Sale 532: Historic Autographs & Manuscripts with Archival Material (#532) 05/08/2014 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/08/2014 11:00 AM PDT 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-67 of 67. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Vestiges of the Spirit-History of Man - Millard Fillmore's Copy Heading(1850 - Fillmore, Millard - His Copy)AuthorDunlap, S.F.HeadlineVolume from the Library of Millard FillmorePublisherD. AppletonDate Published1858 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #5 Eulogy on Gen. Zachary Taylor, late President of the United States. Delivered October 2, 1850 - President Millard Fillmore's Copy Heading(1850 - Fillmore, Millard - his copy)AuthorIngersoll, Jos. R.HeadlineMillard Fillmore's copy of a Eulogy for Zachary TaylorPublisherCrissy & MarkleyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #6 History of the State of New York Heading(1853 - Pierce, Franklin - His copy)AuthorBrodhead, John RomeynHeadlinePresentation Copy inscribed to Franklin PiercePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #13 Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer, Two legal documents, 1862-69 AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineFuture President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyerDate Published1862-1869 View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #16 Typed Letter, signed from Vice President Charles G. Dawes Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineTLs from Vice President Charles DawesDate PublishedDecember 11, 1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #33 WITHDRAWNPhotograph from the 1972 Republican National Convention, signed by Richard Nixon Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineRichard Nixon signed photo from the 1972 RNCDate Published1972 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #49 Autograph Letter Signed by Laura Adams, writing from East Bloomfield, NY, to her brother Newton Adams, a missionary doctor in South Africa Heading(Africa)AuthorAdams, LauraHeadlineNewton Adams, a missionary doctor in South AfricaDate PublishedApril 28, 1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #52 Calvary Church - Yesterday and Today, by Samuel M. Shoemaker, a significant founder of Alcoholics Anonymous Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)AuthorShoemaker, Samuel M.HeadlineCalvary Church - Yesterday and Today, by Samuel M. Shoemaker, a significant founder of Alcoholics AnonymousPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published1936 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #63 Two Typed Letters Signed from Edmund G. Brown as Governor of California to Mrs. Helen Copley AuthorBrown, Edmund G.Headline2 TLs from CA Gov Ed G. Brown to Helen K CopleyDate Published1977-1979 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #66 Loan agreement between the Grass Valley Water Company, and Alexander Henderson Heading(California - Grass Valley)AuthorGrass Valley Water CompanyHeadlineLoan agreement between the Grass Valley Water Company, and Alexander HendersonDate PublishedMarch 4. 1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 Typed letter, signed by Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton, former director of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Heading(California - Palace of Legion of Honor)AuthorQuinton, Cornelia Bentley SageHeadlineTyped letter, signed by Cornelia Bentley Sage Quinton, former director of the California Palace of the Legion of HonorDate PublishedOctober 8, 1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #80 Three Autograph Letters Signed AuthorCooke, Jay (1821-1905)Headline3 Civil War Era ALs by Jay Cooke View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #102 Land lease signed by Queen Emma of Hawaii and by her attorney in fact, Alxr J. Cartwright of Baseball Hall of Fame, and Cecil Brown, signer of Hawaii Constitution. Heading(Hawaii)AuthorKaleleonalani, Queen Emma & Alexander J. CartwrightHeadlineBaseball Hall of Famer Alexander Cartwright and Queen Emma of Hawaii Signed DocumentDate Published1883 View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,000StatusUnsold Lot #104 Deed of land, from W. Gallagher to W. Whitney Heading(Humboldt County, Nevada)Author**HeadlineDeed of land, from W. Gallagher to W. WhitneyDate PublishedApril 21st. 1862 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #110 Archive of correspondence and documents relating the career of Capt. Paul A. Oliver Heading(Maritime)HeadlineArchive of American Shipping 1820s-1840sDate Published1820s-1840s View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #111 1824 manuscript archive of General Lafayette’s Visit to Ipswich, Massachusetts Heading(Massachusetts)AuthorLafayette, GeneralHeadlineArchive of Gen. Lafayette's visit to Ipswich, MA 1824Date Published1824 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #112 Massachusetts Governor’s Thanksgiving Proclamation broadsides 1813-1854 Heading(Massachusetts)HeadlineMassachusetts Governor’s Thanksgiving Proclamation broadsides 1813-1854Date Published1813-1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #113 Archive of approx. 50 pieces of correspondence and other ms. items relating to mining, primarily in Colorado Heading(Mining - Colorado, etc.)HeadlineColorado mining correspondence 1870-90Date Publishedc.1870-1890 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #114 Oglala Sioux Tribe Proposed Preamble to the Council Constitution manuscript Heading(Native American - Oglala Sioux Tribe)HeadlineOglala Sioux Tribe Proposed Preamble to the Council Constitution MssDate Published1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #116 Manuscript ledger book recording mining claims and locations for numerous mines in the Mammoth Mining Districe, Nye County, Nevada Heading(Nevada - Mammoth Mining District)HeadlineMines of Mammoth District NevadaDate Published1880-1901 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #117 Deed for land in Nevada Heading(Nevada)HeadlineDeed to land in Nevada, signed by 2nd GovernorDate PublishedApril 28, 1871 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #118 Articles of incorporation of the Chollar Gold and Silver Mining Company Heading(Nevada - Chollar Gold and Silver Mining Company)HeadlineArticles of Incorporation of the Chollar Gold and Silver Mining CompanyDate Published4-8th Nov. 1904 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #121 Late 18th century Indenture signed by Charles Platt for the lease of land in Plattsburgh, NY Heading(New York)HeadlinePlattsburgh, NY late 18th C. Indenture by Charles PlattDate Published1792 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #122 Small archive of documents, all relating to William Bates Nichols Heading(Nichols, W.B.)HeadlineSmall archive of documents, all relating to W. B. NicholsDate Published1882-1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #123 Small archive of mortgages, shares and a deed, all relating to William Bates Nichols Heading(Nichols, W.B.)HeadlineSmall archive of mortgages, shares and a deed, all assigned to W.B. NicholsDate Published1905-1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #125 Autograph Document Signed by Timothy Pickering AuthorPickering, TimothyHeadlineSigned by Timothy PickeringDate Published1783 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #128 Typed Letter, signed to Monsignor Howard J. Carrol of the National Catholic Welfare Council AuthorRockefeller, John D., Jr.HeadlineTLs from John D. RockefellerDate PublishedFebruary 4, 1949 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #130 A concise and condensed history of the goings and comings & voyages of the Sloop Yacht "Restless" by a reliable not contraband but highly respectable gentleman... (from 1st page) Heading(San Francisco Bay - Yachting)HeadlineYachting on San Francisco Bay in 1858Date PublishedNo date [c.1870] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #132 Autograph Letter Signed from James Meara in Macon, Georgia, co-proprietor of Lanier House, to an Alex Hackett in New York, referring to the sale of a slave amongst other matters Heading(Slave Letter)AuthorMeara, JamesHeadlineLetter from Georgia about sale of SlaveDate PublishedMarch 9, 1858 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #133 1769 manuscript receipt for the work of two slaves in Newport, Rhode Island Heading(Slavery)HeadlineSlave receipt document of a Newport, RI slave 1769Date Published1769 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #134 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Smith, to General Tobias E. Stansbury, regarding political matters AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from Sen. Sam Smith to Gen. Stansbury 1823Date PublishedFeb. 15, 1823 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #135 Autograph Letter Signed - 1835 Connecticut Yankee sees great Charleston fire Heading(South Carolina - 1835 Connecticut Yankee sees great Charleston fire)AuthorStarr, Samuel G.HeadlineALs 1835 Connecticut Yankee sees great Charleston fireDate PublishedFeb. 20, 1835 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #137 Autograph Letter Signed - 1900 ‘Radical’ Professor fired at Stanford, first academic freedom cause célèbre in America Heading(Stanford Controversy)AuthorRoss, Edward A.Headline1900 ‘Radical’ Professor fired at StanfordPublisherStanford UniversityDate PublishedDecember 9, 1900 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #144 Manuscript Texas Slavery Document Heading(Texas)Author**HeadlineManuscript Texas Slavery Document 1863Date Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #145 Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company certificate Heading(Texas)HeadlineGalveston Bay & Texas Land Co. certificate Oct 16, 1830Date PublishedOctober 16, 1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #146 Manuscript document regarding the sale of a Labore[sic] of Land in the Republic of Taxas[sic] Heading(Texas)HeadlineRare early Texas documentDate PublishedFebruary 17th, 1837 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #147 Manuscript land transfer document for property in San Augustine County, Texas Heading(Texas)HeadlineRepublic of Texas land transfer 1837Date Published1839 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #148 Partially printed document, completed by hand, charging one Thomas Wilson with failure to pay duties due to the Republic of Texas, signed by W.C. Young Heading(Texas)AuthorYoung, William CockeHeadlineRare Texas documentDate PublishedSpring, 1846 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #149 Handwritten diary of the tour of a woman from the San Francisco Bay Area across the United States and thence to Britain and Europe, and return Heading(Travel Diary)AuthorBrown, B. MargaretHeadlineWoman's charming little travel diaryDate Published1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #151 Archive of letters from Pete Wilson as Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator and Governor of California, from 1981-2003 - addressed to Mrs. Helen K. Copley AuthorWilson, PeteHeadlineArchive of TLs & ALs from Gov. of CA/Mayor of San Diego Pete WilsonDate Published1981-2003 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #152 Letter from the Mutual Security Company offering for sale bonds to cover the construction costs of the Yosemite Post Office Building, on letterhead with a reproduced photograph of the building Heading(Post Office Building in Yosemite)HeadlineConstruction of the Yosemite Post Office Bldg.Date Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #153 Message of the President [regarding conscription] Heading(Civil War - Confederate Imprint)AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineConfederate imprint Jefferson DavisDate PublishedJan. 11, 1864 View details StatusUnsold Lot #154 Signatures of 14 Union soldiers, politicians, and others in the Civil War, including two Medal of Honor Recipients, mounted on cards Heading(Civil War)HeadlineCivil War Soldier SignaturesDate Publishedc.1861-65 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #155 Autograph Letter Signed - 1861 Birth of the Union Army’s Pinkerton spy service Heading(Civil War, Espionage)AuthorPorter, General A[ndrew]HeadlineALs Civil War 1861 Birth of the Union Army’s Pinkerton spy serviceDate PublishedAugust 23, 1861 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #156 Printed and Autograph Document, Signed "G A Custer" as Lieutenant Colonel 7th Cavalry, Brevet Major General U.S.S. Commanding AuthorCuster, George A.HeadlineDocument signed by George A. Custer, 1874Date PublishedJune 23, 1874 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #159 French and Indian War Manuscript Call to Arms, 1758 Heading(French and Indian War)HeadlineMss Call to Arms N.H. 1758 French & Indian WarDate Published1758 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #164 Above and Beyond: The Story of the Congressional Medal of Honor - signed by 26 winners of the Medeal of Honor Heading(Medal of Honor Winners)AuthorSchott, Joseph L.HeadlineSigned by Medal of Honor WinnersPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #166 Autograph Letter Signed - 1878 “Living Death” of a West Point Cadet Heading(Military)AuthorLooker, Henry B.HeadlineALs 1878 “Living Death” of a West Point CadetDate PublishedJune 28, [1878] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #169 Small archive of correspondence and documents concerning National Cemeteries Heading(National Cemeteries)HeadlineSmall archive on the formation of National CemeteriesDate Published1860s View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #170 Document Signed by George S. Patton, promoting Frank B. Lull to corporal in te First Brigade Tank Corp of the United States AuthorPatton, George S.HeadlineSigned by George S. PattonDate PublishedDec. 5th, 1918 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #171 Revolutionary Manuscript Document Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineRevolutionary Manuscript Document 1781Date Published1781 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #172 Revolutionary War Depreciation of Pay document 1791 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineRevolutionary War Depreciation of Pay document 1791Date PublishedDecember 24, 1791 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #189 Two letters, signed by John Hope Franklin African-American author AuthorFranklin, John HopeHeadline2 letters from author John Hope FranklinDate Published2004 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #220 Autograph of Helen Hunt Jackston AuthorJackson, Helen Hunt (1830-1885)HeadlineAutograph of Helen H. Jackson author of Ramona, dated 1876Date PublishedApril 6, 1876 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #266 Archive of 44 Autograph Letters Signed written to Dr. Jacob Bigelow of Boston by 20 notable correspondents, which illuminate the foundations of Botanical Science in America Heading(American Science, Medicine & Book Illustration)Author[Bigelow, Jacob, recipient]HeadlineLetters to American Botanist 1814-23Date Published1814-1823 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$19,791.68StatusSold Lot #279 Einstein: A pictorial biography, with photograph and signature by Albert Einstein. Heading(Einsten, Albert)AuthorCahn, WilliamHeadlineEinstein: A pictorial biography, with photograph and signature by Albert Einstein.PublisherThe Citadel PressDate PublishedJune 1960 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #294 Autograph Note, unsigned - 1848 American scientists commission French book artist Heading(Science)AuthorGould, Dr. Augustus A.Headline1848 American scientists commission French book artistDate PublishedFebruary 1848 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #347 2 volumes relating to entertainer Will Rogers AuthorRogers, Will & Betty RogersHeadline2 volumes relating to entertainer Will RogersDate Published1926 & 1941 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #368 Archive of nine cloth advertising or warning signs and a flour bag from the Calvin Otto Collection Heading(Printing on Cloth)Headline9 advertising or warning signs printed on cloth c.1900-09 + large flour bagDate Publishedc.1900-1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #374 Indian Life and Indian Lore. In the Land of the Head-Hunters - signed by author and photographer Edward S. Curtis AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineSigned copy of Ed Curtis's Indian Life & Lore 1915PublisherWorld Book CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #385 Album of photograph snapshots from a rural Eureka, Nevada ranching family in the 1930s Heading(Nevada)Headline200 snapshots of rural Eureka, NV life in the 1930sDate Published1930s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #390 The New-England Almanack, and Gentlemen & Ladies Diary, for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1789...Fitted to the meridian of New-London Heading(Almanack)AuthorFreebetter, Edmund [attributed to Nathan Daboll]HeadlineNew England Almanack for 1789PublisherT. GreenDate Published[1788] View details Estimate$10Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #392 Signature, clipped from the close of a letter AuthorCorwin, ThomasHeadlineThomas Corwin Secretary of Treasury Under FilmoreDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #393 Lot of ten mining or geology maps Heading(Mining Maps)Headline10 western US mining & geology mapsDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$10 - $10Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #402 Autograph Letter, signed, as Solicitor of the Treasury AuthorStreeter, Farris B.HeadlineFarris B. Streeter Solicitor of the TreasuryDate PublishedOctober 1, 1853 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #404 Clipped signature of the U.S. Attorney General under James K. Polk AuthorToucey, IsaacHeadlineIsaac Toucey Attorney General under J.K. PolkDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #405 Eleven letters plus one order form from the War Camp Community Services - addressed to architects Kilham & Hopkins in 1919 Heading(World War I)AuthorKilham & Hopkins, ArchitectsHeadline11 letters from War Camp 1919Date PublishedJuly - December, 1919 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next