Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

Three framed black and white images from Lake Tahoe, probably from the 1930s, two of the Glenbrook Inn on the east side of the lake in Nevada, and one

Early 1920's hand-colored landscape photo. Photo is affixed to period construction paper backing. Some damage to edges, some smudging and discol...

Lot of 6. Envelope and five B/W photos. Four photos show group w/crosses whipping other individuals, possibly turn of the century. One photo show th

This is a photo album of the Boy Scout Camp Manatoc, in Peninsula, Ohio; date unknown. Order of the Arrow. There are seven photos in all. The inside c

This album contains 29 pages of photos and RPC's primarily of natural sites in Oregon. Several of the black & white images show various shot...

Seven stereo views by The Keystone View Company showing images from the capital in Washington D.C. Included are images of President Wilson addressing

Souvenir photo brochure from McKinley's inauguration in 1901. Photos of the capitol, the walls of Congress, the buildings that house branches of...

Mystery photo for research..B/W of what appears to be a capitol Bldg. with cannons antebellum. Written on back is West Point? which it wasn't....

Two photographs from J. F. Jarvis, publisher ( John Fillis Jarvis, 1849-1931): 1) Penna. Ave. from U.S. Treasury; 2) Washington's tomb at Mt. Ve...

A beautiful collection of 30 stereo views taken by world renown photographers W.H. Jackson and F.J. Haynes. Photos feature all the natural wonders of

Lot of fifteen black and white photographs of scenes from Yellowstone National Park, 1931. Produced by F.J. Hiscock of Cody Wyoming. Old Faithful, Mo

45 page personal Photo Album Of over 60 b/w photos of Payette Lakes Idaho, Blue Mountains Ore, Weiser Idaho. Individuals fishing, at home on the bea

Seven full moons from Bierstadt (fancy scroll work and strong detail), Kilburn bothers (five). And a most unusual stereoview of Mars. Copyright Yerkes

This is a lot of three photos depicting family life on the open Kansas and Oklahoma range. These are B&W photos; James Smith on his homestead i...

James Sylvester Curtis, brother to Ann Curtis Glen who died in the Civil War in 1862. Copper frame is 3 x 3 1/2 inches. Date: Country (if not USA):

A half dozen stereo views with images of Afro-American field workers picking cotton in the deep south. Images taken by both Works and Keystone Studies

Cabinet card, 4 x 7 inches. A portrait of Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) American financier who created the Atlantic Telegraph Company which sent the f

A very rare and unique tintype taken around the 1860s to 1870's. Photograph measures 7"x 10" and shows a small boy and a smaller girl ...

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 " Sepia photo of w/ black border of Sulky pace horse Silkwood and jockey. Signed H.L. Starmaker (?). very good condition. Da...

Lot of 28. Dogs, injured soldiers, Belgium refugees in WWII, poker, fabulous hotels and hovels, cartoons, manufacturing, children, Berlin, ships, Pope

Lot of 11. Glass printed color slides depicting different scenes of villages, children’s stories for storytelling showmen of time. Each mea

Color magic lantern slides used for advertising and distraction during movie matinees or at the beginning of the show, circa 1910-1930. Sailing and st

Modern Woodman of America is one of the largest fraternal organizations and was founded in Lyons, Iowa in 1883 and offered "Fraternal Insuranc...

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) was a Polish pianist and composer as well as prime minister and signer of the Treaty of Versilles which ended World

Lot of 57 early 20th century color posts cards from all over the world. London, Paris, Stockholm, Havana, New Zealand, Egypt, Jamaica, Napoli, Kyoto,

A rare hand colored unframed tintype of two children. This is a post Civil War portrait and is in very nice condition, considering its age. Tintypes,

Lot of twelve photographs of ship wrecks. Seven are 11 x7, five are 7 x 5. Two are of the President Madison, one is of the Frank Buck which sank atMil

George Washington Cable (1844-1925) of New Orleans, wrote of Creole life and became the most important Southern writer of the 19th century. He wrote o

Stereoviews showing three national expositions in the late 1800's to early 1900's. Included are two steroviews from the Trans Mississippi Ex...

Framed reproduction of an old photo of a railroad train, pulled by 0-4-0 Engine 51, leaving a large side-wheel ferry. Mounted, matted and framed in ru

Compliments of Charles S. Stratton and Lavinia Warren Stratton from a photographic negative by Brady. Photo is 4 x 2 1/2 inches. The wedding took plac

Lot of twenty. See the latest (at the time) fashions. View what the interiors and exteriors of these wedding venues. Very interesting! Date: Countr

Lot of 12. 8x10” B/W photographs with white border. Photos are of the fort and surrounding area: harbor, beaches and mountainside. Fort

Aerial views of Malibu and Santa Barbara. The black & white Malibu shot is dated 1952 and shows the ever present traffic jam that has continued ...

Lot of 50 plus. Twenty One 8x10 B/W photo's of Taverns in San Francisco 1940’s. Five Super Pak Snaps w/over 30 photo’s of Myra

Aerial views of Malibu and Santa Barbara. The black & white Malibu shot is dated 1952 and shows the ever present traffic jam that has continued ...

Lot of 34. B/W photos of Monterey Bay and Pacific Grove . Twenty Two 8x10” and Twelve 11x14” . Fishing boats, shorelines, harbor

5 x 7” glass color negative plate of individual in field next tree and sheep. Photographer W.E. Dassonville. Exc. cond. (1920’s)

Grab bag lot. Includes various books: Kodak Photographic Book, DuPont Photographic Papers, Kodak Professional Handbook, Kodak Reference Book, Kodak Co

P. A. Giannini, wholesale dealer in watches and jewelry... 622 Clay St., San Francisco, Has the Pacific Union red San Francisco cancel as well as a US

Five covers. Four with the standard center top frank, and the fifth with the 1884 frank inclusive of a San Jose WF oval cancel. One SF cover is rag ri

Nineteen legal covers addressed to the Sumitomo Bank in San Francisco. Each of these covers is from a Japanese merchant on California or Nevada, all d

Lot of twelve. Seven from Moffat Field (duplicates); includes Navy Day, Navy day with green blimp, returns from Tactical Training Flight with West Coa

Lot of 35. 1. Seven RPC of Virginia City , three are street scenes ( Wells Fargo Bank ruins, 1800’s and 1930).one $50,000 Mexican Mill on

Yellow unused New Jersey Express blue franked cover, upper left. Cover #9 in the NJPHS site. slight discoloration to top edge, see photo. Date: Co

Folder stationery cover with clear, bold US Express cancel. The merchant over sold some goods and wishes to obtain more. Mar. 13, 1854 Date: Countr

Lot of 13, 1887-1915; Financial, envelopes and correspondence. Locations: Nogales, AZ; San Diego, CA; Albuquerque, NM; Flagstaff, AZ; Utah Hot Springs

Four Wells Fargo franked unused covers and two WF post cards (1880s Los Angeles oval and 1910.) Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prov

Three full face advertising covers: Meussdorffer & Bro, Marysville; Kullman & Armer, San Francisco; Englebright & Mayrisch Bros., San Fr...

Cape Verde, examples only. Cameroon, about 5 album pages with samples. Morocco, 1 stock sheet with about 50 stamps. Dahomey, about 10 album pages wit

Serbia, 1 stock page about 25 stamps; Czech, 5 pages about 250 stamps 4 album pages mostly full; Bulgaria, 5 stock pages about 250 stamps; Yugoslavia

Large Philippines stamp collection on about 30 pages a nice collection, c1887 on plus about 10 stock pages with another few hundred stamps. Date: C

10 stock pages, about 500 stamps. Nice collection. Date: Country (if not USA): Romania State: City: Provenance:

Large collection, about 20 stock pages full perhaps 1000 stamps. Plus group of blocks. c1900 on. Date: Country (if not USA): Russia State: City:

Louse, 2 stock pages about 80 stamps. Cambodia samples. Vietnam 6 pages about 300 stamps. Thailand 2 pages 200 stamps. Burma samples; Mongolia region

About 6 stock pages about 300 stamps. Turkish Calicos, 4 stock pages about 100 stamps. Date: Country (if not USA): Turkey State: City: Provena

About 20 album pages, mostly mint stamps. 100+ please see photo. Date: mostly pre1960 Country (if not USA): United Kingdom State: City: Provena

Luxenberg, 1 stock page about 40 stamps. Denmark, 2 stock pages about 100 stamps. Finland 2 stock pages, about 100 stamps. Netherlands 5 stock pages a

Three very nice birthday cards by artist Marcus Greiner. Greiner, born in Germany, was a well known commercial artist and illustrator. He and his fami

Two early 1897 Pioneer postcards commemmorate the 100th birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I. The Kaiser was born on March 22, 1797. The cards are from 1897,

Four cards includes obscenity, loud music and cheating. From E. Nister, Nurnberg. Date: Country (if not USA): Germany State: City: Provenance:

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

Seven Tuck postcards by Tuck of British Ships. Great subject matter. Date: Country (if not USA): United Kingdom State: City: Provenance:

Lot of 10 pioneer postcards includes six U.S. Army blank lithos of bi-planes from the WWI era. The collection Also, features four English Tuck's...

About 100 vintage postcards from Bakersfield, 60% from the c1905-1915 period and 40% post dating that. Less than 10% real photo postcards. Date: Co

Historical recreational community. Date: c1915 Country (if not USA): State: California City: Bass Lake Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

24 historical postcards of this Tulare resort. All but 3 are real photo postcards. Postmarks range from about 1910-1940. Date: Country (if not US

Major collection, about 150. About half are real photo postcards, the other half are Mitchell style which includes Benham Co. cards. Coalinga is an im

A lot of 40 RPC's and other postcards from the Tulare County town of Dinuba. Pictured are the grammar school, high school, a northern look down ...

A group of 15 RPC's from Exeter, in San Joaquin County. Photos show images of Pine Street, Lincoln Grammar School, even what is titled a "...

This a collection of 77 RPC's and Mitchell style postcards. highlighting the Central California town of Fresno. Included are about a dozen black...

39 vintage postcards. Includes Big Creek, Laton, Ockenden, Raisin, Fresno Hot Springs, Clovis, Tollhouse, Friant, Fowler, Camp Ducey, Parlier, Pine Ri

About 150 postcards. Mostly c1905-15 printed cards. Hanford began in 1877 when the Southern Pacific went from Goshen to Coalinga. Started out as a Chi

34 cards mostly real photo cards of Huntington Lake and the related Big Creek Power Station. c1920s-40. As we write this description the area is under

23 vintage postcards. Includes 1 cyanotype "Willow Springs". McFarland, China Lake, Ridgecrest, Delano, Glenville, Kern. Date: Country ...

20 postcards. Most from the Kings river region. Also includes avinol and lamoore. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Kings Co

A group of 20 black & white RPC's and 15 color postcards showing images of Kingsburg, CA. Town scenes show the grammar school, First Nationa...

This is a group of postcards and over a dozen 4"x 6" black & white photos. There are several shots of the iconic covered bridge that d...

Postcards from Lindsay, California, in both color and black & white showing not only important buildings in town, like the business district, Bu...

Over 100 mostly RPC's from Lodi, California. Scenes include two versions of The Clyde Needham School, a more contemporary view of The Mission Ar...

Group 16 various RPC's and more contemporary postcards, featuring he Merced County town of Los Banos. Scenes show the town grammar school, an u...

This is a group of 30 RPC's from Madera. Some cards show the main street of the town, Yosemite Ave. Other photos show the Madera County Court H...

14 vintage postcards. Includes Knowles, Lavina, Wishon, Madera, Chowchilla. Includes many real photo postcards. Date: Country (if not USA): State

39 mostly RPC's from the beautiful Gold Rush town of Mariposa the seat of Mariposa County and the gateway to Yosemite National Park. Featured ph...

Large collection of about 170 postcards, wide mix. Mostly printed cards c1910-1940. Perhaps a third from the 1910 period. Date: Country (if not US

10 vintage postcards. Includes rare street scene 1910 of Lagrand RPC, Dolce Palos, Livingston, Atwater, Planada, Gustine. Date: Country (if not USA

Over 100 mostly RPC's from the Stanislaus County town of Modesto. There are scenes of the surrounding area, as well as downtown scenes that incl...

Rare RPC of Mono Hotsprings stone cabin Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Mono Hotsprings Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot lot of 38. 1. 32 RPC, color and b/w.. Del Monte, Cal. (Monterey).Some w/white borders and some no borders. Various locations around the Del M

Newman, California RPC's. Newman, an agricultural town in Stanislaus County. These 30 RPC's capture many Main Street views, as well as build...

Nice scenic grouping of postcards (22 RPC's included) of the town known as the "Cowboy Capital of the World," Oakdale, Ca. Even thoug...

Patterson, California is the focus of this lot of 12 RPC's. Shown are The Hotel Del Puerto, the Spanish style administration building, the Bank ...

Rare folding postcard advertising Cabins at Pinecrest in the San Bernardino Mountains. Proprietor is JN Baylis, San Bernardino, CA. Six views of cabin

RPC's from the the Tulare County town of Porterville, California. These 70 plus cards run the gamut from an early 20th century rail depot scene,...

Nice group pf 26 RPC's from the Fresno County town of Reedley. Scenes include The Hotel Grand, Reedley Grammar School, and various outdoor and ...

Richvale hand company's office midwinter 1912. Real photo postcard, rare Butte County location. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Califor...

Nice seventeen piece varied postal group from California. Includes some first day covers, Includes Benicia, San Gabriel and Oroville. Also, two real p

Approx 120 very colorful postcards from the Ken Prag Collection featuring the Portola Festival, which began in October of 1909 as a way to promote the

Includes 12 San Juaquin power station related, and 21 other vintage cards mostly RPC from Lathrop, Manteca, Ripon, Woodbrige, Wasco, Escalon, and Lock

This is a group of 29 beautiful RPC's from the town of Sanger, California. Called Sanger Junction by The Southern Pacific Railroad, this small a...