2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

Lot of 21 Masonic photo reprints measuring 3.5 x 6," showing the boarding houses, school house, various town views, the mill, mountain scenes a...

Kentucky Ridge. A rare and early Gold Rush stock certificate. Cert. #43, issued to E.W. Roberts for one share. Signed by E. W. Roberts, President, and

Lot of 4 Nevada City real photo cards: Steel Bridge, Central Part of Nevada City, Gold Mines on Deer Creek (possibly George Hearst`s Lecompton Mine),

This shield-shaped metal badge is topped by an eagle and has a star marked "S S" in the open center. Tarnished, but please note the center...

This is a lot of two manuscript ledgers from the face Oro Encampment No. 22, Independent Order of the Odd Fellows. They are original full leather, ver

This is a rare view of Placerville, California, in the heart of California`s Gold Country, by WW Elliott. Marvelous detailed plan of this important ea

Badge of the Bald Mountain Lodge, A.O.U.W., engraved Dennis Loplante La Porte Plumas Co. Cal. 5.5 long. Tarnished, but please note the center is silve

No. 51 issued to Daniel Carter for $300. Barton Lee Bank. To be paid in one month after the date of this certificate. Endorsed on reverse. Black on bl

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 han...

A wonderful cover from the Alaska Trade Committee of San Francisco, postmarked Nov. 23, 1897, and addressed to E.E. Kentfield, Esq. in the City. Appli

Lot of 3. 1 is a boxed brass balance scale with weights. The lid has a small decal of BKH, with the chain-suspended trays and beam inside. The weights

Lot of seven declaratory statements with regards to homesteads of one quarter section parcels (160 acres).Counties where the land transactions took pl

This lot contains 15 documents regarding shipping and warehouse information. The dates of the documents range from late December in 1853 to August of

This is an Extremely Rare, printed "California Territory" document. In the beginning of 1849, after the expiration of the town council gov...

Lot of 3 pieces: Bond #246; $50 scrip; and Prospectus. 1) The Bond, with stub attached is unsigned and unissued. It has a wonderful steamship vignette

Receipt for 1/2 ream of letter paper purchased by the W.A. Leidesdorff Estate from Sherman Ruckel, early gold rush merchants. Richard M. Sherman was

Fourteen pages. Lists "The Books, Letters, Papers, Pictures of James King, of Wm. To Be Sold at Auction in the Sutter Street Salesroom" by...

Four covers. Various sizes from large business size covers to letter size covers and various condition. 1. Notes of Month + year belonging to C. M. M.

Lot of two. 1) James King paid taxes to the of Georgetown for real estate taxes on 4 May 1848 in the amount of $2.87, signed by

John Morrow and William Newton Meeks lease a room to King in a building at 276 Montgomery Street for a period of one year. The rent was $550.00 a mont

This device was manufactured by Will Finck of San Francisco. Will Finck produced some of the finest cutlery in the U.S. with clientele both national

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 area’s inh

Formally titled and subtitled: Earthquake Fire, 1906 San Francisco. Concerning the Fire Resistance of Building Materials Tested in San Francisco, 190

Orofino Gold Silver Mining Co., incorporated in California. Bond certificate No. 52, issued on 30 May 1865 to E. C. Robinson, Trustee, for $1000. Sig

Large trunk, labeled US Army Nurse Corp belonging to one Elsa Goldmann (from Santa Clara). Inside is a full Nurse`s uniform, along with a huge collect

Lot of 23 checks drawn on or signed by the Bank of La Porte. La Porte is a former gold mining town located about an hour`s drive south of Quincy, CA.

Nice grouping from this company that operated the Tahoe Treasure mine at the west shore of Lake Tahoe at Homewood. Five issued stock certificates in d

This is a very unique lot that contains a small vial holding splinters from the hastily built Murphy Cabin during the winter of 1846 that saw the Donn

This is a lot of three stock certificates from the era of the California Gold Rush era. Lot includes two stock certificates from the Tuolumne County W

Lot of one carton. Over 50 years is covered in this comprehensive archive belonging to the family of Dr. Edmund and Mrs. Juanita Bergstedt Goldman. In

A W.H. Jackson photograph showing 14th Street and homes. Photo #272, by famed western photographer W.H. Jackson, part of his Rocky Mountain Scenery se

The photo shows 3 men dressed in suits in a posed studio setting. It is captioned: Evans--Jones--Graham--"The Daily News" Gang. Mounted in...

"Territorial" The document states that James Chick is the owner by pre-emption of a claim on the Juniata Lode, and is signed by him. A 5 c...

Lot of 3 Pages, 22 photos. A few of the photos are labeled: One is of Altman, Co, taken Nov. 20’97, and shows Pike’s Peak in the distance. Another is

Lot of 5: 1 is unique; a 50 share uncancelled certificate for Gray Goose Airways, Inc. Serial No. 3474. This one is quite ornate, with an embossed gol

37 miles northwest of Leadville lies the ghost town of Holy Cross City. Today the abounded ruins are a popular site for jeep tours, but from 1881 to 1

The humble beginnings of Lake City began in the late 19th century when the town sprung up to miners of the San Juan Mountains. For a while, the isolat

Lot of 2 early photos: 1) Leadville Ice Palace, the official photograph for the Ice Palace Association, 1896, taken by O’Keefe Stockdorf. A handwritt

The town of Sawpit began in the 1880s when the mining boom came to San Miguel County. Today the town has a population of 25, and is the third least po

This piece of iconic literature was first published in 1876. This was followed by three sequels, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1884), TOM SAWYER

This is an extremely rare directory. The cover below the title reads Cosmopolitan Edition. The description inside reads "Contains the names and...

This is an eight day banjo style clock from the New Haven Clock Company. This "Whitney" model measures 32" tall, 10" wide and 4&...

William McRae was a railroad engineer. As a friend of Samuel B. Morse, McRae quickly learned about the telegraph. He soon realized that with a few adj

This card was sent from the Islands via steamship and then on to Montclair, New Jersey by train. It has a 12 February 1896 postmark and is addressed t

This is a lot of 29 billheads and letters from various towns and businesses in Idaho. Included in this interesting group are billheads from Coffin Bro

This is a lot of 10 documents all with letterhead, some artfully illustrated from various Idaho counties. Counties represented include Custer, Nez Per

This is a lot of three handwritten documents from the superintendent’s office at the Buffalo Idaho G S Mining Company. They are all directed to Rich

This is a lot of 11 rare Boise area items. 3 items are from the Overland Hotel, the dates are July 14, 1878, July 31, 1878 and July 7, 1882. 2 of the

This is a group of four court summons documents from the Second District Court of Boise County in the matter of Hill Kane versus J.R. Tolman over a de

This is an interesting letter written by John Hailey to R.G. Johnston of Silver City. Hailey was elected mayor of Boise, Idaho Territory, in 1871 but