Hauntingly Good Timed Auction, October 2023

1947 diary from a rancher or farmer near Portland, OH. Some entries include-up at 5am, built fires, fed team cows, calfs and horses. Gathered eggs cov

Winona W Carter General Insurance and others advertising broadside, Ponca City, OK, 16x8". Oklahoma Ponca City Gary Bracken Collection

Mounted front page of The Venita World, July 25, 1891. Venita, I. T. The Celebrated McCormick Harvester, politics, advertisements. 25x18.5", ta...

Lot of thirty bank checks from the Oklahoma Territory: Blackwell, Chandler, El Reno, Guthrie, Hennessey, Kingfisher, Newkirk and many others. Okla

Interesting newspaper article about how milk that was delivered previously was not in good condition and "watered down". But with the new ...

Diploma from Johnson School, Richmond Hill to Jennie Hyder (?), 1922, (3 Diplomas) Pennsylvania Scranton early 1920s

Snippet of Texas Governor's letter head with state seal. Some writing on reverse, heavily toned. Approx. 2 x 4.75". Texas Austin c1860...

George Black was found betting at a dice game "Called Craps." Since it was not at a private residence, he was subject to arrest. Includes ...

Framed diecut J M Willock grazing live stock in snow advertising piece, 12x8", frame 15x12". Upper stain and top chip, please inspect. ...

Texas Department of Corrections & Veteran Affairs chit books complete. Also punch card for The New York Restaurant in Chicago and another restau...

RARE Fireworks catalog from Buford archive of Virginia City, Montana from around 1885. The booklet is put out by H.L. Griffin of Ogden, Utah who also

December 3, 1873 edition of Deseret Evening News, Salt Lake City. Article on defending polygamy, reports on local news in Western Utah. 4pp, 28x21&q...

7 Granite Center of the World Broadsides, 23x17.5". Some staining. Vermont

Paper labels for cans of Mayfield Brand Triple Succotash distributed by Gunn-Ellis Co. Inc. of Richmond, Virginia, 20 oz. Crisp white background with

1899 Walla Walla Statesman, Special Edition with color cover. Bios and photos of prominent citizens, buildings, ads etc. 14x10.75". Washing...

Assorted Mineral Point, WI ephemera from the Lockett family c. 1870 and later. Billheads, photos, lease agreement, RPC's and more. Wisconsin ...

c. 1927 West Virginia by rail and trail map and photo booklet. Loaded with lots of regional photos. 9x8". Wisconsin

Volume 1., 1909 of Jackson Hole Courier. Folded, tears and mold. Please inspect. Wyoming Jackson Hole

Biographies and portraits of prominent Americans. Western States 1890

2 rare Yukon Territory pamphlets. North of the Arctic Circle, White Pass and Yukon Route, illustrated, 40pp. Klondike Mining Region by P Donan, 8pp, i

April 25, 1887, front page of newspaper. Includes some passengers arriving from San Francisco by ship and a death bed confession to a murder. On Mat B

Mechanics Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, No. 44 N. A. Series, Saturday June 26, 1830. Includes a discussion or Lacy's New Pat...

Volume XII, No. 147, For the Week ending December 10, 1892. Cover shows a football scrimmage between Yale and Princeton. Includes an article about Pea

Check specimens (4) from Amex, First National and Wells Fargo. All in nice condition. Please see photos for more details. 1913

An assortment of 11 different Rewards of Merit cards for everything from a teacher and student to shares in a bank. Please see photos for more detail

Eight insurance policies from the 1920s and 1930s involving people and properties in Oklahoma. Kansas City Life Insurance Company; Mutual Benefit Hea

5 color watch advertisements from Saturday Evening Post. Elgin(4), Westclox. 2 of the Elgin have slight water damage to LL corner. 13.5x 10.5"

Public Service Award certificate from the American Radio Relay League, Inc. Award to Harold Thomson for his work in connection with an earthquake in A

Helen Keye turned a 1896 Lithograph Department ledge into her scrapbook for trade cards, pictures and cutouts. Interesting assortment of artwork paste

Miscellaneous lot: Two page typewritten contract between C. G. Coutant author or "Coutant's History of Wyoming," and the printers, Cha...

11 pieces of music, entertainment and political ephemera. 1936 Music and the Young Child booklet. Tiny Tim, Sierra Tahoe Hotel postcard. 5x3.5"...

Lot of ten collectible checks: 1908 Chickasha, Indian Territory; 1887 Flagstaff, Arizona Territory; 1874 Burlington, Vermont, U. S. Pension Agent; 189

Caswell Runyan cedar chests advertisement and raffle booklet for a prize that is also a $45 cedar chest.

Burgundy covered folding mini note pad from Thearle-Duffield Fireworks. The first 3 pages have hand written notes. Unusual item for the fireworks coll

Four page broadsheet newspaper published Wednesday, October 19, 1803 in Baltimore by George L. Gray. The newspaper's banner is "Republican ...

Lot of 2. 1."Nectars" published by Londonderry Lithhios Waters Co of N.H. 1901. Talks about the abilities of their spring water. 2. ...

10 issues of National Geographic, 1925. Spine and cover issues, please inspect. 1925

About 20 automotive publications. Several 1950's Ford Times, Buick, Chevrolet, Pierce Arrow, Buick, Caterpillar, 1966 General Motors, Plymouth a...

Assorted grab bag with political, Thailand lighter, playing cards, California belt buckle, 1904 Oklahoma checks, 1980 George Eastman key chain, late 1

Lot of 2 Fishing Licenses from 1800's to carry on the Cod-Fishery for one year. Some condition issues (tearing at right side of License that enc...

Lot of seven. 1) Photo of five men outside a building. Unidentified. 2) Identified large, old bank on South Michigan Street. (Chicago?). See photo for

November 1926, Frontier Times by Hunter. Main article is The Vengeance of Rain in the Face. 10.5x7", nice condition. Jim & Barbara...

3 c. 1895 pharmacy pamphlets. Simmons Liver Regulator advertising notepad. 2 different 1895 Notes on Pharmaceutical Products.

A) Teacher of Picture Frame Finishing by D.M. Campana. Third edition, published by D.M. Campana Art Co. 64 pages._x000D_ B) The Denver Rock Drill Manu

3 nice diecuts. Man with tree, Grandmother's Pet, Mellin's Food. 8.75x4.5'-12x11".

About 17 pieces of larger ephemera including political, calendar art with ladies and fishing, Walt Disney, Puck etc. Sizes vary, about 20x13".

Variety pack includes a 1940s menu from a San Francisco eatery, a booklet from American Telephone & Telegraph, theatre programs from England, a ...

Harper's Weekly editions (8), a Gene Autry songbook, Princess Diana Memorial edition of Star Magazine, a July 29 issue of the Minneapolis Star ...

8 unissued US Internal Revenue Retail Liquor Dealer licenses, c. 1876-85 with 1878 and 1879 missing. Tax was $25/year.

About 18 fancy food bilheads with color. c. 1887-1912. Folger, cheese, Heinz Pickle, Armour, cement, Hunt's, vinegar, lard, coffee, ham etc.

About 22 pieces of American ephemera. 1960 Rod & Custom. Poor Richard Improved Almanac 1758, reprint. The Philistine 1906. About 10 1876-77 smal...

Magazines from the late 19th and early 20th centuries (10). Included are copies of a 1906 edition of The Woman's Magazine, an 1893 issue of The...

2 vintage advertising calendars. 1914 Fidelity Phoenix Fire Insurance. 1885 Clinton Stove works, partial months, has mold.

Adventure of Hawkshaw by Gus Mager, 1927. Hawkshaw the Detective strip reprints. Color cover, 10x13.5".

Road to Rome, Hanover House Catalog, 4 small photos, 5 trade cards. 2 old print plates-Catastrophe of Annon and Tamar and Major General Nelson A Miles

Assorted ephemera, Painting on copper by Whitaker, 3x8". Gems of Mental Magic by Cook. 2x cactus photos. Monestir de Santa Maria de Pipoll book...

About 27 Nevada and Western checks, c. 1887-1932. Mostly Humboldt County plus others.

About 80 checks in 8 different groups, c. 1880-1949 with Shaw Aircraft and monowing plane vignette.

Saturday Evening Post December 24, 1955, 2x November 28, 1959. 2x American Artist May 1969. Look January 2, 1962 with JFK cover. Life January 2, 950 w

7 pieces of stage related ephemera. Unused c. 1860's Holladay Overland Mail & Express receipt. Also HF Gallen's Express receipt, 3x Mont...

c. 1910 Handbill related to Kang Yu Wei, "Kang Youwei was a prominent political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty. His inc...

4 rolled art calendars. Ladies, wilderness. About 17".

27 posters including several Budweiser including Spuds Mackenzie, Alaska, Alaska Railroad, Sacagawea, Spencer Tracy etc. About 30x20".

1896 insurance agent guide published by AJ Flitcraft for 57 life insurance companies. Many tables of cash value, paid up insurance, premium etc. 696pp

Aldine Fireplace, Grand Rapids, MI ephemera. 4x rose pictorial circular 12.5x10". 1891 30pp illustrated catalog with testimonials.

2 c. 1899 buggie advertising covers with contents. 1888 pictorial letterhead. 2 small and 1 large paper advertisements, nice pictorial price list shee

5 c. 1905-06 butter and cheese advertising postcards. 7x4.5". Minnesota Butter & Cheese has 1" tear and stain.

Group of livestock advertising ephemera. 3 pictorial covers, c. 1894-1909-eagle cover stained. 1909 National Live Stock Commission 2 page letterhead a

About 20 pieces of better general Americana ephemera c. 1869-1907. NV, NM, PA, WA, TN, AK. Checks, state docs, AK pamphlet, color pictorial letterhead

Medical papers and ads from the late 1800s to early 1900s, including an International Journal of Surgery, Leonard's Illustrated Medical Journal...

Travel diary illustrating a great European adventure for a family back in the early 1900s. There are photos of Switzerland, Germany, Italy and more, a

6 cardboard advertising fans. Springfield Coca Cola, 5 Oklahoma, 1 Missouri. 7x5". Gary Bracken Collection

This collection of Norman Rockwell sketches are for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. printed in Time Magazine in 1961. Eight printed pages in a

5 mostly Oregon orchard and nursery articles of incorporation etc. Mackintosh Manor, Oregon Nursery x3, Calmono Orchard.

About 18 Western price lists for mostly food from MT, WA, OR, UT. c. 1800's to 90's.

Rare thirty two page catalog from the George L. Mesker Company of Evansville, Indiana, offering to build stone buildings in Alaska during the Klondike

Assortment of building construction advertising including covers, price lists and Western Expanded Metal and Fireproofing catalog etc.

6 lumber advertising covers with contents. 1 pictorial billhead and 1 letterhead.

Clothing ephemera group. 7 covers, 4 are pictorial. 3 letterheads. M W Hodkins Glove catalog etc.

Group of roofing advertising ephemera. 4 covers, 1 pictorial, c. 1905-08. 8 catalogs advertisement-some stains on a few.

Another Good Cloak Season, spring catalogue 1897, Griswold, Palmer and Co. with b/w illustrations of ladies apparel, 16pp plus price list. 10.75&quo...

Delightful collection of vintage children's broadsides: 1) The Queen of Hearts 22" x 9"; 2) "A Friend is Someone Who Likes You b...

This lot has three advertisements for women's fashions from 1900 to the 1920's. First is "Les Grandes Modes de Paris Corlette de Course...

Pottsville American Hose Company No. 2 ribbon. Usually worn for conventions, parades and other gatherings. Measures 2"x 8" and is in nice ...

Group of six publications related to firefighting education._x000D_ A) Centrifugal Pumps by R.L. Daugherty, First Edition. Published by the McGraw-Hil

Lot of three medals commemorating the heroics of 9/11: Obv.: colorful enameling: FDNY MIA / Never Forgotten / 09/11/01; rev.: gold tone: America Unit

1882 Laws and Rules of Order of the Exempt Fireman's Association of Sacramento. 50pp. Covers have condition issues. California Sacramento

NY Fire Chiefs' Manual 1943-cover only. NYFD 1952 Presentation of Medals booklet. Finestra Solid Steel Windows sales brochure.

Group of five fire protection publications. _x000D_ A) Agents' and Inspectors' Pocket-Book of Fire Protection, Second Edition, by George Vel...

Fraternal badges for two different Odd Fellows Lodges. One is for Lodge 81 in Dutch Flat, CA, The other is for Lodge 44 in Forest City in Sierra Count

Since 1872, Shriners have used the salutation ìEs Selamu Aleikum,î Arabic for ìPeace be with you!î The response: ìAleikium ...

A Ladies of the Maccabees revised laws softcover book. The fraternal organization was founded in 1886. The book is in nice condition. Please see photo

Business card belonging to James T. Garrett, identifying him as a member of the Masonic Lodge in Colorado. Please see photos for more detail and cond

Masonic books from Montana dated 1899-1904 (3). The titles are Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Proceedings of the Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accept

5 articles of incorporation and reports from fraternal groups. Hell Gate Lodge #383 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of Missoula 1904. Finnish

3 Montana fraternity articles of incorporation and resolution report. 1916 Sigma Chi, 1921 Sigma Nu, 1919 Sigma Phi Epsilon. Montana

This cast metal hatchet is marked "W.O.W." for Woodmen of the World. First as a fraternal organization for charity established in 1890; no...

Masonic Lodge membership cards dating back to the 1930s. They are in nice condition. Please see photos for more details. 1900s

7 fraternal ribbons in 2 Riker frames. Steubenville, OH Glass Employees. Wilmington, DE Machinists. Houston, DE Order of Red Men, Red Cloud Tribe. E.

Fraternity badges from Odd Fellows (4). Included are Lodge 832 Illinois (2) and Lore City, Ohio (2). All in nice condition. Please see photos for mor