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

Lot of 32. Some RPC’s., white borders, Seven postmarked w1,2 cent stamps: San Pedro Long Beach, El Cajon, Madeira. Mostly street level vie

Lot of over 70 black and white real photo postcards of Long Beach. Including the "Johanna Smith: the World's Most Famous Gambling Ship. Da...

Lot of 19 amber postcards. Mailed 1912-1921. Views of: public library; bath house; entrance to Pike; Hotel Schuyler; the pier; Pacific Coast Club; Pin

Lot of 26. Misc. group includes: one Private Mailing Card; 8 undivided back cards including 6 featuring seashells; and divided back cards including nu

Lot of 11 including 6 real photo postcards and 5 linen postcards. RPPC: oil wells at Signal Hill; "gusher"; oil well on fire at Signal Hil...

Lot of 21 "pre-split back" postcards. No PMC. Mailed pieces range from 1904-1908. Views include: Devil's Gate; fish catch; Pier Day; b...

Lot of 4. Meet So. Pasadena’s Ostrich Farm competition. Rare postcards of Long Beach Ostrich Farm. Color, borderless. Two postmarked w/

Lot of 52. Color, Mostly color drawings, some white borders and B/W. Some linen cards. Fifteen postmarked w/1-3 cent and one 6 cent Air Mail : Lo

Lot of 20. Color. Seven postmarked w/1 cent stamps (one Statue of Liberty).:Costa Mesa, Long Beach, L.A., Vallejo. Interior and exterior view

Sixty postcard from pigeon, ostrich, and alligator farms in the Los Angeles, California, area. 37 color litho, 15 RPPCs, and 8 B&W lithos. Cawst...

Lot of over 30 vintage postcards from various parks in Los Angeles. MacArthur Park, Westlake Park, Los Angeles Alligator Farm, Hollenbeck Park, Griffi

Postcards of the Los Angeles area from before WWI. Includes 34 color litho (8 split-back, 26 un-split) and 6 un-split B&W postcards. Images incl...

Real Photo Postcards (RPPCs) of Los Angeles taken at street level (22) and birds-eye or aerial views (19). You will find Chinatown, Griffith Park, vie

The University of Southern through the years in postcards. Lot of about 35 vintage cards, only a few postmarked (1920s-1930s). Date: Country: Sta

Lot of 45. Color postcards, most with white borders. Twenty-six have handwriting and are postmarked : Pasadena, L.A. , Brookdale, Monrovia, New York

Los Angeles postcards featuring banks (13), places to eat (18), and other buildings around town (16) including Union Station, the Pacific Electric Rai

An array of 25 pre-split period postcards showing scenes of the Northern California town of Marysville. Included are several downtown scenes, The Yuba

Lot of 12 RPPC. Duplication. Located in Tehama County, California close to Lassen Peak and Chester. Views of: Deer Creek Lodge; St. Bernard Lodge; Fir

Lot of 23. A Few RPC’s, white borders, B/W color. One Ad card for Sabella’s of Marin Seafood, interior (color) w/fish logo and to

Lot of 4 different. Includes: Algoma Box Factory real photo postcard; bird's-eye view divided back printed by Edith Purdy of Montague; real phot...

Lot of 98 postcards from the Hotel Del Monte of Monterey. Various publishers: Pacific novelty (9); Mitchell (15); Green (4); Rieder (5); Lee (4); Newm

Lot of 26 postcards depicting fumaroles and boiling pots on Mt. Lassen (CA) following its last eruption in 1921. Majority are white border RPCs ident

Dated on back December 19, 1934. Drive carefully! Date: Country: State: California City: Mount Lowe Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of 12. All color, some have white borders. Six have writing/postmarked 1 cent stamps: Monrovia, L.A., Riverside, Pasadena, Mount Lowe. Two gro

Lot of 37. Color postcards and one B/W, with some white borders. Sixteen have writing/postmarked, 1 cent stamps: L.A., Los Gatos, Echo Mountain,

Lot of 40+. Color litho postcards. Twelve have writing/postmarked, 1&2cent stamps : L.A., Echo Mountain, Pasadena. Ground level interior a...

Lot of 65+. Some of these cards are very rare. Twenty two have writing/postmarked, 1 cent stamps: Pasadena, L.A. , S.F., Mt Lowe, Santa Barbara.

Nineteen postcards including some color cards of various Mt. Wilson scenes. Many are of the Mt. Wilson Hotel. One card show the television towers ther

Lot of 19 real photo postcards of the Mercer Caverns at Murphys, Calaveras County, California. Ten different. All postally unused. Discovered by a gol

Five postcards of different springs near Napa Valley including two real photo cards. The best shows Walter Springs near St. Helena and the other shows

Both postcards are the same card. One is postmarked on the front at San Francisco, 1907 and the other is postally used and postmarked 1907. Both cards

Pictured are views of the state hospital and the veterans home. Cards are black and white and color tinted. Five are postmarked between 1907-1913. Thi

Lot of 13. One postmarked 1908 Nevada City. RPC of float of group of women. Writer says shies on the float. Usual parade photos: floats, band Nat

Includes 1) standpipe 15 feet in diameter and 54 feet high, 2) 60" continuous wood stave pipe, 3) 80" continuous wood stave pipe, and 4) 4...

Oakland's Idora Park was a popular amusement park from the 1903 through the 1920s. This lot of about 60 vintage postcards includes two "tok...

Twenty one postcards relating to Joaquin Miller. Date: Country: State: California City: Oakland Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Eight monotone cards and six sketched cards. Sketched cards include Funeral Pyre, Sanctuary to Memory, John C. Fremont, Robert Browning and Pyramid. a

A great collection of Oakland banks. Included in this lot are 6 RPCs. Date: Country: State: California City: Oakland Provenance: Ken Prag Coll

Panoramas, folding cards, map, etc. See photo! Date: Country: State: California City: Oakland Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

More than 50 cards including scenic views of parks, lakes, cemeteries, etc. Date: Country: State: California City: Oakland Provenance: Ken Pra

Rare postcard of the beginning of a fire September 3, 1912 at Ocean Park, California. The fire covered 6 blocks and took 12 fire companies nearly 4 h

Lot of 3 different RPPC for this Humboldt County town that dates back to the California Gold Rush when it was known as Orleans Bar. Three cards show:

An array of 35 white border RPCs showing scenes of the Northern California town of Oroville. Included are several downtown scenes, the library, court

Postmarks c1908-1915 although more modern cards included. Lt of 18. Key piece is the 1908 bird's eye view. Also Myers Street, Feather River Brid...

A nice collection four (4) with three of them being RPCs show ing the Chinese communities in in Oroville and Marysville, California (Oroville recent

A collection of 25 frame postcards highlighting landmarks and buildings in both Oroville and Marysville, California. Cards highlight the Notre Dame Co

Lot of 2. 1) Rare postcard for the Pacific House of Pacific, El Dorado County. Scarce location; possibly the only card we've come across in this...

Lots of 33. Color, some white borders .Originally sold from Mt. Lowe and have the imprinted logo on back. Four postmarked 1914-30 : Mt. Lowe, L.A.

Lot of 29 postcards depicting street scenes of Pasadena, CA from the early 20th century. Collection includes one Private Mailing Card postmarked 190

Lot of 15. Three white border. Publishers : C.E. Uptown, Atchison, J.C. O'Donnell, EDW. H. Mitchell, W.F. Fairchild,, One postmarked 1942, ...