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-- he used it as a promotional tool to lure professional immigrants to the state. >> he was a land agent that helped settle people in texas, he wanted a document to show them the vastness of the land. land. jamie: he obtained endorse am from famous texans including sam houston. >> on the floor of the u.s. fen at, refered to this as most accurate depiction of texas that anyone compiled. jamie: with patricks copez, joe is excited by cel skeptical, he knows such a famous map has countless resprints...

-- he used it as a promotional tool to lure professional immigrants to the state. >> he was a land agent that helped settle people in texas, he wanted a document to show them the vastness of the land. land. jamie: he obtained endorse am from famous texans including sam houston. >> on the floor of the u.s. fen at, refered to this as most accurate depiction of texas that anyone compiled. jamie: with patricks copez, joe is excited by cel skeptical, he knows such a famous map has countless resprints...

Brings map to dallas to get a 6 opinion from sandra paolino. what condition of the map in? >> wonderful condition, amazing to us. that there were no separations on any of the foldss, condition is everything. jamie: value is rising with every fold that were opening. did you know, as an expert, that it existed? >> this particular map is newly discovered because it was on nobodys radar. jamie: how big is market 1234. >> collector love that period from 1834 through late 1850s. jamie: so many familie...

He is monitoring it in birmingham, it was not off to a good start. >> as my map came up, i was trepidacious. >> opened at 75,000, only two bidders appear to be competing for it, amount creeps higher from 75 to 85 grand, then to 97,000. patrick knows he should be ecstatic, you know how it goes. >> this time, it stopped long enough auctioneeeer said fair warning, i thought it is going at 97. jamie: is he

Could payoff. >> patrick noticeed an auction house is holding an appraisal fair in birmingham. >> i thought, i will throw a box of stuff together, and see if anything is worth anything. jamie: patrick breaking out old family war stuff. did you feel one would be worth more than the others? >> i thought that muster book would be of more significant monetary value, he said, he thinks that muster book probably would be a couple,000 dollars. -- thousand dollars, i thought that is nice but not life ch...

An impact on its sale price, joe brings map to dallas to get a 6 opinion from sandra paolino. what condition of the map in? >> wonderful condition, amazing to us. that there were no separations on any of the foldss, condition is everything. jamie: value is rising with every fold that were opening. did you know, as an expert, that it existed? >> this particular map is newly discovered because it was on nobodys radar. jamie: how big is market 1234. >> collector love that period from 1834 through l...

Could payoff. >> patrick noticeed an auction house is holding an appraisal fair in birmingham. >> i thought, i will throw a box of stuff together, and see if anything is worth anything. jamie: patrick breaking out old family war stuff. did you feel one would be worth more than the others? >> i thought that muster book would be of more significant monetary value, he said, he thinks that muster book probably would be a couple,000 dollars. -- thousand dollars, i thought that is nice but not life ch...

Estate in virginia. when patrick a grandfather dies in 1956, and family clears out the house, his fa lea father wip with items by chance. >> on a wim he said well fake those 6 boxes. jamie: they are in basement of the home, outside of washington, d.c. they are a way to kill boredom for a clearius 12-year-old boy. jamie: did you play with this stuff as a kid? >> i did, i loved the boxes. fun letter from civil war, talking about troop movements or political discussions before lincolns election. yo...

In the mexican-american war. a, quarter master. jamie: in birmingham, alabama, patrick martin awaits latest appraisal of his "strange inheritance," an 1849 first edition map of new state of texas, value pegged $80,000, if right that would go a long way to wiping out the debt patrick has run-up since retiring after bypass surgery. >> the map ph-pt a lo meant a l, you put a dollar value on it, that can change your basketball -- financial base, you think i can get rid of this debt but you dont want...

Mexico sunder sund surrounders . >> u.s., acquires not just american southwest but also california. jamie: where slavery will be allowed is unsolved. >> debate over whether they will be slave or free is going to be so contention, and divisive that is going to lead to the civil war in 1861. jamie: patrick a box contains a number of civil war items too. cool stuff, certificate from confederate postal service, he cant be sure, how all of those items came to his family, some most likely are from tha...