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 1-70 of 70. 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 #2 Five pamphlets of African American history and literature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1839-1938)Headline5 pamphlets of African American history & lit. 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 #9 National Anti-Slavery Standard View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)Author[Oliver Johnson, ed.]HeadlineWorried abolitionists on the eve of Civil WarPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate PublishedMarch 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 #12 Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive, and Rising. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(African American, 1887)AuthorSimmons, William J.HeadlineBiographies of prominent African American menPublisherGeo. M. RewellDate Published1887 Lot #13 A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, with a short introduction as to the Origin of the Race; also a Short Sketch of Liberia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1897)AuthorJohnson, Edward A.HeadlineSchool History of the Negro Race in AmericaPublisherW.B. Conkey CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #14 Collection of ephemera by three African-American artists of the early 20th century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1905-1944)AuthorCampbell, E. Simms; Lorenzo Harris; Robert BlackburnHeadline3 early 20th c. Black artistsDate Published1905-1944 Lot #15 As We See It View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1910)AuthorWaring, Robert LewisHeadlineBlack lawyer’s novel of African American vigilantePublisherPress of C. F. SudwarthDate Published1910 Lot #16 The Mental Capacity of the American Negro View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorMayo, Marion J.Headline1st study of African-American IntelligenceDate PublishedNovember 1913 Lot #18 4 imprints on Negro Housing, racial housing segregation and discrimination View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1927-1951)AuthorWever, Robert C.; Charles S. Johnson, et al.HeadlineEarly work by 1st Black appointed the CabinetDate Published1927-1951 Lot #19 Two volumes of Who's Who in Colored America View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1928-1932)Headline2 vols. Who's Who in Colored AmericaPublisherWho's Who in Colored America Corp.Date Published1928-1932 Lot #20 The Biology of the Negro View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1942)AuthorLewis, Julian HermanHeadline1st book by a Black Doctor on African-American diseasesPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1942 Lot #21 Freedom (newspaper), Vol. II, No. 4 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1952)AuthorRobeson, Paul; Lorraine Hansberry, et alHeadlineFamed Black women Lorraine Hansberry and Charlotta BassPublisherFreedom AssociatesDate PublishedApril 1952 Lot #22 Twelve Black Panther and related radical booklets and newspapers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1959-1972)Headline12 radical pubs: Black Panthers, Cuba, VietnamDate Published1959-1970 Lot #63 Two papers relating to race in San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineStudies of race in San Francisco 1960-62Date Published[c.1960-1962] Lot #100 Bound volume of documents relating to an auction of slaves in Cuba View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineDocuments for Cuba slave auction 1860sDate Publishedc.1860s 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 #102 Manumission document (expediante) verifying the status of two freed Cuban slaves View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission document for Cuban slaves 1882Date Published1882 Lot #205 The New London Bee View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Quasi-War with France)HeadlineWashington becomes Lt. Gen. in Quasi-WarDate Published1798 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 #266 Two publications urging the freedom of Billy Dean Smith View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Vietnam War)HeadlineTwo pamphlets Urging Billy Smith's freedomProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Publishedc.1972 Lot #281 Collection of 14 engraved portraits and 1 lithograph of George Washington View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(1789)Author(Washington George)HeadlineRare engraved portraits of George WashingtonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #283 The Federal Spy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1789)Author(Washington, George)HeadlinePeriod coverage of Washington's deathDate Published1800 Lot #285 Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(1801)AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineJefferson's Memoirs, 1st English editionPublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1829 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 #290 Autograph Letter from Jane Pierce as First Lady to her sister View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(1853)AuthorPierce, JaneHeadlineLetter from Jane Pierce as 1st Lady to sister 1853Date PublishedMay 9, 1853 Lot #291 Albumen photograph portrait of Abraham Lincoln mounted on carte-de-visite with patriotic embossing View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1861)HeadlineOrnately framed CDV of Abraham LincolnDate Publishedc.1861-5 Lot #292 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln... Expressions of Condolence and Sympathy Inspired by These Events [with] three books about Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(1861)HeadlineCommemorative volume for A. Lincoln 1867PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1867 Lot #293 Boston Daily Advertiser - Supplement View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1861)HeadlineLincoln's Assassination in Boston Daily Adv.Date PublishedApril 17, 1865 Lot #294 J. Wilkes Booth: The Assassin of President Lincoln View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1861)HeadlineJ. Wilkes Booth wood engraved portraitPublisher[Harper's Weekly]Date Published[1865] 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 #296 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-1886 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 #299 Autograph letter from Grover Cleveland as President View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlinePres. Cleveland sends $29 check to Tiffany & Co.Date PublishedSeptember 7, 1885 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 #305 Document Signed, appointing Edward V. Aberg as Postmaster of Shell Lake, Washburn County, Wisconsin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWoodrow Wilson signed appointmentDate PublishedAugust 29, 1919 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 #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 #318 Profiles in Courage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineProfiles in Courage 1st Ed. in dj by JFKPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1956, but actually 1955] Lot #319 Why England Slept [with] As We Remember Joe View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineTwo works by U.S. President John F. KennedyDate Published1940; 1945 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 #468 Topographical relief map of the Panama canal and surrounding territory... showing lock canal as proposed by latest plans, artificial reservoirs, dams, spillways, and other important features View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Panama)HeadlinePanama Canal & World Rulers, 1909PublisherGeographical Publishing CompanyDate Published1909 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next