Cornucopia of Collectibles- 2018 October Auction

Two rare B&B checks, RNG, RNE City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: HWAC# 82904

rare Chollar Potosi check in purple with lady vignette at left. This is a go-with piece for the purple Nevada RN, the rarest of the western RNs. Sign

Fourteen Different Comstock checks with rarities such as the Hale & Norcross with red Nevada RN, two C21a, B16a, three signed by Fair, two sign...

Five different RN checks from the Comstock. RNC21b, RNC21, RNE, RNB17c, RNF City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: HWAC# 82424

Eight different RND checks off the Comstock. Juniata, Frankel & Block, Imperial, Petaluma, Haynie, Savage, Woodworth, B of C. This group include...

Thirteen different Comstock checks with RNG (1870's). Ophir, Savage, Best & Belcher, Hobart Est, Brunswick, Sierra Nevada, Mexican & Un...

Fourteen different Comstock mining checks signed by Comstock financier and superintendent James G. Fair, later Senator, as well as the namesake of the

Eleven different checks signed by Mackay for Comstock mines.Includes some rarities, such as RNB16a (2). Mackay signed checks are at least ten times ra

Four different RN checks with imprinted Nevada revenue stamps. C21b from Imperial and Occidental; another C21b from Gould & Curry; B16a BAnk of...

Nice mounted Comstock check group of approx 13 checks individually mounted on factual pages, some with related photos. Ban of Clifornia, JB Overton. N

HAle &Norcross check on Bank of California with red Nevada RN on RNB, shown as "$200" in Castenholtz, one of the best of the VC check...

Hale & Norcross, 1867, signed by CC Thomas, famous supt of H&N and Sutro Tunnel; Nevada, Atlas and Sapphire Mills, 1868, signed by Hobart. ...

Nice collection of five different V&TRR and Yerington related RN checks. Yerington was president of the railroad for years, and a key backer. C...

1) August 28, 1869 check signed by John Mackay. For $610.00 to self. United States orange Internal Revenue stamp. 2) Ophir Silver Mining Company check

1) Fair check to A. A. Savage on October 2, 1871 for $4.00. It is from the Occidental Mill, The Occidental is associated with the Occidental Mine loca

3 checks with original signatures from small gold camps in the Northern Sierra. The Decker & Jewett Bankers (with pictorial). The Decker & J...

2 checks signed by James G. Fair, & 1 signed by John MacKay, from the "Bonanza Firm". MacKay & his partners James Fair, James Floo...

8 checks from Carson & Tahoe Lumber signed by J.B. Overton, Superintendent of the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co.-1862, & Superintendent ...

1861 check on Wells Fargo at Virginia City (not shown) signed by Graves, the supt of the Gould & Curry; WF check from 1862, Carson City, signed ...

Eight different RN checks including rarities. Austin (4); Hamilton (1), Eureka (3) which includes Immel and White Pine, both very rare. City: State

4 checks (1 with photo). 1)Signed by Louis Janin Jr. in 1861 the Gould & Curry, after the discovery of the Bonanza the Trustees of the company ...

Fifteen checks from Reno and Carson City. Some with revenue stamps. Two from the H.F. Dangberg Land & Livestock Company. City: State: Nevada ...

7 checks drawn from Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco to Albert Hines (canceled); Agency of the Bank of California to D. McMahoni(?) ; Wells

Thirteen checks: Hamilton (2), Tybo, Tuscarora, Treasure City, Sutro, Rawhide, Pioche, Ludwig, Italian Ranch, Royal City, Hawthorne, Seligman. c1870-1

Rare Oklahoma Territory check from Indian Trader J.H. Sherburne. Dated 1891 and the check is signed by Sherburne. Nice historical piece. City: Stat

Lot of five Civil War treasury warrants $1 , $5, and $10. Signed by C.R. Johns (4) and W.L. Robards. 1862-1865. Excellent condition. The Texas Militar

Six US checks, some with RNs. Pima County Bank, Ariz. terr., 1880; 4 others from Calif., one from Boston. Nice group, but these didnt fit with other

Rare directory with approx 340 pp., includes Pasadena, Long Beach, San Pedro, & many more for "Price, Two Dollars". 6.25" x 9&quo...

Brown cover 1940 and 1941 Placer County business and professional directory. Auburn and Roseville maps. City: Placer County State: California Date: 1

Waite, Edward. The Washington Directory, and Congressional and Executive Register, for 1850. E. Waite, 1850. Compiled by Edward Waite, Washington, Co

Sholes’ Atlanta City Directory, 1882 by Sholes & Co., Atlanta, Georgia, H. H. Dickson, publisher. 580 pages plus advertisements, in generally fi...

Sholes’ Directory of the City of Atlanta for 1877, A. E. Sholes publisher, Sunny South Publishing. Volume One.This appears to be the first directory f

Sholes’ Directory of the City of Savannah, 1891. A.E. Sholes. The Morning News Print, Savannah, 1891. Hardbound 512 pages plus advertisements, excelle

Sholes’ Directory of the City of Savannah. April, 1881. Sholes & Co., published by Savannah Morning News Steam Printing House, 500 pages plus ad...

Bradstreet’s Reports of the State of Georgia, Volume 27, New York, Bradstreet press, 1870. Small, pocket-sized business register, 116 pages, segregate

Sholes’ Georgia State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1879 and 1880. A. E. Sholes & Co., Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, 1879. There is a fo...

Chicago Business Directory, 1883. O.C. Haskell & Co., Chicago. 338 pages plus advertisements and a W. W. Kimball and Company Organ catalog in th...

Chicago City Directory of 1844. Reprint, Souvenir publication for the City of Chicago in 1902. 115 pages, hardbound. City: Chicago State: Illinois Da

Edwards, Richard. Edwards' Chicago City Guide and Complete Business Directory for 1869-70. With a New Map of the City. R. Edwards, 1869. This is...

Holland’s Directory of Milwaukee Avenue for 1875-6. Western Publishing Co., Chicago. 300 pages plus ads. A classic Chicago directory. City: Chicago S

Des Moines City Directory and Business Guide for 1866 to 1867, Mills & Co. Steam Printing House. 1866. 160 pages plus advertisements including a...

Business Directory of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids in Northern Railway. Edited and compiled by Holmes and Sweetland, 1882 to 1883. Donnelley and Sons

Hair, James T. Iowa State Gazetteer: Embracing Descriptive and Historical Sketches of Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Which Include Much Valuabl

Caron’s Directory of the City of Louisville for 1880. published by C. K. Caron. Volume 10. 907 pages. Detached at inside front cover, classic referenc

Caron’s Directory of the City of Louisville for 1880. Published by Caron Directory Co. just under 2000 pages. Split at center and front inside cover,

Gardener’s New Orleans Directory for 1866, published by Charles Gardner 1866. 527 pages plus advertisements. Extremely rare. Appears to be missing the

Business Directory for the Subscribers of the New Map of Maine, with a brief history and description of the state prepared by William Willis. Publishe

The Maine Business Directory for September 1, 1867. by Briggs & Co., Boston. 280 pages plus abs, all original board is fine, slight warping of b...

The Portland Directory and Reference Book with a Business Directory Attached for 1871, Volume 10, by S. B. Beckett. Portland, published by B Thurston

Matchett’s Baltimore Director for 1847-‘8, Baltimore, printed by R. J. Matchett, 1847. Hand-colored, folded city map adjacent to the title page. Forme