Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More (2025 March)

Early RPCs (7), all with an Alaskan dog team theme. Interestingly, the dogs appear to be collies or shepherds, as oppose to the husky or malamute bree

C. 1880's roulette wheel from Jim Letson's Turf Club in Bisbee, AZ. Wheel is about 21" diameter with a wood outer race. Wheel is housed...

Scarce Mar 25, 1886 early Tombstone Wild West newspaper containing several inside pages with very racist Anti Chinese rhetoric during this period of l

This cook set is from the Aztec Boarding House in Tombstone, Arizona. The Aztec House lies in the historic district across the street from Fly's...

Group of five books related to Arizona, including: "History of Arizona" Vols. I & II, Thomas Edwin Farish, 1915, 392 & 348 pp., 8....

6 Alpine county letterheads. 2x 1901 Woodfords-1 with cover, 1864 short Silver Mountain, 1898 and 1901 Markleeville, 1899 Woodfords billhead.

This is from the diary kept by Miss Sarah Haight who attended the wedding of William Ralston and Elizabeth Fry, along with their trip to Yosemite Nati

5 Bodie checks. 1881 Bodie Bank with RN, 1911 Anglo & London Paris National Bank, 1870's Gillson & Barber Merchants, 1878 The Bodie Bank...

4x perhaps 1930's-1940's Bodie RPC postcards. Land office, Miners Union Hall, Rosa May grave, Methodist grave. ^ Date: Country(if not USA)...

1853 Corlis Andrews, Gold Rush, lumber receipt letterhead for lots of wood! What were there building? Maybe sluice boxes or houses? Wrinkles and light

Columbia was one of the absolute key California gold rush mining camps located at the southern end of the mining region near Sonora. Today, it is a Ca

Signed First Edition autobiography of Sennett Studios and Keystone Cops producer Mack Sennett. Sennett's discoveries included Mabel Normand, Ros...

Two lobby cards 14"x 11" from the 1951 film "The Secret of Convict Lake." The film starred Glenn Ford, Gene Tierney and Ethel Ba...

Tour books and pamphlets of the "City of Angels" Los Angeles, California. These publications cover the area from the early 20th century, u...

Ribbons, pins and medals from various conferences, expos and organizations, including California Expo Japan Day in 1915, the Hospital association of 1

A collection of six California fraternal badges in a 6.25" x 8.25" glass-top case. The group includes: 2" missionary on medallion, re...

Letter is on pictorial letterhead for the observatory and has a photo vignette showing a large telescope. Addressed to GMM Ross in Virginia City, Neva

Canvas backed rollup map by Fred H Tibbetts, engineer, San Francisco, Grass Valley District office. Nevada Irrigation District. 1929. 1" to 5 m...

A really nice group of 10 original large photographs in excellent condition in this scrap book with cover labeled History/Land & Marks/of Placer...

Dated: Rattlesnake, Jan. 12, 1856. Peter E. Mead deposited $400 in coin to be returned to him on his order on presentation of this receipt, signed Bal

Duke of Sacramento, A Comedy in Four Acts by Warren Baer (77pages) is one of two books centered on the city of Sacramento. the other The Pioneers of t

Reprint of The California Star edited by Sam Brannan, containing Yerba Buena and San Francisco, Volume I 1847-48. With an introduction by Fred Blackbu

1863 San Francisco directory, compiled by Henry Langley. 639pp. Front board detached, rear board detaching, binding separation at page 80 and 336, spi

Interior view is Watkins and the exterior view is Continent Stereoscopic Company. The Palace Hotel was built by San Francisco banker and entrepreneur

Dozens of c. 1879-93 Castle Bros. correspondences to S R Buford and Henry Elling, Virginia City, MT related to food orders, a wrong coffee shipment, d

Daily Evening Bulletin (6) began publication in October 1855 by San Francisco activist James King of William, who was the editor of the paper until hi

Two exchange notes from Drexel, Sather & Church, Bankers and Dealers in Bullion and Bills of Exchange. The partners in this bank covered the cou...

Two deposit receipts issued by Adams & Co express and banking office of San Francisco, both dated 1854. Vignette of their office building with p...

Group of (9) different post cards, plus (1) Free Pass to the Portola Festival. (3) official post cards from the 1909 Portola Festival. There are (4) c

A collection of 23 postcards of parades and festivals in San Francisco, CA, c1909-14. Includes 21 RPCs, 2 chromolithos. Fantastic pageantry. Includes:

There are over 80 cabinet card photos in this group and all from San Francisco photography studios. All photos are portraits taken between 1880 and 18

A Pacific National Fire Insurance Company metal calendar sign. It measures 19"x 11" and has cards with month and days that are inserted in...

Brass 1.5" Sierra/Vista/8107/Ranch pin back. "Corporate farming first appeared in Delano in the late 1920s, approximately the same time is...

1901 souvenir booklet of Native Daughters of the Golden West, Postcard album of views of the Missions of California,-several front cards damaged from

401pp with attractive gilt cover and spine. Full page map, 2 steel engravings with many illustrations. Tales of a Knights Templar journey from Boston

About 20 California checks, 1860's to 1922. Willits, San Francisco, Napa City, Downieville. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: California ...

A mix of vintage California ephemera. Business cards, mini greetings card, 1906 L A Fireman's Relief Assoc. by laws, 1870 Tulare county sheriff ...

Nevada City 1904 K T ribbon, 1911 corporation license, 1864 declaratory statement, 1898 North Bloomfield receipt, 1887 American Headlight - only know

c. 1904 California Moline Plow catalog with prices and many plow illustrations. 216pp plus index. Some red ink bleed on page edges in front, light wat

7 c. 1876-1918 California mostly Western Union telegraphs. Eureka, San Francisco-1 with Rockwell holiday illustration, Bishop, 1876 in rough conditio

Auburn, Placer county. 300 feet to 1 inch, 39x30". Marysville, Yuba county, with 1856 sketches by famous lithographer Grafton T Brown,42x54&quo...

Map of routes by military detachments in spring of 1855 from SLC to SF. 4 different routes were examined by Capt. Ingalls, Col. Stepto, Lt Mowry. Prin

1st edition. From the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River to the City of Sacramento, California. Contains a Table of Distanc

"Crofutt's New Overland Tourist, and Pacific Coast Guide," a hardback book about traveling on the "Union, Kansas, Central and Sou...

A true rarity comes to us from an historic California and Vermont family. Lorino's Terrestrial Globe, Gilman Joslin, Boston, Revised, G.W. Boynt...

Artemus Ward: His Travels. With Illustrations by Mullen. Part 3 is entitled; Miscellaneous, Part 33; Among the Mormons. Hardcover, 231 pages. In nice

Bancroft's Handbook Almanac for the Pacific States 1863: San Francisco H.H. Bancroft and Company 1863 Hardcover Good 4.25" x 6.5", pp ...

California Imprints, 1833-1862, A Bibliography. Robert Greenwood, editor. 1961, limited edition, 750 copies, Talisman Press, Los Gatos, CA. A bibliogr

"California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869." Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr. 1967, David Magee: San Francisco. 475 copies printed by...

The Henry H. Clifford Collection, Auction Catalogue 2, Part 3, California Pictorial Letter Sheets, to be sold at auction, The Biltmore Hotel, 506 Sout

"Broderick and Gwin., A Brief History of Early Politics in California, sketches of prominent actors in the scenes, and an unbiased account of t...

All 10 1955 volumes of The Larkin Papers, for the History of California by George P Hammond plus index volume, all with dustjackets. Personal, busines

The Letters of Alfred Robinson to the De la Guerra Family of Santa Barbara, 1834-1873, Translated and Annotated by Maynard Geiger, first edition 1972.

A journey round the world by Sir George Simpson. Copyright 1847, 232 pages. There's a fold out map in the front of the book. the book is in exc...

A pair of books by William Heath Davis, one published in 1889, the other 1967 and signed by the publisher's son. Includes: "Sixty Years in ...

1928 Records of a California Family by Anna Lee Marston. Journals and Letters of Lewis C Gunn and Elizabeth Le Breton Gunn. 279pp, rebound. "Le...

(3) Books on Pre-Gold Rush California Diaries and Letters. "Josiah Belden 1841 California Overland Pioneer: His Memoir and Early Letters" ...

In 1945 a small group of nationally known historians and bibliographers completed their work on a small book they said represented the cornerstones of

Corbett & Ballenger's Denver City Directory, 1882. 675pp, John Ford (the great numismatist) bookplate in front inside cover. Tenth Annual di...

The Denver and Fire Clay Co., established in 1876, microscope, animal cages, autoclaves and other laboratory accessories catalogue complete with price

Letter and cover from The Overland Producing & Refining Company of Denver, Colorado and a copy of The Western Oil World newspaper, dated May 25,...

TOKEN KNOWN FOR THIS MERCHANT! Office of AD Clark, proprietor Crawford House and Horseshoe Saloon. Choice Liquors and Cigars Always on Hand. Vignette

The Rise & Fall of Colorado Drugstores 1859-1915 by Preble, 2002, #84 and signed by author. An essential reference for Colorado bottle collector...

Vintage Garcia y Vega Cigar Box, named "Alaskans." We have never seen cigars labeled as such! Box measures 10.5" x 8.25" x 1.25&...

A collection of 100+ general subject postcards of Florida includes, five Pioneer cards, 10 RPCs, some pre-split back, mostly lithographs, c1906-53. Mo

22 Augusta Gold Rush era, 1856-59 checks. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Georgia City: Augusta Provenance:

Two scarce Idaho directories. The pair includes: "A Historical Descriptive and Commercial Directory of Owyhee County, Idaho," Press of The...

Lot of four admission tickets to the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago, May to October 1893. Children's Special Ticket; "Goo...

Admit the Bearer from the 1st of May to 30th October 1893 to the World's Columbian Exposition Chicago. 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches. Six different. Vign...

A group of c. 1889-92 covers, letterheads and price sheets from James S Kirk, Soap Makers, Chicago. 11 pieces total. ^ Date: Country(if not USA):

8 c. late-1860's to early 1870's Chicago stereoviews by P B Greene, Chicago with good contrast. Greene was president of the Chicago Photog...

Rare 1887 early Western Union Mail and Stage letterhead out of San Francisco to S R Burford. ^ Date: 1887 Country(if not USA): State: Montana City

1896 Burnside & Culver, 1895 SB Burnside, 1893 Gibbonsville Stage Line, 1900 and 1901 Whitehall and Dillon Stageline, 1800's Marysville and ...

Rare 1903 stagecoach tickets from a remote section of Idaho and Montana. One is a round trip from Grant, Montana (just south of Bannack) to Salmon, Id

Rare, 1897 The Story of Butte Illustrated, Old Timers' Handbook. Placer mining, notable persons, politics, Northwestern Bottling, Anaconda Mine ...

Johnson & Gamache copper electroplating baby shoes paper advertising sign. 11x14", some creases and left toning. Please inspect. ^ Date: ...

Very rare 1868 First National Bank of Helena check. Green vignette has piles of gold dust pokes, ingots at tellers cage. Center triangular tear with v

Map of Bradford addition, Helena by A S Hovey. Scale 100 feet=1". 20x17". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena P...

Map of the Hotel Addition, Helena by A S Hovey, Montana. Scale is 1"=100 feet. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena P...

Hotel Park Addition map by A S Hovey, Helena. 15.5x27". 200 feet=1". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena Proven...

Plan of the Kenck Addition, Helena, by H S Hovey. 100 feet=1". 21x33". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena Prov...

Map of Lenox subdivision, Helena by A S Hovey, Helena. 22x19.5". 200ft=1". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena ...

Map of McLean Park, Helena by Albert S Hovey, Helena. No scale. 18x23". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena Provenan...

1909 map showing irrigated land in the Conrad-Valier project in Teton county, published by Conrad Montana Land Co. 17x27", a few small tears. ...

Assorted 1880's-1895 Henry Elling ephemera. 4pp letter regarding a bill, 1886 debt judgement letter, checks, balance due sheet, receipts, ledger...

Bound 1885 Henry Elling Banker-Hawkins account cash book with some receipts inserted into the pages where that transaction was logged. ^ Date: Coun

6 mostly Virginia City photos, 4.75-8" to 6x8". Metropolitan Market-low contrast, Butte graveyard, Coffee House-heavy stain, parade-low co...

A pair of engraved copper printing blocks (c. 1860s) from the archives of the Montana Post, the second newspaper ever established in Montana. The Post

About 25 pieces of c. 1898-1905 Virginia City B P O Elks ephemera. Covers to S R Buford, cash distributions to needy families, receipts, dues paid car

A collection of 12 books related to the fraternal organization, I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), Montana, c1908-57. The collection include

Beer, soda and whiskey labels (unused) from Montana: Rocky Mountain Beer; Gilbert Brewing Company Cream Soda, Virginia City; Chocolate Soda; Champagne

A History of Montana. Helen Fitzgerald Sanders. First Edition, 1913, The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York. Three volumes with continuous pag

A 30" diameter metal sign for Fraternity Protection Insurance Company. The yellow and blue sign has rust areas, but no bullet holes. Please see...

1) 1864 city lot deed, Aurora, N. T. between William Dye and Leopold Levy. Property on Pine Street in Aurora. This was just around 2 years after Mark

Rare very early issue Bond of the State of Nevada that is a who's-who of Nevada historical figures. #3. Issued for $1,000 dollars to William Cha...

This witness certificate is a piece of history from a very big murder trial in the Nevada Territory! It certifies that "William Mann has served...

3 Nevada Territory documents on blue paper. 1862 Territorial Auditor receipt signed by Geo Turner, who was a Chief Justice appointee by Lincoln. He wa

Handwritten letter and cover. Letter originates from Columbus, Esmeralda County Nevada (an early and remote mining camp) and is addressed to one Mr. F

1913 real photo postcard of Wells Fargo office at Eureka train station. Fine condition. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Nevada City: Eureka

Gallery of early Tonopah photographs, including founder Jim Butler, a drilling contest in 1902, a few bird, the old Tonopah Cemetery, the George Bartl