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

One of the great Comstock, Nevada Territory Stock Certificates. Blue and Red on light pink background. #93 for five shares (numbers 974 1/2 to 979 1/2

Lot of 4 territorial Comstock pieces. 1) Gold Hill: a) 1863 Maynard & Flood check issued by the Imperial Silver Mining Co.; b) unused (as is sta...

Rare paper admission ticket to this historic landmark in Virginia City, Nevada. Edward Piper is listed as the manager (son of John Piper), so this lik

VERY EARLY # 7 for 20 shares to JVB Perry. Signed by secretary and president. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated July 1863. Location Virginia H

4 checks, revenue stamped. 1) No. 15 for $156.68, Agency of the Bank of California Virginia City, March 12, 1806; No. 18 for $907.50 Agency of the Ban

Rare. # 97 for 50 shares to Francis Read. Signed by JC Ruhling (per Collins 1864) and NW Winton as president. Dateline Virginia 1863. [Although the ye

Rare and striking cobalt colored cert. #4027 Percey Madsen 10 shares 1886 signed by President Booth. Native American and miner vignettes. Famous Sutro

Lot of 3. 1) Savage Mining Company. Daily Report for Nov. 2nd, 1875. Lists number of men working on the day and night shifts at the various stations.

Lot of 2 assays done for the Savage Mining Company. 1) Territorial memorandum issued Oct. 17, 1864 (two weeks exactly before Nevada achieved statehood

Assay sheet for Van Wyck's Virginia City Assay Office, May 16, 1865 for bullion assayed from the Savage mine.. One bar, 874 fine silver, 0.075 f...

Lot of 9. This is a nice group! 1) Gold Hill: a) letterhead from the Gold Hill Assay Office, WS James, 1893, to Hofer at the Bullion & Exchange ...

Lot of 13 different. Many have revenue stamps. 1) Consolidated Mill check signed by Bonanza King John Mackay, RN-G (damaged). 2) Three different for t

Wells Fargo check from November 6, 1861 signed by WH Graves, possible superintendent of the G&C MC. A Utah Territory piece, choice Nevada collec...

Very rare assay sheet for the Assay Office of Leopold Kuh, located at Taylor Street, Corner of D Street. Kuh assay sheets are some of the rarer Comsto

The Best & Belcher was originally staked in 1859 have about 224 feet. It lay between the Consolidated Virginia and the Could & Curry mines. ...

Very early Van Wyck receipt (he was still in Virginia City). Many of these are known to exist but this seems to be the earliest and perhaps the only

Ever wonder what a Comstock legal battle between two mining companies looked like. This lot includes 15 pieces of paper concerning Sullivan vs. Holcom

VERY EARLY NUMBER 3. For 25 shares to OS Camp. Signed by N Sluiverick(?) and Benjamin Babcock. Dateline San Francisco 1863. Incorporated May of 1863.

Rare. Location: Virginia Mining District (printed at top). The stock actually says "On Mt. Davidson" which we haven't seen before. The...

Location: Virginia District, Story [sic.] County, N. T. (printed top center). Inc. Dec. 1862. Dateline San Francisco, 1864. No. 96, issued for 3 shar