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

Lot of 5: three corner ad covers and two letterheads, all addressed to Lewis Winter of Sacramento, who was a teacher and artist who ran an engraving b

Latest news on the Pony Express 1st and 3rd pgs. Pg4 Buckland Station Massacre by Indians. 1862 letter and cover regarding life in Calif. In prot

An illustration of Sacramento, California as it existed in 1890, reprinted in 1990 for the city's centennial. The illustration, which shows an a...

This pair originally came out of San Francisco and are c. 1870's in what appear to be original walnut wood frames. They are handed paint over ph...

Framed and matted photo from Morton Photography, taken at The M&K Saloon/Il Trovatorre Restaurant in 1919. The title is "The Friends of th...

A photograph of the interior of Matthew Grimm's Saloon of San Francisco, California, taken c. early 1900s. Mounted on hard board. Handwritten te...

Three 6"x 8" show flyers from the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco. These are dated May, July & August 1943, which would put them in th...

A framed photograph of San Francisco's famous Cliff House, taken c. 1900. The photograph is an enlarged reprint -- the quality is good, with exc...

1930 San Francisco and Oakland Chine phone directory. 36pp. Also, The Mandarin Theatre broadside, 11x17 with folds, .75" left tear. Please insp...

Lot of three copies of the same one page issue of El Eco Del Pacifico, No. 2184, March 10, 1863. This was a newspaper published in Spanish in San Fran

Founded in 1875, the Native Sons of the Golden West is a fraternal organization dedicated to historic preservation of the state's historic struc...

Mounted and framed Bill of Fare. Pencil date on side says March 1869. Located at 507 and 509 Clay Street, San Francisco. Edges have been aged to give

Volumes 1 through 4 of 'Palou's New California', the translated personal accounts of Francisco Palou, a Spanish missionary and historian...

A six inch thick archive of E Clampus Vitus from the files of long time member N. Kirschenbaum, an important mining chemical engineer. circa 1980s-90s

Newspaper pages from the Monday January 1, 1894 Los Angeles Times, highlighting the 1894 Midwinter Fair in San Francisco. There are several illustrati

A Port Costa Flour advertising piece calendar from 1899. This framed and matted piece measures 22"x 28", is in excellent condition and rea...

A couple of old silver pieces from the "City By the Bay," San Francisco. First is a silver nameplate from Shreve & Company, the iconi...

Framed 1896 Crocker's Guide Map of San Francisco. Colorful San Francisco street map, scale 2000' to 1". Map 20x25", 31x35" wa...

A 1910 map of the waterfront of San Francisco. This piece measures 17"x 44" and was done by Assistant State Engineer Ralph Barker. It cove...

Rare. San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Area map printed by Pacific Gas & Electric in 1944. Color. Even shows the site for the proposed Golden Gate...