PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, 853, Berkeley
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252 | Manuscript telling of Chinese indentured servant who hung himself |
Cuba | 1857 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 253 | Marti, Jose | Letter from Jose Marti to Manuel Mercado, 1889 |
1889 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 254 | Two IDs for Chinese workers in Cuba |
Cuba | 1865; c. 1869 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 255 | McCulloch, John Ramsay | Letter from British economist regarding his book on the working class |
London; York | 1851 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 256 | Manuscript document reporting African slave who attacked and killed slaveowner, 1827 |
Nueva Florida | 1827 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 437.50 | |
| 257 | Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee |
Jerusalem | 1945 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 258 | Poor relief by Mr. Provider |
[Rochester, Kent] | 1773 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 259 | Manuscript will for inheritance in Maryland, 1735 |
1735 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 | ||
| 260 | New England Loan Office Bond, 1739 |
Plymouth, MA | 1739 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 261 | Manuscript letter signed by Mariano Varecino addressed to Teniente General Pedro Celestino Negrete |
1821 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 262 | Romains, Jules | Typed letter signed by Jules Romains to President of France, Albert Lebrun |
Paris | 1938 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 263 | Cedula para Yndios, de 21 de Dec. 1787 |
1787 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 937.50 | ||
| 264 | Sherman, John, U.S. Senator | Letter from U.S. Senator seeking a Washington appointment to a Bureau of Military Justice in the War Department |
Washington, D.C. | 1864 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 265 | 12 slave trade ship manifests from ships entering the port of Charleston |
Charleston, SC | c. 1805 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 | |
| 266 | Mortgage on an enslaved woman |
Wilkes County | 1805 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 267 | Espantoso Huracan que Vino Sobre la Villa de Zafra |
Seville | 1624 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 268 | Notarized manuscript sale of 4 year old "negrito" 1872 |
1872 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 | ||
| 269 | West, Paul | Extensive archive of manuscript letters and drawings by Paul West |
c.1860s | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 270 | Five signed books on the contribution of African American players to Major League Baseball |
1982-2008 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 271 | Allen, Lee | The National League Story |
New York | [1961] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 272 | Four signed books of baseball instruction |
1966-2006 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 273 | Seven signed works on Baseball Journalism and Broadcasting |
Various dates | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 274 | Berra, Yogi | Yogi: It Ain't Over... |
New York | [1989] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 275 | Black, Joe | Ain't Nobody Better Than You |
[Scottsdale] | [1983] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 276 | Smith, Lou | Ewell Blackwell: The Whip |
New York | [1951] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
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Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 MarchKoller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000. -
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000. -
