Auction details
Americana -Travel & Exploration
1:00 PM PT - Sep 11th, 2008
offered by
PBA Galleries
San Francisco, CA 94108

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
22.5% up to 100000
20% above 100001
Bid Increments
| From | Increment |
| 0 | 10 |
| 200 | 25 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 2000 | 250 |
| 5000 | 500 |
| 10000 | 1000 |
| 20000 | 2500 |
| 50000 | 5000 |
| 100000 | 10000 |
| 1000000 | 10001 |
| 10000000 | 10002 |
Auction House Preview
Tuesday, September 9 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Wednesday, September 10 - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Thursday, September 11 - 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Or by appointment
405 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 |
|
Utah Pioneer History |
200 - 300 |
8 Bids
|
| 102 |
|
Argonaut Press Northwest History |
300 - 500 |
5 Bids
|
| 103 |
|
Farnham's Travels, "Ploughkeepsie" issue 1843 |
400 - 600 |
6 Bids
|
| 104 |
|
Ferguson's Mining Reminiscences |
200 - 300 |
|
| 105 |
|
States of the Great West; Jacob Ferris 1846 Maps |
500 - 800 |
4 Bids
|
| 106 |
|
David Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography |
250 - 350 |
15 Bids
|
| 107 |
|
Ben Franklin Printing of the Pennsylvania Charter |
3,000 - 5,000 |
5 Bids
|
| 108 |
|
Works of Benjamin Franklin Federal Edition |
500 - 800 |
5 Bids
|
| 109 |
|
Beautifully Illustrated Fremont Autobiography |
700 - 1,000 |
10 Bids
|
| 110 |
|
Frémont Explorations with Maps |
400 - 600 |
7 Bids
|
| 111 |
|
1888 Presidential Election Board Game |
1,500 - 2,500 |
|
| 112 |
|
Limited Edition Biography of 1849 Gold Discoverer |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
|
| 113 |
|
Battle of Buena Vista by J.W. Gibson 1847 |
4,000 - 7,000 |
11 Bids
|
| 114 |
|
Archive of Gillette Razor Founder King Gillette |
1,000 - 1,500 |
32 Bids
|
| 115 |
|
Central Gold Region William Gilpin 1860 Maps |
300 - 500 |
13 Bids
|
| 116 |
|
Idyls of Battle and Poems of the Rebellion 1864 |
500 - 800 |
|
| 117 |
|
George Goddard watercolor of Nevada mining town |
1,500 - 2,500 |
25 Bids
|
| 118 |
|
Gold Mining Company Prospectus 1899 |
200 - 300 |
|
| 119 |
|
Letter about Mining in California 1857 |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 120 |
|
Gold Rush letters from Downieville, Cal., 1853 |
300 - 500 |
14 Bids
|
| 121 |
|
Letter from California Gold Mines 1849 |
300 - 500 |
17 Bids
|
| 122 |
|
Shipment of 54 lbs. of Gold from California 1859 |
500 - 800 |
26 Bids
|
| 123 |
|
Mortgage for Long Bar Water Co. CA 1852 |
250 - 350 |
|
| 124 |
|
Gold Rush Sheet Music 1849 |
200 - 300 |
|
| 125 |
|
Six Volumes of Grabhorn Press Californiana |
300 - 500 |
2 Bids
|
| 126 |
|
Six Volumes of Grabhorn Press Californiana |
300 - 500 |
2 Bids
|
| 127 |
|
Huge De Luxe Album from Haiti's 1949 World's Fair |
300 - 500 |
|
| 128 |
|
Historical Contributions Presented to Bolton |
200 - 300 |
4 Bids
|
| 129 |
|
Harlow's Cartography of San Francisco Bay |
500 - 800 |
5 Bids
|
| 130 |
|
Haskins' Argonauts of California With Index |
400 - 700 |
10 Bids
|
| 131 |
|
Hawaiian Almanac 1835 |
10,000 - 15,000 |
7 Bids
|
| 132 |
|
Hawaiian lettersheet with map of islands |
700 - 1,000 |
8 Bids
|
| 133 |
|
F. Jay Haynes photos of Yellowstone |
1,000 - 1,500 |
4 Bids
|
| 134 |
|
Helper's Land of Gold |
200 - 300 |
|
| 135 |
|
Rare English-Chinese Dictionary 1854 |
2,000 - 3,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 136 |
|
Oregon Trail Classic |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 137 |
|
Chromo of San Francisco Streetcars c.1864 |
800 - 1,200 |
|
| 138 |
|
Pacific Coast Guide Book With 3 Folding Maps |
250 - 350 |
13 Bids
|
| 139 |
|
Hittell's History of San Francisco |
200 - 300 |
1 Bid
|
| 140 |
|
Hittell's Guide to Mining |
300 - 500 |
1 Bid
|
| 141 |
|
Original watercolors by architect Lewis P. Hobart |
2,000 - 3,000 |
3 Bids
|
| 142 |
|
Watercolor for a Siskiyou County History |
400 - 600 |
|
| 143 |
|
Letter from Wells, Fargo Agent James B. Hume |
2,000 - 3,000 |
1 Bid
|
| 144 |
|
H.V. Huntley California Its Gold & Its Inhabitant |
1,500 - 2,500 |
6 Bids
|
| 145 |
|
Illinois in the Eighteenth Century |
200 - 300 |
|
| 146 |
|
Washington Irving's Astoria, 3 vols., 1836 |
200 - 300 |
7 Bids
|
| 147 |
|
Facsimile of Jefferson's Rare 1849 Map |
200 - 300 |
9 Bids
|
| 148 |
|
Jefferson's Memoirs and Correspondence 1830 |
500 - 800 |
8 Bids
|
| 149 |
|
Johnson's Eight Hundred Miles in an Ambulance |
500 - 800 |
|
| 150 |
|
First Edition of Early Gold Rush Account |
250 - 350 |



















































