"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Montana (8), Nevada (1), Colorado (2), Washington (1), Idaho (2) 1887-1910

Butte & London Copper Development Co., Butte, Mt.~ Annual Statement to the Stockholders, January 1, 1907 ~ Includes full-page photograph of the ...

2 New Mexico brand books. Hardcover 1915, cover has wear, pencil writing inside verso board. Softcover 1934. Front cover has lower right chip and Offi

A 70-page soft cover book about Jacob Walzer and his Lost Dutchman Mine, in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. The book was authored by local dude

There are only a handful (Maybe two or four) known photos of John Henry Holliday, better known as Doc Holliday along with his longtime companion Kate

Interesting photo of an interesting guy, author, cowboy and Pinkerton detective, Charlie Siringo. He started life as a wanderer, became a cowboy, a ra

Cabinet card of Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Moses 1860-1926), star attraction of The Buffalo Bill Wild West Show from 1885-1901. She was married to fello

Stereoview marked Indian Camp, Buffalo Bill combination by unknown photographer. 4x5.75". c. 1895? Less contrast on left image.

Pinbacks ( measure 1.5") for both western showmen, Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill Cody. There is also a relief medallion with the profiles of bo...

This CDV of Buffalo Bill Cody was made by the Theatrical Photography Co. The image depicts Buffalo Bill in his younger years. The framed CDV is 4 in.X

Real photo postcard circa 1905 with three men examining paperwork. The man in the middle is William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and his autograph is above

Central Vermont Railroad special train advertising broadside for Buffalo Bill's Wild West performance to take place in Rutland, Vermont on July ...

A Thad Sowder pinback In 1897 Sowder won the first bronc-riding contest he entered–at the very first Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. The pin m

California Frank's Western Attractions letterhead. Addressed to Mr. George Miller of the 101 Ranch and signed by C.F. Hafley aka California Fran...

This is a presentation medal to Mollie Brown (Not that one), who became world renowned as a bareback trick rider. Mollie debuted with her own act at

Beautiful leather beaded belt and two pistol holsters most likely worn by a Native American performer in a Miller Bro.'s Wild West show at the 1...

3 early different cowboy tintypes. 3.25x2.25"-Seated and standing, single standing man. 3.5x5" -2 men on horses.

4 c. 1880 cowboy photos by Charles D Kirkland, who was active in Cheyenne from 1880-84. This is part of his Views of Cowboy Life series. Cabinet cards

Two cowboys or ranch hands strutting their stuff for a gallery photo. Each Hombre has a pistol stuffed into their belts; Lt. is a Colt SAA the one on

Two (2) early frontier photographs by photographer Frank Sherman. Mounted photos measure 16" by 20" and show a group of cowboys enjoying t...

c. 1850's tintype or Ambrotype of a gentleman and his horse. Appears to be American and in a half case, 3.75x4.5".

Cut square autograph of Frank James in pencil with repro photograph. Frank James (1843-1915) and his brother Jessie were among the best known American

Exceptionally rare suite of 5 original mounted black and white photos on board. The boards measure 7 x 9" and the photos 4.25" x 6.5"...

This cook set is from the Aztec Boarding House in Tombstone, Arizona. The Aztec House lies in the historic district across the street from Fly's...

Star brand cowbells by Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. of Chicago (4). These are labeled as three No.5s and one No. 3. They measure 5"x 4...

An assortment of seven (7) Blum Genuine Kentucky Cowbells. The Blum Cowbell Factory in Collinsville was founded in about 1876 by Christian Gottlob B

An assortment (5) of Holstein Brand goat or sheep bells from The Blum Cowbell Factory. The factory in Collinsville was founded in about 1876 by Chris

An assortment of eight Holstein Brand (8) cow & goat bells from Blum Cowbell MFG. The Blum Cowbell Factory in Collinsville was founded in abou...

Five "Holstein" line cowbells, two (2) size No.1s, a No. 2, a No.3 and a No. 6, made by Blum Manufacturing Company of Collinsvillie, Ill...

Group of six (6) cowbells. Included are four (4) Hoosier Belles from the Riverside Bell Company of New York. Included are a No.1, No.2, No.5 and No.9.

Three Bevin Bros Bells. Bevin is the oldest still existing bell manufacturer in the United States, having started at their factory in East Hampton, Co

A group of five (5) cow and smaller livestock bells . Two are from The Sargent Company of New Haven, Conn. Two are from Blum Manufacturing Company, wh

Garcia was the Number 1 Saddle & Spur Maker in the West for many years. Back reads G. S. Garcia, Elko, Nevada. The FOB is as fancy as his saddl...

2 prominent Montana white metal saddlery fobs, 2x1.6". Miles City/Saddlery Co./Makers of the/Original Coggshall Saddle/Miles City/Mont. Al. Fur...

A whole cupboard full of pioneer speckleware including items from Columbia, Agate Nickel Steel, Haberman's Granite Ware, Vollrath and probably a...

3 brass items. Texas longhorn fob with provocative naked lady embossed in the "leather", scroll over photo. Unmarked breast pin in basical...

2 different silver concho belt buckles. Sterling with turquoise, marked BKS on back, 2.4x3". Unmarked with cut out senter, 2.6x3".

2 Texas white metal saddlery fobs, 2.25x1.75". Tenison//We Want Your Business/Tenison Bros/Saddlery Co/Dallas, Tex. Holsters Saddles//El Paso S...

Metal saddlery fobs. Brass saddle Sheridan//Otto F Ernst/Maker/Sheridan, Wyo. 2x2". White metal Let Er Buck/The Round Up//Round Up Saddle/Made ...

1914 Schulze Bros. illustrated saddlery, horse tack, chaps etc. catalog. 479pp with index. 12x9". Spine detaching, cover stains, first pages lo...

1) Reynolds-Daus Groc. Co. from Smith, Arkansas. 50% on a black paint on base. Pat. Dec. 1. 1914 2)Ar-Ko-Ma Brands / J. Foster & Co. / Wholesal...

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...