Sale 372: Americana with Manuscript Material - Photographs - Views - California Pictorial Letter Sheets (#372) 01/24/2008 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/24/2008 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 372 171 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 101-170 of 170. Previous|12|Next Lot #151 Flume / Elevating Water Wheel View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Flume & Water WheelPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c. 1853] Lot #152 Fort Vigilant. Rooms of the Committee, Sacramento St. Betn. Davis & Front; Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Commotte (sic), June 14th. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Fort VigilantPublisherNoisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co.Date Published[c. 1856] Lot #153 Great Earthquake in San Francisco, October 8th, 1865. [No. 1] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Great Earthquake 1865Date Published[c. 1865] Lot #154 Great Fire in San Fransisco(sic). M[backwards 'a']y 4th, 1850. Buildings Burned! Loss $5,000,000. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco Fire 1850PublisherW.B. Cooke & Co.Date Published1850 Lot #155 Honest Voters Trying to Elect Their Officers. Ballot Box Stuffers, Electing Their Men View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Honest Voters/Box StuffersPublisherNoisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co.Date Published[c. 1855] Lot #156 How the California Mines Are Worked View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet California MinesPublisherThe Wide West OfficeDate Published[c. 1854] Lot #157 James King of William – The Patriot Martyr of California, Editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856. [upper] Portrait of Mr. King After Death, Showing the Entrance and Exit of the Fatal Ball. [lower] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet James King of WilliamPublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1856 Lot #158 James Stuart Hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. Wharf, on the 11th of July 1851 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published1851 Lot #159 Life in San Francisco: The King's Campaign or Removal of the Deposites Composed & Sung by Frank Ball View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Life in San FranciscoDate PublishedNo Date Lot #160 Long Wharf, San Francisco, California. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Long Wharf, San FranciscoPublisherCharles P. Kimball, Noisy Carrier's Publishing HallDate PublishedNo Date Lot #161 Map of San-Francisco, California View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Map of San FranciscoPublisherQuirot & Co.Date Published[c. 1853] Lot #162 Map of the Burnt District of San Francisco. And also the Brick, Iron, and adobe builddings [sic] destroyed, which were supposed “Fire Proof,” also three Store Ships destroyed, & also the Brick or Iron buildings within the limit of the burnt district, or immediately adjoining it, which were saved. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco Fire 1851PublisherFishbourne's LithographyDate Published[1851] Lot #163 Mariposa City View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Mariposa CityPublisher[Quirot & Co.]Date Published[c. 1851] Lot #164 [Mining Scene] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Mining ScenePublisherChas. P. Kimball, Noisy Carriers' Publishing HallDate PublishedNo Date Lot #165 Mr. Gringo's Experience as a Ranchero View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlineMr. Gringos Experience as a Ranchero Letter SheetPublisherWide West OfficeDate PublishedNo Date Lot #166 Past & Present of California View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Past & Present of CalifornPublisherBritton & ReyDate PublishedNo Date Lot #167 San Francisco 18.. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco 18..PublisherP. O'GradyDate Published1850 Lot #168 San Francisco View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco 1852PublisherCooke & Le CountDate Published1852 Lot #169 San Francisco. Litho of Geo. F. Nesbitt, N.Y. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet 1850 View of San FranciscoPublisherMarvin & HitchcockDate Published[before Dec. 9, 1850] Lot #170 San Francisco Past and Present View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San FranciscoPublisher[Barber & Baker]Date Published[1854] Lot #171 San Francisco in 1849. Taken from Broadway near Kearny Street. Drawn and Engraved by Thomas Armstrong, in the Fall of 1849, and republished by A. Rosenfield. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco in 1849PublisherA. RosenfieldDate Published[1860s] Lot #172 Scenes in a Miners Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheets Scenes in a Miners LifePublisherBritton & ReyDate PublishedNo Date Lot #173 Shipment of the Prisoners. Charles P. Duane, Martin Gallagher, Billy Mulligan, Wm. Carr, Edward Bulger and Woolly Kearny, sent from the country, by the “Vigilance Committee of San Francisco,” at two o’clock, A.M., June 5, 1856. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Shipment of PrisonersDate Published[c. 1856] Lot #174 Sonora from the North View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Sonora From the NorthPublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 Lot #175 Springfield, Tuolumne County View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Springfield CaliforniaPublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 Lot #176 Surrender of the Prisoners James P. Casey & Chas. Cora View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet James Casey & Chas. CoraPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c. 1856] Lot #177 The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O'Clock View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before June 12, 1851] Lot #178 The Great Earthquake in San Francisco, October 8th, 1865. - No. 2. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**Headline1865 California Earthquake Letter SheetPublisherD.E. Appleton & Co.Date Published[1865] Lot #179 The May Festival of the Turnverein Association, San Francisco. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet The May FestivalPublisherW.W. Kurtz & Co.Date PublishedNo Date Lot #180 The Miners View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheets The MinersPublisherQuirot & Co.Date PublishedNo Date Lot #181 The Revolution of the People. The County Jail in San Francisco Besieged by Three Thousand Citizen Soldiers, Armed and Equipped. Surrender of James P. Casey & Charles Cora, The Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, May 18th, 1856 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Revolution of the PeoplePublisherM. UlmannDate Published[before May 20, 1856] Lot #182 Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie Rescued from the Authorities, and Hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday August 24th at 3 O'Clock P.M. in the Presence of Fifteen Thousand People View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before Sept. 1, 1851] Lot #183 View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before April 24, 1852] Lot #184 View of the Fire in Sacramento City on the night of 2d & 3d of November 1852, taken from the levee. Loss: Ten Millions of Dollars!!! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Sacramento Fire 1852PublisherBritton & ReyDate Published1852 Lot #185 View of the Last Great Conflagration in San-Francisco on the 22d of June, 1851. Ten Squares burned. Loss $3,000,000. View Taken from the head of California Street During the Progress of the Fire. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Lettersheet San Francisco Fire 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before July 14th, 1851] Lot #186 Do They Miss Me At Home View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheet with A.L.s.)AuthorMills, D.HeadlineCaliforinia Pictorial Letter Sheet with A.L.s.PublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1856 Lot #187 Iowa Hill, Placer County, Cal. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheet with 2 A.L.s.)AuthorTowle, George F. & H.F. TowleHeadlineLetter Sheet of Iowa Hill Cal. with 2 A.L.s.PublisherC.B. TowleDate Published1860 Lot #188 Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPowers, StephenHeadlineStephen Powers, Afoot & Alone, 1st Ed. 1872PublisherColumbian Book Co.Date Published1872 Lot #189 General Instructions for Rearing Silkworms, with a Treatise on Securing Healthy Silkworn Eggs. Also, a Sketch of the Habits and Structure of the Silkworm View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorRienzi, Mrs. LouiseHeadlineRienzi on Silkworms in California 1888PublisherJ.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1888 Lot #190 Dinner Tendered to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by the Union League Club, San Francisco, California, May 14th, 1903 (cover title) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Roosevelt, Theodore)Author**HeadlineMenu for T. Roosevelt dinner bound in suede 1903Date Published1903 Lot #191 Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting-TrailPublisherCenturyDate Published[1888] Lot #193 California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco: A Study of American Character View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorRoyce, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Royce, California...in 1846, first editionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1886 Lot #194 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's Adventures in California 1850PublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 Lot #195 Industrial Expositor. Third Exhibition, Numbers 1-18. September 4th-24th, 1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headline1860 San Francisco Mechanics Fair Daily PaperPublisherB.F. SterettDate Published1860 Lot #196 Lot of 5 San Francisco volumes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)Author**HeadlineLot of 5 San Francisco volumesDate Published1862-1967 Lot #197 Lot of 11 booklets printed San Francisco, most relating to the city and/or California View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headline11 booklets printed San Francisco 1859-1908Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #198 Street Guide and List of Hotels and Apartments, Schools and Firehouses, City and County of San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)AuthorZemansky, J.H., compilerHeadlineStreet Guide to San Francisco 1872Date Published[1872] Lot #200 Spanish Missions California: A Portfolio of Etchings. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorScammon, L[aurence] N.HeadlineSpanish Missions California by ScammonPublisherJean Chambers MooreDate Published1926 Lot #201 Information Respecting the History Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500StatusUnsold AuthorSchoolcraft, Henry RoweHeadlineSchoolcraft's Indian Tribes of the United StatesPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published1852-55 Lot #202 Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views of Scenery in all parts of the Rocky Mountains, between Omaha and Sacramento, taken by the Photographic Corps of U.P.R.R. of which Prof. Sedgwick was a member, for Union Pacific Railroad at a cost of over $10,000. 1000 different stereoscopic views. The only complete series ever taken, and now offered to the public... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorSedgwick, S[tephen] J.HeadlineSedgwick's catalog of Union Pacific StereoviewsPublisherProf. S.J. SedgwickDate Published1874 Lot #203 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineShirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #204 Oregon and Her Resources: From Personal Observation and Investigation View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSmall, HughHeadlineOregon and Her Resources by Hugh Small 1872PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1872 Lot #205 Historical Sketch of the United States Naval Academy. Prepared by direction of Rear-Admiral C.R.P. Rodgers, U.S.N., Superintendent U.S. Naval Academy, for the Department of Education at the International Exhibition, 1876 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorSoley, James RussellHeadlineHistorical Sketch U.S. Naval Academy, orig.photosPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 Lot #206 Sonora: January 1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Sonora)AuthorGoddard, G.H.HeadlineLithograph of Sonora Cal. 1852PublisherPollard & Brittons Lith.Date Published1852 Lot #210 Original Broadside announcing an Address by Adolph Sutro in Virginia City, Nevada View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Sutro, Adolph)Author**HeadlineBroadside for Sutro speech in Virginia City 1869Date Publishedc.1869 Lot #211 The Early Days and Men of California View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorSwasey, W[illiam] F.HeadlineSwasey, Early Days & Men of California 1st Ed.PublisherPacific PressDate Published1891 Lot #213 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineTaylor, Eldorado, 2 vols. original cloth 1st Ed.PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #214 Engraved and printed land grant, accomplished in ink, for the Rio Grande and Texas Land Company View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorBeales, John CharlesHeadlineTexas land grant 1834 with mapDate Published21st August 1834 Lot #217 Geology and Industrial Resources of California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorTyson, Philip T[homas]HeadlineGeology & Industrial Resources of CA 1851 w/ mapsPublisherWm. MinifieDate Published1851 Lot #223 A Natural and Civil History of California: Containing an Accurate Description of that Country, Its Soils, Mountains, Harbours, Lakes, Rivers and Seas; Its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals and Famous Fishery for Pearls. The Customs of Inhabitants, Their Religion, Government and Manner of Living before Their Conversion to the Christian Religion by the Missionary Jesuits. Together with Accounts of the Several Voyages and Attempts Made for Settling California, and Taking Actual Surveys of that Country, Its Gulf and Coast of the South-sea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorVenegas, MiguelHeadlineVenegas, Nat. & Civil History of CA -2 vols. 1759PublisherJames Rivington & James FletcherDate Published1759 Lot #224 Four Months Among the Gold Finders in California: Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Author[Vizetelley, Henry] Brooks, J. Tyrwhitt, pseud.Headline4 Months Among the Gold Finders in CaliforniaPublisherAppletonDate Published1849 Lot #231 Lot of 7 Fine Press Western Americana volumes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)Author**HeadlineLot of 7 Fine Press Western Americana volumesPublisherGrabhorn/ Book Club of California, etc.Date Published1932-70 Lot #232 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume One: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540-1804 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. IPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1957 Lot #233 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Three: From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys 1846-54 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. IIIPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1959 Lot #234 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Four: From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civil War, 1855-60 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. IVPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1960 Lot #235 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Five: From the Civil War to the Geological Survey View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. VPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1963 Lot #238 Three Albums of Photographs from the 161st & 163rd Signal Photographic Companies View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(World War II)Author**Headline161st & 163rd Signal Photographic Cos. in WWIIDate Publishedc. 1941-45 Lot #239 Camp Curry, Yosemite, brochure View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Yosemite - Camp Curry Brochure)Author**HeadlineCamp Curry, Yosemite, CA, folding brochureDate Published[c.1910] Lot #240 The Domes of the Yosemite Valley View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)AuthorKey, J[ohn] R[oss]HeadlinePrang Chromolithograph of Yosemite ValleyPublisherLouis PrangDate Published1874 Lot #241 Gates & Falls of Yosemite View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Yosemite - Orotone)AuthorPillsbury, Arthur ClarenceHeadlinePillsbury Orotone of Yosemite waterfallsDate Publishedc.1920 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next