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Previous|12|Next Lot #126 Autograph Letter Signed from a trader about providing goods to Columbia River Miners in 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Oregon)AuthorCooper, A.B.HeadlineALs from a trader providing goods to miners 1864Date PublishedJanuary 25, 1864 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 #128 Small archive of material relating to Linus Pauling, including several signed letters, photographs, books, etc. View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorPauling, LinusHeadlineLinus Pauling signed books, photos, &cDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #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 #136 Archive of letters, photographs and other material relating to Bayard T. Putnam, his family & heirs, including his patented Chart-Holder and Course Indicator View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorPutnam, Bayard T.HeadlineArchive relating to Bayard T. PutnamDate Publishedc.1875-1935 Lot #138 Three letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt, written before he was President View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Headline3 TLs from FDR before he was President to a DRDate Published1928-1929 Lot #139 Two Rothschild Banking letters View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Rothschild Bank)Author**HeadlineTwo Rothschild Banking letters 1842-50Date Published1842 and 1850 Lot #140 Autograph Letter Signed regarding the death of San Francisco Forty-Niner Gabriel B. Post View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)AuthorJones, William H.HeadlineALs regarding death of Gabriel B. Post 1861Date PublishedFeby 7, 1861 Lot #141 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 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorAiken, Charles S.HeadlineTLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake editionDate PublishedMay and June, 1906 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 #143 Two Autograph Letters, signed, and a Typed Letter, signed View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineSmall collection of letters from Upton SinclairDate Published1955 Lot #144 Alabama slave bill of sale View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Slavery)AuthorBush, MarshallHeadlineAlabama slave bill of saleDate PublishedAugust 5, 1844 Lot #145 Autograph Letter, signed, and, Typed Letter, signed from the author to a friend View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, F. HopkinsonHeadlineTwo letters, signed, from F. Hopkinson SmithDate Published1893-94 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 #147 Autograph letter, signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineAutograph letter, signed by Jared Sparks 1845Date PublishedFeb. 21, 1845 Lot #149 An Abstract of all the Acts of Parliament Relating to the Stamp Dutys - manuscript book, bound in full morocco View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Stamp Tax)AuthorSchutz, JohnHeadlineAbstract of all the Acts of Parliament Stamp DutyDate Published[c.1715] Lot #150 Typed Letter, signed, to photographer Editta Sherman View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Typed Letter SignedDate PublishedJan 11, 1963 Lot #158 Statement & Time Table of the Black Valley Railroad - manuscript document signed By Order of Beelzebub President View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Temperance)Author**HeadlineMS statement of Black Valley RailroadDate Published[c.1860] Lot #160 Address portion of envelope, signed by Drury Lane actor Robert William Elliston View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Theater)AuthorElliston, R[obert] W[illiam] (1774-1831)Headlinesgn by 18th cent. actor RW EllistonDate Published[c.1800] Lot #161 Two autograph letters, signed from famed American scholar George Ticknor, fearing British social revolution and American "hatreds" View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTicknor, GeorgeHeadline2 ALs from Geo Ticknor about US 1867Date PublishedOctober 15, 1867 and Jan. 20, 1868 Lot #162 1728 Tobacco tax law document, signed by Karl VI, Holy Roman Emperor View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Tobacco Tax, 1728)AuthorKarl VI (1711-1740)Headline1728 Tobacco tax law signed by Emperor Karl VIDate Published1728 Lot #163 Signature, framed with portrait View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorToscanini, ArturoHeadlineArturo Toscanini signatureDate PublishedNo date Lot #164 Autograph Letter Signed from Mark Twain's future San Francisco friend and landlord View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorLeland, A. LewisHeadlineALs from Mark Twain's future SF friend/landlordDate PublishedApril 5, 1849 Lot #165 Ledgers and letter copybook from the W.P. Fuller Company and its predecessors, the Whittier-Fuller Co. and Cameron, Whittier & Co., etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(W.P. Fuller & Co.)Author**HeadlineW.P. Fuller & Co. ledgers and copy bookDate Published1860s-1910s Lot #167 Two autograph, letters signed - plus one post card from Thornton Wilder to Oscar MacPherson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWilder, ThorntonHeadline3 autograph items from Thornton Wilder 1930sDate Published1925-1939 Lot #168 Clipped signature View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson autographDate Published1911 Lot #169 Autograph Letter Signed from a Vassar graduate about women students and politics View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women's History)AuthorAcer, K.A.HeadlineALs from a recent graduate of Vassar, politicsDate PublishedNov. 17, 1884 Lot #170 Autograph Letter Signed from a Vassar student about women students "voting" Republican View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women's History)AuthorCowles, M.F.HeadlineALs from Vassar student in 1868 about electionDate PublishedNov 2, 1868 Lot #171 Early Feminist musical manuscript, lampooning male chauvinism View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women's History)Author**Headlinefeminist musical manuscript c1840Date Published[c.1840] Lot #172 Autograph Letter Signed from Pennsylvania State Senator commenting on an a bill that was struck down regarding married women's rights View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Women's History)AuthorWilliamson, W.HeadlineALs from Penn Senator about women's rightsDate PublishedJuly 15, 1847 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 Lot #174 Ninth United States Army Operations… View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)Author**HeadlineSecret records of World War IIDate Published1945 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next