Best of The West - February 2014

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