Sale 728: California & the West. With Americana - Travel - Maps (#728) 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 728 570 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-36 of 36. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Autograph Letter Signed about Black sailors returned to America from England View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorStevens, Capt. JohnHeadlineAfrican-American sailors imprisoned as suspect slavesDate PublishedApril 10, 1817 Lot #5 Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave as missionary in Liberia View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, ex-slave letter)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineFreed slave’s letter from LiberiaDate PublishedAug. 8, 1853 Lot #6 Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave missionary in Liberia View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African American, ex-slave letter)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineFreed slave’s letter from LiberiaDate PublishedSeptember 22, 1843 Lot #32 Manuscript letter from Coloma California, May 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Coloma)HeadlineManuscript letter from Coloma California, May 1862Date PublishedMay, 1862 Lot #38 Three photographs of Nevada County mining camps View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(California - Nevada County)HeadlineThree photographs of Nevada County mining campsDate Published[c.1850s] Lot #41 Two letter copybooks for the California Central Railway Co., Yosemite Division, and Lyman Bridges View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Railroads)HeadlineCopybooks for California Central RailroadDate Publishedc.1880's Lot #43 Two manuscript documents pertaining to a bet between Samuel Brannan and H.C. Downing on the outcome of the 1868 Presidential election, one of them signed by Brannan View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(California - Samuel Brannan)HeadlineSam Brannan bets on U.S. Grant, signed documentDate PublishedOct. 12 & Dec. 4, 1868 Lot #46 1852 letter to insurance company about San Francisco fire damage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1852 letter to insurance company about San Francisco fire damageDate PublishedMarch 19, 1852 Lot #63 Journal on Board Schooner Rialto of Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard, 1849 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush - Ship's Log Book)AuthorLuce, Captain Warren A.HeadlineShip's log for journey to the California Gold RushDate Published1849 Lot #64 Letter from a St. Louis businessman to his partner F. W. Page in Sacramento, regarding a shortfall in a gold shipment View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorIsaac (?), H.D.HeadlineCalifornia gold shipment a bit short, 1852 letterDate PublishedAugust 28, 1852 Lot #65 Steele’s Western Guide Book, and Emigrant’s Directory; Containing Different Routes Through the States of New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorSteele, Oliver G.Headline1849 guide to Western States w/ gold rush mapPublisherOliver G. SteeleDate Published[1849] Lot #66 California View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] Lot #67 Stock certificate in the California Oaks Association, "For the Improvement of Thoroughbred Horses in this State" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorBaldwin, Elias Jackson, "Lucky"HeadlineLucky Baldwin improves life for thoroughbred horsesDate PublishedSept. 9th, 1876 Lot #75 Manuscript volume of Charles P. Warren of Sacramento View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorWarren, Charles P.HeadlineCalifornia manuscript diary 1880sDate Published[c.1878-91] Lot #89 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured slave contract for Cuba 1859Date Published1859 Lot #90 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese, with his grant of freedom following completion of the contract View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese slave in Cuba gets his freedomDate Published1854-[1863] Lot #91 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants transported to CubaDate Published1869 Lot #92 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants transported to CubaDate Published1869 Lot #93 Document regarding the interrogation of a Chinese indentures servant or slave from Macao View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant under interrogation in CubaDate Published1878 Lot #94 Manuscript discussing a complaint against the owner of a plantation of "asiaticos" (Chinese indentured servants/slaves) in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineTreatment of Chinese on Cuban plantation lambasted, 1865Date Published1865 Lot #95 Manuscript document regarding the baptism of a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant baptized in Cuba, 1864Date Published1864 Lot #96 Manuscript regarding the disappearance of a Chinese indentured servant from a plantation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese missing in fire in Cuban sugar cane fieldDate Published1879 Lot #97 A Cedula, or identification card, for an emancipated 15 year-old negro boy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineID paper for young emancipated black slave in Cuba, 1860Date Published1860 Lot #99 Manuscript document discussing the property of a woman including a slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban woman owns a slave, 1747 documentDate Publishedc.1747 Lot #100 Manuscript document discussing the sale of Luis, an African slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSale of black slave in Cuba, 1747Date Publishedc.1747 Lot #102 Manuscript manumission document granting freedom to a female slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFemale slave granted freedom in Cuba, 1747Date Published1747 Lot #103 Mid-18th century manuscript manumission document for a 3 year-old boy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChild slave freed in Cuba, c.1747Date Publishedc.1747 Lot #107 Letter to James W. Denver, 1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Denver, James W.)AuthorDouglass, DavidHeadlineLetter to James W. Denver, 1857Date Published1857 Lot #138 Californiens Gegenwart und Zukunft. Nebst Beiträgen von A. Erman: Ueber die Klimatologie von Californaiien und ueber die geographische Verbreitug des Goldes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHoppe, Janus & Adolph ErmanHeadlineGerman account of Gold Rush California w/maps 1849PublisherG. ReimerDate Published1849 Lot #157 Smoky: The Cow Horse View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJames, WillHeadlineFirst Will James book illustrated in colorPublisher[Charles Scribner's Sons]Date Published[1929] Lot #179 Pass for Prussian Minister Seiffart, Issued September 2, 1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSanta Anna, Antonio Lopez deHeadlinePass for Prussian Minister signed by Santa AnnaPublisherAntonio Lopez de Santa AnnaDate Published1847 Lot #207 New York City Fire Department Battalion 15 ledger and fire record book May 29, 1926-April 12, 1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(New York - Fire Department)HeadlineNYC Fire Department Battalion 15 ledger and record book, 1926-7Date Published1926-27 Lot #238 In Memoriam View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPurple, Edwin R.HeadlineEdwin R. Purple, In MemoriamPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1881 Lot #240 Document signed by William James as Governor of the State of Rhode Island, commission an ensign in the infantry View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Rhode Island)AuthorJames, WilliamHeadlineGovernor of Rhode Island commissions an EnsignDate PublishedMay 10, 1813 Lot #303 Project Sage - A Tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Clarke, Arthur C.)HeadlineProject Sage - A Tribute to Sir Arthur C. ClarkeDate Published2000 Lot #353 Mother Lode Map Incorporating Mother Lodes of California and Nevada, Scenes of the "Romantic Days of Gold" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - Mother Lode)AuthorCormak, RobertHeadlineColor pictorial map of mother lode of California and NevadaPublisherCalifornia Art & Engraving Co.Date Published1931 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next