Million Dollar Auction

V & T bond, no. 100 for $1000. $1 adhesive revenue stamp. bond stamped PAID by the Treasury of Storey County. Signed by County Commission Presid...

Two checks signed by Adolph Sutro (dated 1889 and 1896) and a newspaper article by Sutro from 1874. Also, a news statement by Adolph Sutro about the o

Checks dated 1887 and 1890 signed by Adolph Sutro. City of Virginia Water Bonds, no. 198 for $1000 issued to Sutro & co. or Bearer. 1887. (Prag ...

Some people say it is only fitting that if a mining town has saloons and bordellos, it should also have churches. Both interior and exterior picture p

No. 150, $1000. Gold stamp. Signed by mayor and clerk of city. Cancelled/paid, 1888. All stamps used. (Prag Collection) City: Nevada State: Virginia

Bond no. 190 for $1000. Signed by mayor of Virginia City and the clerk. All stamps used. Purchased and redeemed, 1882. (Prag Collection) City: Nevad

Bond number 87 from the City of Virginia Water Bonds worth $1000 in “gold coin.” Gold embossed seal in lower left corner. It is signed by Mayor and Cl

Lot of 11. 1) Unused receipt for the Young America Engine Co., No. 2 (fire department) with fire wagon vignette. Soiling and chipped corner. 2) Three

Four different early items. 1) Two items from the 1903 Comstock Carnival: a pin (1.75" diameter) with some dents and chipping, but bright color...

Lot of eight checks for figures and companies heavily involved in bringing lumber to the Comstock mines. 1) Four Bank of California checks from 1878 s

Lot of 5. Three are from J.P. Smith (1872 and 1874), two different styles with horse vignette for goods purchased by the Savage Mine. One is for Rober

Lot of 8. 1) Virginia City, N.T. dateline, Paxton & Thornburgh, 1862, signed by R.H. Morrow. 2) Two 1862 White & Murphy Gold & Silver MC...

Wells, Fargo & Co. No. 274. Issued for $20 on Nov. 2nd, 1861. Signed by R.N. Graves, who was superintendent of the Gould & Curry Silver Mini...

Nine checks from the Comstock city: three 1862 White & Murphy Gold and Silver Mining Company, three unissued from B.F. Hastings & Co., one W...

Lot of 5. 1) Wells Fargo & Co., No. 181. Feb. 8th, 1862. Issued for $30. Signed by R.N. Graves (Gould & Curry superintendent). Stamped paid....

Storey County Court House postcards. Wow! If these walls could talk. The corruption, the whore house payoffs, the illegal gambling deals, etc. that w

An authentic account of the discovery, history, and working of the world-renowned Comstock lode of Nevada, including the present condition of the vari

Postcards of the historic Piper's Opera House, still in operation today. I saw Lacy J. Dalton there last month. Our own Fred Holabird has even p...

51 postcards of both exterior and interior photos of historic Virginia City Saloons. Chandeliers, Suicide table, murals, bars, bath tub. All of these

136 Virginia City postcards. Street scenes, buildings falling apart, building remnants, unpaved streets, winter scenes (it snows here), saloon interio

88 views of Virginia City from the air. Aerial Virginia City. Bird's-eye Views. (Prag Collection) City: Nevada State: Virginia City Date: HWAC...

Two dozen postcards of Virginia City mining history. Among them is a photo of General U. S. Grant and Party taken in 1879. This is somewhat of a myste

Lot of 225 cards (with duplicates). See Virginia City during a very productive tourism period. Interiors of saloons and well-known shops and trading p

Lot of 48 early postcards with duplicates. Twenty-one were mailed, many with messages about their impressions of the waning mining town. Earliest canc

Lot of 33 early postcards with duplicates. Buildings include: Mexican Mill, Fourth Ward School, Piper's Opera House (interior and exterior), Sto...

Lot of 17 with some duplicates. Many are RPC. Only two were mailed. This group features many of the famous names and faces of Comstock history. Includ

Lot of 34 early postcards with duplicates. Ten were used, including a 1906 Reno & Goldfield RPO, and 1909 VC cancel. Mines include: Ward Shaft, ...

Society of Pacific Coast Pioneers promised to pay $20 in gold coin. Marked PAID. The promissory notes were issued in an attempt to raise money to reco

Report of the 1864 Constitutional Convention, Andrew J. Marsh, official reporter. 944 pages of information on the meetings that created the State of N

Although these volumes can be found, this one has special historical significance. This is from the library of John A. Fulton and most probably belong

Lot of seven. Five are early and all show Roop County and none show Clark County. One Bureau of Ethnology sheet. City: Nevada State: Date: HWAC#:

Volumes I and II, edited by Sam P. Davis. Published by The Elms publishing Co., Inc., Reno, Nevada, Los Angeles, California, 1913. In the preface, Dav

Nice group of seven books on Nevada history. 1) "Nevada Historical Society Papers, Vol, II, 1917-1920". Published by the Nevada Historical...

First edition signed by the author, Effie Mona Mack, number 48 of 250. "Nevada: A History of the State from the Earliest Times through the Civi...

By Colton. Excellent condition. Great find. 28" x 17". City: Nevada / California State: Date: 1873 HWAC#: : 27854

From Benton, California south. Von A. Petermann. Routes of Birnie, Wheeler, Ripple, Bergland, and Minan Distrtkten. 10" x 13". Mounted! C...

Find Camp McGarry in Roop County. Find Pershing in Humboldt County. Find Reveille, Kiney, Logan, Patterson and other long-forgotten places. Map for a

Similar to previous lot, but this has been color enhanced. Map for a map collector. 36" x 27". One fold. Excellent condition. City: Nevad...

Collection of Eight. 1) Pyramid and Lake Tahoe area. 1877. See Sheep head, Deep Hoe, Poe, Haines, etc. 35" x 22". 2) NW Nevada. Color. 187...

1) 1897 Century Atlas 2) Rand-McNally pre Mineral, Pershing and Clark County. 3) Similar to #2, but different. Some rough edges, but maps are all with

Shell Map of Nevada; Rand McNally Indexed Map of Nevada; Southern Pacific Map of Nevada; 1936 Road Map of Nevada; and more. (Prag Collection) City: N

Both are colored. 1908 map has significant taping on the back. See the state before Clark County and after. Watch the growth from mining in Goldfield

Total of 7 maps. Three different maps. In Nevada all show Roop County. None show Las Vegas (still part of Arizona). Three different views of early Nev

1) 1882. SA Mitchell. Color. 2) 1881, SA Mitchell. Color, 3) 1886. Bradley. Nice trio to find the small changes in the 1880's in these two state...

Lot of ten with nice variety. From Virginia City: 1870 Mariposa Mill Co. check with RN-B17b revenue imprint and signed by James G. Fair (soiling and c

Collection includes; Beautiful hand-tooled leather case (made in Reno) with Filmo Auto-Load by Bell & Howell Company--camera had little value, b...

Certificate of Two Pounds (British), no, 4997. Attached is a Coupon of Reversion. (Prag Collection) City: Nevada State: Date: 1869 HWAC#: : 31554

Nevada Freehold Properties Trust certificate of 2 pounds and a coupon of reversion. City: Nevada State: Date: HWAC#: : 32577

Two Nevada Calendars: The Army Store (Fallon, Nevada), North Ferguson & Co inc. Union Drug Store Stationers and Newsdealers (Manhattan, Nevada 1...

Highlights in this group include great RPC birds eye views of Virginia City, other areas covered: Gold Circle, Austin, Rhyolite, Tahoe, Tonopah, and a