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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Three works of African-American historical, literary and military reference View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(African-American reference)HeadlineAfrican-American literary and military reference worksDate Published1974-2011 Lot #2 Black Reconstruction / An Essay Toward A History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineBlack history classic, owned by noted California Black lawyerPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1935 Lot #3 Here’s A Five Reel Western Featuring a Colored Star of International Fame - Bill Pickett View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)HeadlineStarring Bill Pickett, inventor of Bull-DoggingPublisherNorman Film MarketingDate Publishedca. 1922 Lot #4 The Negro Student, Volume 1, No. 1, May 1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American)HeadlineRare copy of 1930s Black student journalPublisherReaders and Writers Club of AmericaDate PublishedMay 1937 Lot #5 African-American and Anti-Slavery themes in American poetry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, Anti-slavery poetry)HeadlineAfrican-Americans and Anti-slavery in American poetryDate Published1971-2005 Lot #16 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlineSigned with an inscription by P.T. BarnumPublisherThe Courier CompanyDate Published1882 Lot #32 Letter from Mendocino County Clerk on official letterhead that features a full-page map of the county on the back View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - Mendocino County)AuthorMcCowen, HaleHeadlineUkiah letter with map of Mendocino, 1902Date PublishedJuly 22, 1902 Lot #42 Letter written from Elk Grove, Cal., with reference to Bidwell's Bar, a trip to Crescent City, conversions to Presbyterianism, etc. - on lettersheet with printed poem View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlineUncommon California lettersheet, 1859Date PublishedFeb. 12, 1859 Lot #53 Station Log Book 6-18-47 to 10-11-47 S.F.P.D. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineMassive San Francisco police log book, 1947Date Published1947 Lot #59 Letter narrating a trip by stage from San Francisco to Yosemite on Barnard's Yo Semite Falls Hotel pictorial letterhead View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorBeatty, E.M.HeadlineTrip to Yosemite on hotel letterheadDate Published1883 Lot #62 Letter in a Negbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, with ambrotype of the cabin described in the letter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorPitt, WilliamHeadlineGold Rush letter with AmbrotypeDate Published1853 Lot #94 Eight Chinese nationality certificates issued by the Chinese consulate in Havana, Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese citizens residing in Cuba, 1880Date Published1880 Lot #95 "Lista de Socios del Centro Israelita" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Jewish immigrants)HeadlineTyped list of Jews in Cuba, 1955Date PublishedFebrero 25 de 1955 Lot #96 Seven letters from, to, or between members of the Jewish Community in Cuba View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Jewish immigrants)HeadlineLetters from Jewish community in CubaDate Published1937-1948 Lot #97 Insurance certificate for slave in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineInsurance policy on Cuban slave, 1856Date Published1856 Lot #98 List of slaves in Cuba, of African and Asian origin, with names of owners, etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slaves rented out to mill, 1873Date Published1873 Lot #99 Manumission Expediente for a male African Lucumi slave, Moreno Luis Morejon, claiming his freedom, with his cedula booklet stating he is a free man View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document with cedula, 1881Date Published1881 Lot #100 Manuscript accounting for mortgaged slaves giving names of mortgagers, amounts, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves mortgaged in Cuba, 1817Date Publishedc.1817 Lot #101 Manuscript description of a slave auction in Cuba, with names of the slaves View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlave auction in Cuba, 1877Date Published1877 Lot #102 Manuscript description of the execution by the garrote of a freed black slave, for the killing of his consort View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreed slave executed by garrote in Cuba, 1849Date Published1849 Lot #103 Printed census form filled out in ink, for the municipality of Remedios, Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRare Cuban census form 1856Date Published1856 Lot #117 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artist, 1/400PublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] Lot #121 Letter written from Hawaii when in port and loading whale bone to transport back to the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorEldridge, AmbroseHeadlineLoading whale bone in Hawaii, 1852 letterDate PublishedOct. 17th, 1852 Lot #140 Crowded Hours: Reminiscences View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLongworth, Alice RooseveltHeadlineSigned by Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of Teddy RooseveltPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 Lot #155 Archive of material pertaining to the Milk River Project in Montana, including typewritten and printed items, blueprints, maps, etc. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Montana)HeadlineOriginal materials on Milk River Project, Montana, 1912Date Publishedc.1912 Lot #191 Document signed by Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States appointing Joseph R. Lewis as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Washington Territory View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineU.S. Grant appoints Washington Ter. Chief JusticeDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1875 Lot #195 Archive of material relating to the formation of and fundraising for the Harry S. Truman Library View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1945)HeadlineTo build a Presidential Library archiveDate Publishedc.1951-1955 Lot #197 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineSigned by LBJ on bookplate with inscription to General ChapmanPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] Lot #199 Letter from Frederic Remington declining to donate to a hospital charity View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlineFrederic Remington declines donating to hospitalDate PublishedDec. 8 (no year) Lot #211 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Space)AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineDeluxe Printing, Photos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #230 Note signed by William Walker offering safe passage in Nicaragua to a captain and his wife View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWalker, WilliamHeadlineAutograph of filibuster William WalkerDate PublishedOct. 23, 1856 Lot #300 Archive of letters, newsletters, radio addresses, and other material associated with Benjamin A. Cohen, Chilean diplomat and United Nations Undersecretary for Public Information in the early years of the organization View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(United Nations)AuthorCohen, Benjamin A.HeadlineLetters from head of U.N. Dept. of Public Information in 1950sDate Publishedc.1949-1960 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next