2012 Hot August Auction

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