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Sale 751: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#751) 12/16/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed

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Letter detailing the value of slaves who were to be sold
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Letter detailing the value of slaves who were to be sold

  • Heading
    (Africa-American)
  • Author
    Calder, George
  • Headline
    Planning a large slave sale in antebellum South Carolina
  • Date Published
    July 27, 1859
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter with news about captured fugitive slave committing suicide in his jail cell
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Letter with news about captured fugitive slave committing suicide in his jail cell

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Bethune, Amanda
  • Headline
    Letter mentioning a runaway slave who hung himself in jail
  • Date Published
    November 6-13, 1851
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
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Letter, possibly written by an emancipated, slave in antebellum South Carolina
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Letter, possibly written by an emancipated, slave in antebellum South Carolina

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Bill, Henry
  • Headline
    Letter possibly written by a freed slave in South Carolina
  • Date Published
    May 10, 1849
Estimate$400 - $600
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Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner
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Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Brooks, Samuel
  • Headline
    Connecticut native writes about slaves
  • Date Published
    Feb. 6, 1847
Estimate$400 - $600
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Autograph Letter Signed from a Black missionary to Liberia, freed from slavery as a child in Tennessee
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Autograph Letter Signed from a Black missionary to Liberia, freed from slavery as a child in Tennessee

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Erskine, H. W.
  • Headline
    Antebellum Letter from an ex-slave American missionary
  • Date Published
    [1850]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
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Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams' in-law inquiring about her ex-slave
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Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams' in-law inquiring about her ex-slave

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Masters, Mrs. Ann
  • Headline
    John Adams in-law inquires about jailed ex-slave
  • Date Published
    Feb. 23, 1832
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
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Letter about Union Army sent to suppress KKK violence
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Letter about Union Army sent to suppress KKK violence

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Nesbitt, James
  • Headline
    Letter about Ku Klux Klan violence in South Carolina
  • Date Published
    April 27, 1872
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter by Female Anti-slavery Poet about her Black housekeeper
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Letter by Female Anti-slavery Poet about her Black housekeeper

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Sigourney, Lydia M.
  • Headline
    Black housekeeper honored by early American woman poet
  • Date Published
    June 18, 1849
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
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Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
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Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

  • Author
    Aldrin, Buzz
  • Headline
    Photos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz Aldrin
  • Publisher
    Jack Bacon & Company
  • Date Published
    2009
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$468.75
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Letter from a Boston SPCA official about forming local Societies in California
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Letter from a Boston SPCA official about forming local Societies in California

  • Heading
    (Animal Protection)
  • Author
    Hill, Henry B.
  • Headline
    Letter from Boston SPCA about protecting animals in California
  • Date Published
    Nov. 13, 1896
Estimate$300 - $500
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Unpublished letter by the housekeeper of Ralph Waldo Emerson, describing the Emerson boarding house
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Unpublished letter by the housekeeper of Ralph Waldo Emerson, describing the Emerson boarding house

  • Heading
    (Anti-Slavery)
  • Author
    Goodwin, Mrs. E.C. (Emeline Conor Philleo)
  • Headline
    Anti-slavery letter by Prudence Crandall’s step-daughter and poet Emerson’s housekeeper
  • Date Published
    Oct. 26, 1848
Estimate$800 - $1,000
Sold for$1,062.50
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Archive of 14 letters, most written to President William McKinley, relating to the appointment of Edwin S. Gill as Secretary of the Territory of Arizona
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Archive of 14 letters, most written to President William McKinley, relating to the appointment of Edwin S. Gill as Secretary of the Territory of Arizona

  • Heading
    (Arizona)
  • Headline
    Arizona writes McKinley about their Secretary 1897
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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My Auto Travels [manuscript cover title)
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My Auto Travels [manuscript cover title)

  • Heading
    (Automobile Travel Diary)
  • Headline
    Young woman's travel diary on west coast
  • Date Published
    1916-1927
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$687.50
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The Red Cross. A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity.
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The Red Cross. A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity.

  • Author
    Barton, Clara
  • Headline
    With signed letter from Clara Barton
  • Publisher
    American National Red Cross
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$937.50
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Sheet of three unused stock certificates in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., each signed in ink by Leland Stanford as President of the company
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Sheet of three unused stock certificates in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., each signed in ink by Leland Stanford as President of the company

  • Heading
    (California - Bodie)
  • Headline
    Bodie mine stock signed by Leland Stanford
  • Publisher
    Agnew & Deffenbach, print.
  • Date Published
    186-
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
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Letter from Lassen County D.A. office relaying account of murder in Big Valley
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Letter from Lassen County D.A. office relaying account of murder in Big Valley

  • Heading
    (California - Lassen County)
  • Headline
    Murder in Lassen County, a "cold blooded" affair
  • Date Published
    April 20, 1880
Estimate$300 - $500
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Two ledger books from Wells, Fargo's Mendocino office listing shipments and goods and packages on hand
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Two ledger books from Wells, Fargo's Mendocino office listing shipments and goods and packages on hand

  • Heading
    (California - Mendocino)
  • Author
    Wells, Fargo & Co.
  • Headline
    Wells, Fargo ledgers from Mendocino, 1890s
  • Publisher
    Wells, Fargo & Co.
  • Date Published
    1890-1897
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
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Autograph Document certifying a birth in mid-ocean en route from Europe to California
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Autograph Document certifying a birth in mid-ocean en route from Europe to California

  • Heading
    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    [Kolling?], J.C.C.
  • Headline
    Certificate for birth aboard ship sailing to Gold Rush
  • Date Published
    Jan. 19, 1853
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter about Jewish merchant in Mississippi who had left for the California Gold Rush
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Letter about Jewish merchant in Mississippi who had left for the California Gold Rush

  • Heading
    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Selling, Philip
  • Headline
    Letter about a Jewish 49er to the California Gold Rush
  • Date Published
    June 1, 1849
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. Samuel B. Axtell of California, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1868
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Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. Samuel B. Axtell of California, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1868

  • Heading
    (Civil War - Reconstruction)
  • Author
    Axtell, Samuel B.
  • Headline
    Calif. Congressman opposes Reconstruction
  • Publisher
    F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Vicksburg Campaign
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The Vicksburg Campaign

  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Bearss, Edwin Cole
  • Headline
    Vicksburg Campaign 3 vols. inscribed
  • Publisher
    Morningside
  • Date Published
    1985-86
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
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Letter from a Maine teacher about a student who fled to Canada to escape the draft
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Letter from a Maine teacher about a student who fled to Canada to escape the draft

  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Bullard, Silas
  • Headline
    Letter about a Civil War draft dodger in Maine
  • Date Published
    Oct. 7, 1864
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army
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Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army

  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Sheridan, P.H.
  • Headline
    A sharp set of Sheridan's memoirs, 1888
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
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Letter praising the oratory of Alabama Secessionist during the 1860 presidential election campaign
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Letter praising the oratory of Alabama Secessionist during the 1860 presidential election campaign

  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Ward, John James
  • Headline
    Confederate officer praises Secession on eve of Civil War
  • Date Published
    Ca. 1858 and 1860
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$937.50
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Check signed J. Fenimore Cooper
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Check signed J. Fenimore Cooper

  • Author
    Cooper, James Fenimore
  • Headline
    Signed by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Outlaws on Horseback. The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century
93

Outlaws on Horseback. The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century

  • Author
    Drago, Harry Sinclair
  • Headline
    Signed by the author, 1/150
  • Publisher
    Dodd, Mead & Company
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations to Each Other.
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Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations to Each Other.

  • Heading
    (Finance)
  • Author
    Hawley, Frederick B.
  • Headline
    Singed by Frederick B. Hawley
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Stationery autographed by Al Jolson
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Stationery autographed by Al Jolson

  • Author
    Jolson, Al
  • Headline
    Inscribed by singer and comedian Al Jolson
  • Date Published
    n.d.
Estimate$300 - $500
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Memorie and Rime
161

Memorie and Rime

  • Author
    Miller, Joaquin
  • Headline
    Signed by Miller, w/ letter from Ella W. Wilcox
  • Publisher
    Funk & Wagnalls
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Letter from the inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Ballad of Ulalume"
189

Letter from the inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Ballad of Ulalume"

  • Heading
    (Poe, Edgar Allan)
  • Author
    Bronson, C.P.
  • Headline
    Letter from the inspiration of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Date Published
    Dec. 14, 1831
Estimate$400 - $600
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The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services, and An Accurate Description of the Council at Vincennes with Tecumseh, as well as the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs, and the T
198

The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison: Comprising a Brief Account of His Important Civil and Military Services, and An Accurate Description of the Council at Vincennes with Tecumseh, as well as the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs, and the Thames.

  • Heading
    (Presidents, 1841)
  • Author
    Harrison, William Henry
  • Headline
    Life of William Henry Harrison 1840
  • Publisher
    Grigg & Elliot
  • Date Published
    1840
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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A Shining City. The Legacy of Ronald Reagan.
201

A Shining City. The Legacy of Ronald Reagan.

  • Heading
    (Presidents, 1981)
  • Headline
    Signed by Nancy Reagan
  • Publisher
    The Easton Press
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
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The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
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The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean

  • Author
    Root, Frank A. and William Elsey Connelley
  • Headline
    Inscribed by the author Frank A. Root
  • Publisher
    Published by the Authors
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$593.75
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Letter opposing South Carolina's Nullification battle with Washington
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Letter opposing South Carolina's Nullification battle with Washington

  • Heading
    (South Carolina)
  • Author
    Hemphill, David, James, Eliza and Bell
  • Headline
    Letter opposing South Carolina Nullification movement
  • Date Published
    Feb. 24, 1834
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Letter to New York judge Reuben Walworth nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court
215

Letter to New York judge Reuben Walworth nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court

  • Heading
    (Supreme Court)
  • Author
    Graham, James Lorimer
  • Headline
    Letter about a contentious Supreme Court nomination
  • Date Published
    Jan. 28, 1845
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
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Former Confederate secret agent plots Supreme Court overthrow of Reconstruction
216

Former Confederate secret agent plots Supreme Court overthrow of Reconstruction

  • Heading
    (Supreme Court)
  • Author
    Washington, Littleton Quinton
  • Headline
    Letter on Supreme Court challenge to Reconstruction
  • Date Published
    January 11, 1868
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,187.50
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Two letters and a receipt relating to the XIT Ranch on the Texas Panhandle
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Two letters and a receipt relating to the XIT Ranch on the Texas Panhandle

  • Heading
    (Texas - XIT Ranch)
  • Headline
    Letters about the XIT Ranch of Texas 1888
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Deed for sale of land in Nacadoches County, Republic of Texas
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Deed for sale of land in Nacadoches County, Republic of Texas

  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Headline
    Selling land in Republic of Texas
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
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Survey of 320 acres of land in Nacadoches County, Texas
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Survey of 320 acres of land in Nacadoches County, Texas

  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Author
    Terrell, R.H.
  • Headline
    Land survey in Republic of Texas
  • Date Published
    1844
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$156.25
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Diary of Democracy
228

Diary of Democracy

  • Author
    Toulmin, Harry Aubrey
  • Headline
    Signed by Harley M. Kilgore
  • Publisher
    Richard R. Smith
  • Date Published
    1947
Estimate$300 - $500
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Fighting the Flying Circus
239

Fighting the Flying Circus

  • Heading
    (World War I)
  • Author
    Rickenbacker, Edward V.
  • Headline
    Inscribed by fighter ace 'Eddie' Rickenbacker
  • Publisher
    Frederick A. Stokes Company
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Letter offering Indian artifacts to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner
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Letter offering Indian artifacts to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner

  • Heading
    (Wounded Knee)
  • Author
    Moorehead, Warren
  • Headline
    Letter from Dean of American Archaeology and Wounded Knee observer
  • Date Published
    August 18, 1897
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter from Major General Berthier to Brigadier General Barthelemy, then in transit to Vilna
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Letter from Major General Berthier to Brigadier General Barthelemy, then in transit to Vilna

  • Heading
    (Napoleonic Wars)
  • Author
    Berthier, Louis-Alexandre
  • Headline
    Letter from Napoleon's Chief of Staff
  • Date Published
    2 August 1812
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
314

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

  • Author
    Shirer, William L.
  • Headline
    Signed by William L. Shirer
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Date Published
    [1990]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$750
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Alexander's Campaign on the Indian North-West Frontier
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Alexander's Campaign on the Indian North-West Frontier

  • Author
    Stein, Aurel
  • Headline
    Signed with inscription by Aurel Stein
  • Publisher
    Royal Geographical Society
  • Date Published
    c. 1927-29
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,125
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