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Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 6 Racism in slave-free Ohio - Letter Heading(African-American, 1848)AuthorWilliam F. SmithHeadline1848 Racist letter in slave-free OhioDate PublishedMay 4, 1848 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 7 Legal problem of slave woman brought from Virginia to Washington DC by future Confederate Postal executive – Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1852)AuthorOffutt, Henry St. Geo.Headline1852 Legal problem of slave womanDate PublishedOctober 27, 1852 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 20 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1857 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold View details 24 What I Saw in California... AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineWhat I saw in California, Edwin BryantPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1849 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold View details 25 Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer AuthorBurnett, Peter H.HeadlinePeter Burnett Recollections of an Old PioneerPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1880 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 28 Three letters from Mokuolumne Hill and Sonoma California, 1851-52 Heading(California - Calaveras County )AuthorHolmes, Henry B.HeadlineThree letters from California, 1851-52Date Published1851-1852 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 29 $500 bond from the American River Water and Mining Company Heading(California - Folsom)AuthorAmerican River Water and Mining CompanyHeadlineAmerican River Water and Mining Company bond 1862PublisherAmerican River Water and Mining CompanyDate Published1862 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 30 Pioneer William Fell on paving Montgomery Street – Letter Heading(California - Gold Rush – San Francisco, 1850)AuthorFell, William, AgentHeadlinePioneer William Fell on paving Montgomery StreetDate PublishedNov. 12, 1850 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 38 Political themed letter from Sacramento City California to Washington D.C. 1857 Heading(California - Sacramento City)AuthorLeake, Charles A.HeadlinePolitical letter from California to Washington D.C. 1857Date Published1857 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 39 Pre-statehood Sacramento County California letter Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlinePre-statehood Sacramento County California letter 1850Date Published1850 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 48 San Francisco shipping pioneers send Scottish beer to Hawaii and Tahiti – Letter Heading(California – Gold Rush, San Francisco)AuthorCross & Co..HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush pioneers ship Scottish beer to Hawaii and Tahiti – 1860 LetterDate PublishedDec. 20, 1860 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold View details 49 Chinese Opium magnate’s Clipper ship to California, Autograph letter Signed Heading(California Gold Rush – Forbes Clipper ship)AuthorForbes, Paul SiemanHeadline1850 Chinese Opium magnate’s Clipper ship to Gold Rush California, LetterDate Published1850 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold View details 50 Manuscript journal kept by James M. Goss during a trip to California via the Isthmus of Panama, with experiences in San Francisco and at the mines Heading(California Gold Rush Journal)AuthorGoss, James M.HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush Diary 1852Date Published1852 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 51 1852 Gold Rush letter with original pencil drawing of two miners Heading(California Gold Rush)Headline1852 Gold Rush letter with original pencil drawingDate Published1852 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 52 Manuscript book of Gold Rush era songs Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorAshley, P.T., compilerHeadlineManuscript book of Gold Rush era songs 1854Date Published1854 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold View details 53 Negbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, 1853 Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorPitt, WilliamHeadlineNegbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, 1853Date Published1853 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold View details 54 The Celebration in San Francisco, in Commemoration of the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Monday, September 27th, 1858. Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineAtlantic Telegraph Cable celebration letter sheet 1858PublisherSterett & ButlerDate Published1858 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold View details 55 Do They Miss Me At Home? Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineDo They Miss Me At Home? Pictorial lettersheet 1859PublisherSold By J.W SullivanDate Published[c.1859] Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 56 Gold Rush era letter from Shasta City, California 1858 Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineLetter from Shasta City, California 1858Date Published1858 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 57 Hutching's [sic] California Scenes. The California Indians. Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)AuthorHutchins, James, engraverHeadlinePictorial letter sheet, Hutchins' California Scenes 1854PublisherExcelsior PrintDate Published[1854] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 58 Life Among The Miners Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineLife Among The Miners - rare pictorial lettersheetPublisherHutchings and RosenfieldDate Published[1850s] Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 59 Miner's Life - Illustrated Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineMiner's Life - Illustrated letter sheet with manuscript letter, 1855PublisherBarber and BakerDate Published1855 Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold View details 60 San Francisco Letter Sheet Price Current and Review of the Market. Vol. I, No. XII Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineSan Francisco Letter Sheet Price Current w/letters 1850PublisherWilliam W GallaerDate Published1850 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 61 Sonora from the North [and] Springfield, Tuolumne County Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineSonora from the North [and] Springfield, Tuolumne lettersheet 1853PublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 70 Three Years in California AuthorColton, WalterHeadline1st Ed Walter Colton's Three Years in CaliforniaPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 80 A La California: Sketches of Life in the Golden State AuthorEvans, Albert S., Col.HeadlineEvans A La California 1873PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 96 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Signed by Coretta Scott King AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 98 Civil war era letter from Milton Latham with mention of Benjamin Holladay AuthorLatham, Milton S.HeadlineCivil war era letter from Milton S. Latham 1863Date Published1863 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 105 Eleven 18th century land deeds, nearly all for land in North Yarmouth, not in Maine, but then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Heading(Massachusetts/Maine)HeadlineColonial land deeds from Massachusetts/MaineDate Published1761-1784 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 118 Manuscript file on widow nun in 17th century Mexico, who is selling extensive properties in Mexico City Heading(Mexico)Headline17th century widow nun sells land in MexicoDate Published1613 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 124 The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - inscribed AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineInscribed with signature by John MuirPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1913 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold View details 133 Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette... - With presentation from J.Q. Adams to Isaac Hill Heading(Presidents)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlinePresented by John Quincy Adams to Isaac HillPublisherGales and SeatonDate Published1835 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold View details 135 Block of wood from the White House reconstruction inscribed by President Truman Heading(Presidents)HeadlineWhite House reconstruction material inscribed by President TrumanDate Published1950 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 136 Farewell Address Of President Jimmy Carter January 14, 1981 Heading(Presidents)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineFarewell Address Of President Jimmy Carter 1/300PublisherPalaemon Press LimitedDate Published1981 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 139 Two inscribed first editions from Gerald and Betty Ford Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald and BettyHeadlineTwo inscribed first editions from Gerald and Betty FordPublisherHarper & RowDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 140 Churchill Lecture: An Address by Gerald R. Ford at the English-Speaking Union, London, England. November 30, 1983 Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlinePresident Ford's Churchill Lecture signed 1/250PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 141 Humor and the Presidency Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineHumor and the Presidency signed by Gerald FordPublisherArbor HouseDate Published[1987] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 142 President Gerald R. Ford swearing in ceremony broadside Heading(Presidents)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlinePresident Ford signed broadside 1/175Date Published1974 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 146 Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers, and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, Thirty-Second President of the United States of America - inscribed by Harry S. Truman Heading(Presidents)AuthorHillman, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Harry S. TrumanPublisherFarrar, Straus & YoungDate Published1952 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 147 The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover Heading(Presidents)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineMemoirs of Herbert Hoover - InscribedPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1951-52 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 149 Profiles in Courage - inscribed by John F. Kennedy Heading(Presidents)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineProfiles in Courage - inscribed by John F. KennedyPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1956] Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 150 Life Was Meant To Be Lived: A Centenary Portrait Of Eleanor Roosevelt - with signed, typed letter by Eleanor Roosevelt Heading(Presidents)AuthorLash, Joseph P.Headlinesigned, typed letter by Eleanor RooseveltPublisherW. W. Norton & CompanyDate Published1984 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 152 Color photograph inscribed by Pat and Richard Nixon Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard and Thelma Catherine "Pat" NixonHeadlineInscribed White House photograph of Pat and President NixonDate Published[n.d.] Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 153 The Challenges We Face Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineRichard Nixon, The Challenges We Face - signedPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.Date Published1960 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 154 Leaders - two signed editions Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineRichard Nixon, Leaders - two signed editionsPublisherWarner BooksDate Published[1982] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 155 The Memoirs of Richard Nixon - inscribed Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineThe Memoirs of Richard Nixon - inscribedPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1978] Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 156 Real Peace: A strategy for the West Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineNixon Real Peace signed limitedDate Published1983 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 157 The Real War Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineNixon The Real War signed 1stPublisherTime WarnerDate Published1980 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 158 Six Crises Heading(Presidents)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineRichard M. Nixon Six Crises signedPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 159 An American Life: The Autobiography Heading(Presidents)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineRonald Reagan An American Life signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1990] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 161 Promissory note signed by Jack Ruby Heading(Presidents)AuthorRuby, JackHeadlinePromissory note signed by Jack RubyPublisherRepublic National Bank of DallasDate Published1958 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 163 Typed letter and photograph signed and inscribed by Harry S. Truman Heading(Presidents)AuthorTruman, Harry S. and BessHeadlineTyped letter and photograph signed and inscribed by Harry S. TrumanDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold View details 164 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope Heading(Presidents)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineMemoirs by Harry S. Truman, inscribedPublisherDoubledayDate Published1955-1956 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 165 Four prints inscribed by Norman Rockwell AuthorRockwell, NormanHeadlineFour prints inscribed by Norman RockwellDate Published[n.d.] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 177 1851 letter detailing tour of duty on the USS St. Mary's Heading(USS St. Mary's)AuthorPhillips, D.B.Headline1851 letter tour of duty on the USS St. Mary'sDate Published1851 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 240 The Na-Khi Naga Cult and Related Ceremonies - Part II AuthorRock, J.F.HeadlineThe Na-Khi Naga Cult 1952PublisherInstituto Italiano per Il Medio ed Estremo OrienteDate Published1952 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 243 Framed quote by Albert Schweitzer - signed AuthorSchweitzer, AlbertHeadlineSigned by Albert SchweitzerDate Published[n.d.] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 245 Gardens of China AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineGardens of China by Osvald SirénPublisherThe Ronald Press CompanyDate Published[1949] Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 246 China and Gardens of Europe of the Eighteenth Century AuthorSiren, OsvaldHeadline18th c. China & Gardens of EuropePublisherThe Ronald Press CompanyDate Published[1950] Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 276 The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California: I Neither Borrow nor Lend Heading(California - Gold Rush)AuthorCurrier, NathanielHeadlineColor lithograph of California Gold HunterPublisherN. CurrierDate Publishedc.1849-50 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold View details 351 Traveller's Map of Taiwan Heading(Taiwan)Author[Nan Hua chu ban she]HeadlineTraveller's Map of TaiwanPublisherNan-hua ch'u pan she, min kuo 51Date Published[1962] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 375 Two volumes on autographs Heading(Autographs)HeadlineTwo volumes on autographsDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold View details 388 Sarah Peterson Demmings Music Book, Her Work AuthorDemmings, Sarah PetersonHeadlineVolume of manuscript musical scores circa 1820'sDate Published[c.1820's] Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next