Godfrey, E.S.)HeadlineA wry ALS from E.S. Godfrey to Indian Agent McLaughlinDate Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #197 Two cartes-de-visite of Ulysses S. Grant, one with his wife and children [with] two larger gelatin silver print photographs of Grant's children Heading(Grant, Ulysses S.)HeadlinePair of Ulysses S. Grant cartes-de-visiteDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 Captain Myles Keogh cabinet card photograph Heading(Keogh, Myles)HeadlineAlbumen photo of Cptn. Myles Keogh, 7th CavalryPublisherE. KlauberDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #199 Hugh Judson Kilpatrick - signed carte-de-visite photograph from negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery Heading(Kilpatrick, Hugh Judson)HeadlineSigned Hugh Judson Kilpatrick CDV from Brady photoPublisherE. & H.T. AnthonyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #200 Four cartes-de-visite related to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater Heading(Lincoln, Abraham - Assassination)HeadlineFour CDVs related to Lincoln's AssassinationDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #201 [Lincoln and his Generals] Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)HeadlineAlbumen photo of Abraham Lincoln & GeneralsPublisherNotman Photo Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #203 U.S. Army Special Requisition form signed by E.G. Mathey Heading(Mathey, E.G.)HeadlineRequisition form signed by E.G. MatheyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #204 U.S. Army Special Requisition form signed by E.G. Mathey and countersigned by Elwell S. Otis Heading(Mathey, E.G.)HeadlineSigned by E.G. MatheyDate Published1878 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #205 George B. McClellan cabinet card Heading(McClellan, George B.)HeadlineAlbumen photo of George B. McClellonPublisherChapman, Smith & Co.Date Publishedc. 1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #206 Special Orders No. 13 - troop movement order by Lt. Colonel E.H. Leib, signed by 2nd Lt. of the 7th Cavalry Donald McIntosh, summoning buffalo soldiers of the 10th Cavalry to the Saline River Heading(McIntosh, Donald)HeadlineBuffalo Soldier march orders, Donald McIntoshDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #207 Wesley Merritt - signed carte-de-visite photograph Heading(Merritt, Wesley)HeadlineAutographed CDV of Wesley MerrittDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #208 Archive of twelve documents from Chief Clerk Daniel O. Drennan's papers Heading(Miles, Nelson A. and Philip Sheridan)HeadlineDrennan papers w/ signatures of Sheridan and MilesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #209 Nelson A. Miles carte-de-visite photograph Heading(Miles, Nelson A.)HeadlineNelson A. Miles carte-de-visitePublisherF.L. Lays Photographic AtelierDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #210 Signature of Nelson A. Miles - presented in frame with portrait Heading(Miles, Nelson A.)HeadlineFramed signature of Nelson A. MilesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #211 Three cartes-de-visite with a larger Brady image of Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Heading(Photographs)HeadlineFour cartes-de-visiteDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #212 Signature of Marcus A. Reno on pension report partial document Heading(Reno, Marcus A.)HeadlineSigned by Marcus A. RenoDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #213 Three cartes-de-visite of Philip Sheridan Heading(Sheridan, Philip)HeadlineThree Philip Sheridan cartes-de-visiteDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #214 Signature of William T. Sherman framed with modern color photograph Heading(Sherman, William T.)HeadlineSignature of W.T. Sherman with modern photoDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #215 Alfred H. Terry - signed carte-de-visite photograph Heading(Terry, Alfred H.)HeadlineAutographed CDV of Alfred H. TerryDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #216 Letter of recommendation for former chief signal officer William S. Andrews by Alfred H. Terry Heading(Terry, Alfred H.)HeadlineSigned letter of recommendation, Alfred H. TerryDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #217 Regimental Orders No. 2 - marching orders for Private John Swanders signed by Robert West Heading(West, Robert)HeadlineRegimental orders signed by Robert WestDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #218 Signature of Captain George W. Yates framed with modern photograph Heading(Yates, George W. )HeadlineSigned by George W. Yates, Captain 7th CavalryDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #220 Collection of 19 glass lantern slides of South Africa and Zulus Heading(Africa - Lantern SlidesHeadlineLantern slides of South AfricaDate Publishedc.1890's? View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #228 Bill of lading for cargo shipped from Canton aboard the Ship Active by Robert Hare and Thomas Davy, and bound for Philadelphia Heading(China Trade)HeadlineBill of lading for China trade, 1806Date PublishedJanuary 8, 1806 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #229 Contemporaneous certified manuscript copy of a promissory note obligating Benjamin Wilcocks and Samual MCall to pay Chinese merchant King Luan $1,161.00 Heading(China Trade)HeadlineU.S. traders owe money to Chinese merchant, 1800Date PublishedDec. 12, 1800 - [1804] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #230 Letter from the merchant house of Russell & Co. in Canton, to Captain Samuel Very, Jr., of the clipper Hurricane, about to sale from Hong Kong to San Francisco Heading(China Trade)AuthorRussell & Co.HeadlineChina Trade letter 1856Date PublishedOct. 22, 1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #260 Twenty Years before the Mast: With the More Thrilling Scenes and Incidents while Circumnavigating the Globe under the Command of the Late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842 AuthorErskine, CharlesHeadlineSigned with inscription by the authorPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #268 Four original albumen photographs of Hawaii Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineOriginal photos of 19th century HawaiiPublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #288 Ethnographisches Materialen aus den Neues Hebriden und den Banks Inseln - a manuscript English translation of what appears to be a partial text of Speiser's first book [with] an archive of albumen photographs of Samoan islanders Heading(New Hebrides and Banks Islands)AuthorSpeiser, FelixHeadlineArchive related to Felix Speiser's New HebridesDate Publishedc. 1980's? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #295 Log book of the East Indiaman "Berrington" kept on a voyage from England to Calcutta, India, with a stop at St. Helena on the return voyage Heading(Ship Log Books)AuthorBiddulph, JohnHeadlineLog book of East Indiaman, 1792-4Date Published1792-1794 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #296 "Abstract Log" kept by Capt. Philip Dumaresq on a Voyage from New York to Canton, China, in 1849 Heading(Ship Log Books)AuthorDumaresq, PhilipHeadline"Abstract Log" of voyage from New York to Canton, 1849PublisherC. Alexander, PrinterDate Published1848 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #297 Log book of the first voyage of the clipper ship "Surprise," Philip Dumaresq the master, from New York to San Francisco, then Hong Kong and London Heading(Ship Log Books)AuthorDumaresq, PhilipHeadlineLog of clipper ship "Surprise," NY to SF, HK & London, 1850-51Date Published1850-1851 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #298 Two log books, recording the maiden voyages of the clipper ships “Bald Eagle” and “Romance of the Seas, the captain of each being Philip Dumaresq Heading(Ship Log Books)AuthorDumaresq, PhilipHeadlineClipper ship log books 1852-1854Date Published1852-1854 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #423 1915 photograph of notorious inter-racial couple in San Francisco Chinatown Heading(Chinatown – Photograph)Headline1915 Photo of notorious Chinatown inter-racial coupleDate Published1910-1915 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #428 Giessen und Umgeburg Heading(Germany)Headline19th c. photographs of Giessen, Germany and its SurroundingsPublisherEmil RothDate Publishedc. 1890s View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next