A few examples of appraisal values for
GOLD RUSH

• 3 GOLD RUSH RELATED COINS1st
  3 GOLD RUSH RELATED COINS1st item: 1853 $1 US Liberty Head gold coin, head with crown facing left and surrounded by stars, the reverse center marked "1 DOLLAR 1853" within an open wreath and "United States of America" around the top edge. 2nd item: US 1915 California gold Eureka token, head facing left with "Eureka" top edge and "1915" bottom edge, reverse with "California Gold" to top edge, "ONE" to center and a standing bear just below. 3rd item: 1857 Indian Head California "gold" over brass token. Provenance: Private Knoxville, TN collection. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: All coins very good ciculated condition, ungraded.
• Vintage Alaska Gold Rush 10K gold
  Vintage Alaska Gold Rush 10K gold pin displaying a shovel and pick axe with Alaska banner at center. 2"W.
• GOLD RUSH ERA JOHN ALLENDER
  GOLD RUSH ERA JOHN ALLENDER COUNTERFEIT GOLD COIN DETECTOR 1855 or later, notes "PATENT NOV 27 1855," all brass construction, the balance scale with slotted pans for six gold coin denominations.
• HISTORICAL EARLY CALIFORNIA GOLD
  HISTORICAL EARLY CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH ERA LETTER DATED 1850 Historical Early California Gold Rush era letter dated 1850, the signed letter by George K. Danchy to his family, consisting of four pages recto and verso, conjoining leaves (octavo), Stanislaus River, May 19, 1850, on blue stationery reading in part, "... I suppose you would like to know how... men in California... look, well imagine a man with an old greasy worn out wool hat, hair never combed, shirt generally flannel, ragged pants and boots as shoes... such a thing as a... collar why hardly any one in the land but gamblers ever thinks of putting one on." a historical piece of ephemera relating to the life and appearance of a gold prospector in 1850.
• JOHN ALLENDER GOLD RUSH ERA
  JOHN ALLENDER GOLD RUSH ERA COUNTERFEIT COIN DETECTOR Circa 1855, notes "Patent Pending," all brass construction, the balance scale with slotted pans for six gold coin denominations; included are counterweights for $20, $10, $5 and $2-1/2 coins.
• 1884 Eureka California Gold Charm
  1884 Eureka California Gold Charm
• GOLD RUSH SCALE, NAVY BUCKLE AND
  GOLD RUSH SCALE, NAVY BUCKLE AND 5 OTHER ASSORTED NOVEL...A group of assorted novelties. 1st item: California Gold Rush style pocket scale in a tole or painted tin oval box, the hinged lid decorated with an eagle. Includes 9 assembled weights up to 2 oz. Center divider broken but retained, some light wear and oxidation. Illegible pencil inscription inside lid. 5" L. Mid 19th century. 2nd item: Brass buckles with crown and anchor insignia, surrounded by floral garland with dolphin heads at sides. Unmarked, likely English Royal Navy. Light wear and oxidation. 1 3/4" H. Probably Victorian. 3rd item: Painted tin miniature or pocket boat with figure and flag. 3 oars missing, considerable paint loss. 1 3/4" H x 3 1/2" L. Possibly 19th century. 4th item: Brass and metal Boatswain's Call or whistle, 4 1/2" L, with original box and instructions. 5th item: 3 glass marbles in a Japanese lacquer quarter-round box (damage to lacquer, chip to one marble). 6th item: Burlwood carved pipe with figure of a dog (one paw missing; missing mouthpiece). 5 3/8" L. 7th item: Small brass and steel compass, 3 1/2" square. Provenance: estate of James R. (and Mary B.) Packard, Huntsville, Alabama. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Good condition except where noted in above description.
• PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF THE
  PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM OF THE KLONDIKE/YUKON GOLD RUSH. Approximately one hundred and ten photographs late 19th-early 20th century. Includes landscape views (Salmon River Glacier Porcupine City Dawson City) gold mining and logging scenes (Nugget Creek Cahoon Creek) and portraits and architectural views of the Chilkat and Sitka Indians. Many photographs are signed 'Blankenburg' and others are signed 'Case & Draper'.
• Carved prospector, mule, walking
  Carved prospector, mule, walking through rocky area, mule staring at gold nugget tooth with crown prospector missed, prospector with pick, knife, pipe and revolver, origin unknown, probably 20th century, 9-1/2 x 14-1/2 x 5-1/2 in. Old painted surface with chips and losses, tail of mule repaired and possibly reattached, scattered glue residue, loss to top strap of mule's halter. Private Collection, Michigan
• YUKON GOLD RUSH PHOTOGRAPHS LETTER
  YUKON GOLD RUSH PHOTOGRAPHS LETTER AND SCRIMSHAW. Includes three mounted photographs: a camp scene a river scene and a group portrait of ''Pioneers of Dawson City.'' Together with a a naively carved walrus tusk with boats human figures walruses birds and seals 9 1/2''l. and a letter home dated October 19 1891. Also is included is a real-photo postcard with reindeer. Pictured in the front row of the ''Pioneers'' is William Liggett. Liggett was a neighbor and friend of the Brake family and his sister married into the Brake family. See also lots 965 and 966 for other items from the Brake-Liggett family. In his letter from Forty Mile Creek in the Yukon he details daily life as a goldminer in Alaska. The photographs with some fading and soiling but still quite clear; the tusk yellowed the tip has been gone for a very long time the other end has been cut off at some point after it was carved.
• CHARLIE CHAPLIN, GERMAN "GOLD RUSH"
  CHARLIE CHAPLIN, GERMAN "GOLD RUSH" POSTER "Gold Rausch" movie poster, from the 1962 re-release, loose and unframed, 24.5"h x 18"w
• Sydney Laurence (1865-1940
  Sydney Laurence (1865-1940 American) ''Alaskan Gold Miner'' Oil on Board 10''x7'' Image. Exceptional early prospector with gold pan. Signed l.l. Original framing 11.5''x9''. Excellent condition.
• Rudolf Cronau Gold Mining in
  Rudolf Cronau Gold Mining in Idaho 1885 Graphite on paper signed l.l. and dated 1885. Matted unframed and identified on mat. An outstanding and highly detailed sketch of miners possibly intended for illustration; 15.75 x 12.5 in. Condition: A dash of toning lower perimeter.
• 1849 GOLD RUSH PROSPECTOR SAMUEL
  1849 GOLD RUSH PROSPECTOR SAMUEL HAMMET DAGUERREOTYPE1849 Gold Rush Prospector Samuel Hammet Daguerreotype. 3.5"x3.25" Condition: Please Email for a detailed condition report.
• A Currier & Ives Hand Colored
  A Currier & Ives Hand Colored Lithograph Circa 1871 Gold Mining in California lithograph on paper with hand-coloring 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (image), 10 x 13 1/4 inches (sight). Property from the Estate of a Midwestern Collector, Saint Paul, Minnesota
• GOLD RUSH DIARY, ARTIFACTS OF ED
  GOLD RUSH DIARY, ARTIFACTS OF ED HICKS, TNApproximately 10 items including Brass Spurs and Gold Rush Related Pocket diary belonging to Edward Dickson Hicks II (b. 1831- d. 1894), the diary beginning Jan. 1, 1850, at his home Devon Farm in Nashville, Tennessee. Entry March 13, 1850: "Have the California Fever on the high order. I am resolved to go." Runs through April 1851, describes his journey in detail. Notes of purchases in back of book (and one page that has come loose) including a mule for $40, whiplash, harness, etc. Note that the diary does not describe his return home, and the entries, which are in pencil near the end, become progressively lighter and harder to read. Also included are a scrap of paper with reference to a Trading Expedition in 1851 and two pages labeled by Hicks' great granddaughter Sarah Hunter Hicks Green as "Translations of Shoshonis Indian Tribe Language by Ed Hicks II - he kept this folded up in his diary." Pocket diary 4" x 2 1/2". This archive also includes a letter from Ed Hicks II to Alexander C. Robertson, written in Sacramento City Calif. Aug. 4, 1850, describing his journey from the St. Joseph area. "The amount of suffering on the road will be very great all of the emigrants started from the states with light loads of provisions and expecting to make short trips but all are doomed to disappointment, and as men on the plains eat twice as much as they do at home they are sure to get out of food. I have seen men offer one dollar for a hard biscuit, two dollars for three pints of water." Also included is Hicks' leather "bullet bag" mentioned in his diary on March 17, 1850 ("Horton presented me a Bible, Bullet bag"). In addition is a pair of Spanish or Mexican brass spurs with figural decoration, that Hicks wore when he went west for the Gold Rush (1-7/8" rowels, 6" L x 3" W x 2-3/8" D, circa 1840), and a family archival photo (8 1/4" x 10") of the same spurs together with his pistols (pistols not included). Provenance: the estate of Sarah Hunter Hicks Green, formerly of Historic Devon Farm, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com) Condition: Paper items exhibit toning. Edge tears and losses to Indian document. Wear and stains to bullet bag. Leather diary cover is worn with tape residue and losses. Interior pages are in good condition. Spurs in very good condition.
• Franklin Mint 150th Anniversary
  Franklin Mint 150th Anniversary Gold Rush Balance Scale 10''
• WONDER BREAD PREMIUM GAME, MAP OF
  WONDER BREAD PREMIUM GAME, MAP OF THE WONDER VALLEY OF GOLD 1936, being a Yukon expedition based on the popular movie hero "Renfrew of the Mounted," presented in wooden frame.
• BACHMANN GOLD RUSH BIG HAULER TRAIN
  BACHMANN GOLD RUSH BIG HAULER TRAIN SET #90022 Boxed Gold Rush G-Scale Model Train Set by Bachman, includes 4-6-0 steam locomotive with tender with operating headlight, electronic steam sound and realistic smoke; lighted combine with operating doors; observation car with lighted interior and drumhead; 20' of steel alloy track; UL approved power pack; in original box, box: 25" x 32 1/2" x 7". Box surface wear.
• 1853 U. S. ASSAY OFFICE $20 900
  1853 U. S. ASSAY OFFICE $20 900 THOUS., CALIFORNIA TERRITORIAL GOLD Authenticated and graded by NGC as AU DETAILS / RIM FILING. This being an historic official United States Government $20 gold piece that pre-dates the establishment of the San Francisco branch mint. The obverse has the familiar American eagle and notes the coin is of .900 fine gold; the reverse reads UNITED STATES ASSAY / OFFICE OF GOLD / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIFORNIA.1853.
• CASED AMBROTYPE OF A MAN WITH
  CASED AMBROTYPE OF A MAN WITH GOLD RUSH ERA ADORNMENTCased ambrotype depicting a gentleman in formal dress with Gold Rush era adornment. Dimensions: (sight) 2.5"h x 2"w; (cased) 3.62"h x 3.12"w. Processing and shipping within the continental U.S. $20.00 plus 1.5% replacement cost insurance. Please note we do not accept credit cards. Condition: Case front is separated from back. Wear to case. Ambrotype appears to be in good condition. Witherells strives to provide as much information and photographs as possible but encourages in-person inspection by bidders. Condition: statements are only for general guidance and should not be relied upon as complete statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty or assumption of liability by Witherells. All lots are sold "AS IS" under the Terms & Condition: s.
• 1853 GOLD CALIFORNIA 'EUREKA'
  1853 GOLD CALIFORNIA 'EUREKA' QUARTER DOLLAR COIN1853 Gold California 'Eureka' Quarter Dollar Coin,
• RUSSIA, 1898 GOLD 5 ROUBLES 0.900
  RUSSIA, 1898 GOLD 5 ROUBLES 0.900 fine; AGW 0.1245 oz.
• RUSSIA, 1899 GOLD 5 ROUBLES 0.900
  RUSSIA, 1899 GOLD 5 ROUBLES 0.900 gold, AGW 0.1245.
• JOHN AND JAMES BARD (NEW YORK,
  JOHN AND JAMES BARD (NEW YORK, 1815-1897), PORTRAIT OF THE GOLD RUSH STEAMER WILSON G. HUNT., OIL ON CANVAS, RELINED, 28.75" X 49.5". FRAMED 39.25" X 59.25".JOHN AND JAMES BARD, New York, 1815-1897, Portrait of the Gold Rush steamer Wilson G. Hunt. Signed and dated lower right "Drawn and painted by J&J Bard, NY 1849". Inscribed at bottom "Steamer connecting Coney Island, Shreveburg, Red Bank & 'W...Cilly' [indistinct] New York Captain A.H. Haggerty - Commander 1849 For T. Hunt Bros. N.J. Built by Thom. & Wm. Colyer N.Y. Engines of Wilson G. Hunt built by H.R. Nenham N.Y. Drawn & painted by J & J Bard N.Y. 1849". Provenance: The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 2001. The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts, acquired from the above at that sale. Literature: See J & J Bard Picture Painters, by Anthony J. Peluso (Hudson River Press, 1977), p. 7-9 for a reference to this painting, noting it is one of the last paintings signed by John and James Bard, and John Bard's demise., The Wilson G. Hunt was built at New York in 1849 for the excursion trade to Coney Island, but on March 2, 1850, shortly after her completion, she was sent around the Horn to San Francisco, arriving there in early 1850. She was immediately placed in the Sacramento River trade and became a "bonanza steamer," carrying gold speculators to the gold fields. She proceeded to make a fortune for her owners, clearing over $1 million in her first year. The steamer was sent to Victoria, British Columbia in August 1858, and ran for a short time on the New Westminster route. In October 1858 she was withdrawn, and then in the following year she replaced the steamer Constitution on Puget Sound. Early in the 1860s she was bought by the Oregon Steam Navigation Company and taken to the Columbia River, where she operated on the Cascade Route under command of Captain John Wolf. She ran on the Columbia until 1869, carrying from 250 to 300 passengers, 100 head of stock and a substantial amount of freight on a single trip. The Wilson G. Hunt was rebuilt in 1865, and in 1869 she returned to Puget Sound. She continued to be used on various runs until 1890, when she was broken up and sold for iron scrap to Cohn & Company of San Francisco. Her hull was burned shortly thereafter. Twin brothers John and James Bard were self-taught ship portraitists who specialized in steamships. The painting of the Wilson G. Hunt was one of the last two paintings signed jointly by the Bard brothers, and it has been speculated that John Bard went off in search of gold shortly after the completion of this work. By March of 1850 James Bard was the only signer of these works. After November 1855, John reappears and is known to have become a "destitute painter" in and out of New York almshouses until his death October 18, 1856. James lived a long and artistically productive life. He died 41 years after his brother, on March 26, 1897. Dimensions: Oil on canvas, relined, 28.75" x 49.5". Framed 39.25" x 59.25".
• MILLS BELL O MATIC GOLDEN NUGGET
  MILLS BELL O MATIC GOLDEN NUGGET 25C SLOT MACHINE Nevada,20th CenturyBlack slot machine with gold flecks, nude women holding gold nuggets, clear viewing windows.
• 2014 CANADIAN $10 GOLD PCGS MS64
  2014 CANADIAN $10 GOLD PCGS MS64 Most of the gold for these truly Canadian gold coins came from the Klondike River Valley as part of the wild and crazy Yukon gold rush in 1896. 200,000+ coins from 1912-1914 somehow survived being melted during WW1 and were rediscovered in 2012. 200,000 were melted and 30,000 were set aside to be sold so these will be forever scarce. PCGS graded MS64
• NINE ASSORTED .999 SILVER TROY
  NINE ASSORTED .999 SILVER TROY OUNCE NUGGETS. Three 1985 American Prospector. Two Electrum. One John Deere. 1982 Monex silver eagle. 1981 A-Mark nugget. And a Golden Analytical & Refining Co. nugget.
• Currier & Ives, publishers URNING
  Currier & Ives, publishers URNING OF THE STEAMSHIP "GOLDEN GATE," JULY 27, 1862 Hand-colored lithograph Estimate:$300-$400
• GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG
  GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG "AMELIA" ON A VOYAGE FROM MAINE TO SAN FRANCISCO NOVEMBER 1849-MAY 1850 13.5" X 8.5".GOLD RUSH-ERA JOURNAL OF THE BRIG "AMELIA" ON A VOYAGE FROM MAINE TO SAN FRANCISCO, November 1849-May 1850, "Journal of a Voyage from Eastport ME To San Francisco_U_C In The Herm' Brig Amelia. Captain Joseph Clark Mate Charles Folsom 2d J.D. Norwood". Twenty-thousand word journal featuring a watercolor frontispiece and seven well-drawn tipped-in watercolor illustrations. Kept by Capt. Clark, with additional daily entries by D.C. Powers of Eastport, Maine, describing his voyage aboard the hermaphrodite brig Amelia from Eastport to the California gold fields, commencing November 12, 1849 and terminating in the harbor at San Francisco on May 3, 1850. Well-written in a legible hand. Watercolor illustrations depict highlights from the voyage, including a highly detailed hand-drawn and colored map of Amelia's track around Cape Horn. With title page, printed list of passengers and crew, Abstract Log, map of rounding Cape Horn, and a daily journal of the voyage with additional illustrations of the voyage. Later leather and marbleized covers, the interior front cover marked with a list of the various owners (see provenance below). Illustrations: Track Around Cape Horn - Frontispiece Cape Horn Bearing NW by W - Opposite entry for Feb. 10 Brig Amelia in a Gale of Wind - Entry for Feb. 16 Critical Situation for the Brig Amelia - Entry for Feb. 27 Island of Massafuero - Entry for March 7 Cumberland Bay, Juan Fernandez - Entry for March 12 Drawing of a (Devil) Fish - Entry for May 8 Dimensions: 13.5" x 8.5". Provenance: D.C. Powers, Eastport, Maine.Captain Joseph Clark, Eastport, Maine.Herman M. Lowe, Eastport, Maine.Florence Lowe Green, Eastport, Maine.Edna Green (1925).Alice Marion Green.Edward 'Ted' Thomas.Hyland Granby Antiques, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts.The Kelton Collection of Marine Art & Artifacts.Notes:This is a rare and important Gold Rush-era document that chronicles one "forty-niners" journey by sea to the California gold fields. It includes descriptions of daily life aboard ship, the harrowing passage around Cape Horn and the author's impressions of San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush. Information regarding the hermaphrodite brig Amelia so far is purely speculative -- the illustrations show a relatively small vessel rigged in this fashion, with a clipper bow with a figurehead and a square stern with no galleries, a fairly common design for Maine-built ships. It is likely Amelia was launched from one of the northern yards in the Machias district of Maine. Fairburns, records no vessel of any rig named Amelia whose construction date would coincide with the dates of the voyage.
• 22K Gold Nugget as found
  22K Gold Nugget as found Calaveras County California 10.5 grams
• JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD (MA/CA,
  JAMES EDWARD FITZGERALD (MA/CA, 1899-1971) "Panning for Gold", limited edition photo lithograph, #12/100, signed in print lower right, in silvered wooded frame with double mat, glazed, OS: 27 3/8" x 30 3/4", SS: 17 3/4" x 21". Good condition.
• Bronze Sculpture of Prospectors
  Bronze Sculpture of Prospectors on Stone Base, ca. 20th Century Depicting two prospectors with a wagon full of ore between trees, marked #74. Signed and dated in the bronze on the back. Overall measures approx. 8"H x 8-1/4"L x 5-1/2"W. Natural slab stone base.
• SET OF CASED 24K GOLD INGOTS. Fifty
  SET OF CASED 24K GOLD INGOTS. Fifty ingots each representing the leading gold mine companies in North America. Examples include Kerr Addison Ruttan and Idarado. 2 grams each. The set comes with a Certificate of Authenticity from the Franklin Mint. The set is called ''The Official Gold Mine Ingots'' and is dated Jun 1 1977. It also includes information cards for each of the mines represented on the ingots.
• 1852 WASS, MOLITOR & CO. (SAN
  1852 WASS, MOLITOR & CO. (SAN FRANCISCO) $10 GOLD LARGE HEAD COINthis is a rare Territorial gold issue with limited numbers of survivors today, as most of these were melted down by the soon-to-be-opened San Francisco branch mint, which came online in 1854, and standardized coinage in the region with some effort. These designs were employed to mimic the existing $10 gold coins in circulation at the time, which were produced in 1852 in either Philadelphia or New Orleans, far from the mines of San Francisco, hence the number of private minters that sprang up during the early years of the Gold Rush. (California Gold Rush) Provenance: The Kelton Collection; 27.20 mm in diameter; 16.9 grams Condition:
• PAINTING, LOUIS SEIGRIEST Louis
  PAINTING, LOUIS SEIGRIEST Louis Seigriest (American, 1899-1989), "A Gold Hill Mine," 1947, oil on board, signed lower left, board: 12.5"h x 14.5"w, overall (with frame): 20"h x 22"w. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; Thence by descent.