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 ...

Lot of 4. 1) Three territorial Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, checks issued for use by the Gould & Curry mine. Two are signed by Charles Str...

Lot of 5 Bank of California, Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company checks issued in 1871 and signed by C.C. Batterman as superintendent. All have...

Lot of 5, from 4 different Comstock mining superintendents. 1) Two different Stateler & Arrington signed by controversial mining supt. Charles S...

Lot of 5 Stateler & Arrington checks signed by Charles Bonner as superintendent for the Gould & Curry Mine. Each check is issued to a miner ...

Lot of 4 Stateler & Arrington checks issued March 28-31st, 1864 and signed for supt. Charles Strong by John O. Earl who was president of the Gou...

1) Wells Fargo 1864 check signed by RN Graves fro the Empire Mill & Mining Co. 1) Three Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould &...

Lot of 7, three different varieties. All have orange Nevada revenue stamps. 1) Three of the green Bank of California Gould & Curry checks issued...

Lot of 7. Three different supts. 1) Two green Bank of California, G&C SMC checks issued in 1866 and signed by Louis Janin Jr. as superintendent....

Lot of 6 different including one territorial. 1) Stateler & Arrington territorial check issued 1864, signed by superintendent Charles Strong. 2...

Lot of 9 checks including one territorial. Spans from the early days in the 1860s to right before the Bonanza Period in the early 1870s. Includes: Sta

One of Comstock's most sought after checks. Includes Philip Deidesheimer's signature as superintendent of the Gould & Curry. Cut cancel ...

Lot of 6 Virginia City, Nevada mining checks signed by Louis Janin, Jr. as superintendent for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. All have IR and ...

Storey County Auditor's Office. Dateline Virginia, Feb. 4, 1875. At a meeting of the Commissioners of Storey County, $75 was allowed for the Mon...

Franklin & Schroeder proprietors of the Washoe Brewery on South C Street at the Junction of B Street. June 1, 1880. Signed by Schroeder. Small r...

Lot of four. 1) Metropolitan Livery Stable. 1868. C. H. Light proprietor. Number 62 South C Street. Addressed to Hillier. Note on back from Hillier. 2

1) 1872 revenue imprinted 2c rectangle US stamp. From the Woodworth Mill to AA Savage. Signed by James Fair. 2) 1876 Chollar-Norcross - Savage Shaft C

Lot of 6 different spanning from the territorial days until before the Bonanza Discovery in the early 1870s. All have adhesive or imprinted revenue st

Lot of 3 very early Stateler & Arrington checks issued in 1862 and signed by Charles Strong, who was superintendent of the Gould & Curry Min...

1) Isaac Requa signed Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Company. July 1, 1876. Revenue imprinted US Stamp. 2) 1898 Bank of California check. Signed by sup

1) Chollar red Bank of America check. Issued to Virginia City assayer W. S. James. Revenue imprinted 2c stamp. Signed by AC Hamilton. water-stained. 2

Lot of seven. 1) Comstock Tunnel & Drainage Company First Mortgage 30 Year Gold Income Bond. 1919. All 60 coupons are attached. Extremely fine c...

Lot of 7 different. Six are for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. One is for Empire Mill and Mining Company. Four are territorial. 1) Four terri...

Not your normal view on this VC RPC. Virginia City cancel. "I only weigh 174 pounds by McGraiths scales." (Prag collection) Date: 1925 C...

Very scarce! Way-bill for travel from Virginia (City) to Dayton and Dayton to Virginia, dated May 27th 1874. Lists both passengers and consigned pack

Lot of 7 different incl. 3 territorial checks. Six different mine superintendents! Great collection! 1) Wells Fargo & Co. 1863. Signed by RN Gra...

Four Storey County Auditor's Office documents attached together that are receipts from July, August, September, and October 1878 for the funds a...

5.75" Nevada, The Sagebrush State. 9" Oregon Caves National Monument. 10.75" Expo 4, Spokane. 10" Alaska. 10.25" Seattle Sp...

Extra Rare Nevada Badge from "Member /Organized/November 6th 1901/Storey County Labor Union. This badge has pin for lapel. Red on obverse side,...

Nice assortment of Nevada ephemera. USGS Mohave Desert book. 5 USGS water supply maps. Palace Club, Reno wine list. I80 topo profile. Paper on history

Nicely framed and matted 1872 Mitchell single truck map of Nevada and Utah. Page 48. Map 12" x 14.5", frame 17.75" x 22.75". Da...

Rare Nevada reference. Has 4 page article, The Lakes of Nevada, by Lisle Lester. Covers Washoe Lake, Pyramid Lake, Humboldt Lake, Walker Lake, and Car

Humbolt County 1905 by Bragg, assorted old Lovelock ephemera, Lovelock ledger journals from Anker family c.1919 and 1918. They appear to have had a tu

Misc. Ephemera; 1) Old receipt book stubs from Mound House Nevada, 1905; several postcards; a metal insignia reads "Veterans of Foreign Wars/Bi...

Lot of 4. 1) Sheet of three 1880 stock transfers recorded for the Davenport Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company (a Colorado mining operation). Th

Lot of 14 maps of Nevada & Western States. Vivid colors sizes differ, (8.5" x 11") to (11.5" 16") Some have slight wear &...

This is an unusual pair. The first is by the Continent Stereoscopic Co. of New York. The view is labelled as "C Street, Virginia City, Nevada--...

1881, SA Mitchell. 1886 Bradley. 1887 The Century Atlas. Rand McNally page 548 without Clark County. Undated Rand McNally without Clark County. Nice s

The Edison Portland Cement Company was a venture by Thomas Edison that helped to improve the Portland cement industry. Edison was developing an iron o

3rd Annual Report of the Board of Directors to the Stockholders of Central N.J. Land Improvement Co., 1875. Pamphlet, pp.6. 6" x 9". Date...

Pan-American exposition silk handkerchief/scarf, dated December 26, 1899. Mounted and adhered to paperboard, brown stain throughout. No tears or repai

Misc. mining ephemera with Deed, check, photo of a mine, Sunday Amusements "funnies" & more. Date: 1869 City: Manhattan State: New...

Two receipts. One for August 19, 1857 and one for August 21, 1857. One for $1.00 for certificate of rice paper and one for $2,00 for survey of flour o

Lot of 14 different. One side advertises the coffee; the other focuses on one state and has illustrations and a map. States include: North Dakota, Was

The Novelty & Champion Clothes Wringers, manufactured by the Bailey Washing & Wringing Machine Co., NB Phelps & Co., Gen. Agents, New Yo...

Amazing autograph piece! Inc. in New York. No. 1195, issued for 5 shares to Carrie S. Rich in 1921. Signed by world-famous magician Harry Houdini as p

Lot of 3. 1) Huston, Baldwin & Co. 3rd of Exchange for 10,000 francs dated may 20th, 1870. To be drawn on a bank in Paris. Two 20 cent revenue s...

Kodak Brownie Target Six-16 Camera 1920's. This Brownie is a box roll film camera with rotary shutter, film size 616 with meniscus lens. Made by...

"This Bank Protected By The William J. Burns International Detective Agency Inc. for American Bankers Association." Slight rubbing of gilt...

This lot concerning a large farm located in Dutchess County New York. Ephemera relating to buying & selling mortgaged parcels,mostly relating to...

3 pieces of ephemera (possibly from Andrew Adams?) a letter with an accounting of what was bought & sold. Very delicate condition. Please inspec...