The "Mint State" Americana & Numismatics Auction (2025 May)

End panels say Montgomery Ward & Co of Chicago the great mail order house/ send for catalog enlarged black letters. The other side panels say ri...

Spinning wheel from the early 19th century. Appears to be complete. This attractive spinning wheel paints a striking example of why Sleeping Beauty co

A 19th century grinding wheel, remounted for display in a 20th century constructed wooden base. The wheel is mounted for display purposes and is not f

Wrought iron Blacksmith Tongs. Good Condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PLEASE NOTE: We assume lots have been

8 vintage hand drills up to about 17". All have rotating mechanisms. See photo. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ...

A group of four antique drills for drilling large timbers, possibly for mill buildings or underground mine structures. One has the words 'S. MAT...

An old fashioned surveyor chain with some rust. Not measured, appears to be intact. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PL

10 vintage slide handle nail pullers. Bridgeport, Sure Grip, Cyclops, The Tiger, Eclipse, Giant Red Devil. 43 pounds. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

A group of 7 vintage woodworking planers. Planers vary in size and condition, see photos. Wood is aged but sturdy; metal shows superficial rust, but s

2 different old wood screw type vices. These are handmade and would be used to work on wagons coming across the West. About 25" and 34" lo...

Group of 7 vintage/antique bricks, mostly fire bricks. Two bricks have embossed text: one reads "P&M" and the other reads "PURING...

This is a vintage fishing creel with leather trim. The front closure holds your stringer line. In good condition with dry leather. 14 in. X 8 in. Plea

A Clerk & Co casting reel #4 w/ full length foot. Brass reel with rosewood handle. In excellent condition. These reels were sold between 185...

This Good Luck Fishing Reel is believed to have been made by Meisselbach c. 1890's. Made of hardwood with rail type mounting hardware on the bac...

Lot of 4. 1. H.S.&B Co Rev-O-Nec casting reel #80. Considered rare in any condition. Brass reel w/Line on reel , has smooth operation. 2. Th...

Shakespeare Casting reel node 1918 w/leather case, Reel appears in good condition with casting line appox. 100 yards. There is no rust and appears to

Casting reel by William Mills & Sons #4. Made by Julius Von Hoffe of NY.. Brass w/hard rubber , no line. Stamped on reel "William Mills &...

This display of hardware is for drawer pulls and lock surrounds with over 60 set available. All brass casts. Please see photo for details. 30 in. X 48

2 sided embossed porcelain door push. Rainbo is Good Bread//Thanks!/Call Again. 3x35". Some porcelain loss and rust. Please inspect. ^ Date: ...

Walking sticks, possibly from 19th century. Both measure 35". One has its brass tip, one doesn't. One has a bulb hand grip, the other's...

8'x11' area room rug with a geometric and floral pattern. Made in a general international design. No tears or holes. ^ Date: Country (if n...

Glass Eyed Ebony & Abalone Big Game Ocean Lure, handmade by a fisherman. common Pacific Coast Beaches. 1020-30's. In overall very good co...

Lot of 3. Used along the Pacific Coast Beaches 11920-30's. C.C.B.& Co. Lure (Creek Chub Bait Co Garret Indiana) "Injured Minnow"...

Lot of 4. 1. 1936-37 Calif, Hunting License, metal badge w/license and duck stamp. 2. Two vintage "Good For Live Bait" tickets from Paci...

A vintage "Lucky Strike" glass eyed fish spearing decoy, Made from Lucky Strike cigarette tins and consider folk art. Not too many of the...

Trout fish spearing decoy, wood/metal, orig. paint. 8 1/2 " long. In very good cond. c ^ Date: 1920-30's Country (if not USA): State: C...

This full size Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) may have started life as a working decoy. It is made of a hardwood burl, very dense and very heavy. It

Two large pocket watches: Hampden Watch Co.; roman numeral dial, 12 inch long chain tests 10 carat gold; Hamilton with leather strap. Also an empty wa

Lot of five items: four watches: Hampden pendant watch, Waltham wrist watch; Wyco breast pin watch; a vintage wrist watch, whose maker has faded with

Watch Glass replacement jig with hundreds, or more, of identified and filed watch glass parts. 12"w x 10" deep, 47" tall, 9 drawers,...

Sterling Bracelet made by JGL . Mexican Pendant, Sterling Hallmark. Both .925 ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PLEAS

Silver Nugget w/ Embedded ruby, made into a cuff. ^ Date: 1800's Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance: PLEASE NOTE: We...

Sterling silver by Wallace goblet. Embossed HM Jr./Judge/March 1956 with silver Northern California Retriever Club Inc. medallion added. 4.1 Troy oz.

Sterling silver trophy or display cup? by Black, Starr & Frost. 1984 grams gross, 58.8 Troy oz. Silver content. $1940 melt. 9.5x9". Engra...

1927 Sterling silver trophy. Caracas Country Club/Tennis Court Inauguration/1927/Won By/EC Templeton/Presented by Jorge Behrens. Probably from Caracas

Twelve piece set of Gorham sterling in short snap box. Twelve each: butter knives (310 grams); tea spoons (316 grams); salad forks (449 grams); knives

Dozens of pieces of silver plate cutlery. Knives, forks, spoons etc. 9 pounds gross weight. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenanc

Long brown box (19 x 8 x 4 inches) containing: 16 dinner forks; 16 salad forks; 14 teaspoons; 4 serving spoons; 16 knives. Total: 2114 grams. (67.76 o

Four spoons and a sterling silver shoe horn (22 grams). All the spoons are five inches long: One spoon is plain; One enameled from the Toronto City Ha

Silver silver by Wallace commemoration tray, 14x20". Inscribed, For/ Larry K Smith/ Commemorating 38 Years as MFP's Most/Eloquent Spokesman...

5 Tiffany Sterling silver small containers-2x 3.25"-1 has side dent, 1x 3", 1x 2.75" with shaving brush, 1x 1x2" unknown use. Ti...

Tiffany Sterling silver container with lid. 13x5.25". Engraved F J M. 970 grams gross. 28.7 Troy oz. $950 melt. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):...

Tiffany Sterling silver flatware. 6 each-pastry forks, teaspoons, large forks, smaller forks, no knives. 1100 grams gross, 33 Troy oz silver content.

This nine (9) piece sterling silver (9.25) service comprising a coffee pot, teapot, creamer, covered sugar, creamer, sugar bowl, sugar tongs, tea cadd

We have never seen one of these before. Bound sales room catalog from Meriden Britannia of Union Square, NY featuring their line of electro silver pla

We have never seen one of these before. Meriden Britannia Electro Silver Plate bound catalog with nice full page wood engraving of their factory.78pp

We have never seen one of these before. Bound 1871 Meriden Britannia appendix to catalogue for heavily plated good such as corkscrew, tea sets, pitche

We have never seen one of these before. 1871 Rogers, Smith & Co. unsurpassed silver plated goods bound catalog. Nicely illustrated. 194pp with i...

We have never seen one of these before. 1872 Wallingford Ware Electro Plate bound catalog. 138pp with index. Flatware of the purest Simpson Nickel Sil

We have never seen one of these before. 1868 bound price list of the Wilcox Silver Plate Co. This is their first catalog and printed by Sam Bowles. 56

c. 1875 choice J W Fiske illustrated ornamental iron and zinc vase catalogue. 101pp with index and several foldouts. 13.5x10.75". Front cover d...

Trace Elliot TA R100 100 watt guitar amplifier and speaker. Switchable between 115v and 230v. We plugged in the amplifier and turned a few knobs and t

A framed print from The Grateful gallery, entitled "The Rainforest." Piece measures 13"x 13" and is in near new shape and read...

Robert Crumb illustrated the cover of Big Brother & The Holding Company's second album "Cheap Thrills." The album was released in...

Group of 5 albums of early jazz, dixieland, pop, and ragtime music, all dating from the 1940s and 1950s. The lot includes 'New Orleans Jazz'...

A group of approx. 54 records from the Victor Talking Machine company, dating from the early 20th century. The group contains 15 imprints, 14 of which

Group of phonograph records by Gene Krupa and his Orchestra (8) and The Ink Spots (14). The Gene Krupa records are from Columbia and the Ink Spots rec

Group of 4 records of Hawaiian music, dating c. 1920s-1930s. The records were produced by Columbia (1), Pan-American (1), and Victor (2). The album co

Collection of 20 records of the music of American singer, actress, and talk show host Dinah Shore, dating c. 1940s-1950s. Shore had an impressive care

A group of 4 albums by American singer and actress Dorothy Shay, who went by the moniker 'The Park Avenue Hillbilly. In 1947, Shay became the fi...

Group of 16 large format early '78 records, dating c. 1900-1905. All produced by Columbia. Labels at center have a ribbon design listing cities ...

Group of 3 albums of phonograph records. These records are "I Can Hear It Now" by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, a collection of h...

A group of 9 phonograph records from various recording artists, dating from c. 1930s-1960s. The musicians represented in the lot are Frank Sinatra, St

A group of 6 phonograph records from the Pathe Freres Phonograph Company of Paris, France, dating c. 1900s-1910s. Mostly orchestral recordings with a

The album 'Square Dances calls by Raymond Smith: Here I Go In My Little Red Wagon', c. 1950. Five 78rpm records in total. The album includ...

A group of 10 older postcards. Some have railroad scenes other, town scenes, including Lead, South Dakota, Boise, Idaho and Oroville, California. Some

20 chromolitho and 6 RPC's including Tombstone. Dallas, OR, Atlanta, Kansas City, MO, Lake City, UT etc. c. 1906-13. ^ Date: Country (if not U...

Lot of 168 postcards in 42 plastic sleeves of four per sleeve, 5 only have 3 or 2 cards. There are leather cards also. All are in very good condit

Lot. Of 44. Colorized and B/W. Variuous. Post cards from Ariz., Colorado, Wash., Utah. ONe has Union Pacific. Logo, Bird's eye and ground vi...

Gilt cover 1935 international junior postage stamp album and the national postage stamp album. About 1000 stamps with most of them pre 1935. Mix of mi

Lot of 38. RN-B, RN-C, RN-D, RN-F, RN-G, RN-X. Not the usual RNs we come across. Includes: North Pennsylvania RR Co., RN-F,, 1874; 14 James M. Adsit,

Nice group of about 200 US mint stamps including 3x $1, airmails, coil linepairs, blocks, plate blocks etc. See photo. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Lot of 3 different. 1) Rare bookplate for the Cunard Steamship Company featuring a steamship vignette and six pence imprinted revenue stamp. Inscribed

A receipt for payment from the Southern Express Company, dated 1893. The reverse of the receipt has a list of prices for the shipment of different ite

This is unused cover The Pacific Stage and Express Company. The company served, as noticed on the cover, San Francisco, Sacramento, Auburn, Grass Vall

Ex. Ron Lerch Collection. A rare hardcover edition of this classic work promoting fantasy Wells Fargo & Co. express collectibles! 1950. By Percy...

About 30 vintage toiletries advertisements and tradcards plus 2 small preproduction soap wall signs. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Well over 80+ in the lot. 1.One album from 1884 of 38 pages, six are blank. Out side shows signs of age but is in fair condition., contents in very

80+. Die cuts, some trimmed, multiple subject matter. Majority are very good condition. ^ Date: 1880's Country (if not USA): State: City:...

Lot of 20. two embossed cards of roses, Easter egg cards, cards with. Frogs & birds, woman in hammock (drawing, religious, cards of seasons, t...

Lot of 10. Letters dated from 1823-93. I.E: from Civil War, Confederate side on state of the ar and upcoming election, voting got Davis. Not dated. A

Lot of 140+ checks, issued from the 1840s-1920s (mostly). Many are pictorial. Some have adhesive revenue stamps. No RNs. Not many dupes. Largely Midwe

c. 1911 World Home Supply Catalog. Bound clothing, building supply, furniture etc mail order catalog. 12.5x10.5". Binding has some wear. ^ Date...

Lot of 6. 1. Two postal covers dated 1934 w/3 cent stamp. Pendleton Wool Co. and Downie Bros camping supplies L.A. 2. Three Boy Scout merit badges w

Lot of 14. Items include: Ruler, Buckingham Tobacco Tin, Pill Box Bank, Pocket Watch, Mirror, Ashtray, DYAS- Cline Co. stick pin, Victor machine tag,

Lot of 50 plus. RPC'c, trade cards, business cards, B/W photo, Oil co. Handbooks, political drawings, There is even Discharge papers from 1864...

3.75x3.75" Jackson Hole, WY coaster, framed souvenir from Sacramento Golden Empire Centennial with small pieces of California gold, 2 small lab...

Assortment of racehorse photos, both action and posed photos. They range in sizes from 12"x 14" to 18"x 21" They're in nice ...

An 8"x 10" signed color photo of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller and a signed photo postcard of Hall of Fame pitcher, Waite Hoyt. Feller...

One brand new daguerreotype case, 3 x 4 inches, with original label and no photo. Hinges patented 1856. The second daguerreotype has a gentleman with

About 40 B/W circus photos, up to 4.25-6". Clyde Beatty, Jumbo the elephant, Sparks Circus, Block & Kuhl, John Robinson's, Barnum &...

About twelve volumes of John L. Stoddard's Portfolio of Photographs of famous cities, scenes and paintings. Part of the Household Educational Se...

50 slides total. B/W lantern slides from Keystone of various industries around the US. In very good condition. ^ Date: 1900 era Country (if not U

Lot 1: Photo of "The Captain and The Gambler". Possibly the one on the left is Henry Comstock . Image of two Brothers. ^ Date: 1860'...

24 glass lantern slides from states and industries. Some are colorized. I.E.: American and Niagara Fals, ruins of Fort Putnam, ads of vegetable pr

36 lantern glass slides. I.E: Scotland (Burns birthplace), , England (Wordswompei teppimg Stones (colorizedorth's home), Anne Hathaway's c...

A large assortment of bamboo baskets and servers in various shapes and sizes. All in near new condition. Please see photos for more details. ^ Date:

Lot of 3. Hand Made Crocheted Afghans from the 70's. Excellent Condition. ^ Date: 1970's Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance...

Nice c. 1910 hinged wood box with hand painted inlay style motif, 1.75x2.5x1". Tortoise shell container with cap, 2.75x1". Dark stone seal...

W.S. Mancke & Co. tassel hat. Monogramed P.G. G.G.L. 7189. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PLEASE NOTE: We ass...