January 2018 Auction: Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, Railroad, Mining, Native Americana

Four identical Price Lists for Plug Tobacco, For All Points in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah. Manufactured by the National Tobacco W

Way-Bill for the Boston & Keene Eagle Line and United States Mail, via Jaffrey, New-Ipswich, Groton, and Concord. Dated Nov. 14, 1832. Two small...

All are RNG, Numerous, at least 6 different varieties sorted, about 2000 checks c. 1877-1883. Date: Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan HWAC# 33246

Unsorted RNG check group from The First National Bank of Ann Arbor. All are RNG's and some have adhesive revenue stamps c. 1877-83. Over 1000 ...

Lot of 19 Electric Railway playing cards featuring locations in the Great Lakes Region such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. Please inspec

Newspaper with photo article on capture of outlaw Ben Cravens (page 4) Comes with 1989 magazine "True West" & tells of life story of B...

2 Board mounted photographs of the Beebe Grain Company exhibit at the Butte Montana Fair of 1906. It is a house made out of wheat and grain with produ

Bricklayers' and Masons' International Union No. 1. Four books - two from 1917 and two from 1924! All are for Constitution and By-Laws. 34 p...

Report forwarded from E.M. West to Mr. Marcus Daly. Marcus Daly was on of the "Copper Kings" of Butte and a statue of Daly by Augustus Sai...

4 pp. in this flyer of Ringling Bros' "Tremendous Equine Ballet Militant." Many very entertaining sketches of animals performing, circ...

Orange paper 4pp 14" x11" Ringling Bros promo flyer boasting a tremendous equine ballet militant and a moving sea of color, grace and gran...

This is a 1924 advertising catalog for a Buick dealer in Dillon, Montana. Piece measure 43"x 29.5", while picture measures 16"x 22&qu...

Laton Alton Huffman arrived in Miles City, Montana Territory in December of 1879. He was 25 years old and had come to seek the recently vacated positi

Mounted Territory of Montana Stock Inspector and Detective Fund Warrant. Measures 13"x 10" and ready to hang. Date: August 27, 1890 Loc...

Memorabilia from an Algeria Shriner, Max Sarter. Included: hat in leather case, 3 pins, certificate, pennant, Masonic Code Book of Montana, 1909, Ritu

Lot of nine choice RN imprinted checks. eight different for L.H. Hershfield & Bro., Bankers in Helena. Includes four pictorial pieces: 1866 (RN-...

3 Maps of Butte City with proposed additions and planning in un-built lots. Meaderville City map of Main Street with the Leonard Shaft also shown. Rar

Municipal papers, mostly Miles City, many to or from the Mayor and/or City Council. Binder full of these papers. 106 pages. Many billheads: Office of

Black leather bound diary from C.W. Nelson, Fire and Life Insurance Farm & Live Stock Loans & the name C.E. Knight embossed at bottom right ...

1 photo of the Courier Office building with 10 people standing out in front (2 women holding babies) all in period dress. Good condition only slight s

7 photos of Snow Shoe Tom a Montana "character", an outdoorsman, & his horses, a dog, & a bobcat on top of a horse. This photo is ...

Lot of 7 pieces. Includes: 1880 cover and letter from Maxfield & Co. (Grains & Produce, St. Paul) to S.R. Buford in Virginia City; 1907 adve...

This lot includes billheads from The Great Falls Livery Stable and the Bergseth Fish Company. Also included is a bank statement from The Traders State

This lot contains a map of Yellowstone National Park, done by U.S. Geologist F.V. Hayden and dated 1871. The piece measures 10"x 9" and ha...

1) Great find. "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Montana, A. D. 1866, A. l. 5866." Cloth and leather bound, hardcover, 8.5" x 6"...

Five Montana booklets: Montana State Highway Commission, Standard Road Sections; Twentieth Annual Report, Montana State Prison, 1916; Constitution for

Lot of 10. 1) Stock for Andover Oil Co., inc. in Montana, 1930, not cancelled, large oilfield vignette. 2) Letterheads: pictorial Elkhorn Trading Co.,

1) Eagle Butte in Glendive. 2) Yellowstone Street in Livingston. Both are unused. Date: Location: Montana HWAC# 56900

Cards: Ponderosa Saloon & Cafe // GF / One free Drink; H. Wolfe, HupMobile Taxi Service, Billings; The Windsor, Liquor and Cigars, Butte; Gust M...

Approx 40pp softcover booklet of military base, officers, soldiers, WAVES and more. Back cover has 2 tears. Date: 1946 Location: Hawthorne, Nebraska

15 red and 1 blue checkbook in this collection. These originated from Beatty, Nevada. Date: early 1900's Location: Bullfrog, Nevada HWAC# 56770

1) Given & Ingalls, Candelaria, Jan. 22, 1889. Message by Murphy about enclosed money order. He complains that "where I live we only have a...

Letter from Pactolus, Nevada, dated 1902 to The State Bank and Trust Company, Carson Nevada. 8.5" x 10" Date: 1902. Pactolus was a very s...

Exceptionally rare Carson City Exchange for Wells Fargo, one of two known. This piece is in a capital plastics holder, It was in multiple pieces, plac

A letter from prospective investor months before opening of Carson City State Bank in 1875, wherein he was looking for privileges. There are also CCSB

Approx. 25 pieces in this collection of billheads, letters, & a telegram reading "Sensational Strike made on Jumbo claim carload of ore yie...

From a large Nevada collection, so we believe this to be a souvenir commemorating the 1906 Nelson-Gans fight in Goldfield, Nevada. Gans won the fight

Now this is an amazing pair of items from Reno when there was no Las Vegas. The Riverside Hotel was the place to stay, dine, and be entertained in the

Includes Bardell Fototone Miniatures set of 20 views of old Reno, torn holder. Checks, letterheads, billheads, V&T RR ticket, color postcards, v...

Very nice group of Reno, NV postcards showing scenes of old Reno. Chromolitho, b/w, RPC's. Historic post office, Truckee River, Virginia St., co...

47pp with b/w photos showing the allure of Reno in pictures and verse. Some bottom toning. Date: Location: Reno, Nevada HWAC# 57207

A nice blue print style real estate wall map by Thomas Bros. c 1940's with wood rollers on high quality paper. 25.5" x 61". Nevada Hi...

Heavyweight championship boxing fight between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries in Reno, Nevada matted print trio. Fight occurred July 4, 1910. 2 1...

1) 4.75" x 7" photograph showing Ayer child posing next to his express wagon. 2) Real photo postcard showing Ayer family member in cowboy ...

Lot of 65 items for the Ayer Family, which had roots in Reno and Virginia City, Nevada. This is a Reno collection. (See other lots in this sale that f

Two mounted photographs from the Ayer Family Estate. Both are 4.5 x 6.5" photos mounted on 8 x 10" board and identify the Ayer father (&qu...

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Lot of 17. 1) Six Sodaville: one original and five high-quality reprints. The original photograph is 4 x 4" sepia and mounted (5.5 x 5.5")...

Major document signed by most of the top merchants of Virginia City, Nevada, 1888. The document is a surety bond guaranteeing performance of Wildes as

This collection includes letters, billheads, newspaper articles, Wells Fargo banking, black & white photo's representing mercantile, banking...

This collection of approx. 25 pieces of misc. letters, Annual Reports, Quitclaim Deeds, billheads from West End Consolidated Mining Co.; Jim Butler To

Moved. Now Lot 1068a

1) "Pages of History: Guide to Virginia City." Book and map for a self-guided tour. 1959. Map is 17 x 22". One very small tear at fol...

Approx 22 postcards including RPC's and chromolitho. Churches, mines, saloons and more. Date: Location: Virginia City, Nevada HWAC# 571465

Moved to Lot 1068b.

Lot of seven. 1) Three copies of Sutro's mining lecture supplement to The Daily Independent newspaper (1874) with great mining illustrations. 2)...

William H. Marks is the proprietor of this iconic saloon at 42 South 'C' Street in Virginia City. 4.5 x 9.75". Inside are three treasur...

5 x7" black-and-white photograph on 7 x 9" mount. Three men posing inside carriage shop. Identified on reverse as Virginia City, Nevada Ca...

Early mounted photograph showing large group of schoolchildren on steps in front of school building. Reverse has pen notations identifying it as the f

Lot of 6. Includes: RPC birds-eye of Virginia City made for the Comstock Golden Jubilee, 1909, mailed with long message; birds-eye of Virginia City fr

Lot of 8. 1) Two CDVs of well-dressed men, one by Sutterley & Co., the other by R.E. Burnes. 2) Six cabinet cards: one by Cann identified as Cha...

Lot of ten different photographs showing either the Ayer family or their house that was located on the "Divide," between Gold Hill and Vir...

Mounted sepia photograph (4.5 x 7" on 6.5 x 8.25" board) showing school children and teacher in classroom. Reverse has pencil and pen nota...

Pre-1900 view. Photographer not identified. Possibly Crockwell. Labeled "No. 1." 5.25" x 8.5." Nice contrast and detail with lim...

Billheads, Freight Bill, approx. 25 pieces in this lot. Date: 1883 Location: Virginia City & Truckee, Nevada HWAC# 57511

1955 Nevada driving handbook in fair condition, 1987 Nevada Legislature pictorial booklet, August 1928 Bureau Farmer, 1873 insurance law doc, old Neva

7 Rawhide print plates the largest being 8" x 5.75", Rawhide, Nevada 1908; the smallest being 6" x 4". One of the print plates h...

Assorted Nevada business related booklets, WU telegram about a phsycopathic wife, bank receipts early 20th century, stock certificate from Consolidate

Nice group for the Nevada collector or dealer. About 30 Storey County bond coupons; about 65 Reno Bank credit receipts showing who warrants or checks

Lot of 3 for Governor James Nye: two handwritten notes dateline Carson 1862 & 1864 and one billhead for Nye from a New York merchant, 1863. Jame...

1) End of the line Chinese Camp in the Humboldt Sink. During building of Central Pacific RR. 2) Searles photograph of a small railroad stop. 1916. Sh

Large varied lot. 1) Clark County: a) Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club: Atom Bomb Blasts. b) Two Pioneer Club with Atom Bomb Blast imposed. One is ...

Many documents from Nevada including To Western Union Telegraph Co., many letters & notes from Bank of Austin, old newspaper articles, notes, ma...

Rare B/W postcard of Wilson Canyon. Date: Location: Nevada HWAC# 571409

Very rare! Report upon the Colorado River of the West. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Executive Document. Joseph Christmas Ives(1828-1868). Publis

Maps by Hunt-Clark, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lincoln, Pershing, Washoe/Storey, White Pine Date: 1973-1974 Location: Nevada HWAC# 571972

Lot of 14 for this family that had roots in Virginia City and Reno. 1) 13 photographs, 11 of which are CDVs of various family members (photographers a

1) Three rare Nevada stereoviews. 1) CPRR, Palisade-Humboldt Canon, published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 7686. 2) CPRR, Maggies Bower and ...

Two certificates (1858 & 1859) for money now due after audit. Also one envelope. Certificates are 3.5 x 7.25" with soiling, folds, and some...

"Save the Five Cent Fare" 4pp flyer protesting the proposed change of fare for New York subway from 5 cents to ten cents. 5 x 7 format, fo...

Number 191 for 20 shares to Lord in 1872. Signed by treasurer LA Johnson and president GA Bagley. Blue large 25c Revenue Stamp. Allegorical vignette.

This is a matted and framed cover of Harper's Weekly from December 31, 1887. The cover is matted and framed and measures 24"x 18". it ...

Moved to Lot 2012a

Letter from the mayor's office (Mayor Gilpin) about a police operation to break up a counterfeiting operation, as a reply to someone who had off...

This handwritten letter, written in 1848, concerns the re-sale of a slave named Robert. The letter, composed by a Robert Bonn, discusses a price redu

"S T F" on both sides of ornate 2" Demitasse' style coffee cup; St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco is likely origin; circa 1905-1...

Collection of 9 George Dickel Whiskey vessels. The most unusual one is a tall 1/4 gallon dark amber curved funnel shaped bottle with a leather carry

Niles' Weekly Register. new England Palladium, Boston Daily Journal, Old Colony Memorial, Independent Gazette, and more. Date: Location: Un...

C of F of A (Companions Of The Forest Of America) Sociability, Sincerity, & Constancy. 34" panorama, circa 1915?. This group descended from...

Lot of 13. Includes: Western Union billhead, Virginia City, Nevada, 1876 and telegraph receipt, 1876 to Osbiston regarding shipment of bolts; Postal T

Lot of 5. 1) Partial contents of a book entitled Characteristics of Old Furniture Styles in England 1600-1800. About 75 pages with no binding, but fan

Lot of 21 including 16 real photo. "Reported to be the only single street town in the United States." Duplication of views. Birds-eye view...

Rare RPC identified on reverse as Dragon, Utah railroad depot, c.1906. Depot for the Uintah Railway. Stacks of Gilsonite (asphalt) stacked on dock nex

Lot of 4. Best is very rare real photo postcard showing the Heber Mercantile Company. Wagon parked in front with many people posing. Notice also the H

One RPC is postmarked Kenilworth in 1915. Three different overviews of the town. Like many communities in Carbon County, Kenilworth began as a coal mi

1) Rare real photo postcard titled General View of Milford, Utah. 414. B. P.B. GL. Shows trains tracks with locomotives and men on push cart, with bui

Lot of 14 postcards. Includes one rare photo postcard of the home of Brigham Young in St. George (with portrait upper right). Other cards include: two

Lot of 24 birds-eye and street scenes including 4 real photo and one two-panel panoramic card. Real photo: rare birds-eye from Walker Building; aerial

Lot of 27. One real photo of Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. Fifteen others for the Hotel Utah including a 1911 promotional card right after it opened.

Lot of 36 incl. 9 RPC. Twenty-four single postcards plus one booklet of 12. 1) Nine real photo postcards: 3 exterior of state capitol building; four i