2012 Hot August Auction

Lot of 4 California booklets dealing with different subjects and areas. Included are Marine Engineers` Beneficial Association Souvenir Manual from 189

Lot of 12 advertising cards for various businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area, a handmade Easter card, a picture post card from Ruth, Nevada and a

Lot of 2, 8" x 37" each, vintage Black & White group photographs: 1) photo of the Simmons Co. Plant and its 600 workers, labeled the &...

Issued by The Society of California Pioneers, signed by Louis Lull, secretary, and Joseph W. Winans, president, certifying that J. Henry Riley became

Lot of 3 early and rare volumes of the Corporate Society of California Pioneers: an 1871 issue for the 21st anniversary, 27pp; an 1874 issue for the 2

1) A black and white portrait of a gold panning prospector, measuring 13" x 16" in frame. 2) A black and white 18" x 22" photo of

“A Western Monthly Magazine.” February 1880. Published by the A. Roman Publishing Co., No. 511 California St. Includes several different articles and

Certificate Booklet with both cancelled and unissued certificate. The sold and cancelled certificates have receipts filled out in hand-written script,

3" x 2" embossed glass with dragon labeled "Cutting Packing Co. San Francisco." One of the first successful California glass compa

6 1/4 "square, green glass, whittled. Rare. - Jacobitz Collection -59626

Written and compiled by Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander in the United States Navy. The text in this first edition is rich in historical facts that at t

This is an important Gold Rush contract between the California Street Wharf Company and the City of San Francisco. The wharf would be built out in the

Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited by D.O. Mills & Co. This receipt and the next two offered are all the same size and design, measuring 10.5&...

A nice collection of medicine related glassware. There is a great quack medicine bottle that was blown in a mold and has a hand tooled lip. The bottle

Published monthly by A. Waldteufel dealer in Sheet Music, music books, pianos, organs. Lot of 2. 1) May 1884, No. 52. 2) July 1884, No. 54. Sheet musi

A certificate officially recognizing Albert W. Gale as a member of The New England Associated California Pioneers. The date of Gale's arrival in...

This is the annual publication of this particular magazine that reviews the happenings at the various mining districts throughout the West. Published

Lot of 5 bottles from "The City by the Bay." 1) Slug reads, DR. LIEBIG'S WONDERFUL GERMAN INVIGORATOR 400 GEARY ST. S.F. CAL on this 8...

License inspector #1 star shaped badge measures about 3.” Little wear, manufactured by Patrick and M.K. Company of San Francisco. -59227

Rare advertising cover from 1898. "The Direct Route to the Yukon is via San Francisco." - Jacobitz Collection -59880

“A Mother’s Sorrow". A sermon preached before the Young Men’s Christian Association of San Francisco in Calvary Church, Sabbath Evening September

7.5 x 4.5" photo "Sutro Baths, Interior Looking North," inscribed on the back "opening of Sutro Baths 1894." Upper right corn

The true story of this bottle is up for discussion. A note found with the bottle tells that it was “A Wells Fargo amalgamation sample bottle only one

Lot of 2 items relating to Wells Fargo & Company. Included, is a coin tray that measures 11.25" x 8" and has 9 slots for coins of variou

Counter display case, with wood frame and rounded, curved glass top. Possibly made by J. Riswig Co., Chicago, IL., or Fairbanks of Grass Valley. It ha

Lot of 19 pieces of ephemera relating to Wells Fargo & Company. Along with several money order receipts, are covers from 1892, a blank page from a

Lot of 3 representative pieces from Wells Fargo & Co, including a framed portrait of express drivers, Bacon, Lairds, Brothers Giddings, Honey, Has

Piece still has the original 1893 Wells Fargo & Co. Express lost or stolen money order broadside from 1893 adhered to the inside back door. Cabine

This is a financial report from the company two weeks prior to the earthquake and fire that devastated the City. At the time, the bank was showing an

An old vintage display on glass. Framed, the piece measures 10" square, has some chipping and fading, but that adds to the charm of this fine old

While Wells Fargo had several of their signs made by the company, this sample appears to be made for an outpost that served as a Wells Fargo agent, mu

This unusual lot contains advertising, as well as memorabilia related to Wells Fargo and Company. Among the curios is a coin bank shaped like a book t

Wax sealer from Napa wine company Oakville Wine. Oakville Winery was first established in November 1877 as Brun & Chaix, Oakville Winery. It was t

Lot of approximately 113. A stunning group of 85 original black and whites measuring 5" x 7” were taken by Grahame Hardy of Oakland, CA, and hand

This is a beautiful publication of 110 pages telling and showing the history of the Santa Clara Valley in 1876. The book measures 18" x 15",

This collection includes several pieces from the late 1800s, including nine American Trotting Register Official Certificates, registering the horses a

Lot of 4. Ledger Books of checks, from the "Bank of Italy" (based in San Francisco) with receipts, filled in with amounts and dates. The rea

2.75" tall wooden handled metal wax seal: "MARELL'S/ JEWELERS/ SANTA MARIA/ CALIF." - Jacobitz Collection -59702

This is a Wells Fargo Mail pouch Marked LODI on the reverse. A letter in the pouch says that it was found in an old storage barn in Sierraville, accor

Issued to George Perkins in 1863 for 15 shares at $100 per share. Both president and secretary signatures are illegible. There is an R44 R4 Red 25 cen

Gold plated pick and shovel pin with pin-on "Representative" enameled plaque above. The Odd Fellows logo is cast on the shovel with the famo

The latter half of the 19th century saw major growth and development in the American West, especially in mining communities like Virginia City. More s

Black and white photo of scenic Donner Lake and the fledgling town of Truckee, taken by H.K. Gage on June 11, 1879. The early town of Truckee was orig

Just North of Yosemite National Park lies the County of Tuolumne, which was incorporated in 1850 and is one of the original counties of the state of C

Lot of 6 pieces: 4 gold jewelry and 2 gold. Altogether weigh 1.08 troy ounces. The mounted jewelry consists of a stickpin, 2 pins, and a necklace. The

A 3.75" tall carved black wooden handled wax seal: "WELLS FARGO EXPRESS/ 573/ YREKA, CALIF." - Jacobitz Collection -59701

A broadside advertisement for A Guide. . .Gold Region By James Redpath & Richard J. Hinton, of Kansas. With Maps. Published by J.H. Colton, No. 17

Measures 9.75”x 7”. Incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado Stock number 2377 issued to D.G. Girtis on March 24, 1897 for 5000 shares. So

Incorporated under the laws of the state of Colorado. Stock no. 114 issued to J.P. Curtis for 625 shares. Dated 8 January 1897. Signed by secretary M.

Large 26.5" x 20" publication by U.S. Government Geologist F.V. Hayden, of maps and sketches from Colorado and the adjacent territories. Inc