Great American Treasure Hunt

6" x 10". Seems to be 1930's or 1940's. City: Ketchikan County: State: AK Date:

Lot of 2. 1)Springerville, AZ. Becker Mercantile Co. calendar for January 1927. It measures 20.5" x 15.5" and has little wear. It features...

A five-pointed, ball tipped star with engraved front. Reads: Captain, Arizona Rangers. Measures about 3.” Horizontal pinback, and stamped Sterling on

J. W. Powell, Director of Survey. G. F. Becker, Geologist in charge. Framed 39" x 25". City: Placerville County: El Dorado

An early truck hauls cotton through the streets of El Centro. Photograph measures 9 5/8”x7 3/4”, no matte, medium contrast, and the focus is sharp. Bi

Volume 1, Number 2. Front page all on Rand mining. City: Randsburg County: Kern State: CA Date:

1911. Drawing of L. A. Thompson's Dragon Gorge Scenic Railway City: Santa Monica County: Los Angeles State: CA

RARE Bay Area milk bottle. City: Mill Valley County: Marin State: CA Date:

Volume V, Number 135, February 11, 1882. Lots of Saloon advertising. Article on how the French are using raisins to make wine with the failure of thei

Dateline Bodie, Mono Co., Cal. April 10th, 1907. Nellie Bradshaw, a Bodie teacher, is writing to inform (To Whom it May Concern) that Alice Hallihan c

Extremely rare. Datelined: Boca Aug. 27th, 1879. A McIntosh, Successor to Boca Mill Company, Boca Station, C.P.R.R. Wholesale Dealer. $408.90 of goods

Political card. 2" x 4". August 31, 1926 City: County: Nevada State: CA Date:

Two pages from the Wednesday edition of The Daily Times. Vol. 1, #49, dated Oct. 27, 1875. Edges are flaking, and paper is yellowing. Left and right s

Admiral Dewey, Henry J Crocker for San Francisco mayor 1903 celluloid button, two McKinley/Roosevelt 1900 pins Whitehead & Hoag Company of New J...

"The only place in S. F. where you can get FIRST-CLASS CABINETS." H. B. Huston, Artist. 500 Valencia St. There is an ad in the San Francis...

Two checks to the Palace Hotel before it was destroyed in the great San Francisco earthquake. Semi-nude female vignette. City: San Franci

"Jersey Farm / 837 Howard Street / S. F. Cal" milk bottle. Unusual as it is embossed on the back side "This bottle must be returned t...

This lot is perfect for any architectural nut! This publication provides a list of architects and builders from stairs to faucets to garbage chutes. T

By B. Hughes. C 1891. Shows the new high school with a horse drawn trolley, fashionable women, children, etc. T. H. Goff, Architect. City:

Large 12" x 18". Large pictures with descriptions include stage coach, explosion of the ship Jenny Lind, bicycle, wagon train, and railroa...

Cleanly cut in two. No markings on back. City: Santa Monica County: State: CA Date:

Reproduction. 32" x 9". Includes the Tahoe Steamer and 18 other boats. Pillsbury's early scenic pictures include the Stanford Quad, Yo...

It is 1905 and Central City is a happening place. This unusual presentation of the quadrangle map shows mines, roads, buildings, geographical features

Check No. 9321 from The Geyser Mining and Milling Co. Dateline Silver Cliff, CO, Oct. 31, 1898. Punch cancelled. Pay William Scott $75.28. Drawn on th

Lot of 2. 1) Certificate of Deposit from the Rocky Mountain National Bank. Datelined Central City, Nov. 1, 1870. Daniel Aspel has deposited $300. Sign

Scarce check from a rare town: Yuma, Colorado. Datelined Yuma, Colorado, May 26, 1894. $58.75 was borrowed from W.A. Sheedy on 12 percent interest by

Lot of 2. Territorial. Colorado National Bank certificate of deposit No. 3333. Dateline Denver, August 26, 1867. Geo. Stephenson has deposited $860. S

Folder that has facts and figures about Denver. Population for 1858, 1870, 1880, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1890. Real estate and city expenditures for 1890....

Parry Park Gold Mining Corporate stamp City: County: State: CO Date: 1896

Lot of 2. 1)Check No. 25745. Dated April 27th, 1874. Pay to Messrs. Barston + Whilelan the amount of $27.55. Signed F.H. Paiter, Cashier. Brown border

This is a small booklet that includes a 24.5" 17.5" map of Idaho with an index of towns, railroads and information regarding the states po...

Acid Line / Manufacture by / Badger Fire Extinguisher Co. / Boston, Mass, USA. Clear. 6". City: Boston County: Sta

10 1/2" x 7". Butte is the hardest city on EARTH on Sole Leather! A few small tears and some discoloration. See photo. City: Butte

1) 8x10 photograph of early Rawhide ghost town status. 2) Early Rawhide ghost town post card clearly showing the Wonder Lumber Company. 3) Unused Rawh

Obverse has full picture of Hoover Dam with Hoover Dam / Las Vegas, Nevada. Reverse says To Commemorate / Starting of the $165,000,000.00 Boulder Cany

Over 100 pieces. 1) 1931 Bank of Southern Nevada. Signed Mrs. Horen of Eire, Nevada. Erie was a siding 25 miles southwest of Las Vegas and 22 miles no

Goldfield, Nevada. Although in very rough condition, this is a wonderful historic piece. Painting of cowboys roping a mountain lion. City:

13 1/2" x 8 1/4". Inscribed "Stock Ledger of North Douglas Copper Co. Opened February 27, 1909 by H. L. Griswold." Only one page...

Sterling silver. Arrowhead top of spoon. City: Tonopah County: Nye State: NV Date:

1) Six Wells, Fargo & Co. 1874 revenue imprinted checks. 2) Four Carson City Savings Bank. Three 1879 revenue imprinted checks and one 1883 chec...

12 pages. Report of J.S. Crosman, Warden of the Nevada State Prison, for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1865. Printed by John Church, State Print

1) Rare variant of a George Thaxter bottle. Measures 4 1/4".2) O. P. Willis Apothecary. Has nice 'Apothecary' design on top of bottle. ...

Jimmy the Duck, Sir Mike, Bed-Bug Smith, etc. Their story is told in this carbon copy of the poem. Recounts people, places and events in Virginia City

1) July 1902. Biography and photo. Notes on baseball. Cy Young will depend on his slow ball this year! 2) Volume 1, Number 7. Charles Dickens. 3) Volu

Lot of 4. 1) Virginia and Truckee Railroad Scales voucher. Sept. 26, 1884. Ore weighed for Hale & Norcross MC at Eureka Mill. 84 tons, 1200 poun...

Lot of 4. One is dated 1865. VERY EARLY! Includes news of the Civil War and the siege of Richmond. To 1914. City: Virginia City

1873. Neat small handbill advertising membership for The First Liberal Religious Society of Nevada. Organized in Virginia City, August 10, 1873. Lists

Lot of 6. 190-. Unused. The letter is desperately seeking members to pay their dues or "…we will be a Council of the past." The Bancroft L...

11 page booklet. A story of murder, intrigue and a plug to let all of the water out of the lower levels of the Savage Mine! City: Virgini

Lot of 2. Early Comstock, Nevada receipt from the Superintendent of the Savage Mine Charles Bonner. 1867. Duplicate. Consolidated Virginia Mining Comp

Reproduction. 34" x 6". T.C. Wohlbruck was a forgotten photographer until his work began to be noticed in the Lake Tahoe area. He had a re...

1) Photograph of the Divide in 1882. 2) View of Virginia City from the East. 3) Same as #2, but white with a border. Unused. City: Virgin

1) 1875 Consolidated Mill check to A. G. Smith. Agency of the Bank of California. 2) 1878 Pacific Mill Company check to C&C Shaft. Bacon Mill ha...

Rare piece! Check no. 561 issued to a M. Keefe for $116 on November 2, 1872. The piece has a 10c State revenue stamp on the upper left corner.

Lot of 2 items out of a Virginia City collection. 1) Metal impression die for the Bank of California. Criss-crossed shovel and pick with text "...

These just don't surface very often. 1) Two 1955 membership cards for the Horseless Carriage Club of Nevada to E. M. Tucker and Boyd Peer. Signe...

1) Belleville Wells Fargo & Co. Express on metal slug. 2) Opal Gold & Silver Mining Company, Mono County, California! This would be from the...

County Map of Utah and Nevada. S.A. Mitchell. Drawn and Engraved by W.H. Gamble, Philadelphia for inclusion as plate no. 48 in the 1872 issue of Mitch

1) Austin, Nevada. Trimmed, some spots and a red line. 2) Mineral Hill. Out of focus. Nicely framed. Nice panoramas that don't take up too much ...

1) Five Vernon, Nevada documents relating to the Nevada State Bank. 2) 1875 Silver State Newspaper from Winnemucca. Folded, but in excellent condition

Nevada Tractor & Implement Company thermometer. Washoe Wood & Coal 1943 calendar and recipes. "Keep Sweet and Keep Movin" by Rober...

1) Belmont, 1877. German (haus, vil) vil deliver 20 cords of pine to Court Haus. Addressed to J. Nichols, district court clerk and later a commissione

1) "Reno" by Max Miller. 1941 No cover, but magnificent shape. 2) "Rocket of the Comstock" by Ethel Manter. 1950. First Edition ...

Difficult to find book. 1935. Includes two photographs including very early 1861 and turn of the century. Born in Canada he was a soldier in the Civil

Lot of 2. 1) Harper's Weekly from January 3, 1863. Cover is interesting scene of "Santa Claus in Camp." Issue is in poor condition. Mi...

Case says "Auto gun M1A / Complete Round / Shell H. E. M54 / LST 1-22205-77, Packed 1-42 / P. A. City: County: St

1998 to "Doctors without Borders." Inscribed "The Protocol Group, Easton, MD." City: County: State:

Quality Ice Cream City: County: State: Date:

1) "On the Streets of Bisbee, Arizona." Mules carrying wood. 2) 1910 Colorado and Wyoming pocket directory of R. G. Dunn & Co. Include...

Civil War-era CDV of a black child celebrating with a banjo in one hand and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation in the other. Bottom just reads ...

Almost 100! Cameo Pepsin gum poets, Sweet Caporal Cigarette flag collection, New Chevrolet Six, Campbell soup, Pepsin Gum, Hassam Cigarettes, 19261903

1898. Worth it for the Alaskan photographs! And there are several pages of 'modern' fashions'. City: County: Stat

1) SF Call includes mining news. Entire article on the Salt Fields in Ojo Liebre, Baja, California. 2) Early Civil War News: Burnside Expedition, Gunb

"Viribus Unitis" "Patrioten - Fond" German propaganda to influence American citizens to be friendly to the German cause. Publish...

4 pieces. Two jars with spouts, which were used for shipping liquids: soy sauce, vinegar, oil, oyster sauce, and other seasonings. Two "tiger&q...

Silver. White metal with flower design. R. C. Peck has been engraved on the back of the spoon. Spoon also has a hallmark, which appears to be Chinese

1) Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco poster. Reproduction. 2) 1879 tobacco tax certificate. 3) Chivas Regal Father's Day mounted poster. 5) Cream of W...

About VG. Reverse is more F. 158,000 minted. This is the same date of the SS Central America ship wreck. Found with a metal detector in 1980.

Lot of 4: almost akin to postcards, except measuring 11.25" x 8.5" each. 2 of these lithos, "San Francisco Mountain" & "...

Mohave Desert in California. Print of the Red Rock Canyon turning dark. Measures 14 1/2" x 11 1/2." City: Mohave County:

Four prints, each numbered and signed by Don Crook. All are numbered 107 of 500. Includes Certificate of Authenticity. City: Co

Comes from The Graphic in 1872. Print shows lots of action: mining, eating relaxing, and transporting with a wonderful backdrop of hills, tents, and l

From tents to decaying buildings, this series of four prints shows the stages of a typical mining boom camp. This is a great representation of many we

Heavily foxed. Mounted on Cardboard. Tears at bottom corners. City: County: State: Date: