Sale 808: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#808) 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 808 678 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-73 of 73. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter by a brutal slave owner in a legal dispute involving slave ownership View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1832)AuthorBellinger Jr., [‘Landgrave’] EdmundHeadlineSlave owner avoids "risk" of slave stealingDate PublishedOctober 26, 1832 Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed by Underground Railroad conductor about meeting with Isaac T. Hopper View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorPennypacker, Elijah F.HeadlineLetter from Underground Railroad conductorDate PublishedAug. 31, 1842 Lot #4 Letter from a New England Minister about his two years preaching in St. Augustine, Florida to Black slaves and Mexican American War soldiers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorMcClure, Alexander WilsonHeadlineNew Englander preaches to Florida slavesDate PublishedJuly 25, 1846 Lot #5 Letter from New England woman visiting Southern relatives View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorCossitt, Emily RuthHeadlineSlaves more privileged than poor whites?Date PublishedDecember 29, 1850 Lot #6 Slave purchase document from New Orleans, 1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)HeadlineFuture Confederate gen. buys 7 slaves in 1852Date Published1852 Lot #7 Letter from one Republican to another during the 1860 presidential campaign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorCurtis, N.HeadlineNY farmer hopes Lincoln will destroy slaveryDate PublishedJune 8, 1860 Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed (with initials) from racist New York soldier View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorMilmine, William S. [Private, 32nd New York Infantry]HeadlineSoldier praises Lincoln's inaction on slaveryDate PublishedDec. 23, 1861 Lot #10 Letter from Union solider in Tennessee disgusted with slavery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)Headline"I have seene enough of slavery..."Date PublishedMay 18, 1862 Lot #23 Archive of the Wild Goose Mining and Trading Company, operating in Nome, Alaska, with ledgers of minutes of meetings and other proceedings, plus bound volumes of stock certificates View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Alaska)HeadlineArchive of Alaska mining company 1899-1929Date Published1899-1929 Lot #24 The Wonders of Alaska View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alaska)AuthorBadlam, AlexanderHeadlineEarly history of the Pacific NorthwestPublisherThe Bancroft CompanyDate Published1890 Lot #26 Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)AuthorWilson, BillHeadlineA.A. book signed Bill Wilson to John FrankenheimerPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.Date Published[1957] Lot #27 Message of the President of the United States...relative to discriminations in Switzerland against citizens of the United States of the Hebrew persuasion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(American Judaica, 1860)HeadlineU.S. Government condemns European AntisemitismDate PublishedApril 26, 1860 Lot #40 Photograph signed and inscribed by Omar N. Bradley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBradley, OmarHeadlineOmar Bradley signed & inscribed photographPublisherDepartment of the ArmyDate Published1957 Lot #41 Signed photograph & signed letter by Omar N. Bradley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBradley, OmarHeadlineOmar Bradley signed photo & letterDate PublishedNo date & 1948 Lot #57 Pass for Ferry transit from San Francisco to Oakland and return during the week following the San Francisco Earthquake View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlinePost-S.F. Earthquake ferry passDate PublishedApril 21, 1906 Lot #58 Autograph Letter Signed written 18 days after the Earthquake describing events from the perspective of the East Bay View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorSutton, John RobertHeadlineSFEarthquake as seen and felt from East BayDate PublishedMay 6, 1906 Lot #82 Letter from Fred A. Snyder to John Francis Snyder View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorSnyder, Fred A.Headline1850 California gold rush letter from Fred Snyder to brotherDate Published1850 Lot #83 Letter from William Henry Tiffany to Charles Louis Tiffany View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorTiffany, William HenryHeadlineLetter between Tiffany & Co. founders, 1850Date Published1850 Lot #94 Report of trip of Chinese laborers from Macau to Cuba in 1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineReport of Chinese laborers sailing to Cuba 1868Date Published1869 Lot #97 Five documents on Jewish people in Cuba View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Jewish)Headline5 Cuban-Jewish documents, 1931-1946ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1931-1946 Lot #98 Sixteen documents on Jewish life in Cuba View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Jewish)HeadlineDocuments in Yiddish on Jewish life in CubaDate Publishedc.1930-1950s Lot #99 Twenty-four photographs of the Jewish community in Cuba View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Jewish)Headline24 photos of 1950s Cuban Jewish communityProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Publishedc.1957 Lot #101 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract with liberated slave in Cuba 1871Date PublishedMay 25, 1871 Lot #122 The North-Americans of Yesterday. A Comparative Study of North-American Indian Life, Customs, and Products, on the Theory of the Ethnic Unity of the Race View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDellenbaugh, Frederick S.HeadlineDellenbaugh inscribed N. Americans of YesterdayPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1900] Lot #144 Letter from Zane Grey to an Alvah D. James regarding Grey’s sudden lack of popularity as a writer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey crashes as authorDate PublishedNov. 23, 1931 Lot #147 Ledger book from Love's Bakery, Honolulu 1886-1887 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineLove's Bakery, Honolulu HI ledger 1886-7PublisherLove's BakeryDate Published1886-1887 Lot #149 Inscribed portrait of William Randolph Hearst View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hearst, William Randolph)AuthorUnattributedHeadlinePortrait inscribed by W.R. HearstDate Published[c.1920's-1940's] Lot #161 Letter by the French chronicler of Lafayette's journey to America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Lafayette in America)AuthorLevasseur, Andre-Nicolas (Auguste)HeadlineFrench chronicler of Lafayette's journey to AmericaDate Published(October) 1829 Lot #169 Autograph Letter Signed by a Boston merchant to the leading British wine-sellers of Madeira, months after revolutionary France declared war on England and Spain, with President Washington formally proclaiming strict American neutrality View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Maritime - Citizen Genet affair, 1793)AuthorVaughan, CharlesHeadlineWashington's neutrality in European WarDate PublishedAugust 26, 1793 Lot #171 McClung Family archive View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(McClung Family)HeadlineLetters from Nixon, Pearl Binding, & moreProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1918-1976 Lot #184 Partial Autograph Letter by Commander in Chief of the Mexican Navy View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorPorter, David, Commander, USNHeadlineUS Navy hero takes command of Mexico's NavyDate PublishedJune 27, 1826 Lot #192 Payroll sheet for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlinePayroll for Virginia & Truckee R.R. 1877Date Published1877 Lot #241 Reward document for runaway slave from Newport, East Tennessee View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Slavery)AuthorJenkins, AugustineHeadlineRunaway Slave reward document, TennesseeProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate PublishedEarly 19th century Lot #247 Seven patents for sports equipment View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Sports)HeadlineSeven sports patents, c.1910-1940ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherCommissioner of PatentsDate Publishedc.1910-1940 Lot #251 The Early Days and Men of California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSwasey, William F.HeadlineEarly Days California 1st Ed. signed by SwaseyPublisherPacific PressDate Published1891 Lot #259 Philip Nolan and his activities in Texas View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorWilson, Maurine T.HeadlineThesis on early Texas freebooter & filibusterDate PublishedMay, 1932 Lot #263 Supreme Court portrait signed by all nine judges View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(U.S. Supreme Court)HeadlineBurger Court photo signed by all nine justicesDate Publishedc. 1983 Lot #265 Fifteen letters from Vietnam War soldier Sgt. Walter Stratz to Edward Byrne View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Vietnam War)AuthorStratz, WalterHeadline15 letters from Vietnam war soldier 1969-70ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1969-1970 Lot #276 Archive of original carbon typescript submissions by war correspondents during the first 6 months of the U.S. involvement in World War II in the Pacific, starting with the attack on Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)HeadlineReports from WWII Pacific Theatre 1941-2Date Published1941-1942 Lot #279 Yeager: An Autobiography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorYeager, Chuck and Leo JanosHeadlineYeager autobiography signed twicePublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1985] Lot #286 Autograph Letter Signed about President James Monroe and the impending election of Monroe's successor View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1817)AuthorBradley, William C.HeadlinePredicting Vermont's role in 1824 electionDate PublishedMarch 12, 1824 Lot #287 Land grant signed by John Quincy Adams View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1825)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlineLand grant signed by John Quincy AdamsDate PublishedApril 1, 1825 Lot #288 Letter from Pennsylvania farmer six months after he attended the Inauguration of President William Henry Harrison followed by Harrison’s untimely death View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$325StatusSold Heading(1841)AuthorLyon, [Edward?] G.HeadlineEyewitness to WH Harrison inaugurationDate PublishedSept. 4, 1841 Lot #289 Letter signed by Millard Filmore View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1850)AuthorFilmore, MillardHeadlineLetter signed by Millard Fillmore as President 1851Date PublishedMay 29, 1851 Lot #295 Autograph letter from Ulysses S. Grant to Mrs. General McDowell View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineLetter from Ulysses S. Grant, 1867ProvenanceJames Melikian Collection; The Presidential Autograph Collection of Alfred L. BakerDate PublishedApril 6, 1867 Lot #297 Document signed by Governor Rutherford B. Hayes View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(1877)AuthorHayes, Rutherford B.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Rutherford B. HayesDate PublishedOctober 14, 1875 Lot #298 Autograph note signed by Lucrecia R. Garfield View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1881)HeadlineAutograph card signed by Lucrecia R. GarfieldDate PublishedOctober 3, 1881 Lot #300 Military Commission View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1889)AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineHarrison signed Millitary CommissionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate PublishedJuly 13, 1892 Lot #302 Military Commission View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineT.R. Navel Surgeon AppointmentPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate PublishedDecember 22, 1908 Lot #303 Autograph letter from William Howard Taft as Chief Justice View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1909)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineALS from Taft as Chief JusticeDate Published1923 Lot #304 Autograph Letter signed by Woodrow Wilson to his wife, Ellen View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineLetter from W. Wilson to his wife, 1892Date PublishedJune 20, 1892 Lot #306 Check endorsed by Warren G. Harding as President View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1921)AuthorHarding, Warring G.HeadlineW.G. Harding signed check as PresidentPublisherThe Harding Publishing CompanyDate PublishedSeptember 23, 1921 Lot #307 Signed photograph of Calvin Coolidge View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineSigned portrait, U.S. President Calvin CoolidgeDate Published1928 Lot #308 Speech given by Calvin Coolidge to the first men to circumnavigate the world by plane View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineCoolidge speech to 1st aerial circumnavigatorsDate PublishedSeptember 9, 1924 Lot #309 Official Program of the Inaugural Ceremonies Inducting into Office Herbert Hoover... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineProgram signed by Hoover & Curtis as P & VPPublisherPublished by the Inaugural CommitteeDate Published1929 Lot #310 Signed portrait of U.S. President Herbert Hoover View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1929)HeadlineSigned portrait of U.S. President Herbert HooverDate PublishedNo date Lot #311 Engraved vignette of the White House signed by Eleanor Roosevelt View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, EleanorHeadlineEleanor Roosevelt signed White House vignetteDate Publishedc.1933 Lot #312 Portrait photograph signed by Eleanor Roosevelt View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, EleanorHeadlinePhotograph signed by Eleanor RooseveltDate Publishedc.1950 Lot #313 Letter from Harry Truman as President to Maury Maverick, gossiping about Gen. Harry Vaughn's exclusion from the Social Register View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineTruman gossips w/ Maury Maverick as PresidentDate PublishedOctober 11, 1950 Lot #314 Letter signed by Harry Truman on the day he became President View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineFirst Truman letter as President or last as VP?Date PublishedApril 12, 1945 Lot #315 Autograph letter signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineScarce ALS from Dwight D. EisenhowerDate PublishedAugust 20, 1948 Lot #316 Typed letter signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower as President View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineTyped letter signed by President EisenhowerDate PublishedOctober 30, 1956 Lot #317 John F. Kennedy Inauguration photograph View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned by 8 attendants of the InaugurationPublisher[Tim Curtin]Date Published[1961] Lot #320 Family portrait signed by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1963)HeadlinePortrait Signed by Lyndon and Lady Bird JohnsonDate Published1965 Lot #321 Letter from Lyndon B. Johnson as President to Texas Governor John B. Connally about onions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon B.HeadlinePres. LBJ writes to Gov. Connally about onionsDate PublishedJune 2, 1964 Lot #322 The Memoirs of Richard Nixon [with] The Real War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineTwo limited editions signed by NixonPublisherGrosset & Dunlap; Warner BooksDate Published[1978]; [1980] Lot #323 Two photographs signed and inscribed by Richard Nixon View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineOld and Young Nixon photos both signedDate Publishedc.1960-1975 Lot #324 Typed letter signed by Richard Nixon View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineTLS from Richard Nixon on China, 1979Date PublishedFebruary 23, 1979 Lot #325 Typed letter signed by Richard Nixon to Walter Winchell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineNixon as VP signed letter to WinchellDate PublishedApril 29, 1953 Lot #326 Four items signed by Gerald R. Ford View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.Headline4 items signed by Gerald Ford as PresidentDate Published1974 Lot #327 Autobiographies by Bill & Hillary Clinton, each signed View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, Bill & Hillary RodhamHeadlineSigned biographies of Bill & Hillary ClintonDate Published2004-2014 Lot #328 The Abraham Lincoln Brigade View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Abraham Lincoln Brigade)AuthorLandis, Arthur H.HeadlineSigned by over 17 Abe Lincoln Brigade veteransPublisherThe Citadel PressDate Published[1967] Lot #351 Tour of the Interparliamentary Union Tendered by the Government of the United States September 7 to 25 1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Interparliamentary Union)HeadlineSigned by numerous IPU participantsPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1904 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next