"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Hickman Lunbeck Grocery Co. / Wholesale Grocers / Greeley, Colo. No patent date. Colorado Gary Bracken Collection

The J. S. Brown & Bro. / Mer. Co. / Denver, Col. 19" long. Painted wording along base is illegible. Underside: Griswold MFG Co. Erie PA ...

The J. S. Brown / Grocery Co. / Pueblo, Colorado. Pat. Dec. 1. 1914. Mfg: T. G. Johnson Co. Quincy, Ill. Colorado Gary Bracken Collection

The Struby Eshbrook Mer Co. / Whol. Grocers / Denver Colo. "Keep Knife Clean" on back. "Mfg. By T. C. Johnson Co. Quincy Ill" on...

Collection of 3 different plug tobacco cutters. 1) Monogram // Watson, Durand, Kasper / Salina, KS. Possibly pre-1900. Broken top on one side, 1&q...

Missouri Embossed Cast Iron Plug Tobacco Cutters. The St. Joseph and Neosho cutters are not made in the same style as the 1914 varieties and are poss

1) Ridenour -Baker Mer Co / Oklahoma City / Okla. No patent date, long handle & base. Approx. 19". 2) McAllister Grocery Co / Wholesale On...

2 early Virginia cigar crate labels with bold colors. The Belle of Virginia 14x6.5". Golden Eagle 10.5x10.5". Upper right corner damage, l...

Separated into five containers~ #1 San Francisco (92), #2 Other California (162), #3 Nevada (48), #4 Hawaii (28), #5 Other U.S. states (108) ~ All sha

Very large collection of matchbooks. 2 Cubic feet in plastic presentation pages and loose. Probably half or more are from Nevada circa 1960s-80s. Othe

Nice mix of vintage cigar box labels and tobacco ephemera included folded unused boxes, signs, vintage advertisements and tobacco bags etc. About 8 lb

8 vintage clay pipes and bowls. Bowl with letters, ND and could be c. Civil War or earlier. Pipe with FB trademark and 6 point star. 2 white clay pipe

About 55 picies of assorted tobacco ephemera, mostly letterheads, c. 1879-1912, mostly older. Some pictorial.

Choice original photo of Palace Drug Co. in Antioch, c. 1905. Photo 8x10", light contrast, right side spots and triangle. Frame 14.5x17". ...

Clear oval pharmacy bottle embossed "A.B. Stewart Druggist Bodie, Cal. Bottle measures 2"x 4.25" and has no cracks, chips or imperfec...

3 Mother Lode Hutch soda bottles, all about 6.5:. Aqua C A Werle/Mok. Hill. Aqua J & R/Auburn. Off clear Champion/Soda Works/Plymouth, Cal. stai...

Very nice collection of 27 Nevada City and Grass Valley bottles. 2 different Clinch clear embossed whiskey fifths. 3 different modern crown sodas. Lar

This bottle has a very pretty cobalt teal glass and has gotten a lot of attention in the office. It is also very rare. This example has been polished.

Nice aqua Empire Soda Works/Vallejo//Embossed eagle blob top with nice drip soda bottle. No apparent chips or cracks. Vallejo California

Light green California Gold Rush applied top soda bottle. Embossed eagle, probably Eagle Soda Works, c. 1850's. 7", no apparent chips or cr...

Clear shoefly half pint. The Bulls Head/1705 Champa St./Denver, Colo. 6". Lip ding, no apparent chips or cracks. 3 unembossed half pint flasks ...

Lot of 12 Items. This Adolph Coors Collection consists of 4 wood boxes, 3 Malted Milk containers, 3 Tins, 1 Game and 1 Paper Bag. 1) Coors Pure Malt

Rare c. 1867 Golden City Pottery & Fire Brick Works, Golden, Colorado 2 gallon crock. 11.5x7.5". .5" chip on top of lip, no other appa...

Aqua applied top John Risse/Gunnison City/Col. soda bottle. S208 in Preble, c. 1889-92. 6.5". No apparent chips or cracks. Gunnison City Colo...

Founded 163 years ago in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, Idaho Springs was at the center of the region&#...

Very rare J.R.VANCE/COL Aqua, 7" tall soda bottle. Applied top. Marked I.G.CO. on reverse near base. Preble reference S284. .3" inner lip ...

Barrel top from W.H. Hutchinson &Son Inc. It lists the contents as a gross of bottle caps. Hutchinson and Son were bottle manufacturers and are ...

An apothecary bottle from F.H. Phelps a one time employee of the Carson City Mint, who opened a pharmacy in Carson City, Nevada in 1877. The square b

A pair of W.H. Stowell clear oval apothecary bottles. Stowell was the first in Nevada to label his bottles "Druggist & Assayer." His a...

A 2.5"x 6.5"oval pharmacy bottle from W.H. Stowell "Druggist & Assayer" No. 3 Main Street Eureka, Nevada. Bottle is clear, ...

Both bottles embossed, with an oval slug plate on the front of the bottle. Chr. Weigand ( au ) / Las Vegas / N.M. ( ad ).// Base: Embossed with an ova

Large embossed milk jug from the Rancho Grande Creamery in Las Vegas. Text on the front reads, "Rancho Grande, Cry/ 8 Las Vegas- Nev. 53."...

Thin wall and gold gilt Saltair Beach/Salt Lake, Utah souvenir beer glass. 3.75". Some upper scuffing. No apparent chips or cracks. Salt Lake ...

7 crockery canning jars with lids. 5.75-8". Macomb, 2 tone Western Stoneware, paper label Kuner's Mustard, A Steinhorst with taped over pap...

This is a matching pair of silvered back-bar bottles. They measure 3. 5 in. in diameter and 10. 5 in. high. Each bottle sports a shield with chain eng

Unusual c. 1880-1910 clear glass "standing girl" pictorial label under glass flask. Patented in 1862 by William Nalton originally for pha...

Very early screw-top whiskey flask. Cap reads: "The I.R. Comb Co. / Goodyear 1851 Patented." Bottom half of brown holder is broken (proba...

Tip tray 4.5" wide reading National Beer. National Brewing Co. San Francisco, Cal. Small scratch and a tiny rust spot on reverse, but in very n...

Tip tray for National Beer, brewed by The National Brewing Company of San Francisco, Cal. The tray measures 4" across and is in absolute mint c...

Two metal matchboxes. One is mother of pearl and measures 1.50"x 2.5". The other is an advertising piece touting R. Schoenfeldinger's ...

Supplement to The Western Brewer, February 15, 1885. Black and white (17 x 12 inch) lithograph of the Premises of C. F. Schmidt, Esq. Brewing in India

Tw really nice ad mirrors. First is a 2.25" round, labeled "Bartender's Friend" with George WM. Hoffman Co. The second is an oval...

This is a quartet of Falstaff Beer charger trays. These are reproductions, but that doesn't take away from their colorful appearance. Two measur...

A supplement to The Western Brewer June 15, 1885. Black and white (17 x 13 inch) lithograph of four scenes of Brewing in Milwaukee --Sketches of the

2 different beer or wine barrel taps. 1 is marked S.CC.BB on top, clearly older 8". Newer marked Harry Mason/Birmingham 8.5".

We have never seen one of these before. Probably a brothel or saloon celluloid over metal oval advertising plaque with a nude lady in front of a curta

2 mirror imaged heads on a carved wood figurehead in the style of an old sailing vessel. This appears to be a wall mount display piece for a saloon ne

About 15 small hand written Auburn mostly liquor licenses, c. 1851. A few tax receipts mixed in. Some on blue paper. Auburn California

About 32 small handwritten Placer County c. 1851 liquor licenses, some on blue paper. Auburn, Mansion House, Eagle Hotel, Osborne House?, Ophir, Littl

Photo of the Concord Bakery & Saloon taken in the 1880s. This is the original stick built building constructed in 1880. It was replaced in 1884 ...

About 22 Sacramento whiskey billheads and letterheads. Some pictorials, 1 color. Nice group. c. 1894-1928. Sacramento California

This are three round beer trays with three lovely ladies at 10 in. across. One glowing young lady, with surface wear patent date Feb. 21, 1905; one wi

Dawes Brewery Biere Black Horse Ale & Porter porcelain enamel tray. In good shape. Slight wear on bottom edge and a chip at top left. Nice color...

C. 1880's roulette wheel from Jim Letson's Turf Club in Bisbee, AZ. Wheel is about 21" diameter with a wood outer race. Wheel is housed...

This is a collection of about 1700 different Joker/Casino cards and promo pieces, including some proofs. Casinos include Sahara, Boomtown, The Haciend

Unique! Lidded ivory box (65 mm x 32 mm) with Civil War era cannon, sabre & Springfield rifle. Inside are two bone dice, 11 mm wide.

Limited edition Issued by the Franklin Mint, proof-like specimen set No. 2539 of 3100, groups 1-18, with four tokens in each group. By 1966, silver d

A keno goose for distributing numbered balls during play. Piece measures 23" in height and 13" at the base. It is made of hardwood and the...

Brown wood(walnut?) Keno gaming goose with 60 wood number balls. No maker found. 23x13". Signs of use on wood. Jim & Barbara Sherman P...

Extremely rare original Klondike poker/crap game oil cloth. On the cloth side it reads: Klondike / Ace Is Not Wild / Dealer Takes All Ties / Bets Must

Metal Wizard card cheating card holder with King of Clubs card, as used by cheaters to hold cards up their sleeve. Last patent date on back May 1, 190

Rare 18th or early 19th century wood hourglass shaped turned wood dice cup with interior ribbing, 3.25x1.5". 3 period bone dice with rounded co...

This library of gun books is the reference material for both shooters and reloaders alike. Most books are long out of print. Handloading Ammunition b

This lot holds 100 rounds of .50 cal. BMG (Browning Machine Gun) training rounds. The rounds are identified by the drilled hole in the side of each br

There are two blow guns in this lot from Borneo. One gun is 35 in. overall length of a local wood. The body is of a fierce dragon where you remove the

This machete is marked "LEGITIMUS/COLLINS & CC/ made in USA/ no. 191" on the left side. This one saw use in the Yucatan Peninsula by t...

This Portuguese hand cannon was used to prevent unwanted boarders. At .70 cal. this would be a very persuasive deterrent against boarding pirates or e

Sepik River Alta Altz spear thrower. Late 19th century New Guinea thrower of finely carved wood. Zoomorphic effigy with braided root lashings. Appears

This typed letter on Winchester Arm Company letterhead is signed by the Vice President Winchester Bennett, grandson of Oliver Winchester. Winchester B

Lead shot dispensing hardware made of cast-iron and oak with two drawers. Comes with two canvas shot bags and original // Quick Loader / American Can

This group consists of letters and inventory lists of items received or shipped by merchants William and Samuel Vernon. William Vernon Esq.(1719-180

This document is signed by Colonel Caleb Chase Sibley of the 16th U.S. Infantry on June 13, 1866 giving a promotion to a Thomas Maloney. 10 in. x 16 i

Gideon Wells was nicknamed "Father Neptune". He was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was award...

Birdseye view of infamous Andersonville Prison From the Southeast print mounted on linen backing. Bold colors, slight vertical crease on left side. 17

This lot holds a civil war canteen and drinking cup. The canteen is complete with cloth strap and original cork top. 8 in. in diameter; good conditio

This is a 5th Infantry Officer brass collar badge from the CIvil War; it measures 1.25 in. across with two mounting loops soldered in the back. The se

Shows the other side of the war. From a woman about the hardships of working her farm, harvesting wheat, bugs, need for help, cooking for seven men, e

1862 Words and music by Henry C Work', United States, 1862. The publisher is listed as Root and Cady. Important and interesting music. This musi...

This envelope is addresses to Cpt. J. E. Smith of Company H, 79th Ord., 20th Army Corp. Sherman's Army North Carolina ; written in Sherman's...

This young soldier is wearing the uniform of the 1840's with the unusual hat of the period. A daguerreotype with a reverse image. There are the ...

A daguerreotype of a US military officer, c. 1840's to early 1850's. He is cavalry or possibly an artillery officer. In half case with Walsh...

WW1 US bugle with horn inscription H N White/Spec 1152/53/Phila. Depot. 9.5" long with mouthpiece. 1" dent on top of narrow section of hor...

In the Fall of 1938, aviator Charles Lindberg was invited by the Nazi high command, Herman Goring in particular, to come to Berlin and inspect what wa

These are reproduced negatives from what appears to be a collection of photos once belonging to the Joachim von Ribbontrop family. Ribbontrop was Ad

This lot holds three types of vintage WW2 grenades, all are inert for training purposes. There is one pineapple grenade, one lemon grenade, and one ba

Photo album from St. Paul Island, Alaska during WWII. Judging by the photographs inside, it can be assumed that this photo album originally belonged t

This is a badge from Sierra Vista Ranch in Tulare County, California. It was a fruit ranch for many years, reaching 40,000 acres at its height. It was

Brigadier General Chuck Yeager authenticated autographs, including two 50th Anniversary First Day issues of his flight, breaking the sound barrier in

This ring represents the 187th Infantry Airborne Regiment formed in 1945. The ring is size 12 with the airborne insignia on the crest with "RAK...

1986 Limited Edition print #600/1000. Lithograph J-52 by famous aviation artist, Robert Taylor. Beautifully double matted on teal green suede with tw

This is a U.S. Navy practice (inert) dummy round made of a hardwood, with a metal base and a metal collar at the bullet (ojive) tip. All metal parts a

This is a U.S. Navy practice (inert) dummy round made of a hardwood, with a metal base and a metal should and armor piercing tip. All metal parts are

Panorama photo in frame of US Navel(sic) Training Station, San Diego-Jan 1942, Company 4212, 7.5x32', vertical creases and broken glass. This Is...

About 750 mostly original WW 2 b/w photos. Some 8x10', mostly smaller. Some loose, some in albums. Ships, mess, Naval shipyard San Francisco, bo...

Original "Doing all you can, brother?/ BUY WAR BONDS" WW2 poster with head bandaged soldier. Nice condition, 40x28".

Framed John Hyatt appointment by Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, as American Vice Counsel to Santiago de Cuba, dated September 12, 1893, on his

Lot of three gas masks (each come with NATO filter) plus 3x additional replacement filters, for a total of 6 filters. All unused, unopened. Includes 2

1952 Navy Seabee yearbook for Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 2 stationed at Atsugi, Japan. 10.5x14.5" flip style binder for this unit that ...

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

1819 letter signed by Sir Richard Grindall, Admiral at Battle of Trafalgar. Letter relates to him not having employment between September 30 and Decem