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

Lot of 4 different Yosemite stereoviews: two by E&HT Anthony & Co., two by C. Bierstadt. Views include: upper bench view from SW, Mariposa T...

A copy of 'The Alps of the King-Kern Divide' by David Starr Jordan, a short (21 page) book written in 1907 to educate readers on the basic f...

Lot of 31. Group includes: 1) Healdsburg. Three CDVs from NR Davidson (2) and Andrew Price (1). 2) Visalia: one photo from Geo. E. Dean. 3) San Franci

This is a lot of newspapers describing the earthquake in Long Beach, Ca. in 1933 and another earthquake in Los Angeles in 1994, and the Bay Area earth

Lot of 5. Newspapers : The San Diego Union, Redwood City Tribune and The Oregonian. Coverage of Amelia Earhart and also the seaplane Hawaii Clipper m

Lot of 5. Various Calif. vintage newspapers of 1953. Articles on Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, King Edward and Wally Simpson. All in protectiv

Collection of over 30 Bay Area, California, newspapers, one with a headline about President John F. Kennedy's assassination, but mostly about 9-...

Vintage broadside advertising a dance, but showing a photo of Howard Hughes at the controls of his Spruce Goose, the "A" section of the St...

John G. Bullock rose from a humble beginning, working as a boy of eleven in a grocery store to the Presidency of Bullock's retail stores of Sout...

Lot of 11. Colorado: six stereoviews of Veta Pass, two by Gurnsey, two by Chamberlain, one by FA Nim, and one unlabeled. Rare, early stereoviews of Co

A collection of ephemera from California and Nevada. including a 1957 report on earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area, a brochure about the Amargo

Bound 1901 California and Sketches of the Southwest by Wm. Bristol. Water damage throughout, please inspect. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Lot of 7 . 1. Six photos -14 x 11"- by Bob Bryant photographer for S.F. Examiner (1936-41). 2. Book by Southern Pacific Co. "The Road Of ...

Lot of 12. Includes: rare Caswell & Ellis, Los Angeles, 1874 with RN-D; 1879 Los Angeles Pico House receipt; 1868 Pacific Bank, San Francisco ch...

IOOF Golden Jubilee Celebration invitation, San Francisco cover-poor shape, 1894 Santa Clara HS commencement invitation. Unissued 1860's Porter ...

c. 1904 California Moline Plow catalog with prices and many plow illustrations. 216pp plus index. Some red ink bleed on page edges in front, light wat

Lot of 9. Includes: 5 postcards (Main Street, Watsonville; Big Trees, Santa Cruz; Carmel Mission, Monterey; Santa Clara Street, San Jose; and San Carl

Graduation diplomas from three institutions, including the University of Montana, University of California and Yale University. Two are board mounted,

1882 California artistic teaching diploma in broken 22x17" frame. Light water stain lower center. Please inspect. ^ Date: Country (if not USA...

Copy of "Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 -- Sierran Gold Belt, The Mother Lode Country" published in 1948 by the California Department...

A copy of 'Geologic History of Middle California' by Arthur D. Howard, signed by the author. Published 1979. Many nice photographs and diagr...

Two editions of '400 California Street: The Story of the Bank of California, National Association', one published in 1964 for the company...

Brand new, in original sealed plastic, Howell-North Books of Berkeley's 1965 reprint of: The California Star. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 9, 1847). Re...

Stereoview photos for Boulder, Colorado. Visor mounts measure just under 7x3.5". In good condition, see photo. ^ Date: c1860-1900 Country (if...

A promotional pamphlet intended to attract businesses and homemakers to Buena Vista, Colorado, published c. 1880s. Describes the city's natural ...

Published in Cram's Standard Atlas and Gazetteer of the World, published in 1892 in Chicago. Very detailed map in color with street names. Rever...

Lot of 12. Small souvenir dish, Sugar Factory Loveland , Colo.. Postcard Colorado College Experiment Farm Avon Colo. Small metal mirror , nine smal

Group of 1 book and 4 booklets from Colorado on various topics concerning the states, published from 1895 to 1965. See photos for details on authors,

Group of 24 pages of unissued checks from the Board of County Commissioners in an unnamed Colorado county, 5 checks to a page (120 total). Dated 189X.

A collection of 57 photographs from the U.S. Department of the Interior documenting Rocky Mountains National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. Phot

Rare early publication on the National Parks. Sixth edition. Government Printing Office, 1931. Covers national parks like Bryce, Crater Lake, Grand Ca

Lot of 4 different. 1) Cabinet card, Garden of the Gods, Hook Photo. 2) Narrows, Williams Canyon, Colorado. 8 x 4" No photographer listed. 3) C...

Hardcover. Brown boards with gilt. 200pp. with many illustrations and a one page map in the front. Harper & Brothers, 1880. Fifteen chapters. A ...

Yale partial yearbook. The cover and binding ribbon appear to be leather or leather-like material. 4-11 pictures per page with clear captioning. About

An original wanted poster for Claude Lafayette Dallas Jr., an American felon known for the shooting of two game wardens in Idaho. The case attracted n

Louis A Gerolamy was a photographer between 1883 & 1909. Here is a 1890 receipt from Gerolamy Bros. in Chicago. Several vertical creases. ^ Date...

1933 letterhead from The Munich Studio Stained Glass. They were a major force in Chicago from 1903 to 1932 and were founded by German stained glass ar

Advertising print pieces from the early 1900s.. include The Queen safety gas Lamp Company (Multiple), The American Sales Book Company, The Atlantic Pa

Lot of 5 different. 1-3) Three 1873 birds-eye views, pre-fire, looking West, East, and North East. All by Lovejoy & Foster. 4 and 5) Two c.1900-...

4 Chicago stereoviews. 2x Globe at Washington Park by Underwood, State St. by Intl. View, Washington Park by Intl. View. ^ Date: Country (if not US

8 c. late-1860's to early 1870's Chicago stereoviews by P B Greene, Chicago with good contrast. Greene was president of the Chicago Photog...

1941 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company letter head related to tickets for a performance of Scattergood Baines along with a cover, sample ticket and contract. ^

1920 Henry Stanford ALS. He was on Broadway 1909-20 and performed Shakespeare etc. 7x4.25". ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Illinois ...

1st Exchange paid to Cyrus H McCormick for 200,000 # by The Continental Mutual Life Ins. Co. 2c revenue stamp right side. Cyrus McCormick, founde

Lot of 3 General Land Office patents for Stephenson County, Illinois issued 1843-45. All are signed by secretaries for the president (two for John Tyl

Lot of 9. 1. Five Assured Satisfaction Cooking Recipes by Excelsior Stove & Mfg. Co. In protective sleeves. Excellent cond. 2. Pocket notebooks...

(3) letters, hand-written in 1888, by or to Mr. J.L. Kittell. There is a billhead letter, P.P Mast & Co. Agricultural Implements, regarding Mr. ...

Small 1926 receipt from Klan No. 12 of Maine for HA Brown. Dated April 4th, 1926. With vignette of man in uniform on horse. 2.5 x 5.5" ^ Date: ...

A mounted photograph of a historic hotel in Mountain Lake Park, Maryland, c1900. 8" x 6" photo on 12" x 10" cardboard backing. S...

Hearing by a committee on towns arguments in favor the town Beverly Farms, MA. incorporation as made by Fred H William and closing arguments by Hon.