"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

Stereoview from the Central Pacific Railroad series titled, "Grizzly Hill Tunnel from the North", 500 feet long. The Grizzly Hill Tunnel w...

Title of the view is "View of the Forks, American River, Cal." shows men standing astride a Central Pacific Railroad engine running throug...

Lot of 24 colorful passes for the Los Angeles Railway, 1930s-40s, printed on cardstock. This was a streetcar system that operated in central Los Angel

Double Marked SPCO Pick. This measures about 36" at the handle with a 20" head. Of course, the handle has shrunk a bit with age, but it wo...

"California." 1930. CJ Collins, General Passenger Agent. 47pp. Black and white and color illustrations and photos. Southern California, Sa...

5.5 x 7.5" accordion album, 1886 by WH Lawrence Denver. Slight oxidation to cover otherwise cover and contents are very good to excellent. Rare...

Views along the Denver & Rio Grande & D. & R.G.W. R.R.' (Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad), a viewbook of illustrations c. lat...

Very rare letterhead that lists Ben Holladay as proprietor. Addressed to Judge WA Carter, Ft. Bridger. Message details the trip: creeks running high,

Rocky Mountain Scenery. A Brief Description of Prominent Places of Interest Along the Line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad With Numerous Illustr

Lot of 3 different. 1) "Picturesque Colorado", Compliments of the Colorado & Southern Railway, 1900, TE Fisher. Smith-Brooks Printing,...

Lot of 20. Very fine group! Includes: 1939 Denver & Rio Grande menu; Denver Northwestern & Pacific Time Table, 1912; Denver & Salt Lake ...

Pass for 1891 issued to WE Pearson of the Boston & Portsmouth Steamboat Company. Signed by E. Morgan, secretary. Two punch holes, paper residue ...

Lot of 2 different. Scarce stage line! Letterhead dated 1872 sent to JD Gaines of Baker City, Oregon. Lists "Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Walla Walla a...

Glossy soft cover. Benjamin F. Corlies, Stationer & Printer, 1858. 10pp. 9 x 5.5" Generally very good condition. The predecessor to the Roc...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Chicago & North-Western Railway, 1889. 6 panel with large map. 2) Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Railway. Oct. 1905. 38p...

Pass no. 56, issued for 1892 to Pearson, president of Boston & Portsmouth Steamship Company. Preprinted signature of agent ES Merchant. Logo inc...

1) Boston and Gloucester Steamboat. 1891. Two holes; 2) Boston & Provincetown S. S. Co. 1892. # 14; 3) River Packet Co. of Bisbee and Warrior. H...

Fantastic 5.5 x 7.75" photo on 10 x 12" mount. Taken by GD Francis, 319 E. 7th St., St. Paul. Shows three men on a hand pump rail car, whi...

Lot of 4. 1-3) Benton Line, TC Power & Bro. Powerful Montana mining, mercantile and real estate mogul T.C. Power formed this company in 1874. He...

Rare. Dateline Nebraska City, June 20, 1864. For material onboard the Steamer Colorado. Vignette of paddlewheel steamboat in upper left. Folds, a few

Luggage tag from the Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad. It measures about 1.5" and is stamped T.&G. R.R. 65. It's in nice condition. Ple...

Lot of 2 different. Time Table 31, to take effect Sept. 1929. 9.25 x 12" Folds, with some separation. 2) Time Table No. 45, to take effect Sept...

Extremely rare. This is the earliest pass we have offered for this railroad! Pass No. 272, issued to WR Diffenback, auditor for the Bradford B&K...

Extremely rare. Pass no. 122, issued to Geo. J. Ainsworth, president of the Redondo Railway. Signed by Ainsworth on reverse. Signed by Henry Yerington

Extremely rare. Pass no. 145, issued to Geo. J. Ainsworth, president of the Redondo Railway. Signed by Ainsworth on reverse. Signed by Henry Yerington

Fantastic! This is a Dec. 1878 billhead issued to the V&T for the printing of 500 annual passes (for the year 1879, like the pass in this auctio...

Extremely early pass; very tough to get an 1870s pass for this railroad! Pass no. 228, issued to Capt. AJ Ainsworth, asst. general supt. of the OSN Co

Extremely rare and early pass. No. 115, issued to Geo. J. Ainsworth, general supt. of the Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Signed by Henry Yerington a

Rare pictorial V&T pass. No. 76, issued to JH McBride, roadmaster for the Carson & Colorado Railway. Signed by Henry Yerington as general su...

Gorgeous pictorial pass! No. 203, issued for 1894 to Geo. J. Ainsworth, president of the Redondo Railway Company. George's father started the Or...

Nice early pass. No. 284, issued to EA Hornbeck, general manager of SDC&E Railway. Signed by Henry Yerington as vice president and general manag...

Pretty pink pass issued in 1910 to WH Kirk, Chief Engineer. Signed by Henry Yerington as vice president and general manager. Printed on pink cardstock

Early 1910s pass. No. 291, issued to HW Conard, tax agent & CCGM for the Colorado Midland Railway for the year 1911. Signed by AM Ardery as vice...

Rare 1910s pass. Pass no. 38, issued to Mrs. PJ Horton & daughter, wife of section foreman. Under the name, it mentions this is for "Betwee...

Rare 1910s pass. No. 200, issued for 1917 to LE Stanton, general agent for SM & St. P. Ry. Co. Signed by AM Ardery, vice president and general m...

Lot of 3 different, all unissued. Passes for 1921, 1927, and 1948-49 (signed by the vice president). ^ Date: 1921-48 Country (if not USA): State:

Lot of 8. 1) HM Yerington check, Carson, 1877, issued to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Signed by Yerington. RN-F. Yerington was supt. 2) Virg...

Wonderful collectible pair of iron rail pieces made into bookends. Both engraved "V&T. RY. 1872 Virginia City Rail Shipped Via the Horn.&qu...

Lot of over 70. Tuckerton Railroad Tickets. Tickets are not dated. Several different styles: stubs, paper sheet, daily pass punch card. Tuckerton R

"Containing a description of the Scenery, Rivers, Towns, Villages, and Most Important Works on the Road with One Hundred and Thirty-Six Engravi...

A railroad map of the state of New York "To Accompany the Annual Report of the Public Service Commission, Second District, State of New York, 1...

Rare. National Indicator Company, New York. Brown wrappers, string binding, 38 pp. full of B&W photographs of train terminals and diagrams of th...

Pictorial revenue imprinted check (RN-B) signed by stagecoach pioneer Ben Holladay as company president. Holladay, known as the "Stagecoach Kin...

Lot of 7. 1) Holladay Overland Mail and Express Co., Special Deposit package receipt, unissued, 186_, like new. 2) Same company, Virginia City, MT, 18

Lot of 5. Includes: two different 1866 Eugene City receipts, one large; 1867 Salem receipt; 1866 receipt (from Blue Gut?); 1860s way-bill, California

Fantastic collection of 14 package receipts, dated 1863 to 1871, datelined Portland (Oregon). The receipts are from the steamships Ajax, Idaho (two, o

Lot of 11. 1) People's Transportation Company. Company ran riverboats and trains between Portland and Corvallis. Five shipping receipts, 1865-70...

There is a button from the "F.S.B.& Co. of Easton, Pa." 13/16 in. (.8125) two piece button with bale. Two locomotive cuff links at 3/...

Philadelphia and Reading RR Summer Excursion Routes Handbook., 1889, 120 pages with map back cover. In very good cond. ^ Date: 1889 Country (if not

Lot of 2. Pittsburg Official Railroad Guide, 1872 and 77. Timetables for ten railroads operating in the Pittsburg area, ads. Both are complete, s

Lot of 14. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. Passes. 1908-16. All issued to Melvin G. Welker , Chemist -Laboratory. In very good cond. Internet search r

Principal cities on the route printed in the corners: "Cincinnati", "Louisville", "Cairo", and "Memphis." Pa...

# VP 17 issued 1906 to A S Dodge and Family, complimentary, signed VP. Tan color card stock, wave title shadowed, logo vignette center of title.

1902 Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railway pass with printed signature of N B illegible vp. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Texas City: Pr...

#290 issued 1879 to L P Barton, Railway Mail Service, signed H W Hexie Gen. Supt., blue card stock, "1879" upper right red sun burst circl...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway (1897); Santa Fe Pacific RR/Southern California Rwy (1899); Atchison, Topeka &am...

Lot of 5. Southern Pacific RR Passes, 1891-99. 1892 pass on the back has a stamp from Engineer Dept. San Francisco. VG or better. ^ Date: 1891-9

Lot of 10. Order of Railroad Telegraphers Passes, 1908-16. Issued to J.B. Taft. All in VG-excellent cond. Each has the logo in underprint of the ...

This lot is a binder of Rio Grande Train photos featuring the Rio Grande Train travelling the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad through mount...

Dietz railroad lanterns (3). One's in red, one teal, one blue. The measure about 5"x 10" and are on wire bases. Founts and burners are...

Model A Union Carbide Lamp, Oxweld RR Lamp. Diameter of the lighting dish measures 6.25". Overall measurements are 6x8x10.5". Overall good...

Very eclectic mix of Railroad ephemera, ranging from Timetables to tickets to stock coupons. The star (one of many) is a 1895 California Street Cable

Nelson's Pictorial Union Pacific RR Trip Across North American Continent From Omaha to Ogden, c1874, 45 pages written trip information with ele...

11" high 16" long 12" wide, restored, new wood step, no railroad name present. reported as Virginia and Truckee RR but no proof. ^ Da...

This is a magazine issued by the Railway Express Agency dated December 1935. The lot includes a complete receipt book from the 1940s. REA developed fr

Copy of the 'St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, Western Division, Mortgage Deed of Trust on Railroad Property and Franchises from Mary...

Copy of "The Pacific Railroad -- Open. How to Go: What to See. Guide for Travel To and Through Western America" by Samuel Bowles, publishe...

19 Reference Books on Western Railroads 1. Wagner Short Line Junction 1956 2. Beebe Virginia & Truckee RR 1949 3. Behan San Francisco Street Rai...

Paper sign for Marysville and Gould Stage Line. We are unsure if this is in California. 11x13.75". Partially delaminated from multi layer paper...

Lot of 3. A photo of the ship ashore after the fire. A Seaman's certificate for Alfred Tyler and his certificate of discharge from the U.S. Dep...

White Star Line passenger steamship "Georgic", 1932. A full color "map" of the ships cabins and decks. VG condition. approx. 36...

Lot of 6. An important library of all issues related to 19th century stowage: chemicals, hardware, provisions, exports, imports, coal, minerals, insur

A group of aviation things: an electric clock from Trans World Airline; ten inches in diameter; flyers from American Airlines advertising California,

Early aviation collection, scrapbook & postcards. About a dozen postcards, blank, one that's been written and sent. Postcards in good condit...

Huge group of post cards, advertising ephemera, flight route maps, airport souvenirs, flying service brochures, airline magazines, far too many to lis

This is a bank note from Wells, Fargo & Co. from Columbia, Cal., dated Oct. 14, 1857. One of the richest gold mining towns in California; Colu...

Wells, Fargo & Co. letterhead. Regarding greenbacks. They also exchanged currency; at 62.5 %. From the Columbia Office (California) of W, F &...

Nevada, California red oval Wells Fargo with Old English "Express" cancel on 3 cent red on buff pre stamped envelope, Sc U10, with boxed p...

Lot of 3. 1) 1854 San Francisco pictorial deposit slip for James Duffy. 2) Special Deposit receipt, Sacramento, Jan. 2, 1852, for $150 in coin. Missin

Lot of 9, all unused. Includes: pictorial SF check; Marysville Special Deposit form; Nevada (City) receipt; Shipment for Coinage form; pictorial Third

Lot of 2. 1) Aug. 2nd, 1855 cover to FW Page (of Page & Bacon in San Francisco). Red oval Wells Fargo express Sacramento cancel over red three c...

Lot of 4. 1) 1861 Virginia City, Nevada check signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & Curry Mine. 2) 1879 San Francisco for $1,000 for coin by ...

Lot of 8 different WF checks. Includes: 1891 Independence; 1873 Columbia; 1865 Folsom; 1891 North Bloomfield; 1902 and 1904 Taylorsville; 1854 San Fra

Lot of 14. Includes: 1870 First of Exchange, San Francisco; 1893 Second of Exchange, San Francisco signed by Frederick Lipman; 1869 COD express envelo

Lot of 2 different. 1) Extremely rare (only one seen by FH) Second of Exchange for the California Express & Exchange Office of Wells Fargo, New ...

Lot of 3 bills of exchange or certificate of deposit: 1) San Francisco, 1871 First of Exchange payable "In US Gold Coin" in New York. This...

Lot of 2. 1) 1909 Pacific Express Co. pass for DT Mervine, Supt. of Wells Fargo. In holder. Formed from the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific Express C

This is a very clear photograph of a horse drawn wagon detailed as "Allens Express" Company about 1909. A court case develops where Allen...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Early Wells Fargo cover sent to WE Elliott Esq. in Stockton. Blue oval cancel Wells Fargo & Co. Express Aurora. Not dated...

Very early Carson City! Wells, Fargo & Co. Express, Carson City, June 3rd, 1861 (a few months after Nevada Territory was created). Receipt for C...

Wells, Fargo Express Way Bill Receipt Book, 1889, Carson City, 16 x 19", binding shot, original covers present. E. F. Pierce, Agent at Carson. ...

Only a few known. Dateline Carson City, Nev., March 7th, 1872. Issued to Wells Fargo agent (and second supt. of the Carson City Mint) HF Rice for $175

Lot of over 45 checks written on the Wells, Fargo & Company of Carson, Nevada in 1875. Printed by Bacon & Company of San Francisco. None of ...

Extremely rare cover. This is a post office envelope with overprinted Wells Fargo express bar next to the red six cent stamp. The cover has an orange

Early Nevada Territorial Pony Express postal cover dated September 3, (1862.) Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Virginia Pony Express began operations on...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Preprinted cover for the superintendent of the Silver Hill Mining Company. This was a mine in Silver City, Nevada. Not postally

Very rare. Second of Exchange for two pounds sterling to be paid at Wells Fargo's London office. Issued to VC agent CC Pendergast. Signed by Wad...

Rare. Second of Exchange issued November 4, 1880 to CC Pendergast for $50. Signed by Wadsworth. 4.5 x 9" Pendergast was a Wells Fargo agent in ...

This unusual oil painting arrived in a Reno antique shop in the 1980s and was immediately captured by an advanced collector of Wells Fargo. The oil pa

Original wax sealer for the Pacific Union Express Co, which ran lines throughout the West in direct competition to Wells, Fargo & Co. This seale...