Cornucopia of Collectibles- 2018 October Auction

17 Medals aluminum, white metal, enamel, brass. "Stern-Wanderung/Grunstadt 1939; Freiheit und Brot/29/Marz/1936. Many more in this collection. ...

#33609 1000 shares, with coupons. Autobus vignette. City: State: Spain Date: 1922 HWAC# 79833

Bodie Bank check 1881 to FH Hastings?, # 14006, signed by WH Pope. Folds, small hole and center tear. Salvatore Falcone Collection. City: Bodie Stat

Three Hickox & Spear checks: Hickox & Spear, bullion, exchange and securities dealers, Second of Exchange with RNB. Steamer at upper right. ...

Baldwin signed check with RNF on Pacific Exchange. This is the first time we've seen a Baldwin autograph on check. Elias Jackson Baldwin, aka &q...

Three rare California RNs.Kennedy Mining Co (D), PMSS (D), Borel (F), all unissued, and extremely rare to this cataloger. City: San Francisco State:

Seventeen different RN checks with many rarities such as Eggers (SF w RNG), Donohoe Kelly w RNG on pink, LAzard Freres RNG, Swiss American BAnk RN...

Eleven different. Red Bluff (F); Three RNG (San Diego-2, Los Angeles); RNX (LA, Maybert, PAsadena (2), Porterville, Mt. Bullion (Mariposa), San Diego

14 different. RN B-1, RND-1, RNG-8, RNX-3, RNQ-1. Central City (5), Cripple Creek (2), Denver (3), Leadville (2), Pueblo, Golden. City: State: Col

The $50 and $100 scrip notes with RND, two of the three rarest scrip pieces. The $50 has been folded and crinkled, probably saved by a miner in hopes

Eighteen checks, two billheads and a stage pass. 12 Austin checks 1860's-c1900; 6 Eureka checks; includes White Pine County Bank, W.E.Griffin b...

Fourteen different checks plus three duplicates. Contains the wide variety of CCSB checks including the coveted 1870 $20 check, checks paid in gold,

Lot of 9. 1) Two rare RN checks for HM Yerington (of Virginia & Truckee Railroad notoriety). Issued in 1877 (RN-F) and 1884 (RN-G). Both signed ...

16 Carson City imprinted revenue stamp checks. Six RNG (WF, CCSB); 1 RNX (B 5 RND (WF, CCSB - includes rare color variation); 4 others. One signed by

Nevada's only territorial governor was James Warren Nye. In 1860, Nye campaigned for William Seward in his presidential campaign. After Abraham...

Paxton & Co. Bankers, Eureka, Nevada, August 31, 1880. RN-G revenue imprint. Signed by James Adams. Adams was the superintendent of the Silver L...

1) Rarer Maynard & Flood, Gold Hill, Nevada Territory check. December 15, 1863 from the Imperial Silver Mining Company. The Imperial was a very ...

Whitney Company started in Sacramento as early as 1859. They were flour & feed merchants. When the transcontinental opened up they followed it t...

Eight different checks related to Tahoe enterprises, with 6 of them with RN's, plus a letterhead from Marlette at Wood Camp Incline (1889). The...

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

Wood’s Baltimore Directory for 1856-’57, printed by John W. Woods. Includes a business directory, etc., a folded map, and a color lithograph adjacent

General Directory of Frederick City and a Business Directory of Frederick County compiled and arranged by Charles W. Miller, ex-Postmaster at Frederic

The Boston Almanac and Business Directory for 1894, volume 59, Sampson Murdoch and Company Boston. 691 pages, hardbound generally fine. City: Boston

This lot contains two volumes: The Boston Almanac, 1847, and the Boston Almanac 1849, both by S. N. Dickinson. Each volume contains a folded map insid

The Boston Directory for the Year 1852 with an Almanac, Boston, published by George Adams, 1852. Several sections in the back. The main body is 316 pa

Boston Directory for the Year 1855, Boston, published by George Adams, 1855. 412 pages plus abs very good to fine condition, re-binding is fine, chipp

The Boston Directory for the Year Ending 1860, Adams and Sampson and Company, 1859. 549 pages plus advertisements. All original, generally very fine c

The Boston Directory, 1865. Published by Adams, Sampson, & Co. Frontispiece is separated at the spine. 560 pages plus advertisements. Excellent ...

The Boston Directory, Volume 74, 1879 published by Adams, Sampson & Co. The title page notes the price was five dollars, which was very expensiv...

The Lowell Directory, 1880, Volume 30, by Sampson, Davenport, and Company, published by Joshua Merrill and Son. 608 pages plus advertisements. General

The Lowell Directory, 1885, Volume 34, by Sampson, Davenport & Co. Folded, color map inside, detached at the fold. Rear cover and binding separa...

New England Cities Business Directory, and complete index to the Mercantile manufacturing and professional interests of the cities. Briggs and Company

The Roxbury Directory, 1858, Number VI, by Adams, Sampson & Co. This small volume contains 212 pages plus a large section of advertisements in t...

Stimpson’s Boston Directory; containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and swelling houses, and the City Registe

Stimpson’s Boston Directory; containing the names of the inhabitants, their occupations, places of business, and swelling houses, and the City Registe

Lewis, Alonzo. The Directory of the City of Lynn. T. Herbert and H. J. Butterfield, 1851. This copy was once owned by H. C. Churchill of Lynn, Massach

Adams, George. Salem Directory Containing the City Record, Schools, Churches, Banks, Societies, Etc., Names of the Citizens, A Business Directory, An

The Worcester Directory, Volume 34, Drew Allis & Co. 1877. Folding map opposite the title page. 592 pages plus ads. Generally fine. City: Worch...

1849 New England Mercantile Union Business Directory, Part 4 – Massachusetts, published by Pratt and Company, New York, and others. Folded map inside

The Worchester Almanac, Directory, and Business Advertiser for 1851, by Henry J. Howland. 183 pages. Very good condition. City: State: Massachusetts

Charles F. Clark’s Annual City Directory of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Incorporated Companies, Etc., of the City of Detroit, for 1868—9. Publish

Charles F. Clark’s Annual Directory… City of Detroit for 1862 to ‘3 by Richard Edwards, published by Charles Clark 1862. Previously owned by R. W. Cle

Detroit City Directory for 1871-1872. Title page removed, ads present. Tenth Volume. 485pp. No spine, rear board detached. City: Detroit State: Mich

Directory of the City of Detroit and a Register of Michigan for 1837, published by Julius P. Bolivar Mac Cabe. Front and rear cover boards appear to b

Platte, Montague T. Michigan State Business Directory 1870--71 Detroit. Tribune Book and Job Office, 1870., 346 pages plus ads. Rear cover board is st

Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1863--4, Embracing Historical and Descriptive Sketches of All the Cities, Towns and Villages Throu

Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1888 to 1889, Volume six, R. L. Polk and Company. 1620 pages plus advertisements, front board nearly de

Combe’s Printing Co.’s 1902 Directory of St. Joseph and Buchanan County, Missouri. 944 pages plus more than 100 pages of advertising. Spine is missing

Wolfe’s Omaha City Directory 1879-80. Some of the pages inside title page and frontispiece are missing. Spine has been repaired with black tape. City

The Manchester Directory 1883. Containing a Directory of the Citizens, a Record of State, County, and City Officers, and a Complete Business Directory

The Newport Business Directory and Advertiser, Newport, Published by the Business Men, 1870. 82 pages plus addition. String bound with no hard cover.