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The 1925-S California Jubilee Half Dollar is a highly sought-after coin. This commemorative silver coin was minted in San Francisco in 1925 and is a valuable piece for collectors of US coins. With its uncirculated condition and beautiful design, this half dollar showcases the craftsmanship and history of American coinage. Held by collector for decades and fresh out again for grading.

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1850s Freeman & Co Express San Francisco X4 Paste-up Half, Paid Frank CA Coast Route Cover. Faulty with about 50% of back missing.

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Half plate ambrotype behind heavy mat and cover glass in full leather case. Almost certainly a prominent businessman or political figure in the Bay Area, and possibly someone more notable? Mat is stamped Shew, bottom-left corner. Ambro is in good or better antique condition. When I had it out of the case I did see a crack through the image in the bottom-right corner, although it is completely hidden by the mat when viewing and the image is completely stable with no movement of the pieces when it’s in its case. Case is worn with separated covers; a couple of the rails are weak.

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North Dome and Half Dome, Merced River. 8 ½ x 6 ½. Rich tonality, shows some light soiling at edges. Bumped corners/edges, two small tears at left border, pencil notations on verso. Is best known for his photographic series of images of burning. After the earthquake of 1906. However, he was a quite active in the California Camera Club photographing landscapes and architecture, receiving several awards for his images as mentioned in The American Amateur Photographer. Examples of his work in. Can be found in Sunset, Volume IV, Nov. 1889 to April 1900 (a publication of the Southern Pacific Company). This is an unsigned print with penciled title on verso presumed in the artist’s hand. We are currently listing a diverse selection of photography and art. We cannot mark merchandise values below value or mark items as gifts. And International government regulations prohibit this. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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The family is identified inside of the case, as well as on the back of the case. Fargo was born in New York, was a teacher and county clerk in Warsaw, NY before being lured to California by the Gold Rush in April’51. In 1852, Fargo and his wife were living in the mining town of Fairfield Bar, on Feather River, where his wife was the only woman. In July’52, their daughter Eva, the girl in the dag, was born there. Also notice that Marietta is in mourning attire, including mourning bands; her father Doras b. 1792 died September 27, 1853, and I believe that is who she was in mourning for… So late 1853, or very early 1854 as estimated by the writing on the back, would be accurate. By 1854 the Fargos were living in San Francisco, where this portrait was likely taken possibly by Shew or Vance? In the winter of 1860 he was elected to the Alameda County, CA assembly. A more extensive bio can be found in his obituary (see pics 5 & 6). Note that the obit is provided here for reference only and hard copies are not included, but feel free to download the scans. If you’d like a larger scan message me. Dag comes in half of its original case (6″ x 4.75″), which is missing BOTH the RIGHT and the LEFT rails. My photo shows that it has both, but I misplaced one. More condition notes: Pretty heavy tarnish ring that does not obscure the figures. The original seals appear to be intact and still in place, however under magnification I do spot a few smallish mat abrasions within the tarnish ring, so the seals are probably a bit loose and have allowed some slight movement.. The abrasions do not jump out unless you’re really looking for them. The underside of the glass is DIRTY… The glass should clean up very nicely if you open the seals and clean the underside of it.

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Excellent half-plate ambrotype of two boys, the older with his arm around the shoulder of the younger, and both holding hands. In half of its original case (6″ x 4.4″) behind mat and cover glass. This is a clear glass relievo ambro that also has a piece of black velvet in the case behind the image. It’s in very good antique condition with no notable issues.

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North Dome and Half Dome, Merced River. 8 ½ x 6 ½. Rich tonality, shows some light soiling at edges. Bumped corners/edges, two small tears at left border, pencil notations on verso. Is best known for his photographic series of images of burning. After the earthquake of 1906. However, he was a quite active in the California Camera Club photographing landscapes and architecture, receiving several awards for his images as mentioned in The American Amateur Photographer. Examples of his work in. Can be found in Sunset, Volume IV, Nov. 1889 to April 1900 (a publication of the Southern Pacific Company). This is an unsigned print with penciled title on verso presumed in the artist’s hand. We are currently listing a diverse selection of photography and art. We cannot mark merchandise values below value or mark items as gifts. And International government regulations prohibit this. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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8 ½ x 6 ½. Rich tonality, overall clean, lightly bumped corners/edges. Pencil notations on verso. Is best known for his photographic series of images of burning. After the earthquake of 1906. However, he was quite active in the California Camera Club photographing landscapes and architecture, receiving several awards for his images as mentioned in The American Amateur Photographer. Examples of his work in. Can be found in Sunset, Volume IV, Nov. 1889 to April 1900 (a publication of the Southern Pacific Company). This is an unsigned print with penciled title on verso presumed in the artist’s hand. We are currently listing a diverse selection of photography and art. We cannot mark merchandise values below value or mark items as gifts. And International government regulations prohibit this. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Half plate ambrotype of young mother and her two children. Image comes in a split full case and is signed by Charles Hamilton artist, San Francisco CA. In the lower left corner. Image has those snowflake anomalies that are formed over time between the coverglass and image. This is caused by the glue that the photographer used. Image has original seals. The one jpeg I added is out of focus, but you can see the image is sharp as a tack.

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8 ½ x 6 ½. Rich tonality, overall clean, lightly bumped corners/edges. Pencil notations on verso. Is best known for his photographic series of images of burning. After the earthquake of 1906. However, he was quite active in the California Camera Club photographing landscapes and architecture, receiving several awards for his images as mentioned in The American Amateur Photographer. Examples of his work in. Can be found in Sunset, Volume IV, Nov. 1889 to April 1900 (a publication of the Southern Pacific Company). This is an unsigned print with penciled title on verso presumed in the artist’s hand. We are currently listing a diverse selection of photography and art. We cannot mark merchandise values below value or mark items as gifts. And International government regulations prohibit this. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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