Apr 08, 2014 - Sale 2344

Sale 2344 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 1,188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.) Placerville. Lithographed letter sheet, 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches plus attached blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor edge wear, inked number in upper right corner. San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
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Placerville, not far east of Sacramento, was at one point the third most populous town in California. It was originally known as Hangtown because of its heavy gallows traffic. Peters, California on Stone, page 138; Streeter sale V:2721.