"Autumn Gold" 2024 November Auction

5.5x8.25" photo of a paddle wheeler on the left with a few other river boats in Alexandria, VA transporting coal. Mat has issues, photo has med...

25x 5.75x7.75" b/w repro photos of older Great Lakes merchant ships. See photo.

Postcards of the Great Ocean Liners of the World (30). Consists of 9 different Lines, all in color with no duplications. - 1920-1960. [ 1920-60

Greyhounds of the Sea, The Story of American Clipper Ships by Carl C. Cutler. Copywrite 1930, with a forward by Charles Francis Adams, former Secret

This coal was recovered from the wreck of R.M.S. Titanic during the 1994 Titanic Research and Recovery Expedition. Certificate of Authenticity include

Cabinet Card of U S R C Richard Rush. 8x5". Photo by Tabor of San Francisco. Bottom notes- U.S. R. C. "Richard Rush", on her departu...

7 different ship photos on a river, maybe the Mississippi. Small pleasure craft, side wheel steamers, tugboat, masted ship etc. 13.5x10.5", som...

Eastern States Steamer Excursion Boat Postcards (30). All in Color - No Duplicates - 1908-1913. [ 1908-13

A collection of Steamship Ephemera, c1907-40. Includes: 5.5" x 1.5" printed fabric piece, possibly to pin to shirt, with words "WEAR ...

A collection of 10 postcards from various tourist steam ships, c1900-1930s. Includes a rare postcard of the R.M.S. Saxonia, unused with silk insert em

3 rare Comus and Proteus steamship postcards. Social Hall, profile, promenade deck. Also, 1915 S S Comus passenger card.

c. 1900 sternwheeler photo, 6.5x5". Medium contrast, sharp focus. No photographer listed. Alaska steamer written faintly in pencil on verso. Al...

A card-mounted photo of USS Yorktown (1888-1919) of the United States Squadron of Evolution, also known as the White Squadron. Info included on the c

A pair of real photo postcards depicting a stagecoach crash in Nevada City, California, likely in the early 1900s. One photo depicts the crowd gathere

HOLMES, KENNETH L., EDITOR AND COMPILER - Covered Wagon Women. Diaries & Letters from the Western Trails 1840-1890, Volumes I Through XI - Overl...

Very rare undated ledger page, Great Sierra Stage line. We have never seen this one before and our research did not find any info on them. There is a

Redding to Weaverville, California stage entering the town of Shasta. This is possibly one of the last remaining stage runs in California as motor coa

An Overland Stage Line receipt, Ben Holladay, Proprietor, c1865. An 8.5" x 4.25" one-sided receipt, partially pre-printed, which reads: &q...

1866 receipt for a new road in Madison county to Territory of Utah. 12x7.' Crease tears and verso stain. Please inspect. [ Madison County Montana

c. 1800's covers without contents from S R Buford business's. About 80 S R Buford Grocers, about 20 Virginia City & Red Bluff Stage, abo...

A collection of 8 stage coach invoices from Montana, c1893-1909. Information includes number of passengers, destinations, names, charges, and on some,

Letter with cover, chronicling a three day journey by stagecoach thru Nebraska. The writer (M. Potts) describes the beauty of the country, but also c

Pathmasters were elected or appointed to keep the paths of his area well marked and clear of fallen trees or growing bushes. This lot contains a hand

Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, Vol. 1 1878-9. 322pp with index. Has maps, prints, nature engravings etc.

1860 The Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859 by Horace Greeley. Greeley's travels through Kansas, Utah and Cal...

1st edition. From the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River to the City of Sacramento, California. Contains a Table of Distanc

1926 The Overland Mail by Hafen, 361pp with index. History of early mail routes by stage coach, Pony Express etc.

1863 and 1865 California State Telegraphs with seldom seen pictorial covers. [ San Francisco California

Telegraphic Cipher of Securities by Gaylord, 22pp. A private telegraphic code explained. Some mold, water stains, binding separating from pages, spine

7 c. 1876-1918 California mostly Western Union telegraphs. Eureka, San Francisco-1 with Rockwell holiday illustration, Bishop, 1876 in rough conditio

9 c. 1870-1971, mostly older, Nevada Western Union telegraphs. Reno, Carson City, Virginia, Tonopah, Wadsworth, Sparks, Hawthorne.

11 c. 1872-1936, mostly older, Western Union telegraph messages. Kansas City MO, Bloomington IL, St. Louis MO, Cleveland OH etc. Mostly business relat

15 pieces of Western Union Telegraph ephemera. Railroad passes-1870, 1870's, 2x 1898. 3x business cards. 1874 message, 1886 billhead, 1897 Atlan...

Classic cast-iron, large Railway Express strongbox for transporting gold, bullion, coin, and money. All original handles intact, and the original fron

Express Company Sealing Wax stick, whole & original. The red/ brown color is indicative of use by various Express Companies (Adams, Wells Fargo,...

1859 Wells Fargo & Co. Yreka second of exchange, 1855 Rhodes Express Weaverville, 1852 Adams & Co. second of exchange, 1871 Wells Fargo &...

Lot of (5) Express Banking documents. Adams & Co. Express San Francisco, plus Express Banking Office of Rhodes & Co. (x2), the Holland Overl...

Collection of 10 exchange notes from Adams & Co. They are from major California Gold Rush towns including Sacramento (1851 and 1855), Marysville...

Columbia was one of the absolute key California gold rush mining camps located at the southern end of the mining region near Sonora. Today, it is a Ca

Dated San Francisco, Dec. 1, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co.'s express box on the Chinese and Copperopolis Stage was robbed by one man about two mi...

Extremely rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Iowa Hill, Cal., Dec. 2nd, 1855. No. 41.302, issued to TB Hotchkiss at the office of the American Express

Received of Hardy & Kennedy Gold Bar package value six thousand dollars. Dated 1858 Forest Hill. Light blue paper, 8 x 5 1/2 inches; lithograph...

Lot(x4) of paid checks related to the town of LaPorte and famous bank John Conly. Includes: 1) Wells Fargo & Co. bank check No. 242938, dated Fe...

Wells, Fargo & Co. Nevada City (CA) Exchange Note, Second of Exchange #135804(?), issued to A.D. Tower, Agt. on Jan 2, 1859 for $50. Signed on r...

2x Wells, Fargo & Co. Exchange Notes, Second of Exchange of the same day, consecutive - very rare occurence! 1) #285131 & #285132, both for ...

Pony Express group includes a hardbound volume containing "The Pony Express, Stories of Pioneers and Old Trails" Placerville, Calif., news...

Dated: Rattlesnake, Jan. 12, 1856. Peter E. Mead deposited $400 in coin to be returned to him on his order on presentation of this receipt, signed Bal

Rare 1851 Freeman & Co's Express Office deposit receipt for $1200. Some light brown and ink stains, center crease .25" hole, please ins...

Two beautiful Wells, Fargo & Co. Gold exchange certificates, each with first California State revenue tax stamps. Includes: 1) Wells, Fargo &...

18?? Page & Bacon-small center hole, 1873 Bank of California duplicate of exchange, 1861? Wells Fargo & Co. second of exchange, 1870 third o...