Cornucopia of Collectibles- 2018 October Auction

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

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