Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

Two billheads liquor related. 1) Joseph Bremer & Co., San Francisco, proprietors of "The Imperial Vineyard Co. of California", dated S...

Postmarked August 13, 1925 from Albuquerque, NM to San Francisco, CA. The sender's name is unknown but the letter was to a person with the last ...

Sunday, September 12, 1880, No. 59. This has only a couple pages. The front page has a cut out portion on lower left front page. Front page has miscel

Calling cards from members from the Duisenberg family and others: Mrs. Minna Duisenberg (wife of Charles, and a writer of poetry), C. A. C. Duissenber

1959 SF hotel guide, 1957 Braniff Airways schedule, 1925 steamship and railroad schedule-missing cover State: California City: San Francisco Date:

Very rare 1882 second of exchange Bank of California for NM Rothschild & Sons, London. State: California City: San Francisco Date:

About 20 pieces of correspondence to George Swan, owner of the Union Box Co. in SF and the man who built the Kingsbury - Placerville road. Corresponde

Lot of 6 vintage Bank of America,National Trust & Savings Association of San Francisco, travelers checks used in 1937. Three different denominat...

Beautifully framed and matted pictorial calendar frozen in March 1941. Bucolic Sonora tree filled watercolor. State: California City: Sonora Date: 194

Lot of 10. 1) c.1907 tourism brochure for Santa Monica in pictorial envelope holder with many printed black-and-white photos. 2) Unused c.1870s promis

Letter from Alder Creek Wood and Lumber Company paying a $10 bill for horse doctoring. State: California City: Truckee Date: 1901

6 early allegorical checks, Express & Banking Office of Rhodes & Co, 1855-1856. 1 has top toning State: California City: Weaverville Date: 1...

Phineas Banning who was a commissioned merchant who was responsible for the development of the Wilmington Harbor in the 1850's bringing the tran...

What a great early, pre-Gold Rush California reference work. This was published by Howell-North Books of Berkeley in 1965. Yerba Buena was the first n

Letter on Wawona Hotel Stationary, handwritten, two pages, dated Aug. 18, 1930. Cover with 2 cent stamp on Wawona Hotel Envelope. Blank post card &...

3 Express & Banking Office of Rhodes & Co. 1854 Shasta Rhodes & Whitney-edge toning, 1855 San Francisco Lucas Turner & Co, 1855 Shas...

Lot of 6. Includes: AC Lowell, Fort Bidwell, Cal.,1894 billhead.; letterhead for the County Clerk and Recorder of Sutter County, Yuba City, Cal., 1880

Small card from Mrs. John Steele, San Andreas, Cal. Larger pictorial card from Mrs. A. Horstmann, Dealer in Fashionable Cloaks and Suits, Stockton, Ca

Sept 1910 Recreation fishing and hunting magazine with a small gamebird on the cover, many illustrations-fair condition. Outdoors Pictorial 1925, nice

The San Francisco Chronicle, The County Record (Angels Camp, California); The Mountain Messenger, (Downieville, California). All in good condition. Th

This card is for his run as the Republican nominee for State Senator for the 14th District which was comprised on Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, and Mono

1 broken slide is of Hotels & mountains in Nevada; 3 slides, 1) "Social Life in the Occident"; "Out West"; & "What ...

No. 11873, Certified copy of Articles of Incorporation of Yuba Construction Co. Signatures notarized are H.I. Mulcrery, County Clerk, & W.R. Cas...

23 page bound booklet by M. Rieder 1903 with colored views of Southern California. Illustrations of East Lake Park in LA, oranges, Mammouth Wharf, Old

Wells Fargo & Co check to Geo Storey 1891 signed by Nathan Rhine. State: California City: Date: 1891

Datelined Tulare City, Nov 15, 1885. Nice vignette of an allegorical woman in a long gown sitting bare back on an antelope. Possibly written by the T

2 calendars. 1 from Morro Bay Grocery; & 1 from Consumer Meat Co., Bakersfield, California. Beautiful pictures/prints on the front of these cale...

Very nice small lot of cancelled checks. Drawn on the Rocky Mountain National Bank, Central City, Colorado. Has revenue tax stamps, placed over the mo

Rare whiskey billhead from Denver, CO. Torn, poor condition. No date. Sold as is. State: Colorado City: Date:

1) Pikes Peak. Self-identified 1950. Twelve panels. Two panel map. 2) Estes Park,. Twelve panels. 17 photographs. One 2/3 panel map. 3) Rocky Mountain

Catalogue for Works at East Point on Central and A. & W. P. R. R. Manufacturers of Solid and Inserted Tooth Circular Saws. Dealers in Mill Suppl...

Pictorial receipt for Thomas Dawson's Fire-Proof Cotton Warehouse, located West side of Macintosh Street, Augusta, Georgia. Dateline Augusta, No...

Lot of 3. Two pictorial order forms for The Waycross Bottling Company for Coca Cola orders in 1906. Both have vignette of an early Coca Cola bottle. E

Pamphlet from The E.A. Delano Co. of Chicago Ill. pp.22. Show details of machine. 9" x 6.25". State: Illinois City: Chicago Date: early 19...

Lot of 6. 1) Best piece is an 1853 Military Bounty Land Warrant issued in Fort Des Moines. 2) Five City of Indianapolis Treasurer's Office recei...

Approx 140 van Kamp Hardware telegrams c. 1900-1926. Business related Western Union telegrams. State: Indiana City: Date:

Lot of 37. Most if not all is addressed to Wiseman & Waters in Golconda, Illinois (on the Kentucky/Illinois border). Earliest pieces are 1859. L...

Brown cover, Boston Mass. 1905-1906. 66 pages with b/w photos of many famous historical paintings. 8.5" x 5. 75". State: Massachusetts Cit...

Lot of seven. One small (6 x 7") Pamphlet advertising the ideal ammunition for all .22 cal. air rifles. With photos. Both sides. One larger (12...

Issued to Dr. B. M. Hypes. Signed by James Richardson and (?). Vignette of Henry Ames Hall in the public library. Dr. Benjamin M. Hypes graduated from

Lot of 3. 1) Gorgeous illustrated letterhead for H.B. McCay, General Hardware, Mill and Mine Supplies, Stoves and Ranges. Dateline Bozeman, Montana,

2 checks from State Savings Bank 1906, assorted trade cards, program from 1946 Butte HS Commencement, Texaco letterheads, Montana Mine Exp. Co bank de

2 By Laws and Rules of Local Union No. 41, Butte Montana, revised March, 1954. 3 Union member monthly dues stamp books, hardcover. 1935-1943. State:

Rare, 2 pages of Accounts & Statements from Helena & Benton Stage Company. State: Montana City: Helena Date: 1880's

Three items from Helena, Montana, included a 3.75-inch diameter, gummed-back luggage sticker for the Placer Hotel printed in black and gold ink showin

3 Lewis and Clark County, MT financial reports, copy of settlement etc. State: Montana City: Lewis and Clark County Date: 1878

Six "Smile!" cards, 5.25" x 3.25" each. Advertising--City Billiards, Lewistown, Montana. Cartoon image of man fishing in a boat,...

2 pieces & several entries on this ephemera to various places & names, the Driver is George Beaber. State: Montana City: Sappington Date: 1900

Lot of two: 1) 1900 way bill for the Virginia City and Sappington Stage Line; 2) 1893 way bill for the Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage Company. Both

5 Jefferson County, MT 1878 ledgers State: Montana City: Date: 1878

Meaderville, MT volunteer FD 1960 50th anniversary program with lots of nice old photos. Framed and matted 6x8" photo of a brick city hall hous...

Large lot of Montana collectibles including 15 lapel pins, four wooden nickels, six bottle openers, one lacing hook, a variety of 16 brass and copper

Included: University of Montana President's Report, 1898; Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana, 1938, Helena;...

Football program from October 23, 1943, Great Falls Bisons vx. Havre Ponies at Memorial Stadium, Great Falls. Three checks from the Butte Carriage Wor

Workman's badge from Fort Peck; trade tokens from Oxford Cigar Store in Missoula; trade token from Pheasant, Dillon, MT; Montan Power tape measu...

Early issue of the Weekly Missoulian, vol 1, #15, June 6, 1873. Mounted panorama "Victory Liberty Drive in Butte, April 28-30, c1918, about 36&...

Includes C. D. Edwards Manufacturing Company road building catalog with pasted in cartoon drawings of "Alec and A'l". Pamphlet, A Tri...

Small copper tray from National Air Tours, 1928, Great Falls, Montana, July 21, 1928. Stamped, compliments of Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Company, ...

36" x 24". Map of the "Ice Age Flood"; Uniformitarianism vs. catastrophic geologic events. Interesting lot. 3 Maps. State: Monta...

Placer Hotel and Arbuckle's advertising items. Montana Deaconess School at Helena showing students and grounds.163 Infantry Journal. Helena Wat...

1876 Homestake Centennial 1976 Booklet, 96 pages and lots of photos. Old mining deeds, mining receipts, Santa Fe-The Lee Ranch Mine booklet, self gui

2 Generations of Teachers from the Jameson Family. From the Salvatore Falcone Collection. State: Nebraska City: Fremont Date: 1925

Check #2 to and from CA Witherall? assayer. $490.50. State: Nevada City: Carson City Date: 1888

Veto Messages of His Excellency John Sparks, Governor of the State of Nevada, Legislature of 1903. Also, Proposed Constitutional Amendments. Compiled

Nevada Mill Company vs. Baltimore Mill Company. Filed by MN Stone for the plaintiffs. Complaint on materials owned. The Baltimore Mine (which we assum

1884 satisfaction of mortgage in Esmeralda County, NV to Isaac Morse to AJ Rhodes State: Nevada City: Esmeralda County Date: 1884

Rare! Inc. March 2, 1895. No. 34, issued for 15 5/13 shares to Moritz Scheeline, a Reno banker, on May 24th, 1895. Cancelled on December 7, 1897. Sign

I/C 1886/1889 to WE Griffin who was the exclusive Wells Fargo agent for Eureka and his signature is on the back. #9, 10 shares. State: Nevada City: Eu

Rare photographic letterhead from the heyday of Goldfield, Nevada. Pictured is the Western Gas Engine Company, located at 419 Columbia St. in Goldfiel

Lot of five. 1) WE Griffin Banker / Wells Fargo 1884 check. Pioche. Nice green on white design. 2) 1922 St. John Lodge, Masons, Pioche check. Black on

Rare Pioche Pacific Railroad Company Archive (8 shipping records) c. 1936. 1 Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co. Assayer's Report, c. 1918. S...

Three Rawhide RPC overviews. One with a nearly perfect Rawhide, 1908 postmark. Additional statistics of the town included. [Don't forget to chec...

This is Equity No. A-3, a Recommended Temporary Restraining Order, 88 pages. Cover is torn slightly. In 1913 the United States filed in the U.S. Distr

A group of antiques from the Jerome Ayer ranch in Reno, which was located on Alameda, now North Wells. This group of antiques appears to date from the

72 pieces. Included: Palace Club (27), Reno Horseshoe Club (7), Reno Horseshoe (10), Comstock (4), Overland (24). Most of these are from the 1970s, of

Lot of about 50. Ashtrays from Old Reno, Sands, Onslow, Townhouse, Colony, Riverboat, Nugget, Ace, Nevada Club, Thunderbird, Colonial, Gold Dust, Oxbo

The case is in very nice condition; a hard plastic material, inside is a gold color foil placard "Dr. Chas. O. Gasho / Optometrist / Reno - Ne...

95 pieces. Much duplication, but a number of the rare varieties present. Please note: Pick-up is preferred for these delicate items. If shipped, speci

McCloskey was a famous columnist for the Las Vegas Sun. "...if gambling is carried on the level of Harold's Club, by men like Raymond I. Sm...

Here is a very early piece of Americana. It is from a local desert farm area, from one of the old time ranch sites. It was used to harness the Oxen as

Reno, NV Centennial poster. Approx 21" x 22". 3 horses in front of Reno skyline and Sierra Nevada Mountains. Small tack holes in 4 corners...

Color Map of Arizona (tearing at right side) misc. letters, checks, bills, and seven adveretising place mats from Tonopah, Nevada (dates unknown) with

metal sign on 65" post. sign is 24 x 18". This sign once showed the way to the Virginia City cemetery. it was later replaced with a "...

RNX with 1 citrine yellow 2 Consolidated CA & Virginia Mining Co.,; Comstock Pumping Assoc. from Virginia NV; Ophir Silver Mining Company; Com...

The Daily Times of San Bernardino, CA with follow up on Virginia City, NV fire. Poor condition, sold as is State: Nevada City: Virginia City Date: 187

1) Letter addressed to George Senf, agent for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Virginia City. From San Francisco. Please see to a "party ...

Black & white enlarged poster of a parade being held in Virginia City on "B" Street. Stamped Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society. Th...

Four Storey County Auditor's Office documents attached together that are receipts from July, August, September, and October 1878 for the funds a...

17 x 21". Color. Hale & Norcross and Potosi Mines Cross Section. Numbered Plate 10. Major rips and folds could use archival tape! State: Ne...

Features January 1956 through December 1956. In good condition. Features Grand Canyon pics, Mt. Hood horseback riding & many more Americana phot...

1906. This photograph (3.25 x 4.25") is identified as the Pioneer Saloon in Wonder by Hugh Shamberger. It seems to be an open mess for early Wo...

Includes The Roughneck (with notes on Reno Commercial Club paper), Katie of Desolate Springs (returned from Everybody's Magazine), The Three Los...

Rare Nevada reference. Has 4 page article, The Lakes of Nevada, by Lisle Lester. Covers Washoe Lake, Pyramid Lake, Humboldt Lake, Walker Lake, and Car

Items from some of Nevada's famous Brothels. Two bumper stickers from Fran's Star Ranch Beatty; Menu from Sagebrush Brothel in Carson (the ...

1915 Walker Lake Bulletin, 1922 Mining Topics, 1916 Review Miner State: Nevada City: Date:

Way Bill from Keene to Groton and Boston. This has passengers' names, where from, where to Dollars/Cents. 14" x 9". State: New Hampshi...

3rd Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of Central N.J. Land Improvement Co., 1875. Pamphlet, pp.6. 6" x 9". State...

Albuquerque National Bank service letters, 10 First National bank assorted sheets-some with tears, 4 Mora County tax receipts 1906-1919 and more. Stat

Two receipts. One for August 19, 1857 and one for August 21, 1857. One for $1.00 for certificate of rice paper and one for $2,00 for survey of flour o

Lot of 31. King went from banking in New York to mining interests in Cripple Creek and Nevada. His name appears in other pieces from the Heizer Estate