Lot 581
Do They Miss Me at Home (Baird 55) shows a 3x7.25" engraving of a parlor scene by wood engraver and artist Harrison Eastman with four verse below, with letter datelined "San Francisco, Apr 3rd 1856" with content regarding the city and coming home; some faint staining, Very Fine, a rare lettersheet with only a few known.Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
The publisher is "Mr. Yosemite" James Mason Hutchings, then running the Express Book Store at 201 Clay Street (old numbering) on the south side of the Plaza or Portsmouth Square. In 1855, printers Towne & Bacon printed 1000 copies of this letter sheet for $10.
Realized: $600