August 2018 Auction

Lot of 2. 1) Program for a concert to be held January 21st, 1873 at the Presbyterian Meeting House in New York where they will sing "Sacred Hym...

Lot of 5 different large format trade cards. One side features Victorian color illustrations of women and children. The other advertises a specific Ga

"An Ideal Place for a Summer Vacation. The Place to Own a Summer Home." Copyright 1904 by C.E. Cleveland. 63 pp. with many black and white...

"First Petit Jurors and Court Officials, December Term of Court held in new Court House, Fergus Falls, Otter Trail County, Minn., 1922." A...

I/U #44 Marion ray 625 shares 1895. Eagle, and 2 nice miner vignettes. Signed by president Robert Ray. Date: 1895 City: State: Minnesota HWAC# 7

Framed b/w photo of 2 men, a woman, 2 dogs and 2 girls. The girls on on a rocking horse and a pull along wagon. Photo approx 4.25" x 7, frame 7...

"Shelley Tuttle began a Butte foundry and machine shop business in 1881. By 1890, the expanded Tuttle Manufacturing & Supply Company had a ...

Shows a very rustic camp with wood structures and horses. Titled "Views of Diamond City--Confederate Gulch." No photographer listed. Contr...

All are for goods purchased by fellow post traders JH McKnight & Co. of Fort Shaw, Montana. All have Fort Benton, Montana Territory datelines. 1...

Lot of 6. The First National Bank of Helena, Montana, was organized by Samuel T. Hauser and TH Kleinschmidt in 1866. The bank erected its own building

Lot of 2. Both are RN-G revenue imprinted with a vignette of an allegorical woman at left. Both are First of Exchanges issued in 1881 in Helena to Chi

War Department, United States Telegraph message sent by TC Power, Helena, Montana to JH McKnight at Fort Shaw in 1886. Message is regarding rate for s

Western Union Telegraph Co. sent from Helena, Feb. 5, 1876 to Fort Shaw. Message is instructions for payment and someone arriving to buy horses. Signe

Lot of 3. All are manuscript Certificates of Deposit at the First National Bank in Helena, Montana Territory, 1866. All are for gold dust deposits. T

Great pair. Two 1866 Banking House of L.H. Hershfield pictorial drafts with a Virginia City dateline (handwritten over Helena) to be paid in gold coin

Rare Copper State cigar box label. Nice center image of a plow and shovel in a meadow. Date: City: State: Montana HWAC# 76845

C. early 20th century glass slides. Sentinle Butte, a church, tornado damage Wessington Springs, Bad Lands, town gathering, valley of James River, Jam

Lot of 16. Included: two pictorial 1866 & 1867 drafts from the Banking House of L.H. Hershfield with green RN-B imprint; S.T. Hauser & Co. 1...

United States Indian Service, Crow Agency, Mont., Sept. 12th, 1892. Addressed to the cashier at the Merchants National Bank in Helena. Message written

Lot of 23. Includes:Hoge, Daly & Co. (Anaconda, 1885) postal card receipt for $10,000 coin sent by express; The Miner subscription receipt, Butt...

Lot of 15. 1) Two different territorial bonds, $50 and $100, issued in 1868. Both have two vignettes and are signed by the Secretary of the Territory,

Lot of 2. 1) 1887 Lewis & Clark County typed certificate to George Taylor for presenting 642 prairie dog skins. Fort Shaw post trader JH McKnigh...

Lot of 11 stubs from licenses issued 1865-1867. Includes licenses issued in Virginia City, Blackfoot, Beartown, Lincoln Gulch, El Dorado City, German

1) Western Union Telegraph Company. Virginia City, MT, March 21st, 1867. Message sent to Isett, Kerr & Co. with instructions to pay $2,000 in cu...

Lot of 2 different. Both are territorial warrants issued by the office of the Territorial Auditor: Omaha City, 1860, and Omaha, 1861. The 18609 warran

Lot of 2. Letter is 4pp., dateline Aurora, Jan. 28, 1888. Sent to Mrs. Nettie Robishaw of Santa Cruz, California from Julia C. (illegible). Julia has

Green, yellow, blue and red on white. Manhattan Mining Company has been crossed out and American Mining Company has been handwritten. Receipt for mone

Wells, Fargo & Co. check, Nov. 29th, 1861. Issued to William Martin Gillispie for $63. Signed by Orion Clemens, Secretary of Nevada Territory (a...

Handwritten letter on letterhead for the Office of Territorial Auditor. Dateline Carson City, N.T. March 2, 1864. Addressed to Mr. Beck (a county comm

Lot of 2. Letter and circular addressed to Hon. James W. Nye of Carson City (governor at this point) from the Office of the Irish National Fair. Datel

Lot of nine. Two Billheads: JH Kroeber plumber and PA Wagner grocer. Not common!!! Four checks: 1875 Wells Fargo with US Revenue stamp. 1899 Bullion...

Printed on blue letterhead for the Office of Territorial Treasurer. Dateline Carson City, N.T., December 31st, 1862. Addressed to Childs, Territorial

From the Office of Nevada State Prison, January 20th, 1871. Issued for $55 to Samuel Hyatt for 11 days service (at $5 a day) as deputy warden. Signed

Territory of Nevada, County of Ormsby, District Court, Second Judicial District. Payment receipt to BW Stoner who served as trial juror in the case of

Veto Messages of His Excellency John Sparks, Governor of the State of Nevada, Legislature of 1903. Also, Proposed Constitutional Amendments. Compiled

Four Paxton & Co., Bankers, checks issued in 1881 by the Red Bird Mining Company. All are signed by Frank Robbins, agent for the mine. All are c...

Lot of six. 1) Early Nevada 1866 billhead for Kennedy & Mallon grocers. 2) Wolf & Fletcher general merchandise. December 14, 1876. Purple pr...

In 1909 Goldfield was in its heyday and this map shows just how big the town was. The map comes with a 1911 Department of Interior letter. Blue line p

Lot of 14 checks plus 2 other pieces. 1) Seven John S. Cook & Co., Bankers checks, 4 different varieties, issued 1905-1916. One is for the Goldf...

Goldfield, NV checks ,postcard, bankslip, stock, mining claim legal document, mining prospectus, payroll statement, letter head and more. Date: Ci

Lot of 2. 1) F.B. Balzar personal check, dateline Hawthorne, Nevada, October 22, 1924. Issued to Churchill County Eagle for $50. Signed by Balzar. Fre

Seven pointed star, white metal, blue lettering: Las Vegas / Colony Police / 3. Date: City: Las Vegas State: Nevada HWAC# 78277

Unusual Lyon County District Court document, "In the Matter of the Insanity of A. Carlson." Judge C.E. Mack orders that August Carlson, a...

Lot of five. 1) WE Griffin Banker / Wells Fargo 1884 check. Pioche. Nice green on white design. 2) 1922 St. John Lodge, Masons, Pioche check. Black on

This is Equity No. A-3, a Recommended Temporary Restraining Order, 88 pages. Cover is torn slightly. In 1913 the United States filed in the U.S. Distr

A group of antiques from the Jerome Ayer ranch in Reno, which was located on Alameda, now North Wells. This group of antiques appears to date from the

2 Key Fobs to "Silver State Lodge/Tamarack/Reno, Nev." & 1 brass letter opener inscribed with A. Benetti Novelty Company Phone 7575, 1...

Lot of 6 different including three territorial. Includes: Wells Fargo & Co. 1864 Nevada Territory check signed by RN Graves for the Empire Mill ...

Lot of 8 Stateler & Arrington checks issued for the Gould & Curry Mine in 1864. Signed by either Charles Strong or Charles Bonner as superin...

Wood & canvas trunk inscribed on the side for W.E. Owens, Virginia City, Nev. Masonic imagery (shield and sword). MC Pettibone Manufacturing Co ...