Cornucopia of Collectibles- 2018 October Auction

Printed 1919. Written August 24, 1913. Photo by JJ Tognoni. Shows flood waters racing down main street. Car and people wading through the street. Back

This comes with history uncovered. From the clues of 1) address to Mrs. J. N. Bishop, 2) from Bertha, and 3) one girl named Amy we find a marvelous st

c1911. This early McGill photo clearly shows Ford's Drug Store, Nye Bros. Outfitters, Campton Commercial Co., McGill Meat Works, McGill Drugs, t...

c1910. 7 x 15 x 11". The company ran the smelter in McGill from 1906 to 1914 when the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company absorbed them. The com...

Unused, 186-. Nevada Territorial. I could find no references to Millville in the library, online, or the State Historical Society. This unused check h

Matches the photo in Stan Paher's book on "Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps." Dark but good contrast. City: National, Humboldt Sta...

Lot of five photos. c1912. Largest is postcard size. All courtesy of Norman C Brundage.1) One clearly shows the wires for an aerial tramway. 2) Note

This is a fabulous stock. It is a very early stock number - # 6. It is issued to the founder of the company H, M. Yerington. It is signed by president

Three 5 1/2 x 3 inch, black and white photographs of the Palisade and Southern Pacific Railroad and the Balast Mine in Humboldt County. Possibly taken

This copy of the Pickhandle Gulch photograph appears on page 38 of the Shamberger book on Candelaria. Identified is the W. A. Jones boarding house and

Beautiful, light sun colored amethyst, paper weight. 3" square. Embossed inside is : You dont trust to luck ( au) / when you order / Embossed...

This is an important historical find. The diary was a school project by Lincoln Fowler when as a young man accompanied his father on a journey from Sa

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U. S. Geological 40th Parallel Expedition. c1870. Plate XXVI titled Desert Lake Near Ragtown, Nevada. Shows three heavily armed men on the rim of the

Shows two Native Americans on donkeys in the middle of the street. One building can be identified as Ryans. Cancel is excellent, but the stamp has bee

9.5 x 6.5". Seven pages. Five 1/2 to 2/3 page photographs. Nevada's newest treasure city. Written for Sunset Magazine. City: Rawhide, Chur...

This RPC shows two automobiles on the streets of Rawhide. Because of the angle of the camera shot, most buildings can't be identified. The excep...

1908. Nat Goodwin was a world class actor and in 1906 he attended the Gans-Nelson fight in Goldfield. Not only did he see a mammoth battle, he was inf

Two young children riding mules with the caption. Rule started his ministry in Ketchikan, Alaska where he opened the first church. He was in Rawhide f

Lot of two. 1) A bank book belonging to stationary store owner George L. Lewis, Unused, but very RARE! Staining on front and one 'V' shaped ...

All were taken from Grutt Hill. 1) Top of Nevada Street looking toward the center of town. 2) Grutt Hill looking at Nevada Street. 3) Grutt Hill looki

1908. Although the automobile was around, most (if not all) of the freighting into the city was carried on by wagon. These 17 receipts are all from Wa

1909. Three full page letters and one note. 1) From the HC Company with a long list of items needed for their store: overalls, shirts, steel blankets

RPC of Rawhide attributed to N. E. Johnson in pencil. Overview. Darker, but strong contrast. Rawhide postmark April 2, 1908. Top half of postmark is v

Two views of the city. One is labeled looking west, April 28, 1908 and the other also is looking west, but just says 1908. Both have written in red ...

1909. You may never see any ephemera from Murphy's Well again! Postcard sent from Mr. T. T. Lambert, Murphy's Well, Rawhide, Nevada. This i...

You may have seen this view before on postcards, books, etc., but here is an original! Taken January 1, 1908. 6x8". Heavy folds affect the phot...

Author has drawn an arrow to himself standing in the snow in front of George Lewis's Stationary Store. Other buildings that can be identified ar...

c1 909. Lot of eight. Includes Wonder Lumber Company, Rawhide Coalition Mines leasing information on letterhead, McKinley-Hawkins Leasing Company lett

Lot of eleven. 1) 1908 Goldfield postcard with the poem Rawhide by William Tomkins. 2) Grutt Hill view RPC, Rawhide, Nev., Apr 8, 08, No. 27. 3) Rawhi

1) San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 1908. Rawhide Coalition full page promotional advertising article. Four pages of the newspaper total. 2) A one p

Lot of 14. 1909-1920. Includes fancy rope script Rawhide Mining letterhead signed by AA Codd, Nevada Silver Company letterhead, Seminole-Regent letter

1) Six men in an underground photograph. Taken by Osburn for the G & K Drug Company of Rawhide. Provenance points to Rawhide. 2) Miners (investo...

7 Rawhide print plates the largest being 8" x 5.75", Rawhide, Nevada 1908; the smallest being 6" x 4". One of the print plates h...

Rawhide cancel (Rarity-2, 'RAWHIDE' is very strong, four bar) on an RPC showing extremely long lines (in both directions) at the Rawhide pos...

This RPC shows two scenes. The top is identified as September 1907.This would be very early in Rawhide's life. It shows a wagon hauling lumber f...

Two Rawhide RPC's from George L Lewis. Biography and history of Lewis is included. One postmarked Rawhide (poor) and one Schurz (very strong). O...

1) One can find the Bank of Rawhide, Townsite Company and the Post Office. There are about 50 men lined up to get inside. The 'RAWHIDE' in t...

Three Rawhide RPC overviews. One with a nearly perfect Rawhide, 1908 postmark. Additional statistics of the town included. [Don't forget to chec...

Issued in 1909 for 11 shares to Charles Grutt. Signed by president Fred Grutt. These are two of the Grutt brothers for whom the very rich Grutt Hill w

Schurz postmark (excellent strike). Rawhide town overview RPC. Schurz was the post office that the residents of Rawhide used before Rawhide was grant

Rawhide is covered in white in the photo. Only the 'Montezuma' can be identified in this overview photo. From a hillside looking down. The c...

Rawhide, Nevada. Obverse is in very good condition and reverse is in good condition. GF 12 1/2c. [Don't forget to check out the paper label Nort...

These tokens are actually for a Reno fair. Families welcome! But the beer tent was in the part of the fair where families were not so welcome. Adults

Postcard says, "Trying to remove a squatter from a lot. Great doings in Rawhide." Must be great doings because there is a regular throng o...

Photo of Head Chief of Bannock Tribe "Jim Cummings". Has feather, holding hat, wearing Native American apparel, & beads. When the Nor...

Rare issued 1905 500 shares, #75. Toning on top. City: Reno State: Nevada Date: 1905 HWAC# 79334

Five blueprints for the store and building of Mr. A. A. Brundage done by architect Frederick J. DeLongchamps. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) graduated from

George Russell and John Rueben Bradley were very successful cattlemen in Northeast Nevada. So what were they doing in Reno? Alfalfa! Bradley came to N

This bell and Hoyt volt-ammeter came from the reportedly Central Station in downtown Reno. The volt-ammeter seems to be c1930's. Dial-up telepho...

Lot of 35. The motel concept originated with the Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, constructed in 1925 by Arthur Heineman. In conceiving of a name ...

This was a Fourth of July to remember in Reno: large crowds, horse races, and a major fight. Rooms were full, the police were busy at night, and the b

Fabulous original 1880 prospectus. It has a vignette of the train on the top, occupying 1/3 of the document page. Possibly unique. Lot of two document

High Contrast Seven Troughs RPC. Printed "Main Street in Seven Troughs, Nevada 48A." Contrast is so good, one can even pick out a wood sig...

1908. Glossy photograph (5 x 7") of the Seven Troughs area. Found on page 23 of the Shamberger Seven Troughs book. Identified on this photograp...

Massive 86 x 41". This is an historian or digger's dream. Silver City in 1874! McCone's Foundry, the Cemetery, Kossuth Mining, Dayton M...

Two used. 1) Bird's eye view looking north. A little dark, but great contrast. c1918. Very early - trees are quite small. Wash on the line, etc....

1908. Star Pointer was an early name for Ruth, Nevada. Strong contrast shows major company buildings and worker's houses. The Star Pointer Mine ...

Written just two weeks after Nevada became a state. It has the Savage Mining Company stamp over the two cent US revenue stamp. S. T. Curtiss was the

Lot of two. 1) This document is for billing for miners staying at the hotel in 1881. Mr. Chapman, millwright in charge spent 6 nights. Mr. Ambrose, la

Original 2nd generation print possibly from original glass negative of Tonopah in 1903. Nice image. City: Tonopah State: Nevada Date: 1903 HWAC# 81

Unused. Six horse team double freight wagon. In front of brick Golden Block, 1902. Currently housing Nye & Ormsby Bank and Lathrop Davis. City:...

This is a black and white post card of the Thomas Flyer outside a Tonopah building with a crowd around it. The dateline on the postcard is March 25, 1

Built in 1859 by Thomas Wheeler. At the time Twelve Mile House was very important as it was twelve miles from the important town of Genoa and twelve m

Early! c1910. One of the most important, and yet least recognized, group of people in the formation of Nevada were the surveyors. But the surveyor we

Nelson Seymour Trowbridge was a youngster growing up during the California Gold Rush. Needless today he was interested in mining. He moved to Nevada

RARE! The union mines was established 1913. Union post office was open from 1916 to 1918. Looks like these three photos might be from that time period

Bond number 149 from the City of Virginia Water Bonds worth $1000 in “gold coin.” Issued Sutro & Company. Gold embossed seal in lower left corne...

Issued #61268 to Rehfisch & Co 1897, 100 shares. Signed by President Fisher. In Pass-co fine holder. City: Virginia City State: Nevada Date: 18...

#3642, 500 shares 1919 and # 5075 500 shares 1927 issued to HL Slosson Jr. #67177 100 shares issued to Shaw and Douglass 1901 in Pass-co fine holder.

Issued to Sutro & Company. 1877. Gold Seal. Stamped "Treasurer Paid." Six coupons left. Court House vignette. City: Virginia City St...

Period nineteenth century wood door, trimmed at top with original Victorian hardware. Marked "Territorial Enterprise, Est 1858" and "...

Unissed. Vignette of river valley in mountain region. Printer Towne & Bacon. Incorporated May 12th, 1862. Territorial! Capital stock increased D...

This represents an early attempt at bringing electricity and lights ot Storey County. Very Early number 4 for 5 shares to AW Rose. Signed by secretary

# 112 for 12,990 shares to the Hobart Estate. Signed by secretary WW Stetson and president WE (?). datelined San Francisco 1895. hand written over 187

Lot of 11 billheads. Includes: 1876 Western Union Telegraph Co. (to Savage Mine); 1885 Chollar Mining Co. to County Recorder (County doc. attached to

All have Nevada revenue stamps, but two are under the United States revenue stamp. 1) 1870 check written to Isaac Frederick for $71.25. Frederick was

17 x 21". Color. Hale & Norcross and Potosi Mines Cross Section. Numbered Plate 10. Major rips and folds could use archival tape! City: Vi...

This is a Howell reprint of an original Grafton T. Brown lithograph published by C. Kuchel of San Francisco. This territorial overview of Virginia Cit

The Reno-Virginia Transportation Company was a stage that ran from Reno to the Comstock. During most of its life, that was two round trips daily. The

This survey done by county surveyor E. L. Mason is a description of a plot of land made for E. W. Keyes. This 145.52 acre survey starts from corner of

At one time there was no Nevada Historical Society or State Museum. But some far-seeing citizens saw the need to preserve the history that they were l

Fredrick pieces, although not common, can be found. Fredrick was the Comstock's premier jeweler. He arrived in 1868 and probably was working in ...

This was at the time a discovery piece. Since then another two Eaves Virginia silver pieces have been found. This is still incredibly rare. Eaves was

Using public records and census records we can indeed confirm this photograph was taken august of 1864. That would make this a territorial CDV. Her fa

11 x 20". Darker paper. Shows the layout of the town as platted. Wahmonie was established as a gold mining camp in February 1928 and had a pop...

c1935. 10 x 3". Lot of three. All have notes from Jim Perkins. Photos by Frank Horton. Horton also worked at Diamondfield and Unionville. 1) 25...

"Everybody Smiles in Wonder Nev." Pictorial of a bear startling a visitor. 5 x 3 1/4 inches. Reverse stamped "Post Card" but is ...

1906. This photograph (3.25 x 4.25") is identified as the Pioneer Saloon in Wonder by Hugh Shamberger. It seems to be an open mess for early Wo...

Interesting RPC of the Bachelor Club in Wonder, Nevada. "The boys take roughing it good naturedly." Sour Dough Club tent. "Elevator t...

2 annual reports by GW Richard Nevada State Treasurer. Teal and slate covers. City: State: Nevada Date: HWAC# 81406

Softcover 91pp. List of prisoners details nationality, crime, sentence and trade-miner, labor, waiter, barber, gambler, farmer etc City: State: Nev

Very large map at 56 x 33". Great resource to find those late Nevada mining rush communities. All railroad sidings - occupied or not - are list...

Approx. 15 billheads from Virginia Lumber Yard, Empire City, NV, Carson City NV, Savage Mining Co., from Virginia, NV, only to list a few. City: St

1) 1941 42 x 24 " in good condition. 2) 1932 fold out road map. 22 x 17". Light tears at fold intersections, otherwise in very good condit...

11 pocket handbooks-1941,1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967 City: State: Nevada Date: 1941-1967 HWAC# 81418

Harper’s Magazine, Four Volumes, with Nevada/Arizona Papers by J. Ross Browne. Volume 22, December, 1860 to May, 1861 includes “Peep at Washoe” Volume

1) Shows the land north of the railroad in the Truckee Meadows area. This is an early reprint of the 1867 Peavine Mountain Copper Map. 38 x 27"...

This iconic map shows the border between California and Nevada and all the important places like and Virginia City, Lake Bigler, Aurora, Bodie Diggins

Number 15 for 50 shares to EJ McCutchen. Signed by Charles Bridge secretary and HG Stevenson vice president. Datelined San Francisco 1894. Incorporate