Sale 841: Elite Americana, Travel & Exploration, Natural History, and Cartography - A PBA Platinum Auction (#841) 07/03/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/03/2025 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 1-22 of 22. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineWith Washington and Lafayette manuscriptsProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherNicholas Ponce and Francois GodefroyDate Publishedc.1784 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #9 A Reply to General Joseph Reed's Remarks, on a Late Publication in the Independent Gazetteer, With some Observations on his Address to the People of Pennsylvania Author[Cadwalader, John]HeadlineCadwalader's reply to General Joseph Reed, 1783ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherT. BradfordDate Published1783 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #12 Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's N. American Indian Portfolio FolioPublisherGeo. CatlinDate Published1844 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold Lot #13 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians... Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, in 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineRobert Hoe's copy of Catlin's American IndiansProvenanceRobert and Arthur Hoe's bookplatesPublisherPublished by the Author, at the Egyptian HallDate Published1841 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #14 An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, In Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill: And Remarks upon Mr. S. Swett's Sketch of that Battle Author[Child, David Lee]HeadlineEnquiry into the conduct of General Putnam, 1819ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherThomas G. BangsDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 Views of Red Cross Work in China During Revolution of 1911-1912 Heading(China)AuthorBolt, R.A., photographerHeadlineChina Photo Album 1911-12ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Publishedc.1912 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #17 Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774 Heading(Congress)HeadlineJournal Proceedings of Congress 1774 first issueProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherPrinted by William and Thomas BradfordDate Published1774 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Lot #21 Andre: A Tragedy, in Five Acts Author[Dunlop, William]HeadlineAndre: A Tragedy finely boundPublisherT.&J. SwordsDate Published1798 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #24 California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects: Containing a History of the Country from Its Colonization to the Present Time...and a Minute and Authentic Narrative of the Discovery of the Gold Region... Author[Fleming, G.A.]HeadlineCalifornia gold guide, color plates, 1850PublisherPrinted for the ProprietorsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #25 Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives - 80th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document No. 731 Heading(Ford, Gerald)AuthorCannon, ClarenceHeadlineThe Book That Got Ford the PresidencyPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1948 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #26 Autograph letter signed from Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Franklin ALS to William Strahan, 1762ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1762 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold Lot #33 A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean During the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806.] Heading(Lewis & Clark)AuthorGass, PatrickHeadlineFirst Edition of First account of Lewis & ClarkPublisherPrinted by Zadock Cramer for David M'KeehanDate Published1807 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #34 Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade in that Country AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages from Montreal 1801PublisherT. Cadell and W. Davies, et al.Date Published1801 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #35 Four original photographs of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. refinery in Mexico Heading(Mexico - Oil)HeadlineWaters-Pierce Oil Co. photographsDate Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #36 WITHDRAWN: Thirty-four photographs of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal of Saudi Arabia Heading(Nasser, Gamal Abdel and Faisal of Saudia Arabia)HeadlineWITHDRAWN: 34 photosDate Publishedc.1960s View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #39 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon AuthorPortlock, NathanielHeadlinePortlock's Voyage Round the World 1789PublisherPrinted for John Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #40 The Association, &c. of the Delegates of the Colonies, at the Grand Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1 1774... Heading(Rivington, James, publisher?)AuthorBob Jingle, Esq. [pseud.]Headline"Bob Jingle" lampoons the Continental Congress, 1774ProvenanceEdwin B. Holden (1861-1906); William Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1774 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #41 A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope... AuthorRogers, WoodesHeadlineSource for Robinson CrusoePublisherAndrew BellDate Published1718 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #46 A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of 24 Guns and 100 Men, (under His Majesty's Commission to cruize on the Spaniards in the late War with the Spanish Crown) till she was cast away on the Island of Juan Fernandes, in May 1720; and afterwards continu'd in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria and Sacra Familia, &c. AuthorShelvocke, GeorgeHeadlineShelvocke's Voyage Round the World 1726PublisherPrinted for J. Senex; W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn and T. LongmanDate Published1736 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #49 Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineEarly Western Travels, 1748-1846 1 of 750 setsPublisherAthur H. ClarkDate Published1904-1907 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #54 Three articles by János Xántus on travels in the Americas AuthorXántus, JánosHeadline3 articles by Janos Xantus on American travelsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1887-1888 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #55 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next