"Treasures from the Shelves": Americana, Mining, & Numismatics Auction (February Timed 2023)

Nice Mitchell postcard #1532 titled, "Main Entrance and Fountain, Crag View Hotel, Castella, California." Castella is a small, unincorpora...

Nice views of Shasta Dam, some under construction and some completed. Also one card shows Whiskeytown Lake, near Redding. Five cards are real photo po

Four Sisson Fish Hatchery postcards includes two real photo cards. All four cards show a snow-capped Mt. Shasta in the distance and a view of the hatc

Five very nice real photo postcards taken by Lowry and Rhea show Monte Rio river views. Four of the photos were taken from out on the river of the sho

Lot of 21. 1) St. Helena. 15postcards. Views: St. Gothard Inn; high school; Lynden Hurst; stone bridge; health food factory; dining room at sanitarium

Lot of 34 postcards. Includes 25 real photo postcards and 9 divided back printed cards. Bonus item a photographic menu from a dinner in 1905. A histor

Lot of 14. Color, three non split-back. One signed Frank Daley 1906. Eight postmarked : San Jose, San Diego, Pasadena, Oakland. 1 cent stamps.

Watsonville Hotel Appleton corner lobby photo, borderless, postmarked San Francisco 1923. Overprint Registered or Insure Valuable Mail 1 cent over E

Lot of five art deco calendar postcards from 1911 issued by Continental Building and Loan Association and Berkeley Bank of Savings & Trust. Dat...

Lot of 9. 1-2) Caribou, Plumas County. 3) Snow at Duncan's Mill. 4) Mt. Whitney. 5) Sledding at Truckee. 6) Big Pine. 7) Silver Springs. 8) Snow...

Lot of 23. Eight postmarked: San Jacinto, Gilman Hot Springs, Matilija CA, Warner Springs CA. 1 cent stamps w/one Statue of Liberty. STREET LEVEL:

Lot of 6 different modern color cards. Five are "Greetings from Durango, Colorado" showing cowboys, cowgirls, and Native Americans. Sixth ...

Lot of about a dozen split back vintage post cards, circa 1907-1910 featuring bird's eye views of Honolulu. Date: Country: State: Hawaii C...

Lot of 45 real photo postcards of the Royal Palace and Cook Monument. Most white border. Includes views of: Royal Palace; Kamehameha Statue in Honolul

Lot of about 30 vintage postcards of Hawaiian hotels. Also six cards of the aquarium. Split backs, circa 1907-1910. Date: Country: State: Hawaii

Lot of over 25 vintage postcards of Las Vegas before The Strip. Date: Country: State: Nevada City: Las Vegas Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of 3 different. 1) Two RPPCs showing a fire destroying the Cody Theatre in Deming. Both by WH Horne Co., El Paso, Texas. One is mailed (1918) from

A collection of 15 postcards showing various amusement park scenes. Included is Steeple Chase Park, Steeple Chase Park, Euclid Beach Park and more. So

Lot of 15. Seven postmarked : N.Y., San Antonio, Johnsonburg N.J., Grand Central, 1 cent stamps. Street level view: Park Row, Madison Square and

Lot of 25. Modern Chromes. Six postmarked: Baltimore, Providence, N.Y., Wash. D.C., United Nations, 1,2,3 and 5 cent stamps (One UN stamp). Stre

Lot of 23. Color, B/W,. Fourteen postmarked : Grand Central, N.Y. Sananto & Sanderson R.P.O. , Time Square, 1 and 2 cent stamps. Street le...

Lot of 29. Chrome-Litho, B/W, some white borders, some ad cards. Eleven are postmarked : Albany, Grand Centra Sta., N.Y., Syracuse, 1 and 2 ce

Lot of 12. Radio City Music Hall, most famous music venue of them all. B/W and color. Some white borders, Interior and exterior. Six are postmarked

Lot of 8. PMCs, pioneer cards with rare split back souvenir card. Color, some with white borders. None are postmarked. Street level : Horse Shoe Fal

Lot of 8. B/W. Some w/white borders. Five postmarked: N.Y., New London, Syracuse., 1 cent stamps (One has not been cancelled). Street level vie

B/W RPC of the 1913 fools of Waco Texas. Non-white border. Embossed by photographer McCall. Birdseye view looking over the Brazos River overlooking

Two B/W folding panorama cards around the early 1900ís era. Borderless. 1. El Paso Tx International Bridge, not postmarked.. 2. Amarillo, T...

Lot of 4. Military RPCs. B/W, two w/white borders. One Postmarked Randolph Field. 1 cent cancelled stamp. Flight Formation over Randolph Field, Ca

Lot of about 15 postcards. Postcards of various places mostly from Salt Lake City. RPCs of the Mormon temple are included. Date: Country: State:

This uncirculated postcard has the likeness of Adolph Hitler on the front. Dated for 13 March, 1938. "Ein volk ein reich ein fohrer". One ...

In early April of 1914, the USS Utah was sent to the Gulf port of Tampico to take aboard American refugees who were caught up in the diplomatic confli

Lot of over 40 postcards featuring animals: monkeys, snakes, giraffes, giant pandas, bears, buffalo, zebras, zoo cards. Date: Country: State: C

Lot of 27 postcards and 3 pieces of ephemera. Postcards are mostly linen and modern chrome but include one real photo. Many Florida kennels and race t

Lot of 13 different RPPC. Includes: Tekoa, Washington; Chickroot Summit; "Esquimaux dogs"; Alaska dog team; Mail dog team, Atlin, British ...

Lot of over 60 vintage post cards featuring pigs and goats. Goats pulling, carts, feeding young children. Pigs of all manner. Date: Country: Sta

Lot of 6. All different. Two feature the same girl. Four are French (Bleuet, Le'o, and PC publishers). Mailed 1917, 1921, 1924, 1931. One unmail...

Lot of over 20 postcards with colorful parrots. Date: Country: State: City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of two: 1) man on horse back watching a Curtiss in speed contest; 2) Antionette & Curtiss machines in flight. Both cards copyright 1910, unw...

A collection of 11 postcards, picturing various beer ads and cartoons. including and more. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Date: 1

Group of about 28 postcards from Bullocks Wilshire and I. Magnus & Co. in Los Angeles. The Bullocks Wilshire was the largest department store in...

Lot of 6. Color, B/W, One non split-back. Five postmarked. : Jacksonville, Hot Springs ARK., Binghamton N.Y.. Date: 1911-23 Country: Sta

Rare RPPC showing redwoods and a California auto club sign. Perfect postcard for our sign collectors! California State Park System, Garden Club of Ame

Lot of 11 RPPC. Three Redwood locales: Hartsock, Richardson Grove, and Redwood Highway Inspection Station. 1) Hartsock Inn, a historic hotel in Garber

Lot of 11, ten different. Hotel Benbow is a world famous hotel on the Eel River in the Avenue of the Giants, Humboldt County, California. Includes: 4

A collection of 18 postcards, picturing various saloons, humorous themes and cartoons all centering on various liquors and more. Please see photos for

Vintage postcards from Bridgeport, Connecticut, mostly related to P.T. Barnum. These postcards have illustrations of the headquarters of Barnum &...

Lot of six real photo postcards of William Howard Taft. Four portraits and two street scenes. Date: Country: State: City: Provenance: Ken P

Rare, early postcard advertising "El Rey" the King of Boots made by Tony Lama of El Paso, Texas. Unwritten. Date: Country: State: C...

Lot of four undivided back real photo postcards with different views of a spouting volcano. Unidentified, but possibly Indonesia circa 1920? All unwri

Lot of 8 postcards. Seven showing exterior scenes of the Waltham Watch Company factory, Waltham, Massachusetts. One indoor picture of the Riverside

Lot of 17 incl. 4 RPPC, 3 undivided back, and 3 amber cards. These are for the ferry boats operated by the Southern Pacific Golden Gate Ferries Compan

Lot of 12 incl. 3 real photo and 3 undivided back. Includes: launching of Jupiter at Mare Island; San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; launching USS Intr

Lot of 18 postcards featuring wireless telegraph towers. Mt. Tamalpais, CA; Avalon, Catalina Island, CA; Cape Cod, Mass.; Fort Myer, VA; Key West, FL;

RARE (Unique!) Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek Civil War Loan. We believe this is one of three known. This is 11 for $200 to Charles B Ward. Pu

RARE (Unique!) Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek Civil War Loan. We believe this is one of three known. This is 9 for $100 to Peter Dubois. Purch

RARE (Unique!) Michigan, Calhoun County, Battle Creek Civil War Loan. We believe this is one of three known. This is lucky 13 for $100 to Amasa S Clar

This very elaborate document details the mustering out of a Lieu. C. Coffinberry in August of 1865 along with two attachments. Most notably countersig

This roll is a Civil War messenger's kit for carrying dispatch papers. Measuring 15 in. X 14 in. The bottom edge is folded over to hold papers a...

This lot contains four civil war Union wool pants of medium to large size with a black wool overcoat. There are several sashes included. Date: Cou

This is a lot of five (5) cover stories from the Civil War late 1864. Several headlines are depicted in maps. The May 8 issue "combined movemen...

7 Civil War books. Life and Deeds of General US Grant by Burr, 1885, both boards detached. Historical Times Illustrated, Encyclopedia of the Civil War

Three volume publication of "History of the War for the Union" by E.A Duyckinck and was published in 1870. Although the volumes are full o...

The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, a British newspaper published June 24, 1916, with World War I articles, and "The...

Collection of postcards, photographs, and other ephemera mostly related to WWI and WWII. Photographs and postcards of soldiers and military planes fro

lot of 17. Size 8.5x11 to 11X14". 1. Magazine cover art ", four "The Literary Digest", Funk & Wagnall's Co. CHIC, 18...

lot of 29. 1. Nine RPC's, B/W, not postmarked. Divided and undivided. One marked "U.S.A. Post Card" w/British sailor. ground view: f...

Lot of 3 WW II wearable items from the 15th Air Force. Consist of formal dress coat, long-sleeved shirt/Jacket and dress pants. 15th AF patches on b

Lot of two black and white panorama photographs of Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, and the Reception Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Photos are 42 x 11 i

About 50 WW ads from US magazines. Allison, Western Electric, Martin Aircraft, Pontiac, GN, Cadillac, RCA, Fisher, Pullman, Pontiac and more. 13x10&...

This lot contains a number of uniform decorations for the 9th Marines 2nd Battalion and also the 85th Battalion Field Artillery stationed in Germany a

Color poster of a woman carrying her groceries. "Trucks and tires must last to victory". OWI Poster # 28. 27.5x9.5". Date: Country...

Nice framed embroidery "Darling South Pacific 1944" with red palm tree. Likely made by a soldiers wife. 16x17", frame 21x21" Da...

Collection of newspapers, photographs, and a German book from WWI and WWII. A) 13 photographs of French and British WWII soldiers. Most of these photo

A set of 25 "Hitleriada Furiosa" & "Hitleriada Macabra" prints by Stanislaw Toegel, 1946, cover a/Stanislav Toegel was a law...

Two WWII, American Red Cross Maps. 1) February 1945, Map of Paris. Image size: 21 x 14". Frame size: 21.5 x 28.5". 2) Central London. ...

A group of unique photographs taken by Tony Addiego of The Mission Pictorialists Camera Club of San Francisco. Six of the pieces measure 16"x 2...

A print commemorating the Transatlantic flight of the USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) on October 12-15, 1924. The print shows the massive airship above the cit

2 framed photos. SR71 Blackbird with pilot Shul signature and US 2 seat fighter jet, type unknown. Both 16x20". Date: Country: State: Ci...

Wonderful collection of a wide variety of military buttons from many military campaigns around the world. Includes British, US, Irish and Other. Many

5 volumes of the famous Jane's fighting ships: 1964, 1967, 1966, 1974, and 1981. This publication, done annually goes back before 1900 and is th...

Orange & white USAF parachute used in Korean War. Lines cut. Markings faded but what is legible reads: NOPY ASSY. DWG. No. 50E6877, OR?R No. AF3...

This lot contains virtually perhaps 1000 photographs from on military service man's 2-year tour in Korea, 1984-85. Vary from 3x5 to 8x10, hund...

This lot has three books related to the Medal of Honor: "Beyond Glory" by Larry Smith, 2003 signed by the author like new condition with d...

Lot of several pieces of military related ephemera. This lot includes a Servicemen's World War Map, a copy of Time magazine from 1945, a photo o...

lot of 21. 1. Magazine Cover Art: Life, 1950, MacArthur cover, three Saturday Evening Post 1940's. Four Ladies Home Journal 1918-one of en...

Lot of miscellaneous United States military medals and ribbons. At least two of the medals are from the Korean War, another is from WWII. Others are g

A nice collection of papers, maps, booklets and other ephemera of a military nature. Included are navigator star chart booklets issued by Mather AFB

"The Lucky Bag" United States Naval Academy Class of 1905, Volume XII, Annapolis, Maryland. This yearbook has pictures and small biographi...

Possibly c. 1960's. Naval Clothing Factory. Date: Country: State: City: Provenance:

Lot of 2. 1) Membership certificate for Charles J. Gavin, elected Member National Council of Administration, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United St

This is an American Revolution Bi-Centennial flag by Bull Dog at 3ft. X 5ft. Date: Country: State: City: Provenance: Jim & Barbara ...

Two restored cast iron digging implements. 1.) Marked US on the side in old large punched letters. 2.) Unmarked drift pick. c1860s Date: Countr

This box of .32 caliber S&W center-fire cartridges is empty but contains a note that all cartridges were loaded with Hazard Gunpowder. An inside...

This lot reads like the history of the 20 gauge shotgun shell with three examples. There are three variations of the 20 gauge. Never as popular as the

These Alcan musket caps are 4-wing large. Over 100+ caps in all. One compete tin unopened and sealed with two opened tins. Made in France. The large w

This is a Watervliet Arsenal ammo wallet complete with a brass badge "NJ" for New Jersey National Guard. In very good condition with sloth...

This lot has two double cavity bullet molds. The first is an unmarked all-steel double cavity mold (roughly) measured to be about .454 in. An oversize

This lot has two round ball bullet molds. The first is a two cavity all-steel vintage double cavity mold stamped "18" without any other ma...

Pioneer pot for melting lead, possibly for bullets, 6x4.75" with lead inside. 2 metal industrial ladles, 11.75" and 23". Date: Cou...

This bayonet is a Springfield rifle model 1855/1863 complete with scabbard and frog. 22 in. overall length. The familiar triangle shaped blade with U.