Sale 498: Fine Americana - Asian American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#498) 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 498 3 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 225. Previous|123|Next Lot #132 Autograph Letter Signed by William McKinley, to future Secretary of State and Supreme Court Justice William R. Day, regarding possible purchase of property View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineLetter from William McKinley to W.R. DayDate PublishedNo date Lot #133 Six autograph Letters Signed by William McKinley, to William R. Day, regarding financial difficulties, loans, etc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineWilliam McKinley faces financial difficultiesDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1893 to February 12, 1894 Lot #134 Autograph Letter Signed by William McKinley, to an unnamed recipient, undoubtedly his Secretary of State William R. Day View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by William McKinleyDate PublishedJune 4, 1898 Lot #135 Archive relating the McKinley National Memorial at Canton, Ohio, and other tributes to McKinley, including books, booklets, letters, subscription forms, etc. View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(McKinley, William)Author**HeadlineMcKinley Memorial at Canton, OhioDate Publishedc.1901-1915 Lot #138 Autograph and Printed Document Signed - 1865 decorated General as Civil War Colonel of colored troops View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Military)AuthorShafter, W[illiam] R., Colonel 17th Regiment of U.S. Colored InfantryHeadlinedoc signed by 1865 Civil War generalDate PublishedJuly 1, 1865 Lot #139 Autograph Letter Signed - Civil War General who once challenged Lincoln to a duel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Military)AuthorShields, JamesHeadlineALs from a Civil War generalPublisherGeneral Land OfficeDate PublishedApril 28, 1846 Lot #140 Regulations Relative To The Admission Of Cadets Into The Military View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Military - 1835 only known copy of Jacksonian West Point admissions circular)Author[U.S. War Department]HeadlineAdmission Of Cadets Into The Military 1835PublisherJ.J. Brandon, lithographerDate PublishedNo date, but ca. 1835 Lot #141 United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Appointment and Admission Of Candidates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Military - 1865 Post-Civil War admission to West Point)AuthorUnited States Military Academy, West PointHeadlinecircular to West Point, NY 1865Date PublishedUndated, but ca. 1865 Lot #142 Harvest of Barren Regrets: The Army Career of Frederick William Benteen, 1834-1908 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorMills, Charles K.HeadlineCharles K. Mills Harvest of Barren RegretsPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1985 Lot #143 Autograph Letter Signed - 1914 producing a classic mining engineer's handbook View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Mining)AuthorPeele, RobertHeadlineALs mining engineer's handbookDate PublishedAug. 27, 1914 Lot #145 The Cruise of the Corwin View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Cruise of the Corwin Lg Paper EdnPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1917 Lot #146 Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California illus in 3 vols 1888PublisherJ. Dewing PublishingDate Published[1888] Lot #147 The Army on the Powder River View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorMurray, Robert A.HeadlineThe Army on the Powder River Limited EditionPublisher[Old Army Press]Date Published[1969] Lot #148 Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMöllhausen, BaldwinHeadlineJourney from the Mississippi by Mollhausen 1858PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & RobertsDate Published1858 Lot #149 Commission of William L. Cox as Major in the Nevada National Guard View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineCommission in Nevada National Guard 1897Date PublishedJune 23, 1897 Lot #150 Statement and Reports Concerning the Uncle Sam Senior and Gold Cañon Silver Lodes, in Nevada View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineNevada silver mines with map 1865PublisherAlfred Mudge & Son, printersDate Published1865 Lot #151 Libreria Espanola de Marcellino y Mernin - 1880s First booksellers in New Mexico Territory View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(New Mexico)Author**HeadlineLibreria Espanola de Marcellino y MerninDate Publishedca. 1882 Lot #152 Autograph Letter Signed "W.G.S." - 1881 Travels in the wild west - Indians, Mexicans, Chinese, robberies, pistol-packing, gambling and liquor View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(New Mexico and Colorado)AuthorW.G.S.HeadlineALs abou the Wild West 1881Date PublishedApril 23, 1881 Lot #153 Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorNicollet, J.N.HeadlineHydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi RivPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 Lot #154 Inscribed photograph of Richard Nixon View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineInscribed photograph of Richard NixonDate PublishedNo date Lot #156 Certificate for stock in the Munchausen & Gull Greek Grand Consolidated Oil Company View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Oil Company Stock Parody)Author**HeadlineOil Company Stock ParodyDate Published1860s Lot #157 The Little Big Horn, 1876., The Official Communications, Documents and Reports. With Rosters of the Officers and Troops of the Campaign View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorOverfield, Loyd J., IIHeadlineThe Little Big Horn, 1876PublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1971 Lot #158 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in [1853-55] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)Author**HeadlineComplete Set of Pacific Railway SurveysPublisherBeverley Tucker, PrinterDate Published1855-1860 Lot #159 Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorPalou, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Life of Junipero SerraPublisherGeorge Wharton JamesDate Published1913 Lot #160 Life of Ven. Padre Junipero Serra Written by Very Rev. Francis Palou, Guardian of the Convent of San Fernando, Mexico View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPalou, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Life of Junipero Serra 1884 TranslationPublisherP.E. Dougherty & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #163 Phoenixiana; Or Sketches and Burlesques View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPhoenix, John [pseud. of George Horatio Derby]HeadlinePhoenixiana; Or Sketches and BurlesquesPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1856 Lot #165 "Hotel and tents at head of Havasu trail" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Photograph - Arizona)Author**HeadlinePhoto of hotel at Havasu trailDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #166 Albumen photograph of an engine of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with a engineer in the cab, a fireman with shovel, and seven men standing in front View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Photograph - Southern Pacific Railroad)Author**HeadlinePhotograph of an engine of the Southern PacificDate Published1889 Lot #168 To the Mayors of the Cities and Towns of California, and to the Chairmen of the Board of Supervisors of the Counties thereof View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Railroads)AuthorSutro, Adolph, et al.HeadlineBroadside protesting railroads' godless monopolyDate PublishedJanuary 9th, 1896 Lot #169 Custer For President? View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorRepass, CraigHeadlineCraig Repass Custer For President? 1/250 copiesPublisher[Old Army Press]Date Published[1985] Lot #171 Life in California: During a Residence of Several Years in That Territory, Comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, with Indicents, Observations, Etc. Etc. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. By an American. To Which is Appended a Historical Account of the Origin, Customs, and Traditions, of the Indians of Alta-California, Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscript View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[Robinson, Alfred]HeadlineLife in California by Alred Robinson 1846PublisherWiley & PutnamDate Published1846 Lot #173 Descriptive, Historical, Commercial, Agricultural, and Other Important Information Relative to the City of San Diego, California. Illustrated with 22 Photographic Views. Containing Also a Business Directory of the City View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(San Diego)Author**HeadlineRare 1874 San Diego Directory with photographsPublisherChamber of Commerce of the City of San DiegoDate Published1874 Lot #174 History of San Diego County, California, With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Churches, and Mines,... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(San Diego County)Author**HeadlineHistory of San Diego County, California 1883PublisherWallace W. Elliott & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #175 San Francisco...Pictorial History of the Fire and Earthquake. Number 1: The Fire and Fighting the Flames View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)Author**HeadlineRare San Francisco Earthquake View BookPublisherElite Art PressDate Published1906 Lot #176 Birdseye View of San Francisco, towards Palace Hotel... View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineBirdseye View of San Francisco photograph TaberDate Publishedc.1880 Lot #177 Typed letter, signed from Editor of Sunset Magazine - with copy of the Sunset Magazine's New San Francisco Emergency Edition, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorAiken, Charles S.HeadlineTLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake editionDate PublishedMay and June, 1906 Lot #178 Collection of California newpapers with reporting on the San Francisco earthquake View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**Headlinenewpapers with reporting on the SF earthquakeDate Published1906 Lot #179 Daily Bulletin. Department of Police, City of Chicago. April 20, 1906. Vol. 16 - with a plea to aid the San Francisco sufferers of the 1906 earthquake View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)AuthorCollins, John M., General Superintendent of PoliceHeadlineChicaco Police Bulletin April 1906Date PublishedApril 20, 1906 Lot #180 Forty-seven snap shots of San Francisco in 1906 just after the earthquake - plus a note signed by the Mayor of Sausalito, permitting an individual to enter the city of San Francisco "on business only" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**Headline47 photos of SF April 1906Date Published1906 Lot #181 Small group of ephemera and photographs from San Francisco, post-1906 earthquake View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**Headlineephem from post 1906 SF earthquakeDate Published1906 Lot #182 Album of forty-nine photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)AuthorSteele, M.M.Headlinephoto album of 49 photos by M.M. SteeleDate Published1906 Lot #183 Illustrated Catalogue of Composition. Capitals and Brackets. May, 1906 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)AuthorThe Decorators Supply Co.HeadlineIllustrated Catalogue of Composition 1906PublisherThe Decorators Supply Co.Date PublishedMay, 1906 Lot #184 The New San Francisco Magazine: Salamander Number - Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**HeadlineNew San Francisco Magazine - Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1PublisherPeninsular Publishing Co.Date PublishedMay, 1906 Lot #185 Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorSandoz, MariHeadlineCrazy Horse: The Strange Man of the OglalasPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1942 Lot #186 Love Song to the Plains View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorSandoz, MariHeadlineLove Song to the Plains by Mari Sandoz signedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1961] Lot #187 Five volumes by Mari Sandoz - Two signed by her View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSandoz, MariHeadlineFive volumes by Mari Sandoz - Two signed by herDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #191 Custer's Heroes: The Little Bighorn Medals of Honor View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorScott, Douglas D.HeadlineCuster's Heroes: The Little Bighorn Medals of HonPublisher[AST Press]Date Published[2007] Lot #193 Silver medal awarded by the California State Agriculture Society in 1909, crafted by renowned San Francisco jewelers Shreve & Co. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Shreve & Co.)Author**HeadlineCrafted by renowned San Francisco jewelers ShreveDate Published1909 Lot #194 History of San Diego 1542-1907. An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Pioneer Settlement on the Pacific Coast of the United States View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSmythe, William E.HeadlineHistory of San Diego 1542-1907PublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #195 History of San Diego, 1542-1908: An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Pioneer Settlement on the Pacific Coast of the United States View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSmythe, William E.HeadlineHistory of San Diego, 1542-1908PublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #196 Group of ephemeral material & photographs having to do with various Southern California localities View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Southern California)Author**HeadlineSouthern California Ephemera & PhotosDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #197 The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Streeter, Thomas W.)Author**HeadlineThomas Winthrop Streeter collection Parke-BernetPublisherParke-Bernet Galleries Inc.Date Published1966-1970 Lot #198 The Black Hills; or, The Last Hunting Grounds of the Dakotahs. A Complete History of the Black Hills of Dakota from their First Invasion in 1874 to the Present Time... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTallent, Annie D.HeadlineTallent history of Black Hills of Dakota 1899PublisherNixon-Jones Printing Co.Date Published1899 Lot #200 Report of G.M. Dodge, chief engineer, to the Board of Directors on a branch railroad line from the Union Pacific Railroad to Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Puget's Sound. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Union Pacific Railroad)AuthorDodge, G[renville] M.HeadlineReport on Union Pacific R.R. with map 1868PublisherPhilp & SolomonsDate Published1868 Lot #201 Governor's Message to the First General Assembly of the State of Deseret View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Utah)AuthorYoung, BrighamHeadlineBrigham Young addresses Deseret Assembly 1862Date Published14 April 1862 Lot #202 43d Annual Encampment G.A.R. Salt Lake City, Utah, August 9th-14th, 1909 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Utah)Author**HeadlineGAR in Salt Lake City 1909Date Published1909 Lot #203 Millionaires of a Day: An Inside History of the Great Southern California "Boom." View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorVan Dyke, T[heodore] S.HeadlineT.S. Van Dyke Millionaires of a Day 1890PublisherFord, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 Lot #204 The City and County of San Diego. Illustrated, and Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Author[Van Dyke, Theodore Strong]HeadlineThe City and County of San Diego 1888PublisherLeberthon & TaylorDate Published1888 Lot #205 Old Neutriment View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWagner, Glendolin DamonHeadlineGlendolin Damon Wagner Old NeutrimentPublisherRuth HillDate Published[1934] Lot #206 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: Discoverer of the Coast of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineCabrillo: Discoverer of the Coast of CaliforniaPublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1941 Lot #207 The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineThe Cartography of the Northwest Coast of AmericaPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1937 Lot #208 Twentieth Century Souvenir of the Spokane Fire Department 1901 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Washington - Spokane)Author**HeadlineSouvenir of the Spokane Fire Department 1901PublisherInland Printing CompanyDate Published1901 Lot #209 Wells Fargo Messenger View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wells Fargo)Author**HeadlineWells Fargo Messenger June 1916PublisherWells Fargo & CompanyDate PublishedJune, 1916 Lot #210 News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803 - 1865: Original narratives of overland travel and adventure selected from the Wagner-Camp and Becker bibliography of Western Americana View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWhite, David A., ed.HeadlinePlains & Rockies, 1803 - 1865 9 volsPublisherArthur Clark CompanyDate Published1996-[2001] Lot #212 After Little Bighorn, 1876 Campaign Rosters View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWillert, JamesHeadlineAfter Little Bighorn, 1876 Campaign RostersPublisherJames WillertDate Published[1985] Lot #214 Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, Connected with Col. Doniphan’s Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWislizenus, Frederick A.HeadlineWislizenus tours Mexico with DoniphanDate Published1848 Lot #215 Constitution of the proposed State of Wyoming adopted in convention at Cheyenne, Wyoming, September 30, 1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wyoming)Author**HeadlineConstitution of the proposed State of WyomingPublisherCheyenne Leader Printing Co.Date Published1889 Lot #216 Report of the Governor of Wyoming Territory made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Wyoming)Author**HeadlineReport of the Governor of Wyoming Territory 1878PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #217 Resources of Wyoming, 1889; An official publication compiled by the Secretary of the Territory, under authority granted by the Territorial Legislature... The vacant Public Lands and how to obtain them... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Wyoming)Author**HeadlineResources of Wyoming, 1889PublisherDaily Sun Electric PrintDate Published1889 Lot #218 Two brand books for Wyoming cattle companies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Wyoming - Brand Books)Author**HeadlineTwo brand books for Wyoming cattle companiesDate PublishedNo dates Lot #219 Glacier Point Hotel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)Author**HeadlineRare brochure on Glacier Point Hotel YosemitePublisherYosemite Park and Curry Co.Date Publishedc.1925 Lot #220 Manuscript Document Signed by Charles Biddle as Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, presided over by Benjamin Franklin, offering aid to Chinese sailors in U.S. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1785 First Chinese immigrants to the new American nation)AuthorBiddle, CharlesHeadlineMss doc signed about early Chinese 1786Date PublishedMay 30, 1786 Lot #221 Autograph Document Signed as US Consul - 1823 early American China trade View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorHogan, MichaelHeadlineADs 1823 early American China tradeDate PublishedMarch 16, 1824 Lot #222 Autograph Letter Signed as attorney for Jabez B. Crook - 1843 First American technology sent to imperial China View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorStaples, J.B.HeadlineALs about 1st US technology sent to ChinaDate PublishedDecember 9, 1843 Lot #224 Autograph Letter Signed - 1853 California gold rush pioneer sees Chinese as "steady, industrious and peaceable" View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorHanson, S[ylvester]HeadlineALs from CA gold rush pioneer about ChineseDate PublishedOctober 9th, 1853 Lot #225 1854 Chinese merchant's business license in gold rush country View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese in the Gold Rush)AuthorSmith, E.G., Treasurer of Placer CountyHeadline1854 Chinese merchant's business license in goldDate PublishedJune 29, 1854 Lot #227 Report of the Committee on Mines and Mining Interests to whom was referred the Memorial of Citizens of San Francisco View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1856 Opposing "suicidal" Chinese immigration to California)AuthorCalifornia State AssemblyHeadlineReport of the Committee on Mines and Mining InterPublisherJames Allen, State PrinterDate Published1856 Lot #228 Autograph Letter, Signed - 1874 "Talkative" Chinese cook in California mining country View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese in California)AuthorLeavitt, MaryHeadlineAutograph Letter, Signed from Mary LeavittDate PublishedSept. 24, 1874 Lot #230 Autograph Letter Signed - 1877 "China men burned out and shot" in Chico, California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFloyd, M[artha] A.HeadlineALs about 1877 Chinese in Chico, CADate PublishedMay 14, 1877 Lot #231 Autograph Letter Signed - 1878 Ah Sam buys a mining claim in Coloma, California View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese in California)AuthorGaylord, W.H.HeadlineAutograph Letter Signed - 1878 Ah Sam buys a miniDate PublishedOct. 6, 1878 Lot #232 Two advertising trade cards - 1880s racist Chinese stereotype advertising cards View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Trade Cards)Author**Headline2 racist trade cards 1880sDate Publishedca. 1875-1885 Lot #233 1883 Letter copybook of prominent Chinese merchant in Connecticut View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorFrank, U[ng] L[oy]Headline1883 ephem of Chinese merchant in CTDate Publishedca. 1883 Lot #234 Autograph Letter Signed - 1887 Selling a house in San Francisco, Chinatown View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorHolland, D[aniel] D.Headline1887 ALs selling a house in ChinatownDate PublishedSept. 21, 1887 Lot #235 Autograph Letter Signed - 1890 US Census mulls criminal identification for Chinese immigrants View details Estimate$120 - $140StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese immigrants)AuthorPorteous, George M.HeadlineALs about 1890 census Chinese-AmericanDate PublishedMarch 16, 1890 Lot #236 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States 1896, plus a table for converting Chinese dates of birth into their English equivalents View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1896 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States)Author**HeadlineChinese immigration document to US in 1896Date Published1896 Lot #238 "Sweet Sin, A Story" - in The Land of Sunshine, The Magazine of California and the West, Vol. VIII, No. 5, April 1898 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Asian-American - 1898 Chinatown fiction by the first Chinese-American writer)AuthorSui Sin Far [pseud. Edith Eaton]Headline"Sweet Sin, A Story" 1898 magazine, ChineseDate PublishedApril, 1898 Lot #243 Lantern slide of a smoker in a San Francisco opium den View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese smoker in a San Francisco opium den)Author**Headline1905 ca. lantern slide of a smoker SF opiumPublisherGeo. Kanzee, Lantern Slides, 131 Post St.Date PublishedCa. 1905 Lot #244 Real photo post card of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens of San Francisco, c.1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headlinereal photo post card of a Chinese-American coupleDate Published[c.1906] Lot #245 Autograph Note Signed - 1910 Chinese college students come to San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorYin, David Z.T.HeadlineANs on postcard 1910 Chinese college studentsDate PublishedSept. 5, 1910 Lot #246 Anti-Chinese Riots at Seattle, Wn., February 8, 1886 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1911 Memoir of Seattle anti-Chinese riots of 1866)AuthorKinnear, GeorgeHeadlineAnti-Chinese Riots at Seattle, Wn., 1888Publisher“Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Riots”Date PublishedFebruary 8th, 1911 Lot #248 Typed Letter - 1913 San Francisco Chinese herbalist View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorChin, Lee K.HeadlineTyped Letter Signed - 1913 San Francisco ChineseDate PublishedAugust 22, 1913 Lot #249 A Survey of the Japanese Question in California View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1913 The "Japanese Question" in California)AuthorZoyeda, J[uichi] and T[adao] KamiyaHeadlineA Survey of the Japanese Question in CaliforniaDate Published1913 Lot #250 Typed letter Signed - 1913 Japanese-American Magazine in New York View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorNakahara, T[oichi], Publisher and EditorHeadlineTLs from Publisher of Japanese-American mag 1913Date PublishedAugust 16, 1913 Lot #251 Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed from Chinese-American students to prominent Portland merchant Seid Back, Jr. View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1916 three letters from Chinese Students in California)Author**Headline2 ALs from Chinese American studentsDate Published1916 Lot #252 The Automobile [title on spine] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1918 Japanese Auto Club of Southern California)AuthorJapanese Auto Club of Southern CaliforniaHeadlineJapanese Auto Club of Southern California 1918Date Publishedca. 1918 Lot #257 1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificate View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificate)Author**Headline1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stocPublisherChinese-American Industrial CorporationDate PublishedAug. 17, 1926 Lot #258 Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1st Academic study of "Orientals" in California)AuthorMears, Elliot GrinnellHeadlineResident Orientals on the American Pacific CoastPublisherAmerican Group, Institute of Pacific RelationsDate Published1927 Lot #259 1930 Inscribed photograph of San Francisco Chinese-American singer and actress, Anna Chang View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorChang, AnnaHeadline1930 Inscribed photograph of Anna ChangDate Publishedc.1930 Lot #261 1931 Japanese-American fraternal organizations in California - two publications View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorOkagaki, Tsuguyo, editorHeadline1931 Japanese-American fraternal organizations inDate Published1931 Lot #263 China Digest - six issues View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(1936-39 San Francisco Chinatown magazines)AuthorChina Digest - six issuesHeadlineChina Digest - six issues 1936-39Date Published1936-39 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next