Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 212

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(NEW YORK CITY.) "Specifications for Rebuilding Pier 13, East River" and 2 related letters. Specifications document, 6 pages in manuscript, 12 x 8 inches, 1882 * Letter to David Whipple offering to sell pier rights, 1878 * Letter from Whipple to wife concerning pier, 1884. New York, 1878-84

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Manhattan's Pier 13 extended into the East River at the end of Wall Street, and played its part in New York's long port history. It was demolished in 2007.