"Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction (2025 September)

Lot of 2. Two Altitude meters, complete and appear in good condition. One mfg. by Carruth Laboratories. Tested to 20.000 ft in 1968. @and is MFG. by

A RARE RPC Japanese postcard of stunt pilot, Art Smith. Smith made two trips to Asia, in 1916 and 1917, to give aeronautic demonstrations. Smith is se

Lot of 4 different. Includes: Pacific Greyhound Lines 1939 brochure (See California and All the West), Dixie Greyhound Lines time tables (1930s), 1935

No. A719 issued to Robt. Britton of the Cotton Belt Railway Co. in 1916. Blue cardstock. Back says it is Goon on Memphis, Dallas & Gulf Passenge...

Rare issue 1 volume 1 of Trolley Talk by Oakland Traction Co. 16pp with ads and Oakland photos and events. "In 1906, the narrow gauge was conve...

26 x 7" internal broadside for Through Car Service, Wide Vestibuled Standard Buffet Sleeping Car between San Francisco & St. Louis, Souther...

A 33"x 22" framed print of a narrow gauge Central California Railroad Express mail & baggage car from 1878. It was drawn by Frederic ...

A mechanical drawing of a 19 high gauge locomotive by Frederic Shaw of Sausalito. The matted and framed piece measures 22"x 33"and is in...

A mechanical drawing of an Narrow Gauge Porter Locomotive built in 1903 and used on The Indian Valley railroad in New York by Frederic Shaw of Sausa

Lot of 40+: Yellow Tickets. Various Horse Teams. Good Condition. Approx. 40+. Musser Hill Toll House and Lewiston Road. ^ Date: 1890's Country ...

Yellow Tickets. Various fares .10-$14. Approx 15+. Good Condition. Musser Hill Toll House and Lewiston Road. ^ Date: 1890's Country (if not USA...

Lot of 13: Yellow Tickets. Various Horse and Footmen. (1) Junction Toll House (12) Musser Hill Toll House and Lewiston Road. Good Condition (1) torn.

Yellow Tickets. Good Condition. Fares from $1-$5. Musser Hill Toll House and Lewiston Road. Approx 7. For Passengers Who Wanted Their Own Wagon. ^ Dat

Wagon Road Buggy and Freight Tickets at Lowden Toll House. Various rates Include: $1.15 - $8.25 Weaverville, & Shasta Wagon. Lewiston, CA ^ Dat...

A History of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad and Predecessor Lines. Foreword by Lucius Beebe. 1960, Fourth Printing. 165 pp. with two maps. Wear to

Lot of 3 pieces printed on wax paper. 1898 4pp. notice to stockholders of the ATSF that includes motion to purchase the controlling stock of the San F

"Cripple Creek via the Historic Ute Indian Trail Route, M.T. Ry." 6 panels with a map and photos including a shot of people 1300 feet unde...

Signed limited edition #864 of 2,750. 463pp. with color illustrations and six fold-out maps. 1955 hardcover in very good condition. Definitive history

A selection postcards from Cripple Creek, Colorado. Also includes a picture of Hagerman Tunnel and the Indian Trail Route. Some used, some not. Please

Ephemera from the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, including a 1924 copy of the Western Magazine, a 1945 anniversary report and assorted menus, inc...

Collection of five (5) timetables from The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, including the Western Pacific route. These are dated from 1905 to 1914....

A menu, brochure and other ephemera, mostly celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Moffat Tunnel on February 25-26 1978. Group includes a menu, photo

Timetables and schedules from the Colorado and Southern Railway, featuring the "Far Famed Georgetown Loop" as a specific advertiser dated...

Lot of 26. Includes 3 RPPC (Colorado Midland, Thompson Canyon, and St. Vrains UP Depot). Other early printed cards include: Denver Depot of DL&N...

Group of 21 issued passes, 1927-1961. Plus small 1940 booklet. ^ Date: 1920s-1960s Country (if not USA): State: Illinois City: Chicago Provenance

Rare. Railroad Pass for the Headquarters of the General Relief Committee, Chicago, Oct. 11th, 1871. Issued for the Michigan Southern Railway to Mrs. A

Two timetables from the Chicago Great Western Railway. One is dated 1908 the other, 1928. Both in good condition. Please see photos for more details.

Pass no 1020 issued for the year 1929. Black print on yellow paper. The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (DSS&A) (reporting mark DSA) wa...

Eleven original photos and numerous copies of photos of the old Palisade railroad area along the Humboldt River. Taken in the 1930s or 40s by Joe Togn

Employes' Time Table No. 58, effective Sunday, May 1st, 1938. Lists corporate officers at the bottom in Los Angeles and Death Valley. 1973 repri...

Lot of 3 different. Includes: 1921 pass no. 467 (unissued); card issued to JJ Livingston in 1937 but states also good for 1938 (and 1939 handwritten),

Lot of 2 different. 1) 1926 pass issued to BF Nevins, gen. livestock agent for Western Pacific. Signed by vice president FE Murphy. Endorsed by Nevins

Lot of 2 different. 1) Pass no. 121 issued in 1923 to HR Amens of the Nevada Northern Railway. Signed by FE Murphy as vice president. Endorsed by Amen

Lot of 3 different, all unissued. Passes for 1921, 1927, and 1948-49 (signed by the vice president). ^ Date: 1921-48 Country (if not USA): State:

Photos, brochures for the Northern Nevada Railway. Photos show different diesel engines, as well as those owned by the Kennecott Copper Company. Sever

Nice early cover sent to Philadelphia with Morris & Essex R.R. cancel over red 3 cent stamp. The Morris and Essex Railroad was a railroad across...

A passel of railroad paper items, including photos of old steam locomotives, a brochure introducing Illinois Central's Green Diamond. a Rock Isl...

A copy of "The Coal Bin of America", a short educational book about coal mining and coal power published in 1937 by the Chesapeake & O...

Lot of 25 plus. Milwaukee & Suburban Transport tickets for 1953. ^ Date: c1950's Country (if not USA): State: Wisconsin City: Proven...

Lot of 20. Includes 14 Union Pacific Railroad freight bills for shipments from Rawlins, Wyoming to Slater, Colorado, 1902-03. Merchandise would have c

"Where Gush the Geysers." Oregon Short Line All Rail Route to the Yellowstone. 39pp. with map, text, and fantastic black and white and col...

Lot of 2 different. 1) St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Pass issued for 1910. Black print on yellow cardstock. 2) Chicago, Milwaukee ...

Lot of 20. Includes: Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway (1938); eight passes for the Milwaukee Road, 1940s-60s; and eleven Cleveland Railway Co. ...

Lot of 15. Includes: Order of Railroad Telegraphers (12, 1920s-1960s); Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen membership card (1965); Benefit Assoc. of Rail

Lot of 13. Nice group. Includes: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bond, 1895; four postcards incl. two real photo; three bills of lading for ...

Lot of 7 pieces. Postcard souvenir folders (The Coast Line, Santa Fe Trail, In the Clouds), 1939 New York Worlds Fair Southern Pacific brochure, Calif

Lapel pin that reads // BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS / HONORARY G.I.D. //. Threaded mounting pin on the back with nut. ^ Date: Country (if no

Lot of 17. Checks: eight New York & New Haven Railroad Co. checks issued in 1866; Central New England & Western RR, 1891, New York; Toledo, ...

Lot of 9. Includes: Denver & Rio Grande Western Pacific brochure (in pieces), National Defense World War II-era brochure, Southern Railway Syst...

Group of 8 books on railroad-related topics, including railroad routes, trolleys, and model train collecting, published 1930-1972.Includes 3 copies of

This is a photo calendar printed for the Union Pacific Railroad 1961. Thirteen months in western photography. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State

Lot of 3. U.S.P.R.R charged with finding the best route for the transcontinental railroad. Two prints of D'Oreiileis Indians on the plains: on...

Pristine, unused ticket book for the ferry that operated across Humboldt Bay between Eureka, Fairhaven, and Samoa where there was a large lumber mill.

1959 pictorial letterhead, Starts. Mfg. Co with Rollsmobile photo. The letter is to James Black with details of the planned design of a triple deck st

Rare. No. 182, issued for 1896 to TC Platt, president of United States Express Company. Signed by the gen. supt. Green print and globe logo on blue ca

Lot of 3 different. 1) Pictorial pass issued in 1891 to TW Way, chief engineer of MO Pacific Railway. Brown print and stage/train vignettes on light b

Lot of 3 different frank ("free") passes. 1912, 1913, 1914. All issued to WW Fulmer, General Purchasing Agent for Wells Fargo & Co. Th...

Rare Colorado express! Issued to WW Fulmer, GPA for Wells Fargo. Nice globe in clouds logo. Printed on cardstock. Clean. According to The Express Gaze

Lot of 4. Three frank (Free) passes issued for 1915, 1916, and 1917, all to WW Fulmer, general purchasing agent for Wells Fargo. Red or blue with vign

A receipt for payment from the Southern Express Company, dated 1893. The reverse of the receipt has a list of prices for the shipment of different ite

1) Wells Fargo cover sent from the Bank of California, Sacramento (blue oval cancel) to W&P Nichols(sic.) at Dutch Flat, who were bankers. Rever...

Cover sent from Flint & Morgan in Roseburg, Oregon, 1871 to AT Green in San Francisco. Black oval Roseburg cancel. Blue received mark from Green...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Full face advertising cover for JC Meussdorffer & Bro., Hat Dealer in Marysville. 1869. Sent to their SF office. 2) Prepr...

11 c. 1872-1936, mostly older, Western Union telegraph messages. Kansas City MO, Bloomington IL, St. Louis MO, Cleveland OH etc. Mostly business relat

An old Western Union telegraph/telephone line insulator mount. Porcelain base with a cast iron cover that would have been mounted on a wall or pole to

7 c. 1876-1918 California mostly Western Union telegraphs. Eureka, San Francisco-1 with Rockwell holiday illustration, Bishop, 1876 in rough conditio

Unused. "For Carrying the Great Through Mails From the Atlantic to the Pacific States." Ben Holladay, Proprietor. 5.25 x 8.25" The Ov...

Express Company Sealing Wax stick, whole & original. The red/ brown color is indicative of use by various Express Companies (Adams, Wells Fargo,...

A 1925 souvenir/advertising viewbook from the Northern Pacific Railway's Yellowstone Park Line featuring photographs and promotional text about ...

Four hardcover books: 1) "Tombstone: An Iliad of the Southwest," by Walter Noble Burns; 1929, 388 pages; illustrations by Will James. Extr...

As new, in slip cover with original plastic. Autographed hardcopy of "Central Arizona Ghost Towns," by Robert L. Spude and Stanley W. Pahe...

Lot of 4. 1 and 2) Two different cabinet cards of the Grand Canyon by Erwin Baer, Photographer in Prescott. c.late 1880s-1890s. These are not your typ

Lot of 30. Includes pictorial Hopi House letter from the Indian Department of the Grand Canyon National Park, 1934, signed by his son Fred Harvey (mes

Nice color map by George F. Cram, 1899, 13 x 11". Color coded and divided by counties. Includes railroad lines such as the Southern Pacific and...

Photo matter of horse-drawn hearse, reportedly taken in Arizona, self ID c1888. Backing piece has sustained water damage. Left corner of photo is miss

Arizona Highway magazine (3), and collector's edition Turquoise Annual magazine (1). Total of 4 magazines from approximately 1976. In good condi...

Trades cards (2), including the Eureka Social Club, for a Valentine's Day party in 1884 and a pharmacy called W.W. Haley & Company of Alamed...

Lot of 4 different CDVs identified on the back as from James Hildreth, Photographer, Bishop Creek, Cal. This photographer is not listed in Mautz. The

Scarce variety blue Bodie Bank check issued to H. Wolff in 1879. Signed by cashier Pope. Endorsed on the back by H. Wolff and Rosenfield(?) with San F

Scarce variety of the Bodie Bank check. Issued to WD Comstock in 1880 in Bodie. Signed by cashier Pope. Signed by Comstock on the reverse. We found 18

Rare blue variety of the Bodie Bank. Issued to WB Wheeler in 1879 for $200. Signed by cashier Pope. Endorsed by Wheeler on the reverse. RN-G. Wheeler

Rare blue variety Bodie Bank revenue check, RN-G, issued in 1880 to the Southern Transportation Company for $200. Signed by cashier Pope. Signed over

Scarce Bodie Bank blue check variety, issued in 1879 to the Reno Savings Bank for $500. Signed by cashier Pope. RN-G imprinted revenue. ^ Date: 1879

Super rare telegraph receipt with preprinted Aurora dateline. Crossed out and Bodie written in. Message to the Bodie Bank is in code and thus likely i

Fascinating letter dateline Mono Lake, Cal, August 31st, 1896. Message to the Bullion & Exchange Bank in Carson. Mentions that a note has gone u...

Two check slips deposited into J.S. Cain Co by famous Nevadans. Future governor & mining engineer Emmet D. Boyle, and future governor Tasker L. ...

Very scarce RN check datelined Bridgeport, Sept. 6th ,1880. This might be the first Bridgeport check we've offered in over a decade. Wells Fargo...

A pair of original paintings of M. "Slick" Bryant's two story home on Main Street in Bridgeport. One is a water color by D. Roose and ...

Framed c. 1974 watercolor of a c. 1890's cabin by D Koos. Presented to "Slick" Bryant, a well known character of Bridgeport. Frame 17x...

"History of Butte County California 1882," by Wells and Chambers, reprinted by Howell-North Books of Berkeley in 1973. In original plastic...

2x 1910's Arthur Dach letterheads from Calzona, CA. "Calzona is an unincorporated community located in San Bernardino County in the U.S. st...

Features printed photo vignette of Pike's Peak in Colorado. This was a logging operation in Fresno, CA. 1952 calendar months at bottom. 39 x 29&...

Framed undated panorama photo of Fresno Lodge meeting by C Laval, Fresno. Lots of breastbadges being worn. Frame 9x20.5". ^ Date: Country (if...

A collection of 14 letters, billheads bank drafts and even a stock certificate. Most are from Nevada County, which includes Grass Valley and Nevada Ci

A vintage photograph taken by Moore Photography of Grass Valley/ Nevada City. It shows a group of men posing in front of a building, with the name Sha

Nevada and California newspaper, maps, and historical booklets such as "History of Prostitution in Nevada County", "History of the Em...

Tejon Ranch photos, on the front and back of the backing piece. Backing piece measures 9.25x6.75, photos measure about 8x5.7". ^ Date: c1890 C...

"Album de Cinelandia" by Lucio A. Villegas, a collection of biographies and portraits published in Hollywood, 1928 (printed in Spanish lan...

A printed program for the premier of Charles Chaplin's "The Circus" (1928) and a Maxwell House Coffee jar lid, advertising the George...

Lot of 3 different. Includes: The Outlaw Tamer (1935), Senor Jim (1936), and Gun Law (1933). 11 x 14" Some condition issues; please see photo. ...