SSCA Part 1B

Bid Live, Online, by Mail, Fax, or Phonewww.FHWAC.com or call us at 775-851-1859Auction DateAuction DateHolabird Western Americana Collections, LLCPreviewPreviewFriday, December 2nd from 10am-6pm Preview will also be held at the Reno Convention Center. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be servedLot PickupLot PickupSunday, December 3rd from 8am-12pmPick up available at the Reno Convention Center. Saturday | December 3, 2022Starting Time: 8am Pacific timeReno Convention Center 4590 S. Virginia St. Reno, NV 89502 Auction Location Auction LocationS.S.C.A. AuctionPart B

What do you get when you consign with us?Holabird Live: Live internet auctions put your material in front of a larger audience than ever before. Our internet pres-ence has opened up the market to a whole new generation of bidding. Not only do we offer live online bidding at no ad-ditional charge, but we also offer phone bidding and have live agents readily available to secure bids on all platforms. Never before has bidding in one of our auctions been so easy.Historically Researched Descriptions: Our team of re-search writers craft colorfully written historical descriptions that tell the stories behind the items we sell. Through these accurately written descriptions we paint a picture for the col-lector and create a need and desire for your items.Professional Photography: Colorful, vibrant, high resolu-tion photographs tell a story all their own. Our expert photographer will give your items the attention they need to make them look amazing both online and in print.Cataloguing: Full color, high quality, artfully designed cata-logs put your collections on the coffee tables of advanced collectors. Our catalogs are more than a just a catalogue of goods for sale, they’ve become historic reference works that our clients have come to know and love. We also offer the same high-quality catalog format online, making our catalogs accessible to more than 6000 bidders worldwide.Marketing: We market extensively to advanced collectors through online advertising, national print advertising, trade shows, and direct proprietary marketing among other public-ity. We’re seasoned marketers so you can rest assured know-ing your material will get the recognition it deserves.Superior Customer Service: At Holabird’s Western Ameri-cana Collections, we pride ourselves in offering a high level of customer service that you can count on. Our commitment to you is what sets us apart from the rest. You want someone you can trust, and we are by your side every step of the way. The Process:Appraisal & Inspection: We begin the process with an informal inspection of your item(s). We can do this in person or through photographs and descriptions, via email, fax, mail, or telephone. Once we have the opportunity to evaluate your items, we will then provide you with a professional opinion of value.Submit your photographs & descriptions to:Holabird’s Western Americana Collections 3555 Airway Drive, Suite# 308 Reno, NV 89511Email us at [email protected] us toll free 844-HWAC-RNO (4922-766) or send us a fax 775-851-1834.Consignment: Once we’ve determined that your material is a good fit for us and one of our upcoming sales, we will discuss the perfect venue for your items and spend some time with you to go over reserves, estimates, and sellers commission. Our commission rates are highly competitive and all inclu-sive. We have no photo or cataloging fees, no insurance fees, and no other hidden charges or gimmicks.Estimates & Value: We use decades of sound experience and judgment to assign estimates. We market extensively through national advertising and participation in trade shows, and we find that most items sell for premium prices. There are, however, unpredictable times when items sell for less than expected. This is usually balanced by items selling for pre-miums. We cannot predict market prices or conditions and, ultimately, our buyers set the prices.Shipping & Transportation: There are many ways to get your material to us for processing. You can arrange to bring your material directly into our Reno office, we can arrange to pick up your collection, or you may ship your items to us. CONSIGNING WITHHolabird Western Americana Collections, LLCWhy should you consign with Holabird Western Americana Collections? We combine the elements of historically researched descriptions, professional photography, artfully designed catalogs, and a team of specialists to consistently produce record prices. Consign your items to the experts and let us help you realize the most for your collections. We’ve sold many fantastic collections over the years, and we’re always excited for more great material! Consign with us and enter into a lasting and beneficial partnership.Our knowledgeable and friendly staff will help guide you through this simple process so you can see your hard-earned collections meet the right hands for the right prices. Contact our office for more information or for a consultation. Here at Holabird’s Western Americana Collections, we don’t only achieve record-breaking sales prices–we create legends.

To supplement the S.S. Central Americana, Ship of Gold, Artifacts Sale, we have gathered some of the best California and Alaska Gold Rush material ever assembled for auction. This sale includes original material directly related to the artifacts from the Ship of Gold.S.S.C.A. Part B

1. TERMS and CONDITIONS ACCEPTANCE: THE PLACING OF A BID SHALL CONSTITUTE THE BIDDER’S ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS OF SALE.2. BUYER’S PREMIUM: There will be a 20% Buyer’s Premium added to the sale price (hammer) of all lots sold in this auction, including NUMISMATICS. 3. SALES TAX: Sales tax may be applied to your purchases according to indi-vidual states’ current tax laws regarding Internet sales. In some cases, the sales tax is applied and collected by the Internet auction platform and remitted by them to the appropriate tax jurisdiction. Please check your state’s tax regulations. HWAC will charge sales tax for those states that we know have instituted Internet sales tax and is not collected by the Internet platform. All bonafide resale dealers with a current valid resale license must submit their license in advance to HWAC or Live Auctioneers. Sales tax will be charged unless that certificate is current. Nevada Sales Tax will be charged if you pick items up at the auction.4. SHIPPING & HANDLING: The customer is responsible for all shipping and packaging charges. We offer in-house shipping service as a convenience to our buyers. Items are not shipped until the auction invoice, including buyer’s premium and applicable taxes, and shipping charges are completely paid. Shipping costs will be calculated and billed separately after your items have been paid for. Pur-chases will be shipped via our approved, insured carriers: FedEx, UPS, USPS, or DHL. Customers are always welcome to arrange for their own shipping. On-site pick up may be available Sunday, December 4, 2022, or from our Reno office, starting December 6, 2022, once you have received and paid your post-auction invoice. Please call 24 hours in advance to schedule your pickup date and time. We encourage you to pick up your items in person because of the fragile nature of the items involved. 5. LIVE (FLOOR) BIDDING: Please arrive early to check in and receive your bidding paddle. Live bidding for lots with more than one bid will open at the cur-rent high absentee bid, or 50% of the low estimate, or an amount set the Auction-eer’s discretion. Please be sure to bid on the correct lots during the live auction. Our auction progresses at a rate between 50 and 150 lots per hour. An item is not sold until the next lot is announced. (We are not responsible for Internet bids that arrive late.) The Auctioneer will identify the successful bidder by number and announce the winning bid amount. If you are not sure whether you won the lot or not, it is your responsibility to ask for clarification immediately prior to the start of the next auction lot. Auctioneer reserves the right to reopen the lot in the case of an immediate dispute at the actual time of the sale. In all cases, it is the Auctioneer who determines the winning bid.6. TELEPHONE BIDDING: Telephone bidding MUST be scheduled prior to the current auction. If you do not schedule in advance, we may be unable to accom-modate your request to bid by telephone. We discourage phone bidding on lots less than $500 or on multiple lots that do not accumulate to $500, as this ties up valuable staff time during the auction.7. LIVE AUCTION ABSENTEE BIDDING: Absentee Bids for the live auc-tion sent to HWAC by surface mail, FAX, e-mail, or delivered in person MUST be received by 5 p.m. Pacific Time the day before the auction. Bids accepted after the cutoff time will be represented live only if an agent is available and will not be considered absentee or given priority as such. It is the bidder’s responsibility to submit all lot numbers and bid amounts accurately. Absentee Bids MUST be equal to at least 50% of the low estimate if an estimate is provided. Bids on “No Lots” or “Withdrawn” Lots will not be executed. Bids made in amounts that do not conform to the Bid Increment Table under Section 13 will be automatically rounded up or down by the computer or rounded to the nearest proper bid increment at the dis-cretion of the Auctioneer. Absentee Bids are entered into a computer that will bid live on your behalf at the auction. Absentee Bids will compete live against other Absentee Bids, live Internet bidders, floor bidders, and phone bidders.8. INTERNET BIDDING, REGISTRATION: Internet bidding on multiple online auction platforms is offered as a convenience for those who cannot attend the live sale. Both Absentee and Live Internet bidding are available through our live auction networks. Please note that there may be delays or interruptions in Internet connectivity that are beyond our control. Attending the live auction or arranging for an agent is the most reliable way to secure your bids. If there is a tie between a live bid and an absentee bid, priority will be given to the absentee bidder. If you wish to bid LIVE via the Internet, you MUST pre-register on your plat-form of choice. A live feed is generally accessible during the auction from one or more of the Internet auction platforms. Online bidding remains open through the live auction, and online Absentee Bids may be placed anytime. Please be aware that some auction platforms charge a premium for their services, for which we are not responsible. iCollector does not charge an extra fee to buyers. 9. NEW BIDDERS: Bidders unknown to us, who anticipate an expenditure in excess of $20,000, must provide commercial references or a deposit of 25% of the amount to be bid in order for the auction staff to execute bids. Deposits will be credited towards lots won and any balance will be refunded within 10 business days after the auction has concluded. New bidders will be given a spending limit at their initial request to participate. To increase this limit, you may be required to provide a letter of authorization from your bank in addition to providing referenc-es. Please contact our office at any time if you have questions regarding spending limits or references required to bid.10. AGENT BIDDING: There are numerous professional agents available to assist you should you require this service. Please contact the office for a list or to arrange for representation on the floor during the live auction. HWAC is not responsible for any acts or omissions by agents acting on behalf of bidders at our auctions. 11. BE ADVISED: Auction participation through the live Internet bidding site is not 100% foolproof. The technology for this process is always changing, and the operation of it and the corresponding Internet connectivity issues are far beyond our control. Some folks have attempted to use the live Internet bidding process as their primary method of bidding and have been quite successful. Others have failed completely. Depending upon your computer, server, host, and other factors, Internet signals may be delayed, such that bids may not be received in time. HWAC cannot be held responsible for these delays, or for the lack of placed bids in a timely manner, or any other factors leading to unaccepted bids that are far beyond our control. Bidders should always have a backup plan for lots they highly desire. Live participation is best, followed by phone participation. We will not reopen lots for missed bids. In all cases, it is the Auctioneer who determines the winning bid.12. RESERVES: Most of the lots in this auction are unreserved. Precious metals may be reserved at, near, or slightly below spot, at the Auctioneer’s discretion.13. BIDDING INCREMENTS: All bids must be submitted in whole U.S. dollar amounts and only in the appropriate increments as outlined in this Section. If you choose to submit bids in an increment not listed below, your bid will be rounded to the nearest increment, and you will be expected to pay the amount to which the bid was rounded should your bid be the winning bid. If you have any questions about an appropriate bid amount, please call us.FromToIncrement$1$95$5$100$190$10$200$475$25$500$1,450$50$1,500$3,400$100$3,500$9,750$250$10,000$29,500$500$30,000$49,000$1,000$50,000and up$2,000This is a Live Auction conducted by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC (HWAC).S.S. Central AmericaTerms & Conditions4Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC

The Ship of Gold14. AUTOMATIC INCREMENTAL BIDDING: Absentee Bids automatically increase above the highest competing bid by the increments posted in Section 13 up to the maximum bid requested by the absentee bidder. If the highest compet-ing bid is the same as the Absentee bidder’s maximum bid, the increment cannot be applied, and the competing bid will prevail. Often there can be three or more bidders with the exact same bid amount. The Auctioneer will call for a tie-breaking bid, and if one does not come, the Auctioneer will award the lot randomly. All win-ning Absentee Bids will be reduced, if necessary, to the next bidding increment up from the last competing bid, as long as the minimum bid requirement has been met. For example, if an Absentee bidder submits a maximum bid of $1000 and the next highest competing bid is $250, then the Absentee bidder will win the lot for $275, provided that no other competing bids are received while that lot is open for bidding.15. BID INFORMATION: Collectors often ask in advance the current bid amount of a particular lot. We will give out the current competitive high absen-tee bid amount until we close the day before the live auction. You may also view Absentee Bids online at www.holabirdamericana.com. While we work to update the Absentee Bids as often as necessary, bids received close to the bidding dead-line might not be reflected online, and we disclaim any responsibility for any bids made in reliance upon inaccuracies on our website, which may be beyond our control. We do not own any of the live Internet bidding platforms, and thus many aspects of the Internet technology are out of our control.16. BID CANCELLATION: If you wish to cancel or change a bid after you have submitted your bids to us due to an error, you MUST PHONE us to advise us of this. If you use Live Auctioneers or Invaluable, you must contact them directly, as we do not have access to cancel bids. Bid cancellations through mail, email, or faxes are not advisable. Errors are easy to make. Please call us if you have any questions on this.17. FINANCIAL ANTIQUITIES: All stock certificates, checks, warrants, and other financial documents sold herein are sold as antiquities, and have no finan-cial, securities, or public trading value whatsoever.18. BID REJECTION – BAD FAITH: We reserve the right to reject any bid we feel is not made in good faith.19. INVOICING: Invoices for auction winnings including hammer price, buyer’s premium, and applicable taxes are mailed or emailed within two business days after the close of all portions of the sale. Payment is due in full to Holabird Western Americana Collections within 15 calendar days of receipt of invoice. Payments made by check or money order are to be sent to 3555 Airway Dr., #308, Reno, NV 89511. Late fees may be added if payment arrangements are not made within those 15 days.20. PAYMENT: We accept Cash, Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discov-er, Money Order/Cashier’s Check, Wire Transfer, Personal Check, or PayPal. All returned checks are subject to a $25 fee. Cash received in amounts greater than $10,000 is subject to the filing requirements of the FinCEN Anti-Money Laundering Regulations as set forth by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020.21. AUTOMATIC CREDIT CARD BILLING: Internet bidders are required to provide credit card information in order to bid in the auction. PLEASE NOTE, this implies the bidder’s approval and authorization to use that credit card for payment for lots purchased by the bidder during the auction. Some Internet platforms will charge that credit card automatically or allows HWAC to charge your credit card for the invoiced amount. If payment, or payment arrangements, are not received within the stated 15-day period, YOUR CREDIT CARD MAY BE CHARGED. In all cases, we attempt to contact our customers, who have not made arrangements for payment prior to charging their credit card.22. NON-PAYMENT: HWAC reserves the right to cancel any invoice not paid in full within 15 days. A cancelled invoice does not relieve the bidder from their obli-gation to pay seller fees and buyer’s premiums compensating HWAC for its ser-vices in conducting the auction. Interest shall run on all outstanding balances at the highest rate permitted by law. HWAC shall have a lien against the merchandise purchased by the bidder, and any other of bidder’s property then held by HWAC or its affiliates, to secure payment of the invoice, and with respect thereto HWAC shall have all the rights of a secured creditor under the Nevada Commercial Code, including but not limited to the right of sale. HWAC may sell the lot(s) securing the invoice to any under bidders in the auction that the lot(s) appeared, or at sub-sequent private or public sale, or relist the lot(s) in a future auction conducted by HWAC. A defaulting bidder agrees to pay for the reasonable costs of resale (includ-ing a 10% seller’s commission, if consigned to an auction conducted by HWAC). The defaulting bidder is liable to pay any difference between his or her total origi-nal invoice for the lot(s), plus any applicable interest, and the net proceeds for the lot(s) if sold at private sale or the subsequent hammer price of the lot(s) less the 10% seller’s commissions, if sold at an HWAC auction. If HWAC refers any invoice to an attorney for collection, the bidder agrees to pay attorney’s fees, court costs, and other collection costs incurred by HWAC. Any bidder who fails to follow the terms and conditions of the auction or of payment will be reported to iCollector, Live Auctioneers, Invaluable, or other applicable bidding platform, and may be barred from participating in future Holabird Western Americana Collections auc-tions.23. LOT CONDITION: We strongly recommend that you attend the live preview to see lots in their entirety. Conditions are not always noted, and large lots may not be itemized due to catalog restraints. For questions, detailed information, or additional images of any lot, please contact our office at 775-851-1859. Bidders are responsible for understanding the condition of items. Conditions noted are subjective and may differ person to person. High resolution images of all items are available online for inspection. HWAC is not responsible for condition discrepan-cies; it is the bidder’s responsibility to determine condition prior to bidding. All sales are “where is as is.” 24. RETURN POLICY: All items are guaranteed to be authentic unless other-wise noted. If authenticity is challenged, please call our office for assistance. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. You may only return any piece that was significantly inaccu-rately described by calling our office within 10 days of receipt of item(s) and notify-ing us of the error and reason for return. We do not refund postage or insurance. Please call us if you require a more specific condition report. Any items that are returned must be returned in the same exact, unaltered condition in which they were shipped. When we receive your bids, we will assume you have read the item description in the catalog, viewed the available image(s) of the item, have con-tacted us regarding any questions you may have on any lot and/or have previewed the lot in person.25. JURISDICTION: This sale is being held under the laws of the State of Nevada.26. BIDDER RESPONSIBILITY: HWAC shall not be held responsible for any problem due to the bidder’s failure to follow the rules, terms, and conditions of this sale, or any failure to bid due to the loss of the online auction process provided by any of the online auction networks, or any missed, changed, or cancelled bids due the bidder’s failure to follow the proper bidding procedure outlined herein.27. ACCEPTANCE: By placing a bid or otherwise participating in the auction, Bidder accepts these Terms and Conditions, and specifically agrees to the dispute resolution provided herein.28. DAMAGES: HWAC shall not be responsible for consequential damages, inci-dental damages, compensatory damages, or any other damages arising or claimed to be arising from the auction on any lot. Bidder’s sole remedy for any proven act or omission shall be rescission of sale and refund of the amount paid by Bidder.29. DISPUTE RESOLUTION; WAIVER: Any claim, dispute, or controversy in connection with, relating to, and/or arising out of the Auction, participation in the Auction, award of lots, damages of claims to lots, descriptions, condition reports, provenance, estimates, return and warranty rights, any interpretation of these Terms and Conditions, any alleged verbal modification of these Terms and Condi-tions and/or any purported settlement shall be exclusively heard by, and the par-ties consent to exclusive in personal jurisdiction of, the Superior Court of Washoe County, Nevada. The parties expressly waive any right to trial by jury. Any claim must be brought within one (1) year of the auction from which the claim arose, or the claim is waived. In every case, the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of its attorney’s fees and costs.Terms & Conditions5Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859

7Meet the TeamUwe Nikoley is our photographer and imaging expert� With an academic background in electrical engineering, Uwe has brought the latest technological advancements and efficiency to his posi-tion at HWAC� His long hours, dedication, perfectionism, and determination have been an invaluable asset and continue to improve the quality of our catalogs�Barbara Wilson is our graphic designer and layout artist� With a comprehensive background in design and publishing she is responsible for the composition and overall layout of our auction catalogs, advertisements, flyers, brochures, and website con-tent� She enjoys the creative and his-torical environment of FHWAC�Special thank you to all of our team members not mentioned here. From research and descrip-tions, photography, client relations, inventory organization, and shipping and receiving, we cannot do what we do without each and every one of you!Paul Williams is our soft spoken, fabulous joke telling alternate auction-eer� Paul also describes and researches items for auction� Paul loves good food and wine and an occasional poker game� He is also a well-known numismatist and former president of the Reno Coin Club� His long, successful career in air traffic control made him well-equiped for the stress of FHWAC!Rob Vugteveen joined the Holabird team in May of 2018 with an extensive background in geophysical exploration, hard-rock mining, and custom mint-ing� You’ll occasionally see him and his white beard at the auction podium and behind the scenes working with data and images�Joe Elcano is an advocate for the importance of history to the world we live in today� A former educator for 36 years, he understands the importance of bringing that history to life� As he likes to say, “It is all about the story!” Born and raised in Reno, he is a serious Nevada history buff and collects any-thing from Nevada with a story! He has chosen to work with the fine people at Holabird Western Americana in his re-tirement for the excitement of learning new things and finding new stories!Maddie Polizziani has been with the Holabird team since 2017 assisting withphotographyandcurrentlymanages our inventory and packaging departments� She is a student at University of Nevada Reno and plans to go into the National Guard this fall, but will return in her current role� In her spare time she loves playing with her dog Gunner�Amy Baker has worked for Fred Holabird for over a decade as his past business manager for over 5 years and as Fred's personal assistant on special projects, appraisals and consulting jobs� She has upper management ex-perience and director level marketing expertise, in addition to writing, edit-ing, administrative and graphic design skills and when Fred is in a pinch, Amy knows Holabird well-enough to fill-in for almost any position in the com-pany� She enjoys challenging work, problem solving and helps out in a variety of roles, wherever she is needed most� Grant Peterson is originally from South Lake Tahoe, California� He has an undergraduate degree from the Universi-ty of California, Davis in Nature & Culture� He is also a graduate from the University of Nevada, Reno with a master’s degree in English� His previous experience includes teaching writing at the university level in Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Colorado� Grant works as a researcher, describer, and edi-tor for our catalogs and publications�Fred Holabird has been active in the mining industry for more than 25 years� He began his career as a mineral exploration geologist, and quickly moved into a position as Mine Geologist at a producing gold mine� Always interested in the his-torical side of the mining business, Holabird has invested in mining related documents and books for many years� At one point, he headed a large-scale business dealing in collectible Americana, culminating with the marketing of the Atocha treasure at Caesar’s Palace�Fred is well published in both technical as well as hobby related mining and western publications� He has been re-sponsible for discovery and production at two Nevada gold mines, also overseeing their operations� Since running his last gold mine (which also involved the cleanup of extensive mercury tailings and cyanide left by former operators), he has been involved in a lengthy EPA-related mine and mill site cleanup in Colorado�Part of his current work involves consulting to many sec-tors of the mining business� Recently, he consulted for the Treasure of the SS Central America, a ship that sunk in 1857 with tons of gold on board� The ship has been recovered and was the subject of a Discovery Channel documentary�Michael R. Elsesser is the friendly gentleman you've probably spoken to if you've called our offices recently! Mike is one of our inventory describers as well as our customer service representative who fields our busy phone calls during and after the auctions.

7View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot#2000Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 48.3g, gold weight about 39.3g. Est. $2,000-$3,000 HWAC# 160072Lot# 2001 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 52.16g. High gold content by weight. Est. $3,000-$4,000 HWAC#160073Lot# 2002 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 48.4g, gold byweight38.3g.Est. $2,200-$3,500 HWAC# 160074Lot# 2003 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 85.77g, gold byweight35.9g.Est.$2,000-$3,000HWAC# 160075Lot# 2004Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 59.0g, gold by weight 36.7g. Est.$2,200-$3,500 HWAC# 160076Lot# 2005 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 34.7g. Est. $2,500-$3,000 HWAC# 160077Lot# 2006 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 27.56g. Est. $2,000-$3,000 HWAC# 160078Lot# 2007 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 23.1g. Est. $1,300-$1,800 HWAC# 160079

8December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2008Crystalline Gold in Quartz Australian crystalline gold in quartz. Total weight 24.11g. Est. $1,300-$1,600 HWAC#160080Lot# 2009 Gold in Quartz Australian gold in quartz. Total weight 25.6g, gold by weight 15.3g. Est. $800-$1,200 HWAC#160085Lot# 2010 Perth Mint Gold Nuggets, 10 10 slabbed gold nuggets from the Perth Mint. About 39 grams of gold. Est. $1,500-$2,500 HWAC# 160086Lot#2011PerthMintGoldNuggets,10 10 slabbed Perth Mint gold nuggets. About 14 grams of gold. Est.$1,100-$1,600 HWAC#160087Lot#2012CrystallineGoldonQuartzandBoot Shaped Gold Nugget Australian crystalline gold on quartz 11.76g total weight. Boot shaped gold nugget 2.8g. Est. $900-$1,300 HWAC#160088Lot# 2013 Crystalline Gold Nuggets, 4 4 Australian gold nuggets, 10.86 grams of gold. Est. $400-$700 HWAC# 160089Lot# 2014 Mostly Gold Nuggets Mostly gold nuggets from Australian. Gold on ironstone 13.6 grams. Nuggets 30.01 grams. Est. $2,200-$3,500 HWAC# 160090Lot# 2015 Gold Nuggets, 4 4 Australian gold nuggets, 20.62 grams. Est. $1,100-$1,400 HWAC# 160091

9View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2016 Gold Nugget Australian gold nugget. 14.3 gramsweight.Est. $800-$1,200 HWAC# 160093Lot# 2017 Small GoldNuggetsAustralian small goldnuggets,18.83 grams. Est. $900-$1,200 HWAC# 160094Lot# 2018 Gold on Black Quartz Australiangoldon black quartz. Totalweight22.0 grams. Est. $1,100-$1,500 HWAC# 160095Lot#2019C r y st alli ne GoldNuggetA us tr ali an crystalline gold nugget.13.3grams. Est. $800-$1,000 HWAC# 160096Lot#2020Gold on Quartz Australiangoldon quartz. 85.33 gramstotalweight,15.7grams gold. Est. $ 900- $ 1, 300 HWAC# 160097Lot# 2021 Gold Nugget Australian gold nugget 16.8 grams. Est. $900-$1,500 HWAC#160098Lot#2022Gold on Quartz A us tr alian gold on quartz, heavy for the size. 43.21 total grams. Est. $2,500-$3,500 HWAC# 160099Lot#2023Gold on Quartz Australian gold on quartz. 46.0 gramstotalweight,23.0grams gold. Est. $1,200-$1,500 HWAC# 160100

10December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2024Gold on Quartz Australiangoldon quartz. Total weight14.87grams. Est. $800-$1,000 HWAC#160101Lot# 2025 Gold on Quartz, A Heavy One Australian gold on quartz. This is a heavy example for the size, around 50% weight by gold. Total weight 138.9 grams, gold about 89.5 grams. Est. $5,000-$8,000 HWAC# 160102Lot#2026Cry stallin e Gold on Quartz A us tr ali an crystallinegoldon quartz. 43.42 gramstotalweight. Est. $2,500-$3,500 HWAC# 160103Lot#2027GoldNuggetonQuartzAustralian gold nugget on quartz. 34.1 grams total weight. Est. $1,800-$3,000 HWAC# 160104Lot#2028GoldNuggetonQuartzAustraliangoldnugget on quartz. 23.9 grams total weight. Est. $1,600-$1,800 HWAC# 160105Lot# 2029 Gold on Quartz Nugget Australian gold on quartz nugget. 32.0 grams total weight. Est. $1,700-$2,500 HWAC# 160106Lot#2030QuartzwithCrystalline Gold Australian quartz withcrystallinegold. Total eight 23.25 grams. Est. $1,300-$1,800 HWAC# 160107Lot#2031Gold Nugget on Quartz Australian gold nugget on quartz. 24.5 grams total weight. Est. $1,400-$1,800 HWAC# 160108

11View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2032 Crystalline Gold on Quartz Group, 7 7 Australian crystalline on gold specimens. Total weight 106 grams. Est. $4,500-$6,500 HWAC# 160109Lot#2033Crystalline Gold on Quartz Australian crystalline gold on quartz. Total weight 54.0 grams, gold 46.2 grams. Est. $2,500-$4,000 HWAC# 160110Lot#2034Crystalline Gold on Quartz Australian crystalline gold on quartz. 15.7 grams totalweight.Est. $800-$1,200 HWAC#160111Lot# 2035 Crystalline Gold Specimens, 10 10 Australian crystalline gold specimens mostly nuggets. Total weight 33.95 grams. Est. $1,800-$2,500 HWAC# 160112Lot#2036Cry stallin e Gold Australian crystallinegold,17.91 grams. Est. $1,000-$1,500 HWAC# 160113Lot# 2037 Crystalline Gold in Dark Matrix, 3 3 Australian gold in dark matrix. 34.29 grams total weight. Est. $1,600-$2,000 HWAC#160114Lot# 2038 Gold Nuggets and on Quartz Collection Australian gold nuggets and on quartz specimens. Gold nuggets 39.04 grams. 2 smaller on quartz specimens 9.94 grams total weight. Large specimen 22.3 grams total weight, 20.5 grams gold. Est. $4,000-$5,000 HWAC#160115Lot# 2039Crystalline Gold Nuggets and on Quartz Australian crystalline gold on quartz and nuggets. Nuggets 16.8 grams. On quartz 12.7 total grams. Est. $1,600-$2,200 HWAC# 160116

12December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2040 Crystalline Gold on Quartz Group, 5 5 Australian crystalline gold on quartz specimens. 42.2 grams total weight. Est. $1,400-$1,800 HWAC# 160117Lot# 2041 Nice Gold Leaf Specimen on Black Quartz Nice well defined gold leaf specimen on black quartz. Total weight 7.7g, gold weight 6.1g. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 160120Lot# 2042 Crystalline Gold Collection, 10+ 10+ crystalline Australian gold nuggets. Gold weight 47.15 grams. Est. $2,600-$3,800 HWAC# 160121Lot# 2043 Crystalline Gold on Quartz, 4 4 Australian gold on quartz. 21.24 grams total weight. Est. $1,100-$1,400 HWAC# 160123Lot# 2044 Australian Gold Nugget Collection Group of Australian gold nuggets. Gold weight 33.36 grams. Est. $1,800-$2,400 HWAC#160124Lot# 2045 Crystalline Gold Specimens, 11 11 Australian crystalline gold specimens. 22.31 grams. Est. $1,000-$1,500 HWAC# 160127Lot# 2046 Crystalline Gold in Quartz Australian crystalline gold in quartz with brown stains, typically of jewelry quartz. 1.51 troy oz. about 30% by weight gold. Est. $700-$1,500 HWAC# 160081

13View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2047 Australian Crystalline Gold Nugget Australian crystalline gold nugget, 8.71 grams. Est. $500-$600 HWAC# 160125Lot# 2048 Gold Rush Mining Breast Pin w/Real Nuggets & Diamond Gold Rush mining related breast or lapel pin with two authentic gold nuggets and small diamond. Gold plated. Shovel, pick, rope and sinking bucket. 2.5” in length. Incredible craftsmanshiponthis great Gold Rush, mining themed pin. Est.$500-$800HWAC# 159528Lot# 2049 Crystalline and Gold Leaf in Quartz 1.45 troy oz. crystalline and gold leaf in quartz. About 35% gold by weight. Est. $800-$2,000 HWAC# 160068Lot#2050Crystalline Gold and Leaf in Quartz Crystalline gold and leaf in quartz, .46 troy oz. About 70% weight by gold. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 160069Lot#2051Crystalline and Gold Leaf in Quartz Crystalline and leaf gold in quartz. .42 troy oz. About 50% weight by gold. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 160070Lot# 2052 Crystalline and Gold Wire Attached on Quartz Crystalline and gold wire attached to quartz. Total weight 95.63g, gold weight about 13.4g. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 160071Lot# 2053 Gold Leaf in White Quartz Gold leaf in white quartz. 1.04 troy oz. About 20% weight by gold. Est. $360-$500 HWAC# 160082

14December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2054 Crystalline Gold in Bright White Quartz Crystalline gold in nice bright white quartz, 2.49 troy oz., about 30% weight by gold. Est. $1,200-$2,000 HWAC# 160083Lot# 2055 Small GoldNuggetShow Cards, 15 15 show cards with small gold nuggets. Weight approx .25g each, about 3.75g total gold. Est. $300-$500 HWAC#160084Lot# 2056 Gold Foil in Vials 105 vials with gold foil, less than 2 grams of gold in each. Est. $500-$900 HWAC# 160126Lot# 2057 Fairbanks, Alaska Alaska Gold Rush Gold Spoon “J. P. B.” Small gold spoon, handle is 10k gold, bowl is gold plated. 4-1/8” long .75” wide bowl, .5” wide at top of handle. Engraved with “J.P.B.” at top of handle. Reverse of handle is engraved,“SUTER,NOME” The bowl is not engraved. Ed and Charles T. Suter were a jewelry firm in Fairbanks. Brought up by their Swisswatchmakerfather in Seattle, the pair opened a jewelry storeinFairbanksright after the start of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush. It quickly became a hit, and the pair had to expand and remodel the store by August, 1908. The family appears to be immenselypopular,involved in a wide varietyofsocialfunctions over the years. One of their favorites was rifle shooting, and the Tanana Rifle Club named the Suter Trophy in their honor.The Suter brothers were clever marketers. They created a rare gold spoon that appears only to be given on special occasions as a presentation piece. It is doubtful that very many were made. In 1911, Suter presented one to an honorary guest at a secret society meeting, placing the recipients initials at the top of the spoon, and the word “Fairbanks” in the bowl, recording the event in the local newspaper. This spoon here is apparently identical, and also marked with the recipients initials, though not of the same person mentioned in the article. This is a rare solid gold presentation spoon. Est. $800-$1,500 HWAC# 159527Lot# 2058 Alaska Alaska Gold Nuggets, Two Troy Oz. Small gold nuggets mined in the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska. Full of gold and quartz, these nuggets are very attractive. Most are six to eight millimeters long. About two ounces troy. Est. $3,600-$5,000 HWAC# 158904

S.S. Islander Shipwreck Gold

16December 2, 2022Lot# 2059 S.S. Islander Treasure Box Contents: 3 Gold pokes, 588 Troy OZ Gold Three gold pokes full recovered from the SS Islander 1901 wreck near Juneau, recovered 2012, approximately 588 troy ounces.Est. $1,800,000-$2,500,000 HWAC# 159106Built as a luxury liner, the S.S. Islander was built in Scotland in 1888 as a 1519-ton, 240-foot (73 m) steel-hulled, schooner-rigged, twin-screw steamer. It was owned and operated by the Canadian-Pacific Navigation Company and navigated along the Inside Passage from Nome to Seattle, with several stops in the US and Canada. The ship was primarily a passenger ship. The ship often was often overloaded with more than 100 passengers and prospectors both headed to, and headed home from the Alaska and Klondike goldfields. She hit a submerged iceberg on August 15, 1901, south of Juneau, and sank in 20 minutes. There were reportedly 40 casualties out of the 107 aboard. Reports of lost gold varied from $275,000 to $6 million. Staff reported at least 25 treasure boxes, which would indicate an amount of gold approaching $3 million at the time. A major recovery effort took place from 1929-1934, resulting in moving the major part of the ship near shore. Only two treasure boxes were recovered, containing a reported $75,000 in gold. The treasure boxes were only found after removing the dozens of feet of silt and mud burying the ship’s interior. Another recovery effort was made in 2012-2014. Thousands of artifacts were recovered and given to the State of Alaska. Only one treasure box was recovered, and an entire second season was spent looking for the rest of the treasure boxes full of gold. Much has been written on the Islander, and there is an excellent legal record from Court proceedings on what was onboard. It remains one of the great Alaska treasure mysteries, and in all likelihood, the remaining dozens of treasure boxes are buried under a significant amount of silt. As an example, the gold rush coastal community of Dyea at the foot of the Chilcoot trail originally sat on the coast with sea (Bay) access. Over the next 100 years, with decades of mining upriver, Dyea became landlocked by about one mile. The sediment load coming from the mines was tremendous, and headed out to sea through Stevens Channel, where the main current is deep and swift, depositing her sediment load covering any trace of history. All three of the pokes were sealed with a wax seal, The largest of the recovered gold pokes was opened under camera several years ago and the gold sampled. A professional brochure was prepared by Holabird, available by request. The science of the gold tells the story that these pokes came form gold mined in Nome, Alaska. Nome at the time was a thriving gold community, made famous to the world by the rich gold bearing beach sands. Wyatt Earp and his Tombstone friends including Tex Rickard owned saloons in Nome. Did some this gold come across the bar at Earp’s Second Class Saloon or Rickard’s Northern Saloon?These pokes are the only remaining gold pokes from any American gold rush still full of their original; gold. This represents a unique opportunity, and we offer here all three together.Handmade leather pokes, full of gold dust from NomeHandmade leather pokes, full of gold dust from NomePhoto of the 1934 recovery show classic iron Railway Express strong boxes (treasure boxes)Poke 115” long, 4” diameter, 353 troy oz

17View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comTreasure box iron wrap which covered spruce as described by crew. Photo taken during 2012 recovery.Poke 34” long, 2” diameter, 55 troy ozPoke 210” long, 2.5” diameter 180 troy ozs.

18December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2060 Shasta County, California California Gold in Quartz Nugget from the Shasta Area Large Gold and Quartz Nugget, 2.5 x 3.5” from the Shasta Area. This piece is so big it is almost a small boulder. Found decades ago by metal detecting in old sluice or dredge tailings, this piece is a true treasure. The physical character of the piece is marvelous, and very few of these still exist today, as most were crushed and melted. It is a classic museum-quality piece that well illustrates the nature of hydraulic mining in the massive tertiary placer gold deposits, and they types of huge nuggets that these mines could produce. But they are all gone, and rare specimens such as this are all that remain. The largest mine up in that area of northern California was probably at LaGrange, still active today, though just out of Shasta and into Trinity County off Hwy 299. The piece weighs about 1.75 pounds and contains about $14,000 in gold at $1750 spot. Est. $15,000-$22,000 HWAC# 158905Lot# 2061 California California Gold Nugget 25.3 Grams in Presentation Frame California Gold Rush genuine gold nugget. 25.3 grams. Frame measures approximately 13” x 16”. Double matted, 3D presentation features gold nugget at center (nugget is approx. 1.75” long x .8”), California mining scene with gold panners and mountain backdrop on top and gold foil label at bottom. Very attractive presentation piece. Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 159487Lot# 2062 California California Gold Nugget 12.3 Grams in Presentation Frame w/COA California Gold Rush genuine gold nugget. 12.3 grams. Certified genuine by American Appraisal Institute; signed certificate is adhered to reverse of frame. This nugget has a rare shape. Frame measures approximately 13” x 16”. Double matted, 3D presentation features gold nugget at center (nugget is approx. 1” x .75”), California mining scene with gold panners and mountain backdrop on top and gold foil label at bottom. Very attractive presentation piece. Est. $1,200-$2,400 HWAC# 159488Lot# 2063 California California Gold Nugget 9.8 Grams in Presentation Frame w/COA California Gold Rush genuine gold nugget. 9.8 grams. Certified natural and authentic by American Appraisal Institute. Signed appraisal certificate affixed to reverse of frame. Natural gold nuggets such as this one will vary from 92% to 98% pure gold, the other alloy usually being silver. Frame measures approximately 13” x 16”. Double matted, 3D presentation features gold nugget at center (nugget is approx. 1” x 1/2”), California mining scene with gold panners and mountain backdrop on top and gold foil label at bottom. Very attractive presentation piece. Est. $800-$1,600 HWAC# 159489Lot# 2064 California California Gold Nugget 6.7 Grams in Presentation Frame w/COA California Gold Rush genuine gold nugget. 6.7 grams. Certified natural and authentic by American Appraisal Institute. Signed appraisal certificate affixed to reverse of frame. This nugget is alluvial (river worn). Natural gold nuggets such as this one will vary from 92% to 98% pure gold, the other alloy usually being silver. Frame measures approximately 13” x 16”. Double matted, 3D presentation features gold nugget at center (nugget is approx. 3/4” x 1/2”), California mining scene with gold panners and mountain backdrop on top and gold foil label at bottom. Very attractive presentation piece. Est. $600-$1,000 HWAC# 159490Lot# 2065 California California Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz Matrix -Nearly 2 Pounds! Crystalline native gold on white quartz matrix. Weighs 29.4 a.v.d. ounces or 26.8 troy ounces gross weight. The heavy weight of this piece suggests a very high gold content, greater than 60%. We think this specimen contains about 15 troy ounces of gold weight or more. Measures approximately 4.5” x 3” x 2.75”. California Gold Rush specimen from the Mother Lode Region. Est. $26,000-$40,000 HWAC# 141538

19View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2066 California California Crystalline Native Gold on Quartz Matrix - 14.7 avd ozs. Nearly One Pound! Crystalline native gold on white quartz matrix. Weighs 14.74 ounces (avd) or 13.43 Troy ounces gross weight, possibly 50% in pure gold. Measures approximately3.5” x 3” x 2.75”. California Gold Rush specimen from the Mother Lode Region. Est. $15,000-$30,000 HWAC# 159492Lot# 2067 California 1876 California Gold in Quartz Watch Chain -- Exemplary Beautiful California gold quartz watch chain. Overall length 13.5”. Seven 1-5/16 gold quartz segments attached by a circular gold ring at each end. Each of these members has two separate California gold quartz segments on either side of a single pointed pyramid on all four sides. The tie-down or vest locking end is 1 3/4” long, with two separate gold quartz segments with a gold divider with “Patd/ Oct. 2d/1876.” Excellent condition with none of the gold quartz segments cracked. The end of every segment member has the patent date information identical to the end piece. 14kt. 55.1 grams. Classic California gold rush jewelry. Est. $7,000-$11,000 HWAC# 151585Lot# 2068 Mariposa, California Mariposa Gold Quartz Nugget Gold quartz nugget with red iron stain typical of the area. 80% by weight gold. 3.24 troy oz. total. Est. $2,000-$3,500 HWAC# 160067Lot# 2069 California California 16 to 1 Mine Crystalline Gold on Quartz Nice crystalline gold on quartz from the 16 to 1 Mine in Sierra County. 10.7 grams total weight. Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 160122High resolution images, including many additional photos are available online! Zoom in and see close up details by visitingFHWAC.com

20December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2070 Custom Gold Leopard Necklace with Diamonds, Emeralds Ornate 14kt gold necklace with diamond bands and emerald eyes in a spotted leopard sitting on the bottom rung of a 17 piece articulated necklace, with matching ring and ear rings made by an unknown “South African” jeweler. Appraisal by LeBaron Laboratory (gemologist) included not for the monetary appraisal value, but for authentication of size and weight of the gold, diamonds and emeralds. “Custom made emerald and diamond leopard necklace made in 14kt yellow gold containing: two round faceted emeraldsa weighing approximately 0.02 carats each (by formula). These meralds have a clarity grade of SI and are vivid green in color. The stones are bead set in the eyes of the leopard. Eighteen round brilliant cut diamonds weighing approximately 0.015 carats each (by formula). These diamonds have a clarity grade of VS and color G/H/I according to GIA grading standards. These diamonds are cut to class three proportions and are bead set. The diamond area is rhodium plated. The necklace has domed tapered links measuring approximately 8.4 to 15.7mm in width and 16” in length with a box style clasp. A large carved leopard is draped over the middle of the necklace with a matte finish and black enamel spots.” Total weight of necklace is 3.25 Troy oz. Ear rings also of 14kt yellow gold, with ten diamonds of the same size, shape and clarity as on the necklace. Total weight 0.52 troy oz. Custom yellow gold, emerald and diamond leopard ring. The diamonds are seven in number, emeralds two in number. Both are of the same size, shape and color grade as on the necklace. Total weight of the ring is 0.28 Troy oiz. The total weight of the set is 4.05 Troy oz inclusive of precious stones. Net pure gold weight 2.3625 ozs. Est. $7,500-$15,000 HWAC# 122814Lot# 2071 California c.1867 Original CDV of the Famous Fricot Gold Nugget & Three California Gold Ingots Thisphotographis arguably one of the most important historical artifacts for ingot collectors. It is so important for ingot research because it a period photograph of Western assay ingots. It is the only copy to be known in private hands. This CDV was featured in an article by Fred Holabird in Coin World in 2006. The view, taken for the 1867 Paris International Exhibition by famed Western photographer Carlton Watkins, shows the Fricot gold nugget balanced on top of three different California gold assayer ingots: Hentsch & Berton, Kellogg & Hewston, and A.P. Molitor. Details on ingots are great when the photo is blown up, and the ingots shows the exact same characteristic markings as those found on the SS Central America. The only other known photo of these ingots, taken by Watkins, is in the Hearst Collection. Reverse of this CDV is stamped WA Judson & Co., Main Street, New Britain, Connecticut. Small stain along top border. The 13.8 lb. Fricot nugget is the largest California gold nugget specimen to have survived 19th century mining. It was discovered on the American River in 1865 by William Davis, who then sold it to Jules Fricot for $3,500. Fricot sent it to the International Paris Exposition in 1867, where it was photographed. It was then returned to Fricot, and he put it in a safety deposit box in a bank in Angels Camp. In 1943, a researcher from the State Division of Mines was trying to track down the nugget and contacted Marie Burton, who was related to Fricot and had been paying for the box. When they opened the box for the first time, the nugget was right where Fricot had put it 75 years before. It was then donated to the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 158074Lot# 2072 Nevada Nevada Ore Specimen Collection , Old Labels An old ore specimen collection from a house in Jack’s Valley, Nevada. Most with original old labels (30 specimens) and another dozen and a half without. Most are Nevada. The collection also includes five old labeledspecimens(circa pre-1900) from world historic sites. The nature of the collection tells us it appears to have been collected circa 1910-1930. Nevada: Antimony-silver, Lovelock; gypsum, Lovelock; copper, Lovelock (2); antimony, Lovelock (2); ruby silver, Tonopah; tin ore, Lovelock; arsenical ore (lovelock); copper ore, Mason Valley ; native copper, Battle Mountain; ruby silver, Austin; native silver, Austin; four Virginia City; amalgam, Eureka Mill (Carson River); Con Virginia fines (Virginia City); large native copper (6 x 7”), Nevada; strip of eleven high grade gold (native gold visible) put into plaster base, labels removed, probably Nevada; petrified wood, Pine Nut Range; Pet wood, Virginia City; Jumbo District; antimony (loc?); Other States: sand from Klondike (Flora Cotrell); Wash. Mine, Shasta Co. (Cal); Viltura Mine (Loc?); copper, Mexico; Voltaire Mine (loc?); salt, Utah; Coal (loc, illegible) Ancient: from Colosseum, Rome; from the Nile; from the temple of granite, Egypt; from home of Marie Antoinette; alabaster from the great pyramid; ashes, Mt PeleeUnlabeled: quartz crystals (probably Virginia City); seven specimens of lead, silver copper gold high grade ores, probably Nevada locations, but no labels. Seven pyrite specimens, all unlabeled. Two copper slag, probably from Nevada mines; 4 misc ores. Est. $1,000-$3,000 HWAC# 158907

21View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2073 Dendritic Silver Specimen Dendritic Silver Specimen 40mm x 25mm. 9.6 grams. Beautiful branching dendritic formation with fern like, leaf-shaped crystals. Sometimes referred to as “Herring Bone” dendritic. No matrix attached. Has a natural gold-colored tarnish or tint at edges. Very fine, delicate specimen. No damage. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 159493Lot# 2074 Tucson Mining District, Arizona 1881 Lost Treasure Mining Company Stock Certificate, Number 1 Great name! Very rare; we have no record of listing this in the last 10 years. Location: Tucson Mining District, Pima County, Arizona Territory (printed under vignette). Inc. No. 8th, 1881. Certificate number 1, issued to Wm. Sherman on Nov. 18, 1881 in San Francisco. Signed by president George Congdon and secretary Pratt. Not signed on the back. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Vignette of 3 prospectors on the surface. Britton & Rey. 4 x 9” Pinholes, folds, toning around edges. There are 4 William Sherman’s listed in the 1881 SF directory: a plumber, a compositor, a seaman, and the Asst. US Treasurer. Our bet is that he is the last one on that list. Sherman appears as a director for the company, along with noted Western mining figure William H. Lent (Comstock and Bodie). Not mentioned in Burchard. Only references found in newspaper databases are about the incorporation. No other details found. Est. $300-$400 HWAC# 155416Lot# 2075 Amador County, California 1855 Herbertville Quartz Mining Company Stock Certificate Gold Rush-era Amador County! No. 63, issued for one share to WP Jones on April 2nd, 1855 in Herbertville. Signed by president BG John and secretary Samuel Davis. Not cancelled. Printed on delicate blue paper with no vignette. Reverse has notations for transfers of shares. Measures 5.25” x 8.” Folds. The city of Herbertville began in 1851 and was named after reverend Lemuel Herbert, who was an owner of Spring Hill Mine. It is now a ghost town. According to the Sacramento Daily Union, March 8th, 1859, the Herbertville Quartz Mining Co. took out $4,750 in the month of February, a “good beginning.” On July 1st of the same year, the same newspaper reported a yield of $6,500 from their operation on Sutter Creek. This mine was located in the early 1850’s, was renamed the Talisman and even later would become a part of the Spring Hill Mine. It produced free gold quartz, averaging about one ounce per ton. In 1852, there were three arrastras and a 20-stamp mill in operation. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 155378Lot# 2076 American River, California 1855-57 American River, Water & Mining Co. Stock Group, Gold Rush Era Lot of 4: three stocks and a Water Collector’s Weekly report. The American River Water and Mining Company was formed in 1854 to build a ditch to divert water from the North Fork of the American River to provide water for drinking, irrigation and mining operations to areas that are near Folsom. 1) Stock no. 168. Dateline Dotan’s Bar (handwritten over printed Mormon Island). Issued to French for one share. Signed by president Caithin and secretary CTH Palmer. Stamp cancelled. Allegorical vignette. Pinholes, folds. Dotan’s Bar is in Placer County, North Fork of the American River 2 miles above the mouth of the South Fork. Site is now under the waters of Folsom Lake. 2) Stock no. 24. Dateline Carrollton, Placer Co., Cal. Jan. 28th, 1856. Issued for 5 shares to James Berry. Signed by president Caithin and secretary CTH Palmer. Pen cancelled. Allegorical vignette. Deep folds/creases. 3) Stock no. 363. Dateline Folsom, Cal. Oct. 30, 1857. Issued for one share to John Shaw. Signed by president Arrowsmith and secretary CTH Palmer. Pen cancelled. Allegorical vignette. Pinholes, folds, creases. 4) Water Collector’s Weekly Returns report. Beals Bar Branch. Oct. 11th, 1857. Six entries. Signed by the collector. Black print on blue paper. 12 x 8” Beals Bar was one of the earliest placer locations and is shown on Arrowsmith’s 1860 map about 6 miles SE of Rocklin on the W side of the North Fork of the American River. Now covered by Folsom Lake. CTH Palmer was a banker and express agent. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155369

22December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2077AmericanRiver,California Rocky Bar Mining Co. Articles of Association, Resolutions, Etc., 1850 Rocky-Bar Mining Company, California, Circular, Articles of Association, Resolutions, etc. by James Delavan (secretary) and Philo Mickles (president), 1850. First edition. The first California mining prospectus in the gold country. Only the report of the American Quicksilver Company of California preceded this as a published California mining promotion, but this was located near San Jose, outside of the gold country region. An excerpt from page 1: “The Rocky-Bar Mining Company was organized in July 1849 as a Labor Association and was primarily composed of only forty miners, who had been engaged in 1848 and 1849, in digging gold on the Big-Bar, contiguous to the Rocky-Bar, near the geographical center of the gold-region in California, and on the middle fork of the American River, about seventy-miles from Sacramento City.” Carl Wheat, in an article about the Rocky-Bar Mining Company in the California Historical Society Quarterly (March 1933), called it “the first organized project for mining quartz in California.” 12 pages. Original dark blue wrappers lettered in gold on upper cover. Small stamp of discard from the University of Wisconsin Library on lower front cover. Housed in a custom folding half -Morocco case that is 5.25 x 8.5 inches. Very fine condition. Est. $3,000-$4,000 HWAC#159044Lot# 2078 American Fork, California 1849 Fantastic Gold Rush Letter Relaying the Journey to California DatedSept16,1849.DatelineAmerican Fork, Sacramento River. Location; Camp 3 miles above Mormon Island. Four pages of historic information Talks about; “...camped on the south side the night of the 18th for the last time. It was very cold three degrees below the freezing point...Next morning about 10:00 o’clock we crossed the summit of the Rocky Mountains in the South Pass You will recall there was 19 wagons in our train when we started, we now had but two in our train... those that could out travel us went ahead and those that could not keep up we left behind, ...so we went by Ft. Bridger, there we saw the first white women we had seen that were residents of this country There was 23 wagons here to cross (mountain stream). Ours was the last wagon & over she went, the bed was lashed on, but the bottom boards were loose. We then hauled it ashore & sent a man on board to examine the wreck but she was empty, we fished up one sack of flour...some saved part of their clothes...3 rifles lost. ...we got to the head waters of the Humboldt or St. Marys River, our course laid down for some 300 miles, we could find scarcely any grass & our animals began to fail...before we got to the sink Lash’s horse gave out, he left him, mine failed & I left him at the sink. ...from the sink to the Carson River is a desert 45 miles without grass or water we started across it in the night, about midnight...fed the animals some hard bread, dried sage brushes...we passed 30 or 40 wagons that were left in the sand people had to leave them there & --- their stock in the water & graise [sic] then go back after them ...hear the Indians were very troublesome, they drove off a great many cattle & mules & if any failed & could not bet the river, when you went back for him you would sure to find him dead. There is so much more. One of the most descriptive letters we have had!!! Est. $1,000-$1,500 HWAC# 151910Lot#2079BarkerHouse,California 1853 1853 Gold Rush Letter Written from Barker House, Cal. Small size 5 page letters from Charles Houton (?) to Harriet Jones of Sunbury, Ohio. One dated July 23, 1853 and the other dated Oct. 10, 1853. Author says he has not sold out yet and may not be home this fall. Don’t be too disappointed. Yet he intends to come home as soon as he can close his business. The July letter points out that business is dull. But the emigration will soon arrive across the pains which will make it lively. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 151903Lot# 2080 Calaveras County, California 1863 Mina Rica De Las Flores Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate We have not offered this before. “West Point D., Calaveras C. Cal.” (printed under title). Incorporated May 19th, 1863. No. 240, issued for 15 shares to Henry Siram on Oct. 2nd, 1863 in San Francisco. Signed by the president (Gavel) and secretary (illegible). Not cancelled. Black border and print, floral vignettes. Printed by Drouaillets Litho., SF. 5.5 x 9.5” Deep folds and creases, tears, wear to edges. Please inspect. In a report by chemist John McCulloch to the Daily Alta California in August 1863, the mine is said to have a shaft 105 ft. deep, with three distinct quartz veins that are hypothesized to yield $50-75 per ton. An 1866 article further defines the mine property as being located at Camp Flores, 1.5 miles east of West Point. At that point, they have a 10 stamp mill. They own two veins: the Mina Rica (130 ft. deep shaft) and the Lockwood (100 ft. deep shaft). The name translates to “Rich Mine of the Flowers.” West Point was originally named Indian Gulch when founded in 1852; the name was changed to West Point in 1854. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 154016Lot# 2081 Coloma, California 1852-1854 Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Exchanges, Coloma, Gold Rush Era Lot of 2. Rare and important El Dorado County Gold Rush location. It was the site of the gold discovery at Sutter’s Mill in January 1848 by James Marshall that launched the Gold Rush. 1) Second of Exchange. Handwritten Coloma over preprinted San Francisco dateline. Jan. 2nd, 1852. No. 4170, issued to Hunter & Co. for $100. Signed Freeman & Co. Black border and print. Three vignettes, including great placer mining scene at top center. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Reverse is endorsed to Lewis Washburn from Hunter & Co. 4.25 x 8” Many folds, toning. 2) Second of Exchange. Handwritten Coloma over preprinted San Francisco dateline. June 11, 1854. No. 10.103, issued to Abill Akin for $525. Signed Adams & Co. Also signed by the agent (illegible). Black border and print on blue paper. Three vignettes, including great placer mining scene at top center. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. 4.25 x 8.5” Folds, creases. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155367

23View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2082 Coloma, California c.1848EarlyIllustrationShowing the California Gold Rush Discovery Site Very early and important illustration from United States House Executive Document No. 1, 30th Congress, Second Session, Richard Mason, 1848. Page is composed of two arial map views. Top is titled “Upper Mines, Nos 1&8.” Labelled in the illustration below the South Fork of the American River are Sutter’s Saw Mill and a location marked “Gold first found.” Lower illustration is titled “Lower Mines or Mormon Diggings. No. 3.” Shows a bend in the South Fork of the American River with an area labelled “Gold.” Each illustration is 4 x 6”. Page is 9.5 x 7” Reverse is blank. Folds, light areas of discoloration. Suitable for framing! Gold was discovered in January 1848 by James Marshall in the tailrace of the sawmill he was building in partnership with John Sutter. Richard Barnes Mason (1797-1850) was an Army officer and the fifth Military Governor of California. Mason toured the gold diggings along the American River north east of Sacramento in June, 1848. His report was written in Monterey in August 17, 1848. The report and map was included in President James Polk’s Annual Message to Congress, dated December 5, 1848 announcing the discovery of substantial amounts of gold in California. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155344Lot# 2083 Columbia, California 1854-55 Two Different Columbia, California Stock Certificates, Gold Rush Era Lot of 2 different. Columbia,locatedinTuolumne County, was founded during the Gold Rush in 1850. By 1852, there were 8 hotels, 4 banks, 17 general stores, 2 bookstores, 1 newspaper, 3 churches, and over 40drinking/gamblingestablishments. Known as the “Gem of the Southern Mines.”1)ColumbiaGulch Fluming Company. Dateline Columbia, May 25, 1855. No. 98, issued for one share to Adam Fairley. Signed by president John G. Sparks(?) and secretary O. Romney. Not cancelled. Ornate logo and border, no vignette. Printed on thin paper. 5.75 x 9.75” Fold, light wear, especially given its age! Competed early on with the Tuolumne County Water Co., but later combined and supplied most of the ditch water used in the county by 1867. Supplied water for the Gold Rush camps of Columbia, Yankee Hill, Gold Springs, Mormon Gulch, Saw Mill Flat, Martinez, Jamestown, Montezuma, Chinese Camp, and others. 2) Tuolumne County Water Company. Datelined Columbia, April 13th, 1854. No. 434 issued to Patrick Doyle for one share. Signed by President William H. Clark and Secretary R. Robinson. Cut cancelled. A classic mining vignette showing a dammed river, miners operating sluices and a rocker. Lithography by Britton & Rey, S.F. The vignette was created by Britton & Rey in the 1850’s and was used on the early versions of Bear River and Auburn Mining Company certificate’s, but it is perhaps most famous for the Tuolumne Water Company certificates from the 1850’s. Folds, ink stains. 6 x 9.5”. See full description online Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 155331Lot# 2084 Downieville, California 1857 Sierra Nevada Lake Water & Mining Co. Stock issued to James W. Denver This is a fantastic Gold Rush era stock issued to an important historical figure. Certificate No. 1412, issued to James W. Denver on August 3rd, 1857 in Downieville. Not signed by Denver on reverse. James W. Denver was an American politician and lawyer. He served in the California State Government (as Secretary of State from 1853-55), was an officer in the United States Army, and was Governor of the Kansas Territory during the struggle over whether or not Kansas would be open to slavery. The town of Denver, Colorado is named for him. This stock is signed by two trustees, Joseph Bates and RH Waller, and secretary F. Vidal. Not cancelled. Inc. April 14th, 1853. Black border and print. 8.25 x 9” Folds, creases. A July 22, 1854 Sierra Citizen article says the company has formed to “convey the waters of a lake on the summit of the Sierra Nevada to Camptonville, by way of Minnesota and Forest City.” What lake? An 1854 prospectus for the company (available online) answers that question: “to convert by canalling and fluming, the waters of Truckey [sic] Lake and all tributaries ... into the different mining localities laying between the North and Middle branches of the Yuba River, the water so converted to be used for mining, agricultural, and manufacturing purposes.” So where is Truckey [sic.] Lake? It’s the older name for Donner Lake! The prospectus lists Denver as a director, along with John Bigler (original namesake for Lake Bigler/Tahoe). DB Scott is the engineer who surveys for the company. An Oct. 11th, 1858 articles mention water arriving in Sierra County from the company’s ditch. However, numerous 1860s articles mention legal action against the company. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155353Lot# 2085 Downieville, California 1854Downieville Gold Rush Express & Banking Group Lot of 2 different. 1) Adams & Co. Express and Banking House. Handwritten Downieville dateline above printed San Francisco. Nov. 11th, 1854. First of Exchange no. 11049, issued to Joseph Williams for $50. Signed Adams & Co. Black print on blue paper. Three vignettes including placer mining scene (at top center). Deep folds, stains, old tape repaired separations and staining (more evident on the reverse). 4.5 x 8” 2) Unused exchange for PA Lamping & Co. Banking House. Dateline Downieville, 186-. Allegorical vignette. Britton & Co. 4 x 8.25” Downieville, located in Sierra County, was founded by Major William Downie in 1849. By 1850, Downieville had 15 hotels, 4 bakeries, 4 butcher shops, and numerous saloons. Site of the hanging in 1851 of Josefa Segovia, a young Californio resident, which was the first and only hanging of a woman in the history of California. Est. $300-$400 HWAC# 155373Lot# 2086 Drytown, California 1856Pacific Express Company Receipt from Drytown, Gold Rush Era Extra rare location. Dateline Drytown, April 14th, 1856. Receipt No. 52 for a package delivered by John Dillon to be delivered to Mrs. Ann Dillion in New York. Package value is $140. Signed by the agent. The lefthand side lists all the Pacific Express Company offices in California plus three in Oregon. Excelsior Print, San Francisco. Folds, small nicks to edges, some staining. 3.75 x 8.5” Drytown was located in Amador County and named because of Dry Creek. It was founded in 1848 and had a peak population of 10,000 people, making it the largest mining settlement in Amador County. It is rumored to have had as many as 26 saloons. Gold production diminished by 1857, and a fire that year destroyed most of the town. Est. $300-$600 HWAC# 155346

24December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2087 Dutch Flat, California 1864-69 Dutch Flat Banking & Express Ephemera Lot of 2. 1) W&PNicholls,Bankers,check. Dutch Flat, Sept, 13 1864. Drawn on the Bank of California in SF, Charles Adler, $93. Signed W&P Nicholls. Allegorical vignette. Britton & Rey. 2) Pacific Union Express Companyreceipt,1869.Dateline Dutch Flat. Received of W&P Nicholls one gold bar worth $3,350. Sent to the Bank of California in SF. Signed by JH Boke, agent. Red print. 5.25 x 8” Dutch Flat, located in Placer County, was founded by two German brothers, Joseph and Charles Dornbach who settled there in 1851. Small scale placer mining took place until hydraulic operations took over in the 1870s. William & Phillip Nicholls came from England in 1852 and tried their hand at mining near Placerville. They then formed a business to transport gold dust for miners from the gold fields to the mint in SF. In 1860, they came to Dutch Flat and opened a bank. Est. $200-$300 HWAC# 155341Lot# 2088 El Dorado County, California 1864 Enterprise Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate ”Office at S. B. Pelton’s House in White Oak Township” (printed to left of vignette). Pilot Knob, Mud Springs and Mound Springs Mining Districts (printed above dateline). Incorporated June 20, 1863. Certificate #321 issued March 20, 1864 to D. J. Robinson for 25 shares. Signed by E.C. Carr, secretary and Joseph (illegible), president. Ornate border and purple print. American Eagle Vignette center. Two small 10c and one 5c revenue stamps. HS Crocker & Co., Sacramento. 5 x 9.5” Pinholes, folds, very fine. The districts lie in El Dorado County which was one of the first twenty-seven counties of California. The township of El Dorado was named Mud Springs at its inception in 1849. In 1855, it was renamed El Dorado after the county. Mound Springs was near Diamond Springs. [Gudde, California Place Names, 1949]. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155348Lot# 2089 El Dorado County, California 1853 Eureka Quartz MiningCompanyStockCertificate, Gold Rush Era El Dorado County, California (printed under title). Unissued for one share, but signed by Jacob A Shorb as president and E.H. Cornwall as secretary in January 1853. Fold, bent corner. Printed on thin paper by Geo. E. Leefe, NY. Vignette of mill and miners. Measures 11” x 6”. Not cancelled. The Eureka Quartz Mining Company was likely operating in Georgetown, California. There was a second Eureka Mine in Placerville, but it was not active until decades later. The Eureka quartz mine at Georgetown had a 130-foot deep shaft in 1867. It was located immediately north of the Woodside on the same quartz vein, which was about two feet wide. They had a steam hoist, but no mill. The vein had a NE-SW strike and easterly dip averaging about $30 per ton (according to J. Ross Browne, 1868). By 1882, the mine was 230 feet deep, inactive, and full of water, according to the History of El Dorado County, 1883. This is quite possibly the earliest known lode mining company stock certificate extant. Est. $800-$1,200 HWAC# 155351Lot# 2090 Grass Valley, California 1854-1872 Grass Valley Express and Banking Group incl. Gold Rush Era Lot of 3 different. 1) Adams & Co. Second of Exchange. Handwritten Grass Valley over printed San Francisco dateline. May 20th, 1854. Issued to Cornelius Alexander for $200. Signed Adams & Co. Black print on blue paper. Gorgeous engraving with placer mining scene at center, allegorical vignette at left. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. NY. 4.25 x 8.25” Creases, areas of heavy toning. 2) Adams & Co’s Express and Banking Office certificate of deposit. Handwritten dateline Grass Valley Feb. 12th, 1855. Rob Watt has deposited $150 in the Grass Valley office. Signed by John S. Lambert. Black print on blue paper. 4 x 8” Deep folds. 3) Green Mountain Gold Mining Company on A. Delano, Banker, check. June 5th, 1872. Issued to AJ Foster for $4. Signed by president William Biggs and secretary Biggs. 2 cent adhesive revenue stamp. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155365Lot#2091GrassValley,California Brown & Dallison’s Nevada, Grass Valley Directory, 1856 Brown&Dallison’sNevada, Grass Valley, and Rough and Ready Directory, For the Year Commencing January 1st, 1856, Embracing a Directory of Citizens, with a Historical Sketch of Nevada County, and an Appendix of General Information Appertaining to These Towns. Compiled and published by Nat. P. Brown and John K. Dallison. Volume I. The first directory and history of the region, and the first mining camp directory recorded, and the first mountain directory to be printed in California. Presentation copy, with ink inscription in brown ink on front flyleaf, “`Species of the Age’ Office, with the Publishers compliments.” The appendix contains index to streets, government officials for all three towns as well as county and state, post offices, newspapers, Associations, Benevolent and Social, and information on mining companies and the Grass Valley Quartz Mining Association. Original printed boards, Spine rebacked with cloth, leather spine label. Occasional light foxing within. Formerly in the California State Library, with perforated stamp to titlepage, markings on following leaf. Very rare. 101 pages plus appendix and advertisements. 5 x 8.25 inches. Est. $3,000-$6,000 HWAC# 159038Lot# 2092 Iowa Hill, California1855Wells,Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, Iowa Hill, Gold Rush Era Extremely rare Gold Rush location. Dateline Iowa Hill, Cal., Dec. 2nd, 1855. No. 41.302, issued to TB Hotchkiss at the office of the American Express Co., Peoria, for $50. Signed and transferred on the back by Hotchkiss as agent for Iowa Hill. 4.25 x 8.75” Black print on light blue paper. Folds, creases, toning, and two punch holes. Iowa Hill is located in Placer County, California, 6.5 miles northwest of Foresthill, 9 miles east of Colfax and 58 miles northeast of Sacramento. Gold was discovered there in 1851-52 by miners from Iowa. The town was producing about one hundred thousand dollars per week in gold in 1867. There were massive fires there in 1857 and 1920. Beginning in 1853, Charles T. Blake was the Wells Fargo agent for Iowa Hill (and Michigan Bluff and Yankee Jim’s). By 1855, Hotchkiss is listed as the representative. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155337

25View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2093 La Porte, California 1859La Porte, California Gold Rush Letter with Fabulous Content One of the better Gold Rush letters we’ve come across. 4 pp. letter. Dateline La Porte March 1st, ‘59. From A.G.M. Craft to John D. Briggs in Omaha City. The letter is well-written, easy to read, and the letter writer seems very educated. “There is no use in retailing to you the scandal and local items of this God forsaken place...” References his well-spoken brother who can give a better lecture (possibly a traveling lecturer?). “I have left Nevada (my second home) for this place, and Dill if you could see the town, I know you would pity me. We have from 15 to 20 ft. of snow in the streets with every prospect of it being increased “ad infinitum.” However, I have plenty to eat, lots of wood, little to do, and a “whiskey mill” next door.” “As for your gold hunting proclivities, I have very little to say.” He seems to be trying to talk Dill from coming to the California gold fields: “I should think however that the experience of the Australia Bays and my own would present sufficiently dark a picture to deter you from sacrificing a good, easy lucrative situation for the hardships and uncertainties of a Miners life.” He asks him to answer a single question: “Am I satisfied to leave home, friends, comfort, and all the requirements of civilization to don a wool shirt, accustom myself to the most laborious pursuit known, associate with and work side by side by the wildest, most desperate and dissipated set of men in the world and be exposed to all the dangers of a miners life.” He warns: “This state has ruined more young men than all the rest together...they become discouraged and reckless, drink and gamble...” “My own opinion is that there is some “oro” there but not enough to justify the rush and that the excitement is kept alive either by speculators or some aspiring politician who is desirous of going to Congress.” Great content! 10 x 8” Folds, very good condition. La Porte is now located in Plumas County, California. At the time of this letter, it was in Sierra County. La Porte was settled under the name Rabbit Creek in 1850 after gold was discovered by Hamilton Ward and James Murry. The initial settlement remained small and likely seasonal until ditches were built to facilitate hydraulic mining by 1852. The town was renamed to La Porte in 1857. One of California’s most important gold districts, with an estimated 3 million ounces of gold produced. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 155417Lot# 2094 Mariposa, California 1875 Mariposa Land & Mining Company$1,000BondExtremely rare. $1,000 bond certificate issued in 1875 at San Francisco. No. 95. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt as president and L. Leavitt as secretary. Not cancelled. Top vignette of a lumbering scene and cowboys and Native Americans at the bottom.Nineteencouponsattachedatthebottom.Some toning, folds, creases, minor separation. Printed by Continental Bank Note Co. Approx. 17 x 15.5” Solomon Heydenfeldt (c. 1816 - September 15, 1890) was an American attorney who was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1852 to 1857. He was the second Jewish justice of the court. This mining company was one of the companies formed to operate the Mariposa Estate, originally the Mariposa Land Grant, owned by John C. Fremont. The Josephine, Pine Tree, Princeton and numerous other mines comprised the estate. The Mariposa Land & Mining Co. was organized in 1871 to relieve debts and the company was again reorganized in the 1880s under the name Mariposa Mining and Commercial Company. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155355Lot# 2095 Mariposa, California 1875Mariposa Land & Mining Company $1,000 Bond Extremely rare. $1,000 bond certificate issued in 1875 at San Francisco. No. 99. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt as president and L. Leavitt as secretary. Not cancelled. Top vignette of a lumbering scene and cowboys and Native Americans at the bottom. Nineteen coupons attached at the bottom. Some toning, folds, creases, minor separation. Printed by Continental Bank Note Co. Approx. 17 x 15.5” Solomon Heydenfeldt (c. 1816 - September 15, 1890) was an American attorney who was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1852 to 1857. He was the second Jewish justice of the court. This mining company was one of the companies formed to operate the Mariposa Estate, originally the Mariposa Land Grant, owned by John C. Fremont. The Josephine, Pine Tree, Princeton and numerous other mines comprised the estate. The Mariposa Land & Mining Co. was organized in 1871 to relieve debts and the company was again reorganized in the 1880s under the name Mariposa Mining and Commercial Company. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155356Lot# 2096 Marysville, California 1854Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Exchange,Marysville,GoldRushEra Second of Exchange. Handwritten Marysville dateline over printed San Francisco. No. 7502, issued for $100 to Ruth Bair on March 29th, 1854. Signed Adams & Co. Allegorical vignette on the left and bottom center. Placer mining scene at top center. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Black print on blue paper. 4.25 x 8.5” Folds, staining. Marysville is located in Yuba County. It was originally called Yubaville. In 1848, Charles Covillaud, a former employee of Theodore Cordua, discovered riches in the gold fields and bought half of the Cordua ranch. In January 1849, Michael C. Nye and William Foster, brothers-in-law of Covillaud’s wife, Mary Murphy, a survivor of the Donner Party, bought the other half of the Cordua ranch. They later sold their interest to Covillaud. During the Gold Rush, the ranch became a stopping point for the riverboats from Sacramento and San Francisco that brought prospectors to the goldfields. Est. $150-$250 HWAC# 155372Lot# 2097 Marysville, California 1862 Harvey Harris & Co. Assay Office Letter, Marysville Very rare. H. Harris, along with his partner D. Marchand, had ingots found on the SS Central America. This letterhead lists his offices at the top: San Francisco, Sacramento, Marysville, Esmeralda, and Aurora City. Dateline Marysville, Aug. 28, 1862. Message to Henry Mesiander(?) regarding draft for $52.40, a dividend for Eureka Mining Company. Signed MD Howell. Purple print on blue paper. Deep folds with some separation. 9.75 x 8” Harvey Harris was born in Denmark in 1814. In the late 1840s, he was working for the US Mint at New Orleans. He came to California in 1852 with his wife and children and started working for the assay firm of Kellogg & Humbert. He also worked for the US Branch Mint in San Francisco in 1854. In 1855, he opened his own assay office in Sacramento with partner Desiree Marchand (from Paris). A year later, they opened an office in Marysville. Both locations were perfect to help process the gold coming out of the Mother Lode, especially the rich Sierra and Butte County mines. Harris established a presence in Nevada at the start of the Comstock Lode (1859). They opened an office in Carson City, then Gold Hill and Silver City. He eventually focused his interests in the Gold Hill office. He died in 1894 and was buried in Carson City. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 158070

26December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2098MeadowLake,Nevada County, California 1866Enterprise Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock -- Meadow Lake Inc. in California. Location printed on the top of the certificate: Meadow Lake District, California. No. 154, issued for 160 shares to Charles W. Young on Dec. 7th, 1866 in San Francisco. Signed by president A. DeLand and secretary Debell. Not cancelled. Vignette of miners and mine cart with company name printed on it. Lith by Britton & Rey. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp at lower right, tied cancel. Horizontal and vertical folds. Very fine. 5.25 x 9.75” The Meadow Lake District was located in Nevada County, California. This is a small lode-gold district southwest of Meadow Lake and about seven miles northeast of Cisco. Gold was discovered here in 1863, and there was a “rush” to the area that lasted from 1865 to 1870. A few towns sprung-up including Meadow Lake, Excelsior, Summit City, and Atlanta. Meadow Lake’s heyday occurred during the period of 1865 to 1868. In 1866, Meadow Lake was founded as the county’s ninth township. Orion Clemens, older brother of the author Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), resided in Meadow Lake for a time in 1866 after leaving the state of Nevada. He lost everything and retreated broke. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 155350Lot# 2099 Mokelumne Hill, California c.1850s Mokelumne Hill Canal & Mining Co. Stock issued to IC Woods (Adams & Co) A choice certificate. No, 1655. Issued to I.C. Woods for one share. Signed by Henry Eno (president) and E.H. Pomeroy as secretary. Not cancelled or endorsed by Woods. No date but c.1850s. Lith. Britton & Rey, SF. Excellent condition. 3.5 x 9” What makes this certificate so special is that it was issued to Woods. Isaiah C. Woods ran the California branch of the Adams Express Company with D.H. Haskell. Haskell had been working for the Boston branch of the New York based company and argued that a California office was necessary in 1849 (Gold Rush). He and Woods ran the branch for the company until 1854, when Adams & Co consolidated into Adams Express. To save expenses, they (NY) decided to only forward and accept freight from W&H, and in return, to cash drafts for them. Woods went from being manager to partner, and Haskell made Alvin Adams a “special partner” so that they could keep the Adams name in San Francisco. While the fame and prosperity of the California office was largely due to Woods, the New York directors considered him “too bold and unsafe an operator.” Their fears were confirmed when the CA office declared bankruptcy within a year. This led to the shift of business in California to Freeman & Co.’s California Express, as well as other companies. [Ref: Stimson, 1858, pg 111-127] Mokelumne was first known as Big Bar in 1848 and was an important business center for the early gold miners in the southern region [Gudde, 1949]. The Mok Hill Canal and Mining Co. is not listed in Browne’s 1868 work covering the district (mineral Resources West of the Rocky Mountains, 1868). It is likely that this company was the predecessor to the Mok Hill and Camp Seco Ditch Co., active in the mid-1860’s. The canal, or ditch, as they were later known, probably brought water to the dry Tertiary channels, known as the Mokelumne Hill Old Channel. It was basically mined out by the mid 1860’s. These certs are rare and are among the oldest of the Mok Hill certificates. Est. $600-$1,000 HWAC# 155336Lot# 2100 Mokelumne Hill, California 1851-54 Mokelumne Hill,CaliforniaExpressReceipts, Gold Rush Era Lot of 2 different. Rare. Calaveras County mining town founded in 1848 by a group of Oregonians. Very rich gold deposits. 1) Adams & Co. Express & Banking House Second ofExchange.Handwrittendateline Mok. Hill above printed San Francisco. No. 4608, issued to Henry Messenger for $300 on March 8, 1854. Signed Adams & Co. Pen transferred to Newall & Co. agents per. A.M. Mitchell. Black border and print on blue paper. Three vignettes: placer mining scene (top center), allegorical (left) and California state seal (bottom center). Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. 4 x 8.25” Folds, creases. 2) Unused shipping receipt for Newell & Co’s Express. Dateline Mokelumne Hill, 1851. Left border lists offices in SF, Stockton, Sonora, Mokelumne Hill, and in all the Principal Cities in Oregon. Black print on light blue paper. Evening Picayune Print.4 x 8.75” Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155381Lot#2101Montezuma,California 1854 Montezuma, California Banking & Express Group, Gold Rush Era Lot of 2. Montezuma was located in Tuolumne County, 2.5 miles north of Chinese Camp. Originally a trading post called “Montezuma Tent,” operated by Solomon Miller and Peter K. Aurand, that grew into a town supporting as many as 800 residents in 1852. In its heyday, Montezuma was stop for two stage coach lines and consisted of four saloons, two hotels, an express office, post office and a church. In 1866, a fire that started at Clark’s Hotel burned nearly the entire town. Today, little remains except for the cemetery. 1) Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office. Handwritten Montezuma over preprinted San Francisco. No. 24th, 1854. No. 5213, issued to Joseph Nouese for $300. Signed Adams & Co. Endorsed by Clinton Palmer, agent. Black print on blue paper. Three vignettes: placer mining scene (top center), allegorical women (left side), and California state seal (bottom center). Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. NY. 4 x 8.25” Many folds. 2) Unused gold dust deposit receipt, Banking House Montezuma. Dated 1854. Black print on light blue paper. 3.75 x 10.5” with stub. Est. $300-$400 HWAC# 155385Lot# 2102 Nevada City, California 18591859 Gold Rush Letter from Nevada [City] Area Letter dated September 25, 1850, Nevada City. Nevada crossed out and Sacramento written in. Most likely letter was taken to Sacramento City as that was a common mailing location at this time. He acknowledges the last he wrote was in April. Since then he had started a prospecting excursion to Pleasant Valley. Later he went to (?) where he went to work to make enough for grub for 3 or 4 weeks until the rich “North should become workable.” Talks about claims being forfeited. He later started for the great El Dorado Canon. The Gold Run and Kiota are no humbug. “You can believe with tolerable certainty what you hear of those.” Much more!!! Est. $700-$900 HWAC# 151905

27View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2103 Nevada City, California Nevada City Wells Fargo Gold Rush Steamer Cover This c1850’s cover is for a Wells Fargo Express Steamboat. Nevada [City] regular Wells Fargo stamp cancels 3c Pink stamp. Stamped PAID on upper right. Addressed to Noisy Carrier. Book & Stationary, San Francisco. Noisy Carrier was open from c1851 to 1856 helping to identify the date of this cover. Charles Proctor Kimball worked for a while as a public crier for Washington Bartlett’s Daily Journal of Commerce. Kimball was extra loud when he got into it and became known as “the noisy carrier.” He would open a stationary store located at Long Wharf. But he is most famous for the publication of the first San Francisco Directory in 1860! There is a lot going on this overall extremely nice cover. Est. $700-$1,000 HWAC# 151954Lot# 2104 Nevada City, California 1855-61 Nevada City Banking & Express Group incl. Wells Fargo Gold Rush Lot of 3. 1) Wells, Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange. Handwritten Nevada, Cal. dateline, April 27th, 1855. Issued for $100 to agent CM Mulford. Endorsed on the back to Anna Wallace. 4 x 8.75” Folds, toning. 2) Gold Dust deposit card for Geo. W. Kidd, Banker, Nevada. June 17th, 1861. John Newman has deposited 30 ounces of gold. Signed Lowell. 2.5 x 3.5” on cardstock. 3) Second of Exchange for Birdseye & Co. Dateline Nevada, Cala., July 3rd, 1860. Issued to Amelia Miller for $50. Signed Birdseye & Co. Vignette of paddlewheel ship (top center) and dog next to safe (left border). 4 x 9” Rough edges. The firm was run by J.C. Birdseye and C.N. Felton. It dissolved in 1864. JC Birdseye was also involved in mining claims in that area. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155401Lot# 2105 Nevada City, California 1850s Nevada City Gold Rush Express & Banking Group Lot of 3. 1) Check from Chas. W. Mulford. Dateline Nevada, Jan. 17th, 1859. Side of check advertises “Gold Dust Bought and Advances Made On Dust for Assay or Coinage.” Issued to Laird & Chambers for $100. Black print on blue paper. Whitton, Towne & Co. Print. 2.5 x 7.25” Extremely rare! 2) Adams & Co. Bankers check, mounted on paper. Handwritten dateline Nevada, June 14, 1852. Issued to W. Carter for $2,773.50. Signed by HR Ferre(?), agent. Nesbitt Printer. 2.5 x 6.5” Pieces missing, stains. 3) Unused 1850s Adam & Co’s Express receipt. Dateline Nevada, 185-. Lists 34 offices on the left side (incl. California locations). Black print on blue paper. Courier Print. 4 x 10” with stub. Est. $300-$400 HWAC# 155360Lot#2106NevadaCity,California 1865 Big Tunnel G&S Mining Co. Stock to Assayer James J. Ott, Plus Ott Receipt Lot of 2. Both pieces related to Nevada City assayer James J. Ott. Ott was the assayer who discovered in 1859 that the ore being mined on the Comstock Lode was very rich in silver. The first miners on the Comstock were used to gold placer mining in the California Gold Rush. They didn’t realize the fortune hidden in the “blue stuff” clogging their mining devices. John F. Stone, a station-keeper on the Carson River, brought a sample to Ott to assay, the first Comstock ore assayed. When it was found to be full of silver, the rush to the Comstock was launched. Ott ran his office until his death in 1907, and his son continued the business until 1955. 1) Big Tunnel Gold & Silver Mining Company stock certificate. Dateline Nevada, January 23rd, 1865. No. 7, issued to Jas. J. Ott for one share. Signed by secretary AH Otherman and president S Charomund. Not signed by Ott. Cut cancelled. Incorporated November 1864. Two revenue stamps. Native American vignette. Cooke & Co. printers of San Francisco. Folds, toning on left. 4.75 x 9.5” Not listed in Bean’s Directory of 1867, California Digital Newspaper Collection or newspapers.com. It is probably a take off of the Gold Tunnel Mining Company, a successful venture owned by William Ralston and Lloyd Tevis in 1865. Overman was a professional mining secretary living in Nevada City. 2) Unused c.1860s receipt for the Nevada Assay Office of James J. Ott. 3 x 8” Est. $400-$800 HWAC#155342Lot# 2107 Nevada County, California c.1850s Two Nevada County Canal Stock Certificates for Hydraulic Mining Lot of 2 different. 1) Nevada County Canal Company. Incredibly rare; we had not seen one till this example popped up in the Prag Collection. Inc. Sept. 18th, 1855. Offices in London & Manchester. Unissued. Black print on thin paper. Early hydraulic mining vignette! 5.75 x 11” Creases, wrinkles, some toning. There is a January 1855 Sacramento Daily Union article that says the governor has signed a bill changing the name of South Yuba Mining Company to that of Sacramento and Nevada County Canal Co. Perhaps this is the same company? According to a prospectus for the company sold by GS MacManus & Co., the canal was to go through the Sacramento mining districts, tapping the South Yuba River through the gap at Bear Valley, and thus affording a commercial stream for use at the mines and towns of the area. No other information found. 2) Middle Yuba Canal & Water Company. Unissued but signed by Egbert Judson as president. Judson formed the Judson Explosives and Powder Company in 1890 after partnering with the Giant Powder Company in San Francisco. The two plants were adjacent to each other, and Judson had provided Giant with acids to manufacture their dynamite. This stock has a dateline of North San Juan, Nevada County, Cal. Inc. Sept. 1859. Black border and print on thin paper, hydraulic mining vignette. Lith. Britton & Co., SF. Stub attached. 4.25 x 9” The Middle Yuba Canal & Water Co. merged with the Eureka Lake Water Co. in 1865 to form the Eureka Lake & Yuba Canal Co. The Middle Yuba’s canal went from the North San Juan, along the south side of the Middle Yuba to its junction with the Main Yuba, then on the SE side of the Main Yuba past Sebastopol, Manzanita Hill, Sweetlands, Buckeye, Birchville, and French Corral, a distance of six miles. The consolidated company’s property included 100 miles of flumes and ditches. [Ref: House Documents Volume 21, Vol 256, 1868, pg. 184-85] Est. $300-$600 HWAC# 155347

28December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2108 Ophir, California 1854 Wells, Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, Ophir, Gold Rush Era Very rare location. Second of Exchange. Dateline Ophir, Cal., May 27th, 1854. No. 9416, issued to Palmer & Baldwin for $100. Signed Wells Fargo & Co. Reverse is endorsed to Henry Zueal(?). 4.5 x 8.75” Folds, creases, toning, and some stains. Charles Palmer & Roger Sherman Baldwin were the Ophir WF agents. Ophir, located in Placer County, California, was founded in 1849 under the name The Spanish Corral. It was renamed Ophir as a reference to the wealth of King Solomon. In 1852, it was the most populous town in the county. In 1853, a devastating fire destroyed the town. Lot comes with copy of early illustration of the town. Est. $500-$900 HWAC# 155366Lot#2109PlacerCounty,California c.1850s Garrison & Co., Gold Dust Buyers, Receipt --Horseshoe Bar, CA Extra rare--we’ve never offered this before. Garrison & Co., Gold Dust Buyers. Dateline Horseshoe Bar, 18--. Receipt is for the purchase of gold dust. Unused. 2.75 x 7” Adhesive residue on reverse and tape repairs (likely pulled out of album). Gudde (California Gold Camps) says that there were two camps known as Horseshoe Bar on the American River in 1849 in Placer and El Dorado Counties. The lower one was on the North Fork and the upper one was on the Middle Fork. The lower one, located 7 miles above Beals Bar, was worked by Mormons in 1848 and became the trading center for the area. The upper Horseshoe Bar was known as Horseshoe No. 2. According to the History of Placer County (1861), Horseshoe Bar was the site of the first bedrock tunnel in the state, built to drain the river. Hundreds of miners flocked to the area but flooding destroyed the dam and camp. Garrison & Co. (J.G. Garrison) were partners with Hardy & Kennedy, who were gold dust buyers at Foresthill. Garrison joined Kennedy at Foresthill in 1863 and ran that business after Kennedy left in 1865. It is therefore assumed that the Horseshoe Bar branch closed before Garrison relocated to Foresthill. [Ref: Gudde; California State Library; OAC] Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155349Lot# 2110 Placer County, California 1859 California Eastern Extension Railroad Company Bond, 1850s Very rare. $1,000 bond. No. 61. Oct. 1st, 1859. The company owes the money to A. Boody of New York and James Lawrence English of Sacramento. “Borrowed to aid in the construction of their Rail Road from a point on the California Central Railroad near to Auburn Ravine on said Road, eastwardly to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the County of Placer...” Signed by president Edward McLean and secretary J.L. Trask. Not cancelled. Black border with a vignette of George Washington and another man. Great larger vignette of train passing by river in the mountains where men are prospecting. Smaller vignettes of eagle and allegorical scene. Lith. of Britton & Co., San Francisco. 39 coupons remaining. Folds. 21 x 15.5” The California Eastern Extension Railroad was to run 15 miles from Lincoln to Auburn, California. The company purchased a townsite near Gold Hill which was to be developed east of Lincoln. When other railroads arrived in California, they were unable to raise the necessary funding for completing the construction. Theodore Dehone Judah was the chief engineer for the California Central Railroad. He later convinced a certain group of Sacramento merchants (Huntington, Hopkins, Stanford, and Crocker) to fund the Central Pacific RR. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155354Lot# 2111 Placerville, California 1852 South Fork Canal Company Stock Certificate, Gold Rush Beautifully engraved partially-issued certificate. No. 321. Placerville, El Dorado County, Cal. Dec. 9th, 1852. This item has been hand signed by the Company’s President, B.F. Keene, and Secretary, A.G. Taylor. Not issued to anyone. Ornate side-borders with a vignette of a chest with a dog laying in front with paw on key. Black print on extremely thin paper. Faded red print on reverse side shows through. 5 x 10”. Printed in Placerville. Holes, wear to edges. The company was formed on July 10, 1852 to bring water to the mines in Placerville from the South Fork of the American River. The soil wasn’t suitable for a canal so a wooden flume was built four feet wide and three and one half feet deep. The joints were covered with canvas. The flume went from the South Fork of the American River, at the foot of Randolf Canyon, to Long Canyon, then to Reservoir Hill. The flume had a grade of 4 feet per mile. It took from 1853 until 1854 to complete the first 25 miles of flume. Ultimately the company had more than 34 miles of ditch, and 108 miles of lateral channel. These ditches were critically important to placer and hydraulic mining. Keene was a politician in the Mother Lode region. Taylor was a clerk for the 2nd US Marshal for the southern district. He was a California pioneer and a historian. (Bancroft, Browne). This is one of the few early California gold rush companies floated in San Francisco during the early part of the Gold Rush. Mining expanded west along the South Fork American River, and prior to 1852 the Natoma Ditch system began in the Salmon Falls area (now under Folsom Lake). This extensive system supplied mining camps east and south of Folsom as well as the rapidly developing vineyards. It also expanded the South Fork Canal, taking water at this time from upper Weber Creek on the Placerville Divide. The South Fork Canal systems extended from its Weber Creek diversion 5 miles below Brockless Bridge on the American River to a reservoir in Placerville. From here, water was distributed in several directions by laterals and other canals or ditches. It ultimately conveyed water close to Shingle Springs. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155322Lot# 2112 Placerville, California 1854Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Exchange, Placerville, Gold Rush Era Very rare. Second of Exchange. Handwritten Placerville above preprinted San Francisco dateline. No. 1221, issued to Nancy Verplast on June 12, 1854. Signed Adams & Co. Also endorsed by the agent (illegible). Black border and print on blue paper. Three vignettes: placer mining scene (top center), allegorical women (left side), and California state seal (bottom center). 4 x 8” Folds, some staining/discoloration. Lot includes some copies of historical illustrations for collection enhancement (as do many of the lots from this Gold Rush collection). Placerville was founded in 1848 soon after the nearby discovery of gold at Coloma. It was first known as Dry Diggings. In 1849, five immigrants attempted to rob a Mexican gambler. Three of them were wanted men and were not given any trial. Instead they were hanged on an oak tree on Main Street by a mob. The name “Hangtown” stuck after that event. The name was changed in 1854 when the City of Placerville was incorporated. At that time, Placerville was the third largest town in California. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155382

29View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2113 Placerville, California 1868 CJ Arvidsson’s Assay Office Memorandum, Placerville Very rare; this is the only one we know of. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at CJ Arvidsson’s Assay Office. Dateline Placerville, February 28th, 1868. Deposit by CM McQuire. 19.75 ounces made into an 18.63 ounce bar, .845 fineness in gold. Signed by CJ Arvidsson. 5.25 x 10” Black print on blue paper. Folds, rough edges. Ex. John Ford Collection. Arvidsson came to Placerville during the Gold Rush in 1851 from Sweden. He briefly worked as a carpenter, then focused on assaying and silversmithing. He found success and convinced his brother (Arvid) to join him. Their assay office burned down in the 1856 fire, but they erected a new building (which would later house the Tracey Shoe store). They also opened a jewelry store to complement their assay business, which made sense given that they were handling stunning California gold-in-quartz specimens on a regular basis. Arvidsson was also involved with another California assay business. He was a minor partner with John Agrell in the firm Agrell, Arvidsson & Co. This firm dissolved in 1855 and Agrell then partnered with Gorham Blake in the firm Blake & Agrell. Arvidsson’s assay and jewelry business was a success and continued for many years in Placerville. Est. $3,000-$4,000 HWAC#158071Lot# 2114 Placerville, California 1866Smiths Flat Toll Road Company Tax Document El Dorado County, California. Nov. 14, 1866. Received of the Smiths Flat Toll Road Co. $143.73. Their property is listed as “two & one half miles of Toll road beginning at the Toll house on Smiths Flat & running E. to the five mile house. Also 2 mules, 2 harness & 1 wagon.” Signed by Tax Collector Howlett of Placerville. 7.5 x 7.5” Folds. Est. $100-$200 HWAC# 155393Lot# 2115 Prairie City, California 1854Miners’ Consumnes &DeerCreekWater & Mining Co. PromissoryNote,Prairie City A very rare Prairie City, California dateline. PromissorynoteNo. 17, datelined Prairie City, Cal., March 25th, 1854. Promise to pay $893.73 to D.B. Munger with the interest rate of 3% per month. Signed by J.E. Meacham, president, and Turner, the secretary. This mine was capitalized at $100,000 and was located just each of Rancho Cordova on Deer Creek flowing into the Consumnes River. The mining office was in Prairie City, a Gold Rush mining community on the American River near Folsom. Dredging in the early 1900s is believed to have covered the townsite in river rocks. In July 1853, Prairie City reached the height of its prosperity, and included fifteen stores and ten boarding houses and hotels. Two stage lines operated daily. A $50,000 quartz mill operated there in the 1850s. Folds, light other wear. 3.75 x 8.25” Est. $700-$1,500 HWAC# 155329Lot# 2116 Rattlesnake Bar, California 1856Rattlesnake Bar Coin Deposit Receipt, Gold Rush Manuscript receipt. Dateline Rattlesnake, Jan. 12th, 1856. Received of Peter E. Mead $400 in coin for deposit. Signed Baldwin & Co. by GW Blackburn. Blue paper. 4 x 8” Folds, staining and discoloration. Reverse has notations from later that month and in November 1856 for money received. Rattlesnake Bar was located in Placer County on the North Fork of the American River, one mile southeast of Auburn. The town was formed in 1849 and was destroyed by fire in 1864. Baldwin & Co. were the Wells Fargo agents for Rattlesnake Bar (according to 1850s newspaper ads). Est. $300-$400 HWAC# 155352Lot# 2117 Redding, California 1850Stampless Gold Rush Letter, Redding This is a very long three page legal sized letter written by A. Eastman. It was written at Reding [sic] Springs. Redding is 150 miles north of Sacramento where this letter was sent from. But in 1850, it was probably the best option! Stamped “Sacramento/19/June/40/ Cal.” The 40 is the price to mail the letter! A Mr. Biddle is heading to California tomorrow and will deliver the letter there. It is addressed to Auburn, Illinois. Some of the letter is about what is happening back home, but some has interesting content including the weather: “I never in my life spend as pleasant a winter as last...”Mr. Eastman talks about returning home. Perhaps next winter. Making money seems to be what he is working towards. He has sent his mother $269 in gold. He does brag that he and his partners have the only store in California that does not sell spirits or allow gambling. Est. $400-$700 HWAC# 151899Lot# 2118 Sacramento, California 1851 Gold Rush Mining Letter with Great Content, Sacramento City From Mr. Parrott to home in Massachusetts. Stamped Sacramento City, Cal, Jan 31. Date written on letterhead. Two handstamps PAID and 40 (rate to send mail). I have for the last four months been employed in the lumber yard of Jones & Co. at fair wages, but I have as yet come to settlement with them. I am about changing for the mines...I took a trip up to Weberville (the same place where Pliny Davidson worked) and while there bought Into a company which are commencing extensive mining operation at that place and the prospect at this time looks fair for a good summers work. This bar has been worked as much as any other place in California and has probably yielded as much gold as any other... Weberville was founded in 1848 and located between present-day Placerville and Diamond Springs in El Dorado County. By March of 1851 it was reported in the Sacramento Transcript that the miners have done better the last week than the last five months. Mr. Parrott might be a very happy miner? Letter is three pages long and full of information! Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 151901Lot# 2119 Sacramento, California 1851Gold Rush Letter from Sacramento City, 1851 Letter dated January 12, 1851. Sent from Sacramento City on Jan. 14. Paid 40 stamp. Content includes (without causing damage) received two letters yesterday from Oct. 4th and Nov 9th (the first letter took three months to get there). The bark Oregon sales from here with a great number of passengers on Saturday next to the new Eldorado site. Had troubles getting a certificate from the post warden that his goods were damaged when they arrived in San Francisco. Very, very fragile. Large rips along folds! Needs some museum quality tape or nice display to keep it together! Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 151902

30December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2120 Sacramento, California c1850sGold Rush Illustrated Lettersheet: Banking House of Page, Bacon & Co. Extremely rare. Baird p. 24, N7. Baird calls this ad advertising piece, which FH does not agree with. Blue paper, black print. Banking House of Page, Bacon & C0. Dateline Sacramento, 185-. Lists three offices: Sacramento, Stockton, and San Francisco. Vignettes in each corner: mountain river scene (upper left), bear next to river (upper right), tree (bottom right), and eagle with arrows (bottom left). 11 x 9” Horizontal fold, toning around edges, missing bottom right corner and discoloration there too. No printer listed. Page, Bacon & Co. was founded in San Francisco in 1850 during the California Gold Rush. Their main office in St. Louis became overextended in 1854 due to problems financing a railway, and closed in January 1855. When the news reached San Francisco five weeks later, it triggered a run on the San Francisco house, which was also forced to close and affected other numerous other banks. This run was later known as “Black Friday.” Est. $2,000-$5,000 HWAC# 155333Lot# 2121 Sacramento, California 1860 California Steam Navigation Co. Steamer Antelope Receipt (Ties to Pony Express) Receipt for this steamer that carried Pony Express mail from Sacramento to San Francisco. Dateline Sacramento, Feb. 20, 1860. Issued to Captain Wright for freight on two cases and drayage. Signed by Wm. Ribbe. Blue print. Town & Bacon. 4.5 x 8.5” Soiling, rips along edges, missing bottom right corner. The Pony Express mail was carried by river steamers of the California Steam Navigation Company between Sacramento and San Francisco for 19 months from April 3, 1860 to November 20, 1861. The streamers used were the “Antelope,””New World,””Eclipse,””Queen City,” and “Chrysopolis”. The first westbound mail left Sacramento on the “Antelope” on April 13, 1860. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155339Lot# 2122 Sacramento, California 1851-52 Freeman & Co. and Adams & Co. Gold Rush Receipts, Sacramento Lot of 4. John M. Freeman started his express service between San Francisco and Sacramento at the beginning of the gold rush in California (July 1850). Freeman & Company connected with Adams Express, Todd & Company, and Berfords Express. He competed with Palmer & Co. Express but the latter shipped on a semi-monthly basis at that period. Freeman sold out to Adams in Nov, 1851 and became their agent in Sacramento. 1) Freeman & Co’s Express. Two documents: a) Deposit receipt, October 3rd, 1851, for Inlietta Ames for $1200. Signed Wm. G. Trelerton. 4.5 x 7.5” Folds, discoloration. b) Unused shipping receipt. Dateline Sacramento City, 185-. Lists all of the Adams & Co. offices outside of California (on the left border).5.5 x 10.5” Wear to edges. 2) Adams & Company. Two pieces: a) Second of Exchange. Handwritten Sacramento City dateline above preprinted San Francisco. July 13th, 1852. Issued to Amos E. Strong for $300. Three vignettes: placer mining scene, allegorical women, and state seal. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co.4 x 8.5” Folds, creases, toning. b) Special Deposit form, Sacramento, Nov. 26th, 1851. James Birch has deposited $1,100 in coin (Placer Gold crossed out). Left side lists all of the Adams & Co. offices. Bottom right corner torn off. Endorsed on the back by James Birch. Birch was a key figure in early California transportation. He was founder of the first stage line in Northern California and who later became President of the California Stage Company and under whose control acquired many smaller stage lines to monopolize early California stage transportation in the mid-1850s. 4 x 6.75” Lot also comes with a printed copy of an early photo of the Adams & Co. / Freeman & Co. office. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155394Lot#2123Sacramento,California 1855 BF Hastings & Co. Exchange & Unissued Gold Rush Mining Stock Lot of 2. 1) Second of Exchange from BF Hastings & Co., Bankers, Sacramento, Cala, Sept. 3rd, 1855. To Mrs. Nancy Bennett for $84. 4 x 8” Folds, creases, toning. BF Hastings & Company later established a presence on the Comstock Lode in the territorial days. 2) Golden Channel Mining Company. Unissued Butte County Gold Rush stock. Inc. October 20th, 1857. Blue print and allegorical vignette printed on thin paper. 3.75 x 9” According to the Sacramento Daily Union (Nov. 4, 1858): “The Golden Channel Mining Company, which, next year, will flume two thousand feet of the river below the grounds of the Union Cape Company, have perfected a contract for the grading and construction of the flume with John Lytle. Stock in the Golden Channel is being rapidly taken.” Est. $200-$300 HWAC# 155327Lot#2124Sacramento,California 1850 Barton Lee, Banker, Gold Rush Receipt for Gold Dust Certificate of Deposit No. 453. Dateline Sacramento City, July 2, 1850. Barton Lee, Banker. H. Gorham has deposited $400 to be paid in one month with interest, “Payable in Gold Dust.” Signed by Barton Lee. Black print on light blue paper. 5.5 x 6.5” Numerous folds, some toning. Barton Lee was a pioneer in Sacramento. In an ad for the firm of Barton Lee, Baker & Co. Bankers from July 1850, Lee is listed with W.A. Baker and Dr. Jas. Pearson (their assayer) at Second St., between I and J. However, his bank failed in the summer of 1850 and caused a panic that forced other banks and businesses in Sacramento to close also. In August 1850, the firm of Paul, White & Co. advertised for people to bring in their Barton Lee Certificates of Deposit to be treated as cash for real estate opportunities. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155340Lot# 2125 Sacramento, California 1854-55Page, Bacon & Co. Banking Exchanges & COD, Sacramento, Gold Rush Lot of 4. All issued during the Gold Rush. Page & Bacon were a St. Louis firm that established a presence in California during the Gold Rush. When the St. Louis branch failed in 1855, it caused a run on the SF bank in February which had shockwaves for other banks and businesses in California. 1) First of Exchange. Sacramento City, April 26th, 1855 (after the bank had failed). Issued to A Topping for $200. Stamp and pen cancelled with many notations on reverse. Blue print and allegorical vignette. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. 4 x 8.5” 2) the SF bank in February which had shockwaves for other banks and businesses in California. 1) First of Exchange. Sacramento City, April 16th, 1855 (after the bank had failed). Issued to A Topping for $50. Blue print and allegorical vignette. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. 4 x 8.5” 3) Pictorial certificate of deposit. Dateline Sacramento, July 10th, 1854. Frederick Croissant has deposited $125. Signed by teller Geo. Howell. Two vignettes: bank building and allegorical scene. Lecount & Strong, Lith by Britton & Rey. 3 x 7.5” Trimmed, heavy staining. 4) Different deposit form. Dateline Sacramento, March 1st, 1855 (just after bank failure). Brooks & Doyle have deposited $600, secured by a bond issued Feb. 26th, 1855 (bank failure). 4 x 7.5” Folds, missing one corner, soiling. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155399

31View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2126 Sacramento, California 1859 City & County of Sacramento $500 Bond, 1859 Gold Rush era bond. No. 660. $500. Signed by Thos. Rofs, President of the Board of Supervisors, and Josiah Howell, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Pen cancelled. Black print with green underprint. Vignettes in all corners: paddle steamer (bottom left), Native American and train (upper left), prospector (upper right), and allegorical woman (bottom right). Central vignette of Capital building. Lith. of Britton & Co., SF. 29 coupons attached. 17 x 15.5” Folds, rough edges. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155358Lot#2127Sacramento,California Culver’s Sacramento City Directory for 1851 (2000 reprint) J. Horace Culver’s SacramentoCityDirectoryfor the Year 1851, with a History of Sacramento to 1851, BiographicalSketches,andInformative Appendices by Mead B. Kibbey. This is a facsimile reproduction published by the California State Library Foundation in 2000. The actual directory is printed on yellow pages and only takes up 96 pages. The rest is a mass of additional material provided by Kibbey. He expands upon the original directory and provides a history of Sacramento to 1851; a large section of biographical sketches of selected names contained within the directory; a section in which he provides city street numbers before 1880 and the corresponding new street numbers after that time (after they were changed); a supplement to the original directory using the new style numbering (after 1880); Commander Wilkes’ report on his 1841 visit to Sacramento; Larkin’s report on his 1848 visit to the gold mines on the American River; Captain Folsom’s 1848 report on mining gold; and finally, James McClatchy’s 1849 dispatch on crossing Mexico. 336 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth with gilt. This is a very fine copy, like new. 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Est. $100-$200 HWAC# 157167Lot# 2128 San Francisco, California Campbell and Hoog’s San Francisco Directory, 1850 Campbell and Hoog’s San Francisco Directory for February 1850. This is the first issue of the first San Francisco directory - one of only three known copies, and the only one not in an institutional collection. This is the Streeter copy - with his notes at the top of the first page. The existence of any copy of the first issue was unknown until the Streeter and Graff copies were identified. The Graff copy is now at the Newberry Library, and the Bancroft Library has the third copy. The February 15, 1850 issue is the first directory of any sort, not only for San Francisco, but for California as a whole. The directory is printed in three columns per page and lists all sorts of businesses in the booming city, including importers, restaurants, engineers, druggists, dental surgeons, auctioneers, and grocers. The names of the members of the San Francisco Town Council are listed at the top of the first page and read like a who’s who of early San Francisco history, with names including Geary, Turk, Brannan, Ellis, and Steuart. Campbell and Hoog were commission merchants and real estate brokers who created this directory by soliciting business cards from local merchants who were willing to pay two dollars to be listed. This directory includes a listing for “James King of William, exchange and deposit office, Montgomery, between Clay and Washington Streets.” James King of William was assassinated on May 14, 1856, by James P. Casey who was famously executed by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856. This directory also contains various advertisements including ones for Simmons, Lilly, and Co. and Adams & Co. Express. 3 pages on a folded folio sheet. Some old creases, but an otherwise fine copy. Extremely rare. Protected in a cloth chemise, and half morocco and cloth slipcase that is 7 x 9 inches. Est. $10,000-$15,000 HWAC# 159042

32December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2129SanFrancisco,California Kimball’sSanFranciscoDirectory,1850(1890reprint)TheSanFrancisco City Directory by Charles P. Kimball. Originally published in San Francisco by Journal of Commerce Press, 1850. This is an 1890 reprint of the first edition of the earliest directory of San Francisco. It contains over 2500 names and an appendix of general information including street names and location, government officials, post offices, expresses, newspapers and river pilots for the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. The three-page section of omitted names at rear includes two Donahues. 130 pages plus a six-page Business Advertisements section. Adverts on pastedown. Hardcover, brown cloth, gilt cover title, no spine title. A fine copy in original publisher’s cloth. 4.25 x 6 inches. Est. $100-$150 HWAC# 157165Lot# 2130 San Francisco, California The San Francisco Directory for 1852-53 by Parker The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1852-53. Embracing a General Directory of Citizens; a Street Directory; a New and Complete Map of the City; and an Appendix of General Information, an Almanac, Etc. First publication. Published by James M. Parker in 1852. A directory of over 7400 names, occupation, and address of citizens and businesses. Also contains a legal directory, list of state officers including courts, post office and mail rates, fire departments, pilots of sailing vessels, ocean and inland steam navigation, and other statistical data. Second page includes a View of San Francisco from the Bay lithograph by J.J. LeCount. This directory also includes a two-page (earliest) Map of San Francisco and street directory. The map contains a vignette of the three-story building shared by Page Bacon & Co. and Adams & Co. Covers somewhat frayed but internally very good. 6 x 9.25 inches. Est. $4,000-$6,000 HWAC# 158974Lot# 2131 San Francisco, California LeCount & Strong’s San Fran-cisco Directory for 1854 LeCount & Strong’s San Francisco City Di-rectory for the Year 1854: Embracing a General Directory of the Citizens, and a Street Directory; with an Appen-dix, Containing All Useful and General InformationAp-pertaining to the City; an Almanac, etc. Canvassed and compiled by Frank Rivers. Printed at the San Francisco Herald Office in 1854. A wide and varied resource for San Francisco during the Gold Rush, with many illustrated advertisements. Several of the inserted ads concern San Francisco printing, publishing, photography, and bookselling estab-lishments (e.g., Harrison Eastman, George H. Leland, John H. Still, Marvin & Hitchcock, etc.). One of the ads on yellow paper relates to P. A. Brinsmade’s agency for claims against the federal govern-ment, including those for Col. Stevenson’s regiment and Fremont’s California Battalion, for land and other such remunerations; in fact, Brinsmade was probably merely in the business of buying such claims at a discount. 264 pages plus advertisements. Contemporary black three quarter morocco, gilt, and cloth. Some wear to spine and extremities. Ink inscriptions on front free endpaper. Ex-libris of John J. Ford a well-known collector and numismatist. Scattered foxing, otherwise very good. Rare in any condition. 5.75 x 9 inches. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 158973Lot# 2132 San Francisco, California San Francisco City Directory by Harris, Bogardus, and Labatt, 1856 San Francisco City Directo-ry for the Year C o mmencing October 1856. Containingageneral directo-ry of citizens, a street directory, and an appen-dix of all useful and general in-formationap-pertainingtothe city. Com-piled and pub-lished by Harris, Bogardus, and Labatt.Print-ed by Whitton, Towne & Co., 1856. This is the seventh substantial directory of San Francisco, following earlier directories beginning in 1850. This edition is illustrated throughout with advertisements from all manner of San Francisco merchants, many showing views of buildings. Most of the text is made up of a directory of residents and businessmen, with the addresses, vividly illustrating the tremendous growth in population since the start of the Gold Rush. An index to 110 advertisements. An appendix includes a detailed street directory, descriptions of wharves, public buildings, newspapers, military companies, schools, benevo-lent societies, asylums, hospitals, and more. This is a very rare book, directories of the Gold Rush era are hard to come by. 138 pages plus ad pages and ads on both pastedowns. Original printed paper boards, expertly rebacked. Boards lightly soiled and rubbed. Internally clean. A very good copy, in original binding. Some damage to original bind-ing, boards are split from spine. 6 x 9.25 inches. Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 158972

33View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot#2133SanFrancisco,California 1856 San Francisco LandAssociationStockCertificate Very rare. No. 618, issued for one share to Lewis Cooper on March 21st, 1856 inPhiladelphia.Signedbypresident FN Buck and secretary WilliamLippincote.Notcancelled. Black print on very thin paper. Allegorical vignette at top center and smaller California state seal at bottom center. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, & Co. Pinholes, many folds and creases, toning. 6.75 x 9.75” Organized in 1853 in Philadelphia. Palmer, Cook & Co. were agents for the company, purchasing land from the government. Organized for the purpose of purchasing the Dolores Mission in San Francisco County. The land was given to priest Jose Santillan by Governor Pio Pico, then sold to James R. Bolton by Santillan, then sold to George W. Wright by Bolton, and finally to the company by Wright. Rare Gold Rush era SF land certificate! Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155376Lot# 2134 San Francisco, California 1865 Central Wharf Joint Stock Company Stock Certificate Rare San Francisco Wharf stock tied to Folds, heavy toning. 2) Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 20th, 1855. No. the Gold Rush. 5660, issued for $97.50 to Cram, Rogers & Co. Signed by Wright. To be Certificate No. drawn on the Adams & Co. office in Yreka. Blue paper and print with 457, issued for 46 small ship vignette. Printed by Lecount & Strong. 3.5 x 8.25” Folds, shares to Alfred PoettonMay1st, 1865 in San blue paper with stub. 4.25 x 9.5” Francisco. Signed by president Geo. H. Howard and clerk R. Macy. Notcancelled.Black border and print on very thin paper.BartlettPrint, Long Wharf, Corner of Front St. Pinholes, folds, toning. 5.25 x Issued for $10,000 as “Remittance to Stockton.” Signed Adams & Co. 9” The Central Wharf Joint Stock Company was formed in April 1849. by R. Lee(?). Not endorsed on the reverse. Black print on blue paper. Their plan was to construct a wharf along Clay, Sacramento, Sansome Vignette of paddlewheel steamer. Printed by Root & Anthony, NY. 2.5 x and Battery Sts. Their proposal was a 36 foot wide, 700 foot long 7.25” Cut cancel. wharf. They raised $100,000 very quickly. The principal shareholders of the company were other merchants including Sam Brannan; Cross, Hobson & Co.; James C. Ward; Joseph L. Folsom; and DeWitt & Harrison. The wharf was completed by the end of 1849 and was immediately profitable, paying a 10% dividend to its shareholders. The success of the Central Wharf fueled the city to fund the construction of other wharves. In the 1860s, there are newspaper articles about litigation against the company, including an injunction from the Harbor Commissioners. [Ref: Gold Rush Port, Delgado; CDNC] Est. $800-$1,500 HWAC# 155405Lot#2135SanFrancisco,California1872-1876RareCentral Pacific Railroad in California Documents Lot of 2. 1) 1876 pamphlet about a legal case between Anthony Egl et als. vs. The Central Pacific Railroad Company. In reference to bonds issued by the California Pacific Railroad Extension Company, which sought to build a line from Napa to Healdsburg. This company (and the bonds and debts) were taken over by the Central Pacific. 8 pp. 9 x 5.75” 2) Central Pacific Railroad Company Freight Office small-sized letterhead. San Francisco, Aug. 19th, 1872. Issued to JC Hobbs and regarding freight of dates, lemons, and nuts. 8.25 x 5.25” Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 155398Lot# 2136 San Francisco, California 1851-55 Adams & Co. Express & Banking HouseReceipts,SanFrancisco Gold Rush Lot of 3 different, Gold Rush era. Adams & Co. dates back to the early 1840s. The Admas Express Company was founded in 1854/1855. Adams&CompanyofCalifornia, had been organized in 1850 and offered express service throughout the Pacific Coast. The enterprise was led by Isaiah C. Woods. Not being under Adams’ personal management, Woods badly handled it, and it failed on February 23, 1855. 1) Rare First of Exchange, August 14th, 1851. No. 6973, issued for $3,200 to Edward Martin. Side lists offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, & New York. Ornate border with vignette of paddlewheel steamer. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. 4 x 8.5” staining. 3) Unused shipping receipt, c.1850s. Left lists 8 offices in California and then a longer list for the Atlantic States. Black print on Est. $300-$400 HWAC# 154019Lot#2137SanFrancisco,California 1854 Adams & Co. Express Gold Rush Check for $10,000 to Stockton Adams & Co. California Express pictorial check no. 37. Dateline San Francisco, August 9th, 1854. Est. $200-$300 HWAC# 155395Lot#2138SanFrancisco, California 1850sAdams&Co. Express Office ExchangesSignedby Freeman & Co. Lot of two different. A First and Second of Exchange, Adams & Co. Express Office, San Francisco. Each is numbered and filled out to Hunter & Co., signed Freeman & Co., but no date or amount. Identical design with placer mining and allegorical vignette. Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. The First of Exchange has a tape repaired hole. John M. Freeman started his express service between San Francisco and Sacramento at the beginning of the gold rush in California (July 1850). Freeman & Company connected with Adams Express, Todd & Company, and Berfords Express. He competed with Palmer & Co. Express but the latter shipped on a semi-monthly basis at that period. Freeman sold out to Adams in Nov, 1851 and became their agent in Sacramento. After the collapse of Adams & Co., Freeman & Co. became their successors. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 155406

34December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2139SanFrancisco,California 1858-1877 Bank of California & DO Mills Banking Group incl. Mills Autograph Lot of 4. 1) Bank of California Second of Exchange. San Francisco, January 18th, 1867. Issued for 200 Prussian Thalers to Rosalie Pazena. Signed by DO Mills. Allegorical vignette. Britton & Co. 15 cent blue California stamp and 2 cent US IR stamp on reverse. Many folds, creases. Rare autograph of one of the co-founders of the Bank of California, Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Carson & Colorado Railroad, and more. 4 x 9” 2 and 3) Two issued Seconds of Exchange, DO Mills & Co. San Francisco, 1858 and 1864. Signed for the company (but does not appear to be Mills autograph). Both have two ship vignettes. One has a $4 CA State Tax stamp on the reverse; the other has two stamps (one damaged by large portion missing). Mills founded the bank in 1852. 4 x 8.5” 4) Bank of California Duplicate of Exchange, San Francisco, 1877. Issued to Mary Ralph for $25. Signed Thos. Browne Co. Red print and allegorical vignette. 4.25 x 9.25” Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155403Lot# 2140 San Francisco, California 1871-74 Bank of California WC Ralston Documents incl. Autograph Lot of 2. 1) Certificate of Special Deposit, Bank of California, San Francisco Sep. 28, 1874. A. Austin has deposited $50,000 in US Gold Coin (over a million dollars today). Signed by WC Ralston. 4.25 x 7.25” Austin Alexander was the city tax collector. 2) Small Bank of California letterhead, 1871, to LH Hershfield & Bro. about deposits. Signed for Ralston as cashier by Dunn. William Chapman Ralston was the founder of the Bank of California. With agent William Sharon, the two took control of the Comstock Lode mines in the 1860s. They created a branch of the Bank of California in Virginia City in 1864 with Sharon as agent. By offering low interest loans to mines and mills with the properties as collateral, they were able to create a monopoly. Since this was a period of declining mining activity, most couldn’t repay their loans and the Bank took over the mines and mills. By 1867, they owned seven mills, which they organized as the Union Mill and Mining Co. By 1869, they had seventeen mills. Their dominion over the Comstock was ended by the Bonanza Firm (Mackay, Fair, Flood, O’Brien) and their rival bank, the Nevada Bank of San Francisco. Ralston, along with D.O.. Mills, also founded the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Ralston also built the luxurious Palace Hotel in San Francisco, site of the Sharon Comstock Lode reunion dinner that had silver ingot invitations that our company has sold in the past. The cost of construction, paired with some other investments, and the financial Panic of 1873, caused the collapse of the Bank of California and Ralston’s ruin. In 1875, he went swimming in San Francisco Bay and was found dead, possibly from a stroke. Est. $400-$800 HWAC#155332Lot#2141SanFrancisco,California 1852 Burgoyne & Co. Second of Exchange, Gold Rush Era Rare. Banking House of Burgoyne & Co. Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 11th, 1852. Second of Exchange. No. 10099, issued to Elizabeth Winston for twenty pounds sterling. Signed Burgoyne & Co. To be drawn on Baring Brothers & Co., London. Black print on very thin paper. Two ship vignettes. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, NY. Many folds and creases. 4 x 8.25” William Burgoyne and John Visscher Plume arrived on the same ship to San Francisco in June 1849. They formed Burgoyne & Co. which became the second bank in Gold Rush San Francisco. The firm failed (with numerous others) on “Black Friday” in 1855. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155343Lot# 2142 San Francisco, California 1854 Drexel, Sather & Church Banking House Promissory Note, Henry Meiggs Dateline San Francisco, Sept. 30th, 1854. Promise to pay Drexel, Sather & Church $4,000. Signed by H. Meiggs. Two vignettes: bank building (bottom center) and allegorical woman (left). Lith. of Robertson & Seibert. 3 x 8” Toning. Henry Meiggs is listed as a lumber merchant in the 1854 SF Directory. He arrived in San Francisco in 1849 on the cargo ship, Albany, with lumber he sold there for 20 times its cost. He created his first sawmill in Mendocino County, California, which became the Mendocino Lumber Company. Meiggs was involved in real estate speculation in SF, and promoted the possibility of piers along the north shore area, on the grounds that it was closer to the Golden Gate than the usual harbor, located just south of Broadway Street on the shore of what is today downtown San Francisco. Today, the site of Meiggs’ Wharf, in its day a marvel extending two thousand feet into the Bay, is occupied by part of Fisherman’s Wharf, Pier 39, and Pier 45. He built warehouses, streets and piers in the area, and constructed sawmills and schooners. However, he paid for it by obtaining a book full of warrants on the Street Fund which the city’s controller and mayor had signed in advance. Meiggs forged the remaining information. He fled SF right at the time of this note (1854) and travelled to South America. There, he became a successful railroad builder, building the second railroad in Chile, between Santiago and Valparaíso. He spent his final years in Peru, powerful due to his railroad investments. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 155392Lot# 2143 San Francisco, California 1856Freeman & Co. Receipt from US Mint, Philadelphia, to US Assay Office, SF Freeman & Co’s New York & California Package Express, Successors to Adams & Co. Dateline New York, May 1st, 1856. Two cases sent from US Mint at Philadelphia to US Assay Office in San Francisco on the Steamer Baltic. CE Burns Jr. (?) for the proprietors. 5 x 8” Folds, toning, staining. The US Assay Office operated in 1852 and 1853 to help standardize coinage for the California Gold Rush camps. However, it closed when the San Francisco Mint opened in 1854. There is no listing in the 1856 SF directories for a US Assay Office in SF. Perhaps this was located inside the Mint (as the US Assay Office in Carson City operated within the CC Mint)? In 1856, two soon-to-be famous Comstock assayers were working at the US Mint in SF: Conrad Wiegand and Leopold Kuh. Est. $400-$1,000 HWAC# 154017Lot#2144SanFrancisco,California 1858 Fretz & Ralston Check Signed by AP Crittenden Fretz & Ralston, Bankers, check, San Francisco, Sept. 7, 1858. Issued to J.A McDougal for $400, with note to “charge to a/c of RS Fretz-settlement with CS Whitney.” Signed by A.P. Crittenden. McDougal is listed as a lawyer in the 1858 SF Directory. Crittenden’s correspondence is well-known to Western collectors. In the 1850s, he was involved with state government and was practicing law. However, he was not prosperous and was often in debt. The 1858 SF Directory lists him in the firm of Crockett, Baldwin & Crittenden. Crittenden’s wife Clara and their children joined him in San Francisco. In 1863, he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the federal government, and, consequently, relocated to Virginia City, Nevada Territory. Clara remained in San Francisco with the children. While living in the Nevada Territory, he began a relationship with his landlady, the thrice-married Laura Hunt Fair, proprietress of the Tahoe House Hotel. In November 1870, when he left to meet his wife’s train in Oakland, Laura Fair followed him. On board the ferry from Oakland to San Francisco, Laura shot him as he sat with his wife and children. Clara remained in San Francisco after the murder; she died in 1881. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 155402

35View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2145 California 1860sFretz & Ralston Check and Cover, SF and Columbia Lot of 2. Fretz & Ralston were Ralph S. Fretz and William Chapman Ralston. In 1849, CK Garrison and Ralph Stover Fretz established a transportation agency in Panama which included banking services and operated as a casino. Charles Morgan, an American railroad and shipping magnate, hired Garrison as an agent for his steamship service running through Panama. The group battled for power with Cornelius Vanderbilt when they were all involved in the Accessory Transit Company, a firm which provided transportation from New York to San Francisco, via Nicaragua. Garrison came to California during the Gold Rush and served as mayor of SF from 1853-54. Ralston co-founded the Bank of California and co-founded the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and was therefore a significant presence on the Comstock Lode. The Garrison, Morgan, Fretz & Ralston banking house was formed in 1856. This is a later incarnation of that firm without Morgan or Garrison. 1) Cover sent to Fretz & Ralston in SF with Wells Fargo & Co. Columbia cancel on 3 cent stamp, plus W.O. Sleeper & Co. Bankers, Columbia, Cal. stamp at bottom left. 2) Fretz & Ralston bankers check, San Francisco, Oct. 31st, 1860. Issued to Wells Fargo for $30. Signed Morris A. Cohen. Cohen is listed as a broker in the 1860 SF Langley Directory. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155389Lot#2146SanFrancisco,California1856Garrison,Morgan,Fretz&RalstonBanking House Exchange & Note Lot of 2. As listed on the left side of this exchange, this banking firm was composed of numerous power players in California and New York, including: Chas. Morgan, C.K. Garrison, R.S. Fretz, and W.C. Ralston. In 1849, CK Garrison and Ralph Stover Fretz established a transportation agency in Panama which included banking services and operated as a casino. Charles Morgan, an American railroad and shipping magnate, hired Garrison as an agent for his steamship service running through Panama. The group battled for power with Cornelius Vanderbilt when they were all involved in the Accessory Transit Company, a firm which provided transportation from New York to San Francisco, via Nicaragua. Garrison came to California during the Gold Rush and served as mayor of SF from 1853-54. Ralston co-founded the Bank of California and co-founded the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and was therefore a significant presence on the Comstock Lode. The Garrison, Morgan, Fretz & Ralston banking house was formed in 1856. 1) Very rare Duplicate of Exchange, San Francisco, Sept. 4th, 1856. Issued to Jedediah Dewey for $175 to be drawn on Charles Morgan & Co in New York. Red print on thin paper. Allegorical vignette. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. 4.5 x 9.5” Wear to edges. Signed “Garrison Morgan Fretz & Ralston.” Dewey is not listed in the 1856 SF directory. 2) Handwritten receipt, San Francisco, Nov. 13th, 1857, for $100 for repairs on ditch. Signed by William R. Garrison, son of CK Garrison. When his father returned to New York in 1859, William stayed behind to watch over their business interests. 3 x 7.75” Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155338Lot# 2147 San Francisco, California 1860-1872 San Francisco Banking Exchanges Lot of 4 different. 1) Second of Exchange. 1860. NMR&L. To Providence Tool Co. for $537.50. Blue paper. Signed by Davidson. 4.25 x 9.75” 2) Donohoe, Ralston & Co. Duplicate of Exchange to be paid is US Gold Coin. 1863. To Lucy Moore, $300. Red print and vignette. Red 60 cts. CA State Tax Stamp. 4.25 x 8.5” 3) London & San Francisco Bank Limited. Second of Exchange. 1865. $100 in currency. 2 cent US IR stamp and 20cts. California State Tax stamp. Heavy creases and toning. 4.75 x 9.25” 4) Donohoe, Kelly & Co. Second of Exchange. 1872. 60 pounds sterling. 2 cent US IR stamp. 4 x 8.5” Est. $200-$300 HWAC# 155330Lot# 2148 San Francisco, California 1853-59 San Francisco Gold Rush Bankers Collection Lot of 3 different checks. 1) McNulty Carothers & Co. March 3, 1853. Banking House at No. 118 Montgomery St. Issued to Seymore for $50. Signed by Gregory Yale. Stamped Paid. Black print on blue paper. Le Count. 3 x 7.75” 2) DJ Tallant & Co. Exchange and Banking House. Nov. 6, 1859. Issued to JC Hays for $10. Pen cancelled. 2.5 x 6.75” Herald Print. 3) Parrot & Co. Bankers. Unissued check, c.1850s. Black print on blue paper. 3.5 x 8” with stub. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 155370

36December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2149 San Francisco, California San Francisco Vigilance Committee Medal, #1472 ORGANIZED 9th JUNE 1851* REORGANIZED 14th MAY 1856 / COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE / 1472 // BE JUST AND FEAR NOT * FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT CCELUM / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA. X-Ford Collection, Almost Uncirculated. ORGANIZED 9th JUNE 1851* REORGANIZED 14th MAY 1856 / COMMITTEE OF VIGILANCE / 1472 // BE JUST AND FEAR NOT * FIAT JUSTITIA RUAT CCELUM / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA. X-Ford Collection, Almost Uncirculated. Est. $40,000-$60,000 HWAC# 159486Much has been written on the San Francisco Vigilance Committee. Vigilance committees were formed twice during the California gold Rush in San Francisco: in 1851 and 1856. Each time the committees were formed, it was in response to lawlessness permeating local society. Crooks, murderers, con artists and the like were beginning to take over. Such was the window into which the world looked in 1856, and in the aftermath of the “violence.” Frank Smith noted in his discussion of the 1856 Vigilance Committee in 1883: Scorn and applause, exoneration and abuse, indignation and sympathy, have been the expressions of the civilized world in speaking of the Vigilance Committee of San Francisco. To law loving, peaceable and worthy people, it did seem strange that such an organization, which usurped, as it were, the laws of the land, and inflicted severe penalties, should exist without molestation at this time.And while the finger of scorn has often been pointed at these proceedings, and they have been mentioned as a matter of reproach, in other lands, yet from this power California recognized her only protector for life and property, her only security for peace and virtue.Such was the object of the society of Vigilantes. The remedy was violent, but the result was good.” (Smith, Frank .M.; San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856, 1883, p8-9)San Francisco was in a world of distress. Corrupt judges were exposed. Corrupt public officials were exposed. Ballot boxes were often “missing.” Others were found, torn apart and examined and found to have special trap doors and secret compartments. One ballot box device, called a “double back action ballot box,” was secured by the Vigilance committee. “It has many curious and ingenious contrivances, and works by various springs and catches.” It was nothing like the old, plain, sealed wood box. (p71)This was no way to hold an independent and fair election. At Belmont and Crystal Springs, there were but three hundred legal voters; but ‘Liverpool Jack’ (James Hannessey) and their abettors returned fifteen hundred. At Crystal Springs, the honest people found on the morning of the election, five men whom they have never before seen, and who had much to say about the election, and seemed to be very anxious that the ballot box should be protected. So much so that they returned five hundred votes as having been polled, when there were only about thirty legal voters in the precinct. (p69)Rumors and innuendo ran wild.Things had reached a crescendo when Cora murdered Gen. Richardson. At the trial, horrifying statistics of San Francisco were brought to light: From January 1, 1855- November 1, 1856 (ten months), 489 people had been killed or murdered. Six were hung by a Sheriff, and 46 were hung by mobs. Then Casey shot James king of William, a popular editor The 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committee and Its MedalsFred N. Holabird

37View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2150 San Francisco, California San Francisco Vigilance Committee of ‘56 by Smith, 1883 San Francisco Vigilance Committee of ‘56 with Some Interesting Sketches of Events Succeeding 1846. Edited by Frank Meriweather Smith. Published by Barry, Baird & Co. in 1883. Accounts of both Vigilance committees are given, drawn principally from the contemporary press. The editor covers the early “Hounds” and the “Sidney Ducks,” criminals that plagued early San Francisco. A detailed account of the important events associated with the Committee during 1856, and an almost full account of the legal court proceedings during the trial of Charles Cora for the murder of General Richardson and the assassination of James King of William, a noted San Francisco banker and editor of the Evening Bulletin. 83 pages. Original printed front wrapper mounted on newer binding of cloth-backed grey boards. This book originally belonged to J.D. Edmundson whose bookplate is on the front inner cover. His name is also inscribed on the title page with the date, July 13, 1912. Est. $500-$1500 HWAC# 158991Lot# 2151 San Francisco, California 1854 Gold Rush Check issued to James King of William, Ties to San Francisco Vigilance Committee Palmer Cook & Co. check (handwritten above Wells, Fargo & Co.). Dateline San Francisco, May 15, 1854. Issued to James King of William for $236.90. Signed by Freeman & Johnson. Stamped and cut cancelled. Not signed by James King of William. Nesbitt & Co., Printers. 2.75 x 6.75” James King of William was a crusading San Francisco newspaper editor whose assassination by James P. Casey, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1856 resulted in the establishment of the second San Francisco Vigilance Committee. He came to California in 1848 and had some success placer mining at Placerville. He then joined the mercantile house of Hensley, Reading & Company in Sacramento. On December 5, 1849, he opened his own bank on Montgomery Street and first began issuing private gold ingots. On October 8, 1855, the first edition of the Daily Evening Bulletin appeared, with King as the editor and C.O. Gelberding as the publisher. King “used his paper to crusade fanatically against immorality and corruption” and “his reputation of unimpeachable integrity” as well as his “blistering” and “frequently scurrilous” editorials “to turn on unscrupulous characters.” He often denounced U.S. Senator and private coiner David C. Broderick. King called for the hanging of Charles Cora, a well-known gambler and husband of the madam Belle Cora. James P. Casey, a friend of Cora, believed shooting King would take the focus off of Cora. King was shot by Casey on May 14, 1856 and died 6 days later. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155387Lot# 2152 San Francisco, California 1857-1864 Large SF Check Just After SS Central America Sinking, Plus French Exchange Lot of 2. Both are related to Gold Rush SF banker and commission merchant Abel Guy. 1) Abel Guy check for $10,420 (listed in FRENCH COIN), San Francisco, November 19th, 1857. Issued to Abel Guy from Rousset, Auger & Co. (who were SF importers and commission merchants). This large check was issued just two months after the sinking of the SS Central America. According to manifest lists online, both Guy and Rousset, Auger & Co. lost “treasure” on the ship. The latter is reported to have lost $11,000, very close to the amount of this check. Black print on blue paper. Britton & Rey. 2.5 x 7.25 2) First of Exchange, Abel Guy, San Francisco, 1864. Issued for 2,012 francs to Abr. H. Licke. To be drawn on FA Seilliere, Paris. Clipper ship and mermaid vignette. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New Orleans. 4 x 8.75” Pen and stamp cancelled. French stamp on reverse. Est. $700-$1,500 HWAC# 155396of a local newspaper who decried corrupt politicians, businessmen and judges. The violence was simply too much for San Francisco. Tempers flared. Mobs formed. A military contingent of two battalions was brought in to try to calm emotions and take control of the jail.A Constitution of a new Vigilance Committee was written, and a new group formed May 15, 1856 as the Vigilance Committee of 1856. That day, more than 1000 men signed up for membership in the committee. “The greatest precaution was observed, to prevent any improper person gaining admission.” The military battalions retired to street clothes, “cheerfully retired from the field of action.” At the time, King was barely holding on to life. In the middle of the night, two cannon were removed from ships at the wharf, and used to defend the jail in case supporters tried to free prisoners Cora and Casey. The following day, William T. Sherman was put in charge of the military units. The military was there to protect the lives of the people, not the prisoners. Meanwhile hundreds of people from mining camps all over the mother lode arrived in San Francisco, anxious about the situation. By May 18, 2,600 men were members of the Vigilance Committee. By Monday morning, it numbered three thousand members. By June 4, it would number 5,000. By the time they disbanded on June 10, there were a reported 8,000-9,000 members.On June 14, officers were elected, and a number of important San Franciscans were nominated as committee officers, including Sam Wass (Wass & Molitor) and Louis McLane (head of Wells, Fargo in California), as well as bankers Abel Guy, Sather, Church and Sime.The Vigilance committee formed into different military style units on Sunday, the 18th.It was a strange sight; men of all classes, ages, men of wealth, men of poverty. The clerk, the porter, the father – the citizen and the patriot; all enrolled in this volunteer company of citizen soldiers, and all bent on the accomplishment of a certain object. (p47-8). The volunteer brigades marched from all directions toward the jail. It was perfectly organized, “not a single mistake seems to have been committed.” The Committee led by William T. Coleman, took Casey by coach for trial. They went back for Cora, and the Sheriff relented, handing over Cora to the Committee. On May 20, King died. Cora and Casey were hung shortly thereafter.On June 10, the National Guard was disbanded. The Vigilance Committee was formally disbanded in November, lasting less than a few months. The Committee had done its work which was “the center of more power, and terror to evil-doers than all the Courts or Governors of California; because it had to aid its physical strength, the entire moral force of the State.” (p63)The Vigilance MedalThis example is thought to be the second finest known. The statement is conjecture, however, as Vigilance medals in this condition are so rare that direct comparisons are nearly impossible. There are very few known in private hands today, easily less than ten. A photographic record of the known pieces is not complete. The number of medals made and issued is unknown. It may be postulated that these silver medals were purchased by the members in the same manner that rare medals such as the Territorial Pioneers of California offered gold, silver or bronze medals to their membership at $5 each for the silver medal. Because of the overall extreme rarity of the medals, I do not believe one was issued to each member. One thing we do know, that has not been published previously, is that from the published data in Smith (1883), it is evident that this Vigilance medal was probably issued May 16, 1856, the day after the formation of the Committee. As such, it would have been owned by one of the first supporters, who greatly cared for this medal and kept it well protected.

38December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2153SanFrancisco,California 1869 Hentsch & Berton Revenue Check -- Hentsch Gold Nuggets, SSCA Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch’s banking and assay business in San Francisco. Hentsch was born in Geneva in approximately 1830 and arrived in California in 1849. After working in Grass Valley and Sonoma he opened an assay office and bank in San Francisco around 1856. Hentsch is perhaps best known to numismatists by the rare Hentsch gold ingots found at the wreck site of the S.S. Central America, which sank in 1857. Ephemera from Hentsch is even rarer than the ingots. The most common collectibles are Hentsch & Berton checks, though there are probably less than ten known. Dateline SF May 12th, 1869. Issued to Moreshead Esq. for $47. Signed by F. Berton. RN-B imprinted revenue. Printed by Edward Bosqui & Co. Ex. Ford Collection. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158072Lot# 2154 San Francisco, California 1865 Hentsch & Berton’s Assay Office Memorandum Very rare; possibly unique. Ex. John J. Ford Jr. Collection. Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at Hentsch & Berton’s Assay Office. Dateline San Francisco, September 14th, 1865 by bankers Sime & Co. On deposit, 53.38 ounces, made into a 53.34 ounce bar, .864 fineness. 6.5 x 10.5” Red print on creme paper. Folds, soiling, small tears, tape repair on reverse. Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch’s banking and assay business in San Francisco. Hentsch was born in Geneva in approximately 1830 and arrived in California in 1849. After working in Grass Valley and Sonoma he opened an assay office and bank in San Francisco around 1856. Hentsch is perhaps best known to numismatists by the rare Hentsch gold ingots found at the wreck site of the S.S. Central America, which sank in 1857. Ephemera from Hentsch is even rarer than the ingots. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 158073Lot#2155SanFrancisco,California Ingot Mould, John Taylor, c1860s Choice ingot mould from John Taylor & Co., San Francisco. This is an old multi-ingot mould that allowed for small pours of gold ingots of roughly five to twenty ounces each. This is a very rare mould, perhaps one of the few extant. Taylor got his start during the gold rush from his London office, where he marketed his company to California mining companies that included geologic consulting as early as 1853, though his history is not well known at this time. By 1865, he had opened an office in San Francisco with partner J. H. Page. Page left the firm in about 1875, and H.R. Taylor took his place. Taylor advertised in many of the western mining camps, selling assayer and druggist supplies. He had huge quarters at 512 and 514 Washington Street in San Francisco, but he did not advertise there at the time. Est. $500-$1,500 HWAC# 159467Lot#2156SanFrancisco,California John Taylor & Co. AssayerCatalogue,1899John Taylor & Co.’s Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Assayers’ Materials. Published in 1899. This catalogue contains illustrations and prices for assaying equipment, chemicals, mining and milling supplies, books on assaying, and more. 234 pages plus advertisements. 7 x 10.25 inches. Good condition. Est. $200-$400 HWAC# 158996Lot# 2157Gold and Silver Tables by San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, 1867 Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Once Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. Also tables showing the net returns from gold and silver of different fineness, when made in coin or fine metal. With other tables, which will be found useful and applicable to the wants of the business of this coast. Prepared by the San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works, successors to Kellogg, Hewston & Co. (Kellogg, Hewston & Co. succeeded Kellogg, Humbert & Co., whose ingots were recovered from the SSCA). Printed at Towne & Bacon’s Excelsior Book and Job Printing Establishment in 1867. About the first twenty or so pages contain tables with the values of gold per troy ounce, from zero to nine hundred ninety ounces. About the next ten pages contain very similar tables with the values of silver per troy ounce. This silver section is on light blue paper. The remaining pages consist of explanations and conversions. Approx. 60 pages. This book is in very fine condition. 7.25 x 10 inches. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 158982Lot# 2158 San Francisco, California 1856 Peterson & Trinius’ Assay Office Memorandum Extremely rare. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at Peterson & Trinius’AssayOffice, No. 124 Sacr ament o Street.DatelineSanFrancisco,October4th,1856. Deposit by GF Meltlin. After melting,9.52ounces, .859 fineness. Signed P&T. Red print on creme paper. 4.25 x 10.5” Deep folds, some soiling. We were not able to locate much about this Gold Rush assay firm. We did find mention in May 1857 (Daily Alta California) that the firm consisted of Chas. M. Peterson and Chas. Trinius and that they had dissolved the partnership. This particular item was sold in The Rush for Gold Summer Auction 2008. We cannot find any other sales of these receipts. Perhaps unique. Est. $3,000-$5,000 HWAC# 158075

39View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2159 San Francisco, California 1874 A. Kuner, Seal Engraver & Die Sinker, Billhead--Ties to Moffat & Co. Lot of 3. 1) Extremely rare billhead for A.Kuner,SealEngraver & Die Sinker, No. 611 Washington Street, 3rd Floor. Dateline SanFrancisco,December19th,1874. Upper left of billhead has impression for his business! Billed to WH Davenport of Eureka, Nevada for a seal and press for the Knights of the Pythias.Billheadappears to also have 3 impressions for that organization. Folds, toning. 2) Cut seal from a Kuner billhead for another Knights of Pythias Nevada seal. 3) Signed piece. Albert Kuner was the engraver of the California State Seal which was designed by Robert S. Garnett and adopted in 1849 by the Constitutional Convention. Kuner arrived in New York from Europe in 1848. He started working as an engraver for Tiffany Company. But when news of the California gold discovery reached NY, Kuner left with 3 of his friends aboard the ship Sutton. They arrived in SF in July 1849. Kuner was immediately employed by Moffat & Co. Dies for the first Moffat private gold coin, a $10 denomination, were first cut. Kuner went on to cut many dies for Moffat and other California coiners. In 1854, Kuner travelled to France and convinced Judith Rhineck to marry him. They returned to SF and had 5 children. Kuner died in January 1906, just a few months before the SF earthquake. Est. $500-$1,500 HWAC# 158076Lot# 2160 San Francisco, California c.1850 List of SF Gold Rush Property Sales to Sam Brannan & Others ”List of Lots Sold in the City of San Francisco and Purchased by Members of the Town Council.” Report from Horace Hawes, Prefect of San Francisco, March 1850. 9 pp. disbound from a book. Many of the lots are listed as being purchased by Samuel Brannan. Other buyers include: JW Osborn, Frank Turk, Foster & HL Dodge, GB Post, WH Davis, and Geo. E. Tyler. 9.25 x 6” Foxing, rough edges, rips to last page. Pages are loose. Samuel Brannan was an American settler, businessman, journalist, and prominent Mormon who founded the California Star (in January 1847), the first newspaper in San Francisco, California. He is considered the first to publicize the California Gold Rush and was its first millionaire. After the death of Joseph Smith, Brannan chartered the ship Brooklyn and persuaded the Mormons of New York to join the expedition to California. The Brooklyn set sail for upper California via Cape Horn in January 1846. In 1847, Brannan opened a store at Sutter’s Fort. Early in 1848, employees of John Sutter paid for goods in Brannan’s store with gold they had found at Sutter’s Mill. Brannan’s newspaper could not publish the news of the gold strike as his staff had left in a rush for the gold fields. But since he owned the only store between San Francisco and the gold fields, he bought up all the picks, shovels and pans he could find, and ran up and down the streets of San Francisco, shouting “Gold! Gold on the American River!” His Sutter’s Fort store sold $150,000 of goods a month in 1849. He used these profits to buy property in SF, as evidenced by this report. Est. $500-$1500 HWAC# 155409Lot#2161SanFrancisco,California1852Pacific Mail Steamship Co. Health Certificates, Gold Rush Sheet of two unused Health Certificates, San Francisco, 1852. These certify that a passenger from one of the PMSS Co.’s ships has paid the Health Fee of One Dollar as required by City Ordinance No. 215 and is entitled to admission to the Hospital as a City patient in case of sickness at any time within twelve months. From the City Physician. 7.25 x 10.5” Rips on side. Rare document tied to people arriving on steamers into SF for the Gold Rush! Est. $100-$150 HWAC#155407Lot#2162SanFrancisco,California1854-55SanFranciscoComptroller’sOffice Drafts, Gold Rush Era Lot of 3 different. 1) 1854 City Comptroller’s Office draft to HW Seale for $250 for grading and planking Beale Street. Signed by mayor CK Garrison and comptroller SR Harris. 4.75 x 8” Vignette of building. Britton & Rey. 2) Different draft/check from the City Comptroller’s Office in 1854. To Jesse S. Wetmore for 450 for servicing and planking Pacific and Kearny Streets. “Rejected for want of Mayor’s signature.” Signed by comptroller SR Harris (who was mayor in 1852). Also signed by John H Redington, HL Dodge, and George J. Whelan (future mayor of SF). 4 x 7.25” Printed by Goldsmith. 3) Controller’s Office warrant to Chas. A. Tuttle in 1855 for $168 for per diem of Senators. Signed by controller Sam Bell. Allegorical vignettes at top and bottom. Printed by Britton & Rey. 4.5 x 9” Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 154018Lot#2163SanFrancisco, California 1858 San Francisco USTreasuryExchange Signed by Howell Cobb Rare Treasury of the United States Second of Transfer for $10,000 to the Ast. Treasurer US at San Francisco. Dateline Washington, October 1st, 1858. Signed by Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb, Register of the Treasurer Biggs, and Asst. Treasurer US at San Francisco Jacob R. Snyder (on reverse). Pen cancelled. Black print and red underprint. Vignette of George Washington at left, and the US Capitol at top right. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter & Co. 4.5 x 8.5” Folds, toning. Howell Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851; he also served as the 40th Governor of Georgia (1851-1853) and as a Secretary of the Treasury under President James Buchanan (1857-1860). He is probably best known as one of the founders of the Confederacy, having served as the President of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. William T. Sherman called him “one of the leading rebels of the South.” Jacob R. Snyder came to California in 1845. He was part of Colonel Fremont’s expedition at Monterey and served as Quartermaster of Fremont’s California Battalion. He then served as Surveyor-General of the Middle Department of California. In 1849, he was a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention. Later, he was part of the banking firm of James King & Co., then appointed US Asst. Treasurer at San Francisco by President Pierce. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155400

40December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2164SanFrancisco,California Levi Strauss & Co. Billhead, 1890 1890 Levi Strauss & Co. billhead, with stamped Agency of the Marysville Woolen Mills. Pink 7.5x8.5”. Very rare. Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $200-$300 HWAC# 157867Lot#2165SanFrancisco,California 1854-55 Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange & Note, Gold Rush Era Lot of 2. 1) Original exchange issued Dec. 26th, 1855. No. 25713, issued for $1,000 to IM Campbell. Signed Page Bacon & Co. Black print, three vignettes: paddlewheel steamer (top center), Page, Bacon & Co. 3-story building (left), and allegorical(bottomcenter).Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Pen cancelled. Folds, creases, archival tape repairs. 4.25 x 9” 2) Generic form draft to Page, Bacon & Co. for $300, Dec. 7, 1854. Signature faded and illegible. 3.025 x 7.5” Stains, rough edges. Est. $150-$300 HWAC# 155368Lot# 2166 San Francisco, California 1856 Fantastic Gold Rush Letter & Cover, Page Bacon & Co., Re: 1855 Bank Collapse Lot of 2. Cover with corner ad for Page & Bacon Bankers St. Louis plus letter. Page, Bacon & Co. was composed of Daniel Page and Henry D. Bacon (Page’s son-in-law). In 1850, they expanded their St. Louis business to California during the Gold Rush. Page’s son, Francis W. Page, was sent to oversee operations. They had offices in Sacramento, Stockton, and San Francisco. Page, Bacon & Co. was the largest bank in San Francisco by the end of 1851, and in the first half of 1852 shipped about a quarter of all gold carried from California by steamer. Their St. Louis office become overextended, especially related to railroad investments, which caused it to fail in 1855. This failure caused a run on the San Francisco office, an event that had repercussions on other banks and businesses in the city and was known as the “Panic of 1855” and “Black Friday.” 1) Cover was mailed April 20th, 1856 to Francis W. Page in San Francisco. Black Saint Louis cancel on ten cent green Washington stamp. 2) Letter is written by H.D. Bacon on a blue double sheet. Dateline St. Louis, March 11, 1856. Addressed to his brother, Bacon suggests to Page ways they may reach settlements with creditors in California. He is still optimistic about the O&MRR and selling bonds for its financing: “I have just returned from a trip on our road on a hand car. I found the road in much better condition than I expected & I hope what I learnt will assist me in giving people directions for the more economical management of the road, & that it may be made a source of revenue to us. I am pushing the work as rapidly as possible in getting on to Blood Island.” 9.75 x 7.75” Fascinating and important Gold Rush banking letter. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 155334Lot# 2167 San Francisco, California 1849 49er Letter About Voyage to the Gold Rush San Francisco straight line postmark with magenta manuscript date. Matching 40 rate. Written in two parts. First is North Bend March 3 at Sea and second is San Francisco. The later read in part Every ship that comes in here is sure to lose all of those men. And men will not work for love nor money unless they get pushed hard and then they go to the gold mines.You know I left the North Bend in the Straight of Magellan. I left the Brig at Pont Famine [in the straights] and joined the Pilot Boat. My intentions are to go to the Gold mines as soon as possible. I have seen some beautiful specimens of the mines.From the Straits of Magellan we reached Juan Fernandez [Island, the residence of Robison Crusoe]. From there to the Galapagos Islands under the equator, opposite the isthmus of Panama. The Steamship Oregon sails with the U.S. mails on Monday the 2nd of July.In addition, the cover has been turned & re-used to forward the letter to another family member in Boston with a red Waterville, Me. cds and Paid & 5 handstamps. A very fine and spectacular historic item [originally sold at Schuyler Rumsey, April 2010, reference number 107229] Est. $1,000-$2,500 HWAC# 151900Lot# 2168 San Francisco, California 1857 Gold Dust and San Francisco Mint Letter San Francisco letter dated March 28, 1857. Interesting combination of two letters concerning the disposition of over 38 oz. of gold dust to the San Francisco Mint andthedistributionbetweenpartnersaswell as preparations for a voyage on the vessel oftheVanderbilt’sNicaraguaSteamshipCompany. The first efforts to establish a viable transitroutethroughNicaragua were made by Cornelius Vanderbilt who signed a treaty with the Nicaraguan government in 1849 calling for both the establishment of a land crossing and the construction of a canal. The steamship line ran twice a month on the 5th and 20th from the Pacific Wharf to San Juan, Nicaragua. Content includes; received returns from the Mint - paid $150 for second cabin - left my pistol in Nevada - and a whole lot of calculating how much money would each person involve get! Est. $500-$2000 HWAC# 151904

41View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2169 California 18501850 Stampless Cover About CaliforniaGoldSenttoPhiladelphia Mint One page letter sent from Greenway & Co. of Baltimore, Aug. 29, 1850 to Ludlow Beebee & Co. in Philadelphia. Message states that they have sent two batches of California Gold (31 and 9 ozs) via Adams & Co. “We would prefer to have them assayed separately, if the Mint will do it. If not you can consider the two as one lot.” Beebee Ludlow & Co. were bankers and at one time were the largest bullion and exchange dealer in the U.S. Greenway & Co. were bankers in Baltimore. Letter is on blue paper, 9.75 x 7.75”. Folds (as mailed), some ink smearing. “Paid 5” and blue Baltimore Aug. 29 cancel. The San Francisco Mint was not opened until 1854. Gold was shipped to the Philadelphia Mint (or New Orleans Mint). In 1848, California’s military governor had shipped 228 troy ounces of newly mined gold to the Philadelphia Mint, where it was coined into 1,389 Liberty Head $2.50 quarter eagles. Est. $500-$2,000 HWAC# 155384Lot# 2170 San Francisco, California 1849 One Page SF 49er Stampless Cover to Wall Street, New York Wow! Mailed from San Francisco. Addressed to W. H. English care of Winslow, Lanier & Co. Wall Street, New York City. Winslow, Lanier & Co. was a New York-based investment firm founded by Indiana financier James Franklin Doughty Lanier and Richard Winslow in 1849. It was an early source of financing of railways in the United States, selling railroad securities to private investors in the United States and Europe Signed by Thomas Hurley(?). Sent 62.5 ounces of gold dust. He had to pay 7.5% which was 2.5% more than usual. He is a San Franciscan working to secure a way to ship for their company and others. He has already established places to crate supplies - so it seems. Important as this is the beginning of an important financial group in New York! Est. $500-$1000 HWAC# 151906Lot# 2171 San Francisco, California 1849 Gold Rush Letter with High Sea News True 49er letter. 3.5 pages. 2.5 pages about the voyage over. Stampless cover with San Francisco, Oct. 1 stamp. Handwritten 40 for postage. The letter says that the ship has not moved in the last 36 hours the ocean is so still. “I begin to feel the want of a vegetable diet. I would give considerable for a good dish of potatoesTwo porpoises have been caught since last night. Both have been eater, I do not expect we will find much gold...we shall have the advantage of living a wild life freed from care of civilization. How pleasant I will be to hunt & fish.”On September 2, the letter is finished about the projected gold rush trip. “We start tomorrow for the mines our joint destination is the Yuba Creek a branch of the Feather River...leave behind our beds...it is the most pleasant season to work I never felt better our camp is located directly on the Shore of the bay. A man died this morning. His name was Stephen Crook (Cook?) one of the men that with Marshall first found gold at Sutter’s Mill...We shall build a log house at the mine...” Part of the letter is about life in New York, but there is more to be read about the trip and preparing for the mining adventure. Est. $500-$2000 HWAC# 151907Lot#2172SanFrancisco,California 1849 Gold Rush Letter, Fords Camp - 1849 Stampless cover with a straight line San Francisco postmark. Handwritten 40 for cost to mail. One page. Letter has staining and tape to keep the contents together. Hard to read between penmanship and staining, but the information is priceless. “After staying two weeks I went to the mines There is no safety in depositing or sending the gold I want to remain hereto be ready when the river falls which will be about one month...expected to make 80 or a hundred dollars a day Came by the way of Chargis(?) across the Isthmus of Panama then the steamer up the Pacific side to San Francisco then came up the river Sacramento to Sutter’s Fork thence to the mill thence to Fords Camp” Est. $500-$1200 HWAC# 151908Lot# 2173 San Francisco, California 1855 Tehama House Illustrated Lettersheet, SF Gold Rush Era Very rare. Pictorial lettersheet for the Tehama House, Corner Sansome and California Streets, San Francisco, G.W. Frink, Proprietor. Great large vignette of the establishment with well-dressed people and wagons out front. Lith by Boyd. Dateline San Francisco, March 117, 1855 (or 58?). Message to George from WE Lovels. Will drop a line tomorrow and hand the money tomorrow. 11 x 9” Folds. Built in 1850 by Col. Folsom. Favorite spot for army officials. Had a restaurant on the first floor known as “Alden’s Branch.” Eventually it was torn down and the Bank of California was built on the site. Est. $700-$1,500 HWAC# 155377Lot# 2174 Silver Mountain, California1860sSilverMountain, California Mining Stock Group Lot of 3 different. 1) Flag of Our Union & Twin Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Company. Mokelumne District, Amador County, Cal. No. 99, issued for 50 shares to AJ Fields in 1864. Dateline Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras Co., Cal. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled. Black border and print with allegorical woman vignette. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp at right. Certificate is missing bottom right corner. 3.5 x 8” 2) The People’s Gold & Silver Mining Company. Alpine Co. Late Amador, California, Monitor District. No. 1572, issued for 2 shares to Leonard Marsh in 1865. Signed by president Potter and secretary Read. Not cancelled. Black border and print with vignette of factory. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp attached at left. 6 x 9.75” Folds, creases, heavy toning upper right. 3) Pride of the West Silver Mining Company. Mokelumne District, Amador County. Unissued. Dateline Stockton, 1860s. Vignette of scene in the mountains. 5 x 9.5” Folds, toning. On March 16, 1864, Alpine County was formed from parts of Amador County, Calaveras County, El Dorado County, Mono County and Tuolumne County. Silver Mountain was founded in the 1850s but declined by the 1880s. Est. $400-$700 HWAC# 155324

42December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2175 Silver Mountain, California 1863 Occidental Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate ”Emma Frances Lode, Silver Mountain District, Mono County, California” (printed at left). Inc. December 1862. No. 226, issued for 5 shares to GE Walker on June 3, 1863 in San Francisco. Signed by president Isaac Leedham and secretary Jas. H. Gager. Not cancelled. Black border and print with allegorical vignette of eagle on patriotic shield with ship in the background. Lith. Britton & Co., SF. 25 cent adhesive revenue stamp on the right. 5.25 x 9.25” Pinholes, folds, creases. Very nice. The Occidental had a tunnel in Silver Mountain Mining District in 1863, 100 yards west of James E. White’s claim. Rare. On March 16, 1864, Alpine County was created from parts of Amador County, Calaveras County, El Dorado County, Mono County and Tuolumne County. Silver Mountain was founded in 1858 by Norwegian miners. The mines were shut down by the mid 1880s. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 155320Lot# 2176 Siskiyou County, California1861PaymentReceipt for Services in the FirstModocIndianWarState of California, Office of the Board of Examiners. Dateline Sacramento, August 15th, 1861. Issued to A. Pool for $273.33 for “his services as teamster in the “Modoc War” in the Expedition against the Indians in Siskiyou County in the year 1855.” Signed by William C. Kibbe as president and the clerk (illegible). Reverse endorsed by A. Pool. Black print on light purple paper. 5.5 x 8.25” Folds, creases, light discoloration. William Chauncey Kibbe (1822-1904) was a California pioneer and the third Adjutant General of California. He oversaw the California Militia from its beginnings through most of the American Civil War. Usually we think of the Modoc War as the battles that took place in northeastern California and southeastern Oregon from 1872 to 1873. This receipt is for an earlier Modoc War tied to the larger California Indian Wars. In Siskiyou County in 1855, white citizens were engaged with the Shasta, Klamath River, and Modoc Tribes. At Humbug City (on Humbug Creek), violent engagements with Native Americans began on July 24, 1855 in what was known as the Humbug War. To help, the Siskiyou Guard was organized at the end of 1855 and was composed of 70 men. In August 1856, they combined with two other volunteer companies to deal with Indian hostilities at Tule Lake. Est. $700-$1,000 HWAC# 155414Lot# 2177 Sonora, California 1852-1854 Adams & Co. Sonora, California Gold Rush Exchanges Lot of 2 different. Sonora was founded during the Gold Rush by Mexican miners. It is located in Tuolumne County, at the southern portion of the Mother Lode. 1) First of Exchange. Stamped dateline of Sonora (above printed dateline of San Francisco). No. 285, issued to Asapp Phelps for $275. Signed Adams & Co. Allegorical vignette on the left and bottom center. Placer mining scene at top center. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. Folds, toning.4.5 x 9” 2) Second of Exchange. Handwritten Sonora dateline over printed San Francisco. No. 5264, issued to Sarah Gardner for $30. Signed Adams & Co. Pen cancelled. Black print on blue paper. Allegorical vignette on the left and bottom center. Placer mining scene at top center. Printed by Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co. 4.25 x 8” Folds, staining. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155371Lot# 2178 Sonora, California 1854 Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange, Sonora, Gold Rush Era Rare location. Printed dateline of Sacramento City is crossed out and “Sonora” is handwritten above. Aug. 12th, 1854. Second of Exchange No. 914 to Mrs. IM Leonard for $50. Signed for the company by R. Whitney. Blue print on thin paper with allegorical vignette. Toppan, Carpenter, Casilear & Co., NY. 4.25 x 8.5” Folds, toning. Page, Bacon & Co. was founded in San Francisco in 1850 during the California Gold Rush. Their main office in St. Louis became overextended in 1854 due to problems financing a railway, and closed in January 1855. When the news reached San Francisco five weeks later, it triggered a run on the San Francisco house, which was also forced to close and affected other numerous other banks. This run was later known as “Black Friday.” Sonora was part of the Southern Mother Lode. Located in Tuolumne County by Mexican miners during the Gold Rush. Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155361Lot# 2179 Sonora, California 1856 Wells, Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, Sonora, Gold Rush Era Rare location. Handwritten dateline Sonora, Calfa. June 2nd, 1856. No. 50.927, issued to WH Simmons, agent, for $700. Signed Wells, Fargo & Co. Reverse has notations from Simmons to pay Eliza A Crandall. Black print on blue paper. 4.25 x 8.75” Folds, creases. Sonora is located in Tuolumne County, in the southern portion of the Mother Lode. Founded by Mexican miners during the Gold Rush. Est. $200-$500 HWAC# 155362Lot# 2180 Sonora, California Wells Fargo & Co. Express Receipt for Treasure Datelined Sonora April 9th, 1854 Three bags of gold dust valued at $5400 (300 oz.) for assay at the U.S. Mint which just opened. Very early! Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 160130

43View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot#2181John HewstonLetter1857From&ToWellsFargo& Co In 3 pieces. Correspondence on letterhead of John Hewston, Analytical chemist and Metn interesting set in that it the first document is datelined Columbia, October29,1857from a Mr. Zander a Wells Fargo agent to a miner, “Your note of the 25th together with the sample of ore came duly to hand. To make the test will cost you $15. If the piece you sent is a fair sample, it is enough. If it is not a good sample, you better send say a pound selected from places and the test can be made from that. The letterhead of the Wells Fargo & Co. reflects “New York, California and European Express and Banking Company of Wells Fargo & Co., however the words “and European” and “Banking” are crossed out and the word “Exchange” is substituted for Banking. Similarly, the words “London and Paris” are crossed out just below. The next document on the letterhead entitled “Laboratory for Practical and Analytical Chemistry” and subtitled “In conjunction with Kellogg & Humbert’s Assay Office, 104 Montgomery Street, San Francisco” is datelined November 9, 1857, and signed by John Hewston. The letter is addressed to J. R. Mosely Esq. of San Francisco c/o Wells Fargo & Co., Columbia. The subtitling, which is extensive and identifies a range of analyses, also identifies John Hewston, Jr. M.D. Analytical Chemist and Metallurgist, Late Melter and Refiner, U.S. Branch Mint, San Francisco. “Dear Sir: I have carefully assayed the sample of rock left with me and find that it contains 5 ozs and 3 dwts (pennyweight) of Gold to the ton of ore (small hole in paper) (2240 pounds).” Note that the Gold weights are in Troy weights where 12 Troy ozs. = pound and 20 dwt = one Troy ounce. In the avoirdupois system 1 ton = 2240 pounds avoirdupois. The assay indicates that the ore is running about $103 per ton @ $20 per oz. Gold. The third document is a receipt signed by John Hewston for the assay at $15 to Mr. J. R. Mosely c/o Columbia Office and again reflecting on the preprinted form the Assay Office of Kellog and Humbert and John Hewston as the Practical Chemist and Metallurgist. All forms are on a light blue paper. References: John Hewston is listed in the 1856 San Francisco City Directory by Harris, Bogardus and Labatt as above on p. 62. J. R. Mosly (spelling variance) is also listed on p.83 as being affiliated with Wells Fargo & Co. Some age toning and a few minor tears not effecting content, otherwise Fine. Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 160133Lot# 2182 Sonora, California 1863 Excelsior Quartz Mining Co. Check, Sonora Extra rare! Dateline Sonora, Cal. March 23rd, 1863. Check No. 7, drawn on Donohoe Ralston & Co. bank of San Francisco. Check issued to DM Winfield, Agt., for $500. Signed by secretary Chas. Holton. Green print on thin paper, vignette of prospector. Lith. Britton & Co., SF. 2 cent revenue stamp attached upper left. Folds, creases, stains. 3 x 7.25” No additional information located about this mine. Est. $100-$200 HWAC# 155328Lot# 2183 Sonora, California 1853 City of Sonora, California Gold Rush Bond Very rare to find a Gold Rush era bond for a mining camp other than SF or Sacramento. City of Sonora Bond, $100. No. 39, issued May 4th, 1853, in accordance with an Ordinance approved January 28th, 1853. Signed by the city clerk, John Sedgwick, treasurer Butin(?), and (on the reverse) mayor G. Washington Patrick. Black print on thin paper with pink seal and circular vignette showing miners and the town’s incorporation in 1851. Lith. of SP Butler, SF. 6.75 x 10” Pinholes, folds, creases. Sonora was located by Mexican Miners during the Gold Rush. It is located in the southern portion of the Mother Lode in Tuolumne County, California. George Washington Patrick was an early settler of Sonora and one of its first mayors. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Patrick left Sonora to volunteer his services to the Confederate Army. Although he was refused a commission and did not serve in the army, he remained in the south until his death in 1886. Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 155363Lot# 2184 Sutter’s Fort, California Early Sutter’s Fort Illustrations (Sacramento Gold Rush) Lot of 5. Two are original period illustrations (from books) and the rest are modern copies. John Sutter started constructing Sutter’s Fort in 1841. The site of the fort was established in 1839 and originally called New Helvetia. The fort is famous for its association with the Donner Party, the California Gold Rush, and the formation of the city of Sacramento, surrounding the fort. It was also close to the end of the California Trail and Siskiyou Trails, which it served as a way-station. After gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill (also owned by John Sutter) in Coloma on January 24, 1848, the fort was abandoned. 1 and 2) Illustrations by J. Cameron, likely out of a book. One is titled “Sutters Fort, 1849,” and shows a wagon and rider with the fort in the background. The other illustration is titled “The Plains Near Sac City in the Flowery Season” and shows tents with mountains in the distance. Both illustrations are 5.5 x 9” with blank reverses. Possibly c.1852. Unknown book. 3-5) Modern copies of early illustrations for collection enhancement. Includes: Sutter’s Sawmill, 1848 (4.25 x 7.25”), Sutterville, 1849 (3.75 x 6.25”), and a map of the area during the Gold Rush (3.5 x 6”). Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155415

44December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot#2185Weaverville,California TrinityCounty,California Stage Line Stock Certificate Pair Lot of 2 different. Both unused. 1) Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company. DatelineWeaverville.Greatvignette of Conestoga Wagon. Kachel & Dresel’s Lith. SF. 4.5 x 8.5” This company built and operated a toll road in the Trinity Mountains in North California. The road was surfaced with planks. The company is one of the earliest California turnpike companies. William Lowden formed the Weaverville and Shasta from Lincoln, Placer County, to Marysville, Yuba County, as an Wagon Road in 1857 to provide upgraded thoroughfare over Trinity and Brown’s Mountains. 2) Lewiston Turnpike Company. Dateline Samuel Brannan. In 1866, FM Pixley was the new president, and 17.5 Weaverville, 1870s. Great wagon vignette. Bancroft & Co. 5.25 x of 24.5 miles were completed. 9.25” Weaverville was founded in 1850, Weaverville is a historic California Gold Rush town. Located at the foot of the current Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, Weaverville was once home to approximately 2,000 Chinese gold miners, and had its own Chinatown. Logging and tourism were the economic mainstays of Weaverville for many years. Est. $200-$250 HWAC# 155359Lot#2186YubaCounty,California 1852 Yuba County, California Gold Rush Era Bond Funded Debt of Yuba County. No. 24, issued to Peter Decker on July 1st, 1852 for $334. Signed by Judge Henry P. Hann and county auditor Charles Lindley. Pen cancelled. To be paid in 1860. Black print on very thin blue paper. Vignette of globe and ships. Express Print Marysville. Ten coupons still attached. 12 x 10.5” Folds with some separation, toning. Yuba County was one of California’s original counties, formed in 1850 at the time of statehood. Est. $400-$800 HWAC# 155326Lot# 2187 Yuba County, California 1857 & 1868 Yuba County, California Bonds Lot of 2. 1) $500. No. 223, issued to M Bennagin & Co. on July 1st, 1857 in Marysville. Signed by the Chairman Board of Supervisors and County Auditor DC Benham. 15 coupons attached, pen cancelled. Black border and print, pink seal, and multiple allegorical vignettes. Lith. Britton & Rey. 15 x 16” Folds, creases. 2) $1,000. No. 31 issued to Josiah S. Bowen in Marysville on July 1st, 1868. Pen cancelled. Signed by the County Treasurer (JR Rideout), County Auditor (LR Jellon), and Chairman of the Board of Supervisors (McConnell). Black border and print, two small allegorical vignettes. Lith. Geo. H. Baker, SF. 25 coupons attached, pen cancelled. 16 x 16” Folds, creases. Est. $400-$600 HWAC# 155380Lot# 2188 Yuba County, California 1866 Yuba Rail Road Company Bond $1,000 bond to be paid in gold coin in 1886. Dateline Marysville, July 11th, 1866. Signed by Chairman Board of Supervisors Wm. Carpenter, County Auditor Crane, County Treasurer Hartwell, and County Clerk DE Arnold. Not cancelled. Black border and print. Three allegorical vignettes. Britton & Co. 29 coupons attached. 17.5 x 15” Folds, creases. This company was organized in 1862 with the purpose of constructing a railroad extension of the California Central Railroad. Its first president was Est. $300-$500 HWAC# 155379High resolution images, including many additional photos are available online! Zoom in and see close up details by visitingFHWAC.com

45View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2189 California California Land Grant Papers, 1834-1855, Plus Gold Rush Letters This lot is an important lot illustrating the in-depth length officials went to while they investigated Mexican Land Grant titles to California properties in the 1850s. The process was difficult, and involved two distinctly separate cultures and legal systems that clearly conflicted.Recently, an 1850s archive belonging to Surveyor Edward Williams surfaced in the central mother lode region. His personal letters of the gold rush are included in this lot, as are all of his personal papers regarding his work on California land grants.This lot is an important lot illustrating the in-depth length officials went to while they investigated Mexican Land Grant titles to California properties in the 1850s. The process was difficult, and involved two distinctly separate cultures and legal systems that clearly conflicted.Recently, an 1850s archive belonging to Surveyor Edward Williams surfaced in the central mother lode region. His personal letters of the gold rush are included in this lot, as are all of his personal papers regarding his work on California land grants. Lt. Edward Williams was a member of Company E, New York Volunteers under Capt. Nelson Taylor. He came to California about 1847. Williams was a deputy surveyor, later working for the Office of the Surveyor General of the Unites States for California. In 1858, Surveyor General J.W. Mandeville caused to be written a report outlining certain aspects of several Mexican Land Grants issued under then California Governor Alvarado. Mandeville had Williams copy the original documents exactly - inclusive of an ink copy on linen that is an “exact tracing” of the original documents, starting with 1834 up through about 1840. These “copies” were submitted to the Surveyor General in 1858 and sworn as a true copy. They are so good in their physical appearance, that if split out, it would be near impossible to tell the difference between these “copies” and the originals, which would have been written a mere ten to twenty years prior. Williams continued the title work by copying other documents from about 1841, though this time not as a tracing, but hand copied on the usual blue paper of the 1850s. The striking fact in reading these documents is the same as what was discovered by lawyers when Fremont’s land grant (and others) were studied. The Mexican Government, through Alvarado (regardless of other arguments to the contrary where Alvarado’s legal authority to make land grants were argued), granted rights for these large land parcels in California to various people, but clearly stated they could not sell parts of the property. The wording was used many times in litigation of the period in both defense of the land grants, and in opposition to how the land grants were handled. The issues were actually quite simple, in that the Mexican legal standards for land grants was far different from those in the United States, and the two differing forms of written land ownership (and use) clashed. Neither Mexico nor the United States had any idea whatsoever that something as important as the California Gold Rush would ensue just a few years after, or that the Mexican War would work its way into the California “territory” far north of Mexico City, where heretofore human populations were scant, inclusive of small Russian enclaves in the north. In short, it was “no-man’s” land. It is quite possible the very little thought went into the exact nature of the specific wording because there simply was no one else interested in land this far north. These documents reflect a parcel of land granted to Francisco Mesa at “Corral de Tierra,” a large parcel in Monterrey County, California. Mesa had requested land for “his personal use and that of his family.” In the Grant, the title papers reflect “while the land is under (Francisco’s) possession it cannot be divided, mortgaged, or a levy placed on it, nor handed down...” This clause became the central argument in all future cases against land title on Mexican Land grants. It is referenced in Spence’s five volume treatise on Fremont inclusive of his letters (1984). In fact, Fremont’s Mariposa Estate Lawyer, Rufus Lockwood, was one of the few lawyers who found a way to unwrap the mess. These original documents help illustrate and thus tell the complex story of Mexican Land Grants in California. They are very rare, with perhaps only a few originals such as this in private hands.The Personal Gold Rush Letters of Edward WilliamsThis is an archive of about thirteen letters from Ed (aka “Ned”) to various family members, primarily his mother and sister Alice. About half are from Ed, the other half are written to him. The dates of the letters are; 1850: 2/10/1850, 4/15, 4/16, 4/28, 5/12, 6/10, 7/30, 10/11, 11/17, (illeg). 1851: 9/9/1851. The letters are generally readable, but the condition far from perfect, with water stains throughout and chips abundant along edges.The letters are generally at least two pages, sometimes four or more, inclusive of writing in the crossed line custom to save paper. Most are datelined at Monterrey, where he discusses the people, the customs, setting and more. The 4/15/50 letter describes his trip to San Juan (Bautista) from Monterrey in detail while he was on his way to San Francisco. Williams writes of his great pleasure on tasting cooked beef by the Indians that he found was the best he ever tasted as they camped on the way to San Jose, with the ultimate goal, Mission Dolores in San Francisco. One of his first notes on San Francisco: “There are regular streets filled with all kinds of sorts of stores...” “The shipping covers the water as far as you can see. And those nearest the shore are converted into store houses, the rigging being taken down and the and holes cut in the sides for doors...The best houses in town are occupied by gamblers ... a large saloon filled with tables on which are played all kinds of games of chance - at some of the tables are displayed immense amounts of coin and gold in lumps worth from 1 to 5000 dollars which some poor infatuated fool of a miner has at some time lost to them.”Est. $5,000-$10,000 HWAC# 158849

46December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2190 California 1851-55 California Gold Rush State Capitals Collection Lot of 5. These warrants tell the story of how the California statecapitallocationwasinflux during the GoldRush.Themeetings of the StateLegislatureset the location and were as follows: 1st Session, San Jose (Dec. 15th, 1849); 2nd Session, SanJose(Jan.6th, 1851); 3rd Session,Vallejo(Jan. 5th, 1852) to Sacramento(Jan.12, 1852); 4th Session, Vallejo (Jan. 3, 1853) to Benicia (Feb. 4, 1853); and 5th Session, Benicia (Jan. 2, 1854) to Sacramento (Feb. 25, 1854). Sacramento became the capital for that moment on. 1) Comptroller’s Office warrant, San Jose, Dec. 15th, 1851. To the treasurer of Contra Costa County for $5,659.15. Signed by John Houston. 2) State Treasurer’s Office warrant, Sacramento, Jan. 2, 1852. Issued to William Learned for $1,280. Signed by treasurer Rich. Roman. 3) State Treasurer warrant, Vallejo, Sept. 7th, 1852. Issued to Charles L. Case for $27.91. Signed by treasurer Rich. Roman. 4) Comptroller’s Office warrant, Vallejo, May 13th, 1852. To the County of Sacramento, related to an Act passed in the Assembly, 1852. Signed by Comptroller Winston Pierce. 5) Controller’s Office warrant. 1855. To William Knox for $84. Signed by Sam Bell, controller. Sacramento. Est. $500-$1,000 HWAC# 155335Lot# 2191 California Lease Signed by William Coleman and Henry Corbett, 1856 Blue paper lease between William Coleman of San Francisco and Henry Corbett of Portland. William Tell Coleman was a shipping magnate,politician,andborax producer. With the California Gold Rush, he and his brother joined the flood of people heading westward andthetwobecameinvolved in the mercantile businessinSacramentoand Placerville, California. Later, his brother went to Oregon and William settled in San Francisco, where he started the merchandising firm of William T. Coleman & Company, which he built into the largest commission business in the city. Coleman was a leading figure in both the 1851 and 1856 Vigilante Committees of San Francisco, which attempted to establish law and order in the lawless city. In 1856, he also established a steamship line between New York and San Francisco. Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827 - March 31, 1903) was an American Senator, businessman, politician, civic benefactor, and philanthropist in the state of Oregon. 8x13” Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining MuseumEst. $500-$2,000 HWAC# 158463Lot# 2192 New York, New York 1865 Wm. T. Coleman & Co. Stamp on Cover to HH Page Cover sent to HH Page in St. Louis, Missouri. (Page is likely tied to Page & Bacon, who operated out of St. Louis and SF during the 1850s before their bank collapsed.) Pencil notations that date it as April 22, 1865. New York cancel and killer on 3 cent stamp. However, the best part of this cover is the stamp on the reverse. “Forwarded by Wm. T. Coleman & Co.” William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in the clipper card collection we are offering in this sale worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. This cover is Ex. Henry Clifford, who was the Southwestern Director and Vice President of the Western Cover Society in the mid-1950s. Est. $200-$500 HWAC# 155390Lot# 2193 California c.1857-64 California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman & Co. Group Lot of 5 different for William T. Coleman & Co.’s California Line. Two different locations are represented: 88 Wall Street and 161 Pearl Street. Using NY Trow directories, we determined the 88 Wall Street location dates to c.1857-1861. The 161 Pearl Street location dates to c.1862-1864. (After this, the company is listed at 71 Wall (1865) and then 117 Front St. (1866-70).) 1) Two cards for the 88 Wall Street, Tontine Building location. a) Clipper ship “Reporter,” Howes, Commander. Passage to San Francisco in 103 days. Red border, with blue, red, and gold print and a vignette of a color flag. No printer listed. 4 x 6.5” Heavy staining, large creases. b) Clipper ship “Challenger,” Winsor, Commander. Passage in 109 days. Gold border, gold and black print with color vignette of a medieval soldier. Nesbitt & Co. printers. 4 x 6.25” Creases, soiling. 2) Three cards for the 161 Pearl Street location. a) Clipper ship “Dreadnaught,” Cushing, Commander. Rope and anchor illustrated border, black print. Not printer listed. 4 x 6.5” Reverse is inscribed Louis C. Stover. Some staining. b) Fantastic card for ship “Cyclone,” Thos. F. West, Commander. Purple border and print with red, white, and blue curving title and color vignette of ship at sea. Nesbitt & Co., printers. 4 x 6.5” Some staining, creases. c) Clipper ship “Shooting Star,” Drinkwater, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, with vibrant color vignette of ship at sea. Nesbitt & Co., printers. 6.5 x 4” Some discoloration. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $2,000-$5,000 HWAC# 154009

47View complete catalog, Register, and Bid online at FHWAC.comS.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2194 California c.1865 California Clipper Ship Card: William T. Coleman, 71 Wall Street This is the only card for Coleman in this group that lists his address as 71 Wall Street. According to NY directories, this address only appears in 1865. Coleman’s California Line. The Small & Very Extreme Clipper Ship “Sam G. Glover,” Maldon, Commander. Passage from New York to San Francisco in 110 days. Gold border, red and gold print. Nesbitt & Co., printers. 4 x 6.5” Creases, bends, tape repaired separations, and some soiling. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $500-$1,500 HWAC# 154007Lot# 2195 California c.1857-1861 California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 88 Wall Street Location Lot of 6 different for William T. Coleman & Co.’s California Line, operating at the 88 Wall Street location. According to NY directories, they operated at this address from 1857-1861. This is a fantastic group that all have color vignettes. All printed by Nesbitt & Co., NY. 1) Clipper ship “Derby,” Hutchinson, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, and a vignette of horse racing that takes up the entire background (unique to this clipper card collection). Passage from NY to SF in 117 days. 4 x 6.5” Deep creases, some paper loss, and soiling. 2) Clipper ship “Sierra Nevada,” L.W. Horton, Commander. Passage from NY to SF in 97 days. Gold border, black and gold print, with vignette of Native American on horseback with mountains in the background. 4 x 6.25” Creases, soiling. 3) Clipper ship “Golden Fleece,” Manson, Commander. Four passages to SF so far. Gold border, blue and gold print, and clipper ship vignette. 4.25 x 6.75” Missing upper left corner, creases, soiling. 4) Clipper ship “Mary Robinson,” Edward McCleave, Commander. Ornate purple border, with red and green print, and a vignette of an allegorical woman. 4 x 6.5” Large bend lower left, some discoloration. 5) Ship “Flying Scud,” P. Harding, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, and a fantastic clipper ship at sea vignette that takes up two thirds of the card. 4 x 6.5” Creases, clipped corner, some soiling. 6) Ship “Neptune’s Favorite,” Emmerton, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, and full face vignette of Neptune commanding a team of dolphins.3.75 x 6.75” Tape repaired separations, creases, soiling. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $3,000-$6,000 HWAC# 154010Register, view opening bids, and bid online by visitingFHWAC.com

48December 2, 2022S.S. Central America - Part BLot# 2196 California c.1866-70California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 117 Front St. Location Lot of 2. These are the only two Coleman California Line clipper cards in this group for his location at 117 Front Street in New York. According to NY directories, Coleman is listed here from 1866-70. (Previous to this address, he was at 71 Wall (1865), 161 Pearl (1862-1864), and 88 Wall (1857-61).) 1) Card for ship “Webster,” Capt. Norris. Vignette of Daniel Webster. Green border, red and green print. Printed by Nesbitt. & Co. Missing bottom left corner, soiling sticker on reverse. 4.25 x 6.5” 2)Card for ship “Almena,” Cole, Commander. Carries only 1300 tons. Passage from New York to San Francisco in 127 days. Gold border, red and blue print, and red and gold title. Printed by Nesbitt & Co. 6.5 x 4” Large center crease, some paper loss. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $1,000-$2,000 HWAC# 154008Lot# 2197 California c.1862-64California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, 161 Pearl Group Lot of 4 different for William T. Coleman & Co.’s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. According to NY Trow directories, the company operated here from 1862-64. All cards with vignettes and printed by Nesbitt & Co. 1) Ship “Shooting Star,” Drinkwater, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, with vignette of ship at sea. 6.5 x 4” Creases, tape repair, and some soiling. 2) Ship “Rangoon,” AP Boyd, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, with vignette of multiple ships in a harbor. 6.5 x 4” Very large creases incl. tape repair, some paper loss, staining. 3) Ship “Norway,” Coombs, Commander. Purple border, red and purple print, with B&W vignette of two well-dressed women in tiny boat with clipper ship in the background. Creases, discoloration. 4) Ship “Live Oak,” WO Alden, Commander. Black border, red and black print, with interesting large vignette of Native American hunting a bear with a bow and arrow and clipper ships off the coast. Very large deep crease, some discoloration. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $2,000-$4,000 HWAC# 154011Lot# 2198 California c.1862-64 California Clipper Ship Cards: William T. Coleman, “Fairy-tale Theme” Lot of 3 different for William T. Coleman & Co.’s California Line at their 161 Pearl St. location. All have a fairy-tale or play theme. All printed by Nesbitt & Co. According to NY Trow directories, Coleman operated at this address c.1862-64. 1) Ship “Queen of the East,” N.P. Schibye, Commander. Gold border, black and gold print, with color vignette of queen and scepter (and clipper ship in background). 6.5 x 4” Heavy creases, soiling, sticker on reverse. 2) Ship “Wizard King,” no commander listed (unusual). Gold border, black and gold print, with color vignette of wizard sitting on rocks and clipper ship in the background. 6.5 x 4” Creases, tape repair, sticker on reverse, staining, paper loss at edges. 3) Ship “Favorita,” James Brown, Commander. Gold border, purple print, with vignette of woman holding a whip. 6.5 x 4” Heavy creases, soiling, sticker on reverse, paper loss on edges. William Tell Coleman was a California pioneer. He arrived in California in 1849 during the Gold Rush and starting a shipping and commission business. He is listed at 56 California in the 1852 SF directory, and then the Corner of Front & California in subsequent directories. Coleman was tied to the 1851 and 1856 San Francisco Vigilance Committees. Many of the owners of the other shipping lines in this clipper card collection worked for or were partnered with Coleman, including Edward Mott Robinson, Cornelius Comstock, and Platt & Newton (who took over his business in 1868). Coleman spent time in both New York and California. After leaving the commission business, he engaged in mining borax in Death Valley in the 1880s. He was owner of the Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley which he eventually sold to Francis Marion “Borax” Smith to form the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Coleman died in San Francisco in 1893. Ex. Du Pont Collection Est. $1,500-$3,000 HWAC# 154012Come join us in person and place your bids live in Reno at the Reno Convention CenterOr bid live online, submit absentee bids via phone, fax, or email, or schedule an agent with us and bid live via phone bidding!