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 1-10 of 66. Previous|1234567|Next Lot #1 Ink and watercolor-goauche drawing of an African American family in a musical interlude with pets and children Heading(African American)HeadlineBlack family at afternoon soireeDate PublishedLatter 19th century? View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #4 A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back, with an appendix... AuthorBecher, H.C.R.HeadlineTrip to Mexico with original photo illustrations, 1880PublisherWilling and WilliamsonDate Published1889 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 AuthorBurnett, Peter HardemanHeadlineDocument signed by 1st California GovernorDate PublishedSeptember 3, 1850 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold 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 Heading(California - Gold Rush Letter)AuthorBreedlove, Oliver H.HeadlineSuperb California Gold Rush letterDate PublishedJune 22, [1850?] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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. Heading(California - Los Angeles)AuthorGarvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al.HeadlineLand speculation archive from old Los AngelesDate Published1860's to early 20th century View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Lot #8 Recopilacion de leyes, decretos, bandos, reglamentos, circulares y providencias de los supremos poderes y otras autoridades de la Repub́lica Mexicana... Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLaw making Los Angeles capital of California 1835PublisherImprenta de J. M. Fernańdez de LaraDate Published1836 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #9 Three large manuscript ledger books recording court cases in Placer County, California, from 1855 to 1864 Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlinePlacer County court ledgers during Gold RushDate Published1855-1864 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #10 Archive of documents relating to the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California Heading(California - Quicksilver)HeadlineArchive on Napa Cal. Quicksilver Mine, 1870sDate Publishedc.1870-1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #11 Spanish document from the lost colony of Branciforte, in what is now Santa Cruz, California Heading(California - Villa de Branciforte)AuthorEstudillo, José MariaHeadlineFrom lost California town of Branciforte, 1810Date Published1809-1810 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$2,400StatusSold 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" Heading(California - Yerba Buena Island)AuthorLeavenworth, Thaddeus M. & Nathan SpearHeadlineGoat Island goats sold to William Heath Davis 1848Date PublishedOct. 9, 1848 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$1,600StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234567|Next Previous 1234567 Next Previous 1234567 Next