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

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