Sale 560 - Rare Americana with California & the P.P.I.E. (#560) 05/14/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/14/2015 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)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 1-61 of 61. Previous|1|Next Lot #26 Manuscript Quitclaim Deed signed by Franklin N. Billings, for some 53 lots of land in Butte City, in what is now Glenn County, California, on the upper Sacramento River Heading(California - Butte City)HeadlineLand deed for Butte City, Cal., 1850Date PublishedApril 11, 1850 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #29 Two documents from the Mercantile Library Association and Custom House, both in San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco; documents from Custom House and Mercantile Library AssociationDate Published1864;1873 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #30 San Mateo County California Telephone Directory - November 1929 Issue Heading(California - San Mateo County)HeadlineSan Mateo County Phone Book 1929PublisherThe Pacific Telephone and Telegraph CompanyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #32 Eight ephemeral items relating to Northern California Heading(California Ephemera)HeadlineCalifornia Ephemera 1850-78Date Published1850-1878 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #47 Letter about swindler Parker French's 1850 "Express Train" to the California gold fields Heading(American exploration, 1850 - overland to California)Headline1850 letter, overland expedition to California gold fields led by a notorious swindlerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #62 San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory (wrapper title) Heading(Chinese)HeadlineS.F. & Oakland Chinese Telephone DirectoryPublisherPacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.Date PublishedMarch 1938 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #74 The Past, the Present and the Future of the Pacific AuthorCrane, James M.HeadlineCalifornia versus the Federal Government, 1856PublisherPrinted by Sterett & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #79 California’s Diamond Jubilee, Celebrated at San Francisco, September 5 to 12, 1925 Heading(Diamond Jubilee Celebration)HeadlineCalifornia’s Diamond Jubilee, San Francisco 1925PublisherE. C. BrownDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #88 Nuggets from El Dorado County, California Heading(California - El Dorado County)HeadlineEl Dorado County Promotional 1907Publisher[El Dorado County Board of Trade]Date Published[1907] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #106 The Experiences of a Forty-niner During Thirty-four Years' Residence in California and Australia AuthorFerguson, Charles D.HeadlineFerguson: The Experiences of a Forty-ninerPublisherWilliams Pub. Co.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #109 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineFirst book in English about CaliforniaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #118 Frost's Pictorial History of California. History of the State of California, From the Period of the Conquest by Spain, to her Occupation by the United States of America AuthorFrost, JohnHeadlineFrost's Pictorial History of California 1850PublisherDerby and MillerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #121 “Pictures of fair Buildings and fair Exhibits” - scrapbook Heading(Golden Gate International Exposition)HeadlineSan Francisco - Golden Gate International Exposition, scrapbook.Date Published[1939] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #122 Japanese Pavilion, Golden Gate International Exposition 1940 Heading(Golden Gate International Exposition)HeadlineJapanese Pavilion, Golden Gate International Exposition 1940Date Published1940 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #135 Californiens Gegenwart und Zukunft...Ueber die Klimatologie von Californaiien und ueber die geographische Verbreitug des Goldes AuthorHoppe, J[anus] & A[dolph] ErmanHeadlineHoppe. Californiens Gegenwart und Zukunft. 1849.PublisherG. ReimerDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #148 Official Souvenir, Fifty-Seventh Convention, International Typographical Union Heading(International Typographical Union)HeadlineInternational Typographical Union, 57th convention - San FranciscoDate Published1911 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #158 Lettres Edifiantes Et Curieuses, Ecrites Des Missions Estrangeres, par quelques Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jesus. V. Recueil Heading(Kino, Eusebio Francisco)Author[Duhalde, Jean Baptiste, editor]HeadlineJesuit letters with Kino map 1705PublisherChez Nicolas le ClercDate Published1705 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #183 Naval Sketches of the War in California reproducing twenty-eight Drawings made in 1846-47 by William H. Meyers, Gunner on the U.S. Sloop-of-War Dale AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineNaval Sketches of the War in CaliforniaPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #192 Views of Oakland. California. A Bird's-Eye View of the City, Views of Prominent Business Blocks, Hotels... And a Description of Oakland by the President of the Board of Trade Heading(Oakland)HeadlineView book of Oakland, Cal., 1893PublisherPacific Press Publishing CompanyDate Published1893 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #193 A Pictorial Journal of a Voyage Aboard the Three Masted Schooner Louise, Last of the Sailing Codfishermen out of San Francisco as Recorded in 1931 by the Artist Otis Oldfield AuthorOldfield, OtisHeadlinePictorial Journal of a Voyage - Grabhorn 1969PublisherGrabhorn-HoyemDate Published1969 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #198 Asuntos Educacionales qua podrán ser representados por medio de fotografias en la Exposicion Universale de San Francisco (California). Inauguracion: El 20 de Febrero 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineArgentina at the PPIEDate PublishedSeptember 1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #199 Catalogue for the Baird-North Co., Gold and Silver Smiths, featuring a color wrap-around rendering of the Tower of Jewels on the wrappers Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineTower of Jewels on jewelry cataloguePublisherBaird-North Co.Date Publishedc.1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #200 Catalogue of Exhibits by the Singer Sewing Mashing Company...Singer Pavilion, Palace of Varied Industries - Section 7. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineSewing Machines at the PPIEDate Published1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #201 Daily Official Program, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineLast program of PPIEPublisherThe Wahlgreen Co.Date PublishedDec. 4, 1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #202 P.P.I.E. "Pre-Exposition Period" ticket book - M.H. de Young's copy Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)Authorde Young, M.H.HeadlineM.H. de Young's PPIE Ticket bookDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 Exhibit of the Columbia Graphophone Company, Pioneers and Leaders in the Talking Machine Industry, Creators of the Talking Machine Art, Owners of the Fundamental Patents Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineColumbia Graphophone at PPIEDate Published1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #204 Folding brochure for "Niagara Maid" Pure Glove-Silk Underwear, Silk Stockings, and Pure Silk Gloves Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineSilk underwear at the PPIEPublisherNiagara Silk MillsDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #205 Food products to all the World - Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineLibby foods at PPIEPublisherLibby, McNeil & LibbyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #207 An Appreciation Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)AuthorHays, Howard H.HeadlineYellowstone at the PPIEPublisherUnion Pacific SystemDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #208 Jeffery in Peace and War Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineMotor cars at the PPIEPublisherThe Thomas B. Jeffery CompanyDate Published[c.1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #209 Three Days at the Exposition. Compliments of the National Young Women's Christian Associations Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)AuthorLee, Julia Tolman, compilerHeadline3-day guide to P.P.I.E.Publisher[A. Carlisle & Co., Printers]Date Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #211 Miniature sterling silver replica of the gold shovel President William H. Taft used in turning the first spadeful of earth to begin the building project for the P.P.I.E. Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineShovel that started the PPIEPublisherShreve & CoDate Publishedc.1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #212 Mohrlite at the Exposition 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineMohrlite at the PPIEPublisherUnion Lithograph Co. Advertising ServiceDate Published1915 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #213 My Visit to the Panama Pacific Exposition - and Here is where I saw the Great White Frost Refrigerator (wrapper title) Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineRefrigerators at the PPIEPublisherWhite Frost Refrigerator Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #214 National Meter Company of New York at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, Manufacturers of Crown, Empire, Nash, Gem, Empire-Compound and Premium water meters. Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineWater meters at the PPIEPublisher[Taylor, Nash & Taylor, Printers]Date Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #215 Panama-Pacific Gold Medal Certificate - Departments of Mines and Metallurgy. Official Award Ribbon Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlinePanama-Pacific Gold Medal CertificateDate Published1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #217 Pennsylvania System at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California 1915 (wrapper title) Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlinePensylvania RR at PPIEPublisherPennsylvania R.R.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #218 Photograph album with over 100 original photographs of the P.P.I.E. plus nearly 200 additional photos Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlinePhoto album of PPIEDate Publishedc.1915-1925 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #219 "Rossia" Insurance Company of Petrograd Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineRussian Insurance at PPIEPublisher[Rossia Insurance Co.]Date Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #221 Souvenir of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Compliments of Penn Hardware Co. Reading, Pa. U.S.A. Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineDoor handles of the PPIEDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #222 The Splendors of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Hand Coloured Illustrations. Limited Edition. Official Publication Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineSumptuous PPIE View BookDate Published1915 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #223 Two items relating to "The Globe" showing railroad lines at the P.P.I.E. Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineRailroads at the PPIEDate Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #224 The Union Oil Company of California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineUnion Oil Co. at the PPIEPublisherUnion Oil Company of CaliforniaDate Published1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #225 Victoria (Australia): Illustrating City and Country - Souvenir of Victoria (Australia) Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineAustralia at the PPIEPublisherOsboldstone & CoDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #226 Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 1866 - 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineGuns at the PPIEDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #230 Portsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San Francisco AuthorPhillips, Catherine CoffinHeadlinePortsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San FranciscoPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1932 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #239 Letter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. Atherton, inviting him to dinner Heading(Ralston, William C. & Faxon Dean Atherton)AuthorRalston, William C.HeadlineLetter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. AthertonDate PublishedThursday Morning [August 1874] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #247 Gedenkenblätter zur eröffnungs Feier des Deutschen Hauses, 7ten bis 15ten Dezember 1912, San Francisco, Cal. Heading(San Francisco - Deutsches Haus)HeadlineGerman social hall in San FranciscoDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #249 Digest of Report to San Francisco Parking Authority - Nob Hill Parking Survey Made by San Francisco Department of Public Works, November 1953 Heading(San Francisco - Parking)HeadlineNob Hill Parking Survey - San Francisco Department of Public WorksPublisherDepartment of Public WorksDate PublishedNovember 1953 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #254 Early Days in San Francisco: The Days of Old, The Days of Gold, The Days of Forty Nine. Scenes Familiar to Every Pioneer. A Limited Edition Only Heading(San Francisco)AuthorKnapp, E.B., publisherPublisherE.P. Knapp View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #257 San Francisco: A History of the Pacific Coast Metropolis Heading(San Francisco)AuthorYoung, John P.HeadlineSF History of Pacific Coast Metropolis 1st edPublisherS.J. Clarke Publishing Co.Date Published[1912] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #261 Eldorado: Or, California as seen by a Pioneer, 1850-1900 AuthorShaw, D[avid A[ugustus]HeadlineShaw: Eldorado or CaliforniaPublisherB. R. Baumgardt & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #265 Journal of a Trip to California: Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal. in the Summer of 1850 AuthorSmith, C[harles] W.HeadlineSmith: Journal of a Trip to California - 1850PublisherCadmus Book ShopDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #283 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... AuthorVenegas, MiguelHeadlineVenegas History of CaliforniaPublisherJames Rivington & James FletcherDate Published1759 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #297 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineWoods: Sixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #300 The Western Shore Gazetteer and Commercial Directory, for the State of California, Containing the Names of All the Adult Male Citizens of the State, Their Occupations and Professions...Yolo County Heading(California - Yolo County)HeadlineFirst directory of Yolo CountyPublisherC.P. Sprague & H.W. AtwellDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #304 Letter inviting the recipient to the Grand Opening Ball at the Summit Springs House in Woodside, California, on printed, embossed form Heading(California)AuthorSanders, James A.HeadlineInvitation to Ball in Woodside, Cal. c.1865Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #306 History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the San Joaquin Valley. An Historical Survey of the State's Marvelous Growth from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time... Also Containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present. AuthorGuinn, J[ames] M[iller].HeadlineBiographical Record of the San Joaquin ValleyPublisherChapman PublishingDate Published1905 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #319 16 Volumes about California Heading(California)HeadlineShelf Lot, 16 Volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarous Dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #320 19 Volumes about California Heading(California)HeadlineShelf Lot, 19 Volumes, California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #321 18 Volumes of California Heading(Californiana)HeadlineShelf Lot, 18 Volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarous Dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next