Sale 71: The Sescal Sale

Lot 2819    

(California) Northern California Post Cards Collection, of approximately 3,500 cards arranged by county and town, wide variety of townmarks, most countries represented including Humboldt, Siskiyou, Fresno, Tulare, Kern, Shasta, Butte, Colusa, Yuba, Sacramento, Napa, Lake, etc., collection includes mint cards & many real photos throughout; inspect (no photo).
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $4,750

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Lot 2820 /o   

(California) Northern California Postmarks on Post Card Collection, of approximately 1,800 cards arranged by county and town, wide variety of townmarks, most countries represented including a section of San Francisco R.P.O.'s, Mariposa includes a section of Yosemite National Park, collection includes mint cards & many real photos throughout; inspect (no photo).
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $1,450

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Lot 2821 /o   

(California) Old California Missions Post Card Collection, of approximately 600 cards mint and used arranged by mission (in order of founding), with a fair range real-photo cards throughout; from San Diego de Alcala (1769) to San Francisco Solano de Sonoma (1823) includes many real phot card of San Juan Capistrano and alarge section of Mission de Santa Barbara (no photo).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $280

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Lot 2822 /o   

(California) Santa Clara County Post Card Collection, of approximately 700 cards mint and used arranged by town, with a nice range real-photo cards throughout; includes Mountain View including real photo of 1909 laying the corner stone of town hall, Mount Hamilton showing the Lick Observatory, Palo Alto with the Herbert Hoover Home, Stanford University, large section of San Jose cards, etc.
Estimate    $250 - 350.

Realized: $2,300

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Lot 2823 /o   

(California) Santa Cruz County Post Card Collection, of approximately 500 cards mint and used arranged by town, with a fair range real-photo cards throughout; includes large section of the town of Santa Cruz with sections for various building and landmarks, streets and other views, redwood area including many real photos of Big Basin and Redwood Park (no photo).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $700

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Lot 2824 /o   

(California) Scenic Post Card Collection, of approximately 1,000 cards mint and used arranged by subject, with a fair showing of real-photo cards throughout; sections include maps and greetings, agriculture, local views, industry, ocean scenes, parks, animals and people including native Indians, also a section of various counties with a section of Yosemite (no photo).
Estimate    $300 - 400.

Realized: $600

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Lot 2825 /o   

(California) Sonoma County Post Card Collection, of approximately 600 cards mint and used arranged by towns, with many real-photo cards throughout; includes Guerneville with real-photo showing flooding in 1931, Santa Rosa with 1906 earthquake series cards and Rose Carnival including ad and real-photos., etc. (no photo).
Estimate    $200 - 300.

Realized: $5,250

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Lot 2826 /o   

(California) Southern California Post Cards Collection, of approximately 2,700 cards arranged by county and town, wide variety of townmarks, most countries represented including San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange, collection includes mint cards & many real photos throughout; inspect (no photo).
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $2,000

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Lot 2827 /o   

(California) Yosemite National Park Post Card Collection, extensive collection of over 600 cards arranged by views, with many real-photo cards throughout; starting with the approach to Yosemite Valley floor and entrance with sections of the village and Yosemite Lodge, floor views of valley, Merced river scenes, Mirror lake and trails, section of Indians including many real-photos, animals, formations and falls categorized from Half Dome through Mariposa big trees; a wonderful assembly of cards.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 2828 /o   

Colorado Post Card Collection, approximately 800 cards arranged by subject; mix of mint and used with a good showing of real-photo cards throughout; starting with various town views and scenes, panoramic views and street scenes, substantial section of postmarks including RPO's, mining and transportation, etc. (no photo).
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $850

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