Sale 765: Elite Americana & Rare Maps - a PBA Platinum Auction (#765) 06/30/2022 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/30/2022 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-43 of 43. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineAnson's Voyage Round the World 1748PublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 Lot #5 Manuscript document signed by Peter H. Burnett as Governor of California, appointing William McPherson Hill as a notary public in an unnamed California county View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorBurnett, Peter HardemanHeadlineDocument signed by 1st California GovernorDate PublishedSeptember 3, 1850 Lot #6 Letter from gold seeker Oliver Breedlove to "Friend Jose," replete with fascinating and interesting details of California in the early days of the gold rush View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California - Gold Rush Letter)AuthorBreedlove, Oliver H.HeadlineSuperb California Gold Rush letterDate PublishedJune 22, [1850?] Lot #7 Archive of material pertaining to early Los Angeles development, primarily relating to Richard Garvey, one-time Pony Express rider and Southern California land speculator and developer; Ozro W. Childs, horticulturist, merchant, land speculator, and a founder of the University of Southern California; and others. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)AuthorGarvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al.HeadlineLand speculation archive from old Los AngelesDate Published1860's to early 20th century Lot #8 Recopilacion de leyes, decretos, bandos, reglamentos, circulares y providencias de los supremos poderes y otras autoridades de la Repub́lica Mexicana... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLaw making Los Angeles capital of California 1835PublisherImprenta de J. M. Fernańdez de LaraDate Published1836 Lot #9 Three large manuscript ledger books recording court cases in Placer County, California, from 1855 to 1864 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlinePlacer County court ledgers during Gold RushDate Published1855-1864 Lot #10 Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(California - Quicksilver)HeadlineArchive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870sDate Publishedc.1870-1880 Lot #11 Spanish document from the lost colony of Branciforte, in what is now Santa Cruz, California View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$2,400StatusSold Heading(California - Villa de Branciforte)AuthorEstudillo, José MariaHeadlineFrom lost California town of Branciforte, 1810Date Published1809-1810 Lot #12 Manuscript receipt for sale by Nathan Spear to William Heath Davis of "one half of my flock of Goats now upon the island of Yerba Buena," revealing why the island in San Francisco Bay was then and is still called "Goat Island" View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$1,600StatusSold Heading(California - Yerba Buena Island)AuthorLeavenworth, Thaddeus M. & Nathan SpearHeadlineGoat Island goats sold to William Heath Davis 1848Date PublishedOct. 9, 1848 Lot #13 Manuscript letter signed by José Figueroa as Governor of California, to the Secretary of Justice in Mexico City, revealing details of an attempted coup against Figueroa, and requesting the President order the arrest and expulsion of the conspirators View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorFigueroa, JoséHeadlineCoup against Cal. Gov. Figueroa revealed, 1834 ltr.Date PublishedJune 20, 1834 Lot #16 Profile Map of Engineer Mountain, Mineral Point Mountain, Animas Forks, and Surrounding Region, with General Description of Mines. History and Geology of the San Juan View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Colorado - Mining)AuthorLakes, ArthurHeadlineColorado mining map by Arthur Lakes, 1882Date Published1882 Lot #18 Crossing the Plains in 1852: Narrative of a Trip from Iowa to "The Land of Gold," as Told in Letters Written During the Journey View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$53,125StatusSold AuthorCooke, Lucy RutledgeHeadlineRare account of crossing the plains in 1853PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1923 Lot #19 Manuscript Expediente of the formation of a Chinese Society in Cuba View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineFounding a Chinese Society in Cuba, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #23 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes' California, Zamorano 80PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 Lot #26 A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorHearne, SamuelHeadlineHearne's Journey north from Hudson's Bay 1795PublisherA. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1795 Lot #28 [Atlas to:] An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Maps and Plates View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorJames, EdwinHeadlineAtlas and plate volume to Long's expedition 1822PublisherH.C. Carey and I. LeaDate Published1822 Lot #29 Archive of ten ephemeral items relating to Japanese internment and the Topaz War Relocation Center, during World War II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineJapanese internment camp archiveDate Publishedc.1943-1945 Lot #30 Archive of the Topaz Times, the camp newspaper for the "Topaz War Relocation Center" in Millard County in Utah, comprising nearly 200 issues over more than two years View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$40,625StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineJapanese internment camp newspaper archiveDate Published1942-1945 Lot #31 Collection of Community Analysis Section Reports detailing the role of American social scientists in the internment of United States citizens of Japanese ancestry [with] California and Her Less Favored Minorities by the official War Relocation Authority historian View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineInternal government reports on Japanese internmentPublisherCommunity Analysis Section of the War Relocation AuthorityDate Published1943-46 Lot #41 Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of the author View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages rare 2-volume issue 1802PublisherPublished by John MorganDate Published1802 Lot #59 Panorama of San Francisco, from California Street Hill View details Estimate$50,000 - $80,000StatusUnsold AuthorMuybridge, EadweardHeadlineMuybridge's Panorama of San Francisco 1877PublisherEdw. MuybridgeDate Published1877 Lot #67 Americae Pars Magis Cognita. Chorographia Nobilis & Opulentae Peruanae Provinciae, atque Brasiliae... MDXCII View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorBry, Theodore deHeadlineDe Bry map of South American & Southern U.S. 1592Date Published1592 Lot #68 View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - Marysville Pictorial Letter Sheet)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before April 24, 1852] Lot #69 Wall's Second Addition to the City of Richmond (panel title) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(California - Richmond)HeadlineRichmond promo with bird's-eye view 1915PublisherNew Richmond Land CompanyDate Published1915 Lot #70 Destruction of San Francisco by Earthquake & Fire View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineKurz & Allison litho of San Francisco EarthquakePublisherKurz & AllisonDate Published1906 Lot #71 Ansicht von San Francisco View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1875PublisherJulius JacobsDate Published[1875?] Lot #72 Chinatown San Francisco View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorChun, EthelHeadlinePictorial map of Chinatown in San Francisco 1939PublisherCalifornia Chinese Pioneer Historical SocietyDate Published1939 Lot #74 Large photograph of a panoramic painting or print of San Francisco at night View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineMoulin photo of large S.F. panoramic viewPublisherGabriel Moulin StudioDate Publishedc.1920-30 Lot #75 Map of San Francisco, California. Showing limits of the burned area destroyed by the fire of April 18th-21st, 1906, following the earthquake of April 18th, 1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare post-earthquake map of San FranciscoPublisherU.S. Army, Corps of EngineersDate PublishedMay, 1906 Lot #76 May Turnfest San Francisco Cala. May 7th-8th 1854 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSteinneger, HenryHeadlineRare litho of May Turnfest in S.F. 1854PublisherC.F. BecherenDate Published1854 Lot #77 Oak Park: The Superb Suburb. Owned and Developed by Koff Realty Co... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Mateo County)AuthorCarlisle, A., & Co.HeadlineRare brochure for real estate on S.F. PeninsulaPublisherA. Carlisle & Co.Date Published1926 Lot #78 San Mateo House, A.G. Oakes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineC.B. Gifford litho of San Mateo HousePublisherL. Nagel PrintDate Publishedc.1865-70 Lot #83 America Meridionale View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorCoronelli, Vicenzo MariaHeadlineCoronelli 2-sheet map of South AmericaDate Published[1691] Lot #84 New Map of Georgia View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Georgia)AuthorBernard, Jean FredericHeadlineRare map of Georgia with S. Carolina & FloridaPublisherFor I.F. BernardDate Published1737 Lot #85 Freti Magellanici ac novi Freti vulgo Le Maire exactissima delineatio View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorHondius, Jodocus / Jean BlaeuHeadlineRare map of Straight of Magellan, 1630Date Published[1630] Lot #86 Indians of the U.S.A. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJefferson, Louise E.HeadlinePictorial map of Native Americans in U.S.PublisherFriendship PressDate Published1944 Lot #89 Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal Travelling Routes &c. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorMitchell, Samuel AugustusHeadlineMitchell's large Mexican-American War map, 1847PublisherPublished by S. Augustus MitchellDate Published1847 Lot #90 Map of the United States by J.H. Young View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorMitchell, Samuel AugustusHeadlineMitchell's 1st wall map, the U.S., 1831PublisherPublished by S. Augustus MitchellDate Published1831 Lot #91 Topographical Map of the Road from Missouri to Oregon, Commencing at the Mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and Ending at the Mouth of the Wallah Wallah in the Columbia, In VII Sections.... From the field notes and journal Capt. J.C. Frémont, and from sketches and notes made on the ground by his assistant Charles Preuss View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorPreuss, CharlesHeadlinePreuss map Oregon Road in 7 sheets 1849Date Published1846-[1849] Lot #92 Carta Esferica De Las Costas de la America Meridional desde el Paralelo de 36° 30' de Latitude S. Hasta el Cabo de Hornos. Levantada De orden del Rey En 1789. 90. 94.y 95. por varios Oficiales de su Rl. Armada View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(South America)AuthorSpain, Dirección de HidrograficoHeadlineRare Spanish chart of tip of South AmericaDate Published1798 Lot #93 Map of the city of San Antonio, Bexar County, including suburbs both north and south View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorFischer, G.A.HeadlineLarge folding map of San Antonio, TX 1924PublisherNic TenggDate Published1924 Lot #95 Pascaertvande Zuyd Zee en een gedeeltte van Brasil Van Ilhas de Ladronos tot R. de la Plata... View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,250StatusSold AuthorVan Keulen, JohannesHeadlineKeulen map of Pacific with insular CaliforniaDate Published[1680-1695] Lot #96 A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe according to the Ancient Discoveries and most general Divisions of it into Continents and Oceans View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorWells, EdwardHeadlineWells' world map with California an Island 1700Date Published1700 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next