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Sale 2031: Book Club of California & Fine Press - Timed Auction - No Reserve (#2031) 04/07/2020 11:00 AM PDT - 04/16/2020 2:01 PM PDT Closed

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The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504
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The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504

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    (BCC 026)
  • Author
    Vespucci, Amerigo
  • Headline
    Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, 1926
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1926
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$372
StatusSold
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    Around the Horn in '49: The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company, December, 1848 to September, 1849
    3

    Around the Horn in '49: The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company, December, 1848 to September, 1849

    • Heading
      (BCC 030)
    • Author
      [Webster, George]
    • Headline
      Around the Horn in '49, California Book Club
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1928
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$100
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(8 bids)
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    The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
    4

    The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

    • Heading
      (BCC 039)
    • Author
      Lewis, Oscar
    • Headline
      Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog Grabhorn
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1931
    Estimate$250 - $350
    Sold for$130
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(9 bids)
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    The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell
    6

    The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell

    • Heading
      (BCC 041)
    • Author
      Powell, H.M.T.
    • Headline
      Santa Fé Trail to California Grabhorn Press
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      [1931]
    Estimate$800 - $1,200
    Sold for$804
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(32 bids)
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    Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 with a Letter from Father Damien to His Brother in 1873
    7

    Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 with a Letter from Father Damien to His Brother in 1873

    • Heading
      (BCC 044)
    • Author
      Stoddard, Charles Warren
    • Headline
      Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 Grabhorn
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1933
    Estimate$200 - $300
    Sold for$75
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(7 bids)
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    A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso, Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik
    9

    A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso, Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik

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      (BCC 050)
    • Author
      Chamisso, Adelbert von
    • Headline
      A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 - Grabhorn
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1936
    Estimate$200 - $300
    Sold for$240
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(22 bids)
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    Mark Twain's Letter to William Bowen, Buffalo, February Sixth, 1870
    11

    Mark Twain's Letter to William Bowen, Buffalo, February Sixth, 1870

    • Heading
      (BCC 053)
    • Author
      Twain, Mark
    • Headline
      Twain reminisces to friend about their boyhood adventures
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1938
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$87.50
    StatusSold
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    An Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27: Reprinted from a Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, in 1825, '26, '27, '28
    14

    An Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27: Reprinted from a Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, in 1825, '26, '27, '28

    • Heading
      (BCC 060)
    • Author
      Beechey, Captain F[rederick] W.
    • Headline
      An Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      [1941]
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$62.50
    StatusSold
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    The Discovery of Florida: Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida. Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas
    17

    The Discovery of Florida: Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida. Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas

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      (BCC 065)
    • Author
      De Soto, Don Hernando
    • Headline
      Don Hernando De Soto The Discovery of Florida
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      [1946]
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$120
    StatusSold
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    Donner Miscellany: 41 Diaries and Documents
    19

    Donner Miscellany: 41 Diaries and Documents

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      (BCC 067)
    • Author
      Hall, Carroll Douglas, ed.
    • Headline
      41 Diaries and Documents from the Donner Party
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1947
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$87.50
    StatusSold
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    Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico
    24

    Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico

    • Heading
      (BCC 079)
    • Author
      M'Ilvaine, William, Jr.
    • Headline
      Personal Adventure in California & Mexico
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1951
    Estimate$200 - $300
    Sold for$75
    StatusSold
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    Account of a Tour of the California Missions, 1856, The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller
    25

    Account of a Tour of the California Missions, 1856, The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller

    • Heading
      (BCC 083)
    • Author
      Miller, Henry
    • Headline
      Tour of California Missions 1856
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1952
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$180
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(13 bids)
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    Silverado Journal
    28

    Silverado Journal

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      (BCC 088)
    • Author
      Stevenson, Robert Louis
    • Headline
      Robert Louis Stevenson's Silverado Journal
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1954
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$87.50
    StatusSold
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    Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane
    29

    Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane

    • Heading
      (BCC 091)
    • Author
      Meyers, William H.
    • Headline
      Myers Journal of a Cruise to California
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1955
    Estimate$250 - $350
    Sold for$62.50
    StatusSold
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    Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood, September 9, 1850
    31

    Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood, September 9, 1850

    • Heading
      (BCC 094)
    • Author
      Fahey, Herbert
    • Headline
      Excellent reference on early California printing
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1956
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$252
    StatusSold
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    Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent - Selections from His Letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866
    32

    Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent - Selections from His Letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866

    • Heading
      (BCC 095)
    • Author
      Smith, Henry Nash & Frederick Anderson
    • Headline
      Allen Press, Mark Twain: SF Correspondent 1/400
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1957
    Estimate$200 - $300
    Sold for$312
    StatusSold
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    The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon. Illustrating his Adventures through Mexico and California
    33

    The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon. Illustrating his Adventures through Mexico and California

    • Heading
      (BCC 097)
    • Author
      Dentzel, Carl Schaefer
    • Headline
      The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon Grabhorn
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1957
    Estimate$200 - $300
    Sold for$120
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(11 bids)
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    A Year of American Travel
    38

    A Year of American Travel

    • Heading
      (BCC 104)
    • Author
      Fremont, Jessie Benton
    • Headline
      BCC's A Year of American Travel by Jessie Benton Fremont
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1960
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(4 bids)
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    Oregon and California Drawings 1841 and 1847
    41

    Oregon and California Drawings 1841 and 1847

    • Heading
      (BCC 107)
    • Author
      Guillou, Charles F.B.
    • Headline
      Charles Guillou's drawings of Oregon and California
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1961
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
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    Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California
    45

    Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California

    • Heading
      (BCC 116)
    • Author
      Fremont, John Charles
    • Headline
      Fremont Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1964
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
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    The Sting of the Wasp: Political and Satirical Cartoons from the Truculent Early San Francisco Weekly
    53

    The Sting of the Wasp: Political and Satirical Cartoons from the Truculent Early San Francisco Weekly

    • Heading
      (BCC 127
    • Author
      Johnson, Kenneth M., Ed.
    • Headline
      The Sting of the Wasp
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of San Francisco
    • Date Published
      1967
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
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    Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner U.S.N., aboard the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane 1842-1943
    60

    Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner U.S.N., aboard the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane 1842-1943

    • Heading
      (BCC 136)
    • Author
      Meyers, William H
    • Headline
      Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner U.S.N.
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1970
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$25
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(2 bids)
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    Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872
    61

    Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872

    • Heading
      (BCC 137)
    • Author
      Jackson, Helen Hunt
    • Headline
      Helen Hunt Jackson's Ah-Wah-Ne Days
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1971
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(4 bids)
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    California as an Island
    65

    California as an Island

    • Heading
      (BCC 141)
    • Author
      Leighly, John
    • Headline
      California as an Island
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1972
    Estimate$800 - $1,200
    Sold for$552
    StatusSold
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    San Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors
    68

    San Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors

    • Heading
      (BCC 150)
    • Author
      Van Nostrand, Jeanne
    • Headline
      San Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1975
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$87.50
    StatusSold
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    Images of Chinatown: Louis J. Stellman's Chinatown Photographs
    70

    Images of Chinatown: Louis J. Stellman's Chinatown Photographs

    • Heading
      (BCC 153)
    • Author
      Dillon, Richard
    • Headline
      Louis J. Stellman's Chinatown Photographs
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1946
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$112.50
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(10 bids)
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    A Matter of Taste: Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The Wave
    75

    A Matter of Taste: Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The Wave

    • Heading
      (BCC 161)
    • Author
      Polk, Willis
    • Headline
      Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The Wave
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1979
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(4 bids)
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    A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson
    77

    A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson

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      (BCC 163)
    • Author
      Thayer, James Bradley
    • Headline
      Emerson's westward trek
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1980
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$62.50
    StatusSold
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    Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests
    87

    Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests

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      (BCC 174)
    • Author
      Palmquist, Peter E
    • Headline
      Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      [1983]
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$192
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(15 bids)
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    Mexico on Stone: Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900
    91

    Mexico on Stone: Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900

    • Heading
      (BCC 178)
    • Author
      Mathes, W. Michael
    • Headline
      Mexico Set In Stone, Book Club of California
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1984
    Estimate$100 - $150
    Sold for$112.50
    StatusSold
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    Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James
    108

    Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James

    • Heading
      (BCC 195)
    • Author
      Larson, Roger Keith
    • Headline
      Controversial James Book Club of California
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1991
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$50
    StatusSold
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    Raymond Duncan: Painter... Expatriate... Eccentric Artist
    109

    Raymond Duncan: Painter... Expatriate... Eccentric Artist

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      (BCC 196)
    • Author
      Roatcap, Adela Spindler
    • Headline
      The Story of the Original Flower Child
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1991
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$37.50
    StatusSold
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    A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852: Watercolors, Painting, & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes
    110

    A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852: Watercolors, Painting, & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes

    • Heading
      (BCC 197)
    • Author
      Sawkins, James Gay
    • Headline
      A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1991
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$112.50
    StatusSold
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    A typographic journey. The History of The Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000
    122

    A typographic journey. The History of The Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000

    • Heading
      (BCC 210)
    • Author
      Stauffacher, Jack Werner
    • Headline
      Jack Werner Stauffacher's Typographic Journey
    • Publisher
      The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1999
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$112.50
    StatusSold
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    John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work, 1935-1998
    125

    John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work, 1935-1998

    • Heading
      (BCC 213)
    • Author
      Fraser, James Howard & Eleanor Friedl, compilers
    • Headline
      John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      2001
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$132
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(10 bids)
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    Dear Master: Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912
    127

    Dear Master: Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912

    • Heading
      (BCC 215)
    • Author
      Sterling, George
    • Headline
      Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce
    • Publisher
      Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      2002
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$37.50
    StatusSold
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    California 49: Forty-nine Maps of California from the sixteenth century to the present
    150

    California 49: Forty-nine Maps of California from the sixteenth century to the present

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      (BCC)
    • Author
      Heckrotte, Warren with Julie Sweetkind, editors
    • Headline
      California 49 - forty nine CA maps 1999
    • Publisher
      California Map Society/The Book Club of California
    • Date Published
      1999
    Estimate$120 - $180
    Sold for$252
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(12 bids)
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    Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Abert
    152

    Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Abert

    • Author
      Abert, Lieutenant J.W. ; John Galvin editor
    • Headline
      Overland Journey Travel Diary
    • Publisher
      John Howell-Books
    • Date Published
      1966
    Estimate$10 - $100
    Sold for$25
    StatusSold
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    The Costanso Narrative of the Portola Expedition
    155

    The Costanso Narrative of the Portola Expedition

    • Author
      Costanso, Miguel
    • Headline
      The Costanso Narrative of the Portola Expedition
    • Publisher
      Hogarth Press
    • Date Published
      1970
    Sold for$25
    StatusSold
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    Bound volume of prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West
    159

    Bound volume of prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West

    • Author
      Wheat, Carl Irving
    • Headline
      Prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Trans-Mississippi West
    • Publisher
      Institute for Historical Cartography
    • Date Published
      1957-1963
    Estimate$150 - $250
    Sold for$144
    StatusSold
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    The Nachman Stories
    167

    The Nachman Stories

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      (Arion Press)
    • Author
      Michaels, Leonard
    • Headline
      Leonard Michaels The Nachman Stories Arion Press
    • Publisher
      Arion Press
    • Date Published
      2009
    Estimate$250 - $350
    Sold for$87.50
    StatusSold
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    The Malibu. I. Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit by Robinson; II. Personal Considerations by Powell
    173

    The Malibu. I. Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit by Robinson; II. Personal Considerations by Powell

    • Heading
      (Plantin Press)
    • Author
      Robinson, W.W. & Lawrence Clark Powell
    • Headline
      Plantin Press, Robinson & Powell, The Malibu, Ltd
    • Publisher
      Dawson's Book Shop
    • Date Published
      1958
    Estimate$300 - $500
    Sold for$360
    StatusSold
  • Bidding history(25 bids)
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