May 7, 2024 The Paul Friedrich Collection of Firearms & Gold Rush
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Lot of California and mining ephemera circa 1850s - 1880s. Lot highlights include a Lucas Turner & Co., San Francisco bank check (1856), silk fraternal ribbon featuring a gold miner vignette and mentioning 49er towns, Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) anniversary ball 1895, Murphys, California, fraternal calling card from Colfax, California, ticket to the Mechanic's Institute Grand Horticultural Exhibition, San Francisco, 1870, Will & Finck Cutlery advertising card, 1850s era leather embossed straight razor case, 1889 Bancroft's "Pacific Coast Diary" name to a Coy Goodin of Oroville, California. Interesting daily content. One pair of brass wire framed eyeglasses, circa 1860s. CONDITION: Various grades, most rates very good.