December 2017 Premier Auction

Large assortment includes Hollywood postcards, c. 1890's Glimpses photo booklet, June 1939 Los Angeles Guide, Souvenir-Album Los Angeles, Hollyw...

Marin Journal, 21 issues featuring local and world news. Aug. 31, 1899-March 1, 1900. Based in San Raphael, Marin County. 14.25" x 10.25"...

Mojave Still Life photogravure by Edward S. Curtis. 6" x 8.25", nicely matted and framed 12.75 x 15.75". Beautiful image. Date: 1...

1) i/c Monolith Portland Cement Co. to H. Dubois 1923 #4201 10 shares. 2) i/c Monolith Portland Cement Co to AC Theysohn #4277 8 shares. Date: L

Lot of 4. 1) Letterhead and cover, mailed from Manitou, CO in 1902, and discusses family matters. 2) Souvenir view booklet, accordion-style, 18 color

Mt. Lowe Tavern and Cottages promo pamphlet. Pacific Electric Railways timetables 1923 and 1927 3. Pacific Electric Railways Mt. Lowe brochures. Da

15 pictorial letterheads from Mount Lowe Tavern 1928. 3 chromlitho and 1 b/w stereoviews of railway. Souvenir pictorial folder of Mt. Lowe. 7 photos o

18 items. B/W photo of Twin Falls. Unused letterhead from Weed Lumber Co. B/W photo of Shasta Springs c. 1895. Shasta and the Crags Booklet. Shasta Da

Lot of 9. Includes: 5 x 7" black-and-white photo of Tourist House in Muir Woods, c.1919; two early mounted Mt. Tam photos, 5x5"; two illus...

Rare GAR membership card for William A Smith, Com., Kit Carson Post, No. 74, Napa City, Cal. This card has a real photo of Smith in uniform attached a

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I/U to TW Sigourney 1871 #71 50 shares. Unsigned by president. Boca Lake area. 4.75" x 75". Date: Location: Nevada City, Californi...

Lot of 14 billheads, photographs, and other ephemera. Included: Legg & Shaw Co. billhead, 1905, Nevada City; W.H. Otterson billhead, 1898, Aubur...

18 Oakland CA trade cards c. 1883-1890. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Oakland, California HWAC # 54132

Approx. 50 pieces of ephemera ranging from 1) pictures of the full length of the Bay Bridge (exact date unknown but appears to be old) 2.75" x ...

Paper bound booklet from Hotel Green with 14 grand b/w photos of the hotel and grounds. Foldout floor plan in back. 5" x 7". Date: L...

Old broadside, special excursion from Pacific Electric Train, Long Beach to Mt. Lowe. Undated. Red and blue print. 12" x 6". Small top chi...

13 items including sheet music for Home in Pasadena, Idyllwild resort brochure, The Grey Line pictorial brochure with map, Arcadia info brochure, pict

Approx 100 unissued certs. Inc. in 1876 to sell land in the Petaluma countryside. Date: 18-- Location: Petaluma, California HWAC # 54421

Business card for Headquarters, Robert Hudson, opposite Tremont Hotel in Red Bluff, Cal. Choice wines, liquors, and cigars. Fresh Eastern Oysters. Poe

13 trade cards from Red Bluff CA including furniture, shoes, groceries and more. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Red Bluff, California HWAC # 5

18 Sacramento CA trade cards including granite works, painter, watchmaker, candy and more. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Sacramento, California

I/U to Tho. McCornell in 1869. #33 for 10 shares, signed by president Leonard Goss and secretary J. Frank Clark. 4" x 10". According to a ...

Four papers from the Crocker Family of Sacramento, California. Two Grazing Lease papers from Mary Ives Crocker to Pona Brown for land at Michigan Bar

19 items. 2 cabinet cards- a moustached man, a cute young irl with her rocking horse. Program from Inauguration Ceremonies 1/4/1971, Sacramento. Franc

9 pieces of San Diego ephemera. Pictorial letterhead from Hotel Pickwick, old beach photo, 1910 letter on pictorial letterhead from San Diego Hat Fact

Bond #7893, for $500, signed by D.J. Tallant. 72 coupons, with 30 punch canceled. Mounted on thick cream color paper. D.J. Tallant joined Thomas Well

Pass for the Anniversary Excursion on board the Steamer Contra Costa for Howard Engine Company No. 3. Tuesday, June 15th, 1858. Printed on very thick

Cancelled Bond of the City & County of San Francisco, with 16 attached coupons, Bond #225 for $1000. Signed by E.Y. Burr(?) President of Supervi...

Bond #224, for $1000, signed by Board of Supervisors, auditor and treasurer. Redeemed August 31, 1880. 59 coupons attached. Vignette of a large buildi

Bond from City and County of San Francisco, #1041, $1000 to S.B. Tripple(?) redeemed in 1876, 40 coupons attached; 2 vignettes of ships on water and a

Bond #119, for $1000, very nice condition, green border, and vignettes of houses with capitols and columns, 40 coupons attached; mounted on brown pape

"A Directory of Hotels, Restaurants, Rooming Houses, General Business and Railway and Steamship Time Tables." Vol. 45. November 17, 1898. ...

13 mostly different San Francisco maps from 1921(2), 1922, 1924,1940, 1949, 1950 and others undated. All aprox 4.25" x 8.25". Date: ...

Golden Gate Ferry Co pictorial letterhead July 3, 1928, regarding the winning name for a new ferry, Golden Way. Golden Gate Ferries Inc. pictorial let

33 varied items including 3 diecut style street car postcards. 7 jumbo b/w postcards, 9" x 7" including Fishermans Wharf, Alcatraz Island,...

2 thin cloth folded scenes from Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Gardens from M. Magiwara and GG Park and small 2 sided Japanese flags on sticks with art

10 The Damndest Finest Ruins by Lawrence Harris song lyric sheets 1906. 6 proclamations from Mayor EE Schmitz April 18, 1906 allowing police to kill

Seven SF earthquake stereographs. 6 are photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. Amazing photos of the earthquake damage. See the b

Lot of 30 different stereoviews showing the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Keystone (10), H.C. White & Co. (2), Underwood &...

Lot of 30 different stereoviews of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Keystone (10), Underwood & Underwood (15), HC White & Co. ( 3), an...

Lot of ten stereoviews of the 1906 Earthquake. These were leftover but represent some nice cards. Best is a card by S.S. Stears, a San Francisco publi

Lawrence & Houseworth c.1866 stereoview No. 524, San Francisco from corner of Powell and Pine. Prominent view of church. Card is damaged (loss a...

Edward J. Muybridge stereoview No. 262, c.1869. View of exterior to Metropolitan Theatre with horse-drawn cart in front. Medium contrast. According to

Rare San Francisco stereoview. Watkins' Pacific Coast No. 1702, Mission Delores, dedicated Oct. 9th, 1776. Nice contrast and detail, some light ...

Four different stereoviews, including a rare interior view. 1) Continent Stereoscopic Co. No. 2054, Entrance to Baldwin's Hotel. Western Union s...

Choice Watkins' Pacific Coast stereoview No. 1735, Occidental Hotel, Montgomery Street Front, S.F. c.1874. Medium contrast. Great shot of the ho...

Lot of eight. 1-3) Three Tabor cabinet cards. Two duplicate 'Upper Corridor' and one 'Palace Hotel Court'. One has a nice advertisem...

Lot of 7 different exterior and interior views of this elegant hotel in San Francisco, site of the famous William Sharon Comstock Dinner held on Febru

Lot of six different. 1) c.1868 Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 139 showing Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels on Bush Street. Carriages on street. ...