"Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction (2025 September)

This is a photo calendar printed for the Union Pacific Railroad 1961. Thirteen months in western photography. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State

Lot of 3. U.S.P.R.R charged with finding the best route for the transcontinental railroad. Two prints of D'Oreiileis Indians on the plains: on...

Pristine, unused ticket book for the ferry that operated across Humboldt Bay between Eureka, Fairhaven, and Samoa where there was a large lumber mill.

1959 pictorial letterhead, Starts. Mfg. Co with Rollsmobile photo. The letter is to James Black with details of the planned design of a triple deck st

Rare. No. 182, issued for 1896 to TC Platt, president of United States Express Company. Signed by the gen. supt. Green print and globe logo on blue ca

Lot of 3 different. 1) Pictorial pass issued in 1891 to TW Way, chief engineer of MO Pacific Railway. Brown print and stage/train vignettes on light b

Lot of 3 different frank ("free") passes. 1912, 1913, 1914. All issued to WW Fulmer, General Purchasing Agent for Wells Fargo & Co. Th...

Rare Colorado express! Issued to WW Fulmer, GPA for Wells Fargo. Nice globe in clouds logo. Printed on cardstock. Clean. According to The Express Gaze

Lot of 4. Three frank (Free) passes issued for 1915, 1916, and 1917, all to WW Fulmer, general purchasing agent for Wells Fargo. Red or blue with vign

A receipt for payment from the Southern Express Company, dated 1893. The reverse of the receipt has a list of prices for the shipment of different ite

1) Wells Fargo cover sent from the Bank of California, Sacramento (blue oval cancel) to W&P Nichols(sic.) at Dutch Flat, who were bankers. Rever...

Cover sent from Flint & Morgan in Roseburg, Oregon, 1871 to AT Green in San Francisco. Black oval Roseburg cancel. Blue received mark from Green...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Full face advertising cover for JC Meussdorffer & Bro., Hat Dealer in Marysville. 1869. Sent to their SF office. 2) Prepr...

11 c. 1872-1936, mostly older, Western Union telegraph messages. Kansas City MO, Bloomington IL, St. Louis MO, Cleveland OH etc. Mostly business relat

An old Western Union telegraph/telephone line insulator mount. Porcelain base with a cast iron cover that would have been mounted on a wall or pole to

7 c. 1876-1918 California mostly Western Union telegraphs. Eureka, San Francisco-1 with Rockwell holiday illustration, Bishop, 1876 in rough conditio

Unused. "For Carrying the Great Through Mails From the Atlantic to the Pacific States." Ben Holladay, Proprietor. 5.25 x 8.25" The Ov...

Express Company Sealing Wax stick, whole & original. The red/ brown color is indicative of use by various Express Companies (Adams, Wells Fargo,...

A 1925 souvenir/advertising viewbook from the Northern Pacific Railway's Yellowstone Park Line featuring photographs and promotional text about ...

Four hardcover books: 1) "Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest," by Walter Noble Burns; 1929, 388 pages; illustrations by Will James. Extr...

As new, in slip cover with original plastic. Autographed hardcopy of "Central Arizona Ghost Towns," by Robert L. Spude and Stanley W. Pahe...

Lot of 4. 1 and 2) Two different cabinet cards of the Grand Canyon by Erwin Baer, Photographer in Prescott. c.late 1880s-1890s. These are not your typ

Lot of 30. Includes pictorial Hopi House letter from the Indian Department of the Grand Canyon National Park, 1934, signed by his son Fred Harvey (mes

Nice color map by George F. Cram, 1899, 13 x 11". Color coded and divided by counties. Includes railroad lines such as the Southern Pacific and...

Photo matter of horse-drawn hearse, reportedly taken in Arizona, self ID c1888. Backing piece has sustained water damage. Left corner of photo is miss

Arizona Highway magazine (3), and collector's edition Turquoise Annual magazine (1). Total of 4 magazines from approximately 1976. In good condi...

Trades cards (2), including the Eureka Social Club, for a Valentine's Day party in 1884 and a pharmacy called W.W. Haley & Company of Alamed...

Lot of 4 different CDVs identified on the back as from James Hildreth, Photographer, Bishop Creek, Cal. This photographer is not listed in Mautz. The

Scarce variety blue Bodie Bank check issued to H. Wolff in 1879. Signed by cashier Pope. Endorsed on the back by H. Wolff and Rosenfield(?) with San F

Scarce variety of the Bodie Bank check. Issued to WD Comstock in 1880 in Bodie. Signed by cashier Pope. Signed by Comstock on the reverse. We found 18

Rare blue variety of the Bodie Bank. Issued to WB Wheeler in 1879 for $200. Signed by cashier Pope. Endorsed by Wheeler on the reverse. RN-G. Wheeler

Rare blue variety Bodie Bank revenue check, RN-G, issued in 1880 to the Southern Transportation Company for $200. Signed by cashier Pope. Signed over

Scarce Bodie Bank blue check variety, issued in 1879 to the Reno Savings Bank for $500. Signed by cashier Pope. RN-G imprinted revenue. ^ Date: 1879

Super rare telegraph receipt with preprinted Aurora dateline. Crossed out and Bodie written in. Message to the Bodie Bank is in code and thus likely i

Fascinating letter dateline Mono Lake, Cal, August 31st, 1896. Message to the Bullion & Exchange Bank in Carson. Mentions that a note has gone u...

Two check slips deposited into J.S. Cain Co by famous Nevadans. Future governor & mining engineer Emmet D. Boyle, and future governor Tasker L. ...

Very scarce RN check datelined Bridgeport, Sept. 6th ,1880. This might be the first Bridgeport check we've offered in over a decade. Wells Fargo...

A pair of original paintings of M. "Slick" Bryant's two story home on Main Street in Bridgeport. One is a water color by D. Roose and ...

Framed c. 1974 watercolor of a c. 1890's cabin by D Koos. Presented to "Slick" Bryant, a well known character of Bridgeport. Frame 17x...

"History of Butte County California 1882," by Wells and Chambers, reprinted by Howell-North Books of Berkeley in 1973. In original plastic...

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

Features printed photo vignette of Pike's Peak in Colorado. This was a logging operation in Fresno, CA. 1952 calendar months at bottom. 39 x 29&...

Framed undated panorama photo of Fresno Lodge meeting by C Laval, Fresno. Lots of breastbadges being worn. Frame 9x20.5". ^ Date: Country (if...

A collection of 14 letters, billheads bank drafts and even a stock certificate. Most are from Nevada County, which includes Grass Valley and Nevada Ci

A vintage photograph taken by Moore Photography of Grass Valley/ Nevada City. It shows a group of men posing in front of a building, with the name Sha

Nevada and California newspaper, maps, and historical booklets such as "History of Prostitution in Nevada County", "History of the Em...

Tejon Ranch photos, on the front and back of the backing piece. Backing piece measures 9.25x6.75, photos measure about 8x5.7". ^ Date: c1890 C...

"Album de Cinelandia" by Lucio A. Villegas, a collection of biographies and portraits published in Hollywood, 1928 (printed in Spanish lan...

A printed program for the premier of Charles Chaplin's "The Circus" (1928) and a Maxwell House Coffee jar lid, advertising the George...

Lot of 3 different. Includes: The Outlaw Tamer (1935), Senor Jim (1936), and Gun Law (1933). 11 x 14" Some condition issues; please see photo. ...