"Time Flies in July" 2023 July Timed Auction

Large legal document, Doan and family and Matthias Aspden of Philadelphia, September 1851. Aspden was from a very wealthy Philadelphia family from a s

1905 US Marshall reward card, Vinita, I. T. Has a real photo of the wanted man. 3x6".

9 pieces. Find Bliss, Pioneer Press, Scherrer Stationary. 1900 - 1920's. Placerville California

Lot of 3. 1) Fantastic pictorial letterhead with cover. Message sent July 1954 and details trip to Tahoe. Great vignette of Tahoe Tavern in the trees.

Archive of the Yosemite Trading Co. in Lee Vining owned by Briscoe Sanderson. Briscoe sold native American baskets and goods, plus everything related

Los Angeles title book, c. later 1800's. page 19 relates to Cerro Gordo Freighting and page 15 has typed signature of Abel Stearns. 13x9.25"...

The Napa Hotel letterhead 1889. Tax Payer record for Napa Township, Capell Valley Improvements on blue paper. Signed by Napa tax collector. Napa Cali

Lot of 15. Includes: Dunn's Commercial & Collection Agency (membership certificate, 1890s, plus two covers); two 6.5 x 9 mounted photos of a...

4 page 1874 letterhead from International Hotel, San Francisco to Henry Elling, Virginia City, MT with comments on a trip to Alaska and mines. "...

Group of ephemera including account sheets from 3 San Francisco banks doing business in Carson City, NV, c. 1876-1903. California Safe Deposit and Tru

1867 Amador County penal sum bond. 1904 M J Nightingale pictorial billhead, 1874 Geo. Cadwalader cover and letter, Sacramento. 1919 Rigas national Ban

Grab bag of California ephemera from a California family, c. 1900-70 includes report cards, booklets including early Rocky & Bullwinkle, Robinso...

Sutter and Placer counties grammar school diplomas, 1900 and 1906. 17.5x23". Rolled. California

Lot of 11 different. Includes: Henry Webb (1879, hardware); Holliday & Hamrick (1878, auction merchant); Neil McMillen & Co. (1888, grocers)...

Lot of 12 different. Includes: Neil McMillen & Co. (1888, grocers); Holliday & Hamrick (1878, auction merchants); Cummings & Finn (1882)...

Lot of 10 different. Includes: JJ Quinn (1902, wallpaper); Richey Brothers (1896, books & cigars); EH Andrews (1898, hardware); Ames, McCollum &...

1908 pictorial letterhead from Washburn, Crosby Company from a witty author signed as Fraulien. References to a sneakthief chicken robbing racoon, hea

1913 New England Date Book diary with entries on US travels. 1917 Preachers Note Manual by J A Murray with religious themed entries. 1944 Farmer'...

Letter from Iditarod Alaska to the Hennessey Mercantile Company of Butte Montana dated August 4th, 1912. The Hennessy Company was a mercantile busines

About 22 correspondences from Deer Lodge, MT, c. 1879-93 from Sherriff's Office, McBurney House pictorial letterhead, New North West Publishers,...

A mix of 29 printed letterheads and manuscript letters, c1800's. Mostly mining, general stores, and a few other businesses, but other goods too....

About 50 c. 1945 correspondences related to Lee Ford, son of Robert S. Ford, pioneer, cattleman, and organizer of the Great Falls National Bank, Lee e

About 40 c. 1873-75 Helena, MT tax receipts. Helena Montana

Group of at least 100 checks from various banks and in Helena, Montana including E.H. Hershfield & Bro. Bankers, First National Bank of Helena, ...

About 100 pieces of ephemera from Huber Jasmin Co. in Helena, MT, c. 1940's. They appear to be an automotive related business with orders for sp...

Framed certificate that reads, "In this Jubilee Year of renewal and reconciliation Our Holy Father Pope John Paul II extends his Apostolic Bles...

6 letters from Sun River, MT. c. 1879-81 concerning business transactions. Sun River Montana

17 pieces of Virginia City, MT correspondence. 1901 mining indenture. Madison County 1895 witness order. Bill of clerks fees 1874. Letterheads and bil

About 50 c. 1929-48 correspondences to and from Montana on letterheads, telegrams including Elks Club, Amateur Athletic Union, Fred Ley etc. Butte, He

1) Pony, Montana Insurance with Lightening Indemnity Clause. 1906 2) Five Home Insurance Company policies for dwelling and stables (1910), school furn

Lot of four checks from 1870-2 Jefferson County Treasurer's Office, Montana Territory. Montana

3 Montana bank books from Helena and Virginia City, c. 1891-94. Book of checks c. 1890's Merchants National Bank of Helena. 2 books of deposit s...

2 1900 Montana Day Books, unspecified merchant. 12x6" and 15.5x6.5". Montana

About 6 lbs of Montana documents including official documents, manuscripts and letters. Many are addressed to RC Halliday, a saloon owner in Dillon.

About 15 Montana documents c. 1889-1926. Morris State Bank book, various mortgages, release of deed of trust, legal docs etc. Montana

Assorted Montana ephemera. Framed stock certificate, W H Jackson photo, 2 Birdseye panoramas, 3 annual reports of the state veterinary surgeon, severa

About 40 pieces of Montana Ephemera including several issues of Helena High School The Nugget booklets c. 1900'a to 1910"s. Other vintage i...

4 Montana handbills. Brunswick radio-lower left chip, Lindsay fruit-1" tear and stuck envelope flap, 1930's concert with pen writing, Ladwi...

1) 1914-1916 Cash Accounting Book. Cover is missing so we are not sure which company. The vast majority mention Elling State Bank. Other names include

About 85 Montana letterheads and ephemera c. 1892-1905. Butte, Galata, Canyon Ferry, Neihart etc. Montana

Lot of ten. 1) 1875 loan for $200. 2) SR Buford Groceries, Liquors, Tobaccos and Cigars. 1890 billhead. 3) Tootle, Leach & Co. Staple and Fancy ...

Three early ledgers from the Berry family of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. The Berrys ran a large hardware and general store (including foods) for more t

3 old New Hampshire letters. 1814, Medbury, affidavit signed by postal worker. 1815, Plaiston, affidavit signed by postal worker. 1818, Kingston, let

3rd Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of Central N.J. Land Improvement Co., 1875. Pamphlet, pp.6. 6" x 9". New...

Two receipts. One for August 19, 1857 and one for August 21, 1857. One for $1.00 for certificate of rice paper and one for $2,00 for survey of flour o

About 40 c. 1830's invoices from Law & Todd cloth merchants from NYC. About 4.25x7.75". New York

13 M L Filley Foundry dray or shipping receipts, c. 1855-85, mostly for cast iron stoves and castings. Some have revenue stamps affixed. Transport via

Bound ledger of a Helena, MT general food and goods store. 1886-87. Merchant accounts were located in Helena(Kuphal & Leopold, Weinstein Bros., ...

Diploma from Johnson School, Richmond Hill to Jennie Hyder (?), 1922, (3 Diplomas) Scranton Pennsylvania early 1920s

1905 Telluride Power Co. letterhead. They had a hydro electric power plant near the mouth of Provo Canyon. Signed by E Lackner. Utah

7 Utah letterheads, several pictorial. c. 1896-1905. Hazel Drug, Geo M Scott etc. Utah

Lot of seven pieces of ephemera from Utah's National Parks. postal cover 1934 Zion 3c stamp. Postcard with petrified dinosaur bone attached. 192...

Allegorical printer's proof with 10 vignettes, 8x11.75". .5" left tear, left creases.

Rare 1922 Boy Scouts Year Book, cover has wear and starting to detach. 3 issues of Scouting 1957-58.

Lot of two certificates of exchange: 1) Columbus, Georgia, Dec. 3rd, 1856, First of Exchange, two vignettes, issued and endorsed. 2) Unissued; Second

10 assorted check from San Francisco, Pennsylvania, Topeka, Billings, El Reno, Cedar Vale, Kansas. 3 pictorials. 3 foreign currencies.

Assorted items in a cigar box from Stuart Mackenzies basement. Spoons, notebooks, decals, marbles, pins etc.

About 70 pieces of mostly coffee and some tea ephemera. Coffee packages, Silver Bow coffee bag, Marvel, Yacht Club tea and more labels.

4 college yearbooks c. 1920-47. 1920 Coloradan, The Orient of Ball State 1942, Ohio State 1939, US Naval Academy 1947. Also Denver Rocky Mountain Gold

3 cotton bale shipping receipts, c. 1845-79. Via steamer etc. 1866 has 2c brown adhesive revenue stamp.

3 scrolls with early data, c. 1950's and 60's, on whitewater canoeing and rafting etc. This is probably the type of data you cannot find any...

Ephemera assortment with mining, banking, food, legal documents, pictorial billhead, covers including advertising, BPOE etc. Unsorted, about 2.4 lbs.

9 pieces of farm related ephemera. Poultry, seeds, grasshoppers, grain elevator etc.

About 15 vintage insurance ephemera items. c. 1866-98. Equitable, Firemans Fund 1898 calendar, Mutual Life of NY Porte-Folio binder, NY Bowery Fire,

About 20 nice letterheads etc with colors-Nestle, The Destroyer of Dust, Olympia Music Box, Olive Oil, Frigidaire etc. Also some labels and other ephe

c. 1944 original Social Security card with instruction folder. Issued to Charles Frederick Woods.

100+ pictorial letterheads c. 1901-38. Mostly Montana. Some Colorado, Wisconsin, New York, Washington, California etc.

23 pictorial letterheads. Indian, hat, lumber, plow, carriage, sawblade, horse etc. c. 1871-1921.

Inside this cover is a remarkable list of venues where this historic -- was materials were used. Almost all correspondence between venue and Mr. Riege

3 pictorial saw blade letterheads, 2x N W Spalding-1 with stain and chip, Curtis and Simmons Hardware, c. 1878-81.

2 vintage scrap books. c. 1900 featuring biblical, cats, flowers, American themes etc. c. 1925 scrapbook overlaid onto pages of Northwest Appliance ca

4 letters heads from United States Glass Co. c. 1894-1914 to Bateman and Switzer, Great Falls, MT.

Correspondence between Sanford K. Barstow and Vincent, Sturm and Co., a furniture manufacturer in Cleveland Ohio. The correspondence is in regards to

About 200 Western checks, a few pictorial. c. 1860's to 1945. California Street Cable Railroad, J Sherburne, J P Richards, Tamarack & Custer...

6 pieces of Western insurance ephemera. 2x1880's fire insurance letters on letterhead to SR Buford.Hamburg-Bremon 1902 policy with large chip, 1...

Lot of 2. 1."Old Papeete" or engine No. 1 built in 1850 and considered the oldest in the U.S. Pictured at Columbia Calif.. 2. The old ...

Lot of 2. RPC's . First depicts the original Gold Hill Fire Depot No 1 and fire crew. Second is recreation of member certificate for the Gold...

Lot of 2. 1. Gold Hill Fire House was built during the era of the Big Bonanza, but by the time of this picture in the 1930s, it was on its last legs

This beautiful piece of fire-fighting history is an original Foamite Fire Extinguisher, Model CA, approx. 24-inches tall and 7-inches in diameter. All

Lot of three medals commemorating the heroics of 9/11: Obv.: colorful enameling: FDNY MIA / Never Forgotten / 09/11/01; rev.: gold tone: America Unit

In the middle of the twentieth century, Roi V. Woolley was the Chief of Coordination Unit of the Office of Civilian Defense (see https://oac.cdlib.org

Lot of 17. Postmarked : two, San Fran and Woodland Calif., Taft Ca. Al are street level scenes: Various fire trucks dressed up for parades. Two ca

Lot of 40. Mostly color and divided backs. There are five undivided back post cards. All are at sea level viewsTwenty eight are postmarked i.e; New

Lot of 13. Color and B/W, divided backs. Postmarks: Chicago, Fremont NEB, Sterling Ill. One business card fromN.S.W> Fire Service Museum Au...

Lot of 27. Fire stations from around the country, some no longer exist i.e; Fire Chiefs Office Sacramento Ca.. Fifteen postmarked: Seattle Wa., Doug

Lot of 4. RPC's of fires and fireman using equipment of the period to fight them. All are at street level: boiler pumper being use, close up...

Lot of 2. 1. Two color post cards of the Storey County fire station built 1864 and rebuilt a after fires in Virginia City, Used up until the 80...

Lot of 38. Color and B/W, all divided backs. All street level scenes. Various equipment from around the country, some sitting in museums, some in

Metal Pacific Fire Extinguisher Soda Acid extinguisher with rubber hose. 23" tall, no dents, brass coating has some wear.

Lot of 26. Color and B/W. Various fire trucks from 1900-60's era. All street level view. Three cards show very early fire trucks: Auto Aeria...

Rare illustrated 1874 Babcock Manufacturing handbill with apparatus. No tears, 8x11", light toning.

Two volumes. 1) 1862 Williams Combination of fire engines with locomotives. 2) 1869 Silsby, Mynderse & Co's Seam Fire Engine.

Lot of 2. 1. Storey County Fire House built 1864 destroyed and rebuilt after two fires. Card photo taken around 1940. Firehouse is now a museum but

9 IOOF breastbadges and neckwear. 3 Breastbadges from Hamilton, MT. 6 Neck hangers. Hamilton Montana

39 Montana lodge dinner plates with green trim, about 9". 19 plus 1 cracked are marked IOOF, the others are matching without additional marking...

From Kenmure Castle, No. 39, Royal Highlanders of Hay Springs, Nebraska. Eight inches long, three inches wide. Black on the "In Memoriam"...

Pythian Lodge bible, S. Amboy, NJ, Lodge 52. Front board detaching, first few pages detached. About 10 lbs. New Jersey

1898 Grand Lodge of Washington, Knights of Pythias, Tacoma Washington journal of proceedings. Statistics, member info, reports etc. 134pp plus index.

Brass plaque titled "Es Selamu Aleikum" which translates to "peace be upon you," 12 x 8 inches by the Ancient Arabic Order of t...

BPOE Elks white jacket, slacks and fez, c. 1929. belonging to John M. Ball of Riverside, PA. He wore this uniform at the July 1929 convention in Los A