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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 4 Program for the first major US exhibition of Black master painter and American emigre Henry Ossawa Tanner Heading(African-American Art, 1908)Headline1908 1st US exhibition of Black master painter Henry Ossawa TannerDate Published1908 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 5 Original signed 1941 cartoon art by the first nationally-acclaimed Black cartoonist Heading(African-American art, 1941)Headline1941 original cartoon art, 1st famed African-American cartoonistDate Published1941 Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$125StatusSold View details 6 Rare Civil Rights-era Chicago Black Art Calendar in the WPA woodcut style Heading(African-American Art, 1963)AuthorMargaret T. Burroughs and Charles G. Burroughs, compilersHeadlineRare WPA-style 1963 Chicago Black Art CalendarPublisherEbony Museum of Negro HistoryDate Published1963 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 7 Images of Dignity, The Drawings of Charles White Heading(African-American Art, 1968, inscribed)HeadlineMaster artist Charles White, inscribed book, 1967PublisherWard Ritchie PressDate Published1967 Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 8 Manuscript receipt/bill for services rendered by Dr. William Van Buren, including an injection to a slave Heading(African-American, 1802)HeadlineReceipt for injecting a slaveDate PublishedJune 1, 1802 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 9 Massachusetts teacher letter as Maryland Slave overseer Heading(African-American, 1842)HeadlineYankee teacher to Maryland Slave overseer, 1842 letterDate Published1842 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 10 Kentucky legal documents in a suit over ownership of a young female slave and her infant daughter Heading(African-American, 1850)Headline1850 Kentucky legal documents about ownership of a female slave and her babyDate Published1850 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 11 Payment to a Confederate General for his slave's labor on "military fortifications" in South Carolina Heading(African-American, 1864 Civil War)Headline1864 Civil War Document, Confederate General's slave in military laborDate Published1864 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold View details 12 Black prisoner in Massachusetts protests racist injusticd during the Reconstruction days Heading(African-American, 1869)Headline1859 Black prisoner in Massachusetts protests racist injusticdDate Published1869 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold View details 13 ‘Colored Printer’ proposes a Black Republican newspaper in Florida during the 1884 presidential election Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1884 Florida 'Colored Printer' proposes Black Republican newspaperDate Published1884 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold View details 14 Letter, Boston ‘Colored Voters’ Republican club in the 1884 presidential election Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1884 Boston 'Colored Voters' Republican Club in the presidential electionDate PublishedSept. 20, 1884 Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 15 Baltimore Blacks fight racist voter discrimination Heading(African-American, 1909)AuthorW.M. AlexanderHeadline1909 letter, Baltimore Blacks fight racist voter discriminationDate Published1909 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 16 Norris Wright Cuney, A Tribune of the Black People Heading(African-American, 1913)AuthorHare, Maud CuneyHeadlineTexas Black political “boss”, 1913 biographyPublisherCrisis Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$162.50StatusSold View details 17 'Father of Black History'Carter Woodson on Black History Week, 1928 letter Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorWoodson, C[arter] G.Headline1928 'Father of Black History' Carter WoodsonDate PublishedJanuary 4, 1929 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 18 Who's Who in Colored America: a Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America, 1928-1929 HeadingAfrican-American, 1929)AuthorBoris, Joseph J, editorHeadlineWho's Who in Colored America, 1928-1929PublisherWho's Who in Colored America Corp.Date Published1929 Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold View details 19 Service Men’s Map of Washington / Full Information on Service Clubs, entertainment and Sightseeing... Heading(African-American, 1944 Map)Headline1944 GI Map of segregated World War II Washington, DCPublisherWar Hospitality Committee, Civilian War Service, courtesy of the Pepsi Cola Co.Date PublishedMay 15, 1944 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 20 Influential Black New York publisher warns, during World War II, of the "danger" to Blacks demanding their civil rights Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorC.B.PowellHeadline1944 Black publisher warns of "danger" to Blacks seeking civil rightsDate Published1944 Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$225StatusSold View details 21 Early ephemera of a Black folk singer at San Francisco's famous "hungry i" Club Heading(African-American, 1953 San Francisco)HeadlineEphemera from famous SF "hungry i" ClubDate Publishedca. 1952 Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold View details 24 Letter linking anti-slavery cause to prophecy of the United Nations Heading(American Peace Movement, 1849)Headline1840 Anti=slavery cause and the first American Peace MovementrDate Published1849 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 26 The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler with a memoir of her life and character by Benjamin Lundy Heading(Anti-slavery woman poet, 1836AuthorChandler, Elizabeth MargaretHeadline1836 Firstanti-slavery woman poet in AmericaDate Published1836 Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold View details 27 Letter, women's anti-slavery political demonstration in New York during the 1856 presidential election Heading(Anti-Slavery women, 1856 election)AuthorH.E. [Putel?]Headline1856 letter, anti-slavery women political demonstrationDate Published1856 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 28 Women Abolitionists of Philadelphia before the Mexican-American War Heading(Anti-Slavery, Women Abolitionists, 1845)HeadlineAnti-slavery women of Philadelphia in 1945Date Published1845 Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold View details 46 Joe Louis vs Billy Conn, Polo Grounds, New York. June 18, 1941 Heading(Boxing)HeadlineProgram for Joe Louis vs Billy ConnPublisherHarry M. StevensDate Published1941 Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 48 Cloisters of California AuthorBrowne, ClydeHeadlineCloisters of California 1917PublisherClyde BrowneDate Published1917 Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold View details 53 Three works on California and New Mexico from the Biblioteca Aportacion Historica Heading(California & New Mexico)HeadlineEarly exploration of Caiifornia & New MexicoPublisherBiblioteca Aportacion HistoricaDate Published1944 & 1947 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 54 Construction Progress of the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply of San Francisco, California Heading(California - Hetch-HetchyAuthorO'Shaughnessy, M.M.HeadlineProgress of the Hetch Hetchy Water Supply 1922PublisherAmerican Society of EngineersDate Published1922 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 55 Revised Ordinances, of the City of Los Angeles. Passed and Approved July 31, 1855 Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineRevised Ordinances of Los Angeles 1855PublisherPrinted at the "Southern Californian" OfficeDate Published1855 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 56 Vistas del Balloon Route (wrapper title) Heading(California - Los Angeles)Headline"Balloon Route" of Los Angeles-Pacific Railroad 1897PublisherLos Angeles Pacific RailroadDate Published1897 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 57 Wood's Red book visitors' guide and directory to Los Angeles and vicinity Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineMap & Guide for Los Angeles 1920PublisherF.W. Wood (Coast Card Co.)Date Published1920 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 58 Notice of Improvement - Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of January, A.D. 1913, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Mayfield passed Resolution of Intention No. 5 to order the following work to be done, to wit... Heading(California - Mayfield/Palo Alto)HeadlineInfrastructure of Mayfield/Palo Alto improved 1913PublisherMelvin & Murgotten, Inc.Date Published1913 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 59 Membership certificate for Niles Searls in the Nevada City chapter of the Knights Templar Heading(California - Nevada City)HeadlineKnights Templar certificate for Nevada City chapter 1866Date Published1866 Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold View details 60 Two panoramic silver photographs of Hobart's Mills in Nevada County, California Heading(California - Nevada County)AuthorPillsbury Picture Co.HeadlinePanorama photos of Hobart's Mills Nevada County Cal.Date Published[c.1920] Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 61 "Horace Gates at desk in City Hall, S.F." - pencil caption on verso Heading(California - San Francisco - Horace Delphos Gates, Assistant in Office of City Engineer)HeadlinePhoto of S.F. City Asst. Engineer 1915Date Publishedc.1915 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 63 Report of the Secretary of War, communication... correspondence in relation to the proceedings of the Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, California Heading(California - San Francisco Vigilance Committee 1856)HeadlineSan Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856Date Published1857 Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold View details 64 Collection of approximately 95 photographs of the aftermath and reconstruction following the 1906 earthquake Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineApproximately 95 photos after the San Francisco EarthquakePublisherR.J. Waters & Co.Date PublishedAfter 1906 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 65 [Approaching the Ferry Building] Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorDassonville, William E.HeadlineDassonville photo of San Francisco piersDate Published1920s Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 66 Langley's San Francisco Directory for the Year commencing April, 1884. Embracing an Accurate Index of Residents and a Business Directory; also A Guide to Streets, Public Offices, Etc., and a reliable Map of the City... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Directory 1884 with mapPublisherFrancis Valentine & Co., PrintersDate Published1884 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold View details 69 Report upon the San Francisco and Ocean Shore Railroad Company, California Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline"Paper Railroad" south from San FranciscoPublisherE. Wells Sackett & RankinDate Published1881 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 70 San Francisco Illustrated Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Illustrated 1890PublisherThe Albertype Co.Date Published1890 Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold View details 76 The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O'Clock Heading(California Pictorial Letter Sheet)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before June 12, 1851] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold View details 78 Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie Rescued from the Authorities, and Hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday August 24th at 3 O'Clock P.M. in the Presence of Fifteen Thousand People Heading(California Pictorial Letter Sheet)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before Sept. 1, 1851] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 79 Organization Chart - California Wine Association. Effective July 9, 1917 Heading(California Wine Association)HeadlineRare Calif. Wine Assn. organizaton chart 1917Date Published1917 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 80 Trails & Tales of San Antonio Canyon Heading(California)AuthorAlexander, Dan P., publisherHeadlineSan Antonio Canyon in Angeles National ForestPublisherAlexander's StudioDate Published1924 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 81 Constitution of the State of California Heading(California)HeadlineConstitution of the State of California 1849PublisherPrinted at the Office of the Alta CaliforniaDate Published1849 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 82 Massive collection of California travel ephemera, much to do with mountains, parks, etc. Heading(California)HeadlineTwo boxes of California travel ephemeraDate PublishedEarly 20th century Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 83 San Francisco Upper California, in November 1851 Heading(California)HeadlineLithograph of San Francisco in 1851PublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published1851 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 88 Shanghai Low, 532 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California... The finest Chinese Cafe on the Pacific Coast... Heading(Chinatown - San Francisco)HeadlineShanghai Low in S.F. ChinatownPublisherPrinted by C.Y.M. Pub. Co., Inc.Date Published[c.1925] Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 90 San Francisco historical lithograph, “Kealney Must Go” Heading(Chinese in California)HeadlineLitho of Chinese conflict in San Francisco c.1877PublisherI.N. ChoynskiDate Publishedc.1877 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 91 Rare Chinese San Francisco newspaper - first Chinese-American citizen? Heading(Chinese San Francisco newspaper, 1876)HeadlineRare 1876 Chinese newspaper in San FranciscoDate Published1876 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 93 Roster of Officers & Civil Agents on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands [with] two circular letters relating to the Bureau - all framed together Heading(Civil War - Reconstruction)HeadlineRoster of agents in Georgia Freedman's Bureau 1868Date Published1868 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 125 The Colonial History of the City of San Francisco: Being a Narrative Argument in the Circuit Court of the United States for the State of California, for Four Square Leagues of Land Claimed by that City and Confirmed to It By That Court AuthorDwinelle, John W.HeadlineDwinelle's Colonial History of San FranciscoPublisherTowne & BaconDate Published1867 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 143 History of Humboldt County California AuthorIrvine, Leigh H.HeadlineHistory of Humboldt County California 1915PublisherHistoric Record CompanyDate Published1915 Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold View details 151 A Pictorial View of California; Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes with Information and Advice Interesting to All, Particularly Those Who Intend to Visit the Golden Region by a Returned Californian Author[Letts, J. M.]HeadlineLetts' Pictorial View of CaliforniaPublisherHenry BillDate Published1853 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 158 Proclamation of Emancipation - lithographed portrait within the text Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorPratt, W. H.HeadlineLincoln in Emancipation Proclamation textPublisherW. H. PrattDate Published1865 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 192 Two original silver photographs of the Chino sugar beet factory in San Bernardino, California Heading(Oxnard, Henry T.)HeadlinePhotos of Chino Sugar Factory in San Bernardino 1891Date Published[c.1891] Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 197 Two volumes from the library of Nancy Reagan Heading(Reagan, Nancy, her copies)AuthorGraves, Jackson A.HeadlineCalifornia Memories, Nancy Reagan's CopyPublisherTimes-Mirror PressDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 215 To the Golden Goal and Other Sketches AuthorTucker, Dr. J.C.HeadlineTo the Golden Goal and Other SketchesPublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1895 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 228 E.S. Denison's Yosemite Views Heading(Yosemite)Author[Denison, E.S.]HeadlineDenison's Yosemite with 50 litho viewsPublisher[Lith. H.S. Crocker & Co.]Date Published[c.1880-1881] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 229 Oil painting of Yosemite Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineOil Painting of YosemiteDate PublishedEarly 20th century Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 230 Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope - with viewer Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite through the Stereoscope with 24 viewsPublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published[1908] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 325 Printed broadside: "...El Presidente interino de la República Mexicana, a los habitantes de ella, sabed: Que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente. Los diputados de la alta y baja California tendrán voz y voto en el actual congreso en la formacion de leyes y decretos..." Heading(Mexico)AuthorGómez de la Cortina, JoséHeadlineRare Mexican broadside on California governanceDate Published1835 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 391 Berkeley Park Contra Costa County, Cal. Scale: 1 inch - 100 feet Heading(California - Berkeley)HeadlineMap of Berkeley Park, 1913Date Published1913 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 466 The only correct & fully complete map of San Francisco. Compiled from the original map & the recent surveys, containing all the latest extensions & improvements, new streets, alleys, places, wharfs & division of wards, respectfully dedicated to the city authorities AuthorZakreski, AlexanderHeadlineRare 1853 map of San FranciscoPublisherFor Sale by Cook, Kenny & Co.Date Published1853 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 490 Early postwar books on the Japanese-American internment Heading(Japanese-American internment, World War II)Headline2 early books on Japanese-American internment, World War IIPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1947-1949 Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold View details 504 Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope... AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California edited by John MuirPublisherJ. Dewing Publishing CompanyDate Published[1888] Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold View details 506 The Founding Documents of Los Angeles: A Bilingual Edition AuthorNunis, Doyce B., Jr.HeadlineFounding Documents of Los Angeles by Doyce NunisPublisherZamorano ClubDate Published2004 Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold View details 516 Finds of Skis from Prehistoric Time in Swedish Bogs and Marshes Heading(Skis - Prehistoric)HeadlineArcheology of SkiingPublisherGeneralstabens Litolgrafiska Anstalts ForlagDate Published[1950] Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold View details 536 Group of Books published by the Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineBook Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 538 Small shelf of Californiana Heading(California)HeadlineShelf of CalifornianaDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold View details 548 Collection of books on Death Valley, etc. Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineDeath Valley, California, DesertDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 559 Group of books published by, about, or related to the Zamorano Club Heading(Zamorano Club)HeadlineZamorano, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next