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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Private Gold Coinage of California I-IV AuthorAdams, Edgar H.HeadlinePrivate Gold Coinage of California, 1849-1853Date Published1911-1912 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 2 By The President of the United States of America / A Proclamation AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlinePresident Adams 1799 broadside Proclamation of ThanksgivingDate PublishedMarch 6, 1799 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold View details 4 Early document of sale and future emancipation of a New York slave Heading(African-American, 1816)AuthorLeverich, Richard B.HeadlineEarly New York slave sale and emancipation documentDate PublishedMarch 6, 1816 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 8 Negro Folk Rhymes, Wise and Otherwise… Heading(African-American, 1924)AuthorTalley, Thomas W., Fisk UniversityHeadlineBlack music classic with important Paul Robeson associationPublisherMacmillanDate Published1922 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 25 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineHistory written by a pair of SF saloon-keepersPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 31 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 38 Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851 AuthorBruff, J. GoldsboroughHeadlineBruff's Gold Rush Journals, Drawings, and PapersPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1944 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 40 Six Months in the Gold Mines: from a Journal of Three Year's Residence in Upper and Lower California, 1847-8-9 AuthorBuffum, E. GouldHeadlineBuffum's Six Months in the Gold MinesPublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1850 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 45 Manuscript affidavit regarding deeds to lots in Benicia, California, signed by Swain & two witnesses, notarized with cover letter by Frederick H. Billings as Commissioner of Deeds in California for the State of Massachusetts, with ribbon and wax seal Heading(California - Benicia)AuthorBillings, Frederick H., et al.HeadlineDocument regarding Benicia land deeds 1849Date PublishedOct. 30, 1849 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 46 Ledger belonging to Lorenzo Pendola of Calaveras County Heading(California - Calaveras County)AuthorPendola, LorenzoHeadlineLedger belonging to a Californian, 1858-1869Date Published1858-1869 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 52 Columbia Mining Laws: We the Miners of the Columbia Mining District...enact the following Laws for the Government of the mines within said District... Heading(California - Columbia Mining Laws)HeadlineRare printing of Columbia Cal. mining laws 1853Publisher[Columbia Gazette]Date Published1853 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 92 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold View details 95 Large ledger regarding Austin Brothers Importers Heading(California - Stockton Business Ledger)HeadlineAustin Brothers Imports ledger, 1900Date Published1900 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 99 Letter from a San Francisco merchant describing a fire which ran through the city, and business conditions Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorReynolds, William T.HeadlineLetter from San Francisco 1850Date PublishedSept. 17, 1850 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold View details 100 Four letters from gold seeker Samuel McCullough to his parents, written from Panama, San Francisco, and Sacramento Heading(California Gold Rush Letters)AuthorMcCullough, SamuelHeadlineLetters from California gold seeker, 1849-1850Date Published1849-1850 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 101 The Miner's Ten Commandments Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineCalifornia pictorial letter sheetPublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1853 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 122 United States vs. Henry Cambuston. Appeal…[to the ] Supreme Court of the United States Heading(California, Mexican)AuthorCambuston, HenryHeadlineLand grant in Mexican California, Supreme Court appealDate Published1856 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 159 The Diaries of Peter Decker: Overland to California in 1849 and Life in the Mines, 1850-1851 AuthorDecker, PeterHeadlineThe Diaries of Peter Decker 1/100 1966PublisherTalisman PressDate Published1966 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 168 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineOne of the best Gold Rush reminiscencesPublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 180 Life and Letters of a Forty-Niner's Daughter AuthorEsmeralda, Aurora (Ella Sterling Mighels)HeadlineLife and Letters of a Forty-Niner's Daughter, signed with lettersPublisherHarr Wagner Publishing CompanyDate Published[1929] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 200 Living My Life AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Red EmmaPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1934 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 214 The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches AuthorHarte, Francis BretHeadlineLuck of Roaring Camp, 2nd editionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1871 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 215 The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in California in Early Mining Days, by a Pioneer AuthorHaskins, C.W.HeadlineHaskins: The Argonauts of CaliforniaPublisherFords, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 217 The Land of Gold: Reality versus Fiction AuthorHelper, Hinton R.HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush reality versus fictionPublisherFor the AuthorDate Published1855 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 243 The Adventures of a Forty-Niner: An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days AuthorKnower, DanielHeadlineKnower, The Adventures of a Forty-NinerPublisherWeed-ParsonsDate Published1894 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 268 18th century manuscript school lesson book Heading(Manuscript)HeadlineMoody family manuscript. c.1790Date Publishedc.1790 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 278 Manuscript receipt for the sale of a slave Heading(Mexico - Slavery)HeadlineSale of black slave in Mexico, 1787Date Published1787 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 284 Manuscript cattle brand registry for the city of Ensenada, plus some for Mexicali and Tecate Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCattle brands of Ensenada, MexicoDate Published1919 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 285 Manuscript listing of the armament, clothing and riding gear of a Mexican cavalry squadron during the Mexican-American War Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCavalry squadron equipped during Mexican WarDate PublishedJan. 18, 1846 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 289 Three manuscript documents relating to the title of Marques de Ciria, one of them signed by the King Carlos III of Spain Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSpanish King creates Marques in New Spain 1778Date Published1778-1809 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 290 Five manuscript documents relating to Mexico's intercourse with the Philippines, and their relationship with Spain Heading(Mexico/Philippines)HeadlineMexico, Philippines & Spain, 1770-1800 documentsDate Published1770-1800 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 291 Manuscript letter from Captain Antonio Maldonado, relating to service in the Philippines Heading(Mexico/Philippines)AuthorMaldonado, Captain AntonioHeadlineSpanish Captain fined for desertion of his men, 1598Date Published1598 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 313 The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall: The Discoverer of Gold in California AuthorParsons, George F.HeadlineParson's James Marshall, 1/47 with gold rush documentPublisherGeorge FieldsDate Published1935 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 315 The Early Days and Rapid Growth of California [bound with] Account of An Early California Voyage AuthorPeabody, Alfred and John H. EaglestonHeadlineThe Early Days and Rapid Growth of California, 1874PublisherPrinted at the Salem PressDate Published1874 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 319 Jenny Lind Theatre, San-Francisco Heading(Pictorial Lettersheets)HeadlineJenny Lind Theatre, San-Francisco lettersheet lithograph c.1850PublisherLith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co.Date Published[c.1850] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold View details 338 Appointment of Francisco de Amat y Torres, Consul of Spain AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D. and Francisco Franco BahamondeHeadlineAppointments from Franklin D. Roosevelt and FrancoDate Published1940 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 339 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherWilliam Shoberl, Parry & Co.Date Published1852 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 346 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52. Being a Series of Twenty-three Letters from Dame Shirley to her Sister in Massachusetts AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThomas Russell printing of the Shirley LettersPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 365 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, 2nd EditionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 395 British Jamaican merchant's purchase of half a mini-nation in present day Cameroon, West Africa - Autograph Manuscript Signed Heading(Africa - Cameroon, 1850s)AuthorEdgerley, SamuelHeadline1850s British merchant's purchase of a West African "kingdom"Date Publishedca. 1850 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 407 19 handwritten birding notebooks Heading(Birding)AuthorBolton, HowardHeadlineNearly 10 years of avid birder notesDate Published1985-1993 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 438 Reports of the commissioners relating to the capture of Charles O'Hara at Toulon Heading(French Revolution)HeadlineManuscript detailing the Siege of Toulon, 1793Date Published1793 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 454 Mein Kampf: Eine Abrechnung AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineMein Kampf, signed by authorPublisherFranz EherDate Published1933 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 501 The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineWheat, Maps of California Gold Region 1995PublisherMaurizio Martino PublicationsDate Published[c.1995] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 530 Jackson's Map of California with Appendix (cover title) Heading(California)AuthorJackson, William A.HeadlineFacsimile of Jackson's 1850 gold region mapPublisherThos. W. NorrisDate Published1936 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next