Desert Riches: Mining, Gold, Numismatics, Americana, 2025 January Auction

Seven California history & geology reference works. . Sketch of the geology of the San Francisco peninsula, 1895, illus; Southern California Geo...

Mostly California vintage post cards, many addressed to Miss Edna Rice c/o Wells Fargo & Co. Stockton, Calif. Four leather post cards; a portfo...

Remember when a California fishing license was $3? Two fishing licenses for California citizens in 1951 & 1954; folded into 2 x 1 1/2 inch pinba...

An advertising calendar from Colorado, 1909. Printed in gold on front, "Art Department, The B. L. James M. & M. Co./Dealers in/Paints, Glas...

Rare cover from The Rocky Mountain Telegraph Company. It's torn open on the right side, but address is still untouched. Also included is a tag f...

J D Ebert Castrations and Spaying Newton Falls, Trumbull, CO. In plastic sleeve. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Trumbull

A viewbook featuring beautiful photos and illustrations of Stamford, Connecticut with a focus on Betts Academy, a prominent private academy that opera

1828 Connecticut Militia Lieutenant appoint document for Lester Burnet, who's son became a California assemblyman from Marysville, CA. 3x .25&qu...

These are receipts from Kazue Uyeda's shoe store in Honolulu, Hawaii. The store first opened in 1915. These receipts are stamped May of 1916. Be...

Photograph of Hawaii's only queen regnant, Lili& #699;uokalani's house in Honolulu. Lili& #699;uokalani, 1838-1917, was the last sov...

A first edition copy of 'A Romance of Old Fort Hall' by Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert, a romantic historical fiction novel written in 1932. The ...

Edward B. Grossman & Co., 170-72 State St. Chicago, Fall and Winter Styles catalog, 1898-9. Front cover printed: "Fashions Latest Ideas in ...

Bradley, 1887, 12.5" x 15.2", hand colored, very good. Colorado is on the other side Date: Country (if not USA): State: Indian Terr...

Wade & Dunton Carriages and Sleigh manufacturer Lewiston, Maine (ME). Exc. cond, has attractive filigree printing and artwork around name. Da...

A frame containing 2 checks (from the Boston National Bank and Globe Bank) and one stock (from the Boston and Providence railroad corporation, issued

This is the printed eulogy for banker and financier George Peabody by Robert C. Winthrop. George Peabody (February 18, 1795 ñ November 4, 1869...

Two business cards from the Pittsburg Club Mt. Clemens, Mich. Card say it has the largest wine collection in the city. The stories on the back are t

A dozen different postcards of scenes from the Budweiser Anheuser-Busch plant in St. Louis, Mo. Please see photo(s) for more details. Date: Count

A license issued to J.F. McClelland of Great Falls, Montana in 1893. The license entitles McClelland to run a faro table, a card-based gambling game.

Rare 1886 Joseph Schlitz billhead.50 Barrels of beer at $6.95/ barrel. Helena, MT gold mining region. Creases, 1 pin hole. Date: Country (if not

Two novelty business cards from City Billiards of Lewistown Montana and a wooden nickel issued for the diamond jubilee celebrating the discovery of g

A ledger from the Sappington and Pony Stage Line of Sappington, Montana, dated April 26th, 1900. The ledger records the transport of packages through

1870 Madison County petition for an attempt by the Capital Ditch Co, to get $15000 from Madison County for an unknown purpose. The ditch must be parac

A grab bag group of Montana ephemera, c1899-1947. Approximately 30 items, including postcards, a Leviathan Gold Mining miner's receipt (1899), m...

12 assorted c. 1908-09 Montana letters and legal documents. Jefferson Island, Virginia City, Pony etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Mont

This pamphlet of the Discovery of Nebraska was read before the Nebraska Historical Society in 1880 and 1885. Without cover at 60 pp. I gives account o

Typewritten letter from Goodsprings Nevada, April 19, 1932 addressed to Mr. H. N. Gunther, the Prothonotary & Clerk of Court in Bloomsburg, Penn...

Rare 1899 Millersville billhead, received of Alex Miller by A. McGill. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Millerville Provenance

Lot of 25. Most are not identified. One is of the Grand Lodge Of Nevada 1948 by Gallacher's Photo of Ely Nev. Other studios noted : Modern Ph...

Collector Series No. 1! July 26-27, 1996 Kenny Rogers Silver Legacy Hotel Casino in Reno, Nevada. Excellent condition, in a hard plastic case. Dat

January 31, 1903 issue of the Tonopah Bonanza Newspaper William W. Booth launched the Tonopah Bonanza on June 15, 1901, less than a year aft

A collection of ephemera from Tonopah, Nevada, dating from 1909 to 1919. Contains a number of tickets, the annual report of the Tonopah United Water c

Auditor's Office, Storey County, Nevada. Dateline Virginia, Nevada, Nov. 4th, 1878. Receipt for $25 for rent of the armory by the Washington Gua...

Lot of 40+. There are RPPC through out the collection. Group of First Day of Issue cards w/ birds-eye view of Virginia City and Nev. Centennial sta

A group of six glass insulators from western Nevada with half a dozen metal posts for display. All have damage of some kind. These are classic artifac

9 c. 1867-1926 checks. Carson, Winnemucca. Carson Western Union telegraph. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Provenance:

Lot of three publications of Northeastern Nevada: 1) 1945 telephone directory for Elko, Carlin, Wells, Wendover and vicinities; including instructions

A group of 6 books on Nevada history and trivia, dating from 1986 to 2002. The lot explores topics such as Nevada's Paiute people, hiking trails...

About 20 c. 1966 Boy Scout patches plus pins and merit badge and Order of the Arrow sashes. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City:

6x8" 1932 bathers at White Lake photo. Good contrast. Date: Country (if not USA): State: New York City: White Lake Provenance:

14 pre 1889 Greenhood, Bohm wine and liquor price lists. Some have staining. Date: Country (if not USA): State: New York City: Provenance:

An 8"x 10" metal sign signifying membership in the Empire State Water Well Drillers Association. In new unused condition. Please see photo...

Pair of postcards from Chicago, Ohio, c1910-11. Chicago's name was changed to Willard in 1917. Includes the train depot and Pearl Street. Both p...

Cleveland legal doc with 2x 50c conveyance adhesives and 14x 2c Internal Rev adhesives. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ohio City: Clevela

1918 War Dept. postcard, 1930 photo of 1827 The Ohio canal boat, Kent RPC, schoolhouse staff photo, C. Lindberg reprint photo. Date: Country (if

Collection of 4 postcards of Ohio stores, c1900-56. Includes Dr. E.H. Hayman's Store, Murray City, Ohio, interior of drugstore and soda fountain...

Collection of 15 postcards from Ohio, c1906-15. Includes 8 used, 7 blank. Includes some RPCs, some chromoliths. Buildings and streets; local folks; Bu

Collection of 5 postcards from Ohio, c1909-18. Rare, scarce, hand-colored of Union Depot and Tower, Ansonia, Ohio, and black and white No. 16 Fast Run

Two business cards. Albany Hotel Susanville, Ore. Rules of the hotel on reverse, i.e.; Guest wishing to do a little driving can find a hammer and nail

Paper token for 50 cent admit one to the launching party in 1913. Plastic holder VG cond. Date: 1913 Country (if not USA): State: Oregon City:

This lot of banking receipts are from banks in Pennsylvania. Over 15 receipts in all. 1880'-1890. Please see photo for details. Date: Coun...

c. 1910 F J Reagan store goods handbill. 9.25x6", fine condition. Date: Country (if not USA): State: South Carolina City: Fort Jackson ...

A printer's proof of an advertising calendar from Texas, c1948. For Chamberlain Motor Co., Alma, Texas, with a January 1948 calendar and a photo...

Cover with a Gunnison, Utah, cancel, appears to be dated 1898. Pre-paid U.S. postage for 2 cents. To Salt Lake City from Colorado. Torn open on sides

5x7" b/w photo of Sight Seeing Automobile Coach of Washington. Good contrast. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Washington, D.C. City: ...

Circus World Museum posters (Measure 12"x 18").These were printed in 1960, a year after the museum opened in Baraboo, Wisconsin. They wer...

Postcard stamp of the Lady Washington Inn in Huntington, Pennsylvania. The wood mounted metal plate measures 4"x 6" with a very dark image...

John Glenn autographed 7.5x7.5" b/w photo. Former US senator and early astronaut. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

1.Coon Chicken Inn vintage wood toothpick from a defunct Seattle restaurant which was founded 1925 in Salt Lake City and later opened in Seattle. Co

A copy of 'The Last Tiffany' by Michael John Burlingham, a biography of Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham published in 1989. Dorothy was a prominen...

This is John Stoddard's "Portfolio of Photographs of Our Country and our Neighbors" volume #48 and #53. Each volume has sixteen photos...

1911 An American Bible by Alice Hubbard. 411pp with soft leather binding. Contains quotes from important people on religion. Benjamin Franklin, Ralph

A copy of 'The Secrets of the German War Office' by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves, an Imperial German Navy member who served as a mole for MI5 ju...

This is a paperback book "Hunting in the Northwest" compliments of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co. of St. Paul, Minn. edited by C. J. Blanc...

This is a reprinted journal of the Plymouth Plantation originally published in London, 1622. "Re-created by permission of the Trustees of the P...

Collection of 8 miscellaneous books, c1883-1975. Includes: "The Lowell Birthday Book," illustrated, 1883, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., fam...

A pair of books about silver hallmarks, including: "Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers," Dorothy T. Rainwater, "A history ...

This paperback pamphlet is titled" "The Spanish Letter of Columbus written by Him of Feb. 15, 1493 of America/ Reproduced in the facsimile...

Collection of 4 books about Native American artifacts, including: "Indian Artifacts," Virgil Y. Russell, Johnson Publishing Co., Boulder, ...

This is an installment from the Deadwood Dick Library series. this is No. 22, Volume II, entitled Canada Chet, The Counterfeiter Chief; Or, Old Anacon

A collection of 4 books about guns of the American West, including: "The Treasury of the Gun," Harold L. Peterson, Golden Press & Ridg...

A trio of Western children's books, c1929-49, including: "Lone Cowboy, My Life Story," Will James, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930, ...

A copy of Volume A of the 'Guidebook of the Western United States' series, written by Marius R. Campbell and others, published in 1915 by th...

A group of 4 history books on the Wild West, published from 1957 to 1998: 'The Frontier World of Doc Holiday' by Pat Jahns, 'Wyatt Earp:...

A collection of 20 paperback publications from various Western series, c1960s-90s. Includes: 10 from the Men-At-Arms series, "The American Indi...

This lot holds over 125 first day postal covers from the 1960's-1970's. They cover patriotism, the coast guard, Davy Crockett, Mary Cassatt...

A grab bag of postal covers. Too many to list, but they include a Clint Eastwood for Mayor and a Nixon Resigns covers. Interesting and unique. All in

5 c. 1850-51 red cancels on US covers in this popular collecting field. Boston 5c in circle. Rochester, NY 5c in circle. Lancaster, PA-paid 5. Mansfie

About 80 foreign covers, 1930's to modern. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

A collection of 5 African American themed postcards, c1901-08. All postmarked and canceled. Date: 1901-08 Country (if not USA): State: City:

c. 190510 RPC of City Building, in unknown city but perhaps in Ohio. Noted at bottom-Jail where Fisser was confined. A large group of men are in front

A mounting of stamps commemorating the moon landing, Presidents Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy a year 2000 coin, a Kennedy half dollar and more. Plea

12 assorted distilled spirits revenue stamps. Frankfort, Seagram, Brown Forman etc. with dupes. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pr

8 stocks with several different adhesive revenue stamps. c. 1909-20. See photo. Some certificate issues. Date: Country (if not USA): State: C

4 1900 United Traction checks with imprinted RNX. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

A collection of mint condition United Nations commemorative postage stamps, mounted on album pages. The stamps present in the album range in date from

12 new in box Barry Larkin 1995 Micro Stars figurines. 2.5" tall. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Cincinnati Provenance:

Topps, Fleer and other brands. Cards go from the 70s. to the 90s. Include Terry Steinbach, Reggie Sanders, Will Clark and more. All in nice condition

About 2000 c. 1980's Topps and Fleer baseball cards plus Fleer football cards. Unsorted, lots of cards. Date: Country (if not USA): State:...

An 8"x 10" photo of a family with three of their members wearing baseball uniforms. Also included is a small snapshot of a young man posi...

This group includes a publication The Road to Super Bowl XVI. It's chronicles the 1981-82 season of the San Francisco 49ers. It's in decent ...

Three sports medals: 1) Red and gold enameled oval medal "Washington Redskins"; 38 x 30 mm; 2) Little League Baseball; 25 mm, with bezel; ...

This song book is the "Republican Song Book" written by Fritz Purnell and Hank Wells at 16 pages. Most song lyrics have been crayon highli...

This is four pages of sheet music for the original song :"Little Orphan Annie" written by Gun Kahn and Joe Sanders. A fragile booklet at ...

Mining music for the ears in "There's a Mine in the Sky" written by Charles and Nick Kenny; recorded by Bing Crosby and copyrighted b...

This sheet music is of "Over There" written and published in 1917 by William Moore. The sheet music covers two pages and is in poor/fair c...

Sheet music from four decades of Hollywood films. Songs include "Singin' in the Rain" (1929), "Secret Love" (1953), "Yo...

A collection of 19 pieces of sheet music from California, dating 1890s to 1920s. Collection includes folk music, dance music, comic songs, patriotic s

A booklet of sheet music and lyrics for 'When The Lusitania Went Down' by Charles McCarron and Nat Vincent. Copyright 1915, the same year th...

A nice collection of 18 includes sheet music (15) and souvenir play programs (3), c1920s-30s. Programs include: "Guys and Dolls," A Musica...