PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, 853, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025
Page Size: 467 items in 19 pages
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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