Sale 816: Elite Americana & Travel - Jim Hier Collection of U.S. Presidents - World History - Rare Cartography - A PBA Platinum Auction (#816) 06/27/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/27/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 1-36 of 36. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Partially engraved military appointment on vellum, completed in manuscript, appointing Albermarle Cady as First Lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, effective December 31st, 1836 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(1829)AuthorJackson, AndrewHeadlineAppointment signed by Andrew JacksonDate Published1836 Lot #2 Ship's Papers for the whaling ship "Pacific", signed by John Tyler as President of the United States and Secretary of State Daniel Webster View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(1841)AuthorTyler, JohnHeadlinePapers for whaling voyage signed by John TylerDate PublishedAugust 14, 1842 Lot #3 The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland [with] typed letter signed by Grover Cleveland View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlineCleveland's Writings signed w/ Provenance StoryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCassell Publishing CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #4 Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(1897)AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineMcKinley inscribed to his Postmaster GeneralProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1900 Lot #6 The Presidency: Its Duties, Its Powers, Its Opportunities, and Its Limitations View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(1909)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineTaft signed/inscribed "Presidency" 1906ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1916 Lot #7 Addresses Delivered During the Visit of Herbert Hoover, President-Elect of the United States to Central and South America, November-December 1928 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,000StatusSold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover to Stimson, Sec. of StateProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherPan American UnionDate Published1929 Lot #8 Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York April 4, 1778-May 3, 1779: From Original Manuscript in Possession of Franklin D. Roosevelt View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D., editorHeadlineOne of 50 copies signed by FDRProvenanceThe Jim Hier Collection; Hunt H. UngerPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1925 Lot #9 Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States: Chautauqua, N.Y., August 14, 1936 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Headline1936 FDR Xmas book to EleanorProvenanceEleanor Roosevelt Estate Auction; Adlai Stevenson II; Adlai Stevenson III; The Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1936 Lot #11 The Inspection Cruise and Fishing Expedition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Board U.S.S Houston 16 July 1938 - 9 August 1938 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(1933)Author[Roosevelt, Franklin D.]HeadlineFDR 1938 Cruise Log inscribed to SS Agent Paul HartProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1938 Lot #12 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineCharles Sawyer's copy, signed by Harry TrumanProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1955-1956 Lot #13 The Truman Program: Addresses and Messages by President Harry S. Truman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineTruman: "Read this and you'll know why I won"ProvenanceRulon-Miller Books, 1994PublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published1948-1949 Lot #14 The White House Years View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineAdditionally inscribed and signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1963-1965 Lot #16 Memorandum from John F. Kennedy to John Connally View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned memo from JFK to John ConnallyPublisherThe White HouseDate Published1963 Lot #17 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon B.HeadlineAdditionally signed and inscribed to Frank StantonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published1971 Lot #18 The Paintings of Jimmy Carter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlinePaintings of Jimmy Carter, signed, shrinkwrappedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Carter CenterDate Published2014 Lot #19 The Americans: The Democratic Experience View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(1989)AuthorBoorstin, Daniel J.HeadlineInscribed by George H.W. Bush to Lee AtwaterProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1973 Lot #20 Letter from William Austin writing for three male slaves, who beg to be sold to the Virginia grandee who owned their mother and sister View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorAustin, WilliamHeadlineSlaves plead to be reunited with their motherDate PublishedAugust 9, 1837 Lot #21 The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American Art)AuthorLocke, Alain, editorHeadlineHarlem Renaissance guru to Black poet-playwrightPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1940 Lot #27 Israel: A Personal History View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$950StatusSold AuthorBen-Gurion, DavidHeadlineBen-Gurion, Israel: A Personal History 1/2000 signedPublisherFunk & Wagnalls / SabraDate Published[1971] Lot #30 Manuscript census of six northern California missions plus the Presidio of Monterey and the Pueblo of San Jose View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Heading(California - Missions)HeadlineMs. census of California missions 1798Date Published1798 Lot #33 Autograph letter from Robert Atherton to Edward von Pfister View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorAtherton, RobertHeadlineLetter to California Pioneer Von PfisterDate Published1849 Lot #34 The San Francisco City Stock, 1851 - signed by James King of William, P.A. Morse, D.J. Tallent, William Hooper, and John W. Geary, with each certificate signed by Geary View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineStock in S.F. signed by Mayor GearyPublisherE.F. ButlerDate Published1851 Lot #36 Indenture signed by Charles B. Gillespie, selling land to Frederick Billings and DeWitt Thompson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorGillespie, Charles B.HeadlineIndenture w/ early Gold Rush charactersDate Published1849 Lot #38 Archive of approximately 300 handwritten letters from or to members of the extended Doolittle Family of Onarga, Illinois, some 80 of which are from Elkanah Doolittle during his military service from July 1862 to January 1864 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)AuthorDoolittle, Elkanah, et al.HeadlineImportant archive of Civil War lettersDate Published19th century Lot #46 File of documents relating to the investigation into an abnormal number of deaths of Chinese on a transport ship to Cuba, with many of the fatalities due to opium overdoses View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineCuba-bound Chinese overdose on opiumDate Published1866 Lot #47 Manifest listing over 100 Chinese laborers bound for Cuba who died on the voyage View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeadly voyage from Macau to Cuba 1861Date PublishedJulio 17 de 1861 Lot #48 List of some 90 or more slaves to be sent to Havana by "fast steamship" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves transported to Cuba by "Fast Steamship"Date PublishedAgosto 19 del [18]69 Lot #49 Work contract for an emancipated slave from Africa View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineWork contract for emancipated slave in Cuba, 1864Date Published1864 Lot #56 Idyls of Hawaii (cover title) View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorGurrey, Alfred Richard, Jr., photographerHeadlineTribute to Hawaii with original photosDate Publishedc.1910-1915 Lot #60 Discharge document for sailor from the U.S. Sloop of War Preble View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)HeadlineDischarge of sailor on U.S.S. PrebleDate Published1850 Lot #61 Manuscript copy of a letter from John Paul Jones apologizing to the Countess of Selkirk for raiding the Selkirk Manor, seeking to kidnap and hold for ransom her husband, Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk, who was absent View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorJones, John PaulHeadlineJohn Paul Jones raids Scottish countessDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #66 The Common School Journal for the Year 1842 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMann, Horace, editorHeadlineInscribed by Mann to Charles SumnerPublisherWilliam B. Fowle and N. CapenDate Published1842 Lot #68 Love Lion, Lioness View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMcClure, MichaelHeadlineLove Lion, Lioness by Michael McClureProvenanceRobert LaVigne's copyPublisherTelegraph Printers for the AuthorDate Published[1964] Lot #75 My Mother Would be a Falconress View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Oyez Press)AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert DuncanPublisherOyez PressDate Published1968 Lot #76 Oyez. Poems in Broadside: First Series View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Oyez Press)AuthorMcClure, Michael, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Robert Duncan, et al.HeadlineOyez Press, 10 signed broadsidesPublisherAuerhahn Press for OyezDate Published[1964] Lot #79 Archive of over 100 letters and miscellaneous papers, written to and from Louis C. Schwartzlander, a private in the 4th U.S. Cavalry in the Philippines during the Aguinaldo insurrection, and later a medical student at Stanford University View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Philippine American War)AuthorSwartzlander, Louis C., et al.HeadlineFuture Stanford Med student fights Filipino “insurgents”Date PublishedMay 17, 1899 - Oct. 5,1901 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next