Sale 493: Rare Manuscripts & Archives (#493) 11/15/2012 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/15/2012 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 493 41 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 1-29 of 29. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Autograph document, dividing the land of a deceased father between his two sons, Josiah Adams and Stephen Adams View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Adams, Josiah)Author**HeadlineMSS doc dividing land btwn 2 heirs 1785 USADate PublishedJune 25, 1785 Lot #7 Quarter share ticket in the Grand State Lottery of Maryland, c.1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(American Judaica)AuthorCohen, J[acob] I.Headlinequarter share lottery ticket Maryland, c1818Date Published[c.1818] Lot #10 Autograph note listing officers at Winter Hill in 1778 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorTitcomb, Oliver (1729-1795)HeadlineAutograph note listing officers Winter Hill 1878Date PublishedJanuary 27, 1778 Lot #15 Nine report cards from Betts Military Academy for the school year of 1883-1884 for a student named Palmer H. Lewis View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Betts Military Academy)Author**Headline9 report cards from Betts Military Academy 1883PublisherBetts Military AcademyDate Published1883-1884 Lot #18 Autograph Letter Signed with her initial, from the first woman doctor in America, about buying a black baby for dissection View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorBlackwell, ElizabethHeadlineALs from 1st Amer Woman Dr. black baby dissectionDate PublishedAugust 5, 1847 Lot #20 Hand-drawn plan for hydraulic elevators at Boston's Charles River piers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Boston)AuthorHoosac Tunnel Dock & Elevator Co.Headlineplan for hydraulic elevators in Boston c.1880Date Published[c.1880] Lot #26 Archive of 10 holograph letters and documents to or from William Shepard Wetmore, China Trade merchant and supercargo View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(China Trade Archive)Author**HeadlineChina Trade Archive William S. WetmoreDate Published1835-1839 Lot #39 Confederate States of American Loan Certificate View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)Author**HeadlineConfederate States of American Loan CertificateDate Published1863 Lot #40 Two Virginia treasury warrants from 1780, made out to George Rogers Clark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Clark, George Rogers)Author**HeadlineTwo Virginia treasury warrants 1780Date Published1780 Lot #48 Reconciliation! Baltimore Convention. Speeches of Mr. Belmont and Mr. Doolittle. Platform, Mr. Greeley's Letters. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Democratic Campaign Literature 1872)Author**HeadlineDemocratic Campaign Literature 1872PublisherNational Democratic Executive Resident CommitteeDate Published[1872] Lot #59 Patriotic envelopes designed by Charles Magnus View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Envelopes)AuthorMagnus, CharlesHeadline5 patriotic envelopes, designed by Charles MagnusDate Publishedc.1850s Lot #61 Fourth of July Fireworks - Massachusetts broadside View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Fourth of July Broadside)AuthorBoston Fireworks Co., Inc.HeadlineFourth of July Fireworks - Massachusetts broadsidPublisherPrinted by the Chase PressDate Published[1910] Lot #62 Autograph mailing label, signed by James Gambier View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorGambier, [James]HeadlineAutograph mailing label, signed by James GambierDate Published1816 Lot #70 Harvard commencement program, 1834 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Harvard University)Author**HeadlineHarvard commencement program 1834Date PublishedAugust 27, 1834 Lot #87 Autograph Letter Signed by J.M. Fleming of the Manila Tobacco Co. of Glasgow, to U.S. Consul S.M. Taylor, discussing the situation in the Philippines View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorFleming, J.M.HeadlineReport on situation in the PhilippinesDate PublishedAug. 26, 1898 Lot #98 Autograph Letter Signed by Spencer Peate, U.S. Consul in Singapore, to Stephen Van Rensselaer Cruger, discussing the situation in the Philippines View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)AuthorPeate, SpencerHeadlineRecruiting insurgents to aid U.S. in PhilippinesDate PublishedMay 28, 1898 Lot #105 Collection of engraved invitations, calling cards, etc. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(McKinley-Day Archive)Author**HeadlineCollection of engraved invitations, calling cardsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #121 Group of twelve newspapers, all but one from the United States, recording current events from 1769-1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Newspapers)Author**Headline12 newspapers 1769-1945Date Published1769-1945 Lot #127 Application for a patent from the US Patent Office for an "Improved Governor; or Self-Acting Break for Horse Power &c." View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Patent Application)AuthorAllen, Samuel S.Headlinepatent application for a break device 1858Date PublishedNovember 10-13, 1858 Lot #129 Four letters from the 1830s with postal markings View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Philatelic)Author**HeadlineFour letters from the 1830s with postal markingsDate Published1830s Lot #130 "The Vanguard" - original photographic print of the painting View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Philatelic)AuthorMacWhirter, J.A.Headline"The Vanguard" - original photographic print Lot #132 Large collection of stock certificates from the Plume and Atwood Manufacturing Co. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Plume & Atwood Manufacturing Co.)Author**HeadlinePlume & Atwood Stock CertificatesDate Published1870s-1900s Lot #133 Archive of letters and other material relating to David Dixon Porter and his family View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorPorter, David D. and Mouina G. PorterHeadlinearchive of David Dixon PorterDate Published1860s-1880s Lot #134 Presidential ephemera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Presidential)Author**HeadlinePresidential ephemera Lot #137 Small archive of checks from The Grocers and Producers Bank of Providence, Rhode Island View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Rhode Island)Author**HeadlineThe Grocers and Producers Bank Providence RIDate Published1877 Lot #142 Large archive of letters, documents, photographs, and other material relating to the life and family of Alfred Schnurmann, a German Jew who managed to emigrate from Germany in 1940, with much correspondence from family members in Palestine and the new state of Israel as well View details StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 Lot #146 Survey of land in South Carolina for James Cantey, 1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(South Carolina)AuthorMitchell, EphraimHeadlineSurvey of land in South Carolina 1784Date PublishedDecember 9th, 1784 Lot #159 Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane. This Evening. Thursday, May 4, 1820...King Lear...The Lady and the Devil... View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Theater Broadsides)Author(Drury Lane)HeadlineDrury Lane theater broadside 1820PublisherDrury LaneDate Published1820 Lot #173 Archive relating to Claude Edward Duncan, an aviator with the U.S. Signal Corps in World War I, who rose to general and saw service in World War II and the Korean War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(World War I Aviator Archive)Author**HeadlineWorld War I Aviator ArchiveDate Published1917-1971 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next