December 2017 Premier Auction

Approx 80 items, mostly billheads related to San Francisco, some are pictorial. Generally 1870's to 1890 thought some are newer. Includes some p...

Three pieces. 1) "San Francisco, The Queen City." 1915 softcover booklet (8.25 x 10") of photogravures published by Cardinell-Vincent...

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, June 1, 1935 booklet from Columbia Steel Co. with photos of construction and articles. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bri

13 certs, 12 unissued, 1 issued to Isador Landsberger 1876 #9 1000 shares. Litho is GT Brown, an African American artist. Date: 1876 Location:

Volume 2, Number 2. Published monthly. San Francisco. By LP McCarthy, publisher. Professionally rebounding with hard boards. 4.5 x 7.5". 120 pa...

Lot of ten great old views. 1) Smallest is a 2.5 x 3.75" (4 x 5.5" matted) by Johnston & Company. Shows Cliff House and Seal Rock. Com...

Three bells polka composed & dedicated to Capt. Creighton. by T.J. Cook. Pearson, engraver Sarony & Co. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1857), lithogr...

1) Business card for Alphonso (Ah Gow). Your guide through "China-Town." 2) Ryan's Famous Chinatown Tours Brochure. 8 x 4". 10 pa...

1) i/u Pope Expanding Bit Co. to FH Gould 1912 #224. 2) i/void Noyo Land and Cattle Co. to HM Cochran #9 1 share. Date: Location: San Francisc

Photo of entrance to the Golden Gate showing Bonita Point and Mount Tamalpais with a steamship in the water. Photo by Billington. 4.5" x 7.5&qu...

25 unused ticket books, c.1920s-30s. Whitney's Playland was a 10-acre (40,000 m2) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach at the we...

Approx 98 San Francisco trade cards including Tillman and Bendel, Doxey & Company's, American Exchange Hotel, American Clock Depot, Fountain...

1) Grateful Dead, Live at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 2) Grateful Dead, Skull and Roses on a pumpkin. 3) Burning Man, Cargo Cult. 4) Burning Man,

Vintage Grateful Dead / Neville Bros Live in Concert Poster Dec. 30-31. Ford Coliseum. Probably a reprint, but nicely framed in double metal. Poster 2

5 San Jose CA trade cards. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: San Jose, California HWAC # 54134

1) c. late 1880s Stereoview by A.J. McDonald, San Francisco. Nice view of observatory buildings on the hill. According to Mautz, McDonald partnered wi

One First Mortgage Six Per Cent Sinking Fund Forty Year Gold Bond. No. 1516, $500. Signed by President Brown. Ornate green border with allegorical vig

A luxury hotel located in Santa Barbara, California that opened in 1927. Operates today as the Four Seasons Resort—The Biltmore Santa Barbara. Rare 6.

4.5" x 7.5" b/w photos of ostrichs at South Pasadena Ostrich Farm. 12 page souvenir booklet from South Pasadena Ostrich Farm with ostrich ...

1) 1897 letter from Emory Smith horticulturist, Redwood City, CA with lower corner folds and tears. Letter from Chas. Hodges, Stanford University, 190

A large pocket map of Tulare County, CA 1920. Brown binder with rear stain, 9.75" x 5". Map is 27.5" x 30". Two tears on left si...

Visalia Stock Saddle Co, JC Ward Books, Visalia. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Visalia, California HWAC # 54136

Three different billheads from this California Gold Rush town in Trinity County. 1) Henry Junkans, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Wines & Liquor...

Lot of 34. Mini-archive for the West Side Lumber Co. of Tuolumne, California. Includes: 1919 billhead attached to Sierra Railway voucher for payment o

Edition Supreme. 6 pages of sheet music.12" x 9.25". Date: Location: Yosemite, California HWAC # 53602

Lot of 10. Includes: 5.75" x 8.75" black and white photograph of people on horseback on the Glacier Point trail in 1932 (identified on rev...

Lot of 30. Promotional guides: 1923 Yosemite Mariposa Big Trees; 1924 Yosemite Road Guide; undated for Yosemite Lodge; c.1920s "What to do in Y...

Lot of ten different stereoviews published by B.W. Kilburn (and Kilburn Bros., Littleton, NH). Rarest is No. 964--Registry Rock, nice contrast. Also i

Lot of 7 different Yosemite scenic stereoviews by E .& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York), c.1870s. Five are from the Glories of Yosemite, Califo...

Out of the hundreds of Yosemite stereoviews in this collection, these 9 were kept separate by Prag. They were in an envelope marked Very Early Yosemit

Lot of seven Yosemite scenery stereoviews by Carlton Watkins. 1) Two are from Watkins' Pacific Coast, 22 & 26 Montgomery St., San Francisco,...

Lot of 8 different stereoviews by Thomas Houseworth & Co. Light to medium contrast. 1) Six cards from Lawrence & Houseworth, c.1865 and 1866...

Lot of 13 stereoviews by photographer J.J. Reilly (and partners). Condition is mostly good with light to medium contrast. 1) Four cards from Stockton

Group of 5 different Yosemite stereoviews c.1870 by John P. Soule (of Boston). Best two are of iconic Yosemite structures: No. 1072. Hutchings' ...

Five different stereoviews (4" x 7") of Yosemite by well-known San Francisco publisher Taber. Cards include: No. 1094--Tutocanula or El Ca...

Lot of three stereoviews (4" x 7") from John S. Moulton (Salem, Massachusetts). Best card is No.35 view of Hutchings' Hotel with Senti...

One rare stereoview of Black's Hotel in Yosemite. The only one like this in a collection of hundred of stereoviews we sorted. No photographer is...

Lot of four different rare stereoviews of the Hutchings' Hotel. Cards include: C.W. Woodward (Rochester, NY) view #600 showing the hotel and Sen...

One rare stereoview (no photographer listed) No.103--Hutchings' Winter Quarters, showing Hutchings sitting with a rifle in front of a small cabi...

1) Leydig's [sic.] Hotel, Yosemite, Cal. Popular Series. No photographer identified. Applied crooked. Nice contrast and detail. George Leidig ca...

Lot of 28. This is a really nice set of "later" stereoviews (i.e. not 1860s-80s). Includes: a set of 11 cards from a family vacation (1920...

Three different rare stereoviews by John P. Soule (Boston) c.1870 of Lamon's Cabin in Yosemite. 1) No. 1245: Close-up exterior view with three m...

Rare. Only one like it in the hundreds of Yosemite stereoviews we sorted in this collection. 3.75" x 7" view #106--Eagle Cliff. Well-dress...

Lot of 15 Yosemite scenery stereoviews. Most Includes: C.P. Hibbard No. 70 Mirror Lake; B.K. Edit Vallee de Yosemite (Paris photographer); Union View

Fun set of 4 different stereoviews that show the evolution of vehicles passing through the Mariposa Grove: Keystone c.1899 view showing woman on horse

Choice large (4"x7") stereoview by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. of the Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel. Many clear details including stagecoac...

Lot of 5 different, all published by E. & H.T. Anthony Co. (New York). Four are large format (4 x 7"): 38, Galen's Hospice (fading and ...

Lot of 11 different Big Trees stereoviews. This is a nice group, with some rare views. 1) c.1866 Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 909, Interior of th...

Three choice stereoviews by different publishers. 1) E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. No. 38--First Log Hut erected in the Grove. Close-up view of th...

Map of Public Surveys in California to accompany Report Surveyor Gen. Signed by Surveyor General of California. Gray ink on cream color paper. Slight