"Black Friday" November 2023 Timed Auction

Lot of 5 certificates from Banking House of P.A. Lamping & Co. and P.A. Lamping & Co. Bankers. Includes: 1) P.A. Lamping & Co. Bankers c...

3 California business cards. Alfred Dixon, General Merchandise, Michigan Bluff, Cal. 2 different Folsom Sacramento Auto Stage. Folsom California

This is the personal research notes of Jann E. Garvis, for her 2004 book 'Roar of the Monitors: Quest for Gold in the Northern Sierra. Includes ...

This Deed of Sale for a 1/20 share in the Golden Gate Mine, from Ebineezer Morgan to William Jones, in 1860 for $500. By 1859, prospects were flatteni

Black and White Postcard from Mar 14, 1912 titled Buckleys Ranch, addressed to Miss Era Cayos(?) in Crowberg, Plumas County, CA. Contains a message fr

17 c. 1864-67 Kleckner Bros. of Port Wine checks to Marysville merchants. La Porte California

Ephemera collection (11) from the birthplace of Joe DiMaggio, Martinez California. Lot includes labels from Digardi Zinfandel. receipts (3) from A.B.

Letter addressed to a Mr. Miller of Pleasant Valley, California from A.W. Colwell of Martinez, California regarding grafting of grapevines in Mr. Mi

Pink border card. Dixon had a general merchandise store and owned his store for 35 years. You could buy hardware, corkery, dry goods, tinware, tobacc

Message to family from Milford with a note to direct responce to Susanville. News includes a home is being built (sketch of floor plan on reverse). Th

Letterheads from several small California towns, including Byron Hot Springs (Contra Costa County), Rocklin Bowling Alley (Placer County), T.B. Misley

All documents are related to Oroville California: 1) Wells Fargo & Co. Express Way-bill label for shipment from Oroville to Sacramento for $25. ...

Lot of 2. Two photo albums of Lu Jean Galloway contestant for Rose Parade Queen 1948 , selected as on of the Princesses. These albums are filled wit

All 3 documents are from Port Wine, ranging from 1864 to 1873. 2x Bank Checks from John Conly & Co., Bankers, La Porte. : 1) #1197 issued to A...

Items related to promoting Richmond California including a softcover publication from Southern Pacific Railroad, giving all the statistics of the cit

Lot(x4) of documents from Adams and Co. and related companies. Includes: 1) Adams & Co. Bankers, San Francisco, 185_, printed by Root & Anth...

15 San Francisco drug store billheads, some pictorial. c. 1864-1902. Justin Gates, Carten Cold Cure, Langley & Michaels, Crane & Brigham etc...

Assortment of five (5) checks from North Pacific Transportation, written on their Bank of California account in San Francisco, with three (3) imprinte

Two checks dated 1893 & 1894, drawn on the account of the California Street Cable Railroad Co. Signed by Albert Stetson, Secretary and James B. ...

Over twenty vintage post cards from San Francisco's Chinatown; business cards (about 20); 1931 postal cover. San Francisco California

2x Page, Bacon & Co. Bankers Checks from 1853/55: 1) #782, issued to Flint Peabody(?) for 866.25 on Oct 4, 1853. Signed by Crosby Dibblee, 2 ver...

2 from Adams & Co. 1852 Sacramento Second of Exchange $300, sluicing vignette. 1854 San Francisco deposit from James White $600. San Francisco ...

Lot of four (x4) San Francisco Exchange certificates, first (2x), second (1x) and third. None are preprinted bank forms, and are probably from early c

A handwritten receipt between a Charles Clark and Susan March for the sale of two bay mares, a wagon and harness for the amount of $305. The horses ar

A letter, handwritten, from a Virginia Rollins to her brother. She starts by telling him that he should not be concerned that there was a death or mar

Drexel, Sather & Church Bank Exchange Note, # 25761 issued to D. A Cox for $150 on Jun 29, 1855 in San Francisco. To J.W. Clark & Co. Banker...

2 page letter with mention of Pony Express and Avawatz Crown Mine Co. near Silver Lake, CA, August 29, 1908. California Stuart Mackenzie Mont

Lot of 6 telegrams sent 1868-77. Includes a message received at Gold Hill, Nevada in code (likely about selling mining stock). Others: San Francisco,

15 billheads and letterheads, c. 1854-1913 with a few better examples. Sacramento, San Francisco. Some on blue paper, some pictorial. California

About 30 pieces of ephemera from Alameda and Contra Costa counties, c. 1880's-1920. Key Route Inn cover with contents, several S Blum Grain Dea...

Rare January 1, 1906 edition, The Evening Telegraph. Lots of Colorado Springs history and photos. 15.5x10.75". Front cover wrinkles, inside fro...

The Leadville Ice Palace was an enormous, ice-walled building with an exterior in the style of a Norman castle and an interior comprising a large skat

Lot of 3 different trade cards from businesses in Salida, Colorado, c. 1880s-1910s. They are from Buchannan & Orr, Dealers in Dry Goods, Clothin...

c. 1880's check book from Moritz Kruschke of Silverton, CO. Mostly full of unissued checks. 8.5x13.75". Silverton Colorado Gary Brac...

A nice assortment of nine (9) pieces from early Colorado, including a cover from The Central Hotel in Sterling, a bill from The Morning Star Consolida

8 Colorado c. 1876-1924 checks. Highlights include 1909 James F "Jimmie" Burns signed check-one of the wealthiest mine owners from the Cri...

Group of Colorado posters. 6 limited edition Artists of the West 1996 sunset posters 20x24". Colorado Journey: Visions of Community 18x24"...

9 Colorado advertising pieces including fruit labels from Olathe, Delta, and Canon City. 1938 Koenig Mercantile, Golden, 1938 calendar. Barteldes Seed

7 pieces of Colorado ephemera. Ed Koleberg Assayer, in Victor, receipt pad. Stevens' Views booklet. 1924 Lamar claim doc. Mines Inc. unused samp...

14 c. 1911-13 Lake, ID correspondences. 2 are orders for fish. The rest are personal letters mentioning roller skating, planning flying machines, embr

4 interesting c. 1920's educational notebooks by Ray Bracken of Illinois, father of Gary Bracken. Mozart music book, 3 handwritten school noteb...

Kansas livestock and more broadside. Nice sale vignette. 19.5x9.5", .6" bottom tear, 3 edge issues on right. Some discoloration. Please in...

Includes Mendon Pueblo Schools Diploma for Ruth Wing, mounted, and a mounted high school Diploma and unmounted Argubright College Diploma, both for Ge

About 35 pieces of Montana ephemera, mostly older. Includes some scarce towns-Salisbury, Wickes, Belmont, Boulder, Belmont Park,Philipsburg etc. Mix o

Montana themed group including (21) 8.5"x 12" and smaller reproduction photos from Montana, including street views of Helena, the Northern...

Montana ephemera including several pieces (ledgers, receipts and checks) from Virginia City, There are so many that it's hard to approximate th...

Binder with 1" stack of Western legal documents in plastic sleeves. c. 1866-1936. Billings, Wallace, ID, Helena, Yellowstone County, Custer Cou...

Lot of seventeen. Includes a letter to the Friends of Silver. 1893. 2) Helena Theatre ads and promotions of movies (including the Wizard of Oz). 3) Da

Set of hundreds of Montana backed practice cards with the city on 1 side and the county and route on the back of the card. We called this type of lear

Half a file box of unsorted Montana ephemera from the MacKenzie collection. An entire cross section of Montana business. Includes letterheads, pamphle