Sale 726: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#726) 04/01/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/01/2021 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-32 of 32. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Three works of African-American historical, literary and military reference Heading(African-American reference)HeadlineAfrican-American literary and military reference worksDate Published1974-2011 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #2 Black Reconstruction / An Essay Toward A History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 Heading(African-American)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineBlack history classic, owned by noted California Black lawyerPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #3 Here’s A Five Reel Western Featuring a Colored Star of International Fame - Bill Pickett Heading(African-American)HeadlineStarring Bill Pickett, inventor of Bull-DoggingPublisherNorman Film MarketingDate Publishedca. 1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #4 The Negro Student, Volume 1, No. 1, May 1937 Heading(African-American)HeadlineRare copy of 1930s Black student journalPublisherReaders and Writers Club of AmericaDate PublishedMay 1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #5 African-American and Anti-Slavery themes in American poetry Heading(African-American, Anti-slavery poetry)HeadlineAfrican-Americans and Anti-slavery in American poetryDate Published1971-2005 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #16 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlineSigned with an inscription by P.T. BarnumPublisherThe Courier CompanyDate Published1882 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #32 Letter from Mendocino County Clerk on official letterhead that features a full-page map of the county on the back Heading(California - Mendocino County)AuthorMcCowen, HaleHeadlineUkiah letter with map of Mendocino, 1902Date PublishedJuly 22, 1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #42 Letter written from Elk Grove, Cal., with reference to Bidwell's Bar, a trip to Crescent City, conversions to Presbyterianism, etc. - on lettersheet with printed poem Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlineUncommon California lettersheet, 1859Date PublishedFeb. 12, 1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #53 Station Log Book 6-18-47 to 10-11-47 S.F.P.D. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineMassive San Francisco police log book, 1947Date Published1947 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #59 Letter narrating a trip by stage from San Francisco to Yosemite on Barnard's Yo Semite Falls Hotel pictorial letterhead Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorBeatty, E.M.HeadlineTrip to Yosemite on hotel letterheadDate Published1883 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #62 Letter in a Negbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, with ambrotype of the cabin described in the letter Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorPitt, WilliamHeadlineGold Rush letter with AmbrotypeDate Published1853 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #94 Eight Chinese nationality certificates issued by the Chinese consulate in Havana, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese citizens residing in Cuba, 1880Date Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #95 "Lista de Socios del Centro Israelita" Heading(Cuba - Jewish immigrants)HeadlineTyped list of Jews in Cuba, 1955Date PublishedFebrero 25 de 1955 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #96 Seven letters from, to, or between members of the Jewish Community in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Jewish immigrants)HeadlineLetters from Jewish community in CubaDate Published1937-1948 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #97 Insurance certificate for slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineInsurance policy on Cuban slave, 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #98 List of slaves in Cuba, of African and Asian origin, with names of owners, etc. Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slaves rented out to mill, 1873Date Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #99 Manumission Expediente for a male African Lucumi slave, Moreno Luis Morejon, claiming his freedom, with his cedula booklet stating he is a free man Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document with cedula, 1881Date Published1881 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #100 Manuscript accounting for mortgaged slaves giving names of mortgagers, amounts, etc. Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves mortgaged in Cuba, 1817Date Publishedc.1817 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #101 Manuscript description of a slave auction in Cuba, with names of the slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlave auction in Cuba, 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #102 Manuscript description of the execution by the garrote of a freed black slave, for the killing of his consort Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreed slave executed by garrote in Cuba, 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #103 Printed census form filled out in ink, for the municipality of Remedios, Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRare Cuban census form 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #117 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artist, 1/400PublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #121 Letter written from Hawaii when in port and loading whale bone to transport back to the United States Heading(Hawaii)AuthorEldridge, AmbroseHeadlineLoading whale bone in Hawaii, 1852 letterDate PublishedOct. 17th, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #140 Crowded Hours: Reminiscences AuthorLongworth, Alice RooseveltHeadlineSigned by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Teddy RooseveltPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #155 Archive of material pertaining to the Milk River Project in Montana, including typewritten and printed items, blueprints, maps, etc. Heading(Montana)HeadlineOriginal materials on Milk River Project, Montana, 1912Date Publishedc.1912 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #191 Document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States appointing Joseph R. Lewis as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineU.S. Grant appoints Washington Ter. Chief JusticeDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1875 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #195 Archive of material relating to the formation of and fundraising for the Harry S. Truman Library Heading(Presidents, 1945)HeadlineTo build a Presidential Library archiveDate Publishedc.1951-1955 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #197 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969 Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineSigned by LBJ on bookplate with inscription to General ChapmanPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #199 Letter from Frederic Remington declining to donate to a hospital charity AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlineFrederic Remington declines donating to hospitalDate PublishedDec. 8 (no year) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #211 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Heading(Space)AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineDeluxe Printing, Photos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #230 Note signed by William Walker offering safe passage in Nicaragua to a captain and his wife AuthorWalker, WilliamHeadlineAutograph of filibuster William WalkerDate PublishedOct. 23, 1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #300 Archive of letters, newsletters, radio addresses, and other material associated with Benjamin A. Cohen, Chilean diplomat and United Nations Undersecretary for Public Information in the early years of the organization Heading(United Nations)AuthorCohen, Benjamin A.HeadlineLetters from head of U.N. Dept. of Public Information in 1950sDate Publishedc.1949-1960 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next