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 101-200 of 257. Previous|123|Next 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 #113 Manuscript Document Signed by Thomas Jefferson as President and by James Madison as Secretary of State. View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorJefferson, Thomas & James MadisonDate PublishedNovember 22, 1804 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 #115 Partly-printed Document Signed “James Madison” as President. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMadison, JamesDate PublishedMarch 6, 1809 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 #122 Typed Letter signed by Rockefeller to William G. McAdoo View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorRockefeller, John D., Jr.Date PublishedMarch 23, 1917 Lot #123 Original inscribed and signed photograph View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, FranklinPublisherHarris & EwingDate Published[c. 1933] Lot #124 Official imprinted White House card, inscribed and signed by Roosevelt View details Estimate$500 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreDate Published1907 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 #155 Cabinet card View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCody, William F.Date Published[c. 1890] 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 Lot #173 Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold AuthorFarnham, Thomas J.PublisherSaxton & MilesDate Published1844 Lot #174 Eighth Annual Session. Third Annual Message of Governor A. J. Faulk, to the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota. Delivered, December 1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFaulk, A. J.PublisherGeo. W. Kingsbury, Public Printer, Union and Dakotaian OfficeDate Published1868-9 Lot #175 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, with Other Sketches...to Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Hon. George C. Gorham View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorField, Stephen J.PublisherPrinted for a few friendsDate Published[1893] Lot #176 Neuste Officielle Berichte an die Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten über die Lage und Zukfunt Californiens, Veröffenlicht durch... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorFleischmann, J. Carl LudwigPublisherVerlag von Franz KöhlerDate Published1850 Lot #177 Report of the Secretary of the Interior...communicating a report and map of A.B. Gray, relative to the Mexican Boundary View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorGray, Andrew B.Date Published1855 Lot #178 Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860. With Some Account of Frontier Life in Utah and Nevada View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHafen, Mary AnnPublisherPrivately Printed for Her DescendantsDate Published1938 Lot #179 Travels in North America, in the Years 1827 and 1828 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHall, BasilPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1830 Lot #180 Pioneer Life View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHandsaker, SamuelPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1908 Lot #181 The Cruise of a Schooner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHarris, Albert W.PublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1911] Lot #182 The New Republic: A Discourse of the Prospects, Dangers, Duties and Safeties of the Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHarris, Thomas LakePublisherFountaingrove PressDate Published1891 Lot #183 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published1854 Lot #184 [Printed decree]: "Ministerio de Justica y Negocios Eglesiasticos... Que en obvio de las difficultades que la aplicacion del decreto de 29 de agosto..." View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHerrera, Jose Manuel deDate Published7 September 1829 Lot #185 Across the Plains and Over the Divide: A Mule Train Journey from East to West in 1862, and Incidents Connected Therewith View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHewitt, Randall H.PublisherBroadway PublishingDate Published[1906] Lot #186 The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHolder, Charles F[rederick]PublisherA.C. McClurgDate Published1910 Lot #187 Report Upon the Colorado River of the West, Explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorIves, Joseph C.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1861 Lot #188 Indian Basketry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJames, George WhartonPublisherPrinted Privately for the AuthorDate Published1902 Lot #189 Message from the President of the United States Communicating Further Information in Relation to the Affairs of the United States with Great Britain View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorJefferson, ThomasPublisherA. & G. Way, PrintersDate PublishedJanuary 17, 1809 Lot #190 Life of Sitting Bull and the History of the Indian War of 1890-'91 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJohnson, W. FletcherPublisherEdgewood Publishing Co.Date Published[1891] Lot #191 Southern Boundary Line of Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the report of Colonel Johnston's survey of the southern boundary line of Kansas View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnston, Joseph E.Date Published1858 Lot #192 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorKneeland, SamuelPublisherAlexander Moore, Lee & ShepardDate Published1872 Lot #193 Report of a Visit to Some of the Tribes of Indians, Located West of the Mississippi River View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorLang, John D. and Samuel Taylor, Jun.PublisherM. Day & Co.Date Published1843 Lot #194 The Rambler in North America View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLatrobe, Charles JosephPublisherSeeley and BurnsideDate Published1835 Lot #195 The Field Notes of Captain William Clark, 1803-1805 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorClark, WilliamPublisherYale University PressDate Published1964 Lot #196 The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. August 30, 1803--August 24, 1804 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorMoulton, Gary E., ed.PublisherUniversity of Nebraska PressDate Published[1983-1996] Lot #197 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, ed.PublisherArno PressDate Published1969 Lot #198 Portrait of Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorMiddleton, E.C.Date Published[1864] Lot #199 Frauds in Lands of California: Decision of Secretary of Interior. Resolution of Assembly of Califorina Legislature. Ace of Legislature "To Provide for an examination into the Sale and Disposal of State Lands"... Protest of State Land Commission. Petition of a Thousand Citizens of Los Angeles Valley, California, AND FACTS (wrapper title) View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Los Angeles - Land Fraud)Author**Date Publishedc.1876 Lot #200 With Stevenson to California 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Lynch, James K.]Date Published[1896] Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next