"Autumn Gold" 2024 November Auction

A two volume set of "The North American Indians" by George Catlin. These are first editions, published in 1841. From 1831 to 1837, George ...

Hardcover, 995 pages. Handbook of the Indians of California, by A. L. Kroeber. 1953. Many fold out maps. Alfred Kroeber was the first professor appoin

Lot of 2. 1. Fort Worth Tex. police officer badge #2, badge is yellow metal and the #2 is wht metal. Circa 1891 was the beginning of numbered badges

A bank check written to a business still in existence today, Pinkerton's Protective Patrol, Denver, Colorado, c1894. Comes with a 2.25" x 2...

!880-90’s era Harris County, Texas Deputy Constable, PCT. 1, Philip Sterling badge, 2 x 1.5 inches, hand-stamped badge with black letters, c

Five Point, solid ball tipped, Deputy badge, wht metal. “Deputy” and embellishments in stamped black print, safety pin attachment.

Lot of 3. 1. Deputy Sheriff Badge stock, nickle plated, black printing, 2.5 “ diameter, safety breast pin. Badge dulled by age. Manufactur

State Detective and Deputy Sheriff Badge, not numbered, black print, 6-point hollow ball star, filigree around badge, safety pin back, 3 1/2"...

Six point obsolete 2 in. "City Marshall” badge, black outline print w/filigree , brass w/patina making it hard to read., hollow ball tip...

Possibly unique 62 mm x 81 mm (2.5" x 3.25") silver disc (95% silver, 3% copper, 2% iron/gold/lead- hand-held XRF analysis) depicting an e...

Two California Corrections Officer badges, one sergeant and one lieutenant gold seven pointers. The California State seal is in the center and the pie

Pinback lapel badges from Folsom Prison, the California Youth Authority. California Peace Officers and more. All are in nice condition. Please see pho

Nickel plated brass 5-point star shaped constable badge, "2nd District/Constable J.P./Florence, Colo." Shows wear obverse, reverse. Pin in...

6 point white metal Protective Police badge with center L D C or C L D logo. 2.25x2". Made by A M Jewett.

A gold detective shield for Stockton (Ca.) police department, with black leather wallet. This is a sergeant's badge measures about 2"x 3&qu...

A sheriff's badge from Wabash County, Indiana, dating c. 1920s-1930s. Hallmarked on reverse side by C.D. Reese of 57 Warren Street, New York. Ma...

Check signed by Madame Le Tang, Tombstone Whorehouse Madam. Drawn on the Pima County Bank, 1881. LeTang was a professional and beautiful French Madame

This is a one-page (front and back) hand-written letter from a son, John S. Moore, to his father, R.B. Moore, datelined Ehrenberg (Arizona), Oct. 14,

The Oath of Office for J.N. Laurbert as Marshal of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas signed on the 12th of January 1886 by Judge

1891 wanted for murder poster. S. Galavotti, Supt. of Derbec Drift mine was killed by a rifle shot to the head by an unknown man as they were transpo

Rare autographed copy of "Mrs. Maybrick's Own Story: My Fifteen Lost Years" by Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, Autograph Edition. Funk &a...

1921 History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 by Williams, 543pp with index. 1919 Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilanc

By Western Marshall and Lawman, D. J. Cook & John W. Cook, 1897 Hands up or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plai...

This is an EXECUTIVE PARDON, dated April 10, 1872 and signed by then California Governor Newton Booth, on behalf of Robert Francis. Francis was tried

First edition of The Life Of John Wesley Hardin" from the Original Manuscript as written by himself. Published by Smith & Moore, Seguin Tex...

A small library of four books pertaining to cowboys and outlaws. 1)The Log of a Cowboy, Andy Adams, 1903. A Narrative of the Old Trail Days. 387 pp. 5

Wanted poster issued December 1, 1911 for the capture of the Indian brothers Mike & Wilson Harun for the murder of William Blake while in the pe...

Convicted of separate murders by the Vigilance Committee of the City of San Francisco, Philander Brace and Joseph Hetherington were hung in a public e

1934 Elect John C Goad of Alameda county-center crease and Charles J McCoy, Yuba county-heavy crease and .75" tear. Also, canva banner, Hugh J ...

This is a writ dated August 12, 1895 and is in regards to Bill Dolan and his gang, also known the Wild Bunch. The gang included Dan Clifton, also know

Coffeyville, Kansas The Last Raid of the Daltons, first edition 66 page book. This book gives an account of the ill fated attempt by the Dalton Gang t

Partially printed document issued by Justice of the Peace of Bristol County, March 2, 1785. Samuel Dunbar Junior is posting a bond for 25 pounds to gu

Unidentified cabinet card photo of a City Marshall of Mexico, Missouri. Photo by Graham, Mexico, Missouri. 5.75x4". Some light corner degradati...

1 full page and 2 half pages of goods taken by sheriff, undated and unidentified owner. Goods taken range from alcohol, horses, tea, nails, gloves, ca

11 early Montana court cases and fees documents, c. 1865-75. Juror pay compensation, charge of assault with a deadly weapon, Madison county sheriff ex

Two pages containing an account of an 1855 court martial against four U.S. Army dragoons presided over by Jefferson Davis, who served as U.S. Secretar

1826 letter from Elias Fort to his brother Hilliard Fort of Halifax County, North Carolina. Elias describes his luck in the business of selling cotton

A 1926 letter to Mr. John Sharon, the prosecutor attorney (county attorney) of Hopedale, Ohio, reporting the activities of bootleggers in Harrison Cou

An 1823 letter sent by Owen Brown, abolitionist and father of famous abolitionist John Brown. The letter itself regards a legal dispute and requests t

A letter dated August 13, 1839 to the Justice of the Peace of Jefferson County, Ohio and signed by several prominent citizens, attesting to the moral

Portage County, Ohio, early slander case re. accused prostitution 1824-1826 Case of Mary Viets v. John & Harriet Singletary This collection pain...

1826 document from Ohio's Portage County Court of Common Pleas petitioning for the partition of a plot of land owned by two men, Abraham Grammer...

Documents from an 1843 trial for rape, described at the time as bastardry, in Harrison County, Ohio. Mary Morgan, an unmarried woman, accused fellow H

1818 Ohio Court Document from the case of Thatcher H. Conant vs. Thomas Johnston regarding unpaid debts for the purchase of cattle and land. The court

A small 1895 poster advertising a $1000 reward for the arrest of men connected to a train robbery between the towns of Archbald and Stryker in Ohio. A

Two documents from the Portage County Court of Common Pleas, written in 1818. The pages document a legal dispute between John Campbell and James Hezli

A Pawnee, Territory of Oklahoma receipt/certification pre-printed 3" x 8" document, c1895, with the signature of Deputy United States Mars...

One wanted poster and a group of seven mugshot cards from the Oregon State Penitentiary, dating c. 1910-1920. The wanted poster lists a reward for the

Receipt of Thomas Elder, an attorney in Northumberland County to William Wilson for professional services, dated January 17, 1792. "Thomas Elde...

An 1830 letter from Joshua Coggeshall, Justice of the Peace of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, calling for four debtors to be ...