Million Dollar Auction

Lot of 84 pieces. Includes: 40 Statements of Ore Shipped by the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. These vouchers (7" x 8.25") from the Moun...

1) Pioche X-Ray # 371, Promotion Stock. Signed by Dr. Boody and WM Salchell in 1909. 2) Calumet & Nevada Consolidated # 1349, 1914. Signed by Ad...

Lot of 3. 1) Wonder Mascot #24 for 10,000 shares to Walter Lauer signed by M. Ish and RW Norrington. Ish was a major player in the Goldfield / Wonder

1) Yerington Consolidated Copper #553 for 5,000 shares to John Dern in 1912. Signed by Lagenbarth. Cancelled, Great condition. 2) Smith Valley Mines #

1) Two Calumet & Nevada Consolidated Mines Company stocks, 1914, Treasury Stock and 1915 with 3 adhesive revenue stamps; 2) Lahontan Mines Compa...

1) From '49 to '83 in California and Nevada: Chapters from the Life of George Thomas Marye a Pioneer of '49. By George Thomas Marye, Jr....

Prospectus for Victoria Gold Mine of Humboldt County and The Goldfield Sovereign Mining Company. Prag collection. City: State: Nevada Date: HWAC#:

Jarbidge Buster Mining Company, Unionville--Silver Reef Mining Company, Ely--White Pine Mining Company, Ely-Witch Copper Company, Elko--Golden Age Min

No. 4994. Issued Nov. 25, 1869 for two pounds. Bottom half is "Coupon of Reversion." The company was formed in 1869 and was seeking invest...

1) Two Star of Nevada Silver Mining Company stocks. English. To Thomas Woodurne. 1871. 2) A most interesting English stock certificate to the Nevada F

Lot of 6. 1) Sweepstakes Mining Comapny. Early number 47 for 500 shares to CG Brady in 1915. Signed by John McConaghy. Treasury Stock. 2) Cold Spring

) North American Dredging company of Nevada, $1000, 1928. 2) Nevada Victor Mining and reduction Company, $100, 1914. (Prag Collection) City: State:

Champion Mining, no. 823, signed by Edgar W. Stevens, president, and J. E. Sullivan, asst. secretary. Lookout Gold mines, no. 10, signed by J. E. Sull

1) Seven, Mills, Post & White Consolidated Silver Mining Company stocks. Reese River Mining District, Lander County. Vignette of Eagle and vigne...

Here is a chance for a researcher to make a major find. We could not find the Haskell Mining Company in the 1907 International Mining Directory, 1909

Lot of 6. 1) Coupon book with coupons good only for Merchandise at the Store of Lake Valley Mines Co., Lake Valley, NM. Issued 1906. 2) Five postcards

Lot of 4. 1) Golden Gate Gold Mining Co. stock certificate. Location: Whitewood Quartz Mining District, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory. No. 18, iss

Lot of 8. 1) Unused real photo postcard, Mill, Diatomite Mine, near Terrebonne, Ore., Dalles-California Highway. Sawyer Scenic Photo. 2) 1907 mailed c

Three page report to shareholders September 8, 1903 announcing the treatment of 75 tons per day using their twenty stamp mill. Prag collection

Lot of 10. 1) Utah Copper Mill, Bingham Canyon. View of large facility on hillside with smoke billowing out. Unused. 2) RPC of two miners loading a ho

Great Collection! 44 RPC Post 1940, 23 early PC (c. 1905-10), and 29 post 1940 PC. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham State: Utah Date: HWAC#: : 32332

The best RPC's: 4 early (c. 1910), 4 later. (Prag Collection) City: Bingham Canyon State: Utah Date: HWAC#: : 32331

A few hundred stock certificates from the King David Mining Company in Utah that are in pretty good condition. Most are between the years 1933 and 19

Lot of 9. Four stock certificates: The Northern Chief Mining Co. (vignette, 1881, not cancelled, Utah Territory, folds); The Groesbeck Company (vignet

3 RPC c. 1915, 11 old PC c. 1905-15, 3 post 1940. (Prag Collection) City: State: Utah Date: HWAC#: : 32324

Real del Castillo #259 for 75 shares to Philip Horn in 1882. Signed by A. Indron (?) and Jsoeph McGenes (?). This certificate includes a receipt to Ho

1) State of New York, The Lower California Company, Seven per Cent Bond. Number 44. 1868. 2) Pacific Guano Company #27 for 137 shares to G Nagle in 18

To be presented to the shareholders at the Ordinary General Meeting to be held at the Cannon Street Hotel, in the City of London on Tuesday the 29th d

9 U.S. Mining Stock Certificates from the Consolidated Virginia Mining Co., Copper King of Arizona, Consolidated Mines Syndicate, SonSon Mining Compan

Lot of five: The Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. prospectus, an extract on natural and artificial cement from 1888, a legal guide for oil companies and st

Lot of 3: San Juan Consolidated Mining Co., 1875; Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining Company, 1913 (framed); Hornsilver Mining and Milling Co...

5 Sheets of Foreign Mining Stocks and Bonds. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32806

Over 300 1" diameter white buttons printed with the caption "Gold Discovery Days 1848-California-1948" and a red white and blue pictu...

Silver spoon, bowl shaped like a shovel engraved "Denver". Elaborately cut designed handle depicts a winch pulling up an ore bucket and a ...

Sterling silver spoon with 1902 patent date on reverse. Hand engraved mining scene with gold wash. The windlass at top has a movable sinking bucket an

Stamp mill was used in West Point California at the Lockwood Mine (Calaveras County). It was carefully removed by the property owner, whose family las

Large and small cast iron mortar & pestles. The large one is possibly 1870's, 8.5" diameter and 9" tall. It was used to crush ore ...

City: State: California Date: HWAC#: : 11635

Original photograph of a new invention: a gasoline powered tractor of sorts used to haul heavy loads of ore. The photo measures 11 x 14" and ap...

We haven't seen anything like this in 40 years. It is a magnetic device to lock and unlock miner's safety lamps. After a series of serious d...

Banking and Express Office of early San Francisco dated October 3rd 1854. Note attached by pin "Margin of certificate book calls for $200, amt....

Old Adams Express bag, approx. 14" x 7.5". In 1839, Alvin Adams, a produce merchant ruined by the Panic of 1837, began carrying letters, s...

Collection includes: Adams Express Official Gazette; two covers; note; 18 receipts: 1845 early receipt with vignette of train crossing bridge, 1849--t

Seven horsemen dressed in uniforms with feathered hats in front of the Adams Express Office. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32123

American Express Co. meeting of Gen. Supt. Hughes and Staff at the Colonial Hotel Cleveland, Ohio 1904. Includes 2 group photos and 1 photo of R.E.M.

Twelve passes. The early passes are on cardstock, while the others are on thin paper. Years included: 1910, two for 1913, 1914, two for 1915, four for

Collection includes: Receipt book blank except for first page; two bags, Property of American Express Co. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 31648

Early 1850 American Express (Wells, Butterfield & Co.) receipt for $2991; 1853, American Express receipt; other receipts: 1855, (2), 1856, 1865,...

Ten package passes: early 1891 pass (blue with dog and key vignette), 1905 (issued to D.T. Mervine, supt. of Wells Fargo Express), 1910, two from 1911

#3073 for 5 shares to William B Conant on December 19, 1857. This is our earliest certificate. Nice clean certificate. City: State: Date: 1857 HWA

Early certificate with nice steam engine vignette. Signed by Timothy H Loomis (Springfield, Massachusetts) on November 25, 1858. (Prag collection) C

#3233 for 3 shares to Mrs. Susan Hogeboom on May 31st, 1858. Susan was the wife of Wells Fargo associate John G. Hogeboom. (Prag Collection) City: S

#573 for 10 shares to Hugh Crocker on October 14, 1859. Certificate number is difficult to read. City: State: Date: 1859 HWAC#: : 33059

#3724 for 3 shares to Martin Galucha on December 15, 1859. (Prag collection) City: State: Date: 1859 HWAC#: : 33067

#3673 for 8 shares to Morgan on December 5, 1869. Signed by Butterfield and Fargo. Edwin Morgan was an entrepreneur and politician from the Finger Lak

#3674 to Homer B Hawkins for 5 shares on October 14, 1859. Strong Fargo, Butterfield and Holland signatures, Hawkins was the chief clerk of the Overla

#686 for 13 shares to Livingston on December 7, 1860. Signed by Wells, Fargo, and Holland. Johnston Livingston of Livingston signs the reverse. Living

#693 for 10 shares to Johnston Livingston of Tivoli in 1860. Livingston was on the Board of Directors of the American Express Company. When John Butte

#825 for 6 shares to Livingston in 1861. Signed by Wells, Fargo, and Holland. Unusual red stamp cancels. Johnston Livingston of Livingston signs the r

Signed by Wells and Fargo. Dated November 2, 1863. City: State: Date: 1863 HWAC#: : 33051

Number 1509 for 7 shares to J Prichard of Boston on January 2, 1865. Includes a brown 5c Revenue stamp that has been cancelled "AE CO." ...

#738 for 1 share to Henry A Loucks of Albany. The Loucks (Laux) family from Holland were early arrivals in American and several members of the family

#1376 for 1 share to Annie H Harting on January 2, 1865. Strong signatures! Brown 5c revenue stamp attached. (Prag collection) City: State: Date: 1

#1766 for 4 shares to Joseph D Badgley of New York on March 30, 1865. Badgely ran a wholesale grocery house in 1865. This certificate was signed by Fa

#2677 for 2 shares to Monroe B Bryant of New York on April 13, 1866. Bryant was active in New York politics during the Civil War era. (Prag collectio

#2683 for 25 shares to A Stone of Cleveland, Ohio. Signed by Fargo and Wells. Amasa Stone was a contractor, railroad manager, financier, and philanthr

#1162 for 2 shares to E. G. Billings on May 1, 1866. Bright white paper with blue border. Vignette of a wagon, train, and clipper ship at a loading pl

Shippers Guide to Express Offices in United States, Canada, Mexico and to All Other Parts of the World. 7.5" x 5.5" booklet. City: St...

Shipping Guide contains List of Offices, List of Railroads, tables of charges, and facts relating to the purchasing department. 7.5" x 5" ...

This small brass sealer, engraved Adams Express Company, is numbered 6421 is in very good condition. City: Plymouth State: Illinois Date: HWAC#: :

Steel stamp, oval stamp area, good condition. The town of Otterbein named for William Otterbein Brown who donated land for the town. It had two sets o

This wax sealer is from Derby, Maine. Polished wood with brass stamp. 4" long, 1" stamp surface. Very good condition. These are the most v...

Included are: A 1923 $50. Reward flyer for Paul David Phelps, alias A. B. Porter who absconded with money orders and interline tickets. He was arreste

Two-sided sign hangs as a diamond shape, Green with red and cream colored lettering. Good condition. Merchants hung them in their shop windows, to sig

Two letters dated 1846 and 1848 sent by Boyds express. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 28520

Four covers: Pacific Union Express, Overland via Los Angeles, Pacific Stage & Express Co., Bamber & Co's Express. Blank duplicate check ...

Addressed to J. H. Purdy & Co. Chicago, Ill. Return after 5 days return to Creede, Co. City: Creede State: Colorado Date: HWAC#: : 31676

Brink's Chicago City Express Co. note pad, calendar and depot labels. No writing. City: Chicago State: Illinois Date: 1901 HWAC#: : 31647

Two metal tags: 1850's A. M. Hinkley's Express, New York, no. 2931; and late 1890's The Commercial Express, no. 595. City: State: Dat...

Over 25 Express receipts from various companies: 1) Prince's Express, Boston to Maine, 1869; 2) A rare express and stage company: Redrock, Salmo...

Eight different lead sealer devices with examples of lead seals for the following companies: Wells Fargo; American Railway Express; Adams Express; Uni

Nice collection of four different safe dials, typical of those from express office safes. One is marked Wells Fargo, typical of those mentioned in Bar

Terrific collection, generally used for mail bags, strong boxes, or rail cars. 1-2) Two American Express locks: one is a standard 8 lever and the othe

Six express passes: Wells Fargo & Co's Express, 1896; American Express Company, 1904; The United States Express Co., 1889 with great vignett...

Collection of eleven different express company receipts and documents mostly from the nineteenth century. Includes all the major express companies and

Four receipts. One from 1864 with a cancelled revenue stamp. Others from 1867, 1868 1870. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 31675

A framed cover going to Salt Lake City. Also a blank check from the Office of Holladay. In 1862, Ben Holladay purchased the bankrupt Overland Mail Com

Unused check "Pay to the bearer,____oz.___ dwt. _____ grs. Gold Dust. Datelined 186__. 1863 saw the discovery of gold near Virginia City and th...

Original iron strong box, typical of the Railway Express and other express companies. About 15 x 15 x 26". Circular steel hand holds. Locking t...

Received from La Fortuna Mining, 1 box bullion valued at fifteen thousand dollars going to San Francisco, 1902. Two receipts for Twin buttes Mining fo

21 1/2" square exterior enamel sign with the classic blue, red and white diamond shaped logo on both sides. Designed to hang on wall exterior s...

1890 Virginia City and Pony Stage Line, no. 187 way-bill. Virginia City and Red Bluff Stage Co. way-bill, 1891. Three blank checks to John E. Russell,

Cover with cancellation of Dec. 30, 8:30 pm. City: New York State: New York Date: HWAC#: : 32103

"O. M. & Ex. Co. / 956 / Baggage Tag." The company, which provided passenger service by stagecoach, also delivered mail from St. Louis...

Wonderful Pacific Union Express cover, with USPS 3c stamp. Great scrip address to William Morgan Esq. Very good to excellent condition. Pacific Union

Three bags: two are labeled Property of RY. EX. AGY; large unused bag is 736421 and small bag has no number. One is labeled Property of REA Express 99

A Railway Express Agency sign from around the 1920s. The sign itself is about 1/16" thick metal, painted red with white lettering and a white b...

Two Lone Ranger style advertising pieces (silver bullets) for Railway Express. 45 Caliber, not operable--engraved on botton: "Hi Yo REA and Awa...

Steamer express frank cover, Stockton & San Francisco. The River Express operated between Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco 1890 to 1895. V...

Two Texas Express Company receipts: 1876 and 1884. Three Pacific Express Company receipts: 1884, 1887, 1889. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32111