November Wonders: Western Americana Auction (November 2021)

A nice group of 20 postcards featuring illustrations in both black and white of college ladies in various dress styles. Most are representing Eastern

A collection of about 85 antique and vintage Easter celebration postcards. This collection features chicks, eggs, hens, angels, lambs, and springtime

Ezra Meeker was is known as an American pioneer who travelled the Oregon Trail as a young man, and in his later years he sought to preserve the histor

Copyright 1907, P. Sander, N.Y. Titled, "Is horseback riding bad for the heart?" Postmarked 1908. Christy created the college girl postcar...

Five WWII propaganda postcards. Three are war bond advertisers, two are from Slovenska in Central Europe. The Slovenska ones are very artsy, with a m

More than 500 colorful postcards featuring flowers, whether individual or in bouquets or out in the fields, here is an abundance of flowery postcards

Approx 200 flower cards, mostly US and embossed Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Salvatore Falcone Collection

No artist noted, but this is a great card. "He could peddle love talk like a book...But Alas and by Heck, Get the Hook! She's got him by th...

Postcards of Helicopters, first group of about 18 different ones, mostly color. The majority of the rest are about 180 promotional postcards from Sun

A collection of about 25 real photo postcards touring the inside of the beautiful and luxurious homes of the past with dates ranging from between 1911

James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist, comics artist and illustrator. This card is titled, "In the Hands of the Receiver", signed ...

Mostly European Expos includes a few from Brussels, Zurich, London & Dusseldorf.Also includes Milan and Rio de Janiero. Twenty one postcards in ...

Lot of 16. Five envelopes containing: 1. Coolidge. Four postcards. Two colorized and two RPG. Two with handwriting. 2. Wilkie. One picture pos

Very colorful group of New Year's and holiday postcards. 150 in all. Many nice ones printed in English but produced in Germany. A great dealer l...

Three early date Pioneer postcards from 1897 and 1898. Two from Ritter & Kloeden, Nurnberg from July, 1897 read, "Deutiches Bundesfehiefzen...

Approx. 133 cards. About 1/3 of the cards are generally California locations (Mitchell etc. ) and the other 2/3 are holiday related cards. Original, e

The first card has three large stamps from Nurnberg, 1906 affixed to the front. Ritter & Kloeden, Nurnberg. The second card pictures the Kaiser...

A collection of about 220 postcards by artist Catharina Klein is also known as Catherine Klein. Her name was anglicized outside of Germany during WWI

Approx 90 postcards featuring ladies with their men, flowers and more Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Salvatore Falcon

This is a collection of about 75 postcards depicting autos from the 1907 Stanley Steamer, the 1915 Mercer Raceabout, to about 1940. Then there is a ca

A large beautiful group of postcards with various scenes. About 80 cards Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Coll

Lot of five includes four RPCs and one magazine clipping of President William McKinley, from the U.S., c1901-1907. Two RPCs are canceled (in memoriam

Twenty-one RPCs & other postcards featuring the 27th president, William Howard Taft, in public, from the U.S. and France, c1904-1910. Includes s...

A large assortment of 59 views of President Taft on the election trail, and following the election traveling throughout the U.S., with cancel dates 19

Lot of 39 RPCs & other cards of President Taft portraits, from the U.S., c1908-09. Fifteen are canceled with stamps, from different U.S. states,...

Lot of 7 Envelopes containing postcards. 1. Two Romney Postcards, one is signed and postmarked 1962. 2. Five color postcards of Pres. Carter in v

An unusual and unique (Am I being redundant?) of Italian postcards. these aren't your typical postcards. These were collected by tourists, back ...

Lot of four rare post cards with six photos: each is a stereo pair! These are not stereoview cards, they are post cards. We've never seen these...

Ritter & Kloeden, Nurnberg, Gold Medal winner at Paris, 1891 and Silver Medal winner at Nurnberg, 1896 (printed on the back). Date: Country ...

Approx. 50 postcards including: Venezia Gondola; View on Iowa River Near Columbus Junction Iowa; Lake Almanor, California; Boat Landing at Arrow Head

September Morn was the title given to a 1911 painting by Paul Emile Chabas of a young women standing naked in a shallow water, appearing to brace hers

A nice collection of 60 beautiful RPC's highlighting the iconic Southern Pacific Daylight passenger train. Besides several photos of the train h...

Lot of 4 different Souvenir Folders, full of illustrations. Includes: Blowing Rock, North Carolina (mailed in the 1940s); Wildwood-By-The-Sea, New Jer

Approx 150 Spain/Portugal/Gibraltar postcards, mostly modern, several RPC's. Barcelona, Toledo, etc Date: Country (if not USA): Europe State...

Seventeen pre- and post-election RPCs and litho postcards of William H. Taft, from the U.S., c1907-1911. President Taft's portrait is featured i...

Six RPCs, most of President Taft riding in automobiles, from New York, 1909-1910. Includes two canceled with stamps. Date: 1909-1910 Country (if not

Ten RPCs of President William H. Taft and his family, from Missouri, Massachusetts, New York, and Maine, c1908-1909. One canceled with stamp, the rest

Lot of 22 William H. Taft-James S. Sherman, and William J. Bryan-John W. Kern RPCs from the U.S. presidential election of 1908. Seven are canceled, si

This broad variety of postcards includes Jewish synagogues, Christian tabernacles, Masonic shrines, and related scenes and images. Included are some p

Nice art card shows a woman on her engagement day. Small stain bottom right. Signed by Lyman Powell. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Card Titled, "Gruss vom Oberammergauer Passionsspiel". Nach Aufnahmen von 1890. Vonn Ottmar Ziemer Kunstanstalt, Muenchen, printed on the ...

Three nice art cards, "Havenstein", "Schapbach"Wnd "Markgraflerin". Women in fancy dress. All signed Bumler. Good cond...

1) Rare Aluminum postcard of the Paris Opera House. 2-3) Two threaded postcards: "Souvenia de France" and "Greetings from France.&quo...

A full shoebox -- a foot long (see what I did there?) of mostly post-1930s postcards from across the U.S. Most are modern color, but I spotted a few R

Lot of 25 postcards, mostly announcement cards for baby arrival or invitations. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Ken P

Two unused postcards from the 1894 World's Fair. The Vienna and Zurich Expositions. In very good condition. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

About 500 modern cards c1940-1990. About a third are Italy and sorted by town. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Ken Pr

These stamps have been precanceled before use and did not need to be cancelled. These are all Carson City. One full sheet minus four stamps, one parti

This is a collection of first day train stamps called "All Aboard" issued in 1999. There is the stamps booklet of cancelled stamps dated A...

1) Souvenir of the monumental effort that saw the United States five times break its earth bonds and explore the face of the moon. Interplex New York,

Scott British America Album, copyright, 1976, about 3" thick plus approx. a dozen other British colonies with pages removed from older albums....

Composite of three different collections. Two of the collections are in White Ace Historical Albums (published 1972), the remainder are removed from s

8 countries represented. The lot consists like other lots in this sale of stamp album pages from various collections, generally all collected before W

Lot of 22 album pages with Irish stamps, 1922 and newer. Date: Country (if not USA): Ireland State: City: Provenance: Salvatore Falcone Coll

A very large collection of varying stamp sheets from several books modern and pre WWII. Includes about 150 Japan Postal Issue pages from the 1960&...

A nice collection of varying stamp sheets from several books, generally pre WWII. Turkey: perhaps 50-75 stamps. Palestine: maybe 20 Israel: about a d

A nice collection from several books, generally pre WWII. Ethiopia: about 20. Cape Verde: less than 20. Cameroons: about 30. Equatorial Africa: about

Collection of album pages from numerous different collector albums from varying dates, generally collected before 1950. Romania: a nice selection incl

12 countries represented here. These are mostly album pages from various collector albums before 1945, some containing mint modern stamps as noted. Ar

A collection of varying stamp pages from several books, includes modern as well as pre WWII. Fiji Islands: 2 Island: less than 15. Gilbert Islands: ab

A nice collection of varying stamp sheets from several books, generally pre WWII. Siam: about 20 Malaya: about 20 Corea/Korea: about 20 India: about

A nice collection of varying stamp sheets from several books, generally pre WWII. Liechtenstein: about 50. Luxenburg: about 50. Switzerland: about 30

Railroad vignette on this Wells Fargo Collection envelope from Mr. Kendall in San Jose to Pagano & Co. of Redwood. Blue ink, 4 1/2 x 10 inches. ...

A set of 44 postcards with railroad scenes including Railway Express; 28 copies of Pennsylvania RR Engine #7002, clocked at 127.1 mph; some RR-related

Extra rare. Dateline. Tucson, Arizona, Dec. 15, 1885. First issue. "A bright sparkling stamp paper, written in a lively interesting style."...

A vintage group of items from early San Francisco. Lot includes a freight bill from Wells, Fargo & Company marked "Slow" as in by wago...

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

About 40 Pages, full of stamps commemorating Winston Churchill from around the world. All mint in protective holders and well centered. A nice present

Lot of 1. Mercantile Agency the R G Dun and Company, Postal and Shippers Guide. 1884. Xerox copy of directory. Postal and shippers guides for the US a

This is a lot of post cards and letter cancellations with unique or unusual killer cancellation stamps. There is one letter from Japan addressed to M

Lot of about 30 pieces. Includes: Pacific Alaska Airways 1935 Timetable; Ax-I-Dent-Ax, Employee Magazine for United States Smelting, Refining & ...

Dated January 14, 1898, this is a letter from the Attorney General of the United States, John McKenna, literally two days before he left office. This

Rare CDV of Hartman House, Prescott, AZ. 2x3.75" Date: c1880 Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Prescott Provenance: The Fred H...

Professionally framed and mounted CDV of a woman and a signed City License issued in 1898 to a prostitute named Amelia by officials of Tombstone, Ariz

An unusual document showing the early use of early telegraph for funds transfers. From the Pima County Bank, five thousand dollars for telegraph trans

A nice freight bill issued by the CRI&P RR, dated September 6, 1876. All stops are noted, including Tucson, A.T., La Junta, Co., with an origin ...

Two labels from Julius Goldbaum who began his enterprise in Tucson in 1887: 1) AAA / Liberty Bell / Hand made / Sour Mash / Bourbon / Julius Goldbaum

Snowflake, Arizona Newspaper issues: 1)The Snowflake Herald, AZ 1917. "Snowflake and Taylor will have an Electric Light and Power Plant. Foxing...

This is a collection of print materials of Fresno at the turn of the last century; 1908-1956. There is the membership roster of Fresno County Chamber

A very rare, illustrated envelope for J.H. Caesar's Bicycle dealership which operated out of Fresno County, California circa late 1800s/early 19...

Lot of 11 pieces. Mini archive for Daisy O. Burkett, a Fresno County teacher who was educated at UC Berkeley c.1905-1912. Includes 6 university regist

This is a 1966 card stock advertising piece issued by the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner to sell their California Almanac. Sign measures 14 x 21" ...

Lot of 13. This is the best of the LA ephemera we sorted. Includes: 1898 letterhead from the Los Angeles Review to John Singleton, president of the Ye

This is an unusual and fascinating look into the past. This is a couple of sections of the October 26, 1921 edition of the Los Angeles newspaper, The

Lot of about 80 items. 1) Seven booklets: Mason Opera House (c.1910); Auditorium Los Angeles (two copies, 1907); Belasco Theatre (c.1910); Orpheum (c.

Approx 25 items-receipts, power of attorney, electricity receipt, billheads, letterheads Date: c1867-1908 Country (if not USA): State: California

Rare newspaper discussing Los Angeles politics. Note paper condition issues. On Mat Board (not adhered) with plastic covers. Date: 1894 Country (if

Lot of 3 waybills from 1903. United State Mail Line, Milton Gann, proprietor. Transport from Milton to Angels (Camp). 7.5 x 18" Punch cancelled...

A half dozen "A" sections from the San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner, highlighting the crash of the airship Macon and several other h...

Lot of 2. Both are The Bank of Napa. Dateline Napa City, Cal., March 1876. Signed by WC Watson cashier. Issued to JA Jackson & Co. (not JP Jacks...

Lot of 3. All are Bank of Napa, with Napa City, Cal. datelines. Issued in 1876. All with RN-F imprinted revenue. Red print. To be paid in Gold. Signed

The Napa Hotel letterhead 1889. Tax Payer record for Napa Township, Capell Valley Improvements on blue paper. Signed by Napa tax collector. Date: 18

Business ledger for Elis Brothers Merchandise c 1910-1920. About half of the hundred pages or so are unused. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Lot of 2. 1) 1912 mounted photograph of school children taken by Hugo Weitz, Fruitvale and Oakland. Photo is 4.5 x 7.5" on 7 x 10" mount. ...

Billhead for F. Multner, Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Medicines, etc. Dateline Ophir, Dec. 10, 1879. Billed to John Knoff

A nice archive featuring the campus of Lealand Stanford Jr. University. Founded in 1891, Stanford, or "The Farm" as it's referred to, ...

A rare dismissal slip signed by the first president of Leland Stanford Jr University David Star Jordan. It allows that student Alex McNee be given an

Ledger sheet for the business of Pearson Springs for the year ending November 1st, 1883. Inside list bills due to numerous merchants like Wamboldt Bro

An advertising blotter for Plumas Dairy for "Rich, Clean, Grade 'A' Milk" from local modern plant in Portola, CA. This blotter inc...

Large Book of Sacramento Bee Articles from July 1, 1932, to July 30, 1932. Has articles ranging from "Governor Roosevelt Wins Wide Lead in Thre...