October 2017 Premier Auction

Photo is taken from the Western classic, 'Rio Bravo.' Photo shows Ms Dickinson and John Wayne. "To Charles, xx'x, Angie Dickinson.&...

414 pages. 280 pages of biographies and pictures of actors and actresses. Also writers, producers, directors and pets. Articles on how a movie is made

Lake Independence is near Sierraville and not far from Lake Tahoe and Nevada. Shows two ladies rowing. Obverse has a Hobart Mills, California postmark

1) Twelve page Tahoe Tavern pamphlet. Postcard size. 11 color prints. 2) Homewood Resort. 8 page foldout with seven photos. Cottage for double with do

Lot of five.1-4) Daily 1910 reports from Sage Hen Camp on Sagehen Creek.October 22nd, 126 logs, 49,090 square feet! Signed by JP Easton.(?). Three are

Lot of four. 1) Indian Lodge photo on four page advertisement for coffee shop and cottages. Two people is $3.00 with bedding linen and fuel! 2) Color

1) Lassen Volcanic National Park. Cover shows the 1915 eruption. 24 pages. Five black and white prints. 24 pages. Lists rules, accommodations, driving

Rare $500 10 year 6% bond. Ocean waves vignette, signed by president. #29. 15" x 10". City: Long Beach State: California ...

Compiled and Engraved by J. Elliot Judge. Shows roads, cities, electric and steam tracks. 1 inch equals 1 1/4 mile. Pre-UCLA (under construction) whic

Leather bound year book with many Westwood architectural scenes featured in the book. Features faculty, undergrads and sports teams. City:

1) Carmel Mission, Los Angeles. Engraved handle and bowl. 5.5" 2) Buffalo, North Dakota. Gold wash bowl. 4 inches. City: Los Angeles...

Savage established a own trading posts on Mariposa Creek where he traded for gold with the local tribes. In October 1850, he traveled to San Francisco

This magnificent looking piece is for the W. R. C. in 1905. W. R. C. stands for the Woman's Relief Corp. It was the auxiliary of the Grand Army ...

Dated 1904 this letter from R. E. Bevan, Undertaker and Embalmer, Marysville, CA. Letter relates to flowers and is signed, City: Marysvill

Published in 1895 this map extends south from Marysville to Knights Landing. 34" x 23.75". Wrinkled with some tears. City: Ma...

1) Addressed to the Portland and the Oregon Iron Works from CH Leonard. 1867. The Oregon Iron Company was an iron smelting company located in what is

Includes Pacific Coast Redwood Company 1913, Terminal Lumber Co. 1907, Panama Land & Lumber Co. 1926, Holmes Planing Mill Company 1939, Hotchkis...

1) Main street property to Petronilo Rios in Monterey. Petronilo Ríos (1806–1870) was a Mexican soldier who came to California in the mid-1820s...

Approx 35 vintage 8" x 10" black and white photos. Photos of old buildings and ghost toms including Grass Valley, Downieville. Trinity an...

Approx 30 vintage black and white photos from the Southern Motherlode in California including San Andreas, Chinese Camp, Ione and more. Photos includ

Mostly 8" x 10" black and white vintage photos of California including Murphy's, Angels Camp, the mill at Deadwood, the old stamp mill...

Isaiah West Taber was an American daguerreotypist, ambrotypist, and photographer who took many pictures of noted California scenes. He was most famous

Over 50 postcards. Four RPC's (see photo). Postmarks include Echo Mountain, (1893-1910) and Mt. Lowe (1910-1937). There are duplicates. ...

Four framed Desert Magazine covers featuring the art of Victor Clyde Forsythe, a Southern California artist who once shared a studio with then young a

Colored. J. W. Powell, Director of Survey. G. F. Becker, Geologist in charge. Two maps. One is a area geology and the other is structure maps. Framed

California Steamer billhead datelined Sacramento in 1868. California Steam Navigation Company on left border. List of freight carried and received pay

Lot of three. 1) Sacramento, November 3, 1869 receipt from D.W. Earl, forwarding and Commission Merchant, and wholesale dealer in flour and grain, Nos

1914. Includes East San Diego, National City, Chula Vista and Coronado. Only major streets are listed. On very light paper. 28 x 17". Excellent...

This is a large cigar store Indian. He was in a corner store in the Mission District in San Francisco. The Indian is holding a bundle of cigars in h

Tan version of "San Francisco: The Story of the Earthquake told with views of the doomed city." 30 pages. 29 pages with photographs! Each ...

1) "Views of San Francisco Before and After the Earthquake." 48 pages. 47 pages show a picture of a building of site before and then after...

Vol. XXXII, April 19, 1906 Press Democrat. Two pages. Focuses completely on the San Francisco earthquake and the damage it did to surrounding cities s

An art rarity! These paintings were being shown at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. They were on loan from the Carnegie Institute. This i

Catalogue for December 29, 1939 to January 28, 1940 exhibition at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum,

The Grabhorn Press was one of the most important private presses in the United States at this time. The Grabhorn Press was one of the foremost America

3" ribbon with vignette of early street lamps in red. One inch faux nugget hangs from the bottom. Frayed edges and stains to ribbon. The Path o...

This set of portraits is of Zita Leota Vinson Dawson who was born in Pueblo, CO on June 3, 1908. Zita would later move to Oregon and in 1926 she woul

Four salad plates that were made for and used by the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco. They were made by Rosenthale Selb-Germany in 1935. Al

Published by WE Arding of the Palace Hotel News Stand. Everything a guest at the hotel could want to know about the city. 64 pages. 6.5 x 4". P...

Cover is detaching from spine. City: San Francisco State: California Date: HWAC# 52233

1902 calendar and two pages for notes - some used. This would have been a 50 anniversary gift. Hole punched to attach. Thin plastic/cellulite material

Over 50 items. All addressed to R. A. Owen of Los Angeles. Owl Drug wants at least $1,000 in rent of the Spring Street place. All documents seem to be

An "official souvenir" (on watch faceplate) of the exposition held in San Francisco. Brass. Fine condition. Embossed standing figure of w...

Two photos (4 x 5") of these dignitaries at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Photos numbered 25590 and 25599. Identified by pencil ...

Addressed to Misses Bird and Dinkilspiel. The Bird and Dinkelspiel Store was constructed in 1875. It was John Bird, one of the stores proprietors, who

Established in 1850, the Society of California Pioneers is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art, history, and culture. It was founde

Lot of nineteen. Zoo pictures of "Full Blooded Black Maned Lion", kangaroo, bear, bison. Several boating and lake pictures. walking paths ...

Brown key fob with skeleton key. RETURN TO / PANAMA MAIL/ STEAMSHIP CO. / SAN FRANCISCO / S.S. VENEZUELA/ 20 / DROP IN ANY / MAIL BOX / WE GUARANTEE

1) U. S. Senate Miscellaneous Pamphlet Number 30 titled "Memorial on Panama railroad Company" Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to cont...

From William E Lewis of San Francisco and addressed to Judge Richardson of Pueblo de San Jose. Not says "Please put the within enclosed papers ...