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

Great group of four pieces includes a letterhead datelined Cayuna, 1879; an 1853 Express Receipt from New York, an orange express label from Rockford,

Lot of nine. Premier pieces are two 1854 Adams & Co. deposits. San Francisco. Vignette of Express Company Building. Also unused 185- New York Ad...

1) First of Exchange, San Francisco 1871. U. S. revenue stamp. 2) 1863 Gold Hill, Nevada Territory Certificate of Deposit. 5c U. S. revenue stamp. D

Blue and white enameled metal sign for the Valley Express Co., 24 x 16 inches, some corrosion and wear on the back but the front is in very good condi

Lot of 21. Includes RARE Silver City, Idaho, RARE Sutro Signature, Rare Publisher's Stamp on 1890 North Bloomfield Well Fargo Bank check, RARE G...

Lot of 29. Includes seven stamps - Up-to-Date Way, Efficient Way, reliable Way, Old-fashioned Way, Responsible Way. Santa Claus of the 20 Century. Mon

Lot of eight. 1) 1862 Virginia Check from Empire Mill and Mining. 2-4) COD Envelopes. 1899 and 1917. Morgan Hill, California, Oklahoma Oklahoma and Ka

Five pieces from Wells Fargo includes two express labels, a check datelined San Francisco, 1863, a freight waybill and a photo negative of two Wells F

Lot of 11. Best might be an1870 letter from the Virginia City, Montana Office on Wells Fargo State and Express letterhead referencing a shipment of g

Lot of 21. Oldest are 1872 Silver City check, 187- san Francisco express receipt, 1876 Sacramento receipt. Mostly 1900's. Other locations inclu...

1) 1866 Sacramento to Salt Lake City. 2) 1860 blue Columbia to San Francisco Mint. Torn bottom right. 3) 1864 Sacramento to Placerville. 4) 1876 San F

Finely made reproduction hand painted sign for Wells, Fargo. 15 x 32" with hanging brads at the top. Used at a shop as decor in the southern M...

Lot of 14. Maintained in glass covered case. Very Rare (R750) collection of Zeppelin memorabilia. Top row: 1. Far left,Graf Zeppelin Tokyo to L

Eighty RPC and Mitchell style postcards showing scenes and landmarks in an around the town of Tulare, CA. Scenes shown include downtown views of Tul

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

Two covers from the Sierra County mining camp of Forest City, one manuscript (July 18, 1864) and one printed (Feb. 23, 1865). No contents. Date: 186

Two express labels. One from the United States Express Company and the other from Union Pacific Railroad Co's Express. Date: Country (if not...

Collection of about 125; some 1925-1929, most 1930s. First flight covers: 1930's Set of about 50 Chamber of Commerce First Night Flight LA -NY C...

Lot of eleven First Day Covers autographed by famous politicians: Hubert Humphrey (when he was senator), Ted Kennedy, Francis Sargent (Gov. of Mass.),

Placerville WF cover, cut tight right into far edge of imprinted US postage. Placerville, the center of the California Gold Rush and one of the first

This is a very clean cover out of Niagara, Dakota Territory. This is a superb piece with a nice two-cent brown (210) and a clean post mark and address

A VERY old cover with Salem postmark. Stamp is a 10 cent, Scott's style A12 style (Not A13) imperorate. the stamp appears to be hand cancelled, ...

Portugal, 1941; Malta, 1937; Cyprus, 1978; Vatican, 1920-1970; Greece, 1975; Italy, 1957-1990; Spain, 1945-1987; France, 1902-1992. Cote-Pazur, 1965;

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

World's Fair group features the Bruxelles Kermesse (2 different), Palais de L'Industrie, Pavillon Remy, Includes two by J. E.Goossens, Bruxe...

Nice set includes Gruss aus Berlin, Gruss aus Trier, Allgemeine Deutsche Sport, Ausstellung, Munchen, 1899, and Schutzengruss. Also, a nice nighttime

Beautiful art card published by M. Kimmelstiel & Cy. Hamburg. Large, shiny gold nugget being reached for by a man and a mermaid. VF. Date: C...

Great set of 13 postcards picturing European festivals. Most have the year 1900 printed in the artwork. These are classic period artcards from the per

Four, early 1896 postcards from exhibitions in Berlin and Geneva and an additional card from Budapest. Includes Gewerbe Ausstellung 1896, Berlin, and

Six art cards, mostly German, but including a swiss card showing a man waving the swiss flag by H.B. Wieland. Most in good condition except Frankfurt

Nice group of German art cards from 1905-1913. Most in very good condition. Very colorful group of postcards. View photos for closeup views. Date:

Ten cards in all. Interesting content includes one card with a man raising a dumbell in triumph, another card with a group of archers, and another tha

Five postcards depicting German industry from 1897. All have "Industrie u. Gewerbe" printed on them. Scenes from Leipzig and Hamburg. Four...

Very colorful art cards from 1898 from different German Festivals. Includes "Gruss vom Schutzenfest" with a large clown and animal menager...

Extremely early date postcard from 1893. Shield with the club logo. Fundatum 1893. Very good condition. Date: Country (if not USA): Germany State

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

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

View printed at Nurnberg, 1882. Blank and postally unusued with 5 Pfenning postage. Reads, "Bayr Landes=Industrie=Gewerbe= & Kunft=Husftell...

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

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

Group of seven various postcards from 1901 includes Schutzenfest cards (3) along with Festkarte zum Bundesfest des Arbeiter Sangerbund Rheinland and a

Beautiful cards in very good condition overall. Many are the Official postcards with an oval stamp that reads, "Drvck & Verlag - Phillipp &...

The first card is fantastic, "Gruss Vom Sangerfest" with a group of men in tophats and tails singing. D. Kerrman, lithograph artist, Stutt...

Nice postcard of ballooning showing a man talking through a megaphone from the basket of the balloon above the river. The other card shows a blimp or

Joaquin Miller RPC's showing he and his family's Oakland, California home. Besides candid shots of Miller, there are also shots of his wife ...

Collection of 96 postcards, both RPC and Litho of colorful and black and white San Francisco scenes from the 1910s-1940s. Most are blank, with five be

Lot of 23 vintage scenic post cards from San Jose buildings and parks and waterfalls including the observatory on Mt. Hamilton. Also 40 postal covers

Two nice So. Cal. real photo postcards, includes: Hotel Azusa (existed in 1880s) in Azusa, Cal., L.A. County, Photo by E.H. Gray, blank, uncanceled; a

Comedy post card hoard. More than forty different cards in volume, many very inappropriate today. All unused from a store that was in Lake Arrowhead,

Group of 64 RPC and Litho Postcards from the 1900s-10s, with half from Nova Scotia and half from San Francisco. Many canceled with stamps. Two from No

Includes two litho color cards from Nuremberg, X. Turnfest 1903 and one from the German shooting festival "Bundesschiessen", 1903. Also, a...

Nice group includes, "Munchner Gansemarsch", "Abitur 1902 Bestanden Freiburg", "Dusseldorf 1902" and "Deutsches S...

Five postcards in this excellent group including a beauty celebrating Belgium independence 75th anniversary in 1905. Colorful flags and coats of arms.

Great group includes three from St. Alban's Pageant, 1907, two cards from Deutsche Armee, Marine und Kolonial Ausstellung, Berlin, 1907. Also, f...

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

2 nice firefighter with apparatus chromolithos Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Salvatore Falcone Collection

Some cards are German, but one is from Stockholm and another celebrates Victoria Day in Canada. The International Horse Show at Olympia celebrating th

Lot of over 80 vintage cards circa 1880-1910. Store cards, Valentine's cards, Greeting cards, all with Victorian artwork and delicate prose. D...

Includes sheets of 1c Yosemite green, 8c airmail with air mail with female aviator. 5c Arkansas centennial, 3c purple Thomas Edison, 3c blue Baltimore

About $65 face in US booklet panes. Mostly 20-29 cent stamps. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Large lot of stamped envelope & postcards with some used covers about 200 pieces; lot of US modern commemoratives in kit form; group of US sheet...

Classic world stamp albums by Minkus, labeled on the binding vols 1-5. Each about 6" thic. Most stamps have been removed. Remaining are samples...

A full stub book with purple MOB postmarks from the famous southern Nevada ghost town of Rhyolite from the middle of the boom period, 1910 when the Mo

76 underground comics, or comix, including "The Spirit," Scott Wiliamsons "Comix Books," Robert Crumb's "Arcade," ...

This lot of three underground comic books gives collectors a shot at some rarities. Included are Grim Wit #1 and #2, published by Last Gasp in 1972.

A nice box of 43 hand selected underground and adult comic books for the discriminating collector of dealer. This box includes titles like Bijou, Big

About 25 varied comic books and magazines ranging from the 1960's to the 1980's. Starting with a movie magazine from 1961 to a reissue of Ec...

A collector and dealer group of 150 highly collectable Donald Duck comics under the Walt Disney banner. The collection includes Gold Key and Whitman...

A collector and dealer group of 120 highly collectable Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge and various other comics under the Walt Disney banner. The colle

100 Disney Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck comic books. Most are Bronze and Modern era re-prints, a few Dell Golden Age. There are also Disney animated f

Over 100 Whitman Donald Duck and Donald & Daisy Comics. A great group for collectors, these books are reprints from the Golden era of comics and...

A nice group of 130 highly collectable Uncle Scrooge comics under the Walt Disney banner. The earlier 17 editions were distributed by Dell Comics, but

A nice group of 130 highly collectable Donald Duck comics under the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" banner. The earlier editions were dis...

A nice group of 90 highly collectable Donald Duck comics under the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" banner. The earlier editions were dist...

A nice group of 128 highly collectable Donald Duck comics under the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" banner. The earlier editions were dis...

113 very good to fine Donald Duck comic books under the banner Walt Disney's Comics & Stories and published by Gladstone. There are several...

A box of 125 Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck comic books under the Gladstone banner. There are also a few editions of Goofy, a series that was turned i

110 Underground and horror comics, including some by underground comic icon Robert Crumb. Included in this eclectic group are copies of "Ston...

A great and unique collection of 113 foreign language comic books. Read Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck and Micky Maus (That's not a misspelling), in...

This is a collection of 117 Donald Duck comics under the Gladstone Walt Disney banner. These are from the 1990's and could be , in some cases, ...

Eighty-two issues of various comics, all with a common themes, horror and weirdness and detective work . Inside this lot you'll find Shock Susp...

Eight comic book collector editions in the large 10"x 14" format. Titles by Marvel include Howard the Duck #12 and The Marvelous Land of O...

108 Underground comics. many #1 editions and several first of earlier editions. Titles include in the, several editions of "ZAP,"#0, #1, ...

A copy of the underground comic "Cherry Poptart." Published in 1982 by Yetzler & Gonnif and Condemned by the Comics Clone Conspiracy....

Six "Spirit" Comic books. The character was created by Will Eisener back in the 1940's but, since these editions are dated in the 1970...

Thirty issues of "Tales From the Crypt" comics. This lot contains volumes 1-7, with several duplicates to trade or sell. These are not fo...

A box of 105 Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck comic books under the Gladstone banner. There are also a few editions of Duck Tales, a series that was tur

A nice group of 130 highly collectable Uncle Scrooge comics under the Walt Disney banner. The earlier editions were distributed by Dell Comics, but th

A nice group of 130 highly collectable Uncle Scrooge comics under the Walt Disney banner. The earlier editions were distributed by Dell Comics, but th

A nice group of 120 highly collectable Uncle Scrooge comics under the Walt Disney banner. The earlier editions were distributed by Dell Comics, but th

A nice group of 130 highly collectable Uncle Scrooge comics under the Walt Disney banner. The earlier editions were distributed by Dell Comics, but th

A collector and dealer group of 138 highly collectable Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics under the Walt Disney banner. The collection includes Gol

110 Underground comics & comix for adults only. This collection includes several No.1 issues and are all in good to near mint condition. Like th...

A nice box of 48 hand selected underground and adult comic books for the discriminating collector of dealer. This box includes titles like Air Pirates

125 Underground and Horror comics. many #1 edition re-prints and several reprints of later editions. Included in the horror genre are "Slow De...

An incredible array of 115 underground comic books celebrating the Counterculture. This group of very unique reading material includes several No. 1 e

91 Walt Disney Comics from 1980's and 90's, mostly under the Gladstone banner. The lot includes "Mickey & Donald, Uncle Scrooge and...

A nice group of 150 highly collectable Donald Duck comics under the Walt Disney's Comics and Stories" banner. The earlier editions were dis...

About 23 pieces included; magazines, books, and more. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Hollywood Provenance:

Lot of 40 soft back books, authored by Fred N. Holabird & Al Adams, 96 pp. with color illustrations & photos. Date: c2010 Country (if not ...