LIVE AUCTION #23

CALIFORNIA-CANADA

219. California. Alpine. Monitor. Imperial Silver Quarries Co Ltd. Cert. #542. Incorporated in London, 1866. Issued to Miss Philippina Hermana Antoinette Schimmelpfennick in 1868 for 250 shares. Signed by Poulett and Charles Tousada, directors, and L. Chalmers as secretary. Vignette of spread-winged eagle at sea with ship in the background. Black border on crème paper. “Silver Mountain Monitor District” printed on left end. Uncancelled. Datelined London.

Lewis Chalmers was active mine owner of several districts in California. He was one of the vocal protesters to the new mining laws in 1872. He felt that as a foreign owner of a mine, the laws allowed for the government to take that property away without warning (Spence, 1995). The Imperial is on the Monitor side of the divide, and at Monitor. By 1872, they had driven a quarter mile drift in an attempt to reach the ten parallel lodes they had located, having reached two of them. This company was reported for several years by Raymond in Mineral Statistics West of the Rocky Mountains (1870, 1872). Very fine, with only slight discoloring in center. Trimmed tight at left edge. 6 1/4 x 10 3/4.” Est. $350-600

220. California. Amador. Amador City. Keystone Cons Mining Co. Cert #969. Incorporated in Madison, Wisconsin. Issued to Joseph Brown for 100 shares in 1882. Signed by N. McBride president and H. H. Somstead secretary. Vignettes at upper corners of a “10” that resembles currency. Black border with red wax seal. Uncancelled. Printer - J. Knauber & Co, Milwaukee. 5 x 9”. Datelined Chicago, Ill.

This company owned property near Amador City. There were two shafts to almost 1000 feet deep and mine was paying dividends. The overall appearance of the certificate resembles US Currency. Unique. Very fine. Est. $200-400

221. California. Butte. Chico. Oaks Hotel Ledgers, 1917-1925. Lot of 2 different ledgers. (1) Minutes Book of Hotel Oaks Company, Incorporated Sept 21, 1917. 300pps, only 37 pages used. 9.5 x 14.5”, extremely fine. (2) Stock Ledger. Alphabetically organized for stock purchases. Several loose legal documents within ledger. 117pps. Wear to spine and corners. Fine. Est. $150-300 (no illustration)

222. California. Calaveras. Angels Camp. Slavonic I. B. S. Angels Camp Ribbon. Hanger has color celluloid of hands shaking. White, blue and red ribbon with “Slavonic I. B. S. Angels Camp, Cal. (pic of wreath surrounding hands shaking)

Branch of S. I. B. S. Sutter Creek, Cal.” Lettering in gold gilt. Reverse is black with silver lettering. 2.5 x 8”. Reverse is near mint, parade side is very fine. Metal tassels. Est. $75-150

223. California. Calaveras. Carson Hill. Carson Hill Original Photographs, c.1940. Lot of 10 pcs. 8 of the photos are 3.5 x 5.5” showing 4 different views that all have duplicates. The other 2 photos are different panoramas of Carson Hill. All very fine. Est. $100-200

224. California. Calaveras. Carson Hill. Chaparral Hill Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #66. Incorporated in 1863. Issued to Emil K. Stevenot for 502 shares in 1867. Signed by Gab K. Stevenot president and Or de Senailhoc secretary. Vignette by Loomis, signed at bottom left, showing a building with an adit at left and horse drawn truck in front. Blue border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - Towne & Bacon, SF. 6 x 10”. Datelined San Francisco. “Albany Falt and Carson Hill District, Calaveras County, Cal.” printed at top. Very fine.

This important certificate involves one of the many rich mines that make up the Carson Hill gold deposit, in modern times a large open pit mine. The Stevenot family has been long known for another form of California gold, wine. Today, Stevenot wines are considered as some of the premium wines of Calaveras County. This is the first and earliest Carson Hill certificate we have handled in 20 years. For a related Stevenot Certificate, please see Arizona, Anglo-Mexican Land Co.

Est. $600-1000

225. California. Calaveras. Mokolumne. Pride of the West Silver Mining Co. Two un-numbered certificates attached on one sheet. Incorporated in 1868. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of a star over the foothills of Calaveras County. Black border. Uncancelled. Whole sheet, 10 x 15”. Datelined Stockton, 186x. “Mokelumne (sic) District, Amador County” printed at right side of certificate. Printer - H. S. Crocker & Co, Sacramento. Stubs attached at left. Minor foxing and spotting. Very fine. Est. $100-200

226. California. Calaveras. Sonora. Wells, Fargo & Co Express Receipts, 1906 & Wells, Fargo & Co Express Tariffs, San Francisco, 1901. Lot of 3 different pcs. (1) Express Tariffs from San Francisco via Wells, Fargo & Co Express. To all Express Offices in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. June 1, 1901. 92pps, 6 x 9”. Lists all the cities serviced by Wells, Fargo & Co Express and the costs of shipment. Book has been folded with crease down middle. (2-3) Money Order Receipts, 1906, datelined Sonora, Cal. Received from Tuol(umne) County Bank, Bullion from Selby Co. All fine.

Est. $200-400

227. California. Contra Costa. Richmond. Mechanics Bank of Richmond Bank Bag. Cotton canvas, natural color, with “The Mechanics Bank // of Richmond // Member F.D.I.C.” printed in black. In center is a large circle with “III” inside. Bag measures 10 x 19” and has drawstring cord at top. Est. $100-200

228. California. El Dorado. Placerville. General Store Original Photograph, c. 1900. Photograph of three people, two men and a woman, in a general store with an inventory of glass lamp shades, stove bolts and other items. Next to the counter is a crate with “Placerville, Cal.” written on it. M. Camarii Photo, 692 Filbert St., S.F. Cal. Meas. 8 x 10, including matte. Est. $100-300

229. California. General. California Photo Postcards of Various Locations. Lot of 5pcs. Yosemite Falls, Holtville, CA, Mission San Miguel, old mill near St. Helena, and Willows, CA., 1918. Est. $65-120

230. California. General. Income Properties of California Co & Hopkins Oil Co. Lot of 2 certificates. Income Properties of California, issued in 1929, signed, uncancelled, printed by Carlisle & Co, great vignette of a skyscraper skyline, green border, 8 x 12. Hopkins Oil Co, issued in 1907, signed, uncancelled, vignette of an oil field, black border with red print accents, bronze seal and safety print, 8 x 11”. Fine. Est. $75-150

231. California. Gold Rush. California Gold Ingot. CAL GOLD / XXI KT // XII / DWTS8 DOLS. Loop at left edge, for suspension? 0.60 troy ozs. 33mm x 10mm x 3mm thick. This ingot was made by a jeweler, possibly from a miner’s placer gold. It was a keepsake, worn as a necklace. We believe it dates from the 1860-1880 period. We ran this in a previous sale and it was not paid for. Est. $2000-4000

232. California. Gold Rush. Gold Rush Era Illustrated Documents. Lot of 4 pcs. (1) Mormon Bar, On The North Fork, American River by C. V. Cooper Del., Brown & Severin Lith.5.25 x 8.25”. Nice sketch of classic Mother Lode foothills showing several miners panning at the river’s edge. (2) The Gold Region in Upper California. Encampment in the Sacramento Valley. This scene appeared in Holden’s Dollar Magazine, Vol. III, New York, April, 1849, No. IV. Shows several 49’ers relaxing at camp in a wide open valley. Artist - Richardson, SC. N.Y. (3) Illustrated Lettersheet. “Sold by Charles Magnus, 13 Frankfort Street, New York.” Captioned Panorama of San Francisco. Scene shows the early days of San Francisco, c.1855. Vignette is nearly 1/3 of the sheet. (4) Last item is not an illustrated piece. Poll Tax receipt from Placer County, 1851, for M. D. Fairchild, signed by H. J. Holmes, 2 x 8”. All fine to very fine. Est. $200-400

233. California. Gold Rush. Gold Rush Letter, San Francisco, 1858. Three manuscript pages datelined San Francisco, Nov 4, 1858. The letter is written to a family member and discusses some goings-on with the writer. The writer’s brother, Giles, had just left for Sutter to try his luck because, after returning from the North, the writer was not able to recommend him for any positions. It seems that Giles does not have any “professional” skills and poor penmanship. The writer appears to be well connected suggesting that if Giles had better penmanship or bookkeeping skills, he could easily have gotten a job. 8 x 10”. Very fine. Est. $100-200

234. California. Gold Rush. Miner’s Guide & Metallurgist’s Directory, 1849 by J. W. Orton. Published by A. S. Barnes & Co, Cincinnati. The name Robert Murray is written on one of the inside pages. Robert Murray was an assistant surgeon with Company B of the California Volunteers, coming west in 1846. There is a vignette of a placer gold mining scene below the title. 86pps plus 10 pps of advertising in the back. Geologic cross sections face the title page. 4 x 6”, gilt lettering on spine: “The Miner’s Guide”, brown cloth with floral designs. Dark discoloration along top edge and a lower right corner, the latter penetrating through entire work. Wear to front lower right wear board material. The book states in the preface that is intended for those “without a large library”, and to be “an indispensable companion to enable the miner to assay, extract…the useful metals.”

The basis of the book is a discussion of the metals and their properties, with methodology of identification. Orton describes the assay process with the old terminology “docmastic art.” He discusses quicksilver amalgamation in detail and other sound, and clearly written advice. But there is insufficient detail from which to render quantitative assays for gold ores containing silver; thus, the miner would get incorrect higher assays for gold using the methods described in this book. For the general gold ores found in most of the Mother Lode region of California, this methodology would be adequate, though nowhere near as accurate as it could be. This is clearly a book intended for California miners - an attempt to educate them about metals and to some degree about geology.

Unlike some other similar works of this period, Orton knows his subject matter very well and has illustrated important points in carefully flowing language that makes sense (granted that this description here is written by a mining geologist, it might otherwise be undecipherable to others). While Orton has used the term “directory” here it is with regard to a directory of metals, through Orton did not use these terms. No mention is made of California by name. This book was Orton’s first work, according to the family history. In 1879, he was appointed Professor of Natural History at Vassar College. James Orton also wrote Underground Treasures several years later, a book highlighting some of the fascinating aspects of geology. (ref: An Account of the Descendants of Thomas Orton of Windsor, CT, be Ed Orton, Professor of Geology, Ohio State College, 1896). This book came with a large collection of gold rush maps and diaries from Forest Hill. It is not listed in Howes, Kurutz, Graff nor Streeter and has no auction sales history, though we had another copy several years ago, which is now in an institutional collection. Only two copies were located, that of the Minnesota Historical Society and the California State Library. Not in NUC, RLIN nor COPAC. We believe it is an essential tool for the educated man who came to California as a 49’er. Its tie to San Francisco and Auburn make it a classic Gold Rush era book. Extremely Rare. We ran this in a previous sale and it was not paid for. Est. $2500-5000

235. California. Gold Rush. Scenes De La Vie Californienne, 1859. Written in French. Title page reads, following the title, Par F. Gerstacker Traduites De L’Allemand Par Gustave Revilliod. Published by Imprimerie De Jules-Gme Fick, 1859. 260 pgs. The table of contents reveals 6 chapters, including events at Mission de Dolores, Stockton, the French Revolution, San Francisco, Mexican

gold mines of California, and “L’Hindou.” Meas. 6 x 9.” Some interior stains which do not interfere with the legibility of the text. 6 etched plates. VF. A rare volume.

Est. $400-600

236. California. Gold Rush. William “Will” January Manuscript Letter, 1850. 4pp Letter of a California ‘49er, William “Will” January, writing in Feb 1850 of his trip across the plains in 1849 from St. Joseph, Missouri to the Feather River Country through Nevada. Some of the quotes are priceless:

Enclosed you will find a small specimen of Feather River gold…further down the river it is even smaller. - I hope to get lumps this summer, as large as a tea cup, but I fear I won’t.

The letter is from three brothers from Kentucky to their grandmother written in good humor.

I am fully persuaded that none of our friends can write, but that is no reason that they should not let us hear from them!… We have determined to take to hard drinking if we do not hear from home shortly…

Brother is John James January, who just got married. The letter mentions Long’s Bar, “a little city of tents about 5 miles below us”

our company (across the plains) consisted of William Robertson, William Winston, A. S. Winston, Dr. Winston, Mr. Woods, Churchill Bohannon, Porter Bohannon, William Hasbro, Thomas Finney, Charles Naylor, J. M. Cromwell, M. Simpson, John James, Sam Garrett, Will January. We had three wagons and 12 yoke of cattle …Mr Hoods died of cholera a short distance from St. Joeseph. Cromwell, Finney and Naylor separated from us at Fort Laramie. … The company divided a short distance from the Green River. ..

Our team broke down 12 miles from the Humboldt River. We gave our cattle to the wagon traveling with us…packed through to the settlements on one Indian pony…we were very hungry most of the time until we arrived at Lassen’s, the first ranch on our road. John and Sam stopped on the Feather River and I went on to Sacramento City where I remained until December (1849)…

do not know when I will come home……(if I get) ten thousand dollars I will come home this winter…

I have neither room nor time to explain the reasons our company had for splitting up on the plains…

If I should make twenty five thousand dollars this summer I would advise everyone that can make a living at home to remain there in preference to coming out here to make fortunes…

I walked up from Bidwell yesterday with thirty pounds of provisions on my back.” (Bidwell’s Bar is 25 miles below.)…

our claim is in the bed of the river. We will have to drain it by means of a wing dam….Sam and I…are making a cradle - some troughs - and a flutter wheel for our dam. A cradle is a machine with which we wash dirt - we design rocking it by water power.

Great California Gold rush ‘49er letter with excellecontent. Est. $400-600

237. California. Inyo. Ballarat. Headquarters / Saloon / Chris. Wight / Ballarat / Cal. // GF / 12 1/2 cents / IT. Rd., alum., 21 mm. AU/Unc. XF. Est. $500-1000

238. California. Inyo. Black Canyon. California-Nevada Mining & Milling Co. Cert. #78. Incorporated in Arizona Territory. Issued to George E. Austin in 1907 for 2000 shares. Signed by Brinton Grefous, president, and Edward S. Follett, secretary. Three mining scenes above masthead. Gilt border, safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes. 8 x 11. The company operated in Black Canyon, 16 miles SE of Bishop, California. Two small tears at fold edge margins. Est. $100-200

239. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Chloride Cliff. Keane Wonder Mining Co. Cert #688. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to J. H. A. Spangler for 200 shares in 1915. Signed by W. H. Miller vice president and George G. Thomson secretary. Vignette of mine site and mill buildings. Brown border. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 9.5 x 12.5”.

The mine was discovered by Jack Keane in April, 1904, when he found rich gold quartz ore at the surface in the Chloride Cliff district. Keane was a prospector from Ballerat, a mining camp in the Panamint Range. Keane brought in financiers, but the rich deals he cut couldn’t hold up and he suffered from the greed of having a good mine. Even promoter L. L. Patrick tried his hand at the mine finding $1 million in ore, but not enough to justify the purchase of $160,000. In 1906, John Campbell offered $250,000 for the mine and formed the Keane Wonder MC. Keane began to fall apart, getting involved in a gunfight, killing a person and landing in jail. The mine had small amount of high grade ore production. Red stain affecting lower edge. Good to fine. Est. $250-500

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240. California. Inyo. Death Valley. Pacific Coast Borax Co Illustrated Letterhead, 1891. Illustrated vignette of the famous 20 mule train transporting borax out of Death Valley. Datelined San Francisco, 1891. Typed note sent to J. H. Strachan, Teels Marsh, Nevada. Very fine.

Est. $100-200

241. California. Inyo. Wild Rose. Wild Rose Mining Co. Cert. #263. Incorporated in South Dakota, 1906. Issued to W. W. Curtis in 1906 for 100 shares. Signed by W.B. Gray, president, and U. V. W. Thie, secretary. Vignette at top center of a mill next to a stream with two smaller vignettes of miners working underground. Black border with gilt seal and gold safety print. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes form, by Wood’s Red Seal-Print, Los Angeles. 6 x 10.

The company owned property in the Skidoo and Needles districts in the Panamint Mountains of Inyo County. There were two shafts that were argentiferous and auriferous copper ore. In 1910, the company was listed as idle and presumed moribund [Copper Handbook, 1910, p. 1821]. Very minor creasing and tiny chip missing on right edge. VF. Est. $100-200

242. California. Lake. Wilbur Springs. California Quicksilver Mines Co. Cert #0000. Specimen. Unissued, unsigned. Vignette of a spread winged eagle. Green border and vignette. Cancelled by hole punches in signature lines. Printer - Franklin Lee Division, ABN. 7 x 12”. “Specimen” printed in red along signature lines. Mine located at Wilbur Springs in Lake County and was producing 300 flasks per month in 1956. (Mines Register, 1956, p.87). Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

243. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, 1874. Certificate of Deposit #491. Receipt for Thos. Farley, November, 28, 1874. Signed by John G. Downey, president. Vignette at upper right of young woman seated. Blue rubber stamp cancellation at lower right, near Downey signature. Printed at top: John G. Downey, president I. W. Hellman, cashier”. Printer - Britton & Rey, SF. Dark water stain, glue stain, at left edge where documentary stamp may have been. 3.5 x 8.5”. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was the first incorporated bank in Los Angeles, founded in 1871 by John G. Downey and Isaias W. Hellman, a successful merchant, real estate speculator and banker, and brother of Hermann W. Hellman. The Farmers and Merchants Bank was the oldest bank in Southern California from 1871 until 1956 when it was merged into the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles. The story of the Farmers and Merchants Bank coincides with the development of Los Angeles, particularly in the formative period from 1870 to 1900.

John G. Downey, California’s seventh governor and only foreign-born governor, was born on June 24, 1827, in County Roscommon, Ireland. He was educated in the schools of Ireland, was a druggist by profession, and in 1849, he immigrated to California during the gold rush craze. Downey became a successful businessman with interests in real estate and cattle ranching. He prospered in Southern California, where the town of Downey is named after him.

Downey entered politics in 1859 when he was elected lieutenant governor of California. Governor Milton S. Latham resigned from office on January 14, 1860, and Lieutenant Governor Downey assumed the governor’s office. During his tenure, work began on the capitol building in Sacramento, the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California was formed, and the first pony express rider reached San Francisco. Governor Downey vetoed the “bulkhead bill,” which would have allowed a monopoly ownership of San Francisco’s waterfront, and the first telegraph line was connected linking the East and the West Coasts. The Civil War started during Downey’s administration, and the legislature committed the state’s support to the Union. Downey left office on January 10, 1862, and returned to his business interests in Los Angeles County. Governor John G. Downey died on March 1, 1894, and is buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, California.

In 1871, with I. W. Hellman, Downey established the Farmers and Merchants Bank. Because plans had been completed to bring the Southern Pacific Railroad to Los Angeles, with branch lines out of the city, he foresaw the importance of communities along these railways. On his own ranch, he laid out a town and named the community Downey. The first home was erected there 1873. Two years later, Downey had many homes, a hotel, two churches, a school, and a newspaper.

In 1874, he started East Los Angeles, using in his publicity such slogans as “Splendid Home sites for All.” Among his many other accomplishments were the attracting of many immigrants to the region, bringing in the first artesian well in the district on some land near Compton, and being one of the founders of the Pioneer Oil Company.

He also helped organize the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (then called the Board of Trade), the second horse car line in the community, and the Los Angeles Public Library.

Downey’s life was saddened by a terrible railroad accident that occurred January 29,1883. He and his wife were on a southbound train that had stopped at Techachapi Station, near the summit of the Techachapi Mountains. The locomotive was detached and was taking on water when suddenly the train began to move down the slope, gained momentum, and at great speed plunged into a ravine below. The old-fashioned stoves and lamps set fire to the cars. More than 20 people died, and others were crushed and burned. Among those who lost their lives was Mrs. Downey. For years Downey suffered from nervous shock. He died in his home in Los Angeles about 10 years later. (bk). Very fine. Est. $200-400

244. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Los Angeles, 1872. Certificate of Deposit #344. Receipt for Peter Laney, November 30, 1872. Signed by Isaias Wellman. Vignette of young woman at upper left. Identical style to check listed above.

Isaias William Hellman arrived in L.A. in 1859 and began work as dry goods clerk; manager and president, Hellman, Temple and Co., bankers, 1868-71. He began in banking at Los Angeles in 1868 and founded the Farmers and Merchants Bank in 1871 and was its president from 1876-1920,: In 1890, he moved to San Francisco and he incorporated the Union Trust Company, the first trust company in California. Isaias William Hellman was president. He was also president, Bankers’ Investment Co. Director: U.S. National Bank (Portland, Ore.), So. Pacific Co., many other corporations. He was also appointed to Regents of the University of California to fill un-expired term of Regent D. O. Mills, 1881-86; reappointed, 1886-1902; reappointed, 1902-18.

His home was located at 2020 Jackson St. office 2 Montgomery St., San Francisco, California. The bank operated from his home on Jackson Street after the main branch was destroyed in the 18-Apr-1906 Fire and Earthquake. His son and grandson were later presidents of Wells Fargo Bank.

Isaias William Hellman was also a co founder of the University of Southern California (USC). In 1879, in partnership with Ozro W. Childs and John G. Downey, 308 lots were deeded to the Board of Trustees, located in an area designated “West Los Angeles,” near the intersection of Figueroa Street and Exposition Blvd. Sales of the lots were to create an endowment to provide seeds of financial support for the institution. A portion of the land, located within the original land grant establishing El Pueblo de la Reina (Reyna) de Los Angeles, was to be reserved for the actual campus. The university opened in 1880 with 53 students and 10 teachers. (bk). Very fine. Est. $200-400

245. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Frauds in Lands of California, 1876. “Decision of Secretary of Interior. Resolutions of Assembly of California Legislature. Act of Legislature of California “To Provide for an examination into the Sale and Disposal of State Lands.” Senate Bill No 805, and House Bill No. 3364, identical, proposing to confirm illegal Indemnity School Selections in California. Protest of State Land Commission. Petition of a Thousand Citizens of Los Angeles Valley, California, and Facts. 10pps, original purple wrap covers. Minor color fading of wrap. 6 x 9”. This booklet outlines the process that two primary pre-emptors, George C. B. Selby and James McEvoy, to overturn land deals by the State of California, 1876. The pages are filled with the legal process that had yet taken place. The final portion outlines the petition put forth by the attorneys, Gould and Blanchard of Los Angeles. The petition outlines the facts as the petitioners see them: (1) The greatest frauds, in land, ever perpetrated in the civilized world have been carried on in California in pretended lieu land, or State indemnity selections. (2) These pretended and fraudulent selections have deprived hundreds of bona fide settlers of their homes, together with their improvements and accumulations of years of patient toil. (3) These frauds have been carried on by a few men - not extensively by more than five or six - who have sought to acquire vast tracts of land illegally and wickedly, for speculative purposes. (4) So organized has been this infamous arrangement that, either through ignorance, fraud or bribery, Government officials, both State and National, have yielded to its demands. The are 11 such facts listed as to why the petition is being put forth. A wonderful insight into the early legal battles of California land grants. Extremely fine. Est. $200-400

246. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Breakfast Club Membership, 1931. Made to look like a legitimate stock certificate, Membership Cert. #534. Incorporated in California. Issued to Ivon D. Parker in 1931 for 2500 shares. Signed by W.T. Kester, Chairman and L.D. Hollingsworth, secretary. Masthead has vignette of a toy horse, and a shield containing a handshake, horseshoe, and tools with “The Shrine of Friendship” printed over a banner stating “The Breakfast Club.” Over the horse are the letters OICVFMNX (“Oh I see we have ham and eggs”). Top corners have drawings of crossed planks with Friendship, Humanity, Hospitality, Horses printed on the “wood,” above which is printed: “Hello Ham!” “Hello Egg” and “‘The Democracy of Ham and Eggs.” “Non-political Non sectarian Non-partizan (sic).” Bottom right corner is vignette of a horseshoe-shaped table with people seated around and a grass roof. An American flag is in the center and what looks to be three people and a piano. Plain white paper with green and gilt border, green and gilt print, and gilt seal. Uncancelled. Printer: T.V. Allen Co., L.A. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2.”

The Breakfast Club was formed initially in 1925 by business and professional men who gathered together to ride hoses in Griffith Park every morning before work. Then they would eat breakfast together in the park. That social event grew and soon weekly breakfast rides and meetings evolved into an established organization with membership rolls, and big name entertainment. They emphasized friendship, good-natured silliness and ham n’ eggs. Many prominent names are associated with the club, including Tom Mix, Cecil B. DeMille, Darryl Zanuk, Louis B. Mayer, the Warner Brothers and William Randolph Hearst. Ivon D. Parker was a long-time Southern California horseman and Thoroughbred breeder, and helped found the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Posse, among other accomplishments. The club still exists but in a much reduced role from its earlier prominence. Est. $750-1500

247. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Los Angeles Fobs & Hotel Tag. Lot of 3 pcs. Hotel Tag is from the King Edward Hotel, Rm. 25, Los Angeles, Ca. Copper, 1.5” diameter. One fob, rectangular

metal, reads: I Am From / Los Angeles / Where The/ H’___ / Are You From. 1.5 x 2.” Third piece is a round metal fob, brass over copper?, which reads: For Detroit / Where Life / Is Worth Living / 1910 // B.P.O.E. / Los Angeles / 1909. Mfg. in Detroit. 1 .25” diameter. Est. $100-200

248. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Order of Eastern Star, Guiding Star Chapter No. 50 Ribbon. Hanger has ornate gold colored border with plastic covered label in center: “Order of Eastern Star.” Attached by chains to pinback are two pendants: one a black/white plastic rectangle with “Member” on the face; beneath that a circular celluloid pendant with ornate gold-colored border, ivory ground with colored star in center. Ribbon is striped satin in blue/yellow/white/green/red with gold lettering: “Guiding Star // Chapter No. 50 // O.E. S. // Los Angeles, Cal.” Metal fringe at end. Reverses to funeral style. 8” overall length. Est. $50-100

249. California. Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Order of Eastern Star, Symphony Chapter No. 43 Ribbon. Hanger has ornate gold colored border with plastic covered label in center: “Order of Eastern Star.” Attached by chains to pinback are two pendants: One is rectangular plastic black/white “Member” bar; and beneath that a circular ivory celluloid pendant with ornate gold-colored border and a colored star in center. Ribbon in blue/yellow/white/green/rose striped satin, with metal fringe at the end. Reverses to black funeral ribbon. Overall 8.” Est. $50-100

250. California. Los Angeles. Pasadena. Wharton Original Matted Photograph, 1890. Havasupai Mother and Baby. Faded photograph shows barefooted woman standing, wearing voluminous dress trimmed in lace, with small boy riding “piggy back.” Photograph marked “Copyright, 1890 / G. Wharton James, /Pasadena, Cal.” Photo is glued to cardboard backing and written on the back is: “Havasupai mother & baby / Pana Mahiza 1890 / Wharton James / Photography.” 3 3/4 x 6 1/4”. Est. $50-100

251. California. Merced. Dos Palos. Flory’s General Store Trade Tokens, Dos Palos, Cal. Lot of 5. One for $5, one for 50 cents, one for 10 cents and two for 5 cents. All from Flory’s General Store. Est. $50-75

252. California. Mono. Bodie. Bodie & Benton Railway & Commercial Co. Cert #60. Incorporated in California. $1000 Bond issued in 1886. Signed by H. M. Yerington president and Wilson J. McKenzie secretary. Fabulous vignette of a steam train next to a saw mill with oxen pulling in large logs all set in a small valley with a mountainous backdrop. Signatures slightly obscured by cancellation hole punches. Black border and print. Cancelled by hole punches. Printer - Britton & Rey, SF. 15 x 16”. 4 of the original 10 coupons have been cashed in. The line ran from Bodie to Mono Mills and had branches to the Woodyard and Standard Mine. We will be offering ten of these bonds over the next two years. Extremely fine.

Est. $1000-1250

253. California. Mono. Bodie. Bodie Bluffs Cons Mining Co. No cert #. Incorporated in California. Unissued. Signed by Leland Stanford. Beautiful yellow and pink background (underprint). Spectacular vignette of Bodie Hill with eleven of the original properties attributed on the hill. Uncancelled. Printer - Agnew & Deffbach, SF. Datelined Aurora, Mono Co, Cal.

At the time of this certificate would have been issued, it was thought that Aurora was located in California. A detailed survey soon found that Aurora was actually in Esmeralda County. Mono then lost out on the revenue taxes from the Aurora mines. Stanford invested in Bodie unsuccessfully in the early 1860’s. He sold out before the big discoveries were made and never profited from the Bodie bonanza. Stanford went on to a great career as a financier, primarily for the Central Pacific RR. He began a university named for his son, Stanford University. These certificates are extremely rare signed, and only 2 are known that are actually issued. Extremely fine. Est. $750-1500

254. California. Mono. Bodie. Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. Envelopes, Walla Walla, Washington. Lot of 25 similar pcs. Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. banner on every piece. All are 9” long by 2 2.5” wide. A. B. Stewart ran drug stores in Bodie, Virginia City, Silver City, and Gold Hill before moving to Washington in the mid 1880’s. He was one of the first to attempt “franchising” of drug stores on the west coast, but his early efforts failed. This lot contains 25 envelopes from Stewart’s drug store in Walla Walla, 1888-1889 known as the Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. The envelopes are 9” long and 2” wide and may have held pills. They are ornately engraved with raised print.

Stewart bought the Walla Walla store in 1888 in an attempt to have a larger reign over the retail drug business in Washington. Within a year of the acquisition, however, Stewart realized that the wholesale drug trade offered more than his small retail drug stores would ever make. With his partner Holmes, Stewart went on to build the largest wholesale drug business on the north coast, ulti

mately purchased and merged into the McKesson-Robbins firm of today. These envelopes were found in the old drug store building. Extremely Rare. Est. $150-300

255. California. Mother Lode. Mother Lode Area Trade Cards. Lot of 4 different albums. (1) Book 1, 29pp front & back of trade cards. Locals include La Grange, Modesto, Stockton, San Francisco, Sacramento, Oleta, etc., about 4-6 per pg, or about 250pcs. (2) About 50pp front & back, Sonora, San Francisco, Jamestown etc. about 2-3/pg, or about 200-300. (3) About 20pp front and back, approx. 100 pcs. (4) Basically blank, but the book cover is of the battleship Oregon, very fancy and collectible. About 550 pieces, some valuable local cards. Est. $500-1000

256. California. Napa. Camp G. W. Annes, Napa Original Photograph, 1902. Matted photograph showing soldiers lined up before the flag, tents and camp housing in background. Size 5 x 8”, photo only. Inscribed on the back: “Camp ‘G. W. Annes’ Napa Cal June 4, 1902. In loving rememberance (sic) to Rev. Annes after whom our camp was named and to whom we owe a weeks pleasant outing.” (Signed) Frank R. McReynolds Captain ‘Vallejo Signal Corps’ Photo is light, possibly slightly over-exposed. Fine condition. Est. $75-150

257. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Grass Valley & Nevada City Vicinity Map, 1897. Compiled by Chas. E. Uren, C. E. Published by Rand, McNally. 38 x 44”. Framed under Plexiglas with brown wood frame. Appear to not be glued to backing. Cloth backing. Map 1 x 3” piece missing from right. Right edge of map is affected what appears to be water staining, 3” in x 30” up from lower right. Other minor brown spotting. Wear to edges, but does not detract. Color accents along claim and district boundaries. Town of Grass Valley located left of middle center. Town of Nevada City located in upper right quadrant. Map has mining district boundaries shown: Rough & Ready at left, Grass Valley at lower half, Nevada at upper half. Mining claims are shown with their respective claim names. Streams, lakes and roads are annotated. No topography. Land ownership is also outlined and annotated as to the owner. Fabulous map. Fine.

Est. $500-1000

258. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Grass Valley Pocket Diaries, 1874-1885. Group of ten annual pocket diaries with one page per day plus two other account books, 1874-1885 non-complete. In this set of diaries are the well documented activities of John Thomas, who goes to and from Nevada City and Grass Valley nearly every day, possibly from his home at Lincoln. His chief business appears to be lumber, which he cuts, hauls, splits and delivers mostly to mine customers. He apparently also cuts and delivers fire wood to residents of those communities. The diaries mention classic mine timber: poles and lagging. Thomas did most of his business with the Idaho Mine, a famous and large mine at Grass Valley, and the Providence Mine, noted in Raymond (Mineral Resources West Of the Rocky Mountains, 1874, p128) as a mine in Nevada County. Irelan, in the Report of the State Mineralogist, 1888, p418 states that the Providence Mine is on Deer Creek near Nevada City. At that time, the shaft was more than 1300 feet deep, and much work was going on the 1250 level.

Many of the local residents and businesses are mentioned, along with what their deliveries were and for how much. Thomas also noted regularly his needs and care for his horses and cows. Many mining companies are mentioned, and Thomas clearly had some difficulty in collecting his money. These are informative diaries, a good foundation for any study into the mine timber and wood business at Nevada City- Grass Valley. Est. $1200-2400

259. California. Nevada. Grass Valley. Washington Mining Co. Cert. #196. Incorporated in California, 1873. Issued to Herman Uphoff in 1879 for 1000 shares. Signed by H. Uphoff, president, and George Fletcher, secretary. Black on crème. 4 x 9. Cancelled by pen handwritten across face. Printer: Bancroft. Datelined Grass Valley. “Location: Grass valley Mining District, Nevada Co., Cal.” printed top right.

Located 6 l miles east of Washington on the Yuba River. Originally a German-owned company. Owned 450 acres, 20 stamp mill. Probably more than $1 millions produced. [Ref: CDMG Nevada County, 1918, pp. 256-7] Some minor foxing, wear at edges. Est. $100-150

260. California. Nevada. Malakoff Diggings. Malakoff Diggings & Placer Gold Mining Stereocards, c.1895. Lot of 2 stereocards. 1) Photo #1822 captioned “Malakoff Diggings, N. Bloomfield Mining Co., Nev. Co. Shows a large excavated site amid pine trees and hills, with a long flume from background to

foreground. Published by Watkins’ Pacific Coast, in San Francisco, producing “Photographic Views of California, Oregon, and the Pacific Coast generally…” 2) “Placer Gold Mining, Murphy ‘s California,” #651, shows town in the background against a small hillside and a mining cabin in mid-center surrounded by very torn up looking ground with large boulders in foreground. On reverse is handwritten, “Wesley Hunt No.17.” Published by American Scenery, and photo by C.L. Pond, Buffalo, N.Y. Both 3 1/2 x 7” on orange cards. Est. $75-150

261. California. Nevada. Tahoe. Emerald Bay Camp Letterhead with Manuscript Letter, 1916. Wonderful four page letter from J. V. Kimber to his mother May Kimber, 1916 written from the Emerald Bay Camp, Norm Salter proprietor, Lake Tahoe, Cal. Kimber details his trip to Tahoe made on foot from Placerville in a snow storm in May. Describes the trip well, having stayed at Strawberry in a barn and camped out every night on the pine needles. Hand written on Emerald Bay Camp printed stationery. Please see Colorado Gilpin Blackhawk (this catalog) for the full story of Kimber and the Gunnell mine. Est. $100-200

262. California. Nevada. Tahoe. Overland Trail from the Golden Gate to the Great Salt Lake, c.1900. Along the Southern Pacific - the Road of a Thousand Wonders. Original cover with color lithograph of a train crossing the Salt Lake at sunset. Original string binding. 24pps, 9.5 x 12”. First two pages are text about some of the illustrations. 22 color images, 6.5 x 8”, glued on gray paper, of scenes found along the trip. Most of the images are from the Sierra Nevada region of the trip. For example: Hydraulic Mining at Dutch Flat. Visitors’ Stop along the American River. Snow Shed at Lakeview. View of Donner Lake. Donner Pary Memorial. Lake Tahoe as seen from Mt. Watson. Two page panorama of the American River Canyon. Truckee River at Floriston. Downtown View of Reno, showing the Riverside Hotel. Truckee River Dam. With continuing views of eastern Nevada and Utah. Very fine. Est. $75-150

263. California. Oil. Early California Oil Well Photograph, “Valuable Papers” packet, Texas Centennial Expo 1936 Ticket, and Four Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company Coupons. Lot of 4 pcs. 1) Photograph of oil derrick, with workmen and dignitaries standing about, sign “Big 4 Oil & Gas.” May be a photograph of a discovery well in early California oil exploration, probably in the Central Valley. (Taken by) “Stoddard, 255 Oak St., S.F.” bottom left. Oak frame, matted, with glass. 2) Black covered accordion packet containing envelopes for valuable papers, containing: Cancelled checks signed by Belle Hilbert and A.J. Hilbert; Cemetery Deed, City of Sacramento, paid by Martin Hilbert; and City Cemetery Superintendent’s Certificate, 1883. 3) Texas Centennial Exposition Ticket, Dallas, 1936. 4) 4 State of Nevada Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company coupons for $25 each, on bond no. 538, signed by Geo. S. King, secretary, and due 1876-1881. Est. $75-125

264. California. Placer. Alta. Green Valley near Alta & Sugar Pine Tree Stereocards, c.1895. Lot of 2 stereocards. The Green Valley card is hand numbered “1” with handwritten caption. Shows a river winding through snow-dusted hillsides covered with rocks and brush. “Garrison” handwritten on the yellow card. Photos stained. “Sugar Pine Tree” is hand numbered “9” with handwritten caption. Shows sloping hillside with several pine trees (many in background), wooden barn and split rail fencing extending down the hillside. Photos are fairly soiled. Est. $75-150

265. California. Placer. Truckee River. Truckee River Stereocard, c.1895. Shows railroad tracks skirting the Truckee River with pine trees and rocks alongside. Looks like the section between Tahoe City and Truckee. There look to be pieces of firewood strewn beside the tracks on the off side from the river. “Garrison”? Handwritten at one end. Est. $50-100

266. California. Sacramento. Freeport. Freeport Railroad Co. Bond #83. $1000 Bond issued to bearer in 1864. Signed by F. L. A. Pioche president and I. P. Robinson secretary. Vignette of a river harbor with paddle wheelers and sailboats. Along the bank are several warehouses. Black border. 31 coupons attached along bottom, 5 of which have been cashed in. 4 coupons attached along right edge. Each of the coupons are signed by Geo. W. Morse. Uncancelled. Printer - Geo. H. Baker, SF. 17 x 20”. Datelined San Francisco.

F. L. A. Pioche was a San Francisco financier who is the namesake of Pioche, Nevada. Pioche was a railroad man. He was one of the key investors in the Sacramento Valley Railroad. He sold his stock in that line to the Central Pacific Railroad in 1864. That year, he started and was president of the Freeport Railroad, viz. this bond. It was organized the year before, and consisted at first of a ten mile stretch from a point on the Sacramento Valley RR to a spot on the Sacramento River near the Russian Embarcadero with the idea in mind of building a new landing site for Sacramento. The Freeport Railroad leased their rail line to the SVRR for $15,000 per year fro ten years in 1863. The new site became known as Freeport. The Freeport RR spent about $300,000 in construction of their line and in the support buildings and landing. The rail line was involved with a scuffle with Sacramento residents when the city built a levee right over the railroad tracks. They eventually paid to have the tracks relocated. Leland Stanford ran afoul of the SVRR folks and ordered a suspension of traffic to and from Freeport. It killed the railroad, and with it began one of the great monopolies, the “Big Four” Huntington, Hopkins, Stanford et al now controlled the railroads, stage lines, mail, and steamers. Pioche committed suicide. [Bancroft] This bond is previously unknown. This is a rare important San Francisco autograph on an important rare railroad bond. Extremely fine. Est. $1000-2000

267. California. Sacramento. Sacramento. Wells, Fargo & Co Express C. O. D. Illustrated Envelope, 1872. Printed in red, the top shows a vignette of a train pulling Wells, Fargo & Co box cars. Below vignette is “Wells, Fargo & Co’s Express. Sacramento.” From Secretary of State, Sacramento to P. J. Malone, Santa Clara. Dated April 13, 1872. C.O.D. delivery envelope. 4 x 9”. Very fine. Est. $100-200

268. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Adams & Co. Gold Rush Deposit Slip, 1854. Deposit Slip #36250. Deposited by David Supple for $350 in 1854. Vignette at top center of the Adams & Co. Express and Banking Office in San Francisco. Vignette at left of a man leaning on a pick with a gold pan at his feet. Signed by W. H. Harnden. Trimmed tight at bottom and at left edge. Printer: FuLeblanc & Strong, Lith by Britton & Rey, SF. Very fine. Est. $200-400

269. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Bank of California. Cert #00000. Specimen. Unissued, unsigned. Specimen in red on signature line. Vignette of spread winged eagle atop crag. Brown border and underprint. Cancelled by hole punches. Rubber stamp at upper right “Return to Record & Specimen Dept.” Printer - ABN. 7 x 11”. Datelined San Francisco. Extremely fine. Est. $100-200

270. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Black Bart Wanted Poster, 1882. Black Bart is perhaps the most famous stage coach robber in the American west. The romance surrounding him stems from the poetic notes he left behind after relieving Wells Fargo stage coaches of their treasure boxes. It all got its start in mid 1875 in Central California. The reward poster shows the first of his robberies with poetry on August 3, 1877 when Black Bart robbed a stage from Fort Ross to Russian River, a site on the California coast where the Russian River enters the Pacific Ocean, near where Jenner is today. He stole $300 in coin, a $300 check, and the mail, which may have had more money in it. On a way bill propped up on a rock under a tree nearby, he wrote part of his now-famous poem, recreated on the reward flyer:

Now I lay me down to sleep

To nail the coming morrow –

Perhaps success perhaps defeat

And everlasting Sorrow

I’ve labored long and hard for bread

for honor and for riches_

But on my corns too long you’ve tred

You fine haired sons of Bitches

let come what will I’ll try it on

My condition can’t be worse

And if there’s money in that box

Tis munny in my purse.

Black Bart

The Po8

This December 18, 1882, 4pp, 8 x 10” Wells, Fargo & Co. Black Bart flyer is about one of four different flyers known advertising a reward for this famous stage coach robber. This reward flyer is partially split along the fold edges. This flyer summarizes 16 different Black Bart stage coach robberies held throughout northern California. Black Bart worked the Mendocino routes, LaPorte in Sierra County, Weaverville and Shasta, San Juan and Marysville. His disguise was a flour sack mask placed over his

head with cut out eyes and “an old long linen duster to cover his person” and sacks over his boots. “In attacking a stage, he usually jumps out in front of the team, in a stooping posture” and shielded himself by hiding in front of the lead horses. He used a double barreled shotgun. The treasure box was broken into with a hatchet, which he apparently always left behind. Wells Fargo reported “He has never manifested any viciousness, and there is reason to believe that he is adverse to taking human life. He is polite to all passengers, and especially so to all ladies.” Bart traveled on foot, never seen with a horse. The flyer reports that his description, as seen by people who may have seen him, was that he was about 5’10”, 50 years old, skinny (155 pounds), gray hair, mustache and chin whiskers, with two front teeth missing.

Bart appears to have robbed his first stage on July 26, 1875 near Sonora, California. The sole entry for Black Bart in the Expressman’s Monthly of 1876 was found in the April, 1876, Vol 1, No 4 issue, page 122: “Stage Robberies - Compilation by Wells, Fargo & Co..” for July 26, 1875. “Sonora and Milton route, by one man, not captured.” Another robbery was attributed to Bart by Wells Fargo in December, 1875 as recounted by Hungerford in Wells Fargo, Advancing the American Frontier (1949). The Dec. 16th entry for Marysville and San Juan in the Expressman claimed that two men held up the stage, though Wells, Fargo later stated that this was also a Black Bart robbery. Except for another lone stage robber in southern Nevada-California who was caught in early 1876, there were no other single bandit robberies of Wells Fargo stages that year.

Black Bart appears to have stolen the Black Bart name from the Bartholomew Graham character in “The Case of Summerfield” published by the Sacramento Union in the early 1870’s.

As Black Bart robbed more stages, Wells Fargo got more involved. James Hume, chief of the Wells Fargo police, was infuriated with the polite robber. Hume was not used to not catching robbers after a short time, yet Black Bart continued to evade recognition and capture. Wells Fargo detective Harry Morse at the instruction of James Hume traced Bart’s trail. At least one author on the subject states that Bart had a dispute with Wells Fargo while he lived in Montana and promised to get even with the company.

Hume ultimately traced Bart through a handkerchief he left at one site, finding the specific laundry that cleaned the article in a search of 91 different laundries. After his 28th holdup, Black Bart was nearly caught, fleeing the scene as fast as he could run, leaving behind a handkerchief, hat, magnifying glass, and field glasses case. The handkerchief had a laundry mark “F.X.O.7.” It was the only clue Bart ever left. Bart was convicted of stage robbery and sentenced to six years, shortened to four for good behavior. When he got out, he said he was through with crime and poetry. He left San Francisco on Feb 28, 1888 without his possessions and was never heard of again. [www.sptddog.com].

Historian Ed Hungerford wrote in Wells Fargo, Advancing the American Frontier (1949) that Black Bart became more famous than Wells Fargo’s president Lloyd Tevis. He stated that Wells Fargo said Black Bart was the most difficult thief they ever had to catch.

This flyer is perhaps the quintessential California Outlaw piece. It is one of just a small number known, with perhaps six surviving specimens. It was issued at a time when Wells, Fargo and other American express companies were becoming alarmed at the rate of holdups: “The country is becoming cognizant of the fact, that there are growing up amongst us, bodies of desperate men organized as banditti, for the purpose of making raids and committing robbery in the smaller towns of the western States…” [The Expressman’s Monthly, October 1876, V1, No.10, p292.] Stage robberies gradually gave way to train robberies, which slowly disappeared after greater security was used. This is certainly a relic of one of the last of the great western bandits. Extremely rare. Est. $5000-10,000

271. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California Dry Dock Co. Bond #10. $1000 Bond issued to bearer in 1878. Signed by W. C. Gibbs secretary and Oliver Eldridge president. Vignette of a dry dock located along the shore of San Francisco Bay. Black border and print. Gilt seal. 20 coupons attached. Uncancelled. Printer - E. Basqui, SF. 15 x 22”. Endorsed on reverse by J. C. Flood and William Alvord.

James C. Flood was one of the great San Francisco entrepreneurs that successfully rolled into fortune. The owner of a saloon located right next to the San Francisco Stock Exchange, Flood and his partner William O’Brien soon became fast friends with John Mackay and James G. Fair, great speculators on the Comstock Lode. In 1868 Flood and O’Brien opened a stock brokerage firm and when Mackay and Fair tried to take control of several key Comstock properties, the four soon became partners and went on to make millions. Flood continued his shrewd business deals. He took over the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, at one time the largest

bank on the west coast, in 1881. He retired and turned over the reigns of the bank to an incompetent who broke the bank. [McDonald, Virginia City…1982, pp120-124].

Alvord was a key partner to Huntington, Hopkins, and Stanford as part of the Big Four. He was involved with most of the successful early railroads of California including the Placerville Railroad. He was at one time the president of the Bank of California. He started with a Hardware store in Marysville in 1853 and moved it to San Francisco where it thrived. Alvord was a favorite in San Francisco, serving on many philanthropic boards and was also elected Mayor. [Bancroft, History of California, v7.] Both autographs are extremely rare and these are two of the most powerful men in California’s nineteenth century history. Extremely fine. Est. $1000-2000

272. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. California Lottery Ticket. Original Nacional Company of San Francisco, Established January 1887, Regular Weekly Drawing Coupon. No. 3394. Brown and black print on tan paper. 2” x 5”. “…(Illegible)..Pay August 31st, 1915” “The O.L.L. and M. & F. Co.” printed on face with large blue M & F printed in center Only 20,000 numbers. On reverse are 2 vignettes. One of bare-chested man with hat holding scythe and another figure with sheaf of wheat. At opposite end is a vignette of a portrait of a woman in long dress wearing a hat standing in a field in front of a large tree, with other foliage and fence nearby. Purple border and print showing List of Payments / Approximations, Extraordinary / Approximations (of winnings) / Terminals / The Above Schedule is for a $4.00 Ticket, Fractions in Proportions. Xf. Est. $150-300

273. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Elite Photo Studio Cabinet Card Photo, 1890. View of a boy standing by a tricycle with dog partly visible. Studio notes “Traveling, 1890,” and “Permanent Address 107 Grove Street, San Francisco.” Reverse has, “Mrs. Grant, Lodi.” 5 x 7”. VF. Est. $50-100

274. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Eureka Homestead Association. Lot of 8. Stock installment receipt No’s.64 (3), 66 (2), and 71 (2). Seven $10 installment received of E. Ellery in 1862 and 1863 (three no. 64, two no.66, one no.65 and one no.71), and John Brazer in 1862 (no.71). All signed by secretary Congdon. California State seal at left. Uncancelled. Printed by Towne & Bacon, Printers. Blue border and vignette. 4” x 8”. Vf, wrinkles. These receipts resemble scrip.

Est. $300-600

275. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Feigenbaum & Co. Toy Catalog. Spring Catalogue from 1887. Very fancy and well illustrated, 50 pgs. Includes baseball goods, croquet, tennis, toy express wagons, velocipedes, bicycles, baby buggies. First 6 pgs. torn at lower right corner. A very neat item. Est. $50-100

276. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Murder Case, 1855 - James, King of William. A True and Minute History of the Assassination of James King of Wm. at San Francisco Cal. Also Remarks of the Press Concerning the Outrage; An Account of the Formation and Action of the Vigilance Committee; Meetings and Resolutions of the Citizens of Sacramento, Marysville and Stockton; Funeral Ceremonies of Mr. King, with the Addresses of Rev. Messrs. Cutler and Lacey over the Body; and the Execution of Casey and Cora. Carefully Compiled From Various Sources, 1856. Published by Whitton, Town & Co, SF. 26pp. This rare and important pamphlet offers an account of one of the most famous murder cases in California history.

James King opened the first bank in San Francisco and was very successful until the bank’s demise in 1855. He began the Committee of Vigilance in 1851 because of the extreme crime that was infesting San Francisco. He formed the committee not only to apprehend culprits but to protect the innocent until proven guilty. In 1855, he began the Evening Bulletin and served as its editor until his assassination. James King was shot on March 14th, 1855, by James P. Casey who had spent time at Sing Sing. King had written an article in his Bulletin that outlined Casey’s criminal background which infuriated Casey. At the end of that day, King was walking home. Casey met King in the streets in front of the Pacific Express building and shot him through the left side of his chest. King died a few days later. Casey was immediately apprehended. But the citizens of San Francisco were agitated to the point of a frenzy in anticipation of revenge. Eventually, Casey and an accomplice named Cora, were hanged. A fantastic account of the events that led up to the execution of Casey and the assassination of James King of William. Pages have chips along the edges. The binding has been worn to the point that pages are semi-detached. Tape repairs to back cover. Fragile, but outstanding. This rare piece was sold in a previous sale, but was not paid for. Est. $500-1000

277. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. Panama Pacific Expo Silver Spoon, 1915. Stem has Panama cityscape at top, below which is 1915. The California state seal is below that and “Panama Pacific Exposition” is embossed on lower part of handle. On reverse is a map of Panama showing Atlantic and Pacific oceans and geographic features in between. 6” overall length. Est. $40-80

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278. California. San Francisco. San Francisco. San Francisco Poll Tax Dollars. State of California, County of San Francisco Poll Tax Dollars, 1883, $2. No.13550. 3 1/2” x 6 3/4”. Top right has circular vignette showing a shield in center topped by eagle, flanked by a farmer with shovel on the left and a businessman in a suit on the right with ship in background. Beneath the figures is “..En Paz Fierro / En Guerra.” Tax receipt issued to F.F. Stone and signed by T.W. Les Berthin, Deputy Assessor. On reverse is 271 stamped in purple. Black print on off-white paper. Xf, Folds. Est. $120-250

279. No Lot.

280. California. San Joaquin. Stockton. Stockton Stereocard, c.1895. River scene with two mule teams and freight wagons lined up ready to offload. A tugboat and some masted vessels are in the river. Sandbag “dikes” are spaced along the river’s edge. On opposite side of the river is a trestle. “Stockton, Cal.” is handwritten on card beneath photos. 3 1/2 x 7” on gold colored card. Some staining but photos are fairly clear. Est. $40-80

281. California. San Joaquin/Placer. Pre Emption Notice, 1854 & Warrant of Arrest, 1856. Lot of 2 pcs. The Pre-Emption Notice is on United States of America letterhead with vignette of spread-winged eagle. Issued by S.S. Hyde, March, 1854, claiming a tract of land known as the upper district and subject for sale at Benecia. The Arrest Warrant is for Antone Knipchild, sworn by Joseph Ruderer accusing Knipshild of fraudulently obtaining a conveyance of property and obtaining money under false pretenses. Signed by F.I. Houston, Justice of the Peace, 1856. Both on blue paper. Folds.

Est. $100-200

282. California. San Luis Obispo. Geologic Atlas of the United States, San Luis Folio, California, 1904. Published by the USGS. San Luis Obispo County, #101. 14 pgs. Text, 4 maps, 2 pages photographs. Paper binding loose, pages loose, edge pieces missing on cover. Fragile. Est. $75-100 (no illustration)

283. California. Santa Cruz. Monterey. Monterey Ranch Property Deed, 1854. Deed is for the Rancho Aroyite (?) del Rodeo, just north of Monterey, California, being sold to John S. Mattison by George Turner, T.B. Frese and his wife Rosina Frese. Handwritten on blue lined papers (2 pages), with applied turquoise seal from the Santa Cruz County Recorder’s Office. Some tears at folds, and repaired on one side. Est. $75-150

284. California. Shasta. Shasta. E. Lewin & Co. Assay Office Receipt, 1869. Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited with E. Lewin & Co., by C.C. Bush, Merchants and Bankers. Bush gave Lewin bullion bar #3129, weighing 35.52 ounces before melting and 33.64 ounces after melting, gold fineness 890, valued at $618.90. The net value was $611.93. Lewin ran some of the first assays on Comstock ore [Black, 19=860]. C.C. Bush later ran the Bank of Shasta County at Redding. 3.5 x 10. Very fine. Est. $75-150

285. California. Sierra. Donner Miscellany 41 Diaries and Documents, edited by Carroll D. Hall. “This Volume is one of three hundred fifty copies published exclusively for members of The Book Club of California; the type face is Janson, and the paper is all-rag Oxbow; it has been designed and printed by The L-D Allen Press.” 1947. The book is based on a diary donated to the Sutter’s Fort Historical Museum that was from a member of the Donner Party that was snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 97pps, 7 x 10”. Original boards. Extremely fine. Rare. Est. $100-200

286. California. Sierra. Ino Plumbago Mining & Manufacturing Co. Cert #61, Incorporated in 1878. Issued to H. Meyer for 30 shares in 1878. Signed by Julius Hershfield president and J. M. Buffington secretary. No vignette. Black border with brown safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - LeCount Bros, SF. 4 x 9”. Datelined San Francisco. The Plumbago mine was located in the Minnesota district of Sierra County. Burchard (1884, p.217) states that the Plumbago was to be reopened by new management and that there was already an 8 stamp mill on the property. Trimmed tight all around. Fine to very fine. Est. $150-300

287. California. Sierra. Alleghany. Twenty One Mine Map, 1916. Compiled by Chas. E. Urin. Scale 1 inch = 100 ft. 24 x 38”. Framed under Plexiglas with wood frame, light gray matte board accent. Linen map. Map shows the Twenty One mine property outline with adjacent claims also marked and annotated. The Sixteen-to-One property is just west. Surrounding properties include: Valentine, Eagle, Tightner Ext, Ophir and Belmont. In red is marked the trend of the Tightner Pay

Shoot, which trends northwest-southeast. The map includes any underground workings, such as the Tightner Upper and Lower Tunnel, unnamed workings with depths (levels), and some geologic information such as foliation plunges. At the upper left is a section line A-B which is shown in cross section at the upper right. This cross sectional view shows the Tightner Upper and Lower Tunnels with the connecting workings. Also shown are some geologic features such as faults with orientations. Interestingly, the cross section is in distance below the surface, but altitude above a 0 line, perhaps sea-level. This style of cross section is more typical of a structural geologist rather than a mining engineer. Would display beautifully as is. Very fine. Est. $300-600

288. California. Siskiyou. Eliza Mill & Mining Co. Cert #47. Incorporated in 1872. Issued to E. A. Richardson for 100 shares in 1872. Signed by A. Cleatchy president and R. A. Cochrane secretary. No vignette. Green border with red-brown print and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 5 x 9.5”. Datelined San Francisco, Cal. Printed at top center “Location of Works, Siskiyou County, Cal.” Blue rubber assessment stamp on reverse. Dark stain at middle top edge that is more prevalent on reverse. Fine. Est. $120-250

289. California. Siskiyou. Rare California postmarks, 1894-1910. Lot of 3 pcs. Postmarks from: Vallevista, Cal., 1894; Brownell, Cal., 1905; and Defender, Cal. 1910. Est. $100-150

290. California. Sonoma. Bathurst, New South Wales to Sonoma Co., California Addressed Cover, 1885. Postmarked New South Wales, Aug. 1885 and addressed to Miss Irene Fowler, Sonoma Co., California and postmarked Markham, California, Sept. 1885. Good condition. Est. $50-75

291. California. Southern. Southern California Original Photographs, 1924. Group of 53 original California photographs, mostly Santa Barbara, Monterey and the Redwoods, June 1924. Street scenes and building fronts of Santa Barbara and Monterey, including the Stevenson House at Monterey, the Santa Barbara Mission. Various sizes, about 3 x 5” loosely mounted on black album pages. Not adhered. Provenance: Kimber Archive. Please see Colorado Gilpin Blackhawk for the full story of Kimber and the Gunnell mine. Est. $100-150

292. California. Tuolumne. Columbia. Wells, Fargo & Co Bank Receipt, 1877. Wells, Fargo & Co’s Bank printed at top. Datelined San Francisco, 1877. Receipt for Bar Gold from J. Sevening, Columbia, Cal. Signed by H. Wadsworth and H. Tevis. H. Tevis was probably one Lloyd Tevis’ sons, he had three. 5.5 x 8”. Very fine. Est. $50-100

293. California. Tuolumne. Springfield. Springfield Illustrated Lettersheet, 1853. Fabulous scene of the town of Springfield during the Gold Rush. G. H. Goddard, del. Printed at bottom left. Printer - Lith Britton & Rey, SF. Captioned “Springfield, Tuolumne County, Published by G. S. Wells, Sonora, May, 1853. The bottom edge has been trimmed around the caption. Some spotting. Still a great Gold Rush illustrated lettersheet. Good. Est. $350-700

294. California. Tuolumne. Sugar. Oak Hill Gold Mining Co. Cert #46. Incorporated in New York. Issued to James Calkins for 100 shares in 1866. Signed by T. Dewey president and N. W. Rikins secretary. Vignette at top center of three miners working underground. Vignette at upper left of a prospector with his dog. Black border. Uncancelled. Printer - Hatch & Co, NY. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp affixed at left edge. Datelined New York. “Location Sugar District, Tuolumne Co, California” printed at top.

Located 12 miles northeast of Columbia on Sugar Pine Creek. Mining began in the 1850’s and was very active by 1862, with the Excelsior mine producing $2000 per day. Extremely fine. Est. $300-600

CANADA

295. Canada. British Columbia. Dease Creek. Dease Creek Mines Corp. Lot of 2 similar certificates. Certs. #46 and #47. Incorporated in Washington, 1923. Issued to C.A. Reddick and Marion Reddick in 1923 for 50 shares each. Signed by J.P. (illegible) president, and Harvey M. Ross, secretary. Vignette, top center of 3 allegorical figures: Winged woman holding torch aloft, flanked by seated young man and young woman representing technology and agriculture. Bright orange border, safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer: Goes.

8 x 11.” Folds. VF.

Located in the northwest corner of British Columbia near the Alaska border. Property: placer ground on Dease creek, in Liard division. Top gravel carries a little fine gold, but on bedrock gold is coarse. Company had a hydraulic plant on the ground (1926) ready for installation. [Ref: Mines Handbook, 1926, pg. 1635.] Company defunct by 1937. Est. $100-200

296. Canada. British Columbia. Similkameen. Similkameen Placer Mining Lease, 1947 & Photographic Negative Collection. Lot of 86 pcs. The lease is between Charles Nichols, Gold Commissioner for the Similkameen Mining Division, Leaser, and J.A. Reddick, Lessee. Property is located in the southern section of British Columbia near the Washington border and is on the Tulameen River , 1 mi. west of Princeton, about 80 acres. A small reverse blue line map is included. The negative collection numbers about 85 black/white snapshot negs., presumably near the lease site. Many show northern, mountainous scenes, waterways, and about 20 show a parade taking place in a town. C. 1930-1940’s. Est. $100-200 (no illustration)

297. Canada. Railroad. Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway Souvenir View Book, c.1910-30. Soft covered book of photographs of scenery on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Published by the Canada Railway News Company of Toronto, no date noted. 38 pgs. Shows many lake views of the Temagami district, people fishing, canoeing, Native Americans, and camp scenes. Meas. 7 x 9”. Soft brown paper cover tied with brown cord. Est. $50-100

CIVIL WAR

298. Civil War. Civil War Document Collection. Lot of 11 pieces. Photo reproduction of soldier William H. Hessin, 4” x 2”; Army issued city permit for Hessin, 1865, 3” x 5”; Lieutenant appointment, under the state of Ohio, 1863, 10” x 12”; letter to Hassin Sr., regarding his son’s return to the army after an undisclosed sickness or injury, 1862; 1865 letter regarding Hassins accomplishments, and his injury.

He was apparently wounded on the front at Atlanta, while having served in Gen. Sherman’s army. Presented on Head Quarters Armies of the U.S. letterhead, 1865; letter by Hessin, addressed to his father, possibly regarding his Lieutenant appointment, 1863; Letters of recommendation to Governor David Tod, of Ohio, supporting Hessin’s promotion to Lieutenant, one signed for U.S. Grant, 1863; 1864 Department of TN special orders regarding a leave of absence for Hessin, first third torn away; 1863 letter of safe passage through Vicksburg for Hessin; 1864 letter regarding Hessin’s injury, stating his current condition and location, proposing his leave of absence when appropriate; letter to Hessin, 1864, by Douglas, quoting an excerpt from Gen’l Leggats’ official report regarding the bravery shown on the front, specifically citing Hessin as one of the brave fallen men. He gives special instruction not to allow that excerpt to appear in the Gen’l’s official report as it might get him into trouble, possibly referring to Hessin’s knowledge about the information. Very nice collection of one man’s experience during the Civil War. All letters are 8” x 11” and are, for the most part, in very fine condition less folds. Est. $200-400