Lot
2377 
San Francisco Advertising & Illustrated Cover Collection, 1880-1910's, of approximately 1,200 covers housed in 12 cover albums, with a vast array of predominately illustrated covers and unusual or fancy corner cards; includes a nice showing of better multicolored ads including 1913 Hamburg-Amerika "Cruises around the World" showing Full Globe with matching illustrated letterhead, 1913 N.K. Fairbanks Co. showing The Gold Dust Twins, 1904 N.S.G.W. "Launching of the Cruiser California", rare 1895 "Vote For The Women Suffrage Amendment" showing American Suffrage Flag, 1899 Dixon Crucibles Co. showing Dixon No. 2 Pencil and Factory Background, 1902 Welsbach Co. showing Lamp "Yusea" Mantle Packaging, etc., other interesting ads include bicolored Capital Mills Rolled Oats and Cliff House Spices food packaging, 1904 Columbia Phonograph Co. showing Child Listening to Phonograph, various California Bear related designs, section of building views, set of three San Francisco View & Poppy illustrated tourist covers, billiards view, cigars including Tansill's Punch showing Punch Portrait, Western Fish Co. with fish illustration, political and society ads, 1897 Hartford Steam Boiler showing locomotive, and everything in between, generally Very Fine, one of the most extensive arrays of advertising and illustrated covers from San Francisco ever assembled, truly ideal for further expansion. Estimate $4,000 - 6,000.
Realized: $11,000