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 C

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

Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, Calif., 8" diameter bronze plaque, c1950. Plaque reads, LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY / ORGANI...

12 Susanville RPC's, mostly by Eastman. Mt. Lassen eruption, Main St., Old Lucy and many logging related shots. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

32 original Trona views from old negatives with an unknown source and probably never published. 8x10" prints with mostly 5x7" images. Fish...

California Packing Corporation (also known by Del Monte or CalPak) panorama photograph, with description upper left corner, "Sixth Annual Picni...

Bank drafts signed by well known California assayer W.R. Blake. They are written Rhodes & Company and Rhodes & Lusk's Express Banking Ho...

Bank drafts drawn on Express & Banking Office of Rhodes & Company. They're from 1855. Some are signature endorsed, some punch cancelled...

Camp Curry 1902 folded and illustrated letterhead and white metal fob. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Yosemite Provenanc

Rare 1920's? early Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley menu, hot chocolate anybody? Vignette of entrance on cover still exists. The period when Ry...

Rare set of 27 c. 1877-1933 Western scenes and ghost towns. NE Johnson reprint photo postcards. Nevada and California, first edition reprints showing

6 c. 1868-1911 Northern California tax statements. San Mateo Co., San Francisco etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Pro

California map by Bradley, 1887, 15 x 24", hand colored. Shows many of the obscure, short-lived towns. very good Date: Country (if not US...

Best Roads of Montana by Presto-O-Lite, 9x11.5". California by Geographical Publishing, c. 1920's. 22x15". Date: Country (if not U...

Two editions of '400 California Street: The Story of the Bank of California, National Association', one published in 1964 for the company...

5 mostly 1870's Bank of California checks. 3 have imprinted RN Stamps. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Provenance:

Nineteen different checks from California, mostly central cal. Includes some gold rush towns, napa, and more. 1860s-1920 Date: Country (if not US

1889 Pacific Coast Steamship, 2x 1903 Taylorsville, 1921 Grass Valley, 1906, 1910 and 1912 Wells Fargo, 5x Calistoga. Date: Country (if not USA):

IOOF Golden Jubilee Celebration invitation, San Francisco cover-poor shape, 1894 Santa Clara HS commencement invitation. Unissued 1860's Porter ...

Ephemera, checks, receipts, etc. (35) all from California locales, including Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Sacramento, Madera and more. Some have writing

January 10 to November 11, 1928 diary on a desktop calendar. Playing in and losing an unspecific sporting game, notes on track and field competition,

A group of three books on the subject of California redwoods, dating from the 1910s to the 1940s. Two of the books -- 'California Redwood Park&#...

A copy of 'The Alps of the King-Kern Divide' by David Starr Jordan, a short (21 page) book written in 1907 to educate readers on the basic f...

Two books on geology, history, and natural sciences in California: 'The Resources of California' by John S. Hittell (1869) and 'Historic...

California letterheads include The Saratoga Billiard Hall & Baths, The Modesto Soda Works, California Associated Raisin Company, The Pajaro Vall...

4x 1898-1908 A E Carlton Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs checks. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Cripple Creek Provenan

1910 Zell & Boach Assayers billhead (Independence, Colorado), stereo view of Cripple Creek by Webster & Albee, Goldfield postcard, 1923 Gold...

A stereoview of an unknown prison or fort along a major river in the West, from about 1870s. Penciled on rear is "State Prison of Canon (or Car...

A signed letter from Alvah Curtis Roebuck, co-founder of Sears, Roebuck & Co., addressed in 1892 to one C.A. McNulty. In 1892, Sears & Roebu...

Choice, 24x20" original You Can't Jail the Revolution. Stop the Trial, Free the Conspiracy 8 poster. "The poster is unsigned, but alth...

1887 Chicago folding pocket map by Rand McNally with index booklet. Map is detached from binding but present. Fine condition. Date: Country (if n

Large folding Mapco Western Suburban Chicago, Latest Chicago Street Guide free doctor advertising map, Clason Map Co of Chicago, Blanchards street gui

Five "Stage Paper" bills from the Illinois Pharmacy and Travel Associations. These were made for their 50th Annual Convention on June 26, ...

A collection of early photographs, mostly from Kentucky, and 2 cases, c1850s-60s. The lot includes an approximate 4" x 5" x 1.5" leat...

Journal of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar held in New Orleans, 1874. Softcover, several hundred pages with portraits of officers. 6 x 9 i

About 25 Massachusetts & Vermont checks, some are pictorial and may have RN Stamps, c. 1867-99, plus Wason Mfg. billhead and 1864 IOOF certifica...

A collection of 22 letters sent between members of the Guild family of New England, primarily between Amelia C. Guild and her son Edward Payton Guild.

1910 The Famous Cadillac Desk Tables catalog. Owned by Wolverine Manufacturing offering oak and other wood cabinets, desks etc. Illustrations and phot

Store display (measuring 11"x 8") for Red Goose Shoes. The Red Goose Shoe Company of St. Louis, Missouri, began selling shoes to pioneer f...

1892 Anheuser-Busch, 1891 Falk, Jung & Borchert, 1889 St. Louis Lager in color, 1898 Pabst in color. Date: Country (if not USA): State: M...

A 1917 photograph from Butte, Montana, picturing the funeral procession of lynched IWW official Frank Little. Little had come to Butte during a partic

A group of 6 original ink-on-linen maps of proposed residential additions to the city of Helena, Montana, dating c. 1890s-1910s. These maps were drawn

12 1871 legal documents for bills allowed in Madison County. Witness fees, trial case fees, clerks fees etc. Date: 1871 Country (if not USA): St

3 1869 Madison County road proposals in relation to Virginia City. 1-1869 Lott's Bridge on the Beaver Head River, following the river down to th...

May 1869 petition signed by 30 people to establish a road between Summit, Pine Grove and Highland in Alder Gulch, a major placer gold mining area west

Yellowstone National Park Concessions Badge, c1915. "C & K / Y. N. P." on white metal shield, 1 3/4 x 2", "Patrick" ma...

A framed, colored photograph of Lake McDonald, a lake in Glacier National Park in Montana by American photographer Rollin H. McKay. It is signed by Mc

4 Montana 2.25x7" photos c. 1927 with notes on verso. Livingston River, Savanna Creek, Slacker Creek/Divide. 1 has a corner chip. Hunting mount...

Two vintage photos of construction crews: 1) Marked "Butte" on reverse: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch photo on a 12 x 10 inch mat; ten men standing o...

JD Fairchild & Co., proprietors. Austin, Feb. 27th, 1866. Message is to Maj. Miller, esq., regarding a Wells Fargo check payment to the state. S...

State of Nevada, County of Nye official document for M.B. Howard appointed as notary public. Witnessed and signed in Belmont in 1873. Rare green Nye C

This witness certificate is a piece of history from a very big murder trial in the Nevada Territory! It also has TWO Nevada governor signatures on the