August 2018 Auction

3 nice hardcovers with lots of photos. Date: City: State: California HWAC# 76555

No. 1551, issued for 5 shares to Timothy Dodd on May 9th, 1843. Signed by the president, Ed. Dwight, and treasurer Josiah (illegible). Punch cancelled

Lot of 7. 1) Bullfrog-Goldfield Railroad Company. Four pieces. a) Two expense bill vouchers, 1916. One voucher is from the Goldfield Consolidated Mill

Date Nail Set. From 89-mile long mining line Tonopah & Goldfield in NV that operated 1905 to 1947. This is a complete set and includes 15 steel ...

Lot of 16. 1) Three different unissued stock certificates. All have the same vignette of a locomotive passing by workers. Three different colors. 2) T

No. 615. $1,000 bond. Issued to Thomas Bell August 1st, 1874. Signed by William Sharon as president and Geo. A. King as secretary, Lith. Britton Rey...

Large ledger book of shipping bills from "Southern Pacific Company - Pacific System Way Bill for Freight from Reno," for the V & T Rai...

$1000 bond, #281, 2 coupons missing. Includes a postcard from State of NY stating certificate of incorporation was files 8.1.1899. Consolidated into t

Lot of 2. Both are nicely framed and matted. 1) Stock certificate for the International Mercantile Marine Company. Issued for 10 shares in 1902. This

No. 643, issued in 1874 to N.H. Hatchkiss, esq., traveling agent for C & O RR. Signed by supt. Andrews. Pass is soiled, and has paper/glue resid...

Lot of 3. 1) 1919 Payroll voucher, dateline Salt Lake City. 2) Contract between the Oregon Short Line Railroad Co. and the Twin Falls Railway Co. (Ida

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Three pieces in very clean good condition. 1) Daily Mercantile Co., 2) Robinowitz Bros., 3) Cummings Drug Store. All good for tokens. Date: City: R

1) Norfolk & Western, 1924. To WR Scott president of the Southern Pacific. Signed by Scott on reverse. 2) Same. 1925. Not signed by Scott. This ...

Issued to H.N. Hotchkiss, traveling agent for the Ches. & Ohio R.R. Signed by superintendent Folger. "Good on Connecting Steamers." Gr...

(1) Dragon pictorial (1) corbin with key (1) Eagle Lock Co Terryville Conn USA (2) unmarked (1) Chief (1) FS with key (1) yale jr with key (1) Fraim w

3 i/u stocks, 1893-1896. Issued to BM Hyfres. Date: City: State: HWAC# 72077

AMRY. EX. Key provided does not fit the lock, it is for reference only for the diameter of the padlock post Date: City: State: HWAC# 76061

(1) Fraim NYS, New York System (1) AT & SF with key (1) Penn Central with key (1) Lang NYCS New York Central with Key (1) CRI & P Chicago R...

Lot of 21. Included: 1900 way-bill for the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway Co.; South Western Rail Road Co. stock certificate, 1896; 4 bond...

18 locks in all with keys Date: City: State: HWAC# 76062

Lot of nine locks including: (2) SPT Co. (1) SP Co (1) PC (1) Corbin USS AB (2) unmarked Yale with keys (1) A T & SF ( Atchison, Topeka & ...

168pp, 1993 third edition. Date: City: State: HWAC# 76519

with keys Date: City: State: HWAC# 76065

(1) Elkhart, Ind (1) MCRR (1) embossed ICRR (Illinois Central Railroad) Date: City: State: HWAC# 76063

Two railroad oiler cans: the first is 7" in diameter 12" tall with an Illinois Central Railroad brass tag at center. The second is a trad...

Lot of 10. Included: two issued pictorial stocks for the South Western Railroad Company (Savannah, Georgia, 1885 & 1890); two sheets of five bon...

Lot of 16 tickets/one-trip passes for various US railroads. 1) Three cancelled roundtrip tickets for the Colorado & Southern Railway, 1906-1908:...

5 locks without keys. Includes (3) SPT Co Southern Pacific (1) WPRR Western Pacific (1) Frisco Date: City: State: HWAC# 78107

Two 12 x 15” frames containing more than thirty cloth American railroad patches. Contains patches for the Western Pacific, V&T RR, Calif. Wester...

Dateline Nevada, Sept. 15th, 1862. Issued for $100 to A.D. Tower, agent, to be paid at the Boston office. Red 20 cent California Exchange State Tax st

Early and rare location. Dateline Oroville, Cal. June 20th, 1862. No. 246800, issued for $1,000 to Faulkner & Co. Deep folds with tape repairs a...

All were issued in San Francisco in 1854, before the collapse of 1855. Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office. Two vignettes: prospector (at ...

Four Seconds of Exchange all dateline San Francisco. Issued 1857, two in 1869, and one in 1872. Two to be paid in currency, one in Gold Coin, and the

Four Seconds of Exchange issued in San Francisco in 1870, 1871, and two in 1872. Three are to be paid in Currency, one in U.S. Gold Coin. Two have IR

Lot of two consecutively numbered Firsts of Exchange to be paid in U.S. Gold Coin. Both dated Feb. 18th, 1868. Both have blue 10 cent California adhes

1) Pay to Jonathan Wright $1,000. Oct. 19th, 1859. 2) Pay to Lydia W. Lane $67 in currency. July 24th, 1867. One orange 2 cent IR stamp attached in th

Framed pony express autograph piece from the register of the Harry House on a Thursday, July 15, 1880. The pony express riders shown on the page are C

Wow! Weekly Register. Post Office at St. Joseph, Missouri, Route No. 10.773 from St. Jospeh to Placerville, California. Contract time of arrival is tw

Wells, Fargo & Co. cover with blue Aurora cancel. Sent to Colonel Warren on San Francisco, California. Opened at top. According an obituary in t...

Dateline Carson, Nov. 13th, 1871. Wells Fargo & Company Express consignee's receipt for Jerry Schooling, State Treasurer. Charged $7.41 bein...

Lot of 6. All are pictorial. Earliest is a pictorial 1843 receipt for Hatch & Co.'s Philadelphia & New York Express (dateline Philadelph...

Rare! Both are printed Salt Lake City datelines. Issued in 1868 for $100 in currency and 1869 for $70. The 1869 piece's ink has largely faded. ...

Rare! Both are printed Salt Lake City datelines. Both issued in 1869 for $50 and $108. The ink has largely faded on both. Both signed by Theo. F. Tra

Large varied group of about 29 items from six different express companies: Wells Fargo (16 pieces), American Express (6 pieces), Adams Express (4 piec

Lot of 11 from numerous express agencies. Includes: Adams & Co. COD, 1853, Philadelphia; Adams Express Co. receipt, Savannah, Georgia, 1865; Ame...

Lot of 6 postcards. 1 RPC and the rest are color illustrations. There are no postmarks. The postcards include scenes of Main Street looking towards A

c. 1850s era view of San Francisco,CA post office. 1892 print by Andre Castagne. Frame 17" x 20.75" with wear. Date: City: San Francis...

1) Depositions in the case of Frank K Lightstone vs. Henry Laurencil and Pedro Lainsevain (names approximate). Bold San Francisco circular postmark wi

Lot of 35 pieces of correspondence related to one cent postage. All is addressed to or sent by Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co. of Indianapolis, Ind...

Mailed to Mr. Armond F. Jamison (or Jameson) in Virginia City, N.T. (original address crossed out but appears to be Smith's Flat, Placer County...

Approx 150 US First Day Covers with cachets. In 2 Postal Commemorative Society binders. Date: 1994-1996 City: State: HWAC# 75643

Approx 187 US First Day Covers with nice color cachets in binder. Kemore Collection. Date: 1980-1989 City: State: HWAC# 76542

Lot of 12. Includes: 1878 Distillery Warehouse Stamp, Internal Revenue w/ interesting advertising from 1890 on back that Zachary Taylor stamps will be

Oil painting of the classic upside down Jenny $.24 stamp. This is the most famous US error stamp by far. 30 x 36". A second painting by the sam...

200 or more US First Day covers with cachets in Postal Commemorative Society binder. Date: 1998-2000 City: State: HWAC# 76545

Original US Post Office letter carrier hat with hat badge number 4100. Circa 1920, no makers name visible, condition is very fine. A great display ite

Approx 150 US First Day covers 1993-1994 in Postal Commemorative Society binder. Approx 50 US, UN etc First Day covers 1950-1975 in binder. Date: 195

Hardcover 151pp. Photos and Theodore Roosevelt speechs. Date: 1903 City: State: California HWAC# 76560

Lot of 2. Identical views showing Ronald Reagan (pre-presidency) on horseback. One is a real photo postcard, unmailed, printed by Stewart Studio in Cr

Measures 21.5 x 17" Facsimile made by Leggo Bros. & Co., Photo-Engravers & Photo-Lithographers in New York, for the 1876 Centennial cel...

Signed by four governors including ; Paul Laxalt (1967 to 1971), Mike O'Callaghan (1971-79), Charles Russell (1951-59), Frank Grant Sawyer (1959...

This lot includes a handwritten proclamation of "an act to organize the 'Territory of Nevada' affirmed March 2, 1861." The proclam...

Glass promotional item given to governor's of the U.S. This one is made out to Mike O'Callaghan who was the 23rd Nevada State Governor from...

A promotional piece for advertising Nevada when O'Callahan and Department of Economic Development were promoting Nevada. This silver painted pi...

The National Governors' Conference Official Statehood Medals. Album includes the hallmarked Proof Edition of the Official Statehood Medals. Each...

8 3" metal Bush/Quale 92 Republic National Convention buttons. Date: City: State: HWAC# 76818

1935 color poster of Mao. Approx 28" x 21".A few horizontal wrinkles. Date: City: State: HWAC# 76804

Approx 17 round gold/blue Clinton/Gore buttons, 5 round Teddy Bears for 1996, Clinton buttons. Approx 100+ rectangular Clinton/Gore 92 red, white and

3 newspapers dated Friday, November 29,1963 with front page news: The New York Times; Daily News; New York Journal American "How the President ...

Misc. Political Ephemera from 1869 Montgomery County, the Illinois Election, Official Vote; a paperback book Ronald Reagan, A Portrait of the 40th Pre

Lot of 6. 1) Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 5, Philadelphia, In Memoriam button and ribbon. Made by the Baltimore Badge & Novelty Co. Ribb...

Memo to the President Elect by Albright, Iraq and Back by Olson, What Women Really Want by Lake, P.S. by Simon. Date: City: State: HWAC# 7694

Framed and signed 8" x 10" color photos of Jimmy and Rosalyn Cater. Brass tokens-2 Truman, 1 T. Roosevelt. Sealed deck of US Presidents pl...

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Hardcover 200pp plus index. 1915 Pan Pacific Expo with photos. Date: 1915 City: San Francisco State: California HWAC# 76577

1) Pictorial souvenir ticket for San Francisco Day, Nov. 2, 1915 at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Vignette of the Palace of Fine Arts.

Hardcover 203pp with many illustrations from the Expo. Date: 1915 City: State: California HWAC# 76558

Small cup, souvenir engraved, rough top edges. Small mug, souvenir engraved. Medium cup, souvenir engraved. Date: 1893 City: Chicago State: Illinoi

Ruby souvenir engraved. Date: 1904 City: St. Louis State: Missouri HWAC# 76538

Small tea cup, souvenir engraved. Date: 1899 City: Omaha State: Nebraska HWAC# 76537

Small tea cup, souvenir engraved. Reads "Midwinter Fair Lucy Mesa". 3" x 2.75" Date: 1894 City: Omaha State: Nebraska HWAC#...

Approx 3.5 wide porcelain base with North and South America maps. PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901. BUFFALO. N. Y., U. S.A. Approx 5" glass globe. ...

4 ruby glasses from the expo. Miniature pitcher, souvenir engraved, ruby stained. Shot glass, engraved, ruby stained.Dresser cup, souvenir engraved, r

Embossed picture book from the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial. Date: City: Philadelphia State: Pennsylvania HWAC# 76808

Incredible carved crocodile with fish in its mouth on a Hippo Tooth. 9.25" long, 1" diameter. Very good condition, some normal crack lines...

Lot of three 1) Watches, Diamonds, and Jewelry. The ladies seem very interested in this store. Them men not so much. Paper is 10.5 x 13". Litho...

Hand colored. Shows three men working their way to a bustling new city. 10 x 6.5". Mounted. From book "see page 173 for description."...

Original hand watercolor litho of a Mexican war scene, Major Ringold At Palo Alto, (Brownsville, TX). WT Trego. Litho 19.5" x 13.75", mat...

A double signed print of a painting by Thomas Kinkade. GPA to ATC eight signed by the artist at left in white fine paint. Also signed on the reverse b

Originally in Thompson & West 1880 "History of Sacramento". 250 acres located on Andruss Island. Reverse shows a black & white R. ...

Shows sailing ships at harbor, buildings, houses and tree lined streets. "Aus d.Kunstanst. d.Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh. Eigenthum d.Verleger....

This framed reprint of an 1849 lithograph by H. S. Crocker Company, S.F. is in fair condition--some water damage on bottom, but not on image. 17,5&q...

This is a huge old photograph of the Cliff House on the San Francisco Bay. A plaque on it reads "Cliff House / San Francisco/ Roy Carruthers, M...

Large oil painting. 41" x 29" in size. Painted by R.H Olsen in 1976. A great piece of Western Americana. Very nicely done. Has purplish m...

Oil on board, painting of Vernal Falls in Yosemite with storm clouds rising in the background. Original frame—25" H x 18.5" W. Signed by t...

Striking colors. This lithograph shows a steam engine pulling four passenger cars. The train is headed down into lower right corner; having just pass

1871. Currier and Ives. Hand-colored lithograph on paper made by Currier and Ives. Shows men mining for gold in California. This print shows placer mi

Framed personalized cartoon drawing by Lees Sussland--" To my very good friend -Alan--in fond memories of "Spring Training"--Lees Sus...

The Glory Hole, Consolidated Gold Mine 1904 by John Kollod, #'s 661, 662 and 663/1000.13" x 18.75". Print of snow covered Dahlonega st...