December 2017 Premier Auction

Nice bird's-eye view of San Francisco from Russian Hill. Kilburn Bros. No. 984. Medium contrast. (Prag Collection) Date: Location: San Fr...

2 Souvenir folders with many images, and promo sheet for Cliff House gift shop. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54931

Four different stereoviews of Cliff House by Thomas Houseworth & Co., c.1865-1868. 1) Earliest view is Lawrence & Houseworth #406, Cliff and...

Lot of 4 different Cliff House stereoviews by Carlton Watkins, c.1874 and c.1880-1888. 1) Three cards are from his 1874 studio: #776, from the beach l

Cliff House stereoview by Griffith & Griffith. View is from the beach with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in the distance. In the foreground is ...

Lot of 4. 1) Kilburn Bros. shot from the beach looking up at Cliff House. Sign clearly visible. 2) c.1880s Watkins stereoview showing Seal Rocks. 3) B

Lot of four different nice early views. 1) Three are by Watkins. Best is c.1867 showing exterior of First Unitarian Church of San Francisco. Two c.187

Lot of four different stereoviews all featuring trolleys. Included: choice c.1900 view of busy Market Street by Art Nouveau Stereograph; c.1901 Underw

Three different cards with three different views of this Civil War era military base now located beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. 1) c.1874 Watkins ste

Lot of 4 different. 1) Best is an 1897 card titled "A Chinaman's Family." Stamped M.F. McNeil (not listed in Mautz) and handwritten da...

1) Two c.1874 Watkins stereoviews. First is No. 1362, The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill. Great contrast. Some soiling. Second is No. 701, View from

Lot of 8 different nice early San Francisco (and area) stereoviews. 1) Four by Kilburn Bros.: Russian Hill bird's-eye view; Telegraph Hill bird&...

Four different by this famed Western photographer spanning three decades. 1) Earliest is c.1867 card showing the Merchants Exchange. Some soiling and

Four different interesting San Francisco stereoviews by JJ Reilly of Marysville, CA. According to Mautz, Reilly operated the Wood's Gallery Mary...

Choice Taber stereoview, "The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill." c.1880. Nice contrast and detail. One of the original "Seven Hills&qu...

1) Watkins c.1874 view, some staining and fading. 2) Two different from the Kilburn Bros.. Stereoview No. 986. Nice contrast. Some light wear and scuf

1) c.1901 view from Sausalito Ferry by Keystone View Co. Nice contrast and detail. 2) c.1864 view from Bay Shore & Fort Point. Contrast very wea...

Stereoview published by Bradley & Rulofson, photograph by Muybridge. No. 681--San Francisco from Rincon Hill. Nice contrast, some staining. Acco...

Four different early views, but condition issues. 1) c.1869, No. 173, Northeast corner Montgomery and California Streets, looking North to Sacramento

The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge-Authentic, Amazing, Thrilling. Souvenir bookmark from 1938 opening of bridge and was pinned on hikers across the b

1) c.1947 very detailed map of Golden Gate Park by Hugh Mooney. 8 x 23.5" Many folds. 2) 4 x 5.75" sepia photograph of many visitors and c...

Lot of 21 stereoviews of this iconic park in San Francisco built in the early 1870s as the city's version of Central Park. 1) Two by AJ McDonald...

c.1900 Art Noveau Stereograph Co. stereoview No. 5405 showing the Speedway at Golden Gate Park. View shows man in top hat commanding wagon with two ho

Two different rare views of the playground in Golden Gate Park. 1) Rare 1892 Underwood & Underwood view of the merry-go-round. Light contrast an...

Photo of Golden Gate Park from terrace showing the Garfield and Key Monuments by Billington 4.5" x 7.5". Conservatory in Golden Gate Park...

Billhead archive from commercial grocers Castle Bros. & Loupe, San Francisco, CA with store vignette.1881-1882. Blue paper, some with silver foi...

Loaded with San Francisco photos. De Luxe Souvenir View Book-Fifty Different Views 1943 4" x 7". San Francisco and Vicinity 1915 8" x...

Lot of 6. Includes: 4 old b/w bicycle photos, JM Tomlinson High Grade Bicycles pictorial letterhead, souvenir program from January 1936 San Francisco

Lot of eight pieces. Mostly San Francisco - but also Providence, Rhode Island and Boston. The premier piece is Number 25 in Dr. Hartman's remedy...

Distinctive Vignettes manufactured by The Union Lithography Co., San Francisco. 60 pp, 621 colorful vignettes of fruits, vegetables and other foods. 1

Advertising Sutro Baths "Official Programme." 15 different newspaper dates in 1900. Published every Sunday. 12" x 15". Date:...

1913 map of San Francisco, MM O' Shaughnessy City Engineer. 33.5" x 27.5", some toning. Booklet, Road of a Thousand Wonders, San Franc...

1) Bright yellow, green and red Sing Fat & Company. Fancy Dragon fills the top half of the card. Established in 1866. 2) Sing Chong Company. Gre...

Wide variety of ephemera including pictorial menus from Spencer's Fish Grotto, Monaco Theatre, Riviera Bernstein's Fish Grotto, paper napkin...

First issues after infamous earthquake. July 1906 Brown bear and eagle with moon background on cover. Numerous photos of after quake fires and devasta

c. 1890s Ornate card printed on light green paper with fancy logo. Located at 517 Clay and 510-516 Commercial Street. E.W. Goggin, Manager. Small rust

Fancy business card for O.E. Olsen Lithograph Company, 330 Jackson St. in San Francisco. "The Drummer with Ideas." 3 x 5" on cardstoc...

Famous Western litho. company. Colorful, illustrated business card. Labels, posters, corrugated paper products. Illustrated on both sides. Has 1918 wr

Schmidt Litho was one of the best and most colorful of the San Francisco printers. Here are 2 of there company directories, one with signatures of 7

Five different. 1) Deckelman Bros., Barber's Supply House, 106 Ellis Street, SF. 2) Union Square Furniture Packing & Moving Co., corner of P...

Panorama from New City Hall, 4.75" x 8". Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54601

6 menu's: Bergez-Franks Old Poodle Dog 1910 New Years Eve 4pp, April 15, 1922 menu with 2p insert and ala carte menu. General Bill of Fare and W...

1905 "Seeing San Francisco" Aboard the Sight Seeing Car by Kollmann. Loaded with b/w photos of San Francisco and ads. Includes Palace Hote...

On the Way to Monterey by Ben Black, California Sunset by Alex Sullivan, California by Albert Roche, My California Queen by Ivan Martin, Would You by

Lot of 8. 1) Four cards, two types, for D. Ryan, Druggist & Apothecary, 30th & Mission Streets, San Francisco. Two are earlier (2.25 x 4&quo...

31 assorted pieces of promotional brochures, letterheads and envelopes from many famous old San Francisco hotels. Includes St. Francis, Keystone, Stew

Wow. This is quite a collection. Lot of 92. Vast majority are dated 1877 and billed to NS Trowbridge & Co. who were general merchants in Tybo, N...

40+. 16 non building San Francisco pictorial letterheads 1904-1939 includes several Camille's Rotisserie and Restaurant, non pictorial Levi Stra...

Lot of 26. Includes: John Taylor & Co. (Druggist and Assay Supplies) to Savage Mine in Virginia City (1868, 1870, 1872); Anchor Shirt Factory (1...

8 buildings pictorial letterheads 1901-1948:- Hotel Terminal, The Olympic Club, Eilers Music Co., Miller Sloss & Scott, Hotel Plaza and more. 10...