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Auction Name California & the West. With Americana - Travel - Maps Total Sales (USD) 193,320.00
Auction Date April 29, 2021 - April 29, 2021 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 155,250.00
Sale Number #728 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 240,850.00
Total Lots 372
Sold Lots 254 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 218,900.00
% of Lots Sold 68.28% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 340,100.00
Unsold Lots 118 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 56.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
56 Mote, Marcus

Santa Barbara Cal. from the foot hills Looking South. Islands 60 miles in the distance

 1877 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 11,400.00
367 Caughey, R.

Eldredge's Brewery Portsmouth, N.H. Ale, Porter & Lager

 c.1880 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 10,800.00
139 Hough, Romeyn

The American Woods, Exhibited by Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text

 1894-1928 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 6,600.00
230 Jefferson, Thomas

Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson

 1829 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 6,600.00
310

Transactions of the Geological Society, 1811-1842

 1811-1842 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,400.00
280 Wheeler, George M.

Six appendices & two atlas volumes to the Annual Reports of the Wheeler survey of the American West

 1876-1889 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 5,100.00
332 Wallace, Alfred Russel

The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature

 1869 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,800.00
327 Sirén, Osvald

The Walls and Gates of Peking: Researches and Impressions by Osvald Sirén. Illustrated with 109 Photogravures after Photographs by the Author and Fifty Architectural Drawings Made by Chinese Artists

 [1924] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,900.00
210 Nordenskiold, Gustav

The Cliff-Dwellers of the Mesa Verde Southern Colorado, Their Pottery and Implements

 [1893] USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,300.00
163 La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Franc?ois-Alexandre-Fre?de?ric, duc de

Travels Through the United States of America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an Authentic Account of Lower Canada.

 1799 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,000.00
5 Priest, Rev. James M.

Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave as missionary in Liberia

 Aug. 8, 1853 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,700.00
215

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-54...

 1855-1860 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,700.00
219

Coeur d'Alene City, Idaho & Surrounding Vicinity

 c.1890's USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,700.00
358 Eddy, William Marston

Map of the City of San Francisco, full and complete to the present date. Compiled by Wm. M. Eddy, City Surveyor. January 15th, 1851

 1851 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,700.00
213

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56. Vol. XI - Maps

 1861 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,400.00
222 Jackson, William Henry

Provo Falls, Utah

 c.1880 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,400.00
231 Jefferson, Thomas

Notes on the State of Virginia

 1801 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,400.00
364 Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Colton's Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies, Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean

 1854 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,400.00
31

Hand Book of Calistoga Springs, or, Little Geysers, in Mineral Waters, Climate, Amusement, Baths, Drives, Scenery, the Celebrated Great Geysers and Petrified Forest, and the Clear Lake Country, with map and illustrations

 1871 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,280.00
296 Bull, Henrik J.

The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions

 1896 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,280.00
16

What the Salt River Valley Offer’s Immigrants, Capitalists, and Invalids…

 1887 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,040.00
302 Sun Tzu and Captain E. F. Calthrop, translator

The Book of War: The Military Classic of the Far East

 1908 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,040.00
356

Map of Ocean Beach: Being a subdivision of Pueblo lots 195, 202 & 203 in the City of San Diego, California. Surveyed by O.N. Sanford, City Engineer

 1887 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,040.00
120 Gardiner, John & David Hepburn

The American Gardener, Containing Ample Directions for Working a Kitchen Garden, Every Month in the Year; and Copious Instructions for the Cultivation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, Nurseries, Hop-Yards, Green Houses, and Hot Houses.

 1804 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,920.00
121 George, Henry

The Subsidy Question and the Democratic Party: The position taken by the executive of the state has brought the question of railroad subsidies directly before the people of California...

 1871 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,800.00
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
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