Gold Rush Auction

Dateline San Francisco, April 15th, 1852. No. 13595. Eight days after sight pay W.J. Brown $350. Signed Adams & Co. Gold Rush vignette (top cent...

Gold Rush era Third of Exchange from Adams & Company. Unused. Dated 185-. Some wrinkles and light discoloration on top. Nice condition! Vignette...

Dateline Sonora (handwritten above printed San Francisco), Nov. 24th, 1854. No. 5262. Pay $30 at sight to Sarah A. Gardner. To the office in Boston. M

On December 4, 1854 the Stockton branch had a $42,135.56 balance at close of day and $7,035.25 in checks returned for a total of $49,170.81. One inter

1) Number 11814 1/2. Balance on December 27, 1854 was $28,065.37. 2) Number 11120 1/2. Balance on hand on December 6, 1854 was $59,105.56. Both signed

Rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Weaver(ville) (handwritten above printed San Francisco), June 27th, 1853. No. 1569. Pay At Sight to J.D. Ingersoll $

Signed by Haskell. Daniel Hale Haskell was a clerk in the Boston office who was sent to the California Gold Rush to open a branch in San Francisco in

Normally these are cut off on the left side but this one is not. No. 133, issued June 2, 1854 in Philadelphia. C.H. Peeples has deposited $4,000. Sign

Lot of fourteen. 1851 package express from New York, 1865 express forwarders New York, 1868 express forwarders, 1859 express forwarders from Plymouth,

Exceptionally rare - we have handled only three in 40 years. "Showing the correct way to ship freight and express to over 22,000 places west of...

Hardbound, 5.5 x 8.5” gilt impressed letters on front cover, dark forest green cloth, possibly a “shade” of black. Inscribed inside front cover on fly

Extremely rare. This 4 page annual report dated December 31, 1877 shows the gold and silver produced in the West and then carried by Wells Fargo Expre

$186.00 in GOLD DUST being sent by the Auburn Canal Company to WS Ladd of Portland, Oregon. William Sargent Ladd was an American politician and busine

From the Carson City Savings Bank to Peter Staal of Bodie. Value: $300. Stall was a miner In Candelaria in the 1880 census. He moved to Bodie and Marr

1867. From E. McCary to Thomas C Edwards of Sacramento. Contains $100 in coin. Signed by Curtis Wilson. Bridgeport was a Gold Rush settlement on the Y

$50 being sent to William Daegener in Cincinnati. Number 58580. Red vertical writing on form seems to be original and restates what is written on the

California Gold Rush era. Dateline Columbia, Cal., August 16, 1859. No. 164030. Pay at sight $320 to Wm. Daegener, Agent, at "your office in Bo...

Rare! This Wells Fargo receipt only gets better. It is a choice location for California Gold Rush gold dust. The 'Columbia' is printed and n...

Dateline Dutch Flat, Cal, March 8th, 1861. No. 202.976, issued to B.F. Moore for $50 to be paid at the office in Boston. Folds, tape repaired separati

Dateline Folsom, Cal., Feb. 19, 1867. No. 298.762, issued for $100 in Gold Coin to C.T.H. Palmer, Agent. Stamped paid. Red California 20 cent stamp an

Dateline Forest Hill, Aug. 29, 1860. A $3,700 package of (gold) "dust" is being sent to D.O. Mills in Sacramento from Hardy & Kennedy ...

Dateline Georgetown, Cal., Feb. 26th, 1862. No. 215.761, pay at sight to A.A. Hyatt, Agent, $100 at "your office in Boston." 20 cent red c...

Dateline Grass Valley, Cal. July 6th, 1864. No. 281.361, issued to S.P. Dorsey, Agent, for $100 in U.S. Gold Coin at "your office in Boston.&qu...

Dateline Jackson, Cal., April 18th, 1860. No. 173.540. Pay at sight to G.S. Andrews, Agt., $100. Signed Wells Fargo & Co. Folds, missing upper l...

Dateline La Porte, Cala., Aug. 18th, 1864. No. 287.522. At sight, pay John Conly & Co. $50 in United States Gold Coin. Red circular 8 cent Calif...

Los Angeles gold rush pieces are hard to find. This is the first one we have offered. For $118 on March 9, 1859. From Los Angeles to San Francisco. Fr

Oct. 4th, 1900. San Francisco Office. From A.W. Bales in Mariposa: “Have gold dust coined at Selby’s and return____”. Great vignette of train with W F

No. 37125. Dateline Marysville, Cal, Oct. 20th, 1855. Issued to Chas. H. Nedges, Agent, for $50. Signed Wells Fargo Co. Folds, piece missing from bott

Approx 2.75" x 4.5" business card from Alfred Dixon, Wells Fargo Office and Gold Dust Dealer in Michigan Bluff, CA. Also a dealer in gener...

Dateline Nevada, Nov. 18th, 1862. No. 248.974. Pay at sight to A.B. Tower, Agt., $100 at "your office in Boston." Pen cancelled. 20 cent r...

Joseph Ringot is sending Thomas Wells of Oroville $36.65 in coin. Wells was the Butte County District Judge and was the 'orator of the day' ...

Lot of 9. Includes: Two Nevada covers. 1) Express Silver City, Nevada cover. To JN Vosburg of Placerville. Handwritten "AP Sheldon & Claims...

Both are for coin. 1) 1864. Coin valued at $5.00. From NA Hamilton to DO McCarthy of San Francisco. Signed by Crandall for agent TF Tracy. Hamilton wa

Each one of these receipts is for the shipment of a gold bar from the Yellow Aster mine being sent to the First National Bank at San Francisco. From t

Two small mining camps. For $100 B(?) Clark & Company at Rattlesnake to AP Carlin(?) of Dotan's Bar. Dotan's Bar was located on the Amer...

Blue paper 7.5" x 10" folded in half. Office of Wells Fargo & Co, Sacramento, Jan. 7th 1856. Hon. WC Barnett, Senate, By inserting you...

Manuscript "B. B. Redding, Sec. of State, Rec'd Jan 8, 1864."Light ovale that reads "Secretary of State / Paid / Office." Ad...

This single package with a value of $10 is from General William C Kibbie of Sacramento to Brigadier General R Pacheco at San Louis (sic) Obispo. K

From JH Davy to JP Newman. Value of $100. 1872. San Bernardino Wells Fargo paper has not passed through this off very many times in the last 40 years.

This letter is asking that the estate of J. G. Storey pay James robertson for teaching school. Signed by William B Storey. Storey was born in England

No. 328555. Dateline San Francisco, Dec. 4th, 1867. Pay Dr. J.A. Powers $100 in U.S. Gold Coin. Blue 10 cent California adhesive revenue stamp with ti

Lot of 2 different. 1) No. 329853. Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 18, 1868. Pay Michael Farrell $90 in U.S. Gold Coin at sight. Blue 10 cent California

Dated Feb. 13, 1871 for $40 to the order of Mrs. Moses Priest from San Francisco to the New York branch located at 84 Broadway. Stamped in red ‘In U.S

1) No. 327030. Dateline San Francisco, Sept. 11th, 1867. Pay at Sight $40 in U.S. Gold Coin to P. Westermann & Co. Orange 4 cent California reve...

Four Second of Exchanges sent from the San Francisco Well Fargo office from senders to women: in 1856 (to Mrs. Sarah Clarke in Boston), 1857 (to Mrs.

1) No. 312587, issued for $80 in Currency to John Hobbs at the Boston office, August 17th, 1865. Red circular 20 cent California State Tax stamp with

Lot of two Second of Exchanges issued consecutively on the same day, Dec. 17, 1864. No. 270.130 and 270.131. 1) No. 270130 issued for $150 in Currency

Pay on demand to James Barrett nine pounds sterling. From the Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin. James (we believe) was a partner in the company Barrett...

1) Forwarding Receipt. 1881. From Frank Litsch to Xiehi (?) New Company. One bag of Gold Dust worth $500.00. 2) Money Receipt. 1886. From DLC Pani(?)

Printed dateline Sonora, Cal., June 7th, 1865. No. 290.073, issued to D.M. Kenfield, Agt., for $50 payable in (gold) coin at office in Boston. Circula

Dateline Stockton, Cal., Oct. 6th, 1870. No. 361924. At sight pay C.C. Pendergast, Agent, $75 in U.S. Gold Coin. Stamped Paid. Orange 2 cent IR adhesi

1) No. 218335, issued Dec. 11, 1861 to T.R. Anthony, Agent, for $60. Red 20 cent California State Tax stamp attached upper left. Folds. 2) No. 257330,

Rare location. Dateline Weaverville, Cal., May 11, 1863. No. 253.369, issued to Greenhood & Newbauer for $100 in (gold) coin to be paid at the B...

One page letter on Wells Fargo letterhead, dateline Woodland, May 4th, 1880. Addressed to Root Nelson & Co., inquiring if they have received pac...

Very early Yreka. Rare! Wells, Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange dateline Yreka, California, April 3rd, 1861. Exchange for $150 to be paid at the B...

Rare location. No. 289,791. Dateline Yreka, California, February 2nd, 1865. Pay $500 in gold coin to E. Wadsworth, Agent. Red $1 California State Tax

Lot of three. 1) 1863 Commission envelope from Sacramento to Thomas Clark of Folsom. Enclosed was $5.50 in coin. 2) 1864 COD from the Eldorado Excelsi

Wells Fargo & Co.’s California Express – Slow – New York to San Francisco : Datelined at office Wells Fargo, 84 Broadway, New York Nov. 29th, 18...

Lot of 15. Best two pieces are an 1870 receipt for a sealed package (worth $750) mailed from Shasta to San Francisco; and an 1879 Virginia City, Nevad

This contract is for James Shedden. It is for shipping one dog. Four regular sized pages! Includes instructions how to ship horses, mules, cats, birds

Lot of ten items from 1887 to 1888. All addressed to the Anglo Cal Bank. All have the Anglo Cal Bank circular stamp. In 1887 and 1888 the Carson City

Both are related to business with the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Both billheads are attached to Virginia & Truckee Railroad vouchers. Date...

Lot of 2. 1) Dateline Gold Hill, N.T., April 21, 1863. JC Clark has deposited $500. Paid written over signature of agent. Spindle hole, folds, and som

Rare. Dateline Virginia City, Nev., July 19, 1869. No. 351028 issued to J.H. Latham, Agent, for $1,500 in U.S. Gold Coin. Latham was the Virginia City

Possibly the only example known. Wells, Fargo & Co. Dateline Virginia City, N.T. July 27, 1864 (three months before statehood). A Third of Excha...

Rare orange Wells, Fargo & Co. Virginia Express. Handwritten is 'Value $20 / W. F. & Co. / Paid.' To Dr. R. B. Ellis of Reno, Neva...

Dateline Va. (Virginia City), July 12, 1869. Received from Isaac Requa, superintendent of the Gould & Curry Mining Co., two bars of bullion, wei...

1) 1871. Shipping two bars of bullion valued at $4,380.04 to M. Morgenthau of the Savage Mining Company in San Francisco. The only M. Morganthau in th

Wells, Fargo & Co. Receipt for Comstock Bullion -Datelined Virginia Aug. 4, 1866 from Charles Bonner, Superintendent of the Savage Mine for 8 ba...

Wells, Fargo & Co. items. 1. Cover cancelled Sep 4, 1863, Virginia City, Nevada Territory. Tear, left side, hard to see. 2. Express Co. receip...

Choice Western autograph piece! No. 1205, issued for two shares to James D. Watson on November 28th, 1854. Signed by Henry Wells as president, William

Very rare. Portland had the only Wells Fargo Assay Office. Dated May 7th, 1868. $800 in Gold coin paid to James M. Adams and agent S.E. Briggs, Agt. T

Rare. Both are manuscript. Issued two days apart (June 7th and 9th, 1869). One is to Theo. F. Wood, Cashier, for $1,699.08. The other is to Claggett,

Wells Fargo Overland Stage. Frontier Classic Stage Coach, painted wood, metal and vinyl model. 8" x 11" x 5.5". Handmade in the USA, ...

Presented to the employees of Wells Fargo & Company is an 1893 Colombian Exposition commemorative half dollar. In cardboard presentation that re...

Facsimile Wells Fargo treasure box. From the Gillo collection. Choice facsimile treasure box for Wells Fargo and Company, including two facsimile Well

Imitation, facsimile Wells Fargo and Company treasure box. This is a miniature, about 4" x 9" and 4 inches tall. Made in the style of the ...

Approx 10" crimper. (Al Adams Gold Rush Memorabilia Collection) Date: Location: HWAC# 58701

Five volumes. Wells Fargo advancing the American frontier, by Hungerford, 1949. Same title, with original dust jacket, excellent condition. Wells Farg

Very early express piece. No. 223, issued for the transport free of charge of the personal and family packages of 20 lbs or less on the Eastern Divisi

Lot of 19 passes plus one money order receipt. One is issued in 1877. The rest are post-1900, up to 1941 (mostly 1920s and 30s). The money order recei

Dateline Drytown, April 14th, 1856. Receipt No. 52 for a package delivered by John Dillon to be delivered to Mrs. Ann Dillion in New York. Package val

This lot has a lot going for it. Langton's Pioneer Express. Samuel W. Langton and N. W. Williams formed Langton's Pioneer Express in March 1...

Letter from Whiney expressman Fenton Berkley Whiting out of Quincy. Fenton Berkley Whiting, and partners Henry C. Everts, G. W. Morley, and E. E. Meek

Five notes. 1) 1852 Sacramento. To Rhodes & Lusk. Pay bearer $55.00. David Delap. 2) 1853 Weaverville. Pay to the order of Skillman & Dosh &...

Very early Sutro paper! Adams & Co's California Freight, Package & Parcel Express. Baltimore, November 3, 1853. "One tin box said t...

This express company specialized in moving furniture and baggage. The bill is for December of 1878 and is 30 x 8.5". It is so long it had to be...

Lot of two. Delivered from Nevada City, Washington, Maybert and Gaston. Two billheads. One for December of 1900 and the other for September of 1901. H

1) Printed San Diego Wells Fargo Freight Receipt. 1899. From DL Lewis to MB Campbell of Patton, California. Clothing valued at $50.00. Patton is 4.5 m

Thomes & Skaden ran between Susanville, California and Reno, Nevada. They connected with Wells Fargo at Reno, which was on the railroad leading ...

This is a three cover paste up. The front had a "Boyd's Dispatch, 39 Fulton' circular stamp. This would make this an early usage - c186...

Not many people are aware of the Oregon Gold Rush or the part Oregonians played in the California Gold Rush. Here are four pieces of ephemera from Ore

1) Adams Express Company. 1865. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. From JL Russell to G Koonce & Son for $400. This was the scene of John Brown'...

Three fancy 1 x 3" "1/2 ounce PAID from St Joseph to Placerville per pony Express." Wells Fargo. Adams Express, Davis, new Jersey. Am...

1) Freeman & Company Express. c1851. Sacramento City. Insured by Adams & Company. John M Freeman bought out T. R. Hawley's interest in H...

Ten Gold Rush express pieces. Four Virginia City, Montana unused 186- checks. Numbered from 143 to 352. Nice stage coach vignette in upper right and f

Copper, 51 mm, 56.3 grams, brilliant uncirculated. . Obverse: Lucky Penny / 1925 / Indian Head; Reverse; Souvenir of Panama-Pacific & Panama-Cal...

Obv.: Lucky Penny / (Indian Head Portrait) /1915; Rev.: Souvenir of Panama Pacific / Panama California / Expositions / 1915. copper, 51mm, 2 inches di

Paper bound pictorial booklet with many b/w photos. Cover is detached. (Al Adams Gold Rush Memorabilia Collection) Date: Location: San Francisco

All are rolled nickels. Three different styles. Two are 1891, one is 1890. Great collectibles from the famous 1893 Chicago World's Fair / Columb...