2012 December Americana & Numismatic Auction

c1860 - This is a unique souvenir cup, commemorating the San Francisco Mint. It was crafted by San Francisco jeweler William Keyser Vanderslice, one o

1932 - The discovery of gold in California in 1848 led to a rush of hopeful fortune hunters to the west coast. The Post Office Department kept the are

1872 - “Closing Argument of Adolph Sutro on the Bill Before Congress to Aid The Sutro Tunnel, Delivered Before the Committee on Mines and Mining..., M

1868, 1890 - 1) The Natural Wealth of California, Titus Fey Cronise, 1868, published by Bancroft & Co. 696 pages. Pages bear moderate age-typical

1863 - From the Cinco Senores Gold and Silver Mining Co. of Copala, Sinaloa, Mexico. The company was incorporated in 1863 in S.F. Issued to Jacob Schr

A large number of posed and candid shots of the Johnson family and Bodie postcards. One 8.5" x 11" print shows a popular image used in racis

A large number of posed and candid shots taken from the mid-1800s to mid-1900s. Pieces are in various sizes and all black and white. They are in fair

A lot of 6 photographs taken between 1850 and 1950. These photographs range in size from a 5.75" wide x 7.5" tall oval, to a 6.75" x 11

Issued in 1873 to Geo. W. McLellan for 5 shares at $500 each. Large vignette of a company lumberyard showing workers, stacks of wood and smokestacks b

1907 - Bound book of stock certificates from The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Santa Ana. About half are blank, the other half are issued to various s