Sale 279: Fine Americana, with Important Autographs from the Collection of the Late Brian Minasian (#279) 02/12/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/12/2004 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 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 1-100 of 180. Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Autograph Letter signed “John Adams” as U.S. Minister to Great Britain View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold AuthorAdams, JohnDate PublishedSeptember 19, 1785 Lot #3 Manuscript Document signed “O. Ellsworth,” as a member of Connecticut’s Pay-table Committee View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorEllsworth, OliverDate PublishedJune 19, 1776. Lot #18 Autograph Memorandum Signed “GR” as King of Great Britain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGeorge III.Date PublishedOctober 27, 1783 Lot #20 Manuscript letter, signed by U.S. Grant Jr., to a Mrs. Tyner View details Estimate$250 - $400Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorGrant, Ulysses S., Jr.Date PublishedDec. 29, 1876 Lot #21 Autograph Letter signed “Nath. Greene” as quartermaster general View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorGreene, NathanielDate PublishedJune 22, 1780 Lot #23 Autograph Letter signed “P. Henry” View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorHenry, PatrickDate PublishedMay 30, 1777 Lot #28 Autograph Quotation signed by Howe, from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic" View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorHowe, Julia WardDate PublishedFebruary 26, 1865 Lot #29 Revolutionary War dated Autograph Letter signed by Jay the year he became President of the Continental Congress View details Estimate$2,500 - $4,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJay, John.Date PublishedFebruary 26, 1778 Lot #47 Autograph Letter signed by Morris as United States Senator. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, RobertDate PublishedJuly 9, 1790 Lot #59 Manuscript Document signed by L.W.R. Phillips and Enoch Johnson. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Slavery)Author**Date PublishedApril 4, 1829 Lot #61 Partly-printed Document completed in manuscript View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Slavery)Author**Date PublishedApril 26, 1855 Lot #68 Manuscript Document signed “G. Washington” as President View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold AuthorWashington, GeorgeDate PublishedSeptember 26, 1789 Lot #75 The Balance, and Columbian Repository View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Balance...)Author**PublisherSampson, Chittenden & CroswellDate PublishedAugust 30, 1803 Lot #76 The Boston Chronicle View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Boston Chronicle)Author**PublisherMein & FlemingDate PublishedJanuary 18 to January 25, 1768 Lot #77 Lot of four newspapers issued during or just prior to the American Civil War View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War Newspapers)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #78 The Emancipator View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Emancipator)Author**Date PublishedJuly 20, 1837 & Dec. 17, 1845 Lot #79 Herald of Freedom View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(Herald of Freedom)AuthorNew-Hampshire Anti-Slavery SocietyPublisherJ.H. Ela, Publishing AgentDate PublishedFeb. 28, 1845 & Jan. 30, 1846 Lot #80 The Liberator View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Liberator)AuthorGarrison, William LloydPublisherGarrison & Knapp/Henry W. WilliamsDate PublishedJune 7, 1834-Feb. 20, 1846 Lot #81 The Massachusetts Gazette View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts Gazette)Author**PublisherSamuel HallDate PublishedDecember 26, 1786 Lot #82 Massachusetts Spy, or, The Worcester Gazette View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherPrinted by Isaiah ThomasDate PublishedMay 31, 1781 Lot #83 Massachusetts Spy, or, The Worcester Gazette View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate PublishedNov. 20, 1788 & Jan.14, 1795 Lot #84 The Massachusetts Spy: A Weekly, Political, and Commercial Paper: -- Open to All Parties, but Influenced by None View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherI. ThomasDate PublishedSeptember 26, 1771 Lot #85 Thomas's Massachusetts Spy, Extra View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts Spy)Author**PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate PublishedJuly 8, 1795 Lot #86 National Anti-Slavery Standard View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Heading(National Anti-Slavery Standard)AuthorGay, Sidney Howard, ed.PublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate PublishedAugust 22, 1850 Lot #87 National Gazette View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(National Gazette)AuthorFreneau, P.PublisherChilds & SwaineDate PublishedDecember 12, 1792 Lot #88 New York Clipper: The Oldest American Sporting and Theatrical Journal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(New York Clipper)AuthorQueen, Frank, ed.Date PublishedApril 15, 1865 to April 7, 1866 Lot #89 The Pennsylvania Gazette, Number 592 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Pennsylvania Gazette)Author[Franklin, Benjamin]Date PublishedApril 17, 1740 Lot #90 The Philanthropist, Published by the Executive Committee of the Ohio State Anti-Slavery Society View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Philanthropist)AuthorBailey, Gamaliel, Jr., ed.PublisherSamuel A. Alley, printerDate PublishedApril 16 Lot #91 The Spectator View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Spectator)Author**PublisherE. Belden & Co.Date PublishedJanuary 25, 1800 Lot #94 Signed steel-engraved portrait View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBurnside, General Ambrose EverettDate Published[c. 1870-1880] Lot #97 Archive of approximately 70 letters to Jefferson Wilcoxson View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California)Author[Wilcoxson, Jefferson]Date Published1880's-90's Lot #99 Archive of letters addressed to Daniel Harris View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Civil War)Author**Date Published1850's-60's Lot #100 Marriage License from Pittsylvania County, Virginia View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War Era Document)Author**Date PublishedMarch 18 & 25, 1863 Lot #101 Signature on a White House visiting card View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorCleveland, GroverDate Published[c. 1888] Lot #102 Carte-de-visite photograph, signed View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Davis, Jefferson)AuthorAnnan, ThomasDate Published1869 Lot #103 Original inscribed and signed photograph View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.Date Published[c. 1956] Lot #104 Autograph letter signed by Floyd, to U.S. Representative Horace Maynard View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFloyd, John B., Secretary of WarDate PublishedApril 28, 1858 Lot #105 "Challenges to American Policy" from Thinking About America: The United States in the 1990s View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorFord, Gerald R.PublisherHoover Institution, Stanford UniversityDate Published[1988] Lot #106 Two Manuscript Letters, signed by Frick, to William G. McAdoo View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFrick, Henry ClayDate PublishedMay 23 & June 3, 1918 Lot #107 Partially-printed land grant, filled out in ink, with ms. plat & large beeswax seal attached View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Georgia Land Grant)Author**Date PublishedMay 11, 1793 Lot #108 Original inscribed and signed photograph View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorHarding, Warren G.PublisherBaker Art GalleryDate Published[c. 1921-23] Lot #109 Typed letter signed View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHarrison, BenjaminDate Published12 July 1888 Lot #110 Lincoln Tomb View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Hoover, Herbert)AuthorDepartment of Public Works and BuildingsPublisherState of IllinoisDate Published[1932] Lot #111 United States Public Land Grant Document, signed View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJackson, AndrewPublisher[United States Government]Date PublishedDecember 2, 1830 Lot #112 Autographed inscription, signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJames, WillDate Published[1929] Lot #114 Archive of a Korean War Army medic View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Korean War)AuthorDalgas, Dale R.Date Published[1950-52] Lot #116 Manuscript Sheriff's Ledger View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMcKenzie, DDate Published1865-1870's Lot #117 Signed color photograph View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorMurphy, AudieDate Published[c. 1950] Lot #118 Arrest Warrant, partially printed, filled out in ink View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(New Mexico)Author**Date Published1856 Lot #119 Collection of two New York documents View details Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$62.50StatusSold Author(New York documents)Date PublishedApril 28, 1749 & May 1, 1827 Lot #120 Land Deed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author(New York Document)PublisherM. Ward & Co., PrintersDate PublishedJune 27 & August 8, 1808 Lot #121 Original manuscript land deed indenture View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author(Philadelphia document)Date PublishedJanuary 22, 1719 Lot #123 Original inscribed and signed photograph View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, FranklinPublisherHarris & EwingDate Published[c. 1933] Lot #125 Assembly Bill No. 238: An Act to Give Further Powers to the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)Author**Date Published[April 1856] Lot #126 Carte-de-visite photograph, signed on the matting View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorScott, WinifieldPublisherChas. D. Fredricks & Co.Date Published1862 Lot #127 Four Aspects of Civic Duty View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTaft, William HowardPublisherScribner'sDate Published1906 Lot #128 Signed steel-engraved portrait View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTaft, William HowardDate PublishedApril 2, 1909 Lot #129 Autograph letter, signed by Webster, to Thomas Aspinwall View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorWebster, DanielDate PublishedMay 12, 1846 (but 1843] Lot #130 Autograph Letter, signed by Wilson with his initials, to Willam McAdoo View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorWilson, WoodrowDate PublishedNo date Lot #131 Typed Letter signed by Wilson, to William G. McAdoo View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWilson, WoodrowDate PublishedApril 19, 1913 Lot #132 Printed playbill for “Bryant’s Minstrels – From Mechanic’s Hall – Monster Concert, Tin-pan-o-ni-on – The Rival Darkies…” View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedJuly 9, 1862 Lot #133 Printed playbill for “Niblo’s Saloon - Geo. Christie’s Minstrels – Artful Dodger – A varied program of New Songs, Acts, Dances, Plantation Scenes, etc.” View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedDecember 22, 1859 Lot #134 Printed playbill for “Smith’s Ethiopian Minstrels!” National Theatre, benefit concert. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedDecember 21, 1850 Lot #135 Printed playbill for “Strand Theatre – American Opera Troupe – First Appearance of Lucy Long in Character.” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedSeptember 13, 1852 Lot #136 Printed playbill for “Woman of the World – Messrs. Walter Bray and Edmonds.” View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[African-Americana – Minstrel Playbill].Date PublishedMarch 1, 1862 Lot #137 Catholic Prayers & Hymns in the Tinneh Language View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Alaska)Author**PublisherIndian Boys' Press, Holy Cross MissionDate Published1897 Lot #138 Art Work of Seattle & Alaska View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Alaska and Seattle)Author[Harney, W. D.]PublisherThe W. D. Harney Photogravure Co.Date Published1907 Lot #139 Adventures with Indians and Game, or Twenty Years in the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAllen, William A.PublisherA.W. BowenDate Published1903 Lot #140 Cram's Illustrated Family Atlas of the World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Atlas)AuthorCram, George F.PublisherGeorge F. CramDate Published[c. 1890] Lot #141 Gray's Atlas of the United States... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Atlas)AuthorGray, O.W.PublisherStedman, Brown & LyonDate Published1874 Lot #142 Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with descriptions, geographical, statistical, and historical... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Atlas)AuthorJohnson, A.J. and A.H. ColtonPublisherJohnson and BrowningDate Published1861 Lot #143 Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Atlas)AuthorMitchell, [Samuel Augustus]PublisherA. R. Keller Co.Date Published1893 Lot #144 Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Atlas)AuthorMitchell, [Samuel Augustus]PublisherBradley & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #145 Inaugural Address of the Governor of the State of California, January 8, 1852 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBigler, JohnPublisherEugene Casserly, State PrinterDate Published1852 Lot #146 Rod, Gun, and Palette in the High Rockies: Being a record of an Artist's Impressions in the Land of the Red Gods View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBlomfield, JamesPublisherW.E. WroeDate Published1914 Lot #147 Views of Louisiana; Together with a Journal of a Voyage Up the Missouri River, in 1814 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorBrackenridge, H[enry] M[arie]PublisherCramer, Spear & RichbaumDate Published1814 Lot #148 The Life and Adventures of Robert McKimie. Alias "Little Reddy," From Texas. The Dare-Devil Desperado of the Black Hills Region, Chief of the Murderous Gang of Treasure Coach Robbers. Also, a full Account of the Robberies Committed by him and his Gang in Highland, Pike and Ross Counties... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorBridwell, J.W.PublisherHillsboro Gazette OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #149 [Printed decree]: "...El Gobierno Nombrara Comisionados que Vayan a las Dos Californias..." View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorCervantes, MiguelDate Published29 May 1832 Lot #150 Six photographs of Calistoga and Clearlake View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author(California - Photographs)Date PublishedOctober 22, 1928 Lot #151 In the International Arbitral Court of the Hague. The Case of the Pious Fund of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California - Pious Fund)AuthorDoyle, John T.PublisherGeo. Spaulding & Co., PrintersDate Published1906 Lot #152 Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd. Private Code for use Between Its Own Offices. Vol. C. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author(California)PublisherYokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.Date Published1925 Lot #153 Reglamento de la Direccion de Colonizacion View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(California and the Southwest)Author**PublisherImprenta del AguilaDate Published1846 Lot #154 Recollections View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorChambers, Andrew JacksonDate Published[1947] Lot #156 By-Laws of the Federal Union Mining Company, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Organized March 27, 1866. Capital Stock $100,000 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Colorado)Author**PublisherFranklin Job Printing OfficeDate Published1866 Lot #157 The Constitution of the State of Colorado, Adopted in Convention, March 14, 1876; Also the Address of the Convention to the People of Colorado. Election, Saturday, July 1, 1876 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$468.75StatusSold Author(Colorado)PublisherTribune Book and Job Printing HouseDate Published1876 Lot #158 Went to Kansas; Being a Thrilling Account of an Ill-Fated Expedition to that Fairy Land, and its Sad Results... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorColt, Miriam DavisPublisherPrinted by L. Ingalls & Co.Date Published1862 Lot #159 Three Years in California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorColton, WalterPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 Lot #160 Scenes and Adventures in the Army; or, Romance of Military Life View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCooke, Philip St. GeorgePublisherLindsay and BlakistonDate Published1859 Lot #161 Prayers in the Crow Indian Language, Composed by the Missionaries of the Society of Jesus (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Crow Indians)Author[Cremont, Raphael; Joseph Cataldo; & Peter Prando]PublisherDe Smet Mission PrintDate Published1891 Lot #162 California Scenery. Seal Rocks - Point Lobos View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCurrier & IvesPublisherCurrier & IvesDate Published[c. 1873] Lot #163 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #164 El Gringo, or New Mexico amd Her People View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorDavis, W[illiam] W.H.PublisherHarperDate Published1857 Lot #165 Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements with Reference to a Road Across the Sierra Nevada, Submitted April 10, 1855 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDay, ShermanPublisherB.B. Redding, State PrinterDate Published1855 Lot #166 An Inquiry into the Origin of the Antiquities of America View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDelafield, JohnPublisherJ.C. Colt, et al.Date Published1839 Lot #167 Sketches of Modern Indian Life (caption title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDiomedi, AlexanderDate Publishedc.1894 Lot #168 Report on Indians Taxed and Indians Not Taxed in the United States (except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census: 1890. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Donaldson, Thomas C.]PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1894 Lot #169 Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Admiral Du Pont U.S. Navy. 1846-48. 1861-63 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDupont, [Samuel F.]PublisherPress of Ferris Bros., PrintersDate Published1883 Lot #170 7 election tickets and a 1888 Republican National Convention ticket View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Election Tickets)Author**Date Published[1850's-1880's] Lot #171 Representative Men: Seven Lectures View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorEmerson, R[alph] W[aldo]PublisherPhillips, Samson and CompanyDate Published1850 Lot #172 Antonio Escovedo, Gobernador Constitucional del Departamento de Jalisco, á todos sus habitantes, sabed: que Por el Ministerio de Hacienda se ha communicado á este Gobierno el decreto siguiente... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorEscovedo, AntonioDate PublishedSeptember 26, 1840 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next