May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

This green paperback Henry Disston catalog is from 1914, reprinted by College Press in 1976, and shows some foxing in the corners and contains several

These two bow saws are a must for antique tool collectors. The first one has 20 in.wide on an oak frame and jute tensioner. There is no name of a manu

This is a model #7 Barnes scroll saw with a patent date of 5-75 (c1889-1935).. The hardwood table is marked #9944. This one has the perforated belt dr

This carpenter tool chest contains: 1- C.A. Maynard & Son nail puller No.#3 189X, antique offset box wrench 2 1/8 in. X 1 3/16 in., saw blade h...

This carpenter's chest has two miter boxes, one stanley No. 0 level, one Stanley Rule level pat. 1862, 1872, one hand made gauge signed by A.R. ...

This carpenter's chest contains: a vintage 50 ft. tape measure, one 6 in. vintage Marples Sheffield rosewood square 1870's, one beautiful ha...

This carpenter's tool chest of hand saws includes 30 hand saws some with names of Rosecrans of San Francisco and H. Disston Co. There are 4 loos...

This vintage carpenter's tool chest (also contains) 3 bow saws 28 in., 18 in., 12 in.; 3 calipers, 1 oak scribe and circular guide, I hand-made...

This carpenter's tool chest has a number of tools from the early 1920's. The chest itself has a dome for nesting additional tool chests. The...

This parpenter's chest contains a Goode-Pratt 18 in. spirit level, 14 in. plane, 17 in. Boschkens pattern saw, 15 in. Tip-Top hack saw, Hill'...

This is a chest of 41 total wood planes. There are four full sized planes with 37 smaller trim molding planes of varied sizes and shapes. These trim p

This turn of the 20th Century tool box contains carpentry tools of the period 1910-1920's. A Disston saw swage tool #2 with instructions and bo...

This is a collection of 13 auger pits and tool tray display. The single largest auger drill bit is 51 in. overall length with a 1 1/2 in. diameter bit

This hand held Slick or shipwright Slick was made by D. H. DXXXXX and is 4 ft. long. The Slick handle is 4 ft. long and the blade is 4 in. wide and is

Duplicate of Lot 3712

This display board measures 31 in. X 10 in. It is a display board used in ship building yards for a hull design layout. A half-hull gives the carpente

Brown wood handle hand rip saw, 30 and half inches long, 7 inches deep at its largest and 2 inches deep at the tip. The unique thing about this saw is

This K & E surveyors transit is a Keuffel and Esser model #5691 "Favorite Farm Level" sold to inexperienced surveyors. The tripod is...

This is a 24 in. saw clamp. There are no markings as to the manufacturer but it is commercially made. Back in the day before saw blades were readily a

These are three screw type wood clamps; S, M, Lg. Each one is in fine working order but without any identification as to the manufacturer and very po

This vintage 1920's Walker-Turner bench grinder is begging to be restored or repainted. The original "Walker-Turner Co. Jersey City, Drive...

Issued 1910 to GJ Bayles, Gen'l foreman,telegraph dept. Signed by president Randolph. HWAC# 61820 Date: 1910 Location: Arizona

Lot of 15 passes for this company that operated steamers to Catalina Island. Included: 1901 (signed by William Banning); 1907 (signed by William Banni

Lot of 3 passes. Issued 1925 (low No. 7), 1927, and 1930. The 1925 pass is also stamped on the reverse to be good on the Cascada & Huntington La...

This Tahoe railroad pass has a stamped signature of Walter D. Bliss. But the reverse is signed by Duane L. Bliss Jr. Number 372 issued to Chief Engine

No. 674, issued for 1891 to FH Thompson, passenger agent for CRI&P Railway. Signed by vice-president and general manager Burnett. The Los Angele...

Lot of 4 issued passes. Included: 1936-37, 1938-39, 1943, and 1944. The first three are in good condition; the 1944 pass is in rougher shape. The Paci

Very rare. Dateline Shingle Springs, Cal. January 15th, 1870. On official letterhead for the Superintendent's Office P & S. V. R. R. Pass fo...

Six colored issued passes for the Pacific Railway Club: 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939. Very good condition. The club's object is "...

Unissued but very scarce. Pass No. 56. Printed on orange cardstock. Very good condition. Created by the Cowells (Henry Cowell, Santa Cruz) in 1906 as

No. B 87, issued to FW Thompson for the year 1904. Lessee San Francisco and North Pacific Railway Co. Paper residue on reverse. cThis railroad, incorp

No. 56, issued to MR. Thomas Elliott, traveling agent for Wells Fargo & Express.Signed by Raggio, receiver. Blue cardstock. Heavy toning around ...

Lot of six different passes issued: 1918, 1920, 1924, 1925, 1929, and 1934-35. All very good condition. Formed in 1897, operated between Mt. Shasta an

Pass No. B1313, issued to Mr. JK Weatherford, vice-president of Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Company. Printed signature of president Jeffery. Co...

Issued for 1872 to Charlesworth. Signed by superintendent HW Franklin. Punched. (Potter Collection) HWAC# 59927 Date: Location: Connect

Lot of 7 passes. 1) Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Company. One pass issued 1926. 2) Atlanta & West Point Railroad / The Western Rai...

No. 111. Issued to Chas. Harris, president of S.F. & Co. Lake R.R. Co. J.C. Simpson as superintendent. Black and red print on green cardstock. ...

Lot of 11. Included: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, two different for 1920, 1923, 1924, two different for 1925, and 1926. Issues include T.J. Burns Jr. of Ca

Lot of 11 issued passes. Included: 1907, 1910, 1911, 1916, 1918, two for 1924, two for 1925, and two for 1926. Overall very good condition for the gro

Lot of 8. Issued 1913, two for 1918, 1924, 1926, 1932, 1940, and one undated. Good to very good condition. Linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kan

Lot of 14 passes from six different "Chicago" railroads. 1) Chicago, Burlington & Quincy: 1924, 1926, and 1935. 2) Chicago Rock Island...

Lot of 13 from numerous Chicago railroad lines. Included: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. (1918); Chicago, Milwaukee & St...

Two passes, issued 1884 and 1887, to CM Higginson, assistant auditor. Both passes signed by general manager Stone. Condition issues including soiling

Lot of 12. Issued in 1904, 1909, two for 1920, two for 1924, three for 1925, and three for 1926. Overall very good condition. Incorporated in 1847. Ch

Lot of 2 different: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway issued for trip in 1876; and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad pass issued in ...

Lot of 6 passes. Included: 1873, 1918, 1921, 1924, 1929, and 1936-37. Chartered in 1851. Eventually became the Canadian National Railway. (Potter Coll

No. 1466, issued to CM Higginson (of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy) for the year 1879. Signed by general manager Hopkins. Some soiling. The T...

No. 533, issued for 1876 to NH Hotchkiss, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. J Martin as president. Paper and glue residue on reverse. The Evansville an...

Three passes from two different Ft. Wayne railroads. 1) Fort Wayne, Muncie, & Cincinnati Railroad. Pass No. 442, issued to NH Hotchkiss for the ...

Pass No. 303, issued for 1878 to JH Franklin, superintendent of the Boston & New York Air Lines Railroad. Signed by H.C. Moore, chief engineer a...