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

Sheet music of the Official Souvenir Song "Days of 49", music by Maurice Silverman, lyrics by George S. Tyler. It was published in 1922 b...

Second of exchange dated April 12, 1864, entitling Elizabeth Laub to $75 in U. S. gold coin. Blue two cent revenue stamp upper left corner. Well worn,

Four vintage photos: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch prints on 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch mats. Three of San Francisco: Company M arriving at Camp Merritt San Francisco; C

Rare 2016 8pp California Cracker Co., 1871-87, booklet with old pricelist, letterhead vignettes and history. Half and hour in Eldorado, A Trip through

Group of 23 vintage trade cards from California (mostly San Francisco) companies. Lot includes all sorts of businesses, including restaurants, tailors

Lot of 20. Includes: 1877 Wells Fargo receipt for a bag of gold shipped from Placerville; George Washington Birthday menu, 1909, for St. Mark Cafe in

A copy of 'The Golden Gate', a poem by writer James Linen, published by Edward Bosqui and Company in 1869. The poem describes the history of...

Glass paperweight, 4 x 2 1/2 inches, 3/4 of an inch tall, with colorful image of A Section of Yacht Harbor, The Panama Pacific International Expositio

Charm bracelet from the 1939 San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition with five dangling charms. Also a silver Aztec pendant: 17 mm in diame

About 40 vintage post cards from the 1915 San Francisco Panama Pacific Exposition; Sutro Heights; and one folio from the San Diego PPIE the same year.

Opened in 1896 by Edwin Cawston, the Cawston Ostrich Farm was located on nine acres ,in the Arroyo Seco Valley north of Los Angeles. The Pasadena and

A viewbook from the extremely early days of Stanford University, c. 1900. The cover reads 'Leland Stanford Jr. University'. It features a pa...

Group of 3 books related to Stanford University, published 1992-2000. Lot contains the Stanford U. Libraries & Academic Information Resources Qu...

Three vintage pinbacks from Venice, California: I Rode The Rapids (2); 2nd Annual Canadian Picnic at Venice Pier Ocean Park Feb. 5th 1913. ^ Date:

A copy of 'Francisco Pacheco of Pacheco Pass' by Dr. Albert Shumate, signed by the author. Hardback, 47 pages. Good condition. ^ Date: Co...

A copy of the pamphlet 'Conservation of Resources in California' issued to schoolteachers by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Origi...

Group of 1 book and 15 booklets on California history, dated 1951-1985. Lot includes a copy of 'Gabriel Moulin's San Francisco Peninsula'...

A group of 3 books on early California history, dating 1966-1991. Titles in the lot include 'The Island of California: A History of the Myth'...

Lot of 5. Includes: ticket to Grand Ball of NSGW, Columbia, 1923; Knights of the Maccabees Grand Ball, Carters, CA, 1901; 1895 Second Party of Angel...

Framed California apricot and grape fruit box labels. 15x18. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Provenance: PLEASE NOTE: W

Rare 1949 broadside with the story of the great seal of California. Signed by Lester J Davis assemblyman and secretary of state. 20x11". Folds,...

Group of 30 postcards of miscellaneous California subjects including RPCs, colorized vintage photos, modern color photography, and art prints. Subject

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Pioneer. Vol. III, No. 1, January 1855. 64pp. Foxing. Early California magazine. News on States Rights, Finance, Science,

Lot of 2. 1) 1889 booklet by the Pacific Pine Lumber Company of San Francisco. "Tests of Strength and Other Data of Douglas Fir." 36pp. wi...

Lot of 7. Includes: Second Annual Report of the State Board of Silk Culture (1884); Summary of Operations for California Oil Fields (1929); "Ha...

Lot of 23. Fun group of promotional material (postcards and pamphlets) emphasizing the company and its history in the West. Includes: postcards; 1964

Lot of 20+. Includes: two shipment tags from Yreka, CA, 19th century; two Salt Lake City 1890s checks for Jacob Alt; business card for EP Prendergast,

2 identical stereoviews by Keystone of Black Hawk, CO mislabeled as Nevada. One has excellent contrast. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Color

A copy of 'Among The Rockies: Photographic Views of Magnificent Scenery in the Rocky Mountains', published in 1910 by H.H. Tammen Company of...

Newsletters (13) from the International Stop Continental Drift Society. This is a tongue-in-cheek organization fighting the impossible. They believe

4 glass lantern slides of U.S. Mint in Denver circa 1895-1905. Exterior views and one of stamp mill. Very good cond. ^ Date: 1900c Country (if not U

Reproduction. Showing all tracks, connections, grounds & buildings. Scale:1"=60 feet. Surveyed Dec. 1883, by HM Rogers. List of grounds occ...

Lot of over 100 unused copies of the same Denver & Rio Grande Western postcard showing Glenwood Canyon in Colorado. ^ Date: Country (if not US...

2 c. 1930's original Colorado Midland photos. 3.5x5.75". ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Provenance: PLEASE NOT...

A group of 22 postcards and ephemera pieces from Colorado and Yellowstone. Some photographs, some prints of artwork. Subjects include notable building

Don Blanding poem art card, Hawaii. Color, Ingalls in lower right of card. Personal note inside. ^ Date: 1940's Country (if not USA): State: ...

Large folding Mapco Western Suburban Chicago, Latest Chicago Street Guide free doctor advertising map, Clason Map Co of Chicago, Blanchards street gui

Abraham Lincoln vignette on this admission ticket to the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Printed by the American Bank Note Company ...

RPC of a train wreck in Clarksville, IA. Sorry to say the last train to Clarksville did not make it! ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Iowa City

A choice RPC of 3 sternwheel paddlewheel steamers on the Mississippi River in Clinton, IA. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Iowa City: Clinton

2 c. 1906-08 pre automobile Iowa street scenes. Griswold and Clarence with stain. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Iowa City: Provenance:

4 Iowa street scene early RPC's. Clarksville, Colesburg, Central City etc. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Iowa City: Provenance: P...

7 Iowa RPC's with street scenes. These are post WW 1 and have white borders. Cedar Rapids, Clermont, Central City, Chester, Gilmore City. ^ Date...

This is the printed eulogy for banker and financier George Peabody by Robert C. Winthrop. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Massachusetts City:

illustrated letter from the Floyd Schopf Acme Automatic Peanut Dispenser, 1900, accompanied by a large size bright yellow business card for the same.

Illustrated flyer for service by the Oregon Short Line Railroad to Yellowstone, Montana, then stage service into the parl. Vignette of train cars and

A 1924 promotional calendar from Montana Auto Supply Company. Features a large, colorful print of a image from a Phillip R. Goodwin oil paintin...

c. 1890's Sterling silver souvenir spoon. The bowl is consistent with the era as the lettering is crude. Perhaps somebody purchased this when th...

This letter opener from Goldfield, Nevada measures 8"x 1" and is in very nice condition. Please see photos for more details. ^ Date: Co...

Rare 1917 Nevada prisoner record and photo from Nevada State Police. Ed Sheehy was a miner from Ireland, born in 1880. Numerous facial scars noted. ^