December 2018 Auction- A Sale to "Die" for.

One large polished specimen--#13 weighs 142.7 g. Most of the other are unpolished specimens. #14, small chips, weighs 5.8 g. #15 weighs 27 g. #16 weig

These are high quality pieces of chrysocolla. #88 weighs 3g, 15 carats. #89 weighs 9g, 49 carats. Chrysocolla is a mineral that can be soft and fragil

# 40 for 25,00 shares to Henry S Keepers(?).Signed by WE Howard and president CW Conway. Dateline Los Angeles 1897. Incorporated August 1897. Sven min

Two gold nuggets mined in 1857 and recovered from the SS Central America wreck, sold through Stacks-Bowers, and sold to Al Adams. 14.2 grams, with or

Beautiful glossy magazines of the mineralogical records of Mining in China, Geology of China, Mineral Dealing, Chinese Flourite, Chinese Cinnabar &a...

Three specimens from Blue June, deep turquoise colr with black matrix. These are unusual looking, and nice. #40 weighs 39g. # 41, a pendant weighs 8g,

These lots are polished carefully. They are small, but beautiful! #11 weighs 2.4g (deep turquoise color) and #12 is 4g (pale blue turquoise). "...

High-grade gold or from the Florence mine. Two small pieces of exceptional high-grade each about an inch long. Collected by Jerry Gray. Estimate $200-

Two choice high grade specimens from Midas. Classic banded quartz with bright visible gold in dark bands with black oxide silver minerals. slabs abou

Pilot Mountain specimens from Mineral County, a turquoise green color. #27 weighs 45g. #28 weighs 10g. #29 weighs 26g. The Pilot Mountain Turquoise Mi

Calcite, Maracite ± Barite crystals on plates of marcasite with minor pyrite. 2x2x1". Field Guide: staff. (This specimen was found at the ...

Probably from the Buckskin Mines in Smith Valley. #32 weighs 28.5g. #33 weighs 20.6g. #34 weighs 36.9g. #35 weighs 90.5g. # 36, polished, weighs 12.5g

White opals are referred to as "common opal" or "potch" which has a milky or pearly luster known as "opalescence." #86...

These are very unusual turquoise specimens from the Zig Zag mine, which was known primarily for tungsten. Most of these specimens are nodues and are a

Two specimens of high-grade gold from the Pine Nut mountains, probably near Como. Both contain visible gold, 8 g total, the largest is a slab about 1

These are lower grade scraps of turquoise, a pale green turquoise color. #43 weighs 74g. #44 weighs 65g. "The Verde Blue Turquoise Mine is a ne...

Group of nodules, #2 light green weighs 45g. #5 brighter green with brown matrix, polished slices weigh 16.6g. #6 polished deeper green, brown spiderw

20 pieces of Fairfield variscite. #31 weighs 158g. Beautiful deep mint green stones. Some of the variscite is coated with yellow and black phosphates;

Very nice, small agate. This specimen is know as " Ellensburg Blue agate. The size is around 2". Very nice specimen with a light blue cast...

"The Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a group of intermountain lakes in three basins alo...

From Main Choque Ore Body. Stage II breccia with fragments of early vuggy silica and Stage I breccia. 5x3x.5". (This specimen was found at the ...

Softcovers- Parral Mining District by West, Tectonic Evolution of Northwestern Mexico and the Southwestern USA by Johnson. Hardcovers-Time Life-Mexico

One thousand capital stock shares in Alaska Gold Syndicate Company, number 1369, dated August 11, 1897, signed by E H. Denslow, president. Vignette:

Gold Medal Blasting Machine, 30 feet copper wire or 6 feet iron wire. plaque on the top, excellent condition. Oak construction. State: City: Date

38" x 45" x 3/4". About 32 full fish and 9 partial. Local pick up preferred, slab is big and heavy. State: City: Date: HWAC# ...

The first drilling campaign during the early 1900's concentrated on drilling the oil seeps in the Oil Bay area. During the early 1930's, an...

The Petrographic Microscope book (Nov.-Dec. 2013); The Mineralogical Record (May-June 2013). Beautiful glossy photos. State: City: Date: c1995-

Lot of 7 books with beautiful glossy photos of minerals & more. Includes "The History of Mineral Collecting; the Joseph A. Freilich Collect...

15 books of Mineral Collecting Districts, includes Colorado (The Sweet Home Mine); Yukon Phosphates; Mineral Collection in Arizona; Private Mineral Co

Six 1880's docs from Tombstone. Bank Post cards, receipts. see photo State: Arizona City: Tombstone Date: HWAC# 85759

Lot of six: four from the Brunswick Pool Hall, J.H. Devine; The Monte Carlo. Daniel Manassillian Collection. State: California City: Coalinga Date

Lot of seven pieces: 2 numbered tags from Kamikawa Bros. Co.; 3 triangular tokens from The Exchange; The Blackstone Hut / Beer & Wine; Vogelsong...

From a photographer's studio wall, collection of approx. 120 photos of Cowboys & Indians. "Indian Warrior of the Western Plains"; ...

Approx 17 checks. Citizens Bank, Maryland Gold Mining, Wells Fargo & Co Express, Nevada County Bank, Idaho Quartz Mining, Washington Mining, Ida...

1) Union Cement Company, 1867. Cancelled. Early Number 6. 2) Vallejo Homestead Association. 1867. Torn right. # 73. 3) Suisun and Fairfield Water Comp

Lot of 64 pieces: medals, tokens, wooden nickels, foreign coins, a few casino chips. Daniel Manassillian Collection. State: California City: Date

3 I/U. Gold Hill Con. Co. 1914. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 1957. Bon Air Vanderbilt Hotel 1933-Augusta, GA. Al Adams Collection. State: Georgia Cit

5 canceled. 2x green, 3x brown. Prag Collection State: Illinois City: Date: HWAC# 84249

All I/C. Orange 1944, purple 1944, mauve 1944, blue 1944, slate 1922, brown 1944. Prag Collection State: Illinois City: Date: HWAC# 84242

All I/U. #239 Roberta Barkley 2 shares 1931-2" and .5" tears, #21 canceled, #136 unissued, #14 Cheseapeake RR Co 47 shares 1931. Prag Coll...

2 types, 6 total, unissued, some creased edges. State: Maine City: Date: HWAC# 85142

All unissued and held together by end binding. #142-157. This might be all known examples. Prag Collection. State: Maine City: Date: c1800's...

IC #248 1897, unissued #610, U/C #847. Prag Collection. State: Maine City: Date: 1897+ HWAC# 84908

All I/C 5 orange, 14 blue. Prag Collection. State: Michigan City: Date: ba HWAC# 83464

8 assorted Michigan mining stocks mostly I/U. Copper Range, Calumet and Hecla Con. Copper-brown and green, Calumet & Hecla Inc, Lake Copper,-bro...

Early issue of the Weekly Missoulian, vol 1, #15, June 6, 1873. Mounted panorama "Victory Liberty Drive in Butte, April 28-30, c1918, about 36&...

Forty two unissued stock certificates from the Eureka Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co. incorporated May 15, 1884 at Eureka Nevada. 4 1/4 x 10 inches. T

Porcupine Paymaster Mines, LTD., in Ontario, Canada., Incorporated in 1919; all but 5 shares is owned by Premier Paymaster Mines but Porcupine Paymast

Approx 50 Savage Mine checks. Signatures of Kennedy, Richardson, Smith, Loomis, Field, Rose, Stout, Cavanagh, McColin, Gilroy, and more. Prag Collecti

Three pieces: Two Bullfrog: Montgomery Shoshone 1910 I/c, Tramp 1909 I/u; Union Consol (VC) 1968 i/c. State: Nevada City: Date: HWAC# 85749