2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

Police and fire commissioner badge, pinback intact. 2 x 2.5 blue enamel on white metal. HKA#63295

This is a lot of 650 First Day Covers from the 1930s to the 2000s. The inventory reads; 1930s-7; 1940s-84; 1950s-222; 1960s-105; 1970s-125; 1980s-60;

By J. W. Hayes, with illustrations by John L. Cassidy. Published in Portland, OR by F.W. Baltes and Company. Hardbound, red cover, 136 pages. A collec

Large shadow box with a detailed cast plaster ship`s model, complete with masts and rigging, along with 4 period drawings, 4 period newspaper clipping

An early and colorful Vaudeville play poster for a Denver CO performance of "Empress," with additional acts. This is a production of Sulli...

This is a trio of beautiful glass cruets. One is a light green cut glass piece with matching diamond cut stopper. It stands about 7" high. The ...

This lot contains three ornate hand painted oil lamps from the Victorian era. While one has a standard black metal square base, the other two have dec

This lot consists of three beautiful Victorian era oil lamps, with chimneys. All have square black bases and two have ceramic or porcelain floral pain

This lot contains five complete pressed glass oil lamps with glass hurricane chimneys, all from the Spradling Estate. A) an 8.5 tall base with intact

This is a beautiful lot that includes three canister and one large candy jar all made of purple glass. The three identical pieces measure 6" hi...

Lot of 9 mugs of an early vintage--the newest one is dated 1945--but the others are much earlier. All are the standard shape of coffee mugs and are pe

This is a lot of 23 black and white photos and negatives from the Alaskan gold rush of ’98. Photos show everything from tailing piles to downtown stre

Lot of 7 souvenir sterling silver spoons from: Skagway (3.5 Miner pan), Fairbanks (4 Miner his rocker), Wrangell (4.5 Alaskan salmon pan), Douglas

This lot contains three newspaper sections celebrating the Klondike gold discovery. The papers date from 1897 (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer). This 9

This is a nice collection of 34 black and white photos of Alaska during the 1890s gold rush period. These 3"x 4’ pictures show everyday life an...

Large sheaf of diverse documents, letters, reports, assessments, claims, bill of lading, bill of sale, and unique Proof of Labor statements, indicatin

Large First Edition. 569 pages, with 24 plates and 2 fold-out maps. This book is pristine, not a library piece, but barely handled. One of the fold-ou

Lot of 4 different warrants signed by the county auditor. HKA#63753

This is check No. 106 made out to H.W. Williams or bearer for $20. Printed on blue paper by Sonora Herald Print. It appears that Mr. Williams intended

This is a lot of 2 scarce stocks. 1) Tioga Consolidated Mining Company, no 1255 issued to W. G. Grandalf (sp?) Trustee on August 26, 1878 for 20 share

Lot of 2: almost identical certificates for 250 shares each from the Cataract Wide West Gravel Mining Company. The central vignette shows a large hyd

This is a nice collection of over 100 photographic negatives and plates from California during the Gold Rush period. Images include those Sutter’s Mil

This certificate is a major piece for any Inyo collector. The Defiance mine was one of the most important mines at Darwin, if not the most important o

Stock no. 8 issued on May 30th 1876 to L. Wolfskill Jr. for 50 shares. It was signed by Secretary Hughes and President Willard. The stock measures 9...

This is a stock certificate good for 100 shares at $100 per share, issued by The Loretto Mining Company. It’s issued to W.G. Hughes, who has also sign

This lot features 3 colorful pieces of historical china. 1) is a colorful plate that features an image of Donner Lake. Featured in the image is the la

Lot of 10: various movie poster art, sizes and colors vary. The largest and most unusual is for the movie Sands of the Kalahari, which folds out into

Lot of two editions of this newspaper, one dated Tuesday, March 9, and the other Saturday, April 24. The March paper has 8 pages and the April edition

Lot of 3: Wells Fargo Aurora covers, 1 is legal size, the others are regular size. Covers are franked envelopes with blue oval Express stamps. Address

1886 large double-cancellation postmarks, in both black and purple. Williams catalog number MON-10 plus MON-700. There is a cancel stamp on the revers

Lot of 2: 1886 small circle postmark, blue, with corner advertisement Sheriff`s Office Bridgeport, Williams catalog number MON-70. 1926 large circle p

A large size plain cover addressed to Thos. Bennell Jr. Esq. of New Bedford MA. Double-ring bold postmark from Bennettville, Mono County, Tioga Mining

Lot of 4: 1894 large double-ring octagon postmark, with star in blue. Williams catalog number MON-210. 1887 small circle postmark, black, with corner

This lot contains 6 receipts from various entities in historic Bodie. 1) A Warrant from the State of California to the Treasurer of Mono County, reque

UPDATE 4/4/2013 Bridgeport Masonic Mail Route was removed from this lot. This lot contains 3 postal covers from Bridgeport, CA. 1) A regular size

1881 large straight-line postmark, in purple. Williams catalog number MON-360. Ex-Tatham. [Ref: Williams, California Town Postmarks 1849-1935]. Very r

Lot of 4: The post cards all have large circle postmarks in black, except 1 which is in purple. All have nice BW photos on the front. 3 are Williams c

Lot of 2: There is 1 cover with large circle postmark, in purple, from 1925. Williams catalog number MON-510. The other is a post card, with picture f

A real photo postcard of Crater, CA and sent by Maye to her dear friend Helen of Los Angeles. Postmarked Crater Cal. Nov 1908 and bearing a green 1 ce

Lot of 5: There are 3 covers with large circle postmarks, in black, from 1928 to 1935. 1 piece has an interesting advertisement corner for the Hess Ga

A clean,small aquare size postal cover with a blue 1 cent postage stamp and Lundy postmark from Nov 6 1895. Addressed to Mr. Arthur Allen of Copper Mo

A clean, regular size A. L. Butterfield corner advertising postal cover from Lundy, the ghost town. Bears a red 2 cent postage stamp, and round postma

A regular size Great Sierra Con. Silver Co corner advertising cover with a Lundy postmark dated 7 April 1885. Williams catalog number MON-700. Bears a

This lot contains two covers and one postcard. The postmarks on these items are Williams catalog numbers MON-800, MON-810, and MON-790. 1) A hand-colo

A clean, regular size Mono Inn corner advertising postal cover from Mono Lake, California and addressed to Adolph Larson Jr. of Los Angeles CA. Bears

A regular size Carson Colorado Railway Co. corner advertising cover stamped Per Wells, Fargo Co`s Express in purple ink. Sent from Hawthorne Nevada,

Various California Gold Country ephemera. 1 is a stock certificate, serial No. 32, for Occidental Copper Mining Co. for 83 shares, executed on the rev

Beautiful brass register with marble counter, glass top and wood base. The brass body is arrayed with cast embossed filigree designs across its back,

This is a 40-page soft cover book about an icon of Hollywood, Shirley Temple. It’s titled "HOW I RAISED SHIRLEY TEMPLE" and is credited &q...