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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Statement of reimbursed expenses paid in May 1780 to Ruggles, Constable of New Milford for transporting a Mulatto girl to Dover View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1779)AuthorRuggles, Samuel; Noble Fine, Jeremiah Boardman, et alHeadlineRevolutionary War document about a mulatto womanDate PublishedDecember 9 -31, 1779, and January 20, 1780 Lot #2 Early letter from mother of important Union spy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1834)AuthorVan Lew, ElizaHeadlineMother of famed Civil War spy meets rich free Black in FloridaDate PublishedFebruary 26,1834 Lot #3 Letter from Moravian missionary to Jamaica revealing racist prejudices he brought from America View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorHolland, Rev. Francis RaymondHeadlineSouthern racist missionary among freed Blacks in JamaicaDate PublishedJan. 22, 1842 Lot #4 Letter from a whaling ship seaman, a free Black leader of the African American community of New Bedford View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorBrown, William H.HeadlineFree Blacks among the whalers of New BedfordDate PublishedNovember 11, 1845 Lot #5 Letter of a wealthy family of Virginia Quakers who intended to free their slaves View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorCrenshaw, Nathaniel C.; and Margaret M. Crew;HeadlineVirginia Quakers as benevolent slave-ownersDate PublishedAugust 13-14, 1846 Lot #6 Letter to Scottish business partner about getting rid of a mentally ill slave woman in an asylum View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1857)AuthorGilmour, JohnHeadlineSlave woman committed to a Virginia asylumDate PublishedMarch 7, 1857 Lot #7 Letter about an escaped slave recaptured by his master and a near-rescue by indignant soldiers View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorCarter, Zeno AllenHeadlineEscaped slave seized by his master in Civil War WashingtonDate PublishedJuly 19, 1862 Lot #8 Letter from a young teacher about a cousin and an Abolitionist neighbor who had enlisted in the Union Army. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorEmmons, Fanny M. [Francis Matilda]HeadlineMassachusetts Abolitionist enlists in Union ArmyDate PublishedOct. 12, [1862] Lot #9 Letter from slave-owning heiress about legal problems with newly-emancipated slaves in Washington, D.C. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorHilleary, Eleanor B.M.HeadlineLetter about slaves freed during the Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 21, 1862 Lot #11 Letter admiring John Rogers’ “Wounded Scout” sculpture depicting ex-slave supporting wounded Union soldier View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorFanny [Cooper?]HeadlineMost popular slave sculpture of Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 15, 1864 Lot #13 Manuscript Quartermaster Report and printed document relating to "Colored Troops" of the Union Army during the Civil War. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864-1865)HeadlineTwo items relating to Black troops in the Civil WarDate Publishedca.1864 and 1865 Lot #14 Postwar letter from a Doctor and ex-Confederate Cavalry Captain, writes of property taken over by ex-slaves and the general state of depressed spirits in the “old Virginia” which was “no more” View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorWinfield, John QuincyHeadlineConfederate writes about the end to “Old Virginia”Date PublishedJune 3, 1866 Lot #19 Letter from clergyman who headed an early Civil Rights organization View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1916)AuthorGunner, Rev. ByronHeadlineEarly Civil Rights pioneer among the 1900s Black eliteDate PublishedNovember 7, 1916 Lot #24 National Urban League promotion for its magazine Opportunity, with supporting letter from the largest Black-owned business in America View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1934)HeadlineLargest Black business promotes Urban League magazineDate Published1934 Lot #37 Motor Vehicle Digest (cover title) View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Automobiles)HeadlineMassive compilation of auto parts 1900-1940Date Publishedc.1930-40 Lot #38 Six Tucker Company engine blueprints View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Automotive - Tucker)HeadlineDesigning the '48 Tucker EngineDate Published1947-1948 Lot #50 Archive of Clara W. Burnett View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBurnett, Clara W.HeadlineEarly woman architect & art teacherDate Published1905-1916 Lot #72 "Street Car Situation" - broadside relating to the strike by streetcar carmen in San Francisco in 1907 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorKean, John, Chief of PicketsHeadlineStreetcar strike in San Francisco, 1907 broadsideDate Published1907 Lot #80 Chief engineer's report of the preliminary surveys for the San Joaquin and Tulare Railroad: with estimates of cost, etc., October, 1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(California - San Joaquin and Tulare Railroad)Author[Blair, Archibald]HeadlineRailroad survey for San Joaquin and Tulare RRPublisherCubery & Company for the San Joaquin and Tulare RailroadDate Published1873 Lot #97 Handwritten letter from Eduardo Behn in San Francisco to his wife in Germany View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorBehn, EduardoHeadlineGerman settler in NorCal brings wife to join himDate PublishedDecember 4, 1851 Lot #99 Letter presenting a donation to a library fund View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineLetter with donation to library fund, 1853Date Published1853 Lot #102 Letter from Banking House of D.O. Mills to Leland Stanford View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineLetter to Leland Stanford, 1862Date Published1862 Lot #108 Letter by a Vermont farmer extolling the Canadian rebellion for liberty View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Canada - 1837 Rebellion)AuthorHenry, Rufus C.HeadlineAmerican's letter about 1837 Upper Canada rebellionDate PublishedDecember 9, 1837 Lot #114 Receipt Signed by first President of the Illinois Conference Female Academy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - Lincoln association)AuthorJaquess, James FrazierHeadlineAutograph of Lincoln secret peace envoy to Jefferson DavisDate PublishedMarch 27, 1849 Lot #115 Letter from a Tennessee lawyer to an Arkansas Judge hailing Tennessee’s imminent secession View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorMcEwen, Jr., Robert HoustonHeadlineNashville lawyer lauds Tennessee SecessionDate PublishedJune 4, 1861 Lot #131 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese coolies bound for Cuba, 1866Date PublishedJanuary 16, 1866 Lot #132 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedFebruary 15, 1867 Lot #133 Report on the importation of Chinese indentured labor, or slaves, and its effects View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineSpanish report on Chinese labor in Cuba, 1855Date Published1855 Lot #134 Two registration forms for Chinese immigrant indentured laborers in Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRegistration forms for Chinese labor in CubaDate Publishedc.1860 Lot #137 Renewal contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, signed in Chinese View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract for Chinese servant in Cuba 1877Date Published1877 Lot #140 Two documents describing the attack on Jaruco, Cuba by the independence forces led by General Antonio Maceo View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineBattle in Cuban War for Independence 1896 MS.Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1896 Lot #154 The Southern's Palm Limited: Over the Pennsylvania Railway - Southern Railway - Plant System and Florida East Coast Railway View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlineRide the Palm Limited to Florida, 1902PublisherThe Matthews-Northrop WorksDate Published[1902] Lot #160 Magnificent Miles. Sunny Southwest Escorted Tour: Highway Highlights of Your Escorted Vacation by Greyhound View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Greyhound Bus Lines)HeadlineTouring the Southwest on a GreyhoundDate Published[1959] Lot #166 Labor Contract -- Olelo Aelike View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineJapanese laborer at Hawaiian sugar plantationDate PublishedDec. 6, 1897 Lot #177 Letter from Idaho pioneer about mining and political troubles View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Idaho)AuthorHyndman, WilliamHeadlineIdaho pioneer letter about mining and politicsPublisherPhiladelphia and Idaho CompanyDate PublishedAugust 23, 1896 Lot #178 The Rail-Roads, History, and Commerce of Chicago: Three Articles Published in the Daily Democratic Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Illinois - Chicago pre-fire imprint)Headline1854 Chicago railroad progressPublisherDemocratic Press Job and Book Steam Printing OfficeDate Published1854 Lot #204 Letter of thanks for two annual subscriptions to the Lady’s Book View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Melville, Herman)AuthorChristy, William H.HeadlineForgotten figure in a Herman Melville literary disputeDate PublishedNovember 27, 1839 Lot #208 Manuscript broadside regarding naval recruitment to execute the war against the Texas colonists View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Texas War)HeadlineManuscript from Texas-Mexico war 1836Date PublishedMay 25, 1836 Lot #210 Trading With Mexico View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico and the FBI)AuthorThompson, WallaceHeadlineAssociation copy to World War I FBI spymasterPublisherDodd, MeadDate Published1921 Lot #223 Escrituras de la casa No 137 de la Calle de San Jeronimo View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorMaya, RamónHeadlineAbstract of title for a Mexico City propertyDate Published1705-1908 Lot #240 Before the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the matter of the Application of Certain Railroads represented by R.H. Countiss to be relieved from the operation of the long- and short-haul provisions... Brief of Railroad Commission of Nevada View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada - Railroads)HeadlineBrief in Nevada railroad case, 1910Publisher[State Printing Office]Date Published1910 Lot #248 The First Air Cruise to Chile View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Pan American Airways)HeadlinePan Am flights to Chile with color pictorial mapDate Publishedc.1935-37 Lot #254 Eight Presidential Memoirs signed by First Ladies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by American First LadiesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #255 Four signed memoirs by U.S. Presidential candidates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by U.S. Presidential candidatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #256 Six signed volumes from the Bush Family View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by members of the Bush familyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #257 Three signed memoirs Jean and Edward M. Kennedy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidential)HeadlineSigned by Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward M. KennedyDate Published2006-2016 Lot #259 Land grant signed by John Quincy Adams View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1825)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlineLand grant signed by President John Q. AdamsDate Published1826 Lot #264 Signed Appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., as Representative to the United Nations View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower appoints Lodge Ambassador to UNDate Published1953 Lot #265 Photograph of John F. Kennedy by Yousuf Karsh, inscribed signed by Kennedy in ink on the image View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineInscribed Kennedy portrait by Yousuf KarshDate Published1960 Lot #266 A White House Diary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lady BirdHeadlineBookplate signed by Lady Bird and initialed LBJPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published1970 Lot #267 The Thirty-eighth President View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Gerald R. FordPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2001 Lot #268 Five works signed by Jimmy Carter View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineAll signed by President Jimmy CarterPublisherVarious publishers Lot #269 Jimmy Carter seven volume set from Easton Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Easton Press setPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published1995 Lot #270 Where's the Rest of Me View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineSigned by Ronald ReaganPublisherDuell, Sloan & PearceDate Published[1965] Lot #271 Signed memoirs from Bill and Hillary Clinton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1993)HeadlineSigned memoirs from Bill and Hillary ClintonPublisherAlfred A. Knopf; Simon & Schuster Lot #272 Three works by George W. Bush View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineAll signed by President George W. BushPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published2010-2021 Lot #273 Three works signed by George W. Bush View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 2001)HeadlineThree works signed by President George W. BushPublisherVarious publishers Lot #282 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineShirley Letters signed by Thomas C. RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #289 Three signed Apollo 13 Memoirs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed Apollo 13 MemoirsPublisherVarious publishers Lot #290 Three signed Memoirs from Apollo Astronauts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed memoirs from Apollo AstronautsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #291 Three signed memoirs from NASA astronauts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed NASA MemoirsPublisherVarious publishers Lot #300 Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Texas)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineGerman-American Abolitionist in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 Lot #301 How the Coreys Went West View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorThomson, Permelia CoreyHeadlineHow the Coreys Went West with signed letterPublisherPress of Frye & SmithDate Published1908 Lot #304 Collection of early materials about Grand Coulee Dam View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Washington - Grand Coulee Dam)HeadlineSandblasting at the Grand Coulee DamDate Publishedc.1945 Lot #322 The History and Description of the Great Western Railway, including its Geology... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBourne, John CHeadlineDepictions of early railway engineeringPublisherDavid Bouge, Fleet StreetDate Published1846 Lot #323 Letter about conditions on slave ships in Brazil View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorMacedo, Constantino Tavares deHeadlineOvercrowding on Brazilian slave ships, 1829Date Published1829 Lot #325 Four signed Memoirs by British Prime Ministers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(British Prime Ministers)HeadlineAll signed by British Prime MinistersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1974-2019 Lot #326 Four volumes of Harold Macmillan's Memoirs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(British Prime Ministers)AuthorMacmillan, HaroldHeadlineFour volumes by Harold Macmillan, one signedPublisherMacmillan London Ltd.Date Published1966-1973 Lot #339 Two signed works by Václav Havel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Czechoslovakia)AuthorHavel, VáclavHeadlineTwo signed works by Václav HavelPublisherVarious publishers Lot #348 Two signed works from Nicolas Sarkozy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(French Presidents)AuthorSarkozy, NicolasHeadlineTwo works signed by Nicolas SarkozyPublisherAlbin Michael; PlonDate Published1995; 2016 Lot #349 Mémoires: Venu de ma Montagne View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(French Prime Ministers)AuthorReynaud, PaulHeadlineSigned by French Prime Minister Paul ReynaudPublisherFlammarionDate Published[1960] Lot #352 Six memoirs signed by Helmut Schmidt and Helmut Kohl View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(German Chancellors)HeadlineSigned memoirs from two German ChancellorsPublisherVarious publishers Lot #355 La Croisière noire: Expédition Citroën Centre-Afrique View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHaardt, Georges-Marie and Louis Audouin-DubreuilHeadlineViews of 1924-25 car trip through AfricaPublisherLibrairie PlonDate Published1927 Lot #376 Oh My Past... Memoirs of a Child View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLe Roux, HuguesHeadlineUnique English translation of Le Roux's memoirsDate Published[c.1910s] Lot #392 A Way of Hope: An Autobiography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Poland)AuthorWałęsa, LechHeadlineSigned by Polish President Lech WalesaPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published1987 Lot #433 Map of the South San Francisco Homestead and R.R. Association prepared for final division and distribution among the shareholders... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoadley, William H. & James H. BryanHeadlineMS. real estate map of southeast S.F. 1867Date Published12 February 1867 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next