Archives International Auctions Auction 91 January 23, 2024

Archives International Auctions - Sale 91 59 January 23, 2024 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - California & Nevada Gold Rush Documents California & Nevada 275 275 Nevada Gold & Silver Bullion Assay Documents, ca.1864-65 Virginia, Nevada and San Francisco, CA. Lot of 3 Certificates, Includes: San Francisco, CA. 1864, S. Molitor & Co. Memorandum of Assay of Gold Bullion, VF; Swansea Mill, Virginia, Nevada. 1865, Assay analysis from he Savage Mine, VF; and, a Nevada, 1860s, James J. Ott., U/U, Assay Office receipt for Gold dust, with seated allegorical woman in middle, Uncirculated. Attractive early mining group. (3). �������������������������������������� Est. $100-200 Ephemera - California Gold Rush Era California 276 276 Wells Fargo & Co., Issued 2nd of Exchanges (2), 3 Different Express Company Receipts and a Banking Books, ca.1854 to 1969 California....., 1854 to 1969. Lot of 7 items featuring 2 different 2nd of Exchanges, Telegrams and Financial History Books, Includes: Harnden’s Express Foreign Letter receipt dated 1854 for 1 box; Wells Fargo & Co. 1858, $50 Second of Exchange; 1859, with imprint “at your office in Boston”, $50 Second of Exchange; Wells Fargo & Co. Express 1899, Receipt; Booklet about the “San Francisco Clearing House Certificates of 1907-1908” printed by UC Berkley in 1909; and, the Bank of California Book of its history of the past 100 years printed in 1969. All items are in VF-XF condition. (7). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. One additional note, all of the items were purchased from, Vern Potter with his imprint on the backs of the holders. ������������������������������������ Est. $180-350 Ephemera - Cameo Business & Corner Cards New Jersey 277 277 Isaac B. Kilburn. Carriage Bows. Cameo Business Card Rarity, ca.1850-70’s. Newark, NJ. Isaac B. Kilburn, Formerly Bedford Crane & Co., Manufacturer of Carriage Bows & C., 2.75 x 1.75 Inches, Four buildings and wagon. Blue on white thin card. Formerly mounted. XF condition on face with mounting remnants on back. (From the Laubenheimer Family Archives, June 2015, Lot #1) �� Est. $325-650 Ephemera - Canadian Fiscal Documents & Security Printing Ephemera Canada 278 278 Canadian Railroad, Fiscal Documents and Security Printing Ephemera, ca.1847 to 1883 Canada. Lot of 4 items, Includes an 1882, Hamilton Ontario, proof (printed on Glossy white paper) and specimen business card for William Edgar, Assistant General Passenger Agent; VF to Uncirculated; Montreal, 1883, The Grand Trunk Railway Co., of Canada, Sight draft for $1.12, XF; and, Toronto, 1847, Ross, Mitchell & Co., First of Exchange, 5,000 Pounds Sterling, VF-XF. Attractive railroad and business related fiscal documents. (4) ������������������������������������������������� Est. $200-400