Wigwam Auction--March 2019

2pp letter on Placerville and Sacramento Valley RR stationery discussing a toll road through Echo Lake and Silver Creek. Date: City/County: Placer

4 Old Sacramento prints-1849, 2 waterfront with ships and 1890 street car. 3x 17x17", Queen City 14x20" Date: City/County: Sacramento ...

River Boat Relic from Sacramento Delta, possibly Gold Rush Era. 62" in length, approx. 6" wide, 8 square nails approx 12" length. Cou...

Very interesting letter from the famous San Francisco, Entrepreneur, Adolph Sutro. ( Yes, the same person built the baths, and the the tunnel ) . Thi

March 6, 1880 San Francisco literary rag, loaded with SF bank and RR related advertisements. 4pp Date: City/County: San Francisco State: Cal

3 booklets with photos on every page of before & after photos of the San Francisco Earthquake. The books are in very good condition. 10" x ...

Belding Bros Silk tradecard with colorful cable car scene. Rare and attractive with rolls of silk under bridge. James Mackie Collection Date: City/

Bound volume but no boards, march 1913. 20 x 24 x 3". may pages loose. High acid pulp paper, thus very brittle. during the period when they ran...

A half Century of Progress on front with lady holding flowers-3.5" tear and edge wear, reverse Sally Walter illustration of a child with fruit ...

3 folded views of 1906 San Francisco post earthquake panoramas. All are folded with some toning and rough edges. 1906 Ruins of San Francisco booklet.

About 20 pieces of correspondence to George Swan, owner of the Union Box Co. in SF and the man who built the Kingsbury - Placerville road. Corresponde

8 pages including an article on arrival of Pony Express. 13 days later from New York, superior to the Horse Shoe Route. Foxing and some tears. Sold as

February 17, 1856 edition. Large format, 4pp including "General Gossip", cures and more. Folded. Mackie Collection Date: 1856 City/Count...

A young lady's diary in neat script. She mentions President Harrison(1888-1892) visiting the area which helps with dating. Approx 60 loose pages...

Two (once) bound volumes of the Stockton Independent. Jul-Dec. 1918, only one board, many loose, 18 x 23 x 4"; Oct-Dec 1924, partially bound, n...

Small hand drawn map of Telegraph City, CA in Calaveras County. 8x5" Date: c1898 City/County: Telegraph City State: California

Black and white Picture of Donner Lake cc 1880, looking from CA side. Date: City/County: Truckee State: California

Item #1 of 7 : Business card, Knights Templar, 32 degree, Treasurer ,Sacramento Commandery # 2. ( 1890's). Item # 2 of 7 : Post Card to the tax...

Panorama of the residence and stock farm of Theo. Winters, in Yolo County California. Bottom panel has portraits of the prized thoroughbred stock with

Lot of four views of Yolo County in horse and buggy days. Farm and residence of David Hamilton near Knights Langing; Property of R.L. Beamer; residenc

1) Double Truck, multi color California,/Nevada map South portion California. Asher & Adams. Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. 17.5" x 24&...

1900 Warrant postcard with photo for Edward Filand robbery, mailed from Sacramento to Placerville, CA, with written note "He is headed your way...

NON original Bodie goodies-2 small gold coin bags-bags are real stamps are not. Wells Fargo tag and keys, Salisbury & Richardson card. 7 postcar...

Collection of approx 60 color California and western prints as presented by Standard Oil of California. Prints 9x6.5". Mackie Collection Date:...

1949 repros from The Book Club of California, 12 total. Nice repros in binder. Mackie Collection Date: 1949 City/County: State: California

2 nice tradecards. Moorhouse's cigars with a boy smoking a cigar on both sides. Comstock & Avery, Peoria, ILL with Malakoff Diggins hyrdauli...

3 stock certificates for Felton Water Company, inc April 8, 1889. 1) 27 shares certificate cancelled cert. # 22, dated May 6, 1889 issued to Charles

11 photos approx 6x8.25" of Northern California, unknown photographers. A lake-bottom damage, family in front of house-trimmed left, hill-2 pie...

Whimsical pictorial letterhead of a suprised boy stuck in barb wire on the farm and partial cover. Choice piece. Signature smeared Date: 1888 City/C

2 mounted 7.5x9.5" b/w photos of a California farm fields with farmers in the field Date: City/County: State: California

Tehachapi Board of Trade 1915 letter, Darwin, CA envelope, Randsburg Oil and Fuel billhead 189, 6 postcards including RPC's and more Date: ...

Very rare Sphinx Ranch. Lamanda Park, CA letterhead signed by Edward Carver. Date: 1893 City/County: State: California

c. 1885 mounted photo of WJ Wilson Ranch on Old Highway 40. photo 4.25x7.25". Some corner and edge damage Date: 1885 City/County: State: C...

Bound photo album 3.5x4.75" photos. Other small album has various small size photos. Large album has small photos c. 1935-1939. Variety of subj...

Approx 40 Butte and Helena, CO checks from 1881-1916. Helena National Bank, Butte City Bank, North Butte Mining, Daly Bank and Trust of Butte, State S

Lot of 2. Stereo view is of Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views. Published at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pike's Peak Ave. Scene on the Line f th...

Over 80 postcards. 4 RPC- 3 Early, 67 Early PC, c.1906-10 various publishers, 9 Post 1940 PC's. ( Prag Collection) Date: City/County: Gard...

Compliments of Glenarm Hotel with many pictorial ads. Cover is taped on, foxing, rear cover missing Date: City/County: State: Colorado

Rare whiskey billhead from Denver, CO. Torn, poor condition. No date. Sold as is. Date: City/County: State: Colorado

6 pages of invoices from Watts Ranch, Kirk, CO with pictorial black horse. Pages were stapled at top. Date: 1916 City/County: State: Colorado

Very nice, collection of photos of the history of Woodstock, Canada ( 1834-1901). . The town was named by Admiral Vansittart. The photos show everythi

Compliments of Keystone Watch Case Co., a souvenir fob from the World's Columbian Exposition of Chicago, 1893. Salvatore Falcone Collection. D...

Here we have two giant , old style insurance ledgers, 16 3/4" tall x 12" in size. Item # 1 of 2: The Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society....

Double truck multi color map of railroad and counties of Maine. Pp. 6&7, slight tears in fold. 23.25" x 17.25". Single page, multi col...

Single, multi color map of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. 12.5"x15.25"; single, multi color map of Plan of Baltimore. 12.5"x15.25...

1)Maryland, Delaware & D.C., Engraved by Rand, McNally & Co. with color by Lithography, 1885, 21" x 14.5"; 2) Maryland, Delaware &...

1934 b/w CCC panorama photo, Virginia, MN. Outside group photo with 4 rows of men. 8x29" with 1" tears on both ends. Date: 1934 City/Cou...

Here we have a lone survivor, of many years of use. Its been around the block, several times. Published by R.L. Polk. It is in very poor condition. Th

1 single, multi color map of County Map of the States of Iowa and Missouri. 1 single, multi color map of St. Louis. Pg. 47 & 48. 15.25"x12....

Very nice collection of personal photos , letters and stamped envelopes going to different people, in different places, in Missouri. Also the letters

Chromolitho panorama of Butte, MT. 34x5.5". Rolled with some edge wear. Date: City/County: Butte State: Montana

3 unlisted Helena, MT checks with color correct brown RN's. First National Bank 1874, LH Hirschfield 1881, 2 differtent Date: 1874-1881 City/C...

Sepia toned photograph of the European Hotel, Spruce Street, Missoula. 17" x 16.75", matted and framed (no glass) 18.5" x 22.5"....

2 photos of Chinese railroad workers on hand cars. 24x32" Date: City/County: State: Montana

C. early 20th century glass slides. Sentinle Butte, a church, tornado damage Wessington Springs, Bad Lands, town gathering, valley of James River, Jam

Advertising cards-color pictorial Clark's ONT Spool Cotton, pictorial Trower Bros Live Stock Brokers-foxing and chip. Pictorial check from MT tr...

Unissued Dell Live Stock stock, Musselshell Cattle Co check 1898, North Moccasin Livestock stock 1908 Date: City/County: State: Montana

Map of the territory of Montana to accompany the report of the Surveyor General, 1872. no author. This is a copy of the map mounted on linen, that cam

Approx 20 Montana RN checks. First National Bank of Helena, LH Hershfield, Merchants National Bank etc Date: 1975-1883 City/County: State: Montan

Rare Passenger & Express Line Waybill. Marshall & Goff's Passenger & Express Line. "All Baggage at the Risk of Owners" Feb...

5.5x8.5" color woodblock print of Austin, NV Date: City/County: Austin State: Nevada

Second dividend of 10 shares for f$50.00. Signed by president WS Gage and secretary MA Sawtelle. Austin was one of the major mining centers in Nevada

Billheads from Eureka Daily and Weekly Sentinel 1881-83, letter to CW Hinchcliff asking for a political favor, Austin and Eureka city street photo pri

Copy of a cyanotype of the Columbus Consolidated Hoisting Works as identified on the back. 5 x 7". Shamberger did not use this photograph in hi...

88 Wells Fargo & co's Express checks from Carson, NV. 1 torn in half Date: 1897 City/County: Carson State: Nevada

Item # 1 of 4: Reno-Carnival (au) / Motif: Old time prospector with a hat and beard. Mouth open, and only 1 tooth !! / With side by side , exploding f

Nevada governors mansion, 5x7", 2 corner chips. Mounted Capital building 5x7" Date: c1890's City/County: Carson City State: Nevada

Executed on the first day of Nevada Statehood, November 1, 1864.. Stephen Haydon of Carson City was selling Charles Laird of Sonoma right-of-way (or a

This collection contains Bernice(1), Victor(1), Stillwater(1), Wonder(3), Hercules(22), Fairview(22), Leeteville (1) Eastgate(4), Hazen(6), Fallon(43)

The 1894 triple murder committed by a jealous husband named Robert Logan had the Nevada newspapers abuzz. He would Dan Lovelock who ran a stage from L

Nice pictorial letterhead. Death Valley Curly, "Area Vice President of the Western Nevada Mining Council." Signed by Roscoe Wright - Death...

This Collection includes: Wood Camp Incline(1), Sheridan(2), Holbrook(1), Genoa(4), Gardnerville(9), Mason Valley(1), Minden(9) for a total of 27. A s

This collection includes San Jacinto(1), Tecoma(1), Toano(1), Charleston(1), Skelton or Jiggs(1), Currant(1), Cobre(2), Deeth(1), Carlin(2), Fairlawn(

Approx 12 Empire City, NV short letters, mostly from Smyth & Morris, Mill and Mining Supplies. 1 undated cover Date: c1889-93 City/County: Em...

1884 satisfaction of mortgage in Esmeralda County, NV to Isaac Morse to AJ Rhodes Date: 1884 City/County: Esmeralda County State: Nevada

This collection includes: Buckley(2), Coryville(1), Columbia(3), Garfield(1), Blair(1), Silver Peak(1), Goldfield(7) for a total of 16 pieces. Include

This collection includes Palisade(2), Buckhorn(1), Mineral Hill(2), Beowawe(2), Eureka(2) for a total of 10 pieces. Includes 1870 Charles Sutherland g

One photograph (3.6 x 6") is pre-1917 as the hotel is still standing. The other photograph is post-1917. Both show New Nevada Hills and Old Fai...

Framed print of Fernley Depot by Loni Kowalski, 12/100. Frame 16x25" Date: City/County: Fernley State: Nevada

1) c1925 panorama showing Gilbert townsite location in the far distance. Also identified on the map is the Last Hope, Black Mammoth with Gold on Surfa

Lot of 4. 1) 1881 Commencement Program for the Gold Hill High School, held at the Miners' Union Hall. The school had a great motto: "Mind: ...

20 postcards of the Goldfield Hotel—The Most Elegantly Equipped Hotel between San Francisco and Denver. 9 different views, 11 duplicates. Different pu

Rare photographic letterhead from the heyday of Goldfield, Nevada. Pictured is the Western Gas Engine Company, located at 419 Columbia St. in Goldfiel

9 postcards of Main Street, Goldfield, NV with views of Hotel Esmeralda on left Date: City/County: Goldfield State: Nevada

This Collection includes: Brown's Station(1), National(1), Seven Troughs(1), Winnemucca(5) for a total of 7. They are a Desert Salt Works (with ...

This Collection includes: Birch Creek (1), Austin (14) and Battle Mountain (4) for a total of 19. Billheads are PS Jensen sheep raiser from Birch Cre

Located in Esmeralda County, this set of six photographs tells the story of Catteudal(?) and the mine where he hit the high grade and afterwards went

This collection includes: Sutro(1), Sweetwater(2), Silver City(2), Rawhide(1), Rosedale(1), Rockland(1), Ludwig(2), Pine Grove(2), Mound House(1), Del

If James Cain brought this mining camp back to life, George Wingfield put it back on the map. James Cain astutely sold his mining claims to W. Leste

1909. Addressed to Mrs. William Merten. From her husband William (most probably). Merten was a placer miner in Manhattan and this was most likely his

c1910. 7 x 15 x 11". The company ran the smelter in McGill from 1906 to 1914 when the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company absorbed them. The com...

This beautiful 12 x 17" official document is written in exquisite hand writing is for Wilhelm Dangberg. He is a cousin to the famous Dangberg f...

This Collection includes: Schurz(1), Walker River(1), Sodaville(10), Candelaria(2), OMCO(1), Fletcher(1), Mina(3), Luning(3), Hawthorne(7), Broken Hil

Lot of five photos. c1912. Largest is postcard size. All courtesy of Norman C Brundage.1) One clearly shows the wires for an aerial tramway. 2) Note

This Collection includes: Manhattan(1), Pioneer(3), Tybo(1), Morey(1), Butler(1), Beatty(5), Round Mountain(1), Rhyolite(1), Tonopah(40) for a total o

This Collection includes: Brunswick(1), Empire City (2), Carson City (30). Virginia City(3) for a total of 36. Includes 1865 HC Kirk druggist from Vir

This Collection includes: Lower Rochester(1), Rye Patch(1), Lovelock(19) for a total of 21. Samples are Nevada Packard Mines (the firm of Frietag &a...

Framed and signed William Moore print of a duststorm at Pyramid Lake, NV. Inscribed on lower mat. 66/700. Print 11x23", frame 19x30". Da...

A group of antiques from the Jerome Ayer ranch in Reno, which was located on Alameda, now North Wells. This group of antiques appears to date from the

On his twenty-fifth birthday, February 23, 1935, Harold Smith Sr. opened a tiny gambling club in Reno, Nevada. He had come to “the biggest little city