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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Grand Jury arraignment of Maryland slave Solomon, with other slaves, murdered his master View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1815)AuthorPigman, Bean S.HeadlineManuscript indictment of Maryland slaves who murdered their masterDate Published[December 1815] Lot #2 Letter regarding a dispute between enslaved people in Virginia, 1819. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1819)AuthorShelton, ArmisteadHeadline1819 Letter concerning slave disputeDate Published1819 Lot #3 Letter from Pennsylvania trader visiting New Orleans, sees Sunday Congo Dances with its pre-Jazz Negro music View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1820)AuthorLukens, JosephHeadlineAfrican slave Congo Dance in antebellum New OrleansDate PublishedJuly 19, 1820 Lot #4 Original manuscript statement of legal argument on the issue of Negro slave identity View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorGrundy, Felix and James RucksHeadlineManuscript document on early court case of slave lawDate Publishedca. 1824-1825 Lot #5 Ornate Engraved Presbyterian Missionary Document View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1837)AuthorGreen, Rev. AshbelHeadlineOrnate Engraved Presbyterian Missions AppointmentPublisherBoard of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ChurchDate PublishedAugust 1837 Lot #6 Capture of Black Seminole insurgents, near the end of the War in Florida; Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1841 - Seminole War)AuthorAxtell, Rev. HenryHeadlineBlack Seminole defeat in the Florida Seminole WarDate PublishedAug. 23, 1841 Lot #7 Letter to George Washington descendant from his Mt. Vernon overseer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1845)AuthorMcFarland, JosephHeadlineSlave overseer of Washington's Mt. VernonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1845 Lot #8 Autograph Document Signed Announcing Auction of an eight-year-old slave girl View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHeadrick, JacobHeadlineSlave child auctioned in Missouri in 1846Date PublishedMay 20, 1846 Lot #10 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineLetter on stationery engraved with Fremont vignetteDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Lot #11 Letter regarding care of enslaved children in Virginia, 1857. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorPass, Thomas Y.Headline1857 Letter on care of enslaved childrenDate Published1857 Lot #12 Promissory note regarding temporary service of enslaved woman in Virginia, 1861. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorLynn, Robert F. and Robert V.Headline1861 Promissory note for enslaved womanDate Published1861 Lot #13 Sharecropping agreement, Pittsylvania County View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1871)AuthorWomack, Chas A.Headline1871 Sharecropping agreement, VirginiaDate Published1871 Lot #14 South Carolina farmer’s semi-literate letter, complaining of “negro government”, “social equality” in courts and schools, and gun-wielding, lackadaisical ex-slaves View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1873)AuthorGrubbs, R.W. (Richard Williamson), Jr.HeadlineWhite South Carolina farmer criticizes Black gains under ReconstructionDate PublishedMarch 24, 1873 Lot #15 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineUnderground Railroad Conductor later helps civilize American IndiansDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Lot #16 Year Book of the Northern California Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1917)HeadlineNAACP pamphlet celebrating Buchanan v. WarleyPublisherNAACP, Northern California BranchDate Published[1917] Lot #17 Gladiola Garden View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorNewsome, Effie LeeHeadlineGladiola Garden - Children's Poems from the Harlem RenaissancePublisherThe Associated PublishersDate Published1944 Lot #18 In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1952. No. 8. Brief on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union...as Amici Curiae. Oliver Brown...vs. Board of Education of Topeka... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1952)AuthorLeskes, Theodore and Sol Rabkin, counselHeadlineBrown vs Board of Education Amicus BriefPublisherBar Press Inc.Date Published1952 Lot #19 NOTICE! STOP Help Save the Youth of America: DON'T BUY NEGRO RECORDS View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1965)Headline1965 handbill against black musicPublisherCitizen's Council Of Greater New OrleansDate Published1965 Lot #20 Photograph of the cast of Mo' Better Blues View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1990)HeadlinePhotograph of Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, et al.Date Published1990 Lot #21 Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1997)AuthorWalker, Kara ElizabethHeadlineVision of emancipation with pop-upsPublisherPeter Norton Family FoundationDate Published1997 Lot #24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 Lot #28 New England lawyer chides his sister for her anti-slavery bias against Southerners View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Anri-Slavery)AuthorGoodridge, SewallHeadlineYankee lawyer in Virginia about anti-slavery prejudiceDate PublishedJan. 13, 1838 Lot #29 Letter relating to Massachusetts Congressman's views on Abolitionism View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGrenell, Jr., GeorgeHeadlineMassachusetts Congressman’s views on ending slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1837 Lot #30 Autograph Letter Signed by Future Gun Company Magnate foreseeing the end of Abolitionism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorRickard, L. H.HeadlineConnecticut Democrat condemns Abolitionist scoundrelsDate PublishedAugust 8, 1856 Lot #31 Ohio Congressman proposes diplomatic resolution of Ohio-Virginia border dispute triggered by arrest of Underground Railroad agents aiding slaves to escape to freedom across the Ohio River View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorVinton, Samuel F., Member of CongressHeadlineOhio Congressman proposes solution to slave controversyDate PublishedDec. 31, 1846 Lot #34 Autograph draft of the Arizona chapter of the 1883 book, “Resources of the Rocky Mountains" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Arizona)AuthorFarmer, E. J.HeadlineManuscript draft of a southwest guidebookDate Published[1880s] Lot #37 The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff - Inscribed View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorKiernan, ThomasHeadlineMiracle at Coogan's Bluff Inscribed - Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, Etc.PublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1975 Lot #41 Typescript letter signed by Herbert Hoover addressed to Miss Helen Boyle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineSigned letter by the Bohemian Herbert HooverDate Published1951 Lot #49 Minute Book of the Figaro Gold & Silver Mining Company incorporated, July 1863 (cover title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Amador County)AuthorStott, Alex., secretaryHeadlineMs. minutes for Amador Co. mining co., 1863Date Published1863 Lot #63 Sixteen photographs of the Tupman oil fields [with] four photographs of Big Tar Canyon and accompanying typescript letter signed by R.W. Richards addressed to mining consultant and geologist Stanley Siegfus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineGeology, mining, and oil in CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #65 Account ledger book for a general, dry goods, and feed store in Pescadero, California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Pescadero)AuthorSprague, H.B.HeadlineAccount ledger for Pescadero store, 1877-80Date Published1877-1880 Lot #104 Letter from C.P. Huntington to Major Ben C. Truman, 1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorHuntington, Collis P.HeadlineLetter from CA Railway Magnate CP HuntingtonDate Published1899 Lot #118 Letter from ranch employee to his employer, regarding the sale of various cattle and horses, with sketches of brands View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cattle Ranching)AuthorMonroe, JohnHeadlineSelling cattle & horses in 1890 WyomingDate PublishedMay 14, 1890 Lot #119 Letter from an inspector at the Stock Association to a Nebraska cattleman, regarding the indictment of four cattle rustlers and the murder of another inspector View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cattle Rustling & Murder)AuthorSmith, James L.HeadlineCattle rusting & murder in 1880s NebraskaDate PublishedMarch 26, 1884 Lot #120 Ohio farmer writes his father, a Republican Congressman, about the threat of Southern secession View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorCarey, Mcdonough MonroeHeadlineOhio Congressman’s son predicts political disasterDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1860 Lot #121 I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land Sheet Music View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorEmmett, Dan. D.HeadlineEarly northern printing of “Dixie”, Confederate anthemPublisherFirth, Pond & Co.Date Published1860 Lot #125 Autograph Letter Signed by Former Confederate Opposing Reconstruction. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorWashington, L. Q.HeadlineFormer Confederate opposes Southern ReconstructionDate PublishedAug. 7, 1866 Lot #126 Letters from an editor to a fellow Douglas Democrat, about threats from pro-Southern Democrats and the need to oppose “disunionists” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Civil War, 1860 election)AuthorLoveland, James C.HeadlineDouglas Democrat threatened by pro-slavery DemocratsDate Published1860s Lot #148 Among the An-ko-me-nums Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCrosby, ThomasHeadlineMissionary Memoir inscribed by Thomas CrosbyPublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1907 Lot #155 Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Erie Canal by Inventor of Waterproof Hydraulic Cement View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Erie Canal)AuthorWhite, CanvassHeadlineLetter from canal engineer who invented American cementDate PublishedApril 17, 1829 Lot #159 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California...To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorham View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineInscribed by Fields to a U.S. AmbassadorPublisher"Printed for a Few Friends, Not Published"Date Published[1893] Lot #177 A Sketch of the Early Life and of the Civil and Military Services of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, Candidate of the National Union Party for Governor of Pennsylvania. 1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Geary, John W.)HeadlineJohn W. Geary, one-time mayor of San FranciscoPublisherKing & Baird, PrintersDate Published1866 Lot #186 My Road to Rotary View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 Lot #196 Letter written by a visitor to Hawaii, with vivid descriptions and keen observations View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorMeade, G.S.HeadlineLetter from visitor to Hawaii, 1884Date PublishedJune 17-June 30, 1884 Lot #207 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 Lot #214 TREK. February 1943 and June 1943 issues - with signed correspondence from editor Nobuo Kitagaki View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorOkubo, Miné, Art EditorHeadlineTREK, two issues by the inmates at TopazPublisherProject Reports Division, Central Utah Relocation CenterDate Published1943 Lot #223 Oratio Inauguralis de Veritate Religionis Christianae, Quam, Coram Veneranda Ecclesiarum Belgicarum Synodo, Neo Eboraci Convocata, Publice in Aede Sacra Habuit... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLivingston, John HenryHeadlineInscribed in Latin by John Henry LivingstonPublisherSamuel et JohannesDate Published[1785] Lot #229 Signed Engineer Order No. 2, reassigning a dozen Army Engineers to new posts, 3 of them to the Mexican War front to serve under then Captain Robert E. Lee View details Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineDocument relating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 Lot #237 Military appointment for a captain in the cavalry, signed by Benito Juarez View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorJuarez, BenitoHeadlineBenito Juarez appoints Mexican cavalry captainDate PublishedAugust 5, 1867 Lot #240 Letter by John Dix to his friend, John Rogers Vinton View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Military)AuthorDix, John A.HeadlineLetter by Future Civil War General and NY Governor John DixDate PublishedMay 10, 1826 Lot #241 The Danites: And Other Choice Selections from the Writings of Joaquin Miller - with Miller ephemera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineThe Danites 1st Ed, plus inscribed and signed itemsPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published1878 Lot #254 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 Lot #257 Autograph Letter Signed by Naval hero and Chair of Board of Navy Commissioners View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Naval)AuthorRodgers, Commodore JohnHeadlineMost famed US Navy commander of Jacksonian eraDate PublishedSeptember 18, 1836 Lot #270 Archive of nine letters to or from Professor Joseph Rosa of New York about a proposed exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineApplication for exhibit at P.P.I.E. rejectedDate Published1914-1915 Lot #282 Abraham Lincoln: The War Years View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineSandburg's Lincoln The War Years signedPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1939] Lot #283 De Re Metallica View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineSigned by Herbert Hoover, photo of Milton FriedmanPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 Lot #284 Leaders View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Richard NixonPublisherWarner BooksDate Published[1982] Lot #285 The Real War View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineSigned by U.S. President Richard NixonPublisherWarner BooksDate Published[1980] Lot #286 Six Crises View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineInscribed by U.S. President Richard NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 Lot #297 The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina - inscribed presentation copy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$168.75StatusSold AuthorSchoolcraft, Mary HowardHeadlinePlantation Life in South CarolinaPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1860 Lot #313 300 Years In Victoria County View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Texas)AuthorGrimes, RoyHeadlineSigned First Ed. 300 Years in Victoria CountyPublisherThe Victoria Advocate Publishing Co.Date Published[1968] Lot #326 Notarized statement by the master of a whaling vessel and two mates, describing the events of an ill-fated cruise, in an effort to avoid financial responsibility for damages View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Whaling)AuthorJoice, E.V., public notaryHeadlineNarrative of ill-fated whaling voyage 1866Date PublishedNov. 9, 1866 Lot #391 On the Silurian Formation in the Pentland Hills. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Conchology)AuthorHaswell, George C.HeadlineHaswell's own copy w/ original watercolorsPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published1865 Lot #416 Note Signed by Joseph Lister View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 Lot #417 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 Lot #424 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 Lot #447 A historical collection on Rasputin's assassination at Iusopov Palace on December 30, 1916 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Russia - Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich)HeadlineRasputin's assassination documentedDate Published20th century Lot #462 The Downing Street Years View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher Downing Street Years signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1993 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next