"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Artistic rendition of the U. S. Branch Mint at San Francisco, "The Old Granite Lady", in the horse and buggy days. 9 x 5 1/2 inch mat, the...

No. 1809 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the branch mint of the United States at San Francisco the 19th day of April, 1864 by CTH Palmer for W

Memorandum of Gold Bullion (No. 1920 ) deposited at the Branch Mint of the United States at San Francisco the 4th day of May 1860 by Wells Fargo &am...

Exceptional! No. 3853 "Mint Receipt Received from Adams & Co. a Deposit of Gold Bullion for Coinage." dated San Francisco, Oct. 5th, 1...

Memorandum of Gold Dust deposited by Mr. A. M. Rosborough, dated Decr.(?) 8, 1852. Not numbered. Measures 7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, printed in black ink

No. 8909. Receipt for gold bullion deposited by James Wilson, 1 Oct. 1855. (we do not know if this is the same James Wilson who became famous for the

No. 879 Memoranda of Gold Bullion deposited with Kellogg & Richter by Almy & Anthony, 16th March, 1854. Printed on thin light blue paper wi...

Rare stereo view card produced by American Scenery showing The Old Granite Lady The United States Branch Mint in San Francisco. In 1867, Mint official

No. 104 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the Branch Mint of the United States, New Orleans, the 1st day of July, 1857 by H. Prince. "Cal...

No. 5534 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, the 16th day of Aug. 1852 by James M. Richardson. 67.2

No. 4697 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia, the 30th day of June 1852 by L.L. Berry: grains of Cal

Gold dust! No. 1647 Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited with assay results. San Francisco, CA August 17, 1852. This piece is an R8 with just 2 to 3

Unique! The only known letterhead from the assay office of Justh & Hunter located at 188 Montgomery St in San Francisco. Emanuel Justh was a f...

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Pass for 1891 issued to WE Pearson of the Boston & Portsmouth Steamboat Company. Signed by E. Morgan, secretary. Two punch holes, paper residue ...

Low pass no. 6, issued for 1887 to FH Odiorne, director of the company. Preprinted signature of the general manager. Black and red print with steamshi

Pass no. 56, issued for 1892 to Pearson, president of Boston & Portsmouth Steamship Company. Preprinted signature of agent ES Merchant. Logo inc...

1) Boston and Gloucester Steamboat. 1891. Two holes; 2) Boston & Provincetown S. S. Co. 1892. # 14; 3) River Packet Co. of Bisbee and Warrior. H...

Steamer "Watertown." Pass no. 122, issued for the 1892 season to WE Pearson of the Boston & Portsmouth Steamship Company. Signed by ge...

Pass issued for 1893 season to WE Pearson & Family. Signed by someone for the company (illegible). Red and dark green print on cardstock. Toning...

No. 98, issued for 1893 to Capt. WE Pearson of the Boston & Portsmouth Steamboat Company. Signed by treasurer Willard M. Bacon. Reverse blank. P...

Pass no. 519, issued for 1891 to William E. Pearson, president of the Boston & Portsmouth Steamship Company. Preprinted signature of the general...

"Ward Line." Pass no. 258, issued for 1891 to HS McCullock, commercial agent for Mexican Railway. Preprinted signature of president Henry ...

This appears to be a ship's schedule for The Admiral Oriental Line for the year 1923. The line ran passenger and mail service between the Seattl...

Three sextants. A sextant is an instrument for determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon, or a star, us

Hand written 1853 ferry license issued to operate on the American River with basic operational requirements. Sacramento California

1867 Sacramento Bridge and Ferry License for a toll bridge over the Consumes River at Heicksville?. Right corner chip. Sacramento California

12 x 10 inch matting of a 8 x 6 1/2 inch photograph entitled "Ferry Boat Mid-Stream - Kootenai River - June - 1897 - Near Troy, Montana. On the...

3 Solana Central Pacific Railroad Train Ferry stereoviews, 2 unmarked,1 by Watkins. Photos-4x6" by Continental, unmarked 5x7". Solana Cal...

Yellow placard with red and black printing, 14 x 11 inches. Printed by Tribune Publishing Co., of Dillon, Montana. Upper right corner missing, lower r

About 15 pieces of billheads from Marysville c. 1866-77 , doing business with Oregon Stage Co., some pictorial. Purchases of harnesses, collars and o

Old and very nice photograph. Literally a dozen people on the stagecoach with dozens more watching. Details are still bright. Only advertisement on a

Very early photograph of an early steam engine hauling three (3) Concord stages. The photo measures 5"x 7" and is a bit faded but still a ...

Antioch area railroad ephemera, including receipts for for equipment and track supplies sold to Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway, a damage rep...

Nevada City Narrow Gauge Railroad (1876-1942) photos, some measure 6"x 8" and some are 4"x 6" in black & white. Photos show ...

Nevada City, CA railroad maps. 4x Narrow Gauge about 20x36", 1 stained, 1 4" tear. Nevada Traction, 20x36", 6" tear. Narrow Gaug...

5 Nevada County Gauge Rail Road passes, c. 1882-1904. Also 1924 receipt postcard. Nevada County California

Nice assortment of Nevada County railroad ephemera. Train tickets. Narrow Gauge Special Rate Order book, mostly complete. 1962 and 63 The Western Rai

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen framed San Francisco charter, listing multiple members. 1924. Frame 25x21.5". San Francisco California

Railroad vignette on an 1883 check drawn on the auditors department of the Central Pacific Rail Road Company to the Cleveland & Pittsburg railro...

Lot of two items related to early Sacramento and San Francisco history. A) Framed bond certificate from the Placerville and Sacramento Valley Railroa

Vintage old style yellow "RR" sign. We believe this sign is from the Nevada City, CA narrow gauge railroad. 30". Back has orange spra...

5 nice Central Pacific Railroad stereoviews. Cape Horn by Watkins, Yosemite and Pacific Coast series. Narrow Gauge Coming into Colfax by JJ Reilly, Sa

Leland Stanford autograph on 1887 Central Pacific Railroad deed as President, for Stevenson land in Wyandotte, CA, a Gold Rush area. "Amasa Lel...

Lot includes: x7 Northern Electric Railway Company, 6%, three year secured gold note, $500. No.s D507, D508, D528, D529, D530, D531. Ornate green bord

Kinsley brass steam whistle. Measures 7" tall by 1.50" in diameter and has a nice patina. This smaller whistle, according to research, was...

14 large L & N Railroad poster calendars, each with a map of the routes, circa late 1940s-1960s. Overall size 22 x 28, each with crude plastic f...

Northern Pacific Railway Volume II entitled "Standard Plans." This 12"x 16" Nine (9) pound volume contains blueprints of track a...

Virginia & Truckee Railroad ephemera group of ten (10) documents including freight bill receipts, passenger way bills, a 1901 mileage report, a ...

Virginia & Truckee Railroad ephemera, including a stock certificate issued in 1874 and several "Receipts For Freight Delivered" bills....

Lot of 7. 1) Best piece is an 1870 agreement between the railroad and the Savage Mining Company for 3,000 cords of wood. $6,000 to be paid now and $4.

Modern high quality enlargement in a high quality frame with a photo of the V & T Railroad locomotive, tender and 3.5 cars on a multi level wood...

Nice 6.5"x 8.5" photo of a trestle of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad located in the Pleasant Valley section of Washoe Valley. in Neva...

Lot of 5 different Nevada railroad books. 1-3) Railroads of Nevada by Myrick, Vols. 1-3. All first edition hardcovers with original dust jackets. a) V

Pass no. C20, issued for 1883 to Louis Hasbrook, attorney for Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Railroad. Signed by superintendent HE Chamberlain. Bla...

Annual Reports of the Warwick Valley Railroad Company and the Staten Island Shore Railroad Company. Both reports are for the year ending September 30,

Lot of 4. 1) Check. New York & New Haven Railroad Company. 1867. Second National Bank of New Haven. Two cent adhesive revenue stamp with tied ca...

A Lonergan Steam locomotive brass whistle. Measures 9" tall by 2" in diameter and has a nice patina. Valve lever seems tight, maybe operat...

Steam locomotive brass whistle. Measures 9.25" tall by 3" in diameter and has a nice patina. Has no brand or railroad name evident. In ver...

About 75 proof vignettes, many with railroad themes. Locomotives, terminals and more. Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Pass issued for 1888 to GR Creighton. Signed by GPA LM Jenkins. Printed on green cardstock with black print and red date underprint. Reverse has small

Philadelphia Pennsylvania Railroad bank check with Scott RN-J5. Black and green on white. Printed by American Bank Note Company. Cattle in field, trai

Early pass. Pass. no. 539, issued to AB Andrews, supt. of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad. Signed by general superintendent DA Olin. Black print w...

2 railroad lamps. Dietz Acme Inspector Lamp, clear globe, 14" tall. Side indents on back. Adlake Non Sweating, red and blue lamps, 3" cas...

This bronze bell is air-powered (pneumatic) for locomotive use. It measures 9 in. high and 12 in. in diameter with a piston driven clapper. No maker i

A. Le Massena, (Volume 1), First Printing, 1979, by Sundance, Silverton, Colorado~ Complete study of all articulates and the many railroads that emplo

4 Birmingham Rail and Locomotive Co. c. 1935-38 pictorial letters to Trap Rock Co in Minneapolis, MN about buying a Baldwin, Browning and American loc

Silver plated ice bucket made by A. T. Wiley Co. of Montreal for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. "C. P. R." engraved on the side. Nine inch...

Nice Collection of Central Pacific and Southern Pacific ephemera. Railroad Commision Act, 1911, California by Hull. Extracts from the Report of the U

Views by Savage. Mountain Views. One has the tracks in the bottom of the photo. Charles Roscoe Savage was a British-born landscape and portrait photog

1883 Chas. Crocker autograph on 1883 Central Pacific Railroad deed as vice president for Stevenson owned land in Wyandotte, CA, Butte County, a Gold R

Scott RN-B1. Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. draft. Black on white. Printed by Western B.N. & Engraving Co., Ch...

If you love electric railroading, this is the lot for you. This collection includes magazines, hard bound publications, illustrated histories, all thi

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway map and timetables. Printed by the Herald Printing & Publishing Co. in May 1885. Map extends from the e...

Technical books: Modern Blacksmithing by J.G. Holstrom hardcover 1904, pp.196 stain on front cover, green fabric very good condition ; Self-Contained

3x Northern Pacific Railway Table of Distances, c. 1925, 1926, 1930 single page only. Blue print style Distance Schedules-Montana Union Railway, Rocky

4 Northern Pacific Railway employee manuals c. 1911-47. Work rules, engine specs, promotions etc. Schedule for Firemen, 2x Schedule for Engineers, Sch

The "Orient Express", an authentic model train replica of the world's most famous train. It was referred to as the "Queen of Trai...

Lot of 8 different. Includes: Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad ($1,000 bond end, Kendall Bank Note); Philadelphia & Reading RR ($100 bond end...

Railroad ticket dispenser with the original label // Poole Brothers, Chicago //. Oak roll-top tambour opening. Tin dispenser for classic, small-sized,

Railroad ticket dispenser with decal that reads // Manufactured by Rand McNally and Co / Chicago NY and London //. Roll-top tambour back door. Tin dis

"This Was Railroading", by Geo. B. Abdill, published by Superior Publishing Co., Seattle, WA, 1st Ed., 1958 ~ An histor­ ical collect...

For the operation of it's Pacific System, which included the above Southern Pacific Co., the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. the South Pacific Coa...

Southern Pacific RR Steam Locomotive Compendium, Publ. by Diebert & Strapac, 1987, and Companion Addition, 2003 ~ Catalogs all the known steam l...

Chicago & North Western Railway Company, 2-8-8-2 type locomotive steam gauge. Wooden base has dymo labelled: N.W. Ry. Co. 2.882. Type. Santa.F...

1.) May 1877 payroll for the mountain division track department. The document contains 21 workers names and their job, and the amount paid on June 23

A collection of about 15 publications about various and sundry railroad equipment manufacturers. Books include "History of the J.G. Brill Compa...

1.) Traveling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831. Printed color litho by tuck and sons London Paris and NY, published and printed 1894. Copy

150 or more pieces of Western railroad ephemera. Mostly correspondences-Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway, PM Halloran, agent. Also Northern Pac...

Brass steam brass whistle. Measures 7" tall by 1" in diameter and has a nice patina. This smaller whistle, according to research, was prob...

Lot of 17. A diverse collection of model RR in accessories 1. Collection of transformers all tested and working.: Lionel Dual Control Type ZW, MRC

Lot of 50+. Marklin is a German made model train and is a high end, highly detailed model RR, and should be considered an adult rating. All items a

Lot of 17. 1. An entire collection of Coca-Cola Dinky and Models of Yesteryear all in one spot . The most popular muscle cars : 1953 corvette, [x=

Lot of 29. Some are NIB, most have no boxes. Manufacturers include: Mattel, Dinky, Models of Yesteryear, Hallmark. All are in excellent cond. 1.

Lot of 17. Nice collection of die cast banks and trucks from three of the top makers, with American Classics being made in the U.S.A.. Everything fr

Hubley’ s Cast Iron Popeye Motorcycle is complete and in overall good condition. Paint does show some slight wear. There is an old repair t

Lot of 5. These are all 17 X 10 “ or larger. All have been in storage for an extended period and need cleaning, have some rust and are mi

Tin toys (2), one from the 1930s, one from the 1950's. First, we have a "Buddy" Mobile Repair-It Unit. It measure 24" and the pai...

Vintage cast iron fireman's ladder wagon with 2 horses and 2 7.75" ladders, one is severed. Overall length 16".

Pinbacks, tokens and a small tray (3"x 4") related to bicycles including Tiger Cycles, The Barns White Flyer, Joerns-Thiem 2 Speed, Ramble...