Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

VERY EARLY AND VERY RARE MICHIGAN OIL.# 27 for 15 shares to H Castle on November 17, 1865! Dateline Pontiac, Michigan. Oil field vignette! Six panels

Lot of 15 items related to the Wichita Falls, Texas oil boom. 1) Includes 5 different stock certificates: Burk Cinch Oil Company (1919, oil vignette,

This certificate was issued in 1928 at Los Angeles. The company is not listed in Walker's Manual of California Securities, 1919. We are guessing...

Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph Company stock certificate, No. 44, 20 shares issued to Richard Noonan on Oct. 15, 1892. This historic docu

Cert. #54, issued for 1 share to F.J. Whitney and signed by Eugene Overton as secretary and Herbert Pease as president. Issued at Los Angeles. The Sou

Very nice and scarce Mendocino County stock. Red pen cancels. VF. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: California City/County: Mendocino C

Rare stock certificate from Mendocino County with low certificate #5 issued for one share. There were very few certificates ever issued by this compan

2 half sheet crisp u/i stock certificates with two women and leaves vignette. Circa 1872. No folds or perforations. Provenance: Country (if not USA

State of California Board of Public Works, City & County of San Francisco Montgomery Avenue Bond, No. 11 for $1000. Uncancelled. 47 coupons att...

Interesting California stock we have never encountered. A lease was awarded the Tuna Shark Corporation by the Board of Port Commissioners for 420 squa

# 306 for 500 shares to RW Hunt. Signed by G Richard Layton and president AT Hatch. Dateline San Francisco August 9, 1890. Incorporated April 10, 1889

Cert. #A116, issued in 1923 to Freida Vocke Doak for one share. Signed by Howard Spreckels as secretary and the vice president (illegible). Great vign

Great graphics from a famous San Francisco company known for good graphics. Issued to James H. Garrett for 20 shares of the Schmidt Label & Lit...

What a beautiful stock certificate. California flag, a serpent, fireworks and Chinese letters in purples, blues, reds and pink. Issued for 1 share. In

A group of 19 banking stock certificates from such California banking institutions as The Anglo California National Bank, San Jose National Bank, The

Nice Gold Rush Piece! Perhaps the most interesting part of the certificate is the vignettes by 'Hyatt' (a name we don't ever see!). Thre...

# 5! For 3 1/3 shares of the 320 shares available. To P Powell and Huber. Signed by HW Brown and president Huber. Located in Placer County. Reverse sh

Lot of four. 1) W. J. Foster. Foster arrived in 1847 with the army as part of the New York Volunteers. 2) John Sime arrived as a 49er. He was an early

Rare Gold Rush. Usually unissued. This is No. 90, issued for two shares to J. Goss & Co. on Oct. 3rd, 1857. Signed by president Burch and secret...

Early Yuba County bond. #43 to Arthur S Barber $500 7%. Signed by Judge Henry P Ham. Neither Ham nor Barber are listed in Bancroft. "Yuba Coun...