Midtown Real Estate Opportunity in 1850

Map of 117 Valuable Lots to be Sold at Auction by Anth[on]y J. Bleecker on Wednesday 30th Jan[uar]y 1850 at 10 o'clock at the Merchants' Exchange

Bleeker, Anthony

Publication: New York: Miller's Lith. 1850.

Notes: An auction map for the sale of two city blocks in what is now Midtown Manhattan, just below Central Park. The area for sale ran from 7th Avenue to 8th Avenue and from 57th Street to 59th Street.

The terms were 10% payable at the auction, 30% payable when the deeds were delivered, and the rest due in three years, with 6% per year interest due twice yearly.

Lithographed map on paper. 19-1/4 by 17-5/8 inches on a larger sheet.

Edition + Condition: Linen backed. Dust soiling and minor staining to margins, slightly cockled, old folds, ink bleed from inscription on verso, a few pencil notations on the map.

Item No: #362946

Price: $500