Note: The following newspaper notices, articles, and advertisements, most of which were published during Schafer's lifetime, include every known newspaper mention of Schafer, whether or not the catalog cites it. Nearly all of the items in the public domain (that is, published before 1923) include a link to an image of the article as originally published. Credit: The location of articles in hundred-year-old newspapers is a difficult labor that deserves credit. Where an image is available, the image credit identifies both the image source and the person who found it, if known. When the finder is unknown it usually means that the article came from an archive that did not identify the finder. Finally, where an image is not available, the finder's identity is in brackets in the citation on this page. Citation format: • day, date, volume #, issue #, page #, column #, "headline", author or type of item, [finder] Newspaper citations
Alameda Argus (Alameda, California : Argus Publishing Company), at different times daily, semi-weekly, or weekly. - Saturday, 30 August 1884, VII, 40, page 3, column 3, "Mr. Fred Schafer" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 8 February 1888, XI, 11, page 3, column 1, "Art Exhibition and Sale." [Found by James Marquardt]
- Saturday, 11 February 1888, XI, 12, page 2, column 4 "F. Schafer's Premium Art Sale…" Repeated 14 February 1888 (No 13) on page 2, column 5.
- Saturday, 18 February 1888, XI, 14, page 3, column 2 "Art Sale." [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 20 May 1891, XIV, 40, page 3, column 6 "Schafer's Pictures."
- Saturday, 11 July 1891, XIV, 55, page 3, column 2 "It is probable that…" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Tuesday, 16 August 1910, page 1, "Handsome picture hangs in Elks' home."
Alameda Encinal (Alameda, California : F. K. Krauth.) - Wednesday, 10 September 1884, 16, 1, page 3, column 1, "The Bulletin of the 3d instant…" (largely repeats a paragraph in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin of 3 September 1884)
- Wednesday, 26 October 1887, 19, 7, page 3, column 6, "Personal and social / F. Schafer, our local…"
- Monday, 18 June 1894, 26, page 3, column 2, "Demanded a Jury". [found by William K. Dick]
- Tuesday, 19 June 1894, 26, page 3, column 3, "Case of the people versus J. C. Muther". [found by William K. Dick]
Alameda Times-Star (Alameda, California : Alameda Times-Star Co.). - Wednesday, 28 June 1922, 128, 124, page 1, column 2, "Beautiful painting comes to light."
- Monday, 1 July 1922, 128, 127, page 1, column 4, "Donor of picture is now known."
The Argonaut (San Francisco : Argonaut Publishing Company). - Saturday, 13 September 1884, XV, 11, page 7, column 2, "Art Notes."
- Saturday, 13 September 1884, XV, 11, page 11, column 3, "F. Scháfer. / Art Sale" (auction advertisement).
(Astoria, Oregon) The Daily Astorian (Astoria, Oregon : J. F. Halloran & Company) - Wednesday, 12 August 1885, XXIV, 36, page 3, columns 1 and 3, "Free Exhibition." The column 3 notice was also published the previous day on page 3, column 3.
(Chicago) The Sunday Inter Ocean (Chicago : Inter Ocean Publishing Company) - Sunday, 20 May 1888, XVII, 57, page 14, column 7, "Art and Artists/Notes" (Excerpt.)
- Sunday, 27 May 1888, XVII, 58, page 7, column 1, "American Art / The Pictures". (Excerpt.)
- Sunday, 3 June 1888, XVII, 59, page 13, column 6, "Art and Artists/Notes" (Excerpt.)
- Sunday, 10 June 1888, XVII, 60, page 14, column 7, "Art and Artists/Notes". (Excerpt.)
(Denver) Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado : Rocky Mountain News Printing Co.)
Fairhaven (Washington) Herald (Fairhaven, Washington : Fairhaven Publishing Co.) - Friday, 15 July 1892, 3, 107, page 1 column 6, "Art Exhibition".
- Saturday, 16 July 1892 3, 108, page 1, column 6, "Works of Art".
- Sunday, 17 July 1892 3, 109, page 1, column 6, "The Schafer Art Exhibition".
Fresno (California) Morning Republican (Fresno, California : ??) - Friday, 28 February, 1913, XLIII, 59, page 16, column 2, "Fresno Free Market Feature Story for Newspaper Syndicate" [Found by James Marquardt]
Grass Valley (California) Daily Union (Grass Valley, California : Charles M. Mitchell) - Saturday, 4 June 1881, 28, 4394, page 3, column 1, "An Art Sale---Fine Paintings".
- Tuesday, 7 June 1881, 28, 4396, page 3 column 1, "Fine Paintings at Auction".
Hanford Weekly Sentinel (Hanford, Kings County, California : F.A. Dodge and J.E. Richmond)
(Los Angeles) The Evening Express, (Los Angeles : Evening Express Co.) - Monday, 5 December 1887, XXXIV, 32, page 2, column 8, "Fine Oil Paintings", notice of auction on 9–12 December 1887. Similar notices appeared on 7 December as well as in the Los Angeles Herald on several days in the same week. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 14 December 1887, XXIV, 52, page 4, column 4, "Picture Painting / Some Works of Art to be Seen in Los Angeles." [Found by James Marquardt]
- Tuesday, 27 December 1887, XXXIV, 52, page 9, column 5, "The F. Schafer Art Sale."
- Saturday, 23 September 1899, 29, page 4, column 4 "The Theaters. / Trilby at the Burbank"
Los Angeles Herald, daily and Sunday editions (Los Angeles : Joseph D. Lynch). - Wednesday, 25 January 1882, XVI, 133, page 2, column 5 "…Valuable Oil Paintings…" Advertisement repeated Thursday, 26 January 1882, on page 3, column 2, but both are after the announced auction date of Tuesday, 24 January 1882.
- Tuesday, 12 December 1882, XVIII 95, page 3, column 3 "The grand exhibition…"
- Sunday, 31 January 1886, XXIV, 132, page 6, column 3 "Art Exhibition."
- Tuesday, 9 February and Friday, 12 February 1886, XXIV, 139 and 142, both times on page 6, column 2, "Free exhibition…"
- Saturday, 13 February and Sunday, 14 February 1886, XXIV, 143, page 1, column 3 and 144, page 6, column 5, "Prof. Schafer's Valuable Oil…".
- Tuesday, 16 February 1886, XXIV, 145, page 6, column 4, " Premium Auction Sale" and "Free Matinee This Afternoon".
- Wednesday, 17 February 1886, XXIV, 146, page 1, column 2, and Thursday, 18 February 1886, XXIV, 147, page 6, column 4, "The Schafer Art Sale." and "Positively the Last Sale…".
- Sunday, 12 December 1886, XXVI, 61, page 5, column 3, "Free Exhibition" (auction advertisement). This advertisement was repeated 14 December 1886 (page 5, column 3) and 15 December 1886 (page 5, column 2), and with variations also appeared in the Los Angeles Times of the same dates.
- Sunday, 12 December 1886, XXVI, 61, page 8, column 4. Repeated 14 December 1886 (page 8, column 4) and 15 December 1886 (page 8, column 4), "Schafer's Paintings." with minor wording adjustments for the changed dates. Also appearing in the Los Angeles Times of the same date. The notice seems to be based on a press release, since a very similarly worded version appeared in the Tuesday, 12 April 1887, Sacramento Daily Record-Union and in the Wednesday, 9 March 1887, (San Jose, California) The Evening News in conjunction with auction sales in those cities.
- Wednesday, 15 December 1886, XXVI, 63, page 5, column 1, "Lovers of the Beautiful".
- Sunday, 30 January 1887, XXVI, 102, page 3, column 3, "Free Exhibition —and— Premium Auction Sale (auction advertisement). Repeated in the 1, 2, and 3 February 1887 editions. Also published in the Los Angeles Times of same dates.
- Sunday, 30 January 1887, XXVI, 102, page 8, column 1, "A Notable painting,…".
- Tuesday, 6 December 1887, XXIX>, 65, page 3, column 2, "Art Sale." A shortened version of this notice also appeared on Wednesday, 7 December on page 2, column 3, on Thursday, 8 December on page 10, column 2, and Friday, 9 December on page 7, column 3.
- Saturday, 10 December 1887, XXIX, 69, page 7, column 3, "Schafer Painting Sale." and The Schafer Sale."
- Wednesday, 1 August 1894, XLII, 112, page 5, column 7, "Auction Catalogue Sale.". Repeated 2 August 1894 on page 5, column 7.
- Thursday, 28 January 1897, XXVI 120, page 3, column 7, "Free Exhibition Tonight…"
Los Angeles Times, daily and Sunday editions (Los Angeles : Times-Mirror Company). - Sunday, 31 January 1886, IX, 48, page 8, column 3, "Fine Collection of Paintings."
- Saturday, 13 February 1886, IX, 58, page 1, column 5, "Prof. Schafer's Valuable Oil…"
- Sunday, 14 February 1886, IX, 59, page 1, column 4, "Personal News / At the St. Charles Hotel:…" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 17 February 1886, IX, 61, page 4, column 1, "Elegant Oil Paintings at Low Prices."
- Sunday, 12 December 1886, page 4, column 6, "Schafer's Paintings". Repeated Wednesday, 18 December and also appearing in Los Angeles Herald of the same dates. [Found by James Marquardt]
- 26 January 1887 XI, 45, page 8, column 1, "Briefs / A vivid painting…" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Tuesday, 1 February 1887, XI, 51, page 6, column 4, repeated on February 3. Also published in the Los Angeles Herald of same dates. Herald version: "Free Exhibition —and— Premium Auction Sale [Found by James Marquardt]
- Sunday, 24 January 1897, XVI, page 12, column 1, "City Briefs / Frederick Schafer…" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Friday, 29 January 1897, XVI, page 8, column 3, "Grand Auction Sale… TODAY". Also appears with slight variation in Los Angeles Herald one day earlier. Herald version. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Sunday, 3 September 1899, year XVIII, part IV, page 1, column 3, "At the Theaters"
- Sunday, 28 May 2006, page 207, column 5 "Property from the Harvey L. & Lillian Silbert Trust" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Sunday, 27 May 2007, page 14, column 1 "Featuring 600 Lots…" [Found by James Marquardt]
(Marysville, California) The Daily Democrat (Marysville, California : M. McWorter & Co.)
Merced Morning Star (Merced, California)
Modesto Evening News (Modesto, California) - Thursday, 17 September 1914, LVI, 64, page 5, column 5, "Painting of La Grange Dam to be shown at Exhibition".
- Monday, 28 September 1914, LVI, 73, page 2, column 3, "Scenic Artist again Takes Sketches….
- Tuesday, 6 October 1914, LVI, 80, page 4 column 3, "Commissioners Inspecting Painting".
- Monday, 4 January 1915, LVII, 2, page 1 column 1, Working Model of La Grange Dam to be Exhibited.
Modesto Morning Herald (Modesto, California) - Thursday, 17 September 1914, XXI, 58, page 1 column 2, "Color Sketch of La Grange Dam Made".
- Thursday, 3 August 1916, XXIII, 28, page 6, column 4, "Board of Trade sends P.P.I.E. Exhibits to Los Angeles".
Reprinted verbatim on 4 August 1916 in The Riverbank Review IV, 22, page 1, column 3, "County B. of T. Sends Exhib (sic) to Los Angeles". [Found by James Marquardt]
New York Herald (New York City : James Gordon Bennett)
(New York City) The Sun (New York City : The Sun-Herald Corporation)
(New Westminster, British Columbia) The Daily Columbian (New Westminster, British Columbia : Kennedy Brothers) - Saturday, 26 September 1891, page 4, column 1, "A Treat for Lovers of Art."
- Wednesday, 30 September 1891, page 4, "Art Reception."
- Thursday, 1 October 1891, page 4, "Sale of Paintings."
- Friday, 2 October 1891, page 4, column 1,"The last chance..."
- Friday, 2 October 1891, page 4, column 1, "Prof. Schafer had presented..."
- Saturday, 3 October 1891, page 4, column 1, "Prof. Schafer finished..."
(New Westminster, British Columbia) The Morning Ledger (New Westminster, British Columbia : Wm. Baillie & Co.) - Tuesday, 29 September 1891, #534, page 4, column 2, "High Class Paintings."
- Wednesday, 30 September 1891, #535, page 4, column 3, "Standing Room Only."
- Wednesday, 30 September 1891, #535, page 3, column 1, "The Art Market."
- Thursday, 1 October 1891, #536, page 4, column 2, "Prof. Schafer's Art Sale in Full Blast."
- Friday, 2 October 1891, #537, page 4, column 3, "Positively the Last Night."
- Sunday, 4 October 1891, #538, page 4, column 3, "A Handsome Gift."
Oakdale Leader (Oakdale, Stanislaus County, California)
Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California : Tribune Publishing Co.) - Monday, 8 December 1879, XVI, 278, page 2, column 5, "About the Holidays…" (Advertisement). Repeated frequently through the Christmas season from 8 December 1879 until 22 January 1880, and possibly longer.
- Saturday, 20 March 1880, XVII, 68, page 1, column 7. "A First Class Establishment". Artists listed include Schafer. Repeated several times, at least through April 2. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Thursday, 15 December 1881, XVIII, 296, page 3, column 1, "The Coming Art Sale."
- Friday, 7 April 1882, XIX, 81, page 3, column 2, "Oakland Brevities / 'Spring' and 'Autumn'…" (notice of exhibition at Armstrong's Galleries" [Found by James Marquart]
- Saturday, 24 March 1883, XX, 71, page 5, columns 1 and 2, "Mortgages." (Legal notice).
- Wednesday, 27 October 1886, XXV, 101, page 2, column 6, "Free Exhibition / and / Premium Auction Sale" [Found by James Marquart]
- Wednesday, 20 July 1887, XXV, 16, page 2, column 5, "Armstrong's Great Art Sale."
- Friday, 18 August 1888, XXVI, 194, page 5, column 5, "Mortgages." (Legal notice).
- Tuesday, 25 June 1889, XXVII, 295, page 8, column 2. "Fourteenth Street Theatre, this evening." Repeat of a sale notice published Monday, 24 June 1889 in the same newspaper.
- Saturday, 21 May 1910, LXXIII, 89, page 15, column 7, "Drawing and Painting / lessons…" Identical versions of this advertisement offering lessons by Schafer appeared fifteen times, on consecutive days from 20 May through 3 June 1910 (issues #89 through #103).
- Tuesday, 8 October 1917, LXXXVIII, 48, page 13, columns 6/7. "Announcement Extraordinary" (Art auction advertisement). Also ran on Sunday, 7 October 1917, on page 59, columns 6 and 7). Similar advertisements appeared in the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle.
- Wednesday, 11 May 1921, XCIV, 131, page 6, column 8, New Scholarship in History… (Gift by Schafer to UC Berkeley).
- Tuesday, 1 July 1924, CI, 1, page 35, column 4, (Obituary of Sophie Schafer). [found by William K. Dick]
- Tuesday, 19 July 1927, CVII, 19, page 39, column 9, (Obituary of Frederick Schafer). [found by William K. Dick]
(Ogden, Utah) The Standard (Ogden, Utah : Standard Publishing Company). - Tuesday, 22 June 1886, VI, 45, page 4, column 4, "Works of Art."
- Wednesday, 18 November 1891, 5, 268, page 4, column 5 "High Class Paintings."
- Thursday, 19 November 1891, 5, 269, page 4, column 3, "Art Reception."
- Friday, 20 November 1891, 5, 270, page 4, column 3, "Standing Room Only."
- Saturday, 21 November 1891, 5, 271, page 4, column 3, "Positively the Last Night."
- Sunday, 22 November 1891, 5, 272, page 6, column 1, "Random References / The exhibition…"
(Palm Desert, California) The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, California : Gannett) - Saturday, 21 February 2004, page 11 "Simic Galleries of Palm Desert / Presents / Landscape Group Exhibit" (Advertisement) [Found by James Marquardt]
Palo Alto Times (Palo Alto, California : Peninsula Newspapers). - Wednesday, 5 February 1969, 77, 31, page 27, columns 4–6, "75 paintings by California artists…" Photograph of [Mount Shasta, California 8]. [found by William K. Dick]
Petaluma (California) Argus (Petaluma, California : George W. Heald). - Thursday, 24 September 1914, 25, 201, page 4, column 3. "Auction / of fine paintings…"
- Friday, 4 December 1992, 138, 94, page 7, columns 1–3, "Sonoma County Museum / 'Cover to Cover…'" [Found by James Marquart]
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Gregory J. Osberg) - Friday, 31 August 2012, 184, 92, page B4, columns 1–6, "At summer's end, sales offer wide variety", by David Iams. [Found by James Marquart]
(Portland, Oregon) Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon : H. L. Pittock). - Friday, 26 September 1890, XXX, 9353, page 2, column 3, "A Fine Art Exhibition / Contributed Paintings." (excerpt)
- Thursday, 16 October 1890, XXX, 9370, page 11, columns 1 and 2, "Palette and Brush." (excerpt)
- Sunday, 7 August 1892, XXXII, page 8, column 2, "Frederick Schafer, the Artist…"
- Wednesday, 21 August 1895, XXXV, page 7, column 3, "Free Exhibition / Today and Tonight / Auction Sale".
- Wednesday, 1 April 1998, "Philanthropist, Art Collector dies at 92" by Ron Eure. (Obituary of Dr. Franz Stenzel).
(Portland, Oregon) Evening Telegram (Portland, Oregon : H. M. Clinton) - Monday, 19 October 1885, 18 "The Art Gallery". [found by Jack Cleaver]
- Monday, 18 October 1886, 19 "The Art Gallery". [found by Jack Cleaver]
Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, California : McClatchy Corporation) - Friday, 24 September 1880, page 3, column 4, "The State Fair / Fine Arts at the Fair / No. 82 and 83" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Thursday, 14 April 1887, LXI, 9338, page 2 column 7, Repeated on Friday, 15 April 1887, LXI, 9339, page 2 column 7. Also appeared in Sacramento Daily Record-Union of similar dates. Record version: "Free Exhibition / Premium Auction Sale / of Choice Oil Paintings". [Found by James Marquardt]
- Monday, 21 July 2008, page 3A, "The Buzz / Detente, thy name is Schafer".
Sacramento Daily Record-Union (Sacramento, California : Sacramento Publishing Company) - Monday, 24 March 1873, page 4, column 2, "By Overland Telegraph…The steamship Henry Chauncey…" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Saturday, 25 September 1880, XXII, 4202, page 1, columns 2 & 3, "The State Fair" (Two excerpts). A similar report appeared in the Sacramento Bee the preceding day.
- Monday, 27 September 1880, XXII, 4203, page 1, column 7, "The State Fair / Seventh Department". (excerpt)
- Friday, 24 June 1881, XIII, 106, page 3, column 4, "An Art Exhibition." and page 2, column 7, "Fine Art Sale!"
- Friday, 24 November 1882, XXVI, 4878, page 3, column 3, "A sale of oil paintings…"
- Saturday, 25 November 1882, XXVI, 4879, page 4, column 5, "Sale of Choice Oil Paintings.", , from the wording apparently a repeat of an advertisement from the previous day. Also on page 5, column 3, "Free Exhibition…"
- Friday, 14 December 1883, XXVIII, 5204, page 2, column 4, "Auction Sale…70 Oil Paintings".
- Saturday, 15 December 1883, XXVIII, 5205, page 5, column 3, "The Last Night…"
- Friday, 29 February 1884, XIX, 7 (5267), page 3, column 3, "Art Sale"
- Friday, 29 February 1884, XIX, 7 (5267), page 2, column 4, "Important Art Sale…"
- Friday, 11 April 1884, LI, 43, page 2, column 6, "Grand Combination Art Sale!" and page 3, column 1, "Combination Art Sale."
- Saturday, 29 November 1884, LII, 9, page 9 column 6, "Holiday Combination Sale…"
- Tuesday, 12 April 1887, LVII, 43, page 2, column 3, "Free Exhibition and Premium Auction…" Also appeared in Sacramento Bee of similar date.
- Tuesday, 12 April 1887, LVII, 43, page 3, column 1, "Schafer's Paintings." and page 3, column 4, "Sale of Oil Paintings."
- Friday, 15 April 1887, LVII, 46, page 3, column 1, "Schafer's Art Sale."
Sacramento Union (Sacramento, California : Carlyle Reed) (This newspaper no longer publishes volume and issue numbers.) - Wednesday, 12 August 1970, page 3, columns 4 and 5, "Dispute Continues Over Historic Art." [found by William K. Dick]
- Thursday, 27 August 1970, page 7, columns 1–6, "2 Borrowed Paintings Returned." [found by William K. Dick]
(Salt Lake City) Deseret Evemomg News (Great Salt Lake City, Utah Territory : G. Q. Cannon) - Monday, 24 May 1886 XIX, 154, page 3, column 3, "Free Exhibition of Pictures". [found by James Marquardt]
(Salt Lake City) The Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah Territory : Herald Printing and Publishing Company). - Sunday, 23 May 1886, XVI, 293, page 12, column 5, "Free Exhibition by Gaslight in Walker's New Opera House."
- Friday, 28 May 1886, XVI, 298, page 1, column 3, "Fine Paintings Given Away at the Opera House Last Night."
- Sunday, 30 May 1886, XVI, 300, page 12, column 4, "Positively Only One Night More at the Opera House."
- Friday, 11 June 1886, XVII, 6, page 8, column 6, "Prof. Frederick Schafer." (excerpt of "Personal" column)
- Sunday, 6 December 1891, XXII, 55, page 8, column 4, "Prof. Fredric Schafer of Dusseldorf." (sic)
- Sunday, 20 December 1891, XXII, 69, page 8, column 4, "Free Exhibition by Gaslight."
- Thursday, 24 December 1891, XXII, 73, page 2, column 3, "The Art Reception." (see longer version published in the (Salt Lake City) Daily Tribune on the same date)
- Thursday, 24 December 1891, XXII, 73, page 5, column 2, "Snow Blockades." (This is why the sale of paintings was postponed.)
- Sunday, 27 December 1891, XXII, 76, page 8, column 5, "Great Sacrifice of Paintings."
- Tuesday, 29 December 1891, XXII, 78, page 8, column 7, "New Paintings of High Order on Exhibition."
- Wednesday, 30 December 1891, XXII, 79, page 6, column 2, "Positively the Last Night."
- Thursday, 31 December 1891, XXII, 80, page 8, column 2, "One Night More—Only 18 Paintings Left."
(Salt Lake City) Daily Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah Territory : Tribune Publishing Company). - Wednesday, 26 May 1886, XXXI, 31, page 4, column 1, "City and Neighborhood/The art sale…"
- Thursday, 27 May 1886, XXXI, 32, page 4, column 1, "City and Neighborhood/Slaughter of real works of art."
- Saturday, 29 May 1886, XXXI, 34, page 4, column 1, "The Art Sale."
- Sunday, 20 December 1891, XLI, 248, page 8, column 3, "Free Exhibition by Gaslight."
- Thursday, 24 December 1891 XLI, 252, page 5, column 2, "The Art Reception." (and sale postponement)
- Friday, 25 December 1891 XLI, 253, page 5, column 2, "The Art Sale Last Night."
- Tuesday, 29 December 1891, XLI, 257, page 5, column 2, "An aritst's defeat." (sic)
- Sunday, 27 April 2003, page 65, column 3, "Williams Fine Art / Looking for Fine Paintings by these Artists" [Found by James Marquardt]
San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino : Sun Company). - Wednesday, 12 August 1970, page 25, column 1, "Gov. Reagan Asked To Return Paintings". [found by James Marquardt]
San Diego Union (San Diego, California : Bushyhead and Gunn)
The San Franciscan (San Francisco : William Page Harrison). - Saturday, 30 January 1886, 5, 2, page 9, columns 2 and 3, "Art notes" by Flora Haines Apponyi.
- Saturday, 17 April 1886, 5, 13, page 3, column 1, "Schäfer has recently returned…"
San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco : Charles de Young and Company). - Sunday, 4 April 1880, XXXI, 79, page 5, column 8, "Among the Artists."
- Monday, 21 February 1881 (Monday), XXXIII, 37, page 4, column 9, "Old War Horse…Private Collection of Oil–Paintings" (auction advertisement). Also appeared with minor variation on 20 and 22 February).
- Thursday, 13 October 1881, XXXIV, 90, page 4, column 8, "Geo. F. Lamson. / Auctioneer…" (auction advertisement)
- Tuesday, 15 November 1881, XXXIV, 123, page 4, column 9, "…Combination Art Sale…" (advertisement).
- Thursday, 26 November 1881, XXXIV, 134, page 4, column 9, "Geo. F. Lamson. / Auctioneer…" (auction advertisement)
- Saturday, 15 July 1882, XXXV, 180, page 4, column 9, "…Oil Paintings…" (auction advertisement).
- Tuesday, 18 July 1882, XXXVI, 3, page 4, column 9, "…Oil Paintings…(auction advertisement).
- Friday, 28 July 1882, XXXVI, 13, page 4, column 9, "…Positively the Last Sale…" (auction advertisement).
- Monday, 7 August 1882, XXXVI, 23, page 4, column 9, "…Forty-Five Finished and Valuable Oil Paintings…" (auction advertisement).
- Thursday, 21 September 1882, XXXVI, (auction advertisement, also published Friday, 22 September 1882, in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin LIV, 143, page 2 column 5). [found by William K. Dick]
- Thursday, 21 June 1883, XXXVII, page 4, column 8, "George C. Ludington,…
- Friday, 13 July 1883, XXXVII, page 4, column 9, "George C. Ludington,…
- Thursday, 20 September 1883, XXXVIII 66, page 4 column 8, "George C. Ludington,…
- Sunday, 23 September 1883, XXXVIII, 70, page 5, column 5, "The Mechanics' Fair."
- Friday, 2 November 1883, XXXVIII, 110, page 2, column 7, "…Oil Paintings, Engravings, Etc." (auction advertisement).
- Sunday, 18 November 1883, XXXVIII, 126, page 4, column 8, "F. Schafer / Art Sale! Art Sale!" (auction advertisement) Repeated Monday, 19 November 1883 on page 2, column 7 and Tuesday, 20 November 1883 on page 4, column 7. Also appeared in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin on 18, 19, and 22 November 1883 and a reworded version appeared in the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California on 18, 19, 21, and 22 November 1883.
- Wednesday, 26 December 1883, XXXVIII, page 2, column 4 "AUCTION! / Dissolution of Copartnership" Repeated with minor wording changes on Thursday, 26 December on page 2, column 5, and Saturday, 28 December on page 2 column 4.
- Friday, 19 September 1884, XL, page 2, column 2, "Schafer's Pictures." (report following sale)
- Monday, 10 November 1884, XL, 118, page 2, column 7, "Combination Art Sale." (auction advertisement).
- Sunday, 16 November 1884, XL, 124, page 7, column 9, "…Noted and Valuable / Oil Paintings." (auction advertisement).
- Thursday, 4 December 1884, XL, 142, page 4, column 9, "Valuable Oil Paintings" (auction advertisement).
- Monday, 9 March 1885, XLI, page 4, column 8, "Combination Art Sale" (auction advertisement).
- Monday, 16 November 1885, XLII, 124, page 4, column 9, "Gaslight Exhibition / of / 214 Real Works of Art" (exhibition advertisement, also appeared on 15 November).
- Tuesday, 17 November 1885, XLII, 125, page 7, column 9, "Auction Sale / of / Oil Paintings, Oil Paintings…" (auction advertisement). This advertisement was repeated with updated dates in the Wednesday, 18 November 1885, edition on page 4, column 8, and in the Saturday, 21 November 1885, edition on page 5, column 9.
- Monday, 14 December 1885, XLII, 152, page 4, column 9, "Prof. Frederick Schafer's Premium Auction Sale" (auction advertisement).
- Sunday, 11 April 1886, XLIII, 86, page 1, column 9, "What is Art?"
- Wednesday, 17 November 1886, XLIV, 125, page 7, column 8, "Bovee, Toy & Co." (auction advertisement)
- Tuesday, 1 November 1887, XLVI, 109, page 4, column 6, (auction advertisement). Also published in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin and the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner of similar date. "Schafer Art Sale –at– Irving Hall" ((San Francisco) Daily Examiner version).
- Thursday, 22 December 1887, XLVI, 160, page 7, column 7, "Combination Premium / Art Sale". Also published in the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 27 June 1888, XLVII, 164, page 7, column 7, Also appeared on similar dates in the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner as well as several times in the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California. Alta version: "Closing Auction Sale / of the Season!".
- Thursday, 2 May 1889, XLIX, page 7 column 7, "Geo. F. Lamson… the Costly Furniture of Residence"". Residential auction that includes some paintings. (auction advertisement).
- Monday, 17 June 1889, XLIX, 153, page 4, column 6, Premium Art Sale. (auction advertisement).
- Sunday, 17 November 1889, L, 125, page 12, column 3, "Prof. Schafer's Premium Art Sale." Offering 98 paintings by Schafer. Repeated with updated date 18&ndash23 November. Also appeared with daily variations in the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner.
- Monday, 10 October 1892, LVI, page 9 column 4, "Geo. F. Lamson… in Residence of J. Goldberg, Esq."" Residential auction that includes some paintings. (auction advertisement).
- Sunday, 20 May 1894, LIX, 125, page 23, column 6, "Auction. / A Work of Art… (Advertisement). Repeated with little change Monday (page 9, column 5), Tuesday (page 13, column 6), Wednesday (page 13, column 5) and Thursday (page 11, column 7).
- Thursday, 24 April 1896, LXIII, 100, page 10, columns 2–4, "A Masonic House-Warming".
- Tuesday, 25 July 1899, LXVI, page 5, column 3, "Revivals of Fine Plays".
- Tuesday, 9 October 1917, CXI, 86, page 15, columns 6 & 7 "Announcement Extraordinary". (art Auction advertisement).
- Wednesday, 11 May 1921, CSVIII, 116, page 8, column 3, "Many Citizens Send Valuable Gifts for U.C. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 12 August 1970, Year 106, 224, page 8, columns 1 and 2, "The Reagans' borrowed paintings". [found by William K. Dick]
(San Francisco) Daily Alta California (San Francisco : E. Gilbert). - Tuesday, 22 April 1873, XXV,, 8425, page 1, column 5, "Arrival of the 'Great Republic.'"
- Thursday, 5 October 1876, XXVII, 9678, page 3, column 6, "106 Fine Oil Paintings." Another version of the auction advertisement that appeared in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin two days earlier.
- Tuesday, 22 February 1881 XXXIII, 11270, page 2, column 3, "Art distribution. / The Annual Drawing…".
- Sunday, 27 February 1881 XXXIII, 11275, page 2, column 5, "Old War Horse…Fine Oil Paintings" (auction advertisement)
- Thursday, 10 August 1882 XXXIV, 11797, page 1 column 3, "Sale of Oil Paintings at Auction" (auction outcome report)
- Sunday, 18 November 1883, XXXV, 12270, page 3, column 7, "F. Schaefer / Art Sale! Art Sale!" (auction advertisement). The spelling of the artist's surname is probably attributable to an editor's attention, not often expressed, on how to represent an umlauted letter. Repeated Monday, 19 November (issue 12271, page 3, column 7), Wednesday, 21 November (issue 12273, page 3, column 7), and Thursday, 22 November (issue 12274, page 3, column 7). Reworded version of an advertisement that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on 18 and 19 November 1883 and in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin on 18, 19, and 22 November 1883. [found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 17 and 18 September 1884 XXXVII, 12575 and 12576, page 1, column 3 and page 3, column 1, "Choice Paintings to be Sold."
- Thursday, 18 September 1884 XXXVII, 12576, page 4, column 1, "Auction Sales This Day.".
- Monday, 23 November 1885 XXXIX, 13037, page 2, column 2, "The Amateur Photographers."
- Wednesday, 7 April 1886 XL, 13372, page 8, column 2, "Amateur Photographers / A Good Attendance Last Evening…" Similar reports appeared in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin and the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner.
- Sunday, 24 June 1888 XLII, 14175, page 3, column 5, "Closing Auction Sale / of the Season!". Repeated 25, 26, 28, and 29 June and 2 July 1888 and also in the San Francisco Chronicle and (San Francisco) Daily Examiner of similar dates.
- Tuesday, 11 June 1889 XLIII, 162, page 4, column 5, "Premium Art Sale." (auction advertisement). Repeated 12 and 13 June 1889.
(San Francisco) Daily Evening Post (San Francisco : Hinton, Rapp & Co.).
(San Francisco) Daily Examiner (San Francisco : George Hearst 1880–1887; then William Randolph Hearst) - Thursday, 11 September 1879 XXIX, 52, page 3 column 4, "New Art Gallery."
- Tuesday, 20 November 1883, XXXVII, 143, page 4, column 2, "An Art Sale."
- Thursday, 22 November 1883, XXXVII, 145, page 1, column 5 "THE SCHAFER ART SALE TONIGHT" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 7 April 1886, XLII, 97, page 2(?), column 3, "Amateur Photographers". Similar reports appeared in the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California and the San Francisco Evening Bulletin. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 1 November 1887, XLV, 124, page 7, column 6, also in the auction list on page 4 column 1 and repeated in the 2 November and 3 November 1887 editions. The same advertisement appears in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Evening Bulletin of similar dates. "Schafer's Art Sale" (San Francisco Evening Bulletin version). [(San Francisco) Daily Examiner version found by James Marquardt]
- Saturday, 24 December 1887, XLV, 177, page 7, column 2, "Combination Premium Art Sale!". Repeated 26 December and also advertised in the San Francisco Chronicle. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 27 June 1888, XLVI, 179, page 3, column 7, repeated 28 June 1888. Also appeared several times in the San Francisco Chronicle and the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California. Alta version: "Closing Auction Sale / of the Season!".
- Sunday, 17 November 1889, XLIX, 134, page 3, column 7, Similar advertisements with daily variations ran on November 18–23 and in the San Francisco Chronicle. Chronicle version: "Prof. Schafer's Premium Art Sale."
- Friday, 24 April 1896, LXII, 115, page 11, column 4, "Oak Grove Lodge Reception" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Monday, 29 September 1913, XCIX, 91, page 15, column 7, "Painting Auction Notice"
- Monday, 2 July 1917, CVII, 2, page 15, column 8, "H. Taylor Curtis, Auctioneer…Fine New Furniture" (see lot 881)
- Monday, 8 October 1917, CVII, 100, page 12, columns 7 & 8, Advertisement also appearing in San Francisco Chronicle and Oakland Tribune of surrounding dates. Chronicle version: "Announcement Extraordinary / Auction Sale" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Sunday, 18 December 1921, CXV, 171, page 17W, column 3, "Extraordinary Sale of Fine Paintings"
- Saturday, 19 July 1980, scan page 6, "American Art 1850&ndash1950" (Advertisement of Kerwin Galleries, Burlingame, California) [Found by James Marquardt]
- Sunday, 9 September 1984, page 49, "Western Wildlife / Art Exhibit / & Sale" (Advertisement of Ingrid's Gallery, Los Altos, California) [Found by James Marquardt]
San Francisco Evening Bulletin (San Francisco : San Francisco Bulletin Company). - Monday, 24 March 1873, XXXV, 142, page 1, column 4, "Sunday's Dispatches. / Steamer Passengers for San Francisco." [found by James Marquardt]
- Tuesday, 3 October 1876, XLII, 152, page 2, column 7, "106 Fine Oil Paintings." (auction advertisement).
- Saturday, 27 May 1882, LIV, 43, page 1, column 7, "Painting and Drawing Lessons."
- Friday, 20 July 1882, LIV, 88, page 3, column 7, "Sale of Oil Paintings."
- Thursday, 10 August 1882, LIV, 106, page 2, column 3, "Auction Sale of Paintings." A similar report appeared on page 1, column 3 of (San Francisco) Daily Alta California XXXIV 11797 on the same day.
- Friday, 11 August 1882, LIV, 107, page 2, column 5, "Oil Paintings / for Sale."
- Friday, 22 September 1882, LIV, 143, page 2, column 5, "…Peremptory Sale…" (auction advertisement, also published 21 September 1882 in the San Francisco Chronicle XXVI).
- Monday, 19 November 1883, LVII, 37, page 2, column 6, (auction advertisement). Repeated Tuesday, 20 November (column 7), Wednesday, 21 November (column 6), and Thursday, 22 November (column 8). Also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle 18 and 19 November 1883 and a reworded version also appeared in the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California on 18, 19, 21, and 22 November 1883. [found by William K. Dick]
- Thursday, 22 November 1883, LVII, 40, page 2, column 4, "Sale of Paintings."
- Wednesday, 3 September 1884, LVIII, 127 page 2, column 4, "Handsome Paintings at the Fair."
- Friday, 12 September 1884, LVIII, 135, page 2, column 5, "Lovers of Art."
- Saturday, 13 September 1884, LVIII, 135, page 2, column 7; Monday, 15 September 1884, LVIII, 137, page 2, column 8; and Tuesday, 16 September 1884, LVIII, 138, page 2, column 7, "F. Schafer Art Sale." (auction advertisement). Appeared again Wednesday, 17 September, and Thursday, 18 September.
- Thursday, 18 September 1884, LVIII, 140, page 2, column 5, "Sale of Pictures This Evening."
- Tuesday, 6 April 1886, LXIII, page 3, column 4, "Superb Pictures. / Interesting Exhibition…" (See the report of this exhibition published in the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California the next day, 7 April 1886.)
- Monday, 31 October 1887, LXV, 20, page 2, column 5, "The Schafer Painting Sale."
- Monday, 31 October 1887, LXV, 20, page 2, column 6, "Schafer Art Sale –at– Irving Hall" (auction advertisement). Repeated Tuesday, 1 November, Wednesday, 2 November, and Thursday, 3 November. The same advertisement was also published in the San Francisco Chronicle and the (San Francisco) Daily Examiner of similar dates.
(San Francisco) The Illustrated Wasp (San Francisco : Wasp Publishing Company).
(San Francisco) The Morning Call (San Francisco : Charles M. Shortridge) - Tuesday, 27 January 1880, XLVII, 58, "The Art Exhibition."
- Saturday, 16 June 1894, LXXVI, 16, page 10, column 5, "Objected to Dunning."
- Sunday, 24 April 1898, LXXXIII, 145, page 29, column 5, "Baldwin" (Theatre preview).
- Monday, 29 January 1912, CXI, 60, page 11, columns 5 & 6, "Auction Sales / The Ernest Hacquette Collection"
San Jose Daily Herald (San Jose : The Herald Publishing Company) - Wednesday, 9 March 1887, XLII, 57, page 3, column 6, "Schafer's Painting Sale." Also published in (San Jose, California) The Evening News under a different headline. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 1 June 1892, LII, 130, page 3, column 5, "Fine Paintings at Auction" Repeated 2 June. [Found by James Marquardt]
(San Jose, California) The Evening News (San Jose : DeLacy and Williams) - Wednesday, 7 May 1884, II 90, page 2, column 5, "Important Art Sale".
- Wednesday, 9 March 1887, VIII 39, page 3, column 7, "Schafer's Paintings." Also published in the San Jose Daily Herald of same date but with a different headline.
San Jose Mercury (San Jose, California : Charles M. Shortridge) - Thursday, 29 December 1881, XX, 90, page 3, column 5, "Art Exhibit and Sale". Also published in (San Jose, California) Morning Times of same date.
- Monday, 30 May through Friday, 3 June 1892, vol. XLI, nos. 151-155; five articles, each on page 5, column 1, starting with "Professor F. Schafer"
(San Jose, California) Morning Times (San Jose, California : Times Publishing Co.) - Thursday, 29 December 1881, 5, 151, page 3, column 2 "Real Works of Art at Auction". Also published in San Jose Mercury of same date. [Found by James Marquardt]
(San Rafael, California) Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California : [s.n.]) - Friday, 27 September 1974, 114, 161, page 14 "Art Review / The Spell of Landscane Lures Lengthy Retinue". [Found by James Marquardt]
(Santa Barbara, California) Morning Press (Santa Barbara, California : J. T. Johnston & Co.) - 27 February 1882, X, 24, page 1, column 3, "Additional Locals / C. P. Troy…" [Found by James Marquardt]
- 8 January 1886, XX, 11, page 3, column 5, "City and County / J. W. Gray has…" Advertisement, repeated 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 January 1886. [Found by James Marquardt]
Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, California : Sentinel Publishers Company) - Wednesday, 18 February 1885 I, 261, page 3 column 2, "Free Exhibition and Auction Sale…" This notice also appeared the previous day, with adjustment to account for the date and omission of the final sentence.
- Tuesday, 26 May 1891 XV, 36, page 3, column 4, "A Treat to All Lovers of Art."
- Thursday, 28 May 1891 XV, 38, page 3, column 2, "Fine Paintings Given Away."
- Wednesday, 30 May 1891 XV, 40, page 2, column 4, "Free Gaslight Exhibition…" Repeat of an auction advertisement first appearing on 27 May 1891 with changed sale dates. Repeated again on 31 May 1891.
- Sunday, 31 May 1891 XV, 41, page 3, column 1, "Sentinal Jottings. / Prof. Schafer's picture sale…" (Two excerpts).
- Tuesday, 11 August 1970 115, 189, page 12, column 7, "Redding's Native Daughters Want Their Pictures Returned" [Found by James Marquardt]
- Friday, 2 February 1990 134, 29, page 18, column 4, "Antique Auction" [Found by James Marquardt]
Santa Cruz Surf (Santa Cruz, California : A. A. Taylor) - Tuesday, 26 May 1891 XV, 125, page 2, column 2, "Free Gaslight Exhibition". Auction advertisement, repeated on May 27 and with date variations on May 29. These advertisements are nearly identical the ones that appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on May 28 and 29. [Found by James Marquardt]
- Wednesday, 27 May 1891 XV, 126, page 3, column 2, "Tonight--Auction Sale of Paintings."
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, Washington : Leigh S. J. Hunt) - Tuesday, 27 May 1890 XVIII, 16, page 5 column 3, "Free Art Reception."
- Wednesday, 28 May 1890 XVIII, 17, page 8, columns 4 and 5, "Art Reception."
- Thursday, 29 May 1890 XVIII, 18, page 5, column 4, "Free Exhibition / This Evening." (Advertisement, repeated in the Friday, 30 May 1890 and Saturday, 31 May 1890 editions, both on the same page and column.)
- Sunday, 1 June 1890 XVIII, 21, page 5, column 4, "Turner * Hall / Monday Evening" (auction advertisement).
(Stockton, California) The Evening Mail (Stockton, California : E. L. Colnan and J. J. Nunan) - Thursday, 18 December 1884, X, 111, page 3, column 6, "Grand Display of Oil Paintings."
- Thursday, 23 December 1884, X, 115, page 3, column 4, "Very Cheap Paintings"
(Tacoma, Washington) The Daily/Sunday Ledger (Tacoma, Washington : Ledger Publishing Co.) - Saturday, 8 August 1885, III, page 4, Column 2, Gaslight Exhibition of Oil Paintings
- Tuesday, 10 December 1889,VII, page 5, Column 1, Prof. Federick(sic) Schafer…
- Wednesday, 11 December 1889,VII, page 5, BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS.
- Thursday, 12 December 1889,VII, 338, page 4, Column 2, Winning Numbers.
Vancouver Daily World (Vancouver, British Columbia : Vancouver World Printing and Publishing Co., Limited). - Tuesday, 1 September 1891, V, 125/905, page 8, column 3, "Meritorious Works of Art."
- Thursday, 3 September 1891, V, 127/907, page 8, column 2, "A Beautiful Picture. / Prof. Schafer's Bear Lake…"
- Monday, 7 September 1891, V, 130/910, page 4, column 2, "Exhibition of Paintings."
- Tuesday, 8 September 1891, V, 131/911, page 4, column 2, "A Great Slaughter Last Night."
- Friday, 11 September 1891, V, 134/914, page 8, column 1, "Winning Numbers Last Night."
The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia : Pacific Press Limited). - Wednesday, 29 July 1970, LXXXIV, 175, page 8, columns 1 and 2, "James K. Nesbitt". [found by William K. Dick]
- Saturday, 9 June 1973, 87, 209 , page 13, column 1, "James K. Nesbitt".
(Victoria, British Columbia) The Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia : The Colonist Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd.) - Thursday, 25 June 1885, XLIV 12, page 2, column 4, "Beautiful Pictures".
- Tuesday, 30 June 1885, XLIV 16, page 2, column 1, "A Treat of Lovers of Art".
- Friday, 3 July 1885, XLIV 18, page 2, column 5, "Catalogue of Highly Finished Oil Paintings…". Repeat of advertisement initially appearing on Wednesday, 1 July 1885 on page 2, column 5. [Reported by Bruce Davies]
- Sunday, 5 July 1885, XLIV 20, page 3, column 2, "Good Paintings at Low Prices.".
- Sunday, 20 June 1909, CII 9, page 3, column 1, "…Executor's Sale…at Craigdarroch".
- Saturday, 9 October 1909, VCI, 102, page 17, column 7, "Preliminary notice/Stewart Williams & Co…". Repeated Sunday, 10 October 1909 on page 19, column 2; Tuesday, 12 October 1909 on page 19, column 3; and Wednesday, 13 October 1909 on page 19, column 2.
- Thursday, 14 October 1909, VCI, 106, page 15, column 7, "Messrs. Stewart Williams & Co / Duly instructed…". Repeated with minor variations on Tuesday, 12 October 1909, VCI, 104, page 19, column 2, and Wednesday, 13 October 1909 VCI, 105, page 19, column 2. and Thursday, 14 October 1909, VCI, 106, page 15, column 7.
- Friday, 15 October 1909, VCI, 107, page 17, (column not reported), "Don't Forget / That / Messrs. Stewart Williams & Co / Will continue selling…".
- Friday, 21 March 1969 111, 85, page 24, columns 3–7, "Craigdarroch Oils Return", by Dorothy Wrotnowski.
- Friday, 10 August 1973, 115, 204, page 4, columns 5–6, "Our Readers' Views / Shafer Paintings," letter to the editor from James K. Nesbitt. This article spells Schafer's name both with and without the "c", and repeats the unverified report from The California Historical Society that Schafer used three different spellings.
- N.B.: On 2 September 1980 the (Victoria, British Columbia) The Daily Colonist merged with the Victoria Times to form the Victoria Times-Colonist.
- Saturday, 20 January 1990, 132nd year, 38, page C2, columns 3–6, "When Context Outweighs Content", by Robert Amos.
Victoria Times (Victoria, British Columbia : [s.n.]). - Saturday, 9 October 1909, advertisement "Auction –household– by order of Mrs. Erb." [found by Peter Scott]
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