Great American July Auction

These three boxes of glass negatives are from Archie Stevenot. Eight large negatives (5x7) includes the Pabst Administrative Mansion and the inside of

Articles on a boat race on the Lake between the Minnie Moody and the Dora. The Dead Shot team beat the Tahoe team in a shooting match, Charles Johnson

Original framed broadside announcing C. F. McGlashan's new book, the History of the Donner Party. These broadsides are spectacular. We have been...

Photo by Ramsey & Stevenson, 527 West Sixth Street , Los Angeles, California. One of the cit's many boardwalks and piers - perhaps Long Beac...

14 x 11 inch technicolor poster for the 20th Century Fox feature film "The Secret of Convict Lake" starring Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney, Ethe...

Michelson lived on 322 2nd St. In the 1910 Napa census there was an Albert H. Michelson who live at 118 Jaurez Street in Napa. He was listed as a barb

Lot moved to Railroad section. Please see Lot 1398a

Very early, non-mining stock certificate from Nevada City. Early No. 10 for 5 shares to James Colley. RARE early date, issued a year after incorporati

Early. Before he moved to his new house on Broad Street. This house on Zion. Back of frame identifies WF, Kitte wearing a white dress, wife holding yo

This will attract attention. 9' x 13". "General Merchandise." The Union" newspaper dates this sign to c1880. Hung over a sho...

From the historic mining town of Nevada City. 11 feet long. Colorful. Cut out! FRAMED! If you are looking for a center piece to your collection, this

First Nevada County Directory. Heavy emphasis on mining in the county. Lots of advertising. Index to advertisers done by occupation. This copy is sign

The second of these fine Nevada County Directories. Advertising directory is by occupation: hydraulic, livery stable, planing mill, wagonmakers,etc. I

The third of two great historical and reference works. Index to contents; You Bet, Rough & Ready, Money Flat, Little Hill, Hunt's Hill, Fren...

Three high schools: Grass Valley, Nevada City, and Meadow Lake. Lists teachers and subjects. Thirty-three elementary schools including cities of Wolf

Lot of thirty-two. Includes 8x10 photograph of the Grass Valley Fire Department. Pictorial billheads for WJ Wilson, 189- Newcastle; three J Hennessey

Inside is the Great Seal of the State of California. Worn down between 'Notary Public' and 'Nevada Co.' State: California City: ...

William T Coleman & Company advertisement. Gorgeous framed original color lithograph advertisement for the William T Coleman and Company shippin...

Five matching small silver spoons marked F. R. Reichel, S.F. (San Francisco). Reichel was an early San Francisco Silversmith at 620-622 Merchant. His

Kohler & Ritter were successors to Fred Reichel in San Francisco in 1867. Both worked as silversmiths with Reichel, and Gotthard Kohler was Reic...

Brochure has great map of area, fares for ferry from Sausalito, descriptions of areas and restaurants. State: California City: Bay Area HWAC#:

A highly appealing view map of San Francisco dating to 1854. Published for the "History of the World" by Henry Bill. Taken from the origin...

3 Parts of a panorama taken after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. Shows fires, smoke and damage to the city in the wake of the earthquake. Tit

For a herbalist on Dupont Street. Original Import stamp on back side of sign - "J.U.E.M.A. PASSED". 24" tall. State: California C...

Lot of 15. Almost all different is some way. Includes four different JA Folger; tea, spices, coffee, and vanilla extract. Early 1907 John Deere billhe

Approximately 86 different Keystone View Company stereoviews for the 1915 World's Fair in San Francisco. Numbers start with 17715 and end with 1...

Very early. Sixteen graduates. One was Emma Sutro. In 1898 this article appeared in the San Francisco newspaper, "Adolph Sutro, ex-mayor of San...

Lot of four. 1-2) Photographic reprints of two passenger ships in the bay. 3) J. Franks & Sons: Leather, Hides, Pelts, etc. Wagon in front of st...

Lot includes; nice Geological Map of the Vicinity of San Francisco, 1853, by William P. Blake; 3 posters of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1937; 2 large post

Lot of 20 different real photo postcards of San Francisco and the Bay area. Includes animals, Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge construction, cable c

Cert. #124, issued for 60 shares to Richard Schmidt in 1884. Signed by M. Schmidt as president and S Desbecker as secretary. The co. incorporated in C

1) Oriental Coal Yard. Thomas House bought a 1/2 ton of hard coal. Number 12 battery Street near Oriental Hotel. 2) 1866 Thomas Selby, Importer of Met

Waterhouse & Lester Co. Catalog, No. 10, copy no. 2513. Vehicle Hardware and Supplies. Wagonmakers, Blacksmiths, Horseshoers and Trimmers Suppli...

1) Steamer Chrysopolis August 28, 1866 freight charge. Datelined Sacramento. The Chrysopolis was part of the California Steam Navigation Company. The

Rare! Has 20 cent and 4 cent California adhesive revenue stamps with tied cancels. Also has 2 cent orange US IR adhesive revenue. Exchange No. 9366 is

VERY EARLY GOLD RUSH! Dunbar established this bank in San Francisco in 1850, where he redeemed at par the gold coins of Baldwin & Co. In 1851....

Branch of S. I. B. S. of Sutter Creek, California. Many of the miners trapped and entombed in the fire of 1922 in Jackson were Slavonic. Famous crimin

Three different companies, five different letterheads. Two different M. E. Burckhalter, Banking and Insurance. Two different J. L. Lewison & Com...

Eight 1906/07 Billheads and Letterheads from the Truckee Lumber Company. Four are for the A. R. Jeffries Cottage #2. Everything you need to build your

Lot of nine. 1-2) Sierra Nevada Lumber Association 1875 billheads, Addressed to the Carson (Nevada) Lumber Company. 3-9) Six different Truckee Lumber

A ledger page and 20 checks from 1909 from the rural community of Williams in Colusa County. State: California City: Williams HWAC#: 28523 Date

Very early. Very historical. Photos show a bearded man, two women and a boy in front of a wooden cabin surrounded by grass bushes & trees in the...

Compiled by T. J. Sherwood. Descriptions of Olive Hill, Smartville, Marysville, Wheatland, Comptonville, etc. 19 full page sketches. Six portrait sket

Four issued California bank stocks. Includes: Citizen's Bank, 1876, Nevada City, Cal. pen cxled, some glue residue at left edge, Anglo-Californi...

William Taylor (1821-1902) was a Methodist minister specializing in "street preaching" in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., when the Methodi...

Harry is using a sluice box to strike it rich. Very colorful! Frame measures 11 x 13.5". Very good condition. State: California City: HWA...

By Lt. Williamson. Authorized by Secretary of State Jefferson Davis. From Walker Pass to the Coast Range. Very fragile. Needs TLC! 32" x 22&quo...

Lot of 11. Includes: G.W. McNear (California "Grain King"), San Francisco, 1892; Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, San Francisco, RN-D, unu...

Lot of ten: From Mississippi to California, Mainstream America California, The Gold Hunters, The Shirley Letters, The California of George Gordon auto

California general history library. 20 volumes on California history. The group includes several volumes on central California mining, seven volumes o