2012 Hot August Auction

Lot of 6, 2 ounce silver medallions depicting the various cars of the Virginia & Truckee: V&T Railbus, White Railbus, Railbus No.99, The Lyon

This silver ingot is from an old coin collection that became known to us about a year ago. It is a classic Assayer’s ingot, complete with the usual Wi

5.50 ounces, fineness 991, 1 7/8" x 5/8," 5/8" deep. In a presentation box stamped "Kagin Reference Colls. No. 416." &a...

Large solid copper molded ingot, stamped "SVMS" and "87.25 OZ" on top. Measures 5 1/2"L x 2 1/2"W x 1 1/2"H. This i

Obverse: miner with pick and shovel dated 1905 surrounded by 13 stars. Reverse: Tonopah Gold Nevada surrounded by wreath. Stars before and after Tonop

This ingot is a new discovery, coming from a collection in the East. It is a presentation ingot, engraved “from F.L. Corwin” to E. Booth of New York,

Nevada Silver Co. Silver Ingot, .999 Fine Silver, 5.11 Troy Ozs., Value 6.59. While this was a legitimate company in 1919, based at Rawhide, Nevada, t

This small silver ingot came from the same collection as the Butte silver ingot. It is hand engraved with the names of “L.C. Gillett and C.S. Gillett,

This ornately engraved presentation ingot was given to Mary Thompson Hunt “as one of the ladies of the Presidential Party” when President Hayes visite

Choice silver 50c piece made into a desk keyhole. Found by a coin hunter in the Virginia City area. - Jacobitz Collection -60485

This 1.50 troy ounce silver ingot is a typical Comstock ingot of silver fineness .957 and gold .0335. The ingot measures approximately 1.5" long

The New York Assay Office served a vital function to the Treasury Department, and opened 10 October 1854, the same year as the San Francisco Mint. Th

This wonderful, original broadside appears to date from the 1852 to 1854 period. After Dec of 1854 the captains of the SS George Law were Captain Fox,

Gold coin with "STONE & BALL" of Syracuse conterstrike vertically on obverse. Coin is almost AU condition. This coin is from an Ex-Hartz

Rare book of coins. Pages begin with 6 and end with 16. It is followed by pages of ads which begins on page 43 and goes through 48. Detailed black and

These lead advertising ingots were used to promote the National Lead Company. Starting in 1907, the company produced lead-based white paint marketed u

Lot of 5 coins from The Hollandia (1743-Ducaton), Admiral Gardener (1809-Copper Coin), Bredenhof (1753-Dutch Doit), Spanish Fleet (1715-Half Real)and

Two prints of the mountain and village, one is framed. Both show the Montagna del Potosi’ rising precipitously from the flat plano, with the town dwel

Finest Known. NGC Certified. 50C, round. Canada token. 12.7 MM -56542

The history of the mine is an interesting one besides being a long and heart wrenching one. The mine was first located in 1783 by Juan Jose Zambrano,

SJDR 195 AV 559 9941. 17.95 Troy ounces. St. John d’el Rey Mining Company Gold Ingots, Minas Gerais, Brazil, c1930-50. Fred N. Holabird Introduct

18.66 Troy ounces. SJDR 192/AV/581/9941 St. John d’el Rey Mining Company Gold Ingots, Minas Gerais, Brazil, c1930-50. Fred N. Holabird Introducti

Lot of 9 including: "Old Times First Prize Chicago 1893 Grand Prize St. Louis 1905,"Hewitt Whiskey," "S.P. Cerf's Extra Fine...

Lot of 4, including a bottle associated with one of the most popular embossed Western whiskies: "Jockey Club". Also "Old Metropolitan...

6" tall flask, label under glass reads: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." The gentleman, worse for wear, is labeled "But you o

6.25" tall, with beautiful label under glass of a young dancing girl. Screw top intact, quilted reverse. - Jacobitz Collection -59547

4" tall, made in Germany by Villeroy & Coch Company for the Charles F. Hires Company. Excellent condition. Sold for $318, October 2007, Ameri

Scarce. Well known embossed whiskey bottle. Piece in very nice condition. - Jacobitz Collection -60487

Beautiful 11.5” (to top of handle) tall, 4.5” wide hand-blown, hand-enameled pitcher. Rim is decoratively ruffled and styled to subtly resemble a jac

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

"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 ...

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