Desert Riches: Mining, Gold, Numismatics, Americana, 2025 January Auction

Rare and fine condition ephemera. James E Pepper Whiskey, Livingston and Co. pictorial small letterhead-left side chip, 1876? Spruance Stanley check a

Large wood-mounted advertising thermometer, "Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey" with trademark. Full-size wood mounting plate, measures 24&quo...

About 500 Pepsi, Coke and 7Up bottle crown caps across several decades. Perhaps 1920's to 60's? Date: Country (if not USA): State: C...

Two Hires Root Beer advertisement ceramic mugs. The barrel shaped one measures 3.5" and has the Hires child picture. The next is a fluted cup t...

Original Coca-Cola advertising tin lithograph "Elaine" Girl tip tray, c1916. 6" x 4.25". Passaic Metal Ware Co., Passaic, N.J. R...

Hand drawn map of Mt. McKinley region, Alaska. 30x24" on heavy brown stock. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City: Mt. McKinle...

A group of 13 books on general Alaska topics, published 1888-2002, with most books written in the mid-1900s. The lot includes books on the history of

A group of 8 books on early voyages to/settlement of Alaska, published from 1953 to 1983. The lot includes the titles 'Ethnohistory in the Arcti...

A collection of books on Alaskan history, culture, and industry, as well as a few fiction books set in Alaska. 15 books altogether. Topics explored in

1937 Alaska-Atlin and the Yukon, An Alaskan Interlude-slight cover paper loss, 2 different September The Alaska Sportsman. Glimpses of Alaska, Alaska

14 Alaska photos, only 5x7" C D Cane, Cape Nome RR is original. Also, Natives, a building, boat and more C D Cane prints. Date: Country (if...

A collection of road tax receipts (9) received of the clerk of the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors Charles Akers. There are also bank receipts fro

17 Tombstone and Arizona history books. Cochise County, Earp, Old Wolfville, Doc Holliday, Arizona Rangers, The Earps at Tombstone etc. Date: Cou

A mounted original albumen photograph of thirteen men who made up the posse sent from Tucson to Yuma to take over the goods from a suspected major ret

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, Dept. of Interior, 1935. Contains photos, illustrations, & foldout map - (6" x 9" booklet, 42 pag...

A collection of 57 photographs from the U.S. Department of the Interior documenting Rocky Mountains National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. Phot

Two sets of ice tongs from the Boca Ice Company for large blocks of ice. The larger of the two measures 14"x 22", while the other comes in...

4x perhaps 1930's-1940's Bodie RPC postcards. Land office, Miners Union Hall, Rosa May grave, Methodist grave. Date: Country (if not USA...

1896 J S Cain letterhead with his signature, E L Benedict, banker 1891with his signature. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City:

Group of 5 checks from the Bodie Bank of Bodie, California. No. 368-390. Checks have not been cut apart and are still attached to the same sheet. They

2x 1910's Arthur Dach letterheads from Calzona, CA. "Calzona is an unincorporated community located in San Bernardino County in the U.S. st...

Photo archive of Death Valley pioneer William Lewis Manly. William Lewis Manly (April 6, 1820 ñ February 5, 1903) was an American pioneer of t...

A simple map of the area surrounding Floriston, California, an unincorporated community in Nevada County. The town was founded in the late 1800s; it w

Two key banking documents from the gold rush town of Folsom, located on the American River. A huge amount of gold was mined in and along the American

An 8"x 10" black & white autographed photo of 1940s leading man James Craig (1912-1985), who began his movie career as an extra in 193...

Vintage collectibles (2) include a Buster Brown button and a Mickey Mouse thimble. The button features a picture of Buster Brown and his dog Tige, att

1969 June Lake Loop folding illustrated travel map and 1927 RPC showing the results of a good day of trout fishing. Date: Country (if not USA):

A letter from the Los Angeles branch of the Anti-Defamation League to the Los Angeles Times, dated March 10th, 1920. The letter discusses an ad for a

Tahoe Boat Celebration Poster, Signed, Dated 2001, #1, 19 x 25", thin dark wood frame. Olaf Tamm photo of a speedboat at sunset, labeled "...

Collection of 14 postcards of scenes from the Lake Tahoe area, California, c1930s-40s. Includes 8 RPCs. Views include Emerald Bay, Reno, Donner Lake B

An 1880 edition of The Homer Mining Index, dated Saturday November 13, 1880. This is a first year edition and is in very nice condition . It was publi

Two checks from the central mother lode gold rush mining town of Mokelumne Hill, both dated 1854. Both checks were written on Adams & Co. banker...

Sets of blueprints for Nevada City High School in Nevada City, California. This school opened in 1912 after a $30,000 bond was passed in 1911. Drawin

A collection of 25 pieces of ephemera from Nevada County. These include checks written on the Idaho-Maryland Development Company, a receipt from The G

Nevada County, California newspapers (3), including two Nevada City papers "The Nevada Journal" (1854) and "The Daily Transcript"...

Hotel Green promo booklet with folding floor plan map in the back, 5 x 7", published by Kingsbury, Barnes & Nuener, Los Angeles. Colonel Gr...

Lot of 15. Seven property deeds, one marriage license, Dec. 1955 calendar in ad frame for Wallpapers Inc., one Grant Deed for Odd Fellows cemetery p

A pair of hand-colored wood engraving prints depicting scenes from San Francisco's Chinatown, both dating from the 1870s. The prints were initia...

There are over 80 cabinet card photos in this group and all from San Francisco photography studios. All photos are portraits taken between 1880 and 18

Laminated panoramic photograph of the San Francisco skyline from the Bay Bridge to the Presidio, c2005. Fantastic shot with Coit Tower, Palace of Fine

Ephemera from various areas and topics in California. Included are unissued stock certificates from the Ready Bullion Mining Company, certs from The S

Checks (19) written by and to Miller & Lux cattle ranchers of the largest spreads in California in the late 1870s to 80s.There are checks writte...

A collection of ten pieces of ephemera from San Francisco and the Bay Area, including photography, legal documents, and informational/historical bookl

Booklets and a hardcover all San Francisco themed. Included is a 1946 publication "Cable Car Days," the May, 1936 edition of San Francisco...

Two extremely rare early San Francisco postcards from the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. The postcards have colorful printed i

$1000 Bond for Panama Pacific Expo, 1912 pasted on original treasurer's printed page for the cancelled bonds with name of Expo at top with tear ...

2x 5x7" Pan Pac official photos by Swadley. Raising a flag with stains, on the podium and the other is uncredited steamer ship. Date: Count...

An amazing collection of postcards cataloging the destruction of the April,1906 San Francisco earthquake and resulting fire. One building collapsed in

Early advertising and other ephemera, including a commencement program from Santa Clara (Ca.) High School, Class of 1909. Also included are receipts f

Marble Mountain Siskiyou County Framed Antique Photograph. Schuffler Photos. 26.5 x 42.5 inches with 3.5 inch wood frame. Back is professionally sea