Category: Documents

Lot 57, Canada #CLP3 on 23 Aug 1919 Aero Club signed Letter, faults

Winnipeg Grenadiers booklet, Force C 22 Nov 1941 letter

Force C 22 Nov 1941 4 pg letter, Winnipeg Grenadiers booklet & clippings Lot 22 in our 30th March 2019 auction #winnipeggrenadiers #canadianactiveservice #fallofhongkong

Page 16, incoming 1863 Hanover to Fort Hope Cover to Theodor Kruger

Page 16 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection incoming 1863 Hanover to Fort Hope Cover to Theodor Kruger, Lot 100 in All Nations’ auction Saturday 23rd March 2019

1875 summary of the assets of Gassy Jack Deighton’s estate

1875 summary of the assets of Gassy Jack Deighton’s estate, offered in All Nations’ 23 March...

Page 15 Germany 1862 incoming stampless Cover to A.T. Kruger Fort Hope

Germany 1862 incoming stampless Cover to A.T. Kruger Fort Hope, page 15 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection

1860 James Douglas Signed Lease to Joseph Trutch, ex Wellburn

1860 Governor James Douglas Signed Lease to Joseph Trutch, ex Gerald Wellburn, Lot 126 in this week’s 1200th auction 9th march 2019 #bchistory

Sir Isaac Brock signed 1811 Upper Canada liquor licence

Isaac Brock signed 1811 Upper Canada liquor license. Lot 5 in our milestone auction 9th March 2019

Handwritten list of Gassy Jack’s debts in our Auction 9th March 2019

The Gassy Jack Deighton 1875 estate list of debts featured in our 1200th Auction this Saturday 9th March 2019.

Gassy Jack and our 1200th Auction by John Mackie in Vancouver sun

John Mackie has featured Lot 145 a Handwritten list of Gassy Jack Deighton’s debts in his Vancouver Sun article about our milestone 1200th auction.

Page 14 1858 Two Covers from the USA to Fort Hope, Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 14 1858 U.S. 3c & 10c Cover duo to Fort Hope Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 13 1848 H.B.C. Statement to James Murray Yale from the Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Page 12 H.B.C. 1830 Account to James Yale officer in charge of Fort Langley

Page 12 of the Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush Collection H.B.C. 1830 Account to James Yale officer in charge of newly founded Fort Langley on the Fraser River

Page 11 1858 Act to Provide for the Government of B.C. in Victoria Gazette

Page 11 of Wellburn’s historical journey through the Fraser River Gold Rush is the 2nd August 1858 Act to Provide for the Government of B.C. published in Victoria Gazette

Page 9 Fort Hope 1858 Lot Lease from James Douglas, Gerald Wellburn Fraser River Gold Rush collection

Fort Hope, B.C. 1 Dec. 1858 Lot Lease from James Douglas, Governor of Vancouver’s Island...

Page 6 Revocation of H.B.C. Royal Licence in 1858 Proclamation, Fraser River Gold Rush Collection

Revocation of H.B.C. License 3 November 1858 Proclamation by Governor James Douglas page 6 in...

1859 Rules & Regs for the Working of Gold Mines

Proclamation 7th September 1859 Rules & Regulations for the Working of Gold Mines Lot 90...

Page 5 Invoice for goods supplied to H.B.C. at Fort Langley 1859, Fraser River Gold Rush collection

Invoice for goods supplied to H.B.C. at Fort Langley 1859 – Page 5 of Gerald Wellburn’s Fraser River Gold Rush sold for $5,000

Page 3 Orestes broadsheet from 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush collection

Australian Broadsheet for Barque Orestes to Vancouver’s Island 1858 realized $10,000 Lot 80...

John Abbott signed 28 Dec 1853 folded letter

Lot 21 John Abbott signed 28 Dec 1853 folded letter sold for $1,045.00 in our Auction A1185 on...

Vancouver Island Railway, Esquimalt Graving Dock & H.B.C. Charter

Lot 79 Vancouver Island Railway, Esquimalt Graving Dock & H.B.C. Charter in same...

1842 John McLoughlin Signed H.B.C. Document ex Wellburn

Lot 100 9 Nov 1842 John McLoughlin Signed Hudson’s Bay Company Document ex Wellburn All...

British Columbia Sep 1858 Proclamations from Governor James Douglas

Lot 101 British Columbia 6 Sep 1858 1st Proclamation from Governor James Douglas Lot 102 British...

Gassy Jack letter sells for $44,000 March 12th 2016

Gassy Jack Deighton talked but only a couple of letters from the founder of Gastown are known to exist. One of them went up for auction March 12 2016 and attracted a dozen bidders. When the smoke cleared, it had sold for an astounding $44,000.