Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

Rare $500 6% 20 year gold bond. Vignette of a train and waterway. Signed by president Stewart. 17" x 14". #25. This is a beautiful oversiz...

1) Idaho Packing and Milling. # 9 for 2 shares to C St Dickey. Signed by WA Johns and president (?). Dateline 1895 Cottonwood. Eagle vignette. Gold se

Number 31 for 5 shares to Mr. Ellery Camp. Signed by president William Hawks and treasurer HD Gillmore. Dateline 1889. Cattle head vignette. John A Lo

Grub-Stake Oil Assoc. No.s 100, 10407, 97, 99, 98, all for $20.00 signed by F. P. Cornish, President; Royal Oil & Mineral Co., No. 30 for 5000 s...

Issued to B. M. Hypes, M. D. Signed by A Steele and (?). Dr. Hypes has purchased one share for $25.00. Rough condition, but a nice medical certificate

Number 1885 for 5 shares to Thomas Essex in 1902. Signed by WE Miller and E(dward) G(ardner) Lewis president. Three vignettes. Middle shows the octago

Territory of Montana $1,000 bond No. 68 issued July 1st, 1876. Signed by G.F. Potts, Governor of the Territory and Auditor and Treasurer. Signatures c

1) Boston and Great Falls Electric Light and Power Company. # 481 for 100 shares to Mrs. Caroline Russell. Signed by George L Nelson and president AS

No. 187 for $1000. Hole cancelled. Coupons 15-30 attached. Signed by Nevada's second Governor, 'Longhorns' Bradley. Purple border and sc...

Signed by acting governor Orion Clemens. Clemens was the Secretary of the Territory. It is very rare to see a signed document where Clemens signs as

1) Rare. I/C 1888 to Moritz Scheeline, a Reno banker. #16 20 shares. 5" x 10 ". Includes a history on the Eureka County Bank and a biograp...

Issued to J. B.Overton 1899 # 57 for 9 shares, "one of the well-and favorably known citizens of Virginia City, who has been identified with the...

Bond # 74 for $1000. $1 adhesive 'Foreign Exchange' revenue stamp. Bond stamped PAID by the Treasury of Storey County. Signed by County Comm...

Issued #61268 to Rehfisch & Co 1897, 100 shares. Signed by President Fisher. In Pass-co fine holder. State: Nevada City: Virginia City Date: ...

Lot of 2. Both are nicely framed and matted. 1) Stock certificate for the International Mercantile Marine Company. Issued for 10 shares in 1902. This

Issued in 1889, signed by president. Issued and cancelled. A vignette of a large building that has Texas Star Flour Mills on the outside. Texas Star w

Unissued certificate for the Tintic Mercantile Company of Eureka, Juab County. # 39. Dateline Eureka, Utah. Stem train vignette. Kelly & Co., Sa...

Datelined Lehi City in 1892. Incorporated June 14, 1880. # 102 for 25 4/5 shares to Richard Thomas. Signed by Alfred M Fox and president William Sund

# 32 for 5 shares to PW Madsen. Signed by Ferdinand Erickson and H S Nielsen president. Dateline 1893 Mount Pleasant. Incorporated 1892. Excellent con

# 8 for 50 shares to AH Cannon. Signed by Scott Anderson and president Boomer White. Dateline Ogen 1892. Incorporated 1890. Gold Seal. Not Cancelled.

# 14 for 5 1/3 shares to Fred L Parker. Signed by HB Weeter and JC Weeter. Dateline Park City 1898. Shares $125 each. Handwritten 'Seal' Sal...

1) Bank of Commerce. # 90 for 20 shares to NJ Chresman(?). Signed by president Boyd Park and secretary (?). Not cancelled. Large excellent gold seal.

Fabulous certificate. Underprint horse drawn wagon. Stockholder WS McCormick, Utah banker and mining investor. Early number 5 for 100 shares. Organize

1) Springville Creamery. # 37 for 10 shares to HM Dougall. Signed by LD Dealand president LD Crandell. Cattle vignette. Salt Lake Litho printer. 2) Un

# 33 for 2000 shares to MH Walker. Signed by Guy Willis and president WH Remmington. Dateline Salt Lake City 1890. Incorporated April 30, 1889. Blue o

Incorporated in October of 1889. Object to lay out streets, parks, plant trees, erect and sell cottages, etc. on land lying in the Mountain Dell preci

Lot of eight. 1) Grand Hotel. Issued to J. R. Walker Jr. Son of Joseph Robinson Walker the banker and merchant. Portrait vignette of (?). Signed by pr

Western Cement, Utah Colonization & Improvement Company, Salt Lake Mill and Elevator, Pioneer Library, WL Pickard, Utah & Salt Lake Canal, S...

All with early NUMBERED certificates. 1) Although only in fair condition, perhaps the most intriguing. Dry Creek Reservoir and Irrigation Company. NUM

Very rare. No. 3270, issued April 7th, 1863 to Asby P. Minear for one share of stock. Signed by the secretary, Joseph Hetcher. Not cancelled. Attracti

First stock certificate issued. To Robert Marsh, president. For 250 shares (No's 1 to 250). Signed by secretary RInson and Marsch. Incorporated ...

LUCKY NUMBER 13 for 98 shares to Frederick Jones. Signed by RF Glover(?) and FE Addoms as president. Dateline 1889. Not cancelled. Vignette of a cowbo

Number 17 (early) for 1 share to Christopher W Moore. Signed by WW Corbett and J Nagle. Large cattle ranching scene vignette. A. Gast Bank Note printe

$1,000 bond dated 1886 from the Union Cattle Company incorporated in Wyoming Territory. Coupons 3-20 still attached. Vignette of a bull and nice brigh

# 90 to JW Gibbons or 10 shares. Signed by Bower and president John Dowlin. Dateline 1886. Incorporated in 1884. Cattle with the Dowlin Rush brand vig

Unissued # 463 in 188-. Location Johnson County. Western Bank Note printer. Three vignettes including cattle branded YM and two gentlemen discussing t

#NUMBER 1 for 10 shares to Arthur D Johnson. Signed by Walter Dendy and AH Johnson president. Dateline Rawlins, Wyoming 1885. Issued during the prelud

13 Misc. stock certificates and 1 gold bond: 1) Unissued Berrybury Land Co stock cert. # 45. Raised company gold seal. 2) 20 shares of Mines Oper

Baxter Electric Light Company. Number 372 for 100 shares to Henry Altman(?). Signed by secretary Altman and EH (? 1884. Printed by Wm. H. Trafton...

Two stock certificates for Ocean Floating Safe Company issued to Camillo Gherlone 1922. 1) 5 shares, Cert. # 4134 2) 5 shares, Cert. #9133 with rai

The Pennock Battery Electric Light Company. Number 99 for 100 shares to HW Jenkins. 1887. Signed by Bernard Laud(?) and Walter Flemming. Specifically

Two stock certificates for Sealshipt Oyster System. 1) 100 shares, cert. #B273 dated Nov. 11, 1913 issued to Edward M. O'Brien, signed and cou...

3 Stock Certs Virginia Land Company, Common No 1023 for 10 shares, signed by J. R. Doran(?) President; Jasper Pecan Farms, Inc., No. 19, unissued; 2 L

Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (signed his name Jr.) was a newspaper publisher, journalist, author and military officer. He was an outcast of high society wh

Number 146 for 100 shares to Arthur Hunter. 1886. Signed by Gustave Frank and CL Cammann. This was an early entry into the telephone market by a small

Lot of 3. 1) Best is unmounted bird's-eye view photograph of Dawson, Yukon Territory. "Looking Down from Midnight Dome." By Larrs &...

The Harpoon Seal Co., issued 1913 to Hildreth Frost for 40 shares, green, signed by James Hessell as president. i/uc. Incorp in Colorado, Prag Collect

4 postcards including RPC of street scene, 2 1921 postal covers, US Dept of the Interior Casa Grande National Monument 1941 and early 1960's pam...

Wonderful archive of six original cabinet cards of outside views accompanied by 5 portrait views, two of which are identified Fly photos of the same

12 postal covers from Globe/Inspiration, AZ 1883-1941. ED Gardner, Hon. TJ MARKS, DE Reinhardt. State: Arizona City: Globe Date:

Article from Kingman AZ, Mohave County Miner, mostly advertisements & articles dated May 11, 1889. 17" x 13.5". State: Arizona City:...

Kingman Meat Market, I.M. George, proprietor, calendar, 1910. about 15 x 15", starts at March (not a printers sample). stains and wear. State...

3 Petrified Forest and Painted Desert postcard booklets. 6 park booklets. National Park Service vintage hand out map. State: Arizona City: Petrified

Three 1886 deposits slips for Mexican Silver, silver deposits. One has light stain, one heavily stained. State: Arizona City: Tombstone Date: 1886

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Fun lot of informational pamphlets from Tucson Chamber of Commerce, Panorama map of Tucson 1937-38 featuring Old Fort Lowell on front; the Tucson Lit

1 Willcox cancel postal cover 1934. 5 Willcox cancelled postcards-Main St. Haskell Ave., comical "spilt milk", Leap Year 1912. Cattle Capi...

William Hagan v. KR Owens, WJ Fyffe and WF Ogden. Suit is for indebtedness of $1057.53 for unpaid wares. Filed in Arizona territory. State: Arizona

9 postcards including RPC's, 5 postal covers including 3 1930 Ajo Airport of Entry airmails and a First Flight,. 8 WJ Davies cardboard dairy bot...

David K Udall was a superior court judge in Maricopa County, letter dated Sept. 28, 1909 ordering Levi Strauss overalls, rice and 10 lbs. of lard.Cre

Lot of seven unused real photo post cards from the area above East Auburn: Birdsall Home; Birdsall Olive orchard; Spaulding residence from Depot; Oliv

Visitors Register from 1st State Citrus Fair, Auburn, Cal. Jan 11-16 1892. Signatures of General Supt. Mrs. William B. Geitar(?); Fred C. Miles, of Pe

The Official Song of the Auburn Gold Rush Revival and the Roseville Fourth of July Celebration. Words and Music by Luzetta Griffitts Swett. Bright blu

Lot of fourteen: North Fork Dam at Auburn, postmarked 1909; American River Auburn Cal.; Wire Bridge, Placer County; Wire Bridge Auburn & Georget...

Lot of three: 1907 handwritten letter from the Freeman Hotel to a gentleman in Goldfield, Nevada; 1904 letter concerning Knights of the McCabbees; 190

12 Auburn, CA business cards including 6 Lukens family cards, Lukens later became the Auburn Indian Motorcycle dealers. State: California City: Aubu

Lot of three real photo post cards of East Auburn, the Depot at East Auburn, and a horse and buggy street scene. State: California City: Auburn Dat

Written in a John Deere Equipment Company 1900 farmers Pocket Companion. A photographer's diary of a road trip around Northern California making...

Lot of three real photo postcards and five advertising envelopes from the Freeman Hotel in East Auburn, opposite the railroad depot. One card shows t

May 8, 1900 souvenir edition from Placer County Leader with many local photos of men and locales. 15.5x11". Covers detached, some tears, sold a...

Lot of 26 real photo postcards from Auburn. Early 20th century. Residences, businesses, and the Race Track. State: California City: Auburn Date:

Lot of seven birds eye real photo postcards of the Auburn Court House and other views. State: California City: Auburn Date:

Lot of four: 1) "Just Arrived in Auburn Cal." prospector with burros; 2) horse drawn Ice wagon; 3) Post Office with Mail wagon and stage c...

Lot of nine: Railroad Street, East Auburn;1905 postmark of building ruins; High & Railroad Sts., E. Auburn; View Above Depot, East Auburn; Railr...

Pencil written letter from C. S. Smith dated July 22, 1901. Letterhead from Boca Hotel "Headquarters for Families and Lovers of hunting and fis...

Ten 'Charge' receipts from the Bodie Bank in Bodie, California. All list the name of the person and his balance after the charge. Also one J...

Lot of 24. Mostly addressed to J. S. Can. A few from his with his signature (although it is a carbon copy). "I wanted sulphuric acid for burnin...

Cabinet card photo of a house in Brooklyn, Ca, c 1888. photo torn lower left, board fine. Much ID on the back. Justin Wyman, Brooklyn, Alameda Co. St

Vintage album with fancy brass "Album" on cover. Mostly cabinet card portraits approx 59. Hollister, San Jose, Fresno etc. State: Califor...

Lot of three: river scene; camping under the cottonwoods, Cisco, CA; cattle drive through the Sierra. State: California City: Cisco Date:

Rare letter and advertising envelope from the Colfax Station and Central Hotel, postmarked 1900. State: California City: Colfax Date: 1900

Lot of six unused real photo postcards of Colfax (named after Vice President Schulyer Colfax when he visited in 1868 to inspect the construction of th

Fourteen hundred feet abover the level of the sea, E. T. Johnston raised olives and manufactured olive oil in Cool. This handwritten letter to Lukens

1) 1886 letter from Warden McComb about settling an account with Sperry of Gridley. 2-6) 1887 letters to Sperry (Please send a carload of flour). 4) 1

Eighteen people and two cars posing in front of the Forest House in Forest Hill. Card written by C. D. L. Attributed to Carroll D. Locher of Auburn wh

Lot of two: 1910 postmark of the Forest House Hotel in Foresthill; 1910 photo of Bath School with teacher and students. State: California City: Fore

August 2, 1906 letter on stationary from the Forks House Hotel, A. Jackson, Proprietor. First Class Accommodations / Wines and Liquors / Feed and Liv

Orange colored business card sized admission ticket to the Seventh Annual Fair / District No. 11 / Grenville, Cal. / Admit One / 50 cts. fine conditi

5 beautiful large posters with vivid color: 3 of Fred Raymond's Great Scenic Production of Old Arkansaw; 1 poster of 4 singers, 2 men & ...

Boys leather gloves in style of gauntlets, stamped Boy Scout in leather with normal wear for age, 5x8". Booklets-1938 Campfire Helps, Camp Paha...

This appears to be the Glenbrook area. Extra rare family photo climbing Cave Rock. Also swimming, boating, riding horses, and at the campsite. Photos

Lot of three pieces: advertising blotter from Hartford Fire Insurance agent Edw. A. Grey; postal cover from Gladding McBean & Co.; Southern Paci...

Bound volume, May, 1916, 18 x 21 x 1.5". Boards water damaged. SF Public Library book plate. State: California City: Los Angeles Date:

Rare newspaper discussing Los Angeles politics. Note paper condition issues. On Mat Board (not adhered) with plastic covers. If mats are shipped then

Alfred Dixon had a general merchandise store. You could buy hardware, cookware, dry goods, tinware, tobacco, hats, etc. But most importantly if you we

Lot of 3. 1) Mono National Forest Map and brochure. 1931. Black and white pictures of natural attractions and a 29 x 27" map. Soiling and wear ...

Undated 4 x 5 inch photograph of the Old Customs House in Monterey. The Old Customhouse is a Spanish Colonial style adobe structure built around 1827

Six pages of ledger entries. The entries reflect payments from Kimball & Cutting, the major regional lumber yard in Murphy's, reflecting K&a...

Lot of three unused real photo post cards of Newcastle: orchards and a view of the town. State: California City: Newcastle Date:

P.A. Ellis was running for Justice of the Peace in Washington Township when he travelled to Siddall's Cafeteria in Monterey and kept his mileage...