Sale 519: Historic Autographs & Manuscripts - Archival Material - Photographs (#519) 11/07/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed

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1
  • Author
    Washington, George
  • Headline
    George Washington signature on envelope
  • Date Published
    c.1777
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
5
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    (1850 - Fillmore, Millard - His Copy)
  • Author
    Dunlap, S.F.
  • Headline
    Volume from the Library of Millard Fillmore
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
6
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    (1850 - Fillmore, Millard - his copy)
  • Author
    Ingersoll, Jos. R.
  • Headline
    Millard Fillmore's copy of a Eulogy for Zachary Taylor
  • Publisher
    Crissy & Markley
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
7
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    (1853 - Pierce, Franklin - His copy)
  • Author
    Brodhead, John Romeyn
  • Headline
    Presentation Copy inscribed to Franklin Pierce
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
9
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    (1857)
  • Author
    Buchanan, James
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter, signed from James Buchanan
  • Date Published
    August 24, 1841
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
10
  • Author
    Lincoln, Abraham
  • Headline
    Lincoln appoints Brigade Surgeon
  • Date Published
    April 4, 1862
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
StatusUnsold
13
  • Author
    Harrison, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer
  • Date Published
    1862-1869
Estimate$160 - $200
StatusUnsold
40
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    (African American)
  • Author
    Blatchford, Samuel
  • Headline
    Sam Blatchford ALs w/racist joke 1871
  • Date Published
    December 22, 1871
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
44
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    (African American - 1887 Boston "Black Elite" patriarch)
  • Author
    Trotter, James M[onroe], Recorder
  • Headline
    deed signed by James Monroe Trotter 1887
  • Date Published
    May 11, 1887
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
46
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    (American Revolution)
  • Author
    Thompson, William
  • Headline
    ADS of Revolutionary War General William Thompson
  • Date Published
    23 Oct. 1771
Estimate$60 - $90
Sold for$37.50
StatusSold
47
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    (American Revolution, Quakers)
  • Author
    Langstroth, Huson
  • Headline
    Rare 1787 MSS defending Quaker Pacifism during the Revolutionary War
  • Date Published
    [Nov] 9th, 1787
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Blaine, James G.
  • Headline
    Passport Signed by James G. Blaine 1891
  • Date Published
    May 9, 1891
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
49
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    (Boston Fire-Fighting)
  • Author
    Robinson(?), Solon
  • Headline
    1825 Fire-fighting Plan for Boston
  • Date Published
    July 2, 1825
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
50
  • Author
    Brown, Dee
  • Headline
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 1st ed signed
  • Publisher
    Holt, Rinehart & Winston
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
51
  • Author
    Buckley, William F., Jr. and L. Brent Bozell
  • Headline
    Book on McCarthy, signed by author Bill Buckley
  • Publisher
    Henry Regnery Company
  • Date Published
    1954
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
55
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    (California - Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons)
  • Headline
    Archive of California Free Mason Documents
  • Date Published
    1885-1894
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
56
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    (California - Monterey County)
  • Headline
    Hotel Register from the Hotel Cominas
  • Date Published
    1920s
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
57
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    (California Gold Rush - 1850 New York merchants and San Francisco Vigilance Committee legend)
  • Author
    Bluxome, Isaac, Sr., and Joseph Bluxome
  • Headline
    Printed & autographed letter about SF Vigilance Committee
  • Date Published
    May 1, 1850
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
60
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    (California Lumber Company)
  • Headline
    Life & Death of North Coast Lumber Co.
  • Date Published
    1904-1914
Estimate$300 - $400
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
61
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    (California)
  • Headline
    Archive of corr to SF businessman/miner Morton Lindley
  • Date Published
    1890s-1930s
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
62
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    (California)
  • Author
    Brenham, J[ames]
  • Headline
    Auto document signed by SF's 2nd mayor
  • Date Published
    November 4, 1864
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
65
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    (California)
  • Author
    Merritt, G.C., Chairman of the Board of Supervisors and C.H. Pollard, Deputy County Clerk, Siskiyou
  • Headline
    1858 Death of a ‘Negro Black Man’ in Gold Rush
  • Date Published
    Feb. 3, 1858
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$125
StatusSold
68
  • Author
    Carter, Robert “King”, Colonial Governor of Virginia
  • Headline
    Colonial Virginia Land Deed Lord Fairfax
  • Date Published
    1728
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
69
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    (Cheshire Railroad)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    1851 Broadside for the Cheshire Railroad
  • Publisher
    Sentinel Office
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
70
  • Author
    Clinton, Hillary
  • Headline
    Living History, 1st edition signed by Hillary Clinton
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Date Published
    [2003]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$200
StatusSold
71
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    (Colorado Mining)
  • Author
    New York Mining and Development Company
  • Headline
    1905 Mining speculation by ‘New York Capitalists’
  • Date Published
    Sept. 1, 1905
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
72
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    (Anti-college fraternities, ca. 1915)
  • Author
    Thomas, Charles S.
  • Headline
    Progressive Senator denounces college fraternities, ca.1915 letter
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
73
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    (Crime - 1843 Manuscript on the murder of Robert E. Lee’s cousin and namesake)
  • Author
    Peyton, Dr. Robert E.
  • Headline
    ALs about 1843 Murder of Robert E. Lee
  • Date Published
    September 13, 1843
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
75
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    (Cuba)
  • Author
    Powell, Albert E.
  • Headline
    1904 First American Lawyers in Havana - 2 letters
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
77
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    (Diary of an American Sea Voyage)
  • Headline
    Sea voyage from Boston to New Orleans 1856
  • Date Published
    Oct 27-Nov. 26, 1856
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
79
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    (Douglass, Frederick)
  • Author
    Wells, E.M.P.
  • Headline
    1838 Where Frederick Douglass Fell in Love?
  • Date Published
    September 1, 1838
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
80
  • Author
    Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893)
  • Headline
    1875 Passport signed by Hamilton Fish
  • Date Published
    June 28, 1875
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
81
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    (Civil Liberties - Religious Freedom)
  • Author
    Konigmacher, Joseph
  • Headline
    Seventh Day Baptists, Pennsylvania, Blue Laws, Civil Liberties, Religious Freedom
  • Date Published
    May 14, 1850
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
84
  • Author
    Gacy, John Wayne
  • Headline
    Archive of letters from serial killer John Wayne Gacy
  • Date Published
    1980s
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
87
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    (Hawaii)
  • Author
    Kaleleonalani, Queen Emma & Alexander J. Cartwright
  • Headline
    Baseball Hall of Famer Alexander Cartwright and Queen Emma of Hawaii Signed Document
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$3,500 - $4,000
StatusUnsold
88
  • Author
    Hearst, W[illiam] R[andolph]
  • Headline
    ALs from William Randolph Hearst c.1924
  • Date Published
    c.1924
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
91
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    (Irish Invasion of Canada)
  • Headline
    The Irish invade Canada 1866
  • Publisher
    News Office
  • Date Published
    June 2nd, 1866
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
93
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    (Law)
  • Author
    Greenleaf, S[imon]
  • Headline
    ALs from the "Father" of Harvard Law School
  • Date Published
    August 14, 1822
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
96
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    (Lincoln, Abraham - 1907 Mark Twain honors Abraham Lincoln)
  • Headline
    1907 Certificate for Association to save Lincoln’s birthplace
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
97
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    (Louisiana)
  • Headline
    1755 French marriage document of La Pointe Coupee
  • Date Published
    1755
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
99
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    (Massachusetts)
  • Author
    Goldthwait, Ezekial (1710-1782)
  • Headline
    1744 Colonial Massachusetts Printed Court Documen
  • Date Published
    September 14, 1744
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
101
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    (Mining - Alaska)
  • Headline
    Archive of legal documents, maps, etc. Chickaloon Coal Co.
  • Date Published
    1917-1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
102
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    (Mining - Arizona)
  • Author
    "Jim"
  • Headline
    ALs about 1880s Ghost Town Mineral Park’s Mining Boom
  • Date Published
    March 15 (no year, ca. 1880)
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
103
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    (Mining)
  • Author
    Peele, Robert
  • Headline
    ALs mining engineer's handbook
  • Date Published
    Aug. 27, 1914
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
104
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    (Mining)
  • Author
    Unknown
  • Headline
    1865 Hated Union General’s Mining Scheme
  • Date Published
    May 27, 1865
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
105
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    (Mining, California & Nevada)
  • Author
    Handy, Samuel W.
  • Headline
    ALs 1863 Grass Valley Miner to the Comstock Lode
  • Date Published
    March 12, 1863
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
106
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    (National Cemeteries)
  • Headline
    Small archive on the formation of National Cemeteries
  • Date Published
    1860s
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
109
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    (Nevada)
  • Headline
    Deed to land in Nevada, signed by 2nd Governor
  • Date Published
    April 28, 1871
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
114
  • Author
    Phillips, Wendell (1811-1884)
  • Headline
    Letter from abolitionist Wendell Phillips
  • Date Published
    c.1870
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
116
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    (Politics, Sports & Prints)
  • Headline
    4 signed books, politics, sports, prints
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
117
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    (Art - Radcliffe College Poster, original 1922 drawing)
  • Author
    Walker, Charles Howard
  • Headline
    1922 Original Poster Art for Harvard-Radcliffe College
Estimate$600 - $800
StatusUnsold
118
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    (Rescue Hero Archive)
  • Headline
    Heroic rescue of drowning women
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$150
StatusSold
121
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    (Rockefeller, John D., Jr.)
  • Author
    Fosdick, Raymond B. and Albert L. Scott
  • Headline
    Printed compliment card of Rockefeller, Jr. book on Prohibition 1933
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
122
  • Author
    Rockefeller, John D., Jr.
  • Headline
    TLs from John D. Rockefeller
  • Date Published
    February 4, 1949
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
123
  • Author
    Shilts, Randy
  • Headline
    Book on Harvey Milk, signed by author Randy Shilts
  • Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
  • Date Published
    [1982]
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
124
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    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    1839-46 hand-written document of the sale of a slave in Louisiana
  • Date Published
    1839-1846
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
125
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    (Slavery)
  • Headline
    Petition for the forced sale of slaves
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
128
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    (Surveyor's field books - California)
  • Author
    O'Connor, Joseph P.
  • Headline
    71 surveyor's field books California gold country
  • Date Published
    c.1909-1953
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,750
StatusSold
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
131
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    (Travel Diary)
  • Author
    Brown, B. Margaret
  • Headline
    Woman's charming little travel diary
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
133
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    (United States - House Un-American Activities Committee)
  • Headline
    Rare House Un-American Activites document
  • Publisher
    Political Education Dept./ Progressive Citizens of Amer.
  • Date Published
    [1947]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
134
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    (Vassar Women Students political passions)
  • Headline
    2 ALs about politics, students at Vassar, 1868-84
  • Date Published
    1868-1884
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
137
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    (American Revolution)
  • Headline
    Log book of Vermont pensioners from the Revolutionary War
  • Date Published
    1824-27
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$750
StatusSold
139
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    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Foster, Freeman, Jr.
  • Headline
    Letter from Union sailor in Civil War
  • Date Published
    Dec. 8, 1861
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
141
  • Author
    Custer, George A.
  • Headline
    Document signed by George A. Custer, 1874
  • Date Published
    June 23, 1874
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
StatusUnsold
145
  • Author
    Lee, Robert E.
  • Headline
    Autograph of Robert E. Lee
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
150
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    (Military)
  • Author
    Looker, Henry B.
  • Headline
    ALs 1878 “Living Death” of a West Point Cadet
  • Date Published
    June 28, [1878]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
151
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    (World War I)
  • Author
    Kilham & Hopkins, Architects
  • Headline
    11 letters from War Camp 1919
  • Date Published
    July - December, 1919
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
152
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    (World War II - Italian Campaign)
  • Author
    Levy, Robert B.
  • Headline
    Medic in Italy in WWII
  • Date Published
    Feb.-Aug. 1944
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
157
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    (American Art)
  • Author
    Blackburn, Henry
  • Headline
    1885 First US Exhibition of British Watercolor Artists
  • Date Published
    November 28, 1885
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
158
  • Heading
    (American Art)
  • Author
    Blashfield, Edwin
  • Headline
    1922 Muralist of the Library of Congress
  • Date Published
    February, 1922
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
176
  • Author
    Franklin, John Hope
  • Headline
    2 letters from author John Hope Franklin
  • Date Published
    2004
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
219
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    (Philatelic Art)
  • Author
    Wright, Adaline
  • Headline
    TLs 1917 Mural Painter Designs World War Stamp
  • Date Published
    Dec. 14, 1917
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
225
  • Author
    Sparks, Jared
  • Headline
    Autograph letter, signed by Jared Sparks 1845
  • Date Published
    Feb. 21, 1845
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
226
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    (Photography - 1901-02 letters, Stieglitz collaborator)
  • Author
    Keiley, Joseph T.
  • Headline
    Stieglitz photography collaborator, 2 signed letters, 1901-1902
  • Date Published
    1901-1902
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
247
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    (Science)
  • Author
    Gould, Dr. Augustus A.
  • Headline
    1848 American scientists commission French book artist
  • Date Published
    February 1848
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
249
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    (Mining, Montana)
  • Author
    Curtis, George D.
  • Headline
    1899-1904 Montana Mining Engineer’s notebook
  • Date Published
    1899-1904
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
251
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    (Savannah GA Train Station Architectural Drawings)
  • Headline
    Plans for GA railroad station
  • Date Published
    c.1890-1933
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
259
  • Heading
    (American Theater)
  • Author
    Brewster, Benjamin Harris
  • Headline
    ALs future U.S. Attorney General, a budding young playwright
  • Date Published
    November 4, 1835
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
296
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    (Stock Certificates)
  • Headline
    City Bank of Schenectady stock certificates
  • Date Published
    c.1870s
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
311
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    (Philippines)
  • Headline
    Aerial Recon of Philippines in WWII
  • Date Published
    c.1944-45
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
312
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    (San Diego Naval Station)
  • Headline
    Panorama of San Diego Naval Base
  • Date Published
    c.1920's
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$20,000
StatusSold
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