Holiday Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Americana, & More (December 2020)

Two pieces of wood salvaged from repairs made to a wooden beam in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah. Larger piece is 5 x 1 x 5/8 inches, s

Memorial Address On The Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln by George Bancroft. First Edition,60 pages, excellent cond. Engraved portrait of Lin

Four passes of political consequence. First, we have two guest pass to the House Representatives in 1916 & 1941. There's also a Senate pas...

Lot of 8. Handwritten letters 1876-84. Exchange between J. Coolidge Coffin and Father regarding the starting of a sheep ranch “Valley Ranc

Made by Collinson Co. .102” thick solid brass, 24K gold finish, stoned and washed 5 colors. Authorized as a duty badge, #70, 6 pint star,

Made by Collinson brass w/gold plate #210, Howard County Dept. of Police. 2009, 58th Presidential, inaugural. Pres. Seal top , Stars & Str...

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, Full size badge and mini lapel pin, new in presentation box and case. #096, Office of Nave

Made by Collinson Co. .102 “ solid brass , polished 24k gold finish. 3 1/2 by 2 3/4 “. #379, Badge has cut out top eagle w/Sta

Made by Collinson Co. .102 “ solid brass , polished 24k gold finish. 3 1/2 by 2 3/4 “. #379, Badge has cut out top eagle w/Sta

Made by Collinson, solid brass, pure gold plate. This is a complete presentation box w/Badge, lapel pin (mini badge) and Challenge coin, satin line

Made by Collinson, solid brass, pure gold plate. This is a complete presentation box w/Badge, lapel pin (mini badge) and Challenge coin, satin line

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, Full size badge and mini badge lapel pin, presentation box and case w/COA. #85, Air Force O

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, Full size badge and mini badge lapel pin, presentation box and case w/COA. #87, Air Force O

Made by Collinson, solid brass, 24k pure gold and rhodium plate. This is a complete presentation box w/Badge, lapel pin (mini badge) and Challenge c

Made by Collinson, solid brass, 24k pure gold and rhodium plate. This is a complete presentation box w/Badge, lapel pin (mini badge) and Challenge c

Collinson: .125 “solid brass, 24k pure gold and rhodium plate. Presentation box and case w/gold leaf lettering. Full size badge and lapel

Made by Collinson, solid brass, pure gold plate. This is a complete presentation box w/Badge, lapel pin (mini badge) and Challenge coin, satin line

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, COA, Presentation box and case. #13838, 2009 full size badge,, lapel pin (mini badge) and

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, COA, Presentation box and case. #7561, 2009 full size badge,, lapel pin (mini badge) and c

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, COA, Presentation box and case. #R0679, 2009 full size badge,, lapel pin (mini badge) and

Made by Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate. #169, Protective Services Police, Congress BLdg center, American and DC flags o

Collinson: .102” solid brass, pure gold plate, Full size badge, mini lapel pin and challenge coin in presentation box and case w/gold leaf

See photo. Fresno Brewing in pint, Mattei whiskey, others. Nice group. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Fresno Provenance:

This lot features a 3-1/2 x 1 inch glass apothecary bottle with the raised text "W Loutzenheiser Apothecary Grass Valley," and a 11-1/4 x...

Twenty One different bottles (21). Bayer & Co. clear tooled top whiskey, crack; Crescent Malt Whiskey (stain) clear; Mathie Brewing, amber, crow...

Amador County ( cu ) / Soda Works // Base embossed : Gravitating Stopper ( au) / Made By ( ad ) / John Mathews ( au ) / Pat/ Oct 11 / 1864/ New Yo

( All embossing , slants to the left ) : G. C. Thaxter / Druggist / Redlands, Cal. // Clear, flared lip, rectangular, tooled top. Perfect, like a bra

Embossed on the front of the bottle is : Owen Casey / Eagle Soda / Works // Reverse : Sac City // Medium - Light Aqua, western soda bottle. 7 1/2&qu...

Pioneer / Soda Works // Trade ( cd) ( monogram - Shield ) Mark ( cu) . Smooth base. Pale greenish aqua. 1/2" lip chip in top, 1/2" op...

Pioneer / Soda Works // Trade ( cd) ( Monogram- shield ) Mark ( cu): Brilliant blue aqua, smooth base. Perfect condition. Nice and clean , with li

Item # 1 of 2: Embossed on the front of the bottles in a round slug plate are : No/ ( cu )/ BO....DE / 5 // Clear, Hutchinson style , soda bottle. 7...

Acid etched on the front of the bottle, in a large circle is : Carson ( cu) / Carson City/ Nev. Brewing, Co( ad ) // Clear , seltzer water bottle, s

J. B . Mc Cullough / Druggist & Apothecary / Reno , Nevada // Base : 1 // Clear, Nevada medicine. Rectangular, square collar lip, tooled top. ...

Acid etched on the front of the bottle is: Crystal / Reno, Nevada ( ad ) // Clear, seltzer bottle, with original top. It says" Sam, The Seltze...

Acid etched on the front shoulder of the bottle is : Frank Bros. Co. Inc / Reno , Nev .// Clear, seltzer bottle, with original unembossed top. Top ca

Acid etched on the front of the bottle is: Property Of ( Cu ) / Nevada Packing (au), ( Within a banner)./ Company ( Within a Shield)/ Reno, Nevada //

Embossed in a upright, rectangular slug plate is: Buffalo Bottling Co ( au ) / Reno, NV // Aqua, 7 3/4" tall, early crown top, ABM lip. Super m...

The "Blacksmith at the Cyrus Noble Mine 1901"Searchlight, Nevada/The mine produced over $250,000.00", 4" x 13.5" Date: c....

Large group of antique bottles. About 22 milk glass; 4 giant bottles; 3 Mason Jars (incl Whitney); RRR open pontil (a beauty, heavy whittle); about 30

About two hundred old drug, cure, eye water and the like, mostly dug in the Southern California region. All mostly c1885-1908. Mostly clear (purple),

Two of the famous Garrett and Company Virginia Dare wine bottles. This is one of the first full faced embossed wine bottles. There are two varieties h

group of 24 antique bottle of a wide variety. Includes a Champagne Mead soda in beautiful deep aqua, Palmers in emerald green, several cobalt Bromo bo

A dozen antique bottles (mostly the large sized "cures", roughly 9-10" tall). Two Warner's Safe cures; two Burtons Family Med.; K...

Collection of about 26 cobalt blue and three emerald green antique bottles. Group includes 2 Trilet's triangular poison bottles; 1 oval poison; ...

Nearly three dozen bottles & crocks. Jones-Paddock (backwards J) SF; Peruvian Bitters (sm chip); Nabob (top ground); Haydock Rye; Haymen; Old Gi...

Beautiful, art nouveau pewter beer stein. This item was used to serve beer, from a the tap. 14 1/4" Tall x 7 1/4" at the base. This stein ...

This is a lot of about thirty (30 count) glass insulators. There is a Whitall Tatum Co. No.1 clear; H.C. Co. in aqua color; H.C. Co. Petticoat in pea

This is a collection of fifteen (15) glass insulators; S.F. green glass, Brookfield teale, (3) Star logo no name blue; Hemingray- 44 saddle groove on

This is a lot of eight (8) glass insulators and one Western Union Call-box marked W.U. Tel. Co. call box 6-B, inspected 31030 in VG condition. The ins

Lot of 3. 1) Pictorial letterhead and price-list for the Standard Glass Company, a Marion, Indiana-based glass works. "Manufacturers of High Gr...

Lot of 4. "Stationery, Crockery, Lamps, Fruits, Nuts and Cream Candies, Tobacco, Cigars, Drugs & Patent Medicines." 1) Two color billh...

Lot of 2. 1) Manuscript bill to the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, April 30th, 1876, from B.F. Foster for numerous prescriptions. 11 x 6.25" ...

Lot of 2. Trib Company, "Sole Proprietors of the liniment and trade mark Trib." "Trib cures bruises and sprains." 1) Letterhead ...

Lot of 30. 1) Seven billheads. Six advertise F.J. Schenider, Druggist & Apothecary, with druggist vignette, 1882-1893. Two have Schneider's ...

Lot of 3. 1) Billhead to Esmeralda County, Jun 29, 1907. 8.25 x 5.5" with company logo. 2) Ticket for drawing held on Saturday, August 8th, 190...

Lot of 83 incl. an ink blotter. Includes: many for John Sunderland; H. Thompson's Grand Soap; H. Leter; numerous for druggists Osburn & Shoe...

Lot of three: 1 & 2) Reese & Regan; The Crystal / Reno / Nev.; Br., rd., 21 mm. 3) Kane's Cafe / Reno; Good for / 12 1/2 / cts / In Tra...

Lot of 7. 1) Six documents: three billheads (1907-1909), two with "Packing" stamped over "Meat"; 1909 receipt; 1909 postal card;...

Small (8.5 x 4") billhead for TR Cheatham, Druggist and Pharmacist, at 136 Virginia Street. Billed to Theodore Winters of Washoe on November 6,...

Lot of 3. 1) Two different prescription slips for the Tuscarora Drug Store, "Sign of Big Mortar." Both issued in November 1881 by T.W. Hun...

1) A. M. Cole of Virginia City. Missing the bristles. 2) Geo. Thaxter of Carson City. Missing the top half. Engraving is work with use, but still very

Lot of 15. Includes Goldfield: Cannan Drug and Goldfield Drug. Virginia City: Pioneer Drug. For Lysol, Epsom Salts, Sweet Spirits Nitre, Castor Oil,

Lot of 30. Includes: FC Robins; N. Levy & Co., agents for Wiener Beer; Chas. Chenoweth; druggist TC Hansen; W.F. Stevens; druggist T.C. Hanson; ...

Unique. Billhead dated 1916 to the Aurora Consolidated Mines Co. for Rainier beer and cream soda. Red print. Attached to check from the Goldfield Cons

Lot of 2. Rare early soda fountain ephemera. 1) Book of Directions for Using the A.D. Puffer & Sons Mfg. Co.'s Soda and Mineral Water Appara...

Eight litho pioneer postcards in a series featuring circus clowns, from France and Belgium, c1901-1902. Numbers in series are: 488; 6508 (3 different

Lot of 33 RPCs and photos of circuses and Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium, from the U.S., c1907-1930s. Includes three canceled, two with s...

Four very colorful litho postcards of circus clowns and scenes, from around the world, c1902-1914. Three are canceled and one blank. Canceled are: fou

A pair of Cartes de Visite of circus performers who worked for P.T. Barnum in the U.S. and a circus in Leipzig, Germany. The first is of Commodore Geo

A massive collection of over 550 black and white photographs of circus scenes in America throughout the first half of the 20th Century. Many different

Five international pioneer litho postcards of circus scenes, c1899-1902. Two are canceled with stamps, three blank. Canceled are: two that appear to b

Forty-three RPCs pioneer postcards featuring circus sideshow human oddities, mostly from the U.S., circa early 1900s. From the world's tallest a...

Four pamphlets of circus history: 1) "Random Notes on the History of the Early American Circus, by R.W.G. Vail; 1934, softcover, 75 pages. 2) &...

Large collection of circus history: Ringling Bros. & Barnum & bailey combined circus programs: Chattanooga, Oct. 24, 1935; Gadsden, Alabama ...

Official Routes of Al Kelly & Miller Bros.; Cole Bros. Circus; Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey; The Great King Bros. 3 Ring Circus; & ...

A framed print of a Grand Cirque poster featuring six dogs on a brown circus horse. Poster is signed by Ann P. Aune and is not dated. Print on poster

Founded by Karl Kae Knecht and published by The Circus Fans Association, The White Tops began as a newsletter in 1928, and continues to publish today.

Rare Specimen stock. ABN. This is the 100 Share version with green border and numerous circus vignettes. Fabulous! Punch holes. 8 x 12" Was an ...

Lot of 2 different. Rare issued. 1) Number SF 5057, issued to Sally Wright for one share in 1970. Punch cancelled. Super attractive design full of cir

A fine, rare and pretty well preserved 1880 western cowboy saddle by John Henry Messing (1824-1902) & Sons of San Jose California. The working s...

This is a Will James Society poster in black and white measuring 17 in. X 23 in. It is not dated but the artwork is a reproduction of James's l...

Unique 1880s horse tie for this well known harness and saddle maker in Tacoma. About 7"octagonal, 2" thick, about 15+ pounds! Embossed let...

A beautifully handcrafted rawhide riata. This Mexican style lariat is about 40' in length and about .25" in diameter. This is in really gre...

Rawhide Bosele with headstall. Piece measures 10"x 6" and is in very nice condition. Headstall measures about 38" and 8". It ap...

This is a unique 12"x 15" knapsack with a buffalo hide flap. Piece measures 12"x 15" and is a little rough around the edges. Has...

This is an antique bar horse bit. It measures 6" 8" and has a twist on the bar. This would be considered a severe bit that will illicit mo...

Nice pair of ladies leg spurs with silver (or nickel?) inlays and small 9-point rowells. 3" diameter. Unmarked. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

This is a pair of pommel bags that are 15 in. deep by 5 in. wide. They are brown tanned leather that possibly carried mining equipment, documents, map

Gorgeous, Canadian coyote fur coat, size XL, created by Homme Furs in Montreal, Canada. Fully lined in a black, patterned nylon fabric, with a full-le

Framed oil portrait of Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon Lillie) in 30 x 35 inch wooden frame. Repaired. No artist signature, but the style appears to be late

This is a collection of postcards of the American Exposition of 1935 in San Diego, California. Just over 100 postcards, most are lithograph prints wit

Group of 24 items of ephemera (some with multiple copies) from the Golden Gate International Exposition, World's Fair, in 1939. Items include ma...

Collection of 80 mostly RPCs and photographs from the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939. Includes: 50 mostly RPCs and some litho postcards,

Panama Pacific International Exposition pre and post event tickets as well as a souvenir admission ticket for the event that went from February 20, 19

Sixty black & white photos of the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. The bordered photos measure 3.3"x 6.5", with some a...

Contains 40 postcards commemorating the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Besides scenic views of the exposition, there are a number of ad

Two beautiful cyanotype postcards from the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. These show The Palace of Fine Arts. Structures that stand to

Thirty four postcards from several businesses using the Pan Pacific Exposition as a back drop. Included is The Carnation Milk Condensery Building, Th

Pan Pacific postcards with the theme "Bear In Mind." There are three different depictions of the California symbol, but all convey greetin...

Fifty beautiful night scene postcards from the Pan Pacific International Exposition of 1915. The event took place in San Francisco. These cards show t