Best of The West - February 2014

1898 This is an extremely rare Winslow Bottling Works aqua Hutchinson bottle. Both this company and its parent company Flagstaff Bottling Works, appe

1876 This is a petition to the Supervisors of Yavapai County to run a county road from Little River Colorado to Allen City. It consist of 3 pages, al

c1900 Lot of 11 items. There are 7 stocks certificates from various mining companies. Just some of included in this lot are the Gold Hill Mining and

c1882 This is a stereo view of the Colorado Bridge in Yuma, Arizona. The photo is from the Watkins News Series of Pacific Coast Views 427 Montgomery

c1880 This is a lot of two stereo views taken around Yuma, Arizona. One, taken by Watkins of San Francisco, shows a bridge crossing the Colorado Rive

c1901 Exceptionally rare embossed glass bottle not seen by us before. Water- Filled, with Jerusalem water. Original cork and label, from the Pan Amer

c1890 This is a lot of seven stereo views of Calaveras Big Trees in the Gold Country of California. Scenes in black and white include, “The father of

c1900 This is a 4.5"x 2.5" advertising card for Borax from the Smith Brothers. Francis Marion (Borax) Smith began developing borax deposi...

c1852 Binder of compiled covers, post cards, W-F Express covers, 38 by count. USPS covers from the famous gold mining area of Calaveras. The various

1851 Very rare certificate, from the "West Mariposa Gold Quartz Mine Company." Serial No. 1510, for 10 shares, 50091 to 50100. Signed by ...

c1865 Slim 3-ring binder of beautiful letterhead bills, company letters, receipts, power bills, hotel stationary, covers, and more. The binder`s 12 s

1967 California Pictorial Letter Sheets 1849-1869 by Joseph Armstrong Baird Jr. 1967 San Francisco. One of the best reference work on the California

c1909 Lot of 2 Inyo County & Rhyolite items. 1) From the Bullfrog Pioneer Leasing and Milling Co. Rhyolite, NV. To F.H. Stickney, Esq. dated Ju...

1850 Lof of 23 various pieces from the state of California, mainly San Francisco and Sacramento. Just some of the documents included are letterheads,

c1840 Choice early promissory note in Spanish for money loaned. The document is datelined "Alta California." The blank space next to Alta...

c1895 Lot of 8: multiple views of the very early Yosemite valley and its wonders. There are images of Yosemite Falls, Nevada Falls, Glacier Point (co

1892 This 5 x 7” photo shows a crowd of men and women standing in front of and on the balconies of the Gibsonville Hotel celebrating the day with fla

c1930s A box chock full of documents, containing many letters, as well as receipts, billheads, business cards, pamphlets, and more. There are also se

c1849 This is an important, perhaps earliest known, California Gold Rush stock certificate. A blank certificate for one share, unissued and unsigned.

1875 Lot of 3 issues of Volume 1 of the Panamint News, dated March 13, 18 and 20th. All three in fine condition. These are the last 3 editions left f