Million Dollar Auction

Banking and Express Office of early San Francisco dated October 3rd 1854. Note attached by pin "Margin of certificate book calls for $200, amt....

Old Adams Express bag, approx. 14" x 7.5". In 1839, Alvin Adams, a produce merchant ruined by the Panic of 1837, began carrying letters, s...

Collection includes: Adams Express Official Gazette; two covers; note; 18 receipts: 1845 early receipt with vignette of train crossing bridge, 1849--t

Seven horsemen dressed in uniforms with feathered hats in front of the Adams Express Office. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32123

American Express Co. meeting of Gen. Supt. Hughes and Staff at the Colonial Hotel Cleveland, Ohio 1904. Includes 2 group photos and 1 photo of R.E.M.

Twelve passes. The early passes are on cardstock, while the others are on thin paper. Years included: 1910, two for 1913, 1914, two for 1915, four for

Collection includes: Receipt book blank except for first page; two bags, Property of American Express Co. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 31648

Early 1850 American Express (Wells, Butterfield & Co.) receipt for $2991; 1853, American Express receipt; other receipts: 1855, (2), 1856, 1865,...

Ten package passes: early 1891 pass (blue with dog and key vignette), 1905 (issued to D.T. Mervine, supt. of Wells Fargo Express), 1910, two from 1911

#3073 for 5 shares to William B Conant on December 19, 1857. This is our earliest certificate. Nice clean certificate. City: State: Date: 1857 HWA

Early certificate with nice steam engine vignette. Signed by Timothy H Loomis (Springfield, Massachusetts) on November 25, 1858. (Prag collection) C

#3233 for 3 shares to Mrs. Susan Hogeboom on May 31st, 1858. Susan was the wife of Wells Fargo associate John G. Hogeboom. (Prag Collection) City: S

#573 for 10 shares to Hugh Crocker on October 14, 1859. Certificate number is difficult to read. City: State: Date: 1859 HWAC#: : 33059

#3724 for 3 shares to Martin Galucha on December 15, 1859. (Prag collection) City: State: Date: 1859 HWAC#: : 33067

#3673 for 8 shares to Morgan on December 5, 1869. Signed by Butterfield and Fargo. Edwin Morgan was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lak

#3674 to Homer B Hawkins for 5 shares on October 14, 1859. Strong Fargo, Butterfield and Holland signatures, Hawkins was the chief clerk of the Overla

#686 for 13 shares to Livingston on December 7, 1860. Signed by Wells, Fargo, and Holland. Johnston Livingston of Livingston signs the reverse. Living

#693 for 10 shares to Johnston Livingston of Tivoli in 1860. Livingston was on the Board of Directors of the American Express Company. When John Butte

#825 for 6 shares to Livingston in 1861. Signed by Wells, Fargo, and Holland. Unusual red stamp cancels. Johnston Livingston of Livingston signs the r

Signed by Wells and Fargo. Dated November 2, 1863. City: State: Date: 1863 HWAC#: : 33051