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Fri, Oct 22, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 288

Three South Carolina Maps

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Preliminary Chart of Port Royal Entrance, Beaufort Chechessee and Colleton Rivers... U.S. Coast Survey Office, Superintendent A. D. Bache, triangulation by C. O. Boutelle... 1859, single sheet, engraving on wove paper, hand colored highlights, with tidal observations and sailing directions, sight 22-1/4 x 25-1/2 in.; Entrance to Bull and Combahee Rivers... U.S. Coast Survey Office, Superintendent Benjamin Pierce, 1871, single sheet, engraving on wove paper, hand colored highlights, with soundings, lighthouse, and tidal observations, sight 16 x 22-1/2 in.; reproduction Map showing the location of the lands of the South Carolina Land and Improvement Company on Port Royal Harbor, G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., New York, 1877, sight 16 x 22-3/8 in.; largest frame 35-7/8 x 32-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection

Condition

not examined out of frames, scattered areas of toning, light staining, and handling creases throughout; Port Royal Entrance with handling creases, separation along one fold line, tear to upper left corner; frames with light wear and abrasions; Bull and Combahee Rivers frame separating at lower right corner

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