2012 Hot August Auction

James Watson & Co was a whisky blender from Dundee, Scotland. The company operated throughout the 1800s and early 1900s and became famous for its

Lot of seven miniature spittoons in brass, aluminum, and one enameled. - Jacobitz Collection -60044

Lot of 8: Hayner Distilling(2); Sunny Brook (4); The Old Government; Fine Old KY Taylor whiskey. - Jacobitz Collection -59691

Lot of 4: 1) An 11” tall, with matching top, seltzer etched “MASON/ SODA WORKS/ SAUSALITO” on front in very large block letters. No maker’s mark. Clea

Measures 10.25” x 7.5”, some wear, including crease and tears along the sides and in the middle. The leaflet promotes two sermons; “The Ungodly League

1) Three 11.5” tall, with matching chrome tops, “PROPERTY OF/ NEVADA PACKING/ COMPANY/ RENO, NEVADA.” seltzers with “MADE/ IN/ CZECHO-SLOVAKIA” maker’

Clear glass. Image of a drug bottle on the front with the name “Dr. Harder’s” next to it. Very little wear. -59236

Weighs 8 oz and measures 5.25” x 3.” The upper half of this flask has a lovely leaf and grape design. The bottom half is removable. Maker is unknown,

A framed, copper-flashed cast iron advertising mirror for Louis James Cigars. The oval glass is beveled and the mirror is designed with a hinged easel

Six bottles: 3 classic ale bottles c1700-1830s. A) Ale bottle. B) Onion pontil. C) Onion open pontil. 4) Light amber open pontil c1860. 5) Green c1880

“Turkey Red/ Cigarettes” poster, measures 13.25” x 16.75”. Encased in 18.5” x 22.5” wooden frame. Depicts a woman wearing a fez and sash tied with the

3 Beverage Advertising Paperweights. 1) Cooks Imperial Extra Dry (American Wine Co, St. Louis) 4" round. 2) Old Crow, James Crow ships a barrel o

Lot of 10. There are 5 paper label whiskey bottles. 1) Sherman Pure Rye Whiskey. 2) Woodleaf Whiskey. Made by the Yosemite Wine Co. Distributors in Oa

Lot of 15 including 6 shot glasses, unmarked except for one: “Calvert Reserve B.”. 7) Uncle Sam Whiskey, five shot holder. Made in the shape of a “she

Lot of 4: 1) Carmel Mission; 2) Pottet's Liquor Store, S.F.; 3)Capitol Liquor Company, L.A. (chipped); 4) Argonaut Whiskey E. Martin & Co. -...

Lot of 4: 1) Astor Wine Co., S.F. & Hornbrook; 2) Sonoma Wine Co., L.A.; 3) Henry Pollack, Omaha, Neb.; 4) Orange County Wine Co., Anaheim. - Jac

The town was named for Cornishman James Pearce, miner and cattleman, who discovered gold at what became the Commonwealth Mine in 1894. The post office

The Melczer Bros were a Wholesale Liquors Business on 114-122 W. Adams St. in Phoenix, Arizona. Early records through the Maricopa County Arizona Hist

Beautiful dark blue cobalt seltzer bottle with etched logo and matching top. Slight wear on the bottle. Made in Czechoslovakia. Measures 11.25” tall w

Lot of 3. 1) ZIEGLER`S SODA WORKS/ TUCSON ARIZ. Bottle, light green color, 2-piece molded tool top, mug base, circular slug plate. "Z" on th

Diverse lot including: 1) Four small cigar trays: 2 Miller High Life, 1 Nevada themed tray, and 1 Elverso Havana Cigars tray. All measure 6.5” x 4.5.”

Lot of 6: 1) Beautiful cobalt seltzer bottle, 12", with top, by 4" wide. “Nevada Packing Co.” top logo matches bottle’s decorative front etc

Very few California wine bottles from the nineteenth century are embossed with names of vintners or merchants. Even Brandy bottles, generally made wit

Golden cover, mirror broken. "J. Walker`s/ California/ Vinegar/ Bitters/ The/ Great/ Blood/ Purifier/ Give It A Trial/ Sold By All Druggists.&a...

Lot consists of two B.O. Hart bottles from Ferndale, CA, and one from The Alpine, in Eureka, CA, with 2 tokens also from The Alpine. The B.O. Hart bot

Lot of 5. 1) “Tippecanoe” Double Fire Copper Tippecanoe Mark Whiskey. Fred Raschen. 2) Santa Rosa Vineyard Co. 270-272 So. Main St. Los Angeles, CA. 3

Lot of 3: 1) Bottle, 11.5", with top, by 4". Top unmarked, siphon tube intact. Front etched ”Shasta Water from Shasta Springs”/ “C.B. Strohm

Good for 10 cents in trade. Ghas. Gaus. Good condition. -55722

With the half-pint size, lot #1459, this pair of stunning amber flasks has never before been available for public sale. The Arlington was one of the o

With the half-pint size, lot #1458, this pair of stunning amber flasks has never before been available for public sale. The Arlington is one of the ol

Beautiful soda bottle with a Hutchinson and gravitator style top. Front embossed: “PEARSON BROS. BODIE” in block lettering. No maker’s mark. Deep fire

A Pearson Bros. Aqua hutchinson from Bodie. There are no cracks or chips, save for a few lines on the applied top. Base is concave and there are air v

11.5” with top, on a 4” wide footed base. Clear glass, no chips or cracks. Near mint. Top engraved “West Side Bott. Co./ Detroit, Mich.”. No maker’s m

Measures 12” with top and footed base. Etched logo: “Balkan Soda Works, Colmo San Mateo CAL.” Unmarked top. Some wear, minor stains. From the Humboldt

"Good For 10c In Trade/ Blake Hotel Bar, Etna Mills, Cal." -40509

Lot of 2. 1) Artesian Mineral Water, Humboldt Eureka Cal etched on the bottle, 12” with top. Unmarked top. Some wear, large chip on the footed base. 2

Oval shaped mirror with a goat smelling laundered bloomers strung up on a clothes line. Quote below says "Alice, where art thou?" -40687

Lot of 2: 1) 11.5" tall, with top, by 4" wide. Front etched FOLSOM SODA WORKS FOLSOM, CAL. Bottom etched with crown logo and REGISTERED TRAD

Lot of 3: 1) Slug inscribed HARTMAN HOTEL BAR C.L. HARTMAN HOLLISTER, CAL. On these two, 1 and 0.5 pint, clear picnics. Both have footed bases, single

These are two pint-sized picnic-style (pumpkinseed) flasks from the 1880s-90s. Both have neatly applied, unground double-roll tops. The older bottle,

Lot of 10 tokens and bottles from The Mint Saloon. All slugs marked G.W. SPENCER THE MINT HOLLISTER, CAL. 1) Half pint shoo-fly clear glass, with foot

Lot of 4: two pairs of shoo fly bottles, matching pints and half pints. Slug plates read, "Jefferies & Kipper 326 S. Spring St., Los Angeles,

Lot of 3 L.A. area bottles including: 1) A 10 oz. neatly applied top, clear shoo fly flask with knife edge bottom. Inscribed "The Saratoga, 10 oz

Lot of six from The Grotto: 1) Inscribed slug WARD & FRYE THE GROTTO 222 D ST. MARYSVILLE, on the one pint clear shoo-fly pocket flask. Footed bas

Slug inscribed GROTTO SALOON WARD & FRYE PROP'S MARYSVILLE CAL. Listed in both Wilson and Thomas, this beautiful sun colored violet picnic p...

Lot of 3: 1) Slug marked DAN DONAHOE MINT SALOON MARYSVILLE, on this half pint, clear picnic bottle. This piece has a footed base and a single collare

An 11.5" with top by 4" wide seltzer bottle from Marysville, California. Etched white logo, footed base with small chip, no maker`s mark. Ch

"Good For 10 cents In Trade/ The Mint Marysville, Cal." -40529

Slug indicates DAN DONAHOE MINT SALOON MARYSVILLE, on this half pint, clear picnic bottle. This piece has a footed base and a single collared neatly a

Lot of 2: 1) Slug inscribed KOHLBERG & CAVAGNARO WHOLESALE LIQUORS STOCKTON, CAL. on this one pint, clear picnic, with a double roll un-ground top