December 2017 Premier Auction

1933. Second edition, fourth printing. Tight mint copy of this well known outstanding reference on Inyo County. Excellent condition. Date: 1933

Image of town deep in snow, people in the distance and two cows in deep snow. This is a quite unique scene from Iowa Hill. Identified in pencil on bac

44 billheads approx 1918-1933 from mostly businesses in Sacramento to Chas. Vote in Kirkwood, CA. Some pictorial. Date: Location: Kirkwood, Ca

Lot of three. 1) Emerald Bay Camp letterhead. Post office: Emerald Bay. Proprietor: Nelson L Salter. Note written on the letter. Not common! 2) Brochu

Lot of 7 for this iconic ocean liner that sailed 1936-1967 and is now stationed at Long Beach. Includes: July 14th & 15th, 1939 programs for tri...

October 1909 pictorial Souvenir booklet 5.25" x 7.75". January 1909 Balloon Route Excursion Official Monthly Handbook 5.25" x 7.75&qu...

"See and welcome Colonel Lindbergh to Los Angeles. Tues. Sept. 20." Image of Lindbergh next to an American flag and train departure times ...

Rare ribbon. Air Ships, Balloons, Amusements. Guide Aviation Camp. Jan. 10-20, 1910. Los Angeles, Cal. 9" x 2.5" This was called America’s...

Ticket stub from first day of 1932 Olympics, July 30 and postal cover July 30, 1932 with Olympic cachet and 1932 Olympic stamp. Date: Location:

Nice 3.75" x 2.5" 1932 Olympic boxed pictorial playing card deck with images of LA scenes and Hollywood stars. 1964 Tokyo commemorative p...

Lot of 5 different. 1) R.H. Boal, Livery and Sale Stable, No. 234 South Spring St., Los Angeles.. Horse vignette. 2) C.S. Sylvester, Contractor &...

Ten 8 x 10" black and white photographs showing construction of a bridge and the observatory in Griffith Park. One is stamped on the back Sep. ...

Large assortment includes Hollywood postcards, c. 1890's Glimpses photo booklet, June 1939 Los Angeles Guide, Souvenir-Album Los Angeles, Hollyw...

Marin Journal, 21 issues featuring local and world news. Aug. 31, 1899-March 1, 1900. Based in San Raphael, Marin County. 14.25" x 10.25"...

Mojave Still Life photogravure by Edward S. Curtis. 6" x 8.25", nicely matted and framed 12.75 x 15.75". Beautiful image. Date: 1...

1) i/c Monolith Portland Cement Co. to H. Dubois 1923 #4201 10 shares. 2) i/c Monolith Portland Cement Co to AC Theysohn #4277 8 shares. Date: L

Lot of 4. 1) Letterhead and cover, mailed from Manitou, CO in 1902, and discusses family matters. 2) Souvenir view booklet, accordion-style, 18 color

Mt. Lowe Tavern and Cottages promo pamphlet. Pacific Electric Railways timetables 1923 and 1927 3. Pacific Electric Railways Mt. Lowe brochures. Da

15 pictorial letterheads from Mount Lowe Tavern 1928. 3 chromlitho and 1 b/w stereoviews of railway. Souvenir pictorial folder of Mt. Lowe. 7 photos o

18 items. B/W photo of Twin Falls. Unused letterhead from Weed Lumber Co. B/W photo of Shasta Springs c. 1895. Shasta and the Crags Booklet. Shasta Da

Lot of 9. Includes: 5 x 7" black-and-white photo of Tourist House in Muir Woods, c.1919; two early mounted Mt. Tam photos, 5x5"; two illus...

Rare GAR membership card for William A Smith, Com., Kit Carson Post, No. 74, Napa City, Cal. This card has a real photo of Smith in uniform attached a

Lot withdrawn. Do Not Bid

I/U to TW Sigourney 1871 #71 50 shares. Unsigned by president. Boca Lake area. 4.75" x 75". Date: Location: Nevada City, Californi...

Lot of 14 billheads, photographs, and other ephemera. Included: Legg & Shaw Co. billhead, 1905, Nevada City; W.H. Otterson billhead, 1898, Aubur...

18 Oakland CA trade cards c. 1883-1890. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Oakland, California HWAC # 54132

Approx. 50 pieces of ephemera ranging from 1) pictures of the full length of the Bay Bridge (exact date unknown but appears to be old) 2.75" x ...

Paper bound booklet from Hotel Green with 14 grand b/w photos of the hotel and grounds. Foldout floor plan in back. 5" x 7". Date: L...

Old broadside, special excursion from Pacific Electric Train, Long Beach to Mt. Lowe. Undated. Red and blue print. 12" x 6". Small top chi...

13 items including sheet music for Home in Pasadena, Idyllwild resort brochure, The Grey Line pictorial brochure with map, Arcadia info brochure, pict

Approx 100 unissued certs. Inc. in 1876 to sell land in the Petaluma countryside. Date: 18-- Location: Petaluma, California HWAC # 54421

Business card for Headquarters, Robert Hudson, opposite Tremont Hotel in Red Bluff, Cal. Choice wines, liquors, and cigars. Fresh Eastern Oysters. Poe

13 trade cards from Red Bluff CA including furniture, shoes, groceries and more. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Red Bluff, California HWAC # 5

18 Sacramento CA trade cards including granite works, painter, watchmaker, candy and more. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Sacramento, California

I/U to Tho. McCornell in 1869. #33 for 10 shares, signed by president Leonard Goss and secretary J. Frank Clark. 4" x 10". According to a ...

Four papers from the Crocker Family of Sacramento, California. Two Grazing Lease papers from Mary Ives Crocker to Pona Brown for land at Michigan Bar

19 items. 2 cabinet cards- a moustached man, a cute young irl with her rocking horse. Program from Inauguration Ceremonies 1/4/1971, Sacramento. Franc

9 pieces of San Diego ephemera. Pictorial letterhead from Hotel Pickwick, old beach photo, 1910 letter on pictorial letterhead from San Diego Hat Fact

Bond #7893, for $500, signed by D.J. Tallant. 72 coupons, with 30 punch canceled. Mounted on thick cream color paper. D.J. Tallant joined Thomas Well

Pass for the Anniversary Excursion on board the Steamer Contra Costa for Howard Engine Company No. 3. Tuesday, June 15th, 1858. Printed on very thick

Cancelled Bond of the City & County of San Francisco, with 16 attached coupons, Bond #225 for $1000. Signed by E.Y. Burr(?) President of Supervi...

Bond #224, for $1000, signed by Board of Supervisors, auditor and treasurer. Redeemed August 31, 1880. 59 coupons attached. Vignette of a large buildi

Bond from City and County of San Francisco, #1041, $1000 to S.B. Tripple(?) redeemed in 1876, 40 coupons attached; 2 vignettes of ships on water and a

Bond #119, for $1000, very nice condition, green border, and vignettes of houses with capitols and columns, 40 coupons attached; mounted on brown pape

"A Directory of Hotels, Restaurants, Rooming Houses, General Business and Railway and Steamship Time Tables." Vol. 45. November 17, 1898. ...

13 mostly different San Francisco maps from 1921(2), 1922, 1924,1940, 1949, 1950 and others undated. All aprox 4.25" x 8.25". Date: ...

Golden Gate Ferry Co pictorial letterhead July 3, 1928, regarding the winning name for a new ferry, Golden Way. Golden Gate Ferries Inc. pictorial let

33 varied items including 3 diecut style street car postcards. 7 jumbo b/w postcards, 9" x 7" including Fishermans Wharf, Alcatraz Island,...

2 thin cloth folded scenes from Golden Gate Park Japanese Tea Gardens from M. Magiwara and GG Park and small 2 sided Japanese flags on sticks with art

10 The Damndest Finest Ruins by Lawrence Harris song lyric sheets 1906. 6 proclamations from Mayor EE Schmitz April 18, 1906 allowing police to kill

Seven SF earthquake stereographs. 6 are photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. Amazing photos of the earthquake damage. See the b

Lot of 30 different stereoviews showing the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Keystone (10), H.C. White & Co. (2), Underwood &...

Lot of 30 different stereoviews of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Keystone (10), Underwood & Underwood (15), HC White & Co. ( 3), an...

Lot of ten stereoviews of the 1906 Earthquake. These were leftover but represent some nice cards. Best is a card by S.S. Stears, a San Francisco publi

Lawrence & Houseworth c.1866 stereoview No. 524, San Francisco from corner of Powell and Pine. Prominent view of church. Card is damaged (loss a...

Edward J. Muybridge stereoview No. 262, c.1869. View of exterior to Metropolitan Theatre with horse-drawn cart in front. Medium contrast. According to

Rare San Francisco stereoview. Watkins' Pacific Coast No. 1702, Mission Delores, dedicated Oct. 9th, 1776. Nice contrast and detail, some light ...

Four different stereoviews, including a rare interior view. 1) Continent Stereoscopic Co. No. 2054, Entrance to Baldwin's Hotel. Western Union s...

Choice Watkins' Pacific Coast stereoview No. 1735, Occidental Hotel, Montgomery Street Front, S.F. c.1874. Medium contrast. Great shot of the ho...

Lot of eight. 1-3) Three Tabor cabinet cards. Two duplicate 'Upper Corridor' and one 'Palace Hotel Court'. One has a nice advertisem...

Lot of 7 different exterior and interior views of this elegant hotel in San Francisco, site of the famous William Sharon Comstock Dinner held on Febru

Lot of six different. 1) c.1868 Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 139 showing Occidental and Cosmopolitan Hotels on Bush Street. Carriages on street. ...

Nice bird's-eye view of San Francisco from Russian Hill. Kilburn Bros. No. 984. Medium contrast. (Prag Collection) Date: Location: San Fr...

2 Souvenir folders with many images, and promo sheet for Cliff House gift shop. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54931

Four different stereoviews of Cliff House by Thomas Houseworth & Co., c.1865-1868. 1) Earliest view is Lawrence & Houseworth #406, Cliff and...

Lot of 4 different Cliff House stereoviews by Carlton Watkins, c.1874 and c.1880-1888. 1) Three cards are from his 1874 studio: #776, from the beach l

Cliff House stereoview by Griffith & Griffith. View is from the beach with the Cliff House and Seal Rocks in the distance. In the foreground is ...

Lot of 4. 1) Kilburn Bros. shot from the beach looking up at Cliff House. Sign clearly visible. 2) c.1880s Watkins stereoview showing Seal Rocks. 3) B

Lot of four different nice early views. 1) Three are by Watkins. Best is c.1867 showing exterior of First Unitarian Church of San Francisco. Two c.187

Lot of four different stereoviews all featuring trolleys. Included: choice c.1900 view of busy Market Street by Art Nouveau Stereograph; c.1901 Underw

Three different cards with three different views of this Civil War era military base now located beneath the Golden Gate Bridge. 1) c.1874 Watkins ste

Lot of 4 different. 1) Best is an 1897 card titled "A Chinaman's Family." Stamped M.F. McNeil (not listed in Mautz) and handwritten da...

1) Two c.1874 Watkins stereoviews. First is No. 1362, The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill. Great contrast. Some soiling. Second is No. 701, View from

Lot of 8 different nice early San Francisco (and area) stereoviews. 1) Four by Kilburn Bros.: Russian Hill bird's-eye view; Telegraph Hill bird&...

Four different by this famed Western photographer spanning three decades. 1) Earliest is c.1867 card showing the Merchants Exchange. Some soiling and

Four different interesting San Francisco stereoviews by JJ Reilly of Marysville, CA. According to Mautz, Reilly operated the Wood's Gallery Mary...

Choice Taber stereoview, "The Golden Gate from Telegraph Hill." c.1880. Nice contrast and detail. One of the original "Seven Hills&qu...

1) Watkins c.1874 view, some staining and fading. 2) Two different from the Kilburn Bros.. Stereoview No. 986. Nice contrast. Some light wear and scuf

1) c.1901 view from Sausalito Ferry by Keystone View Co. Nice contrast and detail. 2) c.1864 view from Bay Shore & Fort Point. Contrast very wea...

Stereoview published by Bradley & Rulofson, photograph by Muybridge. No. 681--San Francisco from Rincon Hill. Nice contrast, some staining. Acco...

Four different early views, but condition issues. 1) c.1869, No. 173, Northeast corner Montgomery and California Streets, looking North to Sacramento

The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge-Authentic, Amazing, Thrilling. Souvenir bookmark from 1938 opening of bridge and was pinned on hikers across the b

1) c.1947 very detailed map of Golden Gate Park by Hugh Mooney. 8 x 23.5" Many folds. 2) 4 x 5.75" sepia photograph of many visitors and c...

Lot of 21 stereoviews of this iconic park in San Francisco built in the early 1870s as the city's version of Central Park. 1) Two by AJ McDonald...

c.1900 Art Noveau Stereograph Co. stereoview No. 5405 showing the Speedway at Golden Gate Park. View shows man in top hat commanding wagon with two ho

Two different rare views of the playground in Golden Gate Park. 1) Rare 1892 Underwood & Underwood view of the merry-go-round. Light contrast an...

Photo of Golden Gate Park from terrace showing the Garfield and Key Monuments by Billington 4.5" x 7.5". Conservatory in Golden Gate Park...

Billhead archive from commercial grocers Castle Bros. & Loupe, San Francisco, CA with store vignette.1881-1882. Blue paper, some with silver foi...

Loaded with San Francisco photos. De Luxe Souvenir View Book-Fifty Different Views 1943 4" x 7". San Francisco and Vicinity 1915 8" x...

Lot of 6. Includes: 4 old b/w bicycle photos, JM Tomlinson High Grade Bicycles pictorial letterhead, souvenir program from January 1936 San Francisco

Lot of eight pieces. Mostly San Francisco - but also Providence, Rhode Island and Boston. The premier piece is Number 25 in Dr. Hartman's remedy...

Distinctive Vignettes manufactured by The Union Lithography Co., San Francisco. 60 pp, 621 colorful vignettes of fruits, vegetables and other foods. 1

Advertising Sutro Baths "Official Programme." 15 different newspaper dates in 1900. Published every Sunday. 12" x 15". Date:...

1913 map of San Francisco, MM O' Shaughnessy City Engineer. 33.5" x 27.5", some toning. Booklet, Road of a Thousand Wonders, San Franc...

1) Bright yellow, green and red Sing Fat & Company. Fancy Dragon fills the top half of the card. Established in 1866. 2) Sing Chong Company. Gre...

Wide variety of ephemera including pictorial menus from Spencer's Fish Grotto, Monaco Theatre, Riviera Bernstein's Fish Grotto, paper napkin...

First issues after infamous earthquake. July 1906 Brown bear and eagle with moon background on cover. Numerous photos of after quake fires and devasta

c. 1890s Ornate card printed on light green paper with fancy logo. Located at 517 Clay and 510-516 Commercial Street. E.W. Goggin, Manager. Small rust

Fancy business card for O.E. Olsen Lithograph Company, 330 Jackson St. in San Francisco. "The Drummer with Ideas." 3 x 5" on cardstoc...

Famous Western litho. company. Colorful, illustrated business card. Labels, posters, corrugated paper products. Illustrated on both sides. Has 1918 wr