Ephemera
News about Ephemera
CINCINNATI – On June 15-16, Hindman’s summer American Historical Ephemera & Photography auction saw passionate bidding for early photographs and material relating to America’s westward expansion. A half plate daguerreotype of three gold miners realized $37,800, five times its estimate. The image of the three men epitomizes the gold rush itself, as their somewhat haggard […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Turner Auctions + Appraisals will stage a sale titled Books & Ephemera, including Historical Documents from the Chapman Family of Connecticut, on Saturday, August 20, starting at 10:30 am Pacific time. Featuring more than 220 lots from the 17th to the 20th centuries, the auction includes antique and vintage books on many […]
BERKELEY, Calif. – On April 21, PBA Galleries offered a small but highly important group of maps, views, and pictorial letter sheets relating to the early history and later development of the city of San Francisco. The assemblage of graphic and cartographic material from the Charles Fracchia collection was gathered during half a century by […]