2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

Metal sign 32 x 21 advertising The Ebbert wagon of Owensboro, Kentucky. A young man helps a young girl with a basket full of apples as horses and chic

This is a telescope that was purchased in the early 1900s by a gentleman named E.D. Grose from Elizabeth "Libby" Fremont (1842-1919), daug...

Lot of 4: military or state militia uniform buttons, 2 each from Massachusetts and Ohio. Intricate detail and workmanship on all, with state seal cast

This lot consists of 32 pen and pocket knives used in most cases, for advertising. Companies and events represented on these fair to very good conditi

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...

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