Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

Tohono O'Odham basket. Coyote Tracks. 15" diameter, 4" deep. Willow, w/ devil's claw. City: State: Arizona Date: hwac# 3...

Small Tohono O'odum basket. 6.5" diameter, 1" deep. Willow, w/ devil's claw. hwac# 35463

Collar features red, blue and turquoise colored seed beads. Abalone shell beads are suspended at edges. This round collar is 8" long from neck ...

Absolutely beautiful beaded buckskin long dress, fringed on sleeves back and hem. Minnie (Moo-Ah) Williams made this dress for her family around 1952.

Native American necklace: water buffalo teeth with ceramic beads. Two amber ferrules at center where a 4.5" metal cross is suspended. Necklace ...

Vintage necklace made of large stones with carved amber colored stone beads. Approximately 24" length. City: State: Date: hwac# 35335

Two necklaces made of rough ceramic beads. Strung on hemp. Approx. 24" in length. City: State: Date: hwac# 35336

Native American beaded medicine bag: yellow, red, and blue seed beads. Leather necklace and closure tie. City: State: Date: hwac# 35337

Five animal effigies represented are: otter, eagle, bear, turtle, and fox. Also a small bone fishhook and a bone tool shaped pendant, interspersed wit

Antique 1800's Old West Native American Beaded Leather Gauntlets Gloves. Probably Plains Indian made in the 1870's. Possibly Meti, general r...

Lot of 3 receipts from the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs. Some dates indicate July 9, 1875. The remittance of $11,000.00 dollar

This lot of four artifacts represents an irreplaceable portion of history surrounding the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Thomas Downs

Both photos are studio photos and are in original frames. Writtten on one photo: "Chief Paconda (My Yonger Brother) among the Algonquins the mo...

Oil painting of the Great Plains by Elbridge Ayer (E. A.) Burbank (1858-1949). 25.5" H x 36" W. Burbank was an American artist who sketch...

Published in Vancouver by Garren Sutton. Unused. City: State: Date: hwac# 36020

Choice ivory and red billiard balls. "Stolen" notice from the saloon of Martin Wallace, Salinas, Feb. 11, 1888. City: Salinas State: C...

The Goodman, Leavitt, Yatter Co., F. A. Leavitt, Manager. Manufacturers of Billiard, Pool and combination tables. Billiard Merchandise for every descr

1914 agreement between M.G. Edwards, Virginia City, Storey Co. and The Brunswick, Balke, Collendar Co. of California for the rental of a pool table. 1

Rare. Early brewery. Weak strike with logo and scroll work. "Chicago Lager Beer / Chicago Brewery / San Francisco." Burt Collection Ci...

Etched scroll work. Barrel shaped. 3 1/2". RARE San Francisco agent. "Old German Lager / Prosit! Es Giebt Keim Kopfwen / An Old Type Germ...

Brown Sonoma Brewing Co. bottle with raised initials SBCO in center of raised circle. City: Sonoma State: California Date: hwac# 35338

Very nice, classic Kentucky whisky bottle. Stamped, " WM. BORGMAN, DISTILLERY AGENT. DEALER IN WHISKIES AND WINES, LOUISVILLE, KY". Measu...

OLD KAINTUCK/WHISKEY. The most popular alcoholic beverage in early nineteenth-century America was whiskey and the best whiskey was distilled in Kentu

Four embossed drug bottles from Carson City. Three different sizes of Walter Chedic's bottles (pat 1888), the 1, 2, 3 ounce sizes, all under 5.5...

Four different sizes of the round backed Thaxter embossed drug bottles. Nice appearance, but some chips on the big one. 3.5 to 6" tall. Mortar ...

Four sizes of the Thaxter oval with mortar & Pestal. Clear. Generally mint, except one with lip chip. 4.5 to 7" tall. c1870's-80's ...

Three rare varieties of Thaxter, including the rare "Thaxter T" (4.5"). Also a square mortar & Pestal (4"), oval Thaxter Dru...

This is the oldest of all the Thaxter drug bottles. They have a flat bottom and a bottom pointed GCT emblem. They date to 1878, approximately. Very Ra

Aqua green coca-cola bottle. Diamond shape. On outside it says, "The Best by a Dam Site / Coca Cola Bottling Com." Inside it says "Bo...

Reno Brewing Co., Reno Nevada. In 1940 business was booming for the Reno Brewing Company. Founded in 1903 and having survived Prohibition by selling n

7", 5.5", 3.5" clear embossed drug bottles from Thaxter's Drug Store in Carson City Each has lip chips, but the large size is a b...

Bottle. Richardson Bottling Works. Lead, S.D. City: Lead State: South Dakota Date: hwac# 35461

Beautiful small glass flask with ornate scroll work overlay. Screw top silver cap, full base and central medallion piece. Measures approx. 5" t...

Beautiful glass flask with ornate scroll work overlay. Hinged flip-top silver cap, full base and engraved central medallion work. Concave back, measur

Unusual shaped insulator. Beautiful dark aqua green color. Patented June 17, 1890. 5" h x 8" diameter at widest. Very good condition. ...

Three are heavy square glass, two of those have pen holders in them. One is pyramid shaped. All are in very good condition. City: State: Date:

City: State: Date: hwac# 30155

Nice trio of calendars for A.W. Kenison Co./ Ice, Beer, Soda, Liquor, Mineral Water/ Auburn-Roseville-Rocklin-Lincoln. 1) 1914. Approx. 25" x 1...

One fully issued stock certificate signed by Charles Krug as president and Jacob Beringer as Secretary, issued to George Fazz for ten shares, December

Collection of ten corner advertising covers from California wine vintners or wholesalers, circa 1900. Includes Inglenook, Italian Swiss Colony, Calif.

Collection of 24 California Wine pieces, mostly all pictorial, some very fancy. Includes: Kohler & Van Bergen, Lachman & Jacobs, Burns Wine ...

At least 100 wine labels. Includes some great stuff, from 1964 Margaux, Inglenook 1940's and 50's, some early California labels and others. ...

Great group of five items of the California wine business. A) California Big Tree joint Wine Exhibit, 1893 pamphlet, six panel, full color 3.5 x 7&q...

Terrific original oil painting on board of the Old Corner Saloon by Burkhard. The saloon was located at 6th and K street until 1898 when William Ellsw

Lot of 50 postal covers for the Buffalo Brewing Company. Nearly all are for incoming orders. See who was ordering from this important brewery in the e

Whiskey cribbage boards have dotted our sales for decades. This is the first of this type we have seen. Borgfeldt-Propfe Company, San Francisco, Agent

Fancy scrip blue billhead. 1/3 pictorial cover. Reverse has full cover ad. City: San Francisco State: California Date: 1902 hwac# 35633

Toned photo of street in front of the National Brewing Co.; men in horse drawn wagons lined up. Mounted, 9" x 12". City: San Francisco ...

Great toned photo of a group of men standing outside the Julius Hoegemann Sunnyside Saloon. Matted and nicely framed, 10.75" x 12.75". ...

Lot of 16. 1) Premier piece is a Louis Taussig pictorial envelope and billhead. 1894. No Stamp. 2) Also a corner cover and letterhead for Weil Brothe

Trio of advertising calendars for Brassy & Company, San Jose, California. One has a 1916 calendar (7.5" x 14.25"), one has a 1918 cale...

Lot of six. Includes: Napa & Sonoma Wine Company (unissued 1870s, St. Helena), Kearney Vineyard Company (100 pound bond issued 1906, pen cancell...

Palace Barber Shop. DD Powell, Proprietors. Saloon: Davies and Breshers, Proprietors.Davies & Breshears were Saloon Proprietors and owners of th...

Lot of 8. Includes: East St. Louis-New Athens Brewing Company (Illinois, four unissued stocks, three different, 190-, all with eagle vignette), The Ca

741 Iberville Street, phone 3046. Al Cunningham proprietor. Some staining, but great piece. City: New Orleans State: Louisiana Date: hwac# 3

Three certificates, two types. All issued in 1899 to the same person, William Drinkwater Freeth. Signed by the president and secretary. Not cancelled.

Lot of six. Michigan: two different Tivoli Brewing Company stocks, issued 1934 & 1939, both punch cancelled. Vignette of fields and factory with...

Lot of 3. Includes a fancy script George Watt, sheriff and assessor, Lander county; L.A. Lemaire appointment as a notary public; and 1893 of sale of c

Dateline McGill, Nevada, Jul 7, 1917. Addressed to Becker Brewing & Malting Company in Ogden, Utah, this letter is an order for alcohol. Signed ...

1) Bank of California wines and cigars billhead. 2) Louis Taussig pictorial billhead, 3) F. Chevalier, San Francisco wines. 4) Weil Brothers, San Fran

Two certificates from the collection of Ken Prag. 1905 10 year debenture on the Canandaiqua Brewing Company (New Jersey). 1958 Cannon Brewery Company

"Memorial Prohibition Prize" mounted in a purple lined box. In the late 1880s, William Jennings Demorest awarded these silver medal to sc...

License no. 1387, issued to Frank Czolgocz on November 22, 1917. There is some wear including tears and holes on the corners. City: State: Ohio

Three certificates, two types. Two different issued in 1909 (green or brown border) and one 1911 (brown border), two different corporate signatures. N

Lot of nine certificates, four different types. Six issued 1934-1951, punch cancelled. Four have vignette of allegorical woman; the others have eagle

Lot of five. 1) Gottlieb-Bauernschmidt-Straus Brewing Company. Two $1,000 bonds issued 1901. Not cancelled. Brown border and eagle vignette. 86 coupon

Lot of six different. Includes: Morck Saratoga Mineral Water Co. (New York, 1939, not cancelled), Wilson Bottling Co. (Rockford, unissued, 19--), Chri

Lot of eight. Six stocks and two bonds. Stocks: The F.&M. Schaefer Corporation (3 different, issued 1970-71, punch cancelled, vignette, Inc. in ...

Lot of 18. 1) Seven prescription permits issued 1925 from the Treasury Department under the Prescription Blank-National Prohibition Act. 4.5" x...

Lot of 16 pieces. Billheads: Reno Wholesale Liquor Store (Reno, 1908), L&A Scharff Distilling Co. (two St. Louis, 1910), C. Nicoletti (Sacrament...

Lot of twelve pieces. 1) Falstaff Brewing Corporation. Six stocks (three different, issued 1964-1968, punch cancelled) and two payroll checks (1968 ...

Listen Lester, Oh Mabel, Oh Henry, Bull Durham can be identified. Larget photograph has a clerk that looks to be female? Largest measures 5" x ...

Lot of 13. Stocks: Pabst Brewing Company (Wisconsin, 1908, punch cancelled, gorgeous vignette of factory), Silver Bow Brewing Company (Montana, two un

Lot of 13 pieces. Includes: National Distillers Products Corp. (four stocks issued 1948-51, punched), The American Distilling Company (1968, punched),

Four pieces of 19th century saloon paperwork: 1885 letter from liquor merchants in Ogden, Utah; 1893 billhead from the Combination Saloon in Salmon Ci

Rare brewery stock certificate from the Olympia Brewing Company issued in 1937 to Amy Allbright Schmidt and signed by a Schmidt as vice president. Cer

Two certificates in different formats from this Seattle brewer issued in 1937 and signed by Emil Sick as president. One of the certificates features a

Cert. #471, issued in 1947 to N.L. Bost for 10 shares and signed by Emil Sick as president and S.W. Perkins as secretary. Mount Rainier pictured at th

One issued and one unissued. The issued has the rare signature of Gustave Pabst as president of the company. Gustave was the son of Frederick Pabst, f

Photo of the other side of the railroad tracks shows a large building sign for Congress Ha whiskey. A small Cyrus Whis[key} sign is on the fence.

Lot of 22. Includes a Retail Liquor License from Buffalo New York. Three letterheads: St. Elmo Bar in Magdalena New Mexico, The Peerless in Willows Ca

Business cards: Dog color pictorial for Gall & Madden in Stockton, The Tralle Saloon in Kansas City, Stockholm Saloon in Portland. Furley's ...

Two men sharing a small room. One has a sword hanging on his bed. Beer bottles are from Schlitz. 4.5 x 6.5". City: State: Date: hw...

Lot of 35. Premier piece is the Z. Clark, Indian pictorial. Also Rigley Mansfield Ohio, Petri San Francisco color, Riley Visalia, Rotholtz Reno, Merch

Lot of 16. Gavitt's System Regulator "is used and recommended by more prominent physicians and citizens of the world for all chronic kidney...

Lot of 13 mirrors. These are in better condition than the previous lot. Please see previous lot for background on company. City: Topeka State: Kan

"Take Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey when you are not looking well"; "Makes the weak strong"; "Absolutely pure and unadulter...

Fabulous early advertising. White lettering: "Los Angeles Brewing Co. The Home of East Side Beer." Black text: "Purity." "Q...

"Old Possum Hollow" Whiskey. Beautiful nude blond is ready to share the drink with you! Has some dents. Back has been repainted. But the t...

Four are steam beer bungs and one is a lager bung. 1) GLB CO. Steam beer bung. 24" long. 2) Unmarked steam beer bung. Missing handle. 28" ...

A. Beard, proprietor. Gold text, a gold bear vignette, and a red border. Reverse on glass. Measures 12" x 17" in a 15 3/4" x 21"...

Replica of a very old plaque "Early Times" distillery. "The Whiskey that made Kentucky famous." Raised, painted surface. Depict...

Very nice and colorful hand painted oval lapel pin, just short of 2 x 2.5" gold plated rear mount. Made in the style of advertising mirrors. ...

Grouse Brand of Gloag's Perth Whiskey wooden box. Printed on two sides. City: State: zEurope Date: hwac# 20139

1) Fancy scroll pipe from L. Vanderwee, Bd, Anspach, 82, Bruxelles. Inside has beautiful blue and royal purple lining. 2) Pipe not identified. Has nic

Rare. Dateline Forest Hill, Nov. 19, 1860. A package worth $1,900 is being transported to D.O. Mills & Co. (bank in Sacramento). Was it bullion?...

1) Nice wooden frame (9 x 12") with two matted photos (both 5 x 4"): top: interior of a dry goods store with a woman ordering fabric from ...

Lot of five. 1) Lou(?) Salisburg at work with the Postal as messenger boy. 2) Forest, Calfiornia stamped RPC of men sitting outside Wells Fargo Office

Two items: rare Wells Fargo Exhibit Catalog for the Columbian Expo, 1893, 32pp plus soft cover in custom black slip case with gilt lettering. The cata

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