August 2018 Auction

Consignor says this is a reproduction. Policeman / 220 / Los Angeles / Police. 2 3/4 inches by 2 inches. Pin is detached. Date: City: Los Angele

Lot of 2 different. 1) Unissued but cancelled Walt Disney Productions Common Stock featuring a photo vignette of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse and illu

Lot of 21. 1) Pasadena. 11 items. Includes: illustrated pamphlet for Cawston Ostrich Farm, c.1900; 1905 billhead for Pasadena Electric Express; 1900 W

Celebration of the Thirty-ninth Anniversary of the Admission of California into the Union, by the Society of California Pioneers. Held as Camp Taylor,

Possibly in the Susanville area as we find mentions of a Red River Lumber company owning a Milwood subdivision. We can also find mentions of a Milwood

Large 1940 reprint of downtown Monterey, beautifully double matted. 16" x 20", photograph image exposed 13.5" x 8.5". Nice displ...

Lot of 3. 1) Two different Bank of Napa checks, dateline Napa City, Cal. 1877, for payments in Gold and one in Silver. Anglo-Californian Bank has been

Milo Lodge No. 48, K. of P., Nevada City, Cal. Comes with two pictorial envelopes from Whitehead & Hoag Co. that the badges would have been ship...

27 x 21" brochure c.1887 for the Pleasant Valley Tract in the Butte County Citrus Belt, 0.5 mile from Oroville, Cal. Opened up, one side of the...

The Directors of the Pasadena Board of Trade passes the resolution of endorsement of Professor Lowe & his airship. 6" x 9". Date: 191...

Lot of 3. 1) Very attractive and pictorial lettersheet for the Mount Lowe Tavern, Mount Lowe, California. Unused, 9 x 6" Four picture vignettes...

Lot of 4. 1) 1873 promissory note for the Banking House of I.G. Wickersham & Co., Petaluma. 2) Duplicate of Exchange from the Bank of Sonoma Co...

Pair of Central California Ice Company oval signs. Metal, enamel is chipped and bent a bit. Signs are identical, 28" x 34.5". Both signs h...

Lot of 4. 1) 1864 City of Placerville receipt for payment of personal property taxes. Mrs. A.C. Irwin is paying for her house on the north side of Mai

Lot of 10 pieces related to George W. Swan. In our June 2018 auction, we sold a group of Lake Tahoe toll road material that included pieces from Swan.

The premier piece in this lot is the Placerville 1866 legal sized envelope. Dated August 10, 1866 (date is derived from note). Inside was a deed from

Rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Taylorsville, Plumas County, Cal. (handwritten over printed "Rich Bar"), Jan. 3rd, 1869. Issued by the t...

Not mailed. Identified in pen as "Quarry, Rocklin" at bottom right. Two workers visible: one on surface, one in pit. This provides a nice ...

Dateline Rough & Ready Sept. 17, 1867. Sent to J. Berry in Yreka. "Will be there tonight." Signed by W.P. Trench. 5.5 x 8.5" Loca...

ACME Beer cloth hat; the Binkley Club, Sherman Texas, One Dozen Bottles of Beer; Buffalo Ice Brewing Co. Bill head. Date: 1900 City: Sacramento Sta

Lot of 13. 1) Stockton. 6 items: 1853 I.O.O.F. receipt; 1867 manuscript promissory note; two 1900 Stockton Savings & Loan Society checks; and tw...

Lot of 7. Five pieces are from the 1850s. Two are later. 1) Two pictorial Adams & Co. Express Office Seconds of Exchange issued in 1852. Sac Cit...

Bill came to $906. Signed by William Tarleton for Sheriff James W Mitchell. Mitchell did not last a year as the District Attorney was ordered to begin

Lot of 5. 1) Two exchanges: a very rare 3rd of Exchange issued in 1868 and a Second of Exchange issued in 1890. 2) 1865 letterhead that lists DO Mills

Lot of 22. 1) San Francisco: 1899 memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the San Francisco Mint by the Anglo California Bank, gold from the Crown Ki

Lot of 6. 1) Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office pictorial certificate of deposit, Oct. 3, 1854. 2) City Comptroller's Office pictorial...

Calling cards from members from the Duisenberg family and others: Mrs. Minna Duisenberg (wife of Charles, and a writer of poetry), C. A. C. Duissenber

Lot of 78 foreign exchanges from Mexico and Central America, all to be drawn on Otis, McAllister & Co. in San Francisco. Issued 1908-26, most in...

Pin badge "Past Chief Ranger / Court golden Gate No.5 / F. of A. Engraved on reverse: "Presented to / Aaron Jacobs / July 2, 1910." P...

4pp,mostly announcements and classified ads. Date: City: San Francisco State: California HWAC# 76525

Lot of 5. 1) Two Adams & Co. Express and Banking House certificates of deposit issued in 1854. Pictorial. 2) Two very pictorial warrants from th...

This is a pay load for the ship "Gold Hunter." What a great name! It is for 353 bundles of iron and 98 bars of iron. Together they weighed...

4 shipping receipts from H. &W. Pierce to Liverpool, England on the steamships Alexander, Detroit and Heried for wheat shipments. Date: 1868-18...

Delivering 1920 sacks of wheat. Lewis Pierce Company. Master is Amos Hewitt. Rare to have a sloop. Vignette. 1865. (Potter Collection) Date: 1865 Ci

Rare San Francisco newspaper. Vol. II. No. 1.States: "We present our readers with a woodcut of St. Luke's Hospital, (beautifully engraved ...

Lot of 6 vintage Bank of America,National Trust & Savings Association of San Francisco, travelers checks used in 1937. Three different denominat...

Lot of 6. Five are multi-color tickets that look like mini-concert posters (approx. 6 x 4") for concert series in southern California. Also tw...

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Lot of 10. 1) c.1907 tourism brochure for Santa Monica in pictorial envelope holder with many printed black-and-white photos. 2) Unused c.1870s promis

Lot of 16. Includes: "The Pioneer", booklet about Hellman Bros. stage; Orange County Savings & Trust Co. deposit book, Santa Ana, 1913...

1) Man with mules and two dogs. Bottom has a caption that reads "A Mojave Desert (illegible)" Not mailed. c.1930s-40s. 2) Frashers postcar...

Lewis Pierce Pictorial 1868 billhead. The schooner W. E. Anderson is carrying wheat from the central valley (Suisun) to San Francisco. Peter Anderson

Extra Rare issue to the Boca Brewing Company on a common Carson City Saving Bank check. Endorsed by Benson of the Boca Brewing Company on reverse. In

Period photograpf of Souther Pacific Railroad Executives, taken inside the Station. Clear and focused, sepia-toned photo of three rather serious looki

State of Nevada Land Department. Contract No. 5905. May 7th, 1892. For 320 acres to Henry Williams of Esmeralda County. Sold at $1.25/acre. Comes with

Banning & Company, forwarding and commission merchants. Received of JM Sanchez 10 bales of wool. Banning, California is named for Phineas Bannin...

U. S. 25c Revenue Stamp is tied by a strong "J. E. Rene / San Francisco" oval stamp. The 1865 San Francisco Directory lists J Ernest Rene ...

This 1862 Tax Record is for Boone Fly for $209.69. He had land on Carneros Creek. Fly was a rancher. Boone Fly was the first person to grow grapes on

Yreka to Fort Jones to Etna and Return. Large way-bill dated Oct. 27th, 1910. Three entries on the top and nine entries for the Stage Express service.

Lot of 6. Includes: AC Lowell, Fort Bidwell, Cal.,1894 billhead.; letterhead for the County Clerk and Recorder of Sutter County, Yuba City, Cal., 1880

Rare. "Museum reproductions of unique pictorial writing paper used in Gold Rush California." California Historical Society. Only 8 differe...

Lot of 7. 1) 1858 U.S. Mail Steamship Co. receipt for transport of merchandise to 69 Water Street (San Francisco) onboard "Star of the West.&qu...

Rare old paper, Reward Gold Mining Co. letterhead from the Superintendent's Office, Inyo County Cal.Citrus on Slim Princess Railroad. 7" x ...

Salt Marsh Tidelands north of the boundary of Oakland. 41 x 50" with charts of the "meanders" of the various coves in San Francisco B...

Seven point star, white metal, blue lettering: Deputy /Sheriff / Contra Costa Co. / 51. Reverse says "property of sherifs office." 2 3/4 ...

Seven point star, blue lettering: Deputy /Sheriff / Contra Costa Co. 2 3/4 inches in diameter. Date: City: State: California HWAC# 78276

Very historical piece of paper signed by Abel Stearns. In Spanish makes this even more interesting! Abel Stearns (1798 – 1871) was a trader who came t

1 broken slide is of Hotels & mountains in Nevada; 3 slides, 1) "Social Life in the Occident"; "Out West"; & "What ...

Framed panorama color photo of Mt. Shasta. Possible chromolitho. 9.5" x 29". Date: City: State: California HWAC# 76835

Lot of 8. Included: RPPC of Washington Hotel in Monterey; c.1906 stereoview of SF Earthquake camp in Jefferson Square; 1877 receipt from the tax colle

Sun-kissed Grower sign. Gray back, stamped: Property of California Fruit Growers Exchange on bottom of back. Possibly unused near mint condition, 19.5

Lot of 3 pairs. 1) 187- , Martinez, CA, to Judge John Henry in San Francisco: Nothing recorded since October fourth." 2) 1875, Woodland, CA to ...

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

Two milk cans. One can is 24" tall and 13" diameter embossed on the side CG REG. CAL. 3" brass oval tag on shoulder, Empty / Golden S...

Lot of 10. All but one by the Automobile Club of Southern California. Maps include: San Luis Obispo County, 1928 Oroville, Riverside County, Kern Coun

Lot of 8. Seven are fraternal calling cards for California members of the Knights Templar in Sacramento, Placerville, Stockton, Vallejo, and San Franc

US comics. Large folio, 20 x 24", of comics from American newspapers, all in color. Includes: Danny Dreamer Lovers, Model Ministers, Easy Life...

Rare RPC of Broadmoor Hotel mirrored in the Lake. Beautiful card. (Prag Collection) Date: 1923 City: Colorado Springs State: Colorado HWAC# 76948

4 pins 1)40th Annual Session Grand Lodge I.O.O.F., Cripple Creek Col. October 1910; pin from 1901; 20th Annual Session Rebekah Assembly I.O.O.F. Date

Societa Italiana De Mutuo Soccorso Umberto, 1, Rockvale, Col. Has color of Italian flag on back of ribbon. Unknown date. Date: City: Rockvale Stat

White metal, blue lettering, 1 3/4 x 2 inches. "Deputy / Sheriff / Vanderburgh Co. / 98." Evansville Indiana is in Vanderburgh County. ...

Lot of 2. At least one is identified as Colorado; the other may also be Colorado. 1) Shows a farm/ranch scene in front of a lake. At the bottom is wri

Lot of 3. 1) Topographical Map of Mineral Belt of Gilpin County and Official Information as to the Mineral Industry of the County. 24 x 19" c.1...

Nicely framed and matted 1861 Mitchell single truck map of Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. Page 43. Map 12" x 14.5", frame 17.75" x 22...

Probably Colorado but not identified. No photographer. Not mailed. Medium contrast and detail. Date: City: State: Colorado HWAC# 77317

Pamphlet from Tabor Luck with ink writing on front, William Gilpin-Pioneer by Carr, Biographical sketch of Rollin Q Tenney, The Opinions of the Judge

Andrew Adams document has date of 1777, has list of names, dates & numbers. Very delicate condition, please inspect. Andrew Adams was a colonel ...

Revolutionary War Era Letter with the names of Capt. Benjamin Still of Woodbury, Connecticut, & David Boland. Captain Hinman is part of the cons...

Lot of 4. 1) Two cabinet cards that appear to be of Native Americans (not in traditional clothing). One is by RL Kelly of Pierre, Dakota and the other

The Wolsey post office was established December 31, 1883. This legal sized cover was postmarked September 15, 1886. There is a corner advertising circ

U.S. Department of State official copy of the "Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to w...

Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity. Cheap Edition. Gibson Bothers, Printers. 64pp with descriptions of many tourist attracti...

Lot of 5. All pictorial. Included: 1856 Cumberland Coal & Iron Company, Port of Baltimore; 1856 Port of Providence to New York; 1859 riding in t...

Pay to bearer ONE DOLLAR in yarn. Unsigned. Note foxing and vertical creases. Date: c. 1840's City: State: Georgia HWAC# 76513

Lot of 19. 1) Set of twelve c.1945-50 photos of the same woman slowly undressing to full nude state. 5 x 4" 2) Seven other vintage tropical nud...

This saloon billhead is datelined Silver City, Idaho February 21, 1899. Signed by Dan McHenry, James McHenry and Thomas Hamilton. They propose to run

Lot of three stage way-bills, two different companies. 1) Two way-bills for the Malheur Stage Company, operating between Baker City and Malheur. Way-b

United States Inspectors Certificate to Engineers certifying that James W. Mitchell has been reviewed by steamboat inspectors of Chicago, Illinois and

Interesting piece of advertising! This is a group of ad cards encased in a circular holder meant to resemble a medal. Inside are 7 paper ad cards that

Al's Automotive Repair / Jasper Engine and Transmission Company / Re-Made in the USA / Three-year Hundred Thousand Mile Nationwide Warranty. Or...

Lot of 6. 1) Best piece is an 1853 Military Bounty Land Warrant issued in Fort Des Moines. 2) Five City of Indianapolis Treasurer's Office recei...

1 Key Fob reads "Lawrence/House/23/Dodge City, Kansas" Good condition. Date: c. 1900-1910 City: Dodge City State: Kansas HWAC# 77923

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Lot of 3. 1) Camptonville, July 20th 1886. 10 pages.Handwriting is a little difficult to read. Camptonville was a Gold Rush town in Yuba County. 2) T

Lot of 37. Most if not all is addressed to Wiseman & Waters in Golconda, Illinois (on the Kentucky/Illinois border). Earliest pieces are 1859. L...

Pictorial receipt for bales of cotton stored on Steamboat Cain(?) at the port of Frenchport and bound for New Orleans. Dated April 6th, 1848. 5.5 x 10

Small, mounted hand-colored photograph identified on the reverse. Photo is 1.75 x 2.75" on 5 x 7" mount. Dated on the reverse as Summer 19...

25 and 50 cents, pay to bearer, 1862. Signed in red by AM Hartwell. Both have creases. Date: 1862 City: Oldtown State: Maine HWAC# 76510

Lot of 9. 1) Boston and Bangor Steamship Company. Three pictorial receipts dated 1900 for packages destined for Rockland from Boston. 2) Yarmouth Ste

Dateline Salem, Sept. 16th, 1800. Early 2pp. letter sent from a sister to her brother Benjamin Peirce at Harvard University. She relates general news