Cauldron of Curiosities Auction, 2024 October

This is titled The National Advertising Hotel Register. It's dated December 6, 1866 & has ads for everything from light & heavy carriage...

1877 Montana Steam Cracker cash book. Leather cover is detached, some staining.

Three trade cards from Deuble Bro's Practical Jewelers & Fischer's Jeweler. It measures 3.25"x 5.25". The others measure 3&quo...

Trade card for Class' See-Saw Company of Canton, Ohio, makers of the Class See-Saw & Merry-Go-Round playground equipment. Card is in excelle...

1885 Arbuckle's Coffee color 2 sided broadside. 9.5x6".

3 c. 1933 Penn Publishing book sales flyers. Books of the west, stories of many kinds, Depression breaker novels. Pencil writing on covers.

6 vintage business cards. 1887 Cyrus Warren, H L Stevens, Ludier & Thuiller, scarce Drake Well Park-upper and lower tape residue. Dr. C McLane&#...

Five advertising fliers from the Butler Brothers company, c. 1877 to early 1900s. The fliers advertise products to retailers, listing wholesale prices

6x3.25" Excelsior Works, Huntley, Holcombe & Heine advertising notebook.

1881 Marshall Field & Co. shirt and collar catalog. 21pp, front cover has writing.

2x 1892 Montgomery Ward advertising booklets-white cover version has stains, and 1896 rare illustrated Physicians Supply List.

1891 8pp Mechanical Telephone Co. advertising booklet. Light creases. 3.5x6.25".

A collection of 4 trade cards from various businesses, c1890s-1900s. Includes N.S. Sabell, Manufacturer of Picture Frames, Galveston, Texas, with a ca

1941 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company letter head related to tickets for a performance of Scattergood Baines along with a cover, sample ticket and contract.

Vintage Dagon Hotel, Ashkelon, Israel, complimentary booklet with 7 business advertisements, with pressed flowers from Bethlehem on verso. Two Israeli

A collection of 55 advertising cards produced by a Belgian Chocolate company, CÙte d'Or, c1930s. All numbered, & appear to be from a fe...

French store advertising broadsides from Au Louvre a novelty store at The Louvre Museum, the largest art museum in the world. Pieces are mounted on bl

Livestock dealer advertisement, livestock show entry, cover & tag for entrant ewe, bred by Charles Leet & Son, a livestock dealer & impo...

A trio of advertising postcards, including: Star Windmills, Kendallville, Ind., postmarked 1908; The Round Oak Chief Boiler Iron Range, Estate of P.D.

Orion Clemens Warrant for Work Done - Endorsed. December 31, 1863 warrant for $129.40. Issued out of the general fund and cancelled as paid.Strong Or

A typewritten letter autographed by Robert Ripley of Ripley's Believe it or Not. The letterhead features the logo and address for King Features ...

A 1930 handwritten letter by Sisley Huddleston, responding to an American reader inquiring about his articles on the United States. Huddleston (1883-1

Autograph cut from Greek born actress Katina Paxinou, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her roll in the 1943 film, "For Whom the Be...

An autographed picture of Angus Young, co-founder and lead guitarist of rock band AC/DC. The image also includes the band's logo.

Carte-de-visite photo of Rose Massey (1845-1883), a 19th-century English stage actress. 2.5" x 4".[ United Kingdom

An RPC postcard of Will Rogers, c1920-30s. Rogers at a buffet table with other party-goers. "Barbecue at Will Rogers' Ranch, Santa Monica, ...

Two Moving Picture Theater Licenses issued by the Montana State Board of Equalization. Both are stamped with the word 'RENEWAL'. The license...

1917 Geronimo's Own Medicine Song Sheet Music by Troyer. Geronimo image on cover copyrighted in 1886.

Two checks written on The Bodie Bank. One is dated 1878, the other 1879. One is a bit faded. They are framed and matted, ready to hang. Please see pho

Large format blank checks with Native American and Sailor vignette, labelled with the name of Marcus Daly & Co. Bankers. Marcus Daly, an Irish-b...

1911 Scandinavian American State Bank 1911 annual report. Signed by John Dahlgren as cashier, possibly the president too. Montana Missoula

Collection of around 50 miscellaneous documents from Montana related to banking and commerce, dating from 1885 to 1924. These documents include corres

A dozen checks, receipts & notes drafted on Montana banks, c1890-1921. Includes Merchants' National Bank, bank check, c1890; The Rocky Mount...

A handwritten 1819 note from Poland, Ohio promising that the signatory will pay Jared Bertland $120 in either silver or bank bills. The note appears t

Small archive of material related to banking history. Group includes negatives, photographic reproductions, advertisements, artwork, and articles/clip

A collection of 5 Wells Fargo & Co. Money Order Remitter's Receipts purchased in Angels Camp, Calif., c1913-14.[ Angel's Camp California

1926 lost police dogs $500 reward poster for 2 German shepherds. 9.8x7.5". Upper winkle and small tear.[ San Francisco California

1910 constitution and by-laws, widows and orphans aid association of San Francisco Police Department. Vertical crease, corner cover and smudge issues.

Printed 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch cardstock invitation to a hanging: "Admit The Bearer. Assistant to the Execution of Edward Webb - May 31, 1878 at Tw...

A handwritten legal affidavit accusing Frank Warthorst of attempting to murder Mary E. Kirkland. He shot her in the face & neck.

A handwritten legal summons from Hudson, Ohio, dating from 1807. The note requests that the constable of Hudson summons several people to appear befor

Collection of six legal documents from early Portage County, Ohio. The documents date from 1825 to 1879. Some of the included documents are handwritte

A collection of six invoices & legal documents from Ohio, c1820-32. Includes instructions for a constable to pick a person up & take them to...

1846 statement of Mr. William Baxter in 1846 court case Baxter vs. Luccock. The statement is written by Baxter and his attorney. It discusses debts be

Collection of 20 legal documents from Portage and Harrison counties of Ohio, dating from 1823 to 1895. Contains both handwritten documents and officia

A collection of eight includes court writs & summons from Portage Co., Ohio, c1811-18XX. Includes an 1811 order for Alexander McGreary Johnson t...

Handwritten 1855 letter from Ino (last name illegible) of Greencastle, PA to Mr. Frederick Byers of Ravenna, Ohio. The letter discusses an ongoing cou

1828 Promissory Note filed with the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The note promises that the payer, John Johnson, will pay $400

An 1837 signed letter from Leonard Case, founder of the Case School of Applied Science. This school would evolve into the Case Institute of Technology

2 documents related to John Hyatt while he was in Spain. Union Hero Americana Society, June 11, 1894, making John Hyatt a member on account of certain