Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part II

Trade card from D.C. Collier & Co., Real Estate & Investments, San Diego, California. On the front is a nice view of San Diego Bay from Poin...

The Fearless is leaving Boston and headed to San Francisco.It includes one box of machinery? The box has been sent by Denio & Roberts. An ad in ...

Sunday, September 12, 1880, No. 59. This has only a couple pages. The front page has a cut out portion on lower left front page. Front page has miscel

This letter is asking that the estate of J. G. Storey pay James robertson for teaching school. Signed by William B Storey. Storey was born in England

3 adult women and 1 young gentleman. See photo for condition. Some discoloration and marks. Photographers: Richardson, Dijeau & Severin St. ...

Two souvenir badges 37th National Encampment Grand Army of the Republic, San Francisco, Calif., c1903. Includes 17th National Convention Ladies of the

Lot of 22. 1) San Francisco: 1899 memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the San Francisco Mint by the Anglo California Bank, gold from the Crown Ki

Two billheads liquor related. 1) Joseph Bremer & Co., San Francisco, proprietors of "The Imperial Vineyard Co. of California", dated S...

Lot of three: 1940 medal from the Golden Gate International Exposition "The Story of Petroleum"; 1925 California Diamond Jubilee Official ...

Short, but sweet letter introducing GW Swan to George Hearst. Hearst need no introduction! He was a mining man turned newspaper mogul. He also built a

Nice approx 11" x 21" 2 sided cardboard broadside from the Strand Theatre on Market Street in San Francisco, CA. Sept. 29, 1918 showing of...

This express company specialized in moving furniture and baggage. The bill is for December of 1878 and is 30 x 8.5". It is so long it had to be...

Lot of six miscellaneous Americana items, c1890s-1949. Includes: San Francisco Opera Association fifth annual season program, c1927; "Pay Dirt!...

Gold Rush era Third of Exchange from Adams & Company. Unused. Dated 185-. Some wrinkles and light discoloration on top. Nice condition! Vignette...

Lot of 5 issued 1886-1895. Most appear to Second of Exchange, while one may be a 3rd (text is in French). Red and purple print. This bank was the succ

Lot of two. 1) Rare Third of Exchange. Issued January 8th, 1878. No. 000062. Pay 60 days after sight to Ed. Santos 15,450 francs. Drawn on Hottinguer

Lot of two. 1) Rare Third of Exchange. Issued May 4th, 1877. No. 01442. Pay 60 days after sight to Ed. Santos 610 pounds. Drawn on Smith, Payne &...

Nice pair that shows the evolution of this California Gold Rush banking firm. 1) Tallant & Wilde, Bankers, Second of Exchange issued November 19...

Trade card printed in German. Located at 10 Eighth St., San Francisco. Stamped Diaphanium Art Glass Works, San Francisco, Herm. Malz, proprietor. Two

Art blotter with painting at the left titled, "Vivacious". Artist signature looks like VAF. Nagle & Slyter operated at 22nd and Valenc...

Six pieces in various condition. Moore & Company had a store at 110 California Street between Montgomery and Sansome. They were dealers in field...

Delivering 1920 sacks of wheat. Lewis Pierce Company. Master is Amos Hewitt. Rare to have a sloop. Vignette. 1865. (Potter Collection) Provenance:

Cute lot of curiosities, including a medal from a Virginia City church a shotgun shell cigarette lighter, an Afro-American art spoon and lapel pins.

San Francisco (on back) beer related letter opener. 7.5" long. Back says "Germany, Fred B. Bain" Provenance: Country (if not U...

1897 steamship agent license in San Francisco. 1" left tear, top chip missing, water stain mostly visible on rear. Provenance: Ken Prag Colle...

Lot of 3 different. 1) 29th Triennial Conclave Knights Templar Ladies Admission badge, 1904, black and silver, 7.5 x 2." Made by S. Pasquale So...

The ship Brother mastered by Reid. Anchored in the Thames. Heading to San Francisco. This is forty twenty cases of alkali. 2) Ship Lookout mastered by

Lot of 6 vintage Bank of America,National Trust & Savings Association of San Francisco, travelers checks used in 1937. Three different denominat...

Nice group of CDV's by S.F. photographers. Two are photographs by Bradley & Rulofson, and the female subjects are in fancy gowns and the mal...

This is an 1880's woodcut print of the Overland stage leaving San Francisco with the mail for back east. Matted at 12 in.X 14 in. Printer unkn...

Includes a 1905 policy for the Boarding House/Hotel/Bar/Barn/House. The Costa Hotel was located at 119 North Market. Provenance: Country (if not

Native Sons of Golden West (N.S.G.W.) Grand Celebration of Admission Day program, in San Jose, Calif., c1894. Small program, 6 1/4 by 3 1/2 inches, wi

This is a letterman's jacket from San Jose State University c.1950's size 44 in very good condition. Provenance: Country (if not USA...

Dr. Miles Weather Calendar July-December 1939, with daily weather forecasts, planting dates, holidays, moon phases and sunrise/sunset times for six mo

Lot of 3 pieces: three pinbacks: 1910 Hallow'een Carnival, Thos. I. Petersen Packard service station; 1908 Junta Patriotica / Ramon Corral. Pro...

Set includes four souvenirs from Santa Barbara, Calif., from the late 1800's-early 1900's. Includes a tri-fold postcard, blank, of the Potte...

Gorgeous brass pin badge with grizzly bear at top. Souvenir / April 15-18 / Flower Festival / Santa Barbara / 1896. 2 1/2 inches long. Provenance:

Pictorial annual statement from Pinal Dome Oil Co. June 1, 1913. 6 folded pages. 2 chips, water stains and creases Provenance: Country (if not USA)

Group of 11 programs from the Ice Follies and Ice Capades shows, c1941-1955. Includes two with torn tickets attached, many pages of photos and highlig

Native Sons of the Golden West Admission Day pinback with ribbon, c1908. Pinback button is 1-3/4 inch diameter, with printed, "Eureka, Californ...

Beautifully framed and matted pictorial calendar frozen in March 1941. Bucolic Sonora tree filled watercolor. Provenance: Country (if not USA):

Lot of 10. 1) c.1907 tourism brochure for Santa Monica in pictorial envelope holder with many printed black-and-white photos. 2) Unused c.1870s promis

Lot of 2. Both are for the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC), the female equivalent to the Grand Army of the Republic. Ribbon for the 6th Annual Conven...

A trio of stamp scrip and a voided booklet of Amex money orders. All in good condition. Provenance: John Reynolds Collection Country (if not USA):

This is a small medicine bottle from Venice Drug Company in Venice, California. Clear bottle measures 4"x 1.5" and is in good condition. S...

Wow! Original S. Martinelli's advertising trading card, c1890. Colorful lithograph with red apple on green background, with vignettes of medal a...

Phineas Banning who was a commissioned merchant who was responsible for the development of the Wilmington Harbor in the 1850's bringing the tran...

Colorful booklet telling the tory of California Fig Syrup accompanied by scenic paintings of Yosemite and Lake Tahoe scenes. This product was carried

Lot of 6. Includes: AC Lowell, Fort Bidwell, Cal.,1894 billhead.; letterhead for the County Clerk and Recorder of Sutter County, Yuba City, Cal., 1880

Small card from Mrs. John Steele, San Andreas, Cal. Larger pictorial card from Mrs. A. Horstmann, Dealer in Fashionable Cloaks and Suits, Stockton, Ca