All lots for Misc.
Spring 2025 Auction
May 23, 2025 10:00 AM PT - June 01, 2025 7:00 PM PT
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Freeblown Black Glass Ale
Freeblown, sticky ball pontil, 9" tall circa 1830-1850.
Lot # 51
Opening Bid
$50.00
Morville AAA Backbar
Whiskey backbar. Moreville AAA was a popular brand of whiskey around the turn of the century represented by Louis Taussig & Co. as the sole agent. See lot # 88, a pocket calendar from Louis Taussig & Co. advertising Morville AAA.
Lot # 52
Opening Bid
$80.00
Cranberry Swirled Decanter
Spirits backbar or decanter circa 1900. A beautiful cranberry swirled design!
Lot # 53
Opening Bid
$50.00
Early American Cologne
Open pontil, 6" tall. A crude cologne bottle circa 1840-1855 with an extremely misshaped top.
Lot # 55
Opening Bid
$50.00
E.C. & M Co. SF
Electrical Construction & Maintenance Co insulator, circa 1870s. CD 123. In a rich fire aqua, see photos.
Lot # 76
Opening Bid
$100.00
Lot of two porcelain cork stoppers: Milwaukee Brewery SF & Valley Brew Stockton
Porcelain cork stoppers circa 1900-1910. Both in good shape, no issues. One reads: "Milwaukee Brewery of San Francisco. Golden State Beer". The other, "Valley Brew Stockton Cal. Awarded Medal World's Fair 1904"
Lot # 83
Opening Bid
$20.00
Gibbs Special San Francisco
Here is a scarce porcelain cork stopper from San Francisco put out by James Gibb circa 1900-1910.
Lot # 84
Opening Bid
$80.00
Shea Bocqueraz San Francisco
Porcelain cork stopper from the famous Shea, Bocqueraz company of San Francisco who were the Sole Agents for Teakettle Old Bourbon. There are two small chips on the underside, see photos.
Lot # 85
Opening Bid
$30.00
Compliments of The Phoenix 1913
Debossed 1913. This is a pocket calendar from The Phoenix saloon in San Francisco from 1913. It measures roughly 3x6".
Lot # 86
Opening Bid
$50.00
Compliments of Theo Gier Co. 1911
Another pocket calendar, this time from 1911 and from the well known Oakland liquor merchant, Theodore Gier. Roughly 3x5.5".
Lot # 87
Opening Bid
$50.00
Louis Taussig & Co. Carol Rye Whiskey, Morville AAA Bourbon Pocket Notebook.
Dated 1916. Roughly 3x4.5". See lot # 52, a Morville AAA backbar bottle.
Lot # 88
Opening Bid
$50.00
Ahrens Bullwinkle Sign
A scarce sign with a great image, circa 1910. This example is in much better condition than other examples we have seen.
Lot # 89
Opening Bid
$350.00
G. Venard San Francisco
Applied top, late 1860s-1870s. This early Western spice is in a rich fire aqua.
Lot # 90
Opening Bid
$30.00
D. Ghirardelli & Co. (large size)
Tooled top, circa late 1860s to mid 1870s. Don't let the tooled top fool you, these are early Western spices. This is the large size in a nice shade of aqua without any distractions.
Lot # 91
Opening Bid
$60.00
Sample Lash's Bitters
Tooled top, 1890s, approximately 4". A scarce western sample bitters in great condition.
Lot # 93
Opening Bid
$50.00
R.B. Cutter Louisville KY
This is a great example of the popular R.B. Cutter handled jug. With an open pontil base and a nice tobacco amber color with light whittle.
Lot # 130
Opening Bid
$200.00
R.B. Cutter Louisville KY
Here is another R.B. Cutter jug in a much lighter honey amber color with several bubbles of varying sizes. The inside of the bottle appears to have been coated with lacquer to hid the interior stain. Open pontil base.
Lot # 131
Opening Bid
$200.00