2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

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.