A Collector's New Year: Philatelic, Americana, & Dealer Auction

Lot of 2. 1) 1912 mounted photograph of school children taken by Hugo Weitz, Fruitvale and Oakland. Photo is 4.5 x 7.5" on 7 x 10" mount. ...

A nice archive featuring the campus of Lealand Stanford Jr. University. Founded in 1891, Stanford, or "The Farm" as it's referred to, ...

Approximately 45 pieces. Find Placerville Volunteer Fire Department, Placerville Automotive, Rubley Fuel and Transfer, Hopkins Cigars, House Doctor, S

This is an example of a get quick scheme, using the power of propaganda and a brightly lit up bunch of tube lighting. This is a Ray & radiation ...

Lot of five property deeds transferring property in Sacramento from 1869 & 1870. All with adhesive revenue stamps. The properties between P &...

2 California Wells Fargo receipts. 1870 receipt for $150 in coin, 1873 $200 for estate of Henry Roach. About 5.5x7.5". Date: Country (if not...

Lot of about 30 B&W 8 x 10 photographs of the exterior and interior of the Salinas Valley Ice Company circa 1940s. Date: Country (if not USA)...

Unique California themed lot includes the 1932 California Blue Book, which gives you just about anything you might want to know about the Golden State

Views of San Francisco, Yosemite Valley and the Pacific Coast, published by Davis Bros. Toklas & Co., S.F., C-1895 Attractive blue/w gold guilt ...

Classified Directory of the Patrons of the Atlas comprising the Principal Business Firms and Professional Men of the City of San Francisco. Two loose

A large directory from 1894 compiled by Langley for the city of San Francisco. This book is not in great shape, but it could be rebound and become a n

San Francisco Bay, by Harold Gilliam, publ. by Doubleday & Co., N.Y. 1957 ~ A factual and fascinating account of the history, life & lore of...

San Francisco's Golden Era, a Picture Story of S.F. before the Fire by Lucius Beebe & Charles Clegg, published by Howell- North, Berkeley, 1...

Lot of 2 booklets. (1) Views of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in Natural Colors. Published by Pacific Novelty Co. of San Francisco. U

Framed certificate certifies the American Ribbon Carbon Company is a member of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, signed by M. H. Robbins Jr. pres

About 35 family portraits including a man in a uniform, possibly a Cadet. Mounted in a 6.25x5" leather album with brass clasp. Nice group with ...

Two risqué programs from the 1939 and 1940 adult revues that appeared at the California auditorium of the Golden Gate International Exposition ...

Lot withdrawn Date: c1985 Country (if not USA): State: California City: San Jose Provenance:

Photo 9-1/2 x 8 inch, B&W of car covered by thousands of cherries for the Cherry Festival. Six people in the car., including the owners the Ve...

11" x 14" Marked Blass Taver3n Handicap at Bay Meadows, Sept 29, 1952, signed by Greg Tower, Winner, showing owner and jockey on horse. ...

12 portraits, children, men and women. Various Santa Cruz studios. 2.25x2.25"-5.5X4". Date: Country (if not USA): State: California ...

Shasta Springs Resort, Siskiyou County, California: 1) The Story of Shasta, a glimpse of the springs, it's hotel grounds and cottages. Became a ...

Lot of 4. 1) Two-fold postcard showing a General View of Occidental, Cal. Mailed 1911. Taped repaired at fold. 2) St. Helena Sanitarium Health Exponen

Lot of 8: 1) Streams in a Thirsty Land, Hohenthal, 1972, hardcover(hc), no DJ; 2) The McHenry Mansion, Bare, 1985, hc with DJ; 3) Grain Fields to Gree

Lot of 7. Included: Co-Operative Dreams: A History of the Kaweah Colony, O'Connell, 1999, sc; Crabtree Tule River Patriarchs, Meredith, 1984, bo...

Lot of seven 8 x 10 glossy photographs of radio station KVCV's tour bus "Romance of the Hiways" with Commander Scott, April 1948. Famo...

Letter to Wm. H. Drum from the Yuba County Board of Supervisors stating that he is ordered to repair "The County road at the where the same cro...

Lot of 9. State of California Dept. of Fish and Game books on: Trout, Furbearers, Warm Water Fish, Waterfowl, Inshore fishes, Marine Mammals, Nonga

Lot of 8. 1) Rhodes & Co. Express & Banking Office duplicate exchange/draft, Yreka, 1854. California Gold Rush! Torn left edge. 2) Argonaut ...

This is a collection of ephemera related to the state of California including three pocket ledgers, three geological maps, a California Redwoods handb

5 California general history books. The Guide to Bodie by Williams, Ghost Trails of California by Hunt, The California Trail Yesterday and Today by Hi

1950 Chris-Craft boat pictorial catalog. Chris-Craft is of the most collectable boats in America. c. 1948 Pictorial California and the Pacific Magazin

7 California history books. Rush for Riches by Holliday. Fearful Crossing by Curran. The California Trail by Stewart. Gold Rush Country by Sunset. The

Seigler Springs, Lake County, C-1960's ~ 8 different mineral springs, scores of activities & amusements ~ 4-fold color brochure with insert,...

San Francisco (5) ~ Oakland (4) ~ Sacramento (2) ~ W. Berkeley San Jose ~ Grass Valley~ Guerneville ~ Korbel ~ Red Bluff ~ Chico ~ 1880-1906 Date:

Eclectic lot includes: The San Francisco News special edition for the 1939 World's Fair; the Long Beach Press-Telegram, March 13, 1933, covering...

5 different old newspapers from Northern California and the Mother Lode. The Bulletin, December 16, 1892, Auburn. San Francisco The Evening Bulletin,

This is a rare) Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey : Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854. Washington: Beverly Tucker

1) Auction! Every Friday. Park Auction Yard, Mrs. Gilbert. 1/4-mile North of Roeding Park on 99 Highway. (This would place this in Fresno). No date. 8

This is a lot of newspapers describing the earthquake in Long Beach, Ca. in 1933 and another earthquake in Los Angeles in 1994, and the Bay Area earth

Lot of three extreme trade cards from businesses in Aspen, Colorado. Two are from C.F. Youberg, Dealers in Fine Shoes and Slippers and the other is fr

Two volumes of the Coloradan from 1955 & 1956. Hardcover, published by the Associated Students of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Date: ...

Lot of 4 (3 different). These are rare pictorial billheads, but they have some big condition issues. One has its date missing, but the other three are

Frame with two advertising die cuts for businesses in Colorado. The one on the top is for Birks Cornforth, Grocer, Denver, Colorado. It features a you

Lot of two rare trade cards from businesses in North Denver, Colorado, c. 1880s. The businesses are W.H. Wightman & Co, Dealers in Dry Goods and...

Lot of 7 with some rare pieces. Towns: Avon, Basalt, Holy Cross, Red Cliff, and Wolcott. Includes: WC Roby & Co., Holy Cross City Drug and Book ...

Lot of 20. Includes: Hendricks & Carroll (Palmer, 1887); Robert McKune Lumber (Florissant/Fountain, 1891, 4 page letter); Barker Hotel (Manitou ...

Lot of 4. 1) Three page letter plus corner advertising cover for SP Gutshall, Lumber Dealer in Leadville. Message written on May 15th, 1885 from JE Di

Four nice stereo views of Leadville, Colorado and one of a natural beauty in the area, Rainbow Falls in Ute Pass. The other three show a bird's ...

Metal plaque, Property of, The Leadville Light & Power Co., Leadville, Colorado. Leather eyeglass case, FJ Mund, Optician, Leadville, Colo. Leat...