Sale 524: Fine Americana - African American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#524) 01/16/2014 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/16/2014 11:00 AM 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 1-38 of 38. Previous|1|Next Lot #8 Original oil on canvas of a mining scene, likely Mexico or California View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorArriola, Hermina F.HeadlineOriginal oil painting of a mining scene c.1880Date Published1880 Lot #19 1892. Columbia Bicycles. Pope Manufacturing Co. 221 Columbus Avenue Boston, Mass. - 12 pp. abbreviated catalog of bicycles View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Bicycles)AuthorColumbia BicyclesHeadlineRare Columbia Bicycles 12 pp. abbreviated catalogPublisher[L. Barta & Co., printers]Date Published1892 Lot #29 Album containing 46 albumen views of California View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorTaber, Isaiah W.HeadlineExceptional Album of Taber California ViewsDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #33 California Resorts Open All Year Round (wrapper title) View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineGuide to the attractions of California 1896PublisherCouthern Pacific Co.Date Published[1896] Lot #73 Victorian Trade Card album filled with cards View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Ephemera)HeadlineOver 200 pieces of ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #81 Albumen cabinet card photograph of "Map of part of Alta Hill near Grass Valley, 1871" View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Grass Valley, Nevada County)AuthorBradley, H.S.HeadlineCabinet card of rare Grass Valley mapPublisherBradley & RulofsonDate Publishedafter 1871 Lot #92 WITHDRAWNCalifornia: Romantic and Beautiful View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineCalifornia Romantic & Beautiful 1st ed in colorful bindingPublisherThe Page CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #106 Printed contractural agreement in Russian for exhibiting at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, A.K.A. the St. Louis World's Fair View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904)Headline1904 Russian contract for St. Louis World's FairDate Published1904 Lot #109 Fine Printing and Bookbinding from San Francisco and its Environs: A Representative Exhibition for the Grolier Club View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMagee, DavidHeadlinePrinting & Bookbinding from SF 1961 1 of 200 copiesPublisher[Carroll T. Harris]Date Published1961 Lot #112 San Rafael, California [front wrapper] - promotional brochure View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Marin County - San Rafael)HeadlineRare San Rafael, CA promo booklet c1921Publisher[San Rafael Chamber of Commerce]Date Published[c.1921] Lot #113 Sausalito: The Geneva of America, Marin County, California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Marin County - Sausalito)HeadlineRare promo - Sausalito: The Geneva of AmericaPublisherCommercial Art CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #114 Advertising poster for milk, "Lineup with Marin Dell. Sold only at Independent Stores." View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Marin County, California)HeadlineAdvertising poster for Marin Co. milk companyPublisherAllied PrintingDate Publishedc.1935 Lot #167 Two items relaitng to the town of Rocklin, Placer County, California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rocklin, Placer County)HeadlineScarce Rocklin California ephemeraDate Published1906 & c,.1912 Lot #171 Handy Block Book of San Francisco. Showing Size of Lots and Blocks and Names of Property Owners. Comprising 50 Varas, 100 Varas, Western Addition and Mission. Compiled from Latest Official Records. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Handy Block Book 1894PublisherHicks-Judd Co.Date Published1894 Lot #173 Report on the Underground Water Supply of San Francisco County: Present Yield--Probable Additional Yield. Prepared by M.M. O'Shaughnessy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)AuthorO'Shaughnessy, M[ichael] M[aurice] and M.J. Bartell, EngineersHeadlineUnderground Water Supply of San Francisco 1913Publisher[Department of Public Works]Date PublishedMay, 1913 Lot #175 San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1875-6, Ending June 30, 1876 - With rare Hess view of San Francisco as frontispiece View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Municipal Reports with Hess viewPublisherSpaulding & BartoDate Published1876 Lot #176 Two abstracts of title for land in San Jose, California View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(San Jose)Headline2 abstracts of land titles for land in San Jose 1893-95Date Published1893-1895 Lot #187 The Mediterranean Shores of America. Southern California: Its Climatic, Physical, and Meteorological Conditions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Southern California)AuthorRemondino, P.C.HeadlineMediterranean Shores of So. Calif. in rare orig wrappers 1892PublisherF.A. Davis Co.Date Published1892 Lot #188 Original oil on canvas of an old Spanish Church View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold AuthorSparks, WillHeadlineOriginal oil painting of an old Spanish Church by Will SparksDate Published1920s-30s Lot #191 California Spring - Original oil on canvas View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorStrong, RayHeadlineOriginal oil on canvas by California painter Ray StrongDate Published1946 Lot #193 Vacation Cabins: A Selection of Small Cabins for Comfort, Utility, Economy View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Tahoe)AuthorParker, J.B.HeadlineTahoe Vacation Cabins construction & cost by JB Parker 1935Publisher[The Vacation Cabin]Date Published[1935] Lot #203 California's Memorial Stadium: To perpetuate California's glorious past - To build for her glorious future View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - University of California, Berkeley)HeadlineUC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium booklet, c.1921Publisher[Printed at Berkeley by Lederer, Street & Zeus Co.]Date Published[c.1921] Lot #209 California Voyages, 1539-1541. Translation of Original Documents View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R., editorHeadlineCalifornia Voyages, 1539-1541 inscribed from authorPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1925 Lot #214 Collection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $25 from S.J. Harris in Mariposa, drawn on the Commercial Bank of Madera View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCollection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1899Date PublishedJune 19, 1899 Lot #215 Commission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $5 in coin View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCommission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1860Date Published10 Dec. 1860 Lot #233 Touring: The Free Tourist Guide of the West] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Yosemite, etc.)HeadlineScarce Western tourist guide 1919PublisherPeck-Juday Co.Date PublishedJaunuary, 1919 Lot #258 $5.00 Reward for the arrest and dentention of Henry Hill or Henry Belcher...black negro View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1904 Wanted Postcard for "arrest and detention of... a black negro")HeadlineWanted postcard for "black negro" 1904Date Published1904 Lot #294 Fifty-two African-American themed post cards, advertising ephemera, etc. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American Ephemera)HeadlineCollection of African American post cards and advertisementsDate Published19th & 20th Centuries Lot #433 Industrial Map of Los Angeles Harbor and Vicinity View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineScarce map of LA Harbor 1929PublisherAutomobile Club of Southern CaliforniaDate Published1929 Lot #437 Map of Petaluma, Sonoma County, Calif., and vicinity Showing Rural Free Delivery Routes Nos. 1--5 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlinePetaluma postal map c.1920Date Publishedc.1920 Lot #438 Beautiful Park Business & Residence Lots at Auction Thursday April 17, 1890 by McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBird's-eye view of Golden Gate ParkDate Published1890 Lot #440 California View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorColton, J.H.HeadlinePocket map of California 1854Date Published1854 Lot #553 The First Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay 1775 View details Estimate$10Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorGalvin, John (Edited by)PublisherJohn Howell-BooksDate Published1971 Lot #555 A Record of Travels in Arizona and California 1775 to 1776 Fr. Francisco Gacces View details Estimate$10Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorGalvin, John, EditorPublisherJohn Howell-BooksDate Published1965 Lot #558 Digging for Gold without a Shovel View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorHammond, George P. (Editor)PublisherOld West Publishing CompanyDate Published1967 Lot #559 The CALIFORNIAN Volume 1 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorHammond, GeorgePublisherJohn Howell - BooksDate Published1971 Lot #563 A Description of The Kingdom of New Spain View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorSr Dn Pedro Alonso O'CrouleyPublisherJohn Howell - BooksDate Published1972 Lot #564 A Pictorial and Narrative History of Monterey Adobe Capital of California 1770-1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorVan Nostrand, JeannePublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1968 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next