2012 December Americana & Numismatic Auction

Lot of 3 tokens: Unlisted RE Nesbit Williams A.T. Piece, The Cabinet, and B.F. Sweetwood Pool & Billiards. - Vinegar Collection -61233

Set of 4 California express covers: 1) Wells Fargo & Co., Stockton, Cal oval handstamp. Care of Elwood Evans, Olympia, W.T. 2) Wells Fargo & C

c1848 - Original, hand-colored lithograph titled “Looking Down the You-Semite.” The artist’s rendition has some flat rocks in white and blue in the f

c1860 - Lot of 4: (2) identical hand-soldered "crème" tins, typically used for gold panning by eager miners. 4 ribbed seams around th...

c1870s - This is a map from around the 1870s showing California, along with the Nevada, Utah and Washington Territories It is titled “Johnson’s Califo

3.5 cubic feet of property files from about 1920 to 1950 for John A. Siefert, a California mining engineer, who worked all over the West. The files co

c1900 - Lot of 6 family portraits, circa 1898, taken by Johnson to test out a new camera before heading west. These photos are all bordered, matted, a

c1910-1920 - This 30" x 11.25" wooden sign is well weathered yet still bears faint remnants of the following black and white painted, raised

1852 - Unknown date of incorporation. Cert. # 1792, issued to Theodore Walter on 16 September 1852 for 110 shares at $5 per. Signed by Pearson Serrill

c1860 - This lot features an album of 50 pages of small portrait photographs. Photos have medium contrast and focus is sharp. Some wear on the book an

c1900 - Lot of 6. 5 glass Slides and 1 stereoview. Some glass slides have reverences to mining and one shows a small town. The stereoview shows the Ba

1901-1912, 1914-1917 - Lot of 8 franks including: 1) No. L 4907 issued in 1909 to Mr. J. F. Lamond/ Auditor/ San Diego & Cuyamaca Railway, endorse

Located 8 miles south of Clear Lake, Adams Springs was named for the man who discovered the springs in 1869. Charles Adams later sold them to the Whit

1931 - 16 Images of the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee during the early 1930s. Pictures show locals and tourists dressed in 1800s clothing, ri

This lot consist of 17 different documents and ephemera from two great California ghost towns. Just some of the items include 4 photographs of Lundy’s

c1900 - (2) 2-page copies of "The Bodie Miners-Index," dated December 12, 1903 and January 12, 1911. (7) 2-page "Bridgeport Chronicle-U

1892-93 - Lot of 2: 1) Mono Gold Mining Company, incorporated 1878. No. 9656, issued for 50 shares to H.D. Walker, Tr. Datelined San Francisco, 1893.

1896 - This is a rare and unique four page sample of an old Bodie newspaper, “The Mining Index” dated May 15, 1896. While it’s just the usual ads of t

March 8, 1881 - The stock is number 165 and was issued to E.F. Patchur for 100 shares. It was signed by President, Treasurer and Secretary. Not cancel

A bird`s eye view of Bridgeport taken in the late 1800s, with the printed name TOWLE printed on the left bottom part. Photo measures 6" x 8.25&...