Appraisal: 1853 Britton & Rey California Pocket Map
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Appraisal: 1853 Britton & Rey California Pocket Map
Martin Gammon appraises an 1853 Britton & Rey California pocket map in Vintage San Jose, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: 1853 Britton & Rey California Pocket Map
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Martin Gammon appraises an 1853 Britton & Rey California pocket map in Vintage San Jose, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: This is a map of California.
My great-grandfather, who was a farmer in Ohio, decided that he would come out here and look for gold.
APPRAISER: To become a 49er, basically.
GUEST: That's right.
APPRAISER: Most of the maps that were created in those first years were promotional, produced sometimes in the East Coast, but sometimes here.
But they didn't have a great deal of knowledge about the actual parameters of what became the state of California.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: This map was produced by Britton & Rey, who were two very early lithographers in the city of San Francisco.
And this map is one of their earliest renditions of the state.
It was highly prized because it provided one of the first and most accurate maps of the border region here...
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: ...with what they call Utah at the time...
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: ...before it was Nevada.
Not all the details are accurate, of course.
What is now Lake Tahoe they call Pyramid Lake and it seems like it's a little farther north than to where it normally would be.
GUEST: Yeah.
Yeah.
APPRAISER: Now, because this map was created practically for miners in San Francisco...
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: ...very, very few of them survived They were taken up in this small pocket into the Sierra and there would be issues like you have already here, with some tearing and ripping.
When it's folded up, of course, the paper starts to fray and break along these lines.
As a result, very, very few of these maps have survived.
In fact, no examples of this map have come for sale in over 30 years at auction.
GUEST: I see.
APPRAISER: And only a handful exist in institutions.
I would say that a map of this stature would probably have an auction value of $10,000 to $15,000 and could well sell for a great deal more.
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 29s | Appraisal: 1942 Josef Sudek Photograph (1m 29s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 2s | Appraisal: 19th C. Chinese Export Chatelaine (1m 2s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 9s | Appraisal: 19th C. Mexican & South American Paintings (1m 9s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 50s | Appraisal: Duffner & Kimberly Table Lamp, ca. 1910 (2m 50s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 48s | Appraisal: Gold & Enamel Necklace, ca. 1855 (2m 48s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: Kashmir Sapphire & Diamond Pendant, ca. 1935 (3m 1s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 46s | Appraisal: Korean Joseon Dynasty Hunting Screen, ca. 1800 (46s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 51s | Appraisal: Tiffany Studios Gilt-bronze Candlesticks, ca. 1925 (51s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 32s | Appraisal: Turn-Teplitz Amphora Vase, ca. 1905 (1m 32s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 44s | Appraisal: Augusto Dias Ukulele, ca. 1895 (1m 44s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 56s | Appraisal: 1901-1910 Steam Car & Racing Collection (2m 56s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 3m 4s | Appraisal: Edwardian Jockey Chair, ca. 1895 (3m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 3m 18s | Appraisal: Czech Violins & European Bows (3m 18s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 54s | Appraisal: Hewlett-Packard Signed Model 200D Oscillator (2m 54s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 33s | Appraisal: Grueby Vase, ca. 1910 (2m 33s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 46s | Appraisal: 1892 Rookwood Spirit Jug with Silver Overlay (2m 46s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 39s | Appraisal: Frank Rohloff Table, ca. 1968 (2m 39s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 55s | Appraisal: Late 19th C. Carl Herpfer Oil Painting (2m 55s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Northwest Persian Serab Runner, ca. 1868 (1m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 2m 8s | Appraisal: Paul Lacroix Still Life Oil Painting, ca. 1850 (2m 8s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 34s | Appraisal: Quezal “Jack in the Pulpit” Vase, ca. 1900 (34s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 3m 13s | Appraisal: Tlingit Bowl & Ladle (3m 13s)
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Clip: S29 Ep16 | 1m 47s | Appraisal: French Silk and Bone Fan, ca. 1800 (1m 47s)
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