2012 Hot August Auction

"Good For One Drink/ The Club Saloon/ S. Gobbi,/Proprietor/ Main Street/ Mokelumne Hill." -40547

"Good For One Drink/ The Club Saloon/ S. Gobbi,/ Proprietor/ Main Street/ Mokelumne Hill." -40497

Lot of 5: 1) Slug marked SCHAUFELE BROS. THE OPERA, MONTEREY, CAL. on this ounce, clear picnic with footed base from this Monterey establishment. This

Lot of 2 half pint bottles from the Mendocino Wine Country. 1) Slug plate on this clear glass sample reads, W.T. WILSON THE TIVOLI MENDOCINO, CAL. Bot

Slug reads MURPHY-BRIGGS & CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LIQUOR DEALERS NEEDLES, CAL. on this sun washed violet half pint shoo fly. Footed base, air ve

Slug plate indicates NEEDLES SALOON M.B. & CO. NEEDLES, CAL. This is a shoo fly half pint with a slight violet sun wash. Bottle still has metal sc

Lot of 3: 1) A clear glass, faint sun purple, 7" tall hutchinson, with gravity stopper. Slug inscribed NEVADA CITY SODA WORKS E.T.R. POWELL. Appl

Lot of 2: 1) Slug marked THE NOBLE BUFFET BELTINK & RITTER OAKLAND, CAL. on this one pint clear glass bottle. Top is neatly applied, single collar

Lot of 2: 1) Oakland Pioneer Soda Water Company (there is a hutchinson bottle from this same company in existence). This piece is in near new conditio

Lot of 6: 1) Half pint coffin flask, "THEODOR GIER OAKLAND, CAL.". Gier started out as a grocer at the age of 23 and ran a liquor and wine w

Lot of 5: 1) W.B Quigley Co. Half pint clear shoo fly, neatly applied top, un-ground with collar, knife edge base, 1905-1910. Embossed, no chips or cr

Lot of 5: 1) Three saloon tokens. Tokens include a 5 cent, 10 cent, scalloped, and free drink. Tokens in very good to mint condition. 2) Pint and half

Lot of 3: 1) One bottle, 12", with top, by 4". Top bears pink paint, “W.B.W.” engraving, and intact siphon tube. Bottle front, “Imperial Gin

Lot of 2: 1) Mason Soda Works, Sausalito etched. Footed base, measures 12". Reno Brewing Company top. 2) Petaluma Soda & Seltzer Works. Peta

A very rare aqua, neatly applied, no collar top on this 7.5" tall bottle from historic Fountain & Tallman soda works in Placerville, or Old H

This jug is a new discovery, dating to the circa 1900-1910 period, and coincides with two different Capitol tokens from Quincy that date from the same

This flask-shaped 7.75” brown-glass bottle was produced in a two-piece mold as indicated by the single continuous mold seam down one shoulder of the b

Lot of 6: 1) Bottle reads, WIELAND`S "LITTLE POP" on the front, CAL BOTTLING CO on the reverse, on this violet colored 7" tall, applied

Tray honors the San Francisco Exposition of 1915. The seal of California is painted at the bottom, and at the top it reads "Through the Panama Ca

This tray advertises Buffalo Brewing Company's Lagers and Porters. This colorful tray has a Hawaiian theme. The Buffalo Brewery was at one time the la

1.5" x 2.75" leather covered match case advertising "Buffalo Brewing Co. Sacramento, Cal. "Bohemian" "New Brew." Al

Measures 2" x 3". There is a relief of a mounted cowboy roping a bison. The reverse reads "Compliments of Buffalo Brewing Co. Sacrament

4.25" metal tip tray. Inscribed "Through the Panama Canal to the Golden Gate" and "San Francisco Exposition 1915" "The N

Lot of 3: beer opener, stock certificate, and cribbage board advertising the Sacramento Brewery. - Jacobitz Collection -59951

Lot of 5: 1) Slug plate reads GEO. WISSEMANN SACRAMENTO CAL. on this amber one pint shoo fly pocket flask. Footed base, screw top with metal cap. Wiss

According to Ancestry.com, Schmidt was in business with a man named Jenkins in 1880. The business was located at 924 J St. This business card is proba

1) A 2” tall clear shot glass, gold trim on lip, inscribed “SNOW FLAKE/ WHISKEY” on the front. No chips, cracks, or bubbles. Some wear on the gold bor

Lot of 7: 1) C. TYNAN J.H. CUTTER WHISKEY SALINAS, CAL. on this pint size, clear glass shoo-fly pocket flask. Footed base has some minor chipping, top

Lot of 2: 1) 12" x 4", clear glass, front etched SALINAS SODA WORKS P. STEIGELMAN PROP`R. CAL. Footed base worn around the edges on the bott

"Good For 10 cents In Trade/ California`s/ Finest Buffet/ The Golden Lion Tavern/ San Diego,/ California." Unslabbed but certified. -40482

Lot of 2 colorful cards, 4.25” x 2.85”, little wear. On both cards the trade mark of a bear is located on the left side as well as the business of “A.

Lot of 2: 1) Imperial Soda Water Company of Oakland. 11.5" tall, with top, by 4". Etched white label. Top bears pink paint, etched Imperial

Lot of 2: 1) Amber one pint Eagle Vineyard shoo fly pocket flask. Neatly applied single collar, un-ground top, and a footed base. Bottle is embossed w

This is an A.B.C. House clear picnic bottle with a JOHN FERGUSON A.B.C. HOUSE 501 KEARNY ST. S.F. slug. John J. Ferguson started business in San Franc

The slug reads SUNNYSIDE SALOON PH. DE MARTINI PROP. 304 CALIFORNIA ST. S.F. On this clear glass picnic with footed base and air vented shoulders. Th

Lot of 2 from Market St. Address in "The City." 1) MEYER & EVISTON 19 MARKET ST. COR. STEWART S.F. CAL. GOODS AS REPRESENTED on this hal

Lot of 4: 1) J.J. SWEENEY TRANSFER BAR N.E. COR. 4TH & MISSION. Ounce, clear, shoo-fly with screw top (small chip) and un-ground top (small chip).

4.5" metal tip tray advertising "the first lager beer brewed in San Francisco," and billed "The Best in the West." - Jacobitz

Tray from the National Brewing Company, 222-224 Fulton San Francisco. Found in the City directory from 1890, the company piece is advertising National

Lot of 2 from the city Herb Caen dubbed, "Bagdad by the Bay." 1) F.J. BAYER 400 HAIGHT ST SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Half pint coffin flask, beauti

This exceptional, original demi-john box is inscribed "GLASS/ THIS SIDE UP" on the top, "1 GAL/ COGNAC" on one side, and "NEW

Lot of 3: 1) CARL ALBERT SCHLESSELMANN`S N.W. CORNER HAYES & DEVISADERO STS. Half pint clear glass shoo fly pocket flask. Piece has screw top with

Lot of 2 pre-1906 earthquake picnic flasks. 1) Half pint double roll, un-ground top, with "Crowley & Jennings 562 Geary St. San Francisco, Ca

Lot of 3. 1) Beer bottle from Fredericksburg Bottling Company Lancer Beer (1899-1911), located at 1510-1512 Ellis Street. The bottle has stains with p

Lot of 5: 1) "Kentucky House O. Riccomi Prop. 1500 Kentucky St." Clear glass shoo fly half pint. The outside screw top has a chip and is un-

Lot of 4: 1) A paper labeled "Old Pioneer Special" half pint shoo fly bottle from The Old Pioneer Saloon, 3001 Steiner Street, San Francisc

This lot consists of 3 bottles from The Waldorf cafes owned by the Becker brothers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. All 3 are shoo fly fl

Lot of 2 rare San Francisco flasks, one from The California Saloon, which has an accompanying token, and one Herman Hohn whiskey bottle with a paper l

This is a rare old oak bourbon whiskey cask from a San Francisco business. Possibly one of the only surviving whiskey barrels from the period. On the

This tray advertises the Brewery`s Extra Pale Lagers, "A Western Product." This colorful tray has a Western theme. There is a "Copyrigh