The "Mint State" Americana & Numismatics Auction (2025 May)

Lot of 4. Coca-Cola Thermometer Signs. Three Medium Signs, One Large Sign. Excellent Condition. Thermometers in working Condition. Both Celsius and

One Coca-Cola Sign. Normal Wear. Fair Condition. Canada Based. Sign in French. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PLEASE

c. 1930's Drink Coca Cola porcelain sign. 10x30". Strong colors. 1x1" left center porcelain loss and a little bit around all mounting...

Red metal sign with white lettering; 24 inches in diameter, 3 inches deep. Drink /Coca-Cola / Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Mounting holes around the perimeter

Two porcelain enameled advertising signs. Reproductions made by the Ande Rooney Company of Highland New York. One is rectangular, 6 x 21 inches with a

A 36"x24" metal advertising sign for Coca-Cola. Has the text "ALWAYS / Coca-Cola" along with a logo featuring the Coca-Cola bott...

Lot of 3. Three Coca- Cola Signs. Various Conditions. Metal Advertising Signs. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PLEASE

Door Push. Rare Item. Porcelain Coca-Cola. In Good Condition. Minor Wear. Early Era. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

c. 1940's-50's Coca Cola ice chest with side bottle opener and inner Galvanised metal insert. Most of the similar chests that we have seen w...

One Pepsi-Cola Sign. New Era. Biggest Nickle's Worth. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: PLEASE NOTE: We assume l...

Metal sign 15 x 10 inches advertising Boston Red Sox baseball star Ted Williams delicious creamy root beer. Yellow background; root beer brown letteri

2 sided Diamond Realty/Barbara Hollingsworth metal sign. Rust, wrinkles etc. Please inspect. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Ph

Colorful Winner's Circle Bedding metal sign. 24x18". Light discoloration and edge rust, still a good looking sign. ^ Date: Country (if no...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Rare c. 1900 booklet, "Souvenir of Tucson, Arizona" by R. Ramessen of Tucson. 11 photo-gravures of Tucson historica...

Souvenirs from the 128-year-old Berkeley iconic restaurant, Spenger's Fish Grotto. The family owned business opened in 189 and closed in 2018. T...

Five vintage black and white real photo postcards of Black Diamond, California. Birds Eye View; Main Street; Fishermens Wharves; Horse and Rider; Publ

Wall map of Calaveras County. It is dated 1904 and measures 32"x 47" and shows wagon roads, trails and mining claims in the county. It was...

Al Davis was the owner of the Silver Log Tavern.The 1940s building is still standing and is located in Clear Lake, Lake County, California. This licen

Iconic photo said to be Josephine Marcus (Earp). She was an actress who became the common-law wife of famous lawman Wyatt Earp. They are both buried H

Lot of 14. This archive represents the sale of land in the Rancho Los Meganos of Contra Costa County, California, including coal properties. Rancho Lo

This is a record book for Las Juntas Ranch, beginning March 4, 1881. Rancho Las Juntas was a 13,293-acre Mexican land grant in present day Contra Cos

The Abstract of Title to the Rancho San Pablo, dated 1867. It's over 700 pages and contains fold out maps. Rancho San Pablo was a 17,939-acre la...

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&...

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

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

Lot of 3 framed Grass Valley items. 1) Mounted and framed c.1894 photograph of the Legg & Shaw store in Grass Valley with people in the photo id...

Matted and framed photograph of an unlabelled California Gold Rush street scene, probably 1890s-1900. Notice how narrow the street is, so likely not t

Framed and matted sketch of Chinatown Grass Valley, California by Clifford L. Warner. Warner, a California artist, did many drawings of Gold Country s

A small group (5) of Nevada County related items, including a memorandum of gold, issued by Citizen's Bank of Nevada City, a metal bag sealer fr...

Assortment of items from Grass Valley and Nevada City, California. Items include a bank book from the early 1900s from Nevada County Bank, two photo p

Two immaculate and WORKING pocket watches. First is an Elgin size 25s with a serial number of 8312144, which dates it to 1886. It's 14k gold and...

A nice display, showing "The King," Clark Gable in a 10"x 14" color photo along with a signed check written on Security First na...

A reproduction of the $40,000 check Mary Pickford paid to Klaw and Erlanger for the film rights of the story: "Daddy Long Legs." The film ...

A 9"x 11" frame containing an autographed 4.5"x 6.5" photo of actress Penny Singleton (1908-2003), who was famous for portrayin...

Academy Players Directories (4) from the years 1961, 1965 (2) and 1969. These are about the size of phone books (Remember Them?). Actors like a very y

A very rare find. This is a shadowbox and a Premiere Booklet handed out at the opening of 1939 "Dodge City" directed by Michael Curtiz an...

Autographed one sheet shadow box for the Best Picture of 1993, "Unforgiven." It measures 27"x 41" (Standard one sheet size) and...

The Movie Wells Fargo, original release 1937,. story by Stuart Lake, author of biography on Wyatt Earp. Printed 1958. framed 23 x 29", excelle...

The Tioga Pass movie poster without a listed theater. 13x7". The Tioga Kid is a 1948 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written b...

An 11"x 14" publicity photo of actor James Brown from the Howard Hawks 1943 film "Air Force." Brown made over 100 films but is b...

Lobby card reissue for the 1951 film "The African Queen" starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. Bogie won the Best Actor Oscar th...

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

A collection of movie posters for the Clint Walker 1959 Warner Bros. western "Yellowstone Kelly." These are from the Clint Walker estate a...

Nice shadowbox display, autographed twice by actor James Arness. There's an 8"x 10" autographed photo of him as the iconic western cha...

Screen shots from early movie westerns, most starring Col. Tim McCoy who had a very long film career in mostly westerns. These are 8"x 10"...

Lake Tahoe Color Resort Map, Hammon & Mathis, distributed by Lake Tahoe Realty, with colored shaded relief, photo copy of the reverse of the ma...

Never offered by us! Pictorial letterhead for Homewood resort, located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. "Reached Via Southern Pacific Railroad ...

Never offered by us before. Extra rare early Lake Tahoe advertising cover for the Moana Villa resort, located on Tahoe's West shore. R. Colwell,...

Lot of 8. 1) Three page typed letter and corner ad cover for Glen Alpine resort near Fallen Leaf Lake, 1929. Letter is on resort stationary. Rare! 2)

C&T Lumber & Flume Co. statement claiming various water systems in and around Douglas County, Nevada. Unsigned legal copy by co. president D...

Framed print of Steamer Tahoe, 1983 with 3 vintage photos and a mechanical drawing ot the steamer. Frame 26x39". ^ Date: Country (if not USA)...

Tahoe Boat Celebration Poster, Signed, Dated 2001, #1, 19 x 25", thin dark wood frame. Olaf Tamm photo of a speedboat at sunset, labeled "...

A 1979 reprint of 'History of Monterey County, California, With Illustrations', originally published in 1881 by Elliot & Moore Publisher...

Group of 3 advertising pieces from Alpha Hardware of Nevada City. Includes 2 thermometers mounted on wood. First is 10" by 4", second is 1...

Framed 1888 calendar from E.F. Delger, plumbing supplies in Oakland, California. The piece measures 26"x 33" and is mounted in a fancy gol...

2x 18x24" metal signs from Orange county energy companies. Santa Fe Energy and S & C Oil Co. Both have fading. Please inspect. ^ Date: Co...

A letter book from Pacheco, California. The letters have the heading "The San Ramon Warehouse Company" Contra Costa County. The Bishop Bro...

This book is hard to describe. there's everything from drawings of fossils to scribbles, someone practicing their cursive signature and more. Th...

Lot of 15 vintage black and white real photo postcards of Pittsburg, California. Interior of a tin mill; weighing salmon; Bowers Rubber Works; Columbi

Lot of 5. Repros., but still great sources of information. 1) Alta Town Site, 1875. 11 x 17" 2) Penryn, Pacific Improvement Co., January 4th, 1...

27X9.5" panorama of Placerville, approx 22X 14" planning mine of Guilford Mine( EF cond.) eleven color postcards and other ephemera. ^ ...

Lot of 5: three corner ad covers and two letterheads, all addressed to Lewis Winter of Sacramento, who was a teacher and artist who ran an engraving b

Latest news on the Pony Express 1st and 3rd pgs. Pg4 Buckland Station Massacre by Indians. 1862 letter and cover regarding life in Calif. In prot

An illustration of Sacramento, California as it existed in 1890, reprinted in 1990 for the city's centennial. The illustration, which shows an a...

This pair originally came out of San Francisco and are c. 1870's in what appear to be original walnut wood frames. They are handed paint over ph...

Framed and matted photo from Morton Photography, taken at The M&K Saloon/Il Trovatorre Restaurant in 1919. (21 x 18 inches). The title is "...

A photograph of the interior of Matthew Grimm's Saloon of San Francisco, California, taken c. early 1900s. 8 x 8 inches. Mounted on hard board....

Three 6"x 8" show flyers from the Balboa Theatre in San Francisco. These are dated May, July & August 1943, which would put them in th...

A framed photograph of San Francisco's famous Cliff House, taken c. 1900. (18 x 26 inches) The photograph is an enlarged reprint -- the quality ...

1930 San Francisco and Oakland Chine phone directory. 36pp. Also, The Mandarin Theatre broadside, 11x17 with folds, .75" left tear. Please insp...

Lot of three copies of the same one page issue of El Eco Del Pacifico, No. 2184, March 10, 1863. This was a newspaper published in Spanish in San Fran

Founded in 1875, the Native Sons of the Golden West is a fraternal organization dedicated to historic preservation of the state's historic struc...

Mounted and framed Bill of Fare. Pencil date on side says March 1869. Located at 507 and 509 Clay Street, San Francisco. Edges have been aged to give

Volumes 1 through 4 of 'Palou's New California', the translated personal accounts of Francisco Palou, a Spanish missionary and historian...

A six inch thick archive of E Clampus Vitus from the files of long time member N. Kirschenbaum, an important mining chemical engineer. circa 1980s-90s

Newspaper pages from the Monday January 1, 1894 Los Angeles Times, highlighting the 1894 Midwinter Fair in San Francisco. There are several illustrati

A Port Costa Flour advertising piece calendar from 1899. This framed and matted piece measures 22"x 28", is in excellent condition and rea...

A couple of old silver pieces from the "City By the Bay," San Francisco. First is a silver nameplate from Shreve & Company, the iconi...

Framed 1896 Crocker's Guide Map of San Francisco. Colorful San Francisco street map, scale 2000' to 1". Map 20x25", 31x35" wa...

A 1910 map of the waterfront of San Francisco. This piece measures 17"x 44" and was done by Assistant State Engineer Ralph Barker. It cove...

Rare. San Francisco Bay Metropolitan Area map printed by Pacific Gas & Electric in 1944. Color. Even shows the site for the proposed Golden Gate...

1886 San Joaquin Valley map by California State Engineering Dept. Scale 1" to 3 miles. 20x34.5". Margins are trimmed, 2 edge chips, 4"...

1979 reprint of History of San Luis Obispo, California with Illustrations. 408pp with index. ^ Date: 1979 Country (if not USA): State: California Ci

A copy of 'History of Santa Clara County, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who have been Identi...

Two black and white photo portraits of people at the Veterans Home at Sawtelle, California. 1) 12 x 10 inch mat with a couple of dozen people sitting

Original Republican ticket in California from the 1860-1861 gubernatorial election, with Leland Stanford running for Governor and J.F. Chellis for Lt.

CDV of California outlaw Tiburcio Vasquez. It measures 2.5"x 4.5".with D.S. Boydston Photographer, Volcano. There is some doubt that Vas...

John Muir, Famed Conservationist & Author, ALS, Yosemite Valley, 1872 by Grant Peterson, 2025 INTRO A fantastic partial letter (ALS) from...

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

Approx. 75 total. 4 plastic sleeves w/four cards in each sleeve. Color and B/W. Four photo packets (S.F., L.A. and San Diego). Eight separate post

Lot of 3. 1) Lands Granted to the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. in California. Sheet No. 2, Nov. 9, 1907. Onion paper map shows forest reserves, count

Large map of central California and the Bay Area, including Lake Tahoe. Mounted on linen. No publisher or date given. Does show several California rai

Lot of 36. Box labels, National Forest map, pocket diary, musical score, calendar, photos of Santa Barbara mission-hotels, ads , post cards , env

Lot of 35. 1) Twenty-four CDVs. Includes: Grass Valley (Halsey), San Francisco (Tuttle & Benedict, Bradley & Rulofson, JH Peters), Modesto (...

TOKEN KNOWN FOR THIS MERCHANT! Office of AD Clark, proprietor Crawford House and Horseshoe Saloon. Choice Liquors and Cigars Always on Hand. Vignette

Five pieces from Colorado: pin badge from the Festival of Mountain & Plain, Denver Oct. 5,6,7 1897. 4 inches long. Three wooden nickels from May...

A copy of the 'Youth's Companion' to the 1893 Columbian Exposition of Chicago. Contains descriptions of some Exposition exhibits as well...

Eight unaddressed embossed envelopes with two cents postage from the 1892 Columbian Exposition celebration. Upper left corner: Return to R. B. Buckley

Choice, 24x20" original You Can't Jail the Revolution. Stop the Trial, Free the Conspiracy 8 poster. "The poster is unsigned, but alth...

Postmaster appointment certificate issued to Thomas H. Clark as postmaster to the office in Manhattan, Putnam County, Indiana. It is signed by W.T. B