"Black Friday" November 2023 Timed Auction

Rare CDV of Hartman House, Prescott, AZ. 2x3.75" Prescott Arizona

Rare. Location written in pencil; Yuma,AZ. Ferry crossing the river with loads of wood on the shore waiting to be ferried across the river. Contrast i

2 Arizona proof plate photos by James Sherman. Fenced Charleston, AZ tombstone and Kofa, AZ hill. Frames 17x21". Arizona Jim & Barb...

This stereoview appears to be a copy of a 4th of July stagecoach. Black framing borders break the original photograph. On the back is "X39311&q...

1869 Black Point stereoview with a ship offshore. By The Flying Studio, San Francisco, CA. Black Point California

Vintage photo of The bank of Concord building. Also sharing the space is C.W. Geary Company Merchants. Photo measures 8"x 10" and is in ex...

Vintage school photos include an 1892 photo of Concord Grammar School (8"x 10") in its first year. Also included is a class of 1909 photo...

A Stereoview of the J.H. Thomas House in La Porte, CA. In the picture you see several women on a balcony of a white colored house with white fencing

Gicquel Family photo albums from Pinole, CA area and Washington. About 98 mounted portraits, Chualar Lake, Columbia River, Martinez, beach. c. 1900-19

A nice 3"x 5" photo of Smith Lake as seen from Mt. Elwell in Plumas County, California, according to the inscription on the reverse. Phot...

c. 1890-1900 photo of Towle Bros. lumber yard in Roseville, 7.5x9.5". 2 modern train postcards with locomotives. 3 letters, c. 1901-08 Rosevil...

4 vintage Sacramento potos. Steam shovel loading a railroad car, 3.25x5.5", 2 corner chips, upper right discoloration. 1920 Lower Sacramento Ri...

Stereo view of The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California. The hotel was built in 1875 by William Chapman Ralston, who died two months prior to the h

Lot of eight stereo views of the City by the Bay: Arboretum, Golden Gate Park; Cliff House; Paradise of the Sea Gulls; The Golden Gate and San Francis

After the quake panorama photo of San Francisco from the waterfront, San Francisco Examiner, June 3, 1906. 20x29". 7" left horizontal tear...

This 10 x 4 inch B&W Panorama of Donner Lake looking east comes with the envelope from Jack's Scenic Photos and cost 15 cents. Jack Parr was...

18 vintage California photos. 4.25x6", orange workers by Charles Delius. 8.25x6"=Ben Lomond Mt., trees, trolley on Broadway in Oakland, La...

Lot of thirteen. Two booklets: Number one San Francisco and Number 4 Santa Barbara. Printed in 1938, but focus is on the 1850s. Nine Photos ranging fr

Framed c. 1885-90 cabinet card of a California Guard member holding his hat. Card 5.5x3.75". Frame damaged, white spots on card. Colorado

Not quite complete set of Sears & Roebuck stereo view cards (Missing #2 and #17). Cards show the workings of the department store operation in C...

2 Cresco, LA house c. 1912 photos. Both 5x6.75", one has low contrast and vertical crease. Cresco Louisiana

NEEDS NEW PHOTO BEFORE RELISTING 11 Montana related photos and prints, mostly 8x10", some larger. Yellow Bean-bent corner, Big Face Chief, Mrs....

Has photo of Perpetual Ice Cave where a Native American greats someone. Two young Native Americans riding donkey. Native Americans in full dress. Insc

6 old portraits. 5 men by Hohler, 5.5x4". Man posing Ukiah, CA 5.5x3.75". Women and children 4.5x6.5". Woman on porch 4x6". Men ...

Boudoir View photo by F Jay Haynes, #3534, Minerva Hotel and Terrace. Photo series along the Northern Pacific. 5x8.5". LOOK FOR MORE HISTORI...

3 empty cabinet card albums with fancy covers, 10x8". Gary Bracken Collection

Vintage photo album, 5 x 6 x 3 inches, filled with vintage photographs of the Fox family, 42 photos in all. PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTORS! WE HAVE ADDITIO

Unused, choice hardshell photo case, 2 1/2 x 3 x 1/2 inches. With original advertising papers inside:"Genuine / Union Case, / Improved. / Fine ...

Circa 1850s hard shell case with Indian head on both sides; 48 x 52 mm. Gentleman's portrait has lost half of his face. One hinge pin is missing...

This location is not known to us. 19 men posing in front. Two Northern Pacific box cars are in the background. A steam engine is just clearing the ten

Vintage 4x6.5" barber shop c. 1905 photo. Sewing machine in left foreground. .5" lower center tear, light creases.

Two antique photo albums: 1) "Thelma Berniece Short was born Monday August 28, 1905" written inside cover with 28 vintage family photos fi...

3 Western photo books. Lawrence & Houseworth/Thomas Houseworth & Co. by Palmquist with a rare published list of Lawrence and Houseworth etc....

4 Western photos and a lithograph. 3 photos, about 6.5x8.5"-c. 1905-10 mill workers, c. 1905 horse hauling team on the street-ink writing on lo...

2 framed photos by Dennis Barloga. "Dennis has made his living making photographs since the early 1970s. He is best known for his unmatched por...

Photo album from European trip taken in what appears to be the late 1800s or early 1900s. Besides the usual sites, like the Roman Coliseum, there are

c. 1839 Jamaica commodities price list with embossed printing. Current prices for through ships from Europe for the spice trade. Essential including p

British documents from the 1800s-1900s. Two are land sales, one a lease. One is a sale to Eliza Williams, who paid one thousand (1000) pounds for a tr

This document is an insurance policy against "Pirates, Rovers, and Thieves". The document originates in Hull on the North Sea coast of Eng...

A handwritten letter on Wells Fargo letterhead dated April 6, 1889, answering an inquiry with regards to a drowning victim who has gone unidentified.

An assortment of letter and billheads from various business in Antioch California during the 1900s into the 1920s. Included are funeral homes, livery

3x Rare Placer County Bonds- these are large bonds, approx. 12" x 12.25",Certificate numbers #53, #60 and #61, large golden company seal b...

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

16 Montana mercantile articles of incorporation, statements etc. The Fashion, Lo LO Valley Mercantile, Thompson Falls Mercantile, Montana Creamery, Th

Brochure for Lyon Curio Store, Clinton, Nebraska, Seller of Sioux Items. Rare, but in poor condition. "If it was made by a Sioux Indian-we have...

Typewritten letter w/envelope to Mr. Barnet Nover/journalist signed by Bernard M. Baruch/NYC congratulating Mr. Nover for an article he wrote titled...

1) 1912 Thos. Defenbaugh general merchandise. Talks about proxies, annual work, etc. References McDonald. Probably referring to the Kennedy MacDonald

Not only is this interesting; it is a rare Nevada state letter with a pictorial letterhead. It approves the General Corporation of the Tobin company i

Lot of 4. 1) California Electrical Works, San Francisco, billhead issued to the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company in Virginia City for gravity ...

A group (5) of checks written on The Bank of California, an RPC of the Wells Fargo office in Virginia City, Nevada, along with an 1862 dated check fro

Rare 8.5x4" Duplicate of Exchange The Bank of California check No. 4671, datelined Virginia City, June 12, 1880. Pay to the order of Eagleton B...