"Marvels of the West" 2024 January Auction

About Cripple Creek mining stocks, c. 1915-28 with a fantastic pot-pouri of adhesive revenue stamps on verso on famous Portland Gold Mining stocks and

126 c. 1934 red 10c revenue stamps adhered to the inside cover of the Raven and Beacon Hill Gold Mining stock book with 10 certificates included. St

Rare 1878 check with US orange 2c regular issue postage stamp instead of a revenue stamp. A rare occurrence! Date: 1878, City: Virginia City, St

About 300 or more Carson City checks with imprinted RN's, c. 1876-1900. Carson City Savings Bank with RNF, RNG. Bullion and Exchange Bank with R...

4 groups of 15 each, Carson City Savings Bank. 1876-77 with imprinted RNF, 1878-79 with imprinted RNG, 1875 with adhesive orange 2c Washington, 1875-

11 railroad stocks with adhesive revenue stamps. Mostly Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway, c. 1868-71 with brown Washington...

7 pieces of Montana Wells Fargo letterheads, receipts etc. c. 1874-90.E J Carter, Henry Elling etc. State: Montana Montana

1866 handbill, 9.5x7.25", 4" left tear, other paper residue on verso. 3.25x5.75" unused cover with left mount to backing. 1868 receip...

Lot(2x) of interesting checks issued out of or to states that were opposite of the revenue. Includes: 1) Donohoe, Kelly & Co., Bankers, check No...

5 pieces of Wells Fargo ephemera.1877 Lorenz & Meigs Esq., Bodega, CA letter with Wells Fargo & Co content. 1901 commission envelope "G...

1885 El Capitan Land and Cattle bond, $1000. City: Lincoln County, State: New Mexico, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Lincoln County New Mexi

4 c. 1890's Willow Fruit Company prospecti. Wonderful prose about this fantastic opportunity! City: Willows, State: California Willows Ca...

Issued 1838 North American Lumber stock. Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Ken Prag Collection

Issued July 12, 1929 Azores Dairy Bank, just months before the stock market crash. State: California, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Californ

4 issued California bank stocks. 2x Pajaro Valley 1888 and 1897. 1928 Anglo & London Paris National. 1940 Bank of Eureka. State: California, ...

Issued 1842 Bank of Kentucky stock. Nice condition for age. State: Kentucky, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Kentucky Ken Prag Collection

2 i/c Eureka County Bank stocks. Both reference W E Griffith, the Wells Fargo agent in Eureka. 1885 and 1897. City: Eureka, State: Nevada, Prove

5 Nevada bank stocks. Unissued-Surety Finance, Goldfield Bank and Trust, Carson City Savings. Issued/cancelled-1890 Eureka County Bank, 1902 Bullion a

Issued 1839 Bank of Charleston stock. Centering slightly off, toning, cut left margin. Please inspect. City: Charleston, State: South Carolina,

30 bank stocks, c. 1910-65. Bank of Buchanan County MO, Bank of America, Briggs National, Pajaro National, First National Bank of Hoboken, Bank of Uni

10 bank stocks. Unissued 1833 Real Estate Bank of the State of Arkansas-toning. 1854 Bank of America. 1897 National Union Bank of Boston, u/i Briggs

14 bank stocks, c. 1859-1956. Bank of America, Atlanta National, 3x First National Bank of Hoboken, 2xx National Bank of Methuen, Bank of Buchanan, MO

17 bank stocks, c. 1850-1973. 1850 Ostego County Bank(NY). National Bank of Methuen. 1859? Bank of America. Bank of Buchanan County, MO. 1892 Atlanta

19 c. 1880's-1970 trust company stocks. Geneva, Union Deposit, Irving, Delaware County, Hibernia Bank, Republic, Bankers Trust New York etc. P...

Rare and possibly unique issued 1912 Saline Valley Salt stock. Signed by White Smith as president and Fred R Smith as secretary. Are they related to F

14 cattle stocks, c. 1885-1961, mostly older. St Joseph Cattle Loan, Cincinnati Union Stock Yard, Chicago Live Stock Exchange, Crescent Cattle. Wiid H

About 30 Pacific American Fisheries stock, c. 1932-48, blue and green certs. Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Ken Prag Collection

About 35 c. 1941-71 soda pop stocks. Pepsi, General Beverage, Charles E Hires, Lime Cola, Mavis Bottling, Hoffman Products etc. Provenance: Ken Prag

3 issued La Salle Wines and Champagne stocks, 1940 and 1955. U/I Pleasant Valley land and Water, c. 1880's with fruit vignette. 5x8" Italia...

5 c. 1983 Euro Disney bonds with color Mickey Mouse vignette. Country: France, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection France Ken Prag Collection

1 u/i and 1 issued 1918 China Agency and Trading stocks. City: San Francisco, State: California, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection San Francisc

About 100 L A Miller Label Co stocks. Orange and green. c. 1928-52. State: California, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection California Ken Prag Co

Rare issued 1881 United States Automatic Gas Machinery stock. We could not find any info on this company or their product. Interesting link to compa

17 c. 1889-1926 Oregon stocks. 7x Oregon Improvement, Syndicate Petroleum, Minnesota Oregon Oil, D Liebes, Puget Sound Commercial, US Cashier, 2x Colu

9 Edison Portland Cement stocks, c. 1899-1902. 7 green, 2 mauve. Edison vignette, no signatures. Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Ken Prag Coll

12 metal related. Bonds-2x 1909 Illinois Pure Aluminum, $500. 1935, Davison Cole & Iron, $1000. 9 stocks, c. 1901-40. Fire Detecting Wire, South...

Bond no. 319, issued for $500 in 1872. Signed by Governor Bradley, Treasurer Schooling, and Controller Hobart. Punch cancelled. Green border, black pr

Issued 1890 Tacoma Improvement Co stock with red printing on light peach colored paper. City: Tacoma, State: Virginia, Provenance: Ken Prag Coll

Criswell 51A 1861 Alabama $500 Military Defense bond. 6 coupons attached. Some foxing, small tear on lower left on bond. State: Alabama Alabama

Bre-X Minerals, Ltd. stock certificate issued for 10,000 shares and uncancelled. The company announced in 1995 that they had discovered an enormous go

3 c. 1887 Columbian mining stocks. 5x Santiago Gold. Atrato Mining. Country: Colombia, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Colombia Ken Prag Coll

Cert # 117 non-cancelled for 10 shares Capital Stock issued to W.O. Osgood Ja. 12 1884. Signed by W.O. Osgood Pres and William McMullen Sec.. Incorp

Lot of 4. 1. The San Rafael Mining and Milling Co. noncancel cert. #199, 5 shares@ $10 ea. issued to C.E. Hitchcock Dec 1, 1888. Signed by C.E. Ing

Lot of 3. Incorp. State of New York. Cert. # 724, 725 and 727. Issued to Levi L. James 50 shares each certificate : total 150 shares.. Oct. 12, 1

"Morelos Chihuahua Mexico" printed at top center. The mines of the company are printed above the San Francisco dateline: "Santa Barba...

Lot of 4 1. Two Batopilas Mining Company. #NY5343 for 100 shares, cancelled, to William W. Cohen & Co. Jun14, 1921 green border, embossed corp ...

U/I Alaska Fireworks and Valdez Hydraulic & Gold Mining stocks. State: Alaska, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Alaska Ken Prag Collection

2 issued 1881 Silver Nugget Mining stock, green and buff. City: Mariposa, State: Arizona, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Mariposa Arizona K

Rare issued 1880 Santa Cruz Silver mining stock with miners and horse vignette. Mine located in Pinal county at an elevation of 1329 feet in Casa Gra

5 Arizona mining stocks-1881 Silver nugget, 1917 Jerome Victor Ext Copper, 1910 Gold Run-edge ships and tears, 1910 Harcuvar Copper. Unissued Gila Riv

2 Con Arizona Smelting bonds, 1909, $500 and $1000. State: Arizona, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Arizona Ken Prag Collection

6 Calaveras County mining stocks, c. 1892-1915. 3x Calaveras Water and Mining, 3x Standard Amalgamated Exploration, 1914-19. City: Calaveras, Stat

5 issued Calaveras Water and Mining Co stocks. City: Calaveras, State: California, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection Calaveras California Ken

Cert. #19, issued for 500 Shares in 1885. Issuee and date are faint but it's clearly fully issued. Signed by president J.E. Chapin and secretary...

Nevada Copper MC stock datelined San Francisco, issued June 16, 1864 for 50 shares to HN Squire Jr and signed by James Kellogg as president. Valentine

Grass Valley mining stocks, c. 1889-1953. 4x Brunswick, Bunker Hill Cons, 2x Idaho Maryland, Union Hill. City: Grass Valley Area, State: Californi

Unissued rare Champion Mining stock. "A former andalusite mine located in sec. 11, T4S, R33E, MDM, 4.5 km (2.8 miles) WSW of White Mountain Pea...

VF. Uncanceled. Scarce Death Valley mining certificate issued in 1907 for 1000 shares. Mines located in the Wild Rose mining district, Inyo County, Ca

Rare issued 1875 El Madre Quicksilver Mining stock. " From 1864 to 1903, Napa County was one of California's leading quicksilver producers....

Issued 1894 Palo Alto mining stock. City: Palo Alto, State: California Palo Alto California

Lone Cabin MC, incorp in California in April, 1864, issued July 11, 1864 to T.W. Hutchinson for ten shares, cert no. 10, signed by JW Hinchman as pre

3 issued California Gold Rush mining stocks. Undated-Ave Maria Gold Quartz, Mariposa. Le Nouveau Monde. 1853 Anglo Californian Gold. State: Californ

14 California mining and related stocks, mix of issued and u/i. Excelsior Drift Gold, Gold Valley Main Tunnel & Mining, Gavilan, Stockton Ridge ...

7 California mining stocks, c. 1880-1897. Issued-1893 South Idaho Cons, 1880 Auburn and Rock Creek Gold, Calaveras Water and Mining, 1897 Little Butte

California mining stocks. c. 1892-1935. Industrial Mining, Trinity Dredging, Little Butte Ext, Calaveras Water? and Mining, Sonoma Magnesite, Shasta M

17 pieces of California ephemera, mostly mining stocks. c. 1853-1923. Calaveras Water and Mining, 1892 Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone, 1854 Tuolumne Co

3 Motherlode gold stocks. Unissued Gold Valley Main Tunnel& Mining, Excelsior Drift Gold. Issued 1880 Southern Eureka Mining. State: Californi...

4 gold dredge stocks. Trinity. 2x Natomas Co, Natomas Co of California. Nice dredge vignettes. State: California, Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Cert. #367, issued for 100 shares to A. Peckham and signed by Robert Sewell as president in 1881. Incorporated in New York. The mine was located in Co

5 each. large format Cripple Creek stocks-issued 1912 Pharmacist Gold Mining, 1915-27 green and brown Portland Gold. Bond-1900 Altman Water $1000. C

5 different issued Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of 10. c. 1899 Jerry Johnson, c. 1935 Raven and Beacon Hill Gold, c. 1933 Golden Cycle, c. 1

Important Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of 10 each. c. 1907 Midway Gold, c. 1907 Mary McKinney, c. 1914 Pharmacist Gold, c. 1913 Portland Gold

9 different technical printings of these Cripple Creek stocks, c. 1905-60. Doctor Jack Pot Mining, Portland Gold Mining, Golden Cycle Mining, Exchange

A choice hand picked collection of Cripple Creek mining stock with notable autographs. 10 c. 1915 Golden Cycle, signed by A E Carlton, "Albert ...

20 different mostly Cripple Creek mining stocks, c. 1899-1935. Golden Cycle Mining, Colorado King Gold, Jack Pot, Jennie Sample Con, Doctor Jack Pot,

19 different Cripple Creek mining stocks and 1 bond, c. 1899-1935. Jerry Johnson, Midway Gold, Mary McKinney, Mountain Beauty, Blanche Gold, Anaconda

Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of about 25 each. Portland Gold Mining, c. 1910-29. Jerry Johnson Mining, c. 1900. Midway Gold Mining c. 1899-1

About 65 Cripple Creek mining stocks. 25 Portland Gold c. 1910-26. "The Portland Mine was discovered in 1892 by James F. Burns and James Doyle....

About 50 assorted Cripple Creek mining stocks, c. 1899-25. Anaconda Gold, Pharmacist Gold, Mary McKinney, Portland Gold. City: Cripple Creek, Stat

6 different Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of 15 each. Issued-Golden Cycle, c. 1915. Portland Gold, c. 1912-21. Pharmacist Gold, c. 1912. Mary

8 different Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of 3, 24 total. Golden Cycle, c. 1915. Portland Gold, c. 1905-18. Pharmacist Gold, c. 1912. Anaconda

8 different Cripple mining stock in groups of 5 each. Golden Cycle-2 different, c. 1915-34. Portland Gold, c. 1907-12. Pharmacist Gold, c. 1912. Anaco

24 small format Cripple Creek mining stocks, c. 1899-1915. 4-Blanche Gold. 5 each-Doctor Jack Pot, Montrose Gold, Mountain Beauty, Midway Gold. Cit

About 35 assorted Cripple Creek stocks with duplicates. c. 1899-1931. Findley Mines, Colorado King Gold, Doctor Jack Pot, Golden Cycle Mining, Portlan

About 30 assorted Cripple Creek stocks, c. 1899-1947. Anaconda Gold, Mary McKinney, Golden Cycle, Exchange National Bank, North American Mining etc. B

About 100 Golden Cycle stocks, green and brown, c. 1915-33. "Golden Cycle Mining and Reduction Company was a mining company in Colorado City (n...

2 different Golden Cycle stocks, green and brown. c. 1915-34. City: Cripple Creek, State: Colorado Cripple Creek Colorado

About 10 each of 12 different mostly Cripple Creek mining stocks and bonds. c. 1899-1937. Portland Gold, Pharmacist Gold, Golden Cycle brown and green

25 different stocks, mostly Cripple Creek, c. 1899-1935. North American Mining, Findley Mines, Raven and Beacon Hill Gold, Jerry Johnson Mining, Mary

30 mostly Cripple Creek stocks and bonds in groups of 5 each. Golden Cycle 1929-33. Jerry Johnson Mining 1899. Mary McKinney Mining 1907, Portland Go

About 20 Cripple Creek mining stocks. 4 1899 Mountain Beauty Gold. The rest are 3 different Pharmacist Mining, c. 1899-1912. City: Cripple Creek,

About 50 Portland Gold Mining stocks. c. 1905-28. City: Cripple Creek, State: Colorado Cripple Creek Colorado

Stocks-Raven and Beacon Hill Gold, Golden Cycle-2 different, Mary McKinney, Jerry Johnson, Exchange National Bank-2 different, Portland Gold, Pharmaci

Colorado mining stocks and bonds, c. 1899-1929. Bonds-1909 Mono Baltic, $100, 1906 Dexter $500. Stocks-Major Loughery Gold, Georgetown Mining, Power a

About 25 Colorado mining stocks. Anaconda Gold, North American, Mary McKinney, Midway Gold, Pharmacist Gold, 2 different Golden Cycle, Jerry Johnson e

10 c. 1900 Altman Water Co bonds. 10 c. 1907-41 Exchange National Bank stocks. State: Colorado Colorado

Really nice group of mostly older 17 Colorado stocks and 2 bonds, c. 1875-1973. Stocks-Chieftain Con MC, Zephyr MC, Game Ridge Con MC, San Juan Con MC

Columbus Tunnel Mining & Milling Company, incorporated in Colorado. Boulder County location. Cert. no. 212 issued to Fred Michel for 500 at $10 ...

3 different Jennie Sample Con mining stocks, c. 1902-18. 2 green, 2 buff, 10 coral. State: Colorado Colorado

7 Colorado mining stocks with notable autographs. H M Carlton-"H M Carlton-father of "Albert E. Carlton or Bert Carlton (20 February 1866...