November Wonders: Western Americana Auction (November 2021)

Lot of a dozen I. Magnin & Co. stock certificates, incorporated in the State of Delaware, c1925-1944. Ten are issued and canceled, each with sig...

Perpetual Self Winding Watch Corporation stock certificate, No. 252, 100 shares issued to Louis Berger in 1937. The certificate, signed by the Vice-Pr

Yosemite Holding Corporation temporary certificate, No. TCDO 1150, for eight shares issued to John C. E. Restall in 1930. The company was incorporate

Lot of 2 different. 1) Hawaiian Dry Goods Association. Inc. June 1899. No 143, issued for 5 shares to Mrs. Pamaka Sakopo on Nov. 24, 1899 in Honolulu.

Lot of 10. Includes: City of Nampa Local Sewerage Improvement District No. 22 (three, 1921); and City of Blackfoot Local Improvement Bond for Paving I

Lot of 3: 1) Stock certificate no. 250, issued in 1886 for 5 shares to the company secretary. Also signed by president Noble. Not cancelled; 2) Prospe

Certificate # 16, Issued to Geo. J. Titus, forty shares in The Society of the American Institute of Hebrew of Chicago, dated January 1883. Organized

Lot of 2. Inc. in Illinois. Issued in 1921 and 1922. Not cancelled. Blue or orange borders, eagle vignette. Columbian Bank Note Co., Chicago. Pinholes

Lot of 2 different. Issued in 1902 and 1903 for 4 shares. Printed signatures of the President and Secretary. Live signature of the Registrar. Both hav

Involved with industrial engineering and construction. Lockwood, Greene & Company was established on March 1, 1882 by Amos D. Lockwood and Steph...

Cert. #71, issued for one share at Boston, Massachusetts in 1831. Issued to Joseph Badger and signed by John Rayner as president and Benj. P. Richard

Temporary Warrant No. 74, issued for 10 shares to Thomas Sturgis on Sept. 8, 1930. Printed signatures of the vice president and secretary. Not cancell

$1,000 bond No. 845, issued in Jackson in 1833 to John Delafield. Rate is 6 per centum per annum. Planters' Bank of the State of Mississippi. Si...

Lot of 5 different, all unissued. Includes: Anaconda Amusement Company; Anaconda Meat Company (1890s); Anaconda Water Company (1890s); Montana Hotel A

Lot of 13, most different. Includes: Scandia Association (1880s, uniss); Western Hardware Co. (1908); Billings Rod & Gun Club (1914); Billings R...

1) City of Butte. 1890. 15 coupons remaining, Gold & Wihte. Excellent condition other than folds. Hole cancelled, Bottom left corner ripped, Not...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Fort Belknap Canal and Irrigation Company. Issued in 1906 in Chinook for 100 shares. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. 2) Chinook

Lot of 3 different. Includes: Montana Realty & Loan Company (#4, 1916); Eastern Montana Milling Company of Forsyth, Montana (1914); and Masonic ...

No. A29, issued for 2 shares to Lee M. Ford in 1930. Signed by president Finlay and the secretary. Not cancelled. Green border, black print. Folds, so

Lot of 8 different. Includes: Great Falls Automatic Telephone Co. (1909); Boston & Great Falls Electric Light & Power Co. (1904 and unissued...

Lot of 4 different. Includes: The Montana-Washington Land Company (#9, 1908, not cxl); Citizens' Electric Company (unissued); Cottonwood and Cas...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Jeffery Hardware Company. Stock number 5, issued in 1914 for 20 shares. Not cancelled. Allegorical vignette. 2) Carbon Building

Number 183 for 1 share to WH Clanton. Dateline Billings July 7, 1893. Signed by president ID O'Donnell and Alex Graham. The central figure in th...

Lot of 4 different. 1) Christie & Leys Co. No. 23, issued in 1906 for one share. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette. They were druggists in Butte. 2)...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Elbow Ditch Company. Joliet, Carbon County. No. 9, issued in 1898. Poor condition. 2) Lima Ditch Company. Issued in 1921 for 2,

Lot of 2 different. 1) Howard Music Company. Butte. No. 37, issued for 40 shares to secretary JD Slemens in 1913. Also signed by president John M. How

Certificate of 2 Pounds and Coupon of Revision. I/U, signed by secretary illegible. Treasure Hill area. Date: 1869 Country (if not USA): State: N

Inc. in New Jersey. Low no. 13, issued for 10 shares to MG Evans on May 20th, 1872. Not cancelled. Signed by the president (Cafe?) and secretary John

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in New York. Both issued in 1926 to Joseph J. Sartori. Signed by president William J. Ward and the secretary. Not cancelled.

Lot of 4, three varieties: Issued 1937, 1948, 1962, and 1968. All punch cancelled. Three have a bald eagle vignette. The other has an allegorical vign

A pair of documents from the town of Newtown, New York, one dated 1870, the other 1875. First, is a $500 bond issued to help finance a road project in

Bernie Madoff had been the head of the N.A.S.D. and a respected member of the investment community. And then, he committed the largest fraud in U.S. h

Stock Certificate for Cliff File Company, incorporated in New York, No. 32 for 20 shares issued to Geo B. Flint on April 20, 1869. Signed by President

Serial number 5, a First Mortgage Gold Bond for $1000 from The Raton Water Works Company of New York. Pages of coupons still attached. Date: 1935 Co

This is a pretty unreadable stock certificate from the mid-1800's issued by Albany Manual Labor University This institution began as Albany Ma...

Inc. in Oregon. Low number 9, issued for one share to WG Bushnell on June 25th, 1918. Signed by president Homer A. Rogers and secretary Frank B. Riley

Number 60 for 2 shares for $10. Signed by president RW Nash. The association was headquartered int the Township of Plumstead, Bucks County, Pennsylvan

Lot of ten stock certificates from the Beehive State: Independent Water Co.; Castle Homes Inc.; Salt Lake Fuel Co.; Danielsen Plow Co. (2); Deseret Bu

Issued at Richmond, 28 January 1862, 8 % Bond for US-$ 500, #466, 22.5 x 35.2 cm, black, white, folds, 5 coupons remaining, vignette of a female figur

Lot of 6: 1) Three different stock certificates. a) Fire Dust Appliance Company, Ltd. Inc. in Nevada. No. 240, issued for 172 shares in Reno to WF Sny

Unissued shares of Alaska Transportation, Trading, Mining & Manufacturing Company, number 365. Ken Prag Collection. Date: Country (if not USA...

Gorgeous purple ink stock certificate issued February 7, 1873 to Jane M. Hunt for ten shares in The American Sterling Company of Naubuc, Connecticut.

Approx 10 I/U 1954 stocks. Company was part of early 1850's uranium boom. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: The Fr...

Lot of five stock certificates from companies in the Amusement Park business: Crystal Pavilion & Amusement Co.; Dutchess Amusement Operators; Ea...

Wow! The original Benbow Company stock certificate: issued to Jennison Heaton for 625 shares, on May 21, 1931. Signed by Clara E. Benbow, Secretary an

Four very early bicycle manufacturer and wheel repair company stock certificates issued from 1897-1900. Included are: The Carriage Cycle Co., incorpor

Lot of 23 stock and bond certificates from charitable organizations: American Bible Society; American Educational Alliance; American Social Registry;

Lot of eleven stock certificates from co-operative ventures: Deming Co-Operative Exchange (New Mexico; Allegheny County Cooperative Assoc.; Consumers

Lot of 12. Mix of issued/cancelled/Unissued bonds, some have coupons. Of Note: The Newark Ohio Waterworks Co. I/U, $500 6% gold bearer bond issued

Lot of eight stock certificates from companies making fire alarm or suppression equipment: American Telehone Fire Alarm Co.; Atmo Automatic Fire Alarm

Lot of 2 different: 1) The Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity. Norwich University, Vermont. Low cert. number 2, issued in 1915. Not cancelled. Eagle vignette a

All written in German. No. 15877, No. 1184 shares, No. 64. Vignettes of caricature of scantily clad women. 8.5" x 12". Date: Country (...

1.) The Great Western Exposition Train Company, No 871, blank 2.) The Funded Loans of the city of Atlanta, No 408 for $200 issued to Mary B Ross, Jose

Lot of five stock certificates from jewelry or diamond companies: The Copio Diamond Co.; Berks Jewelry Co.; British-American Diamond Co.; Crystalograp

10 cancelled shares of Massey-Ferguson Ltd cert. # TF84102 issued to Miss Estelle Eisen on May 11, 1964. Signed by R W. Main, secy and L. E. Phuin, ch

Lot of four U.S. postal or philatelic association and companies' stock certificates, issued from 1906-1930. Includes: American Philatelic Associ...

Includes: Virginia Land Company, Common No 1023 for 10 shares, signed by J. R. Doran(?) President; Jasper Pecan Farms, Inc., No. 19, unissued; 2 Lenne

Lot of 2: 1) Corona Typewriter Company, Inc. Inc. in New York. No. A981, issued for one share in 1925. Signed by the president and treasurer. Punch ca

Lot of 2: 1) Corona Typewriter Company, Inc. Inc. in New York. No. A846, issued for one share in 1923. Signed by the president and treasurer. Punch ca

Eight watch companies' stock certificates, all in excellent condition with slight folds, issued from 1895-1959. Includes: Bulova Watch Company, ...

High-grade gold ore specimen from the Mayflower Mine, located two miles west of Manhattan, Nevada, approx 45 x 45 x 40 mm. Boxwork quartz matrix with

This is a piece of refractory material coated with a thin layer of slag in which are incorporated small spherules of metallic gold and silver. The ori

Another large piece of native copper, believed to be from the Chino Mine near Santa Rita, New Mexico. Size is approx. 6 x 5 x 2 inches, and it weighs

Two large leaves of native copper, a rock with a seam of chalcopyrite/bornite, and five pieces of iron pyrite -- all attributed to the Chino Mine near

The Kennecott Bingham Canyon west of Salt Lake City, Utah, boasts about being the deepest open pit copper mine in the world, and here are three slabs

This is a ten-pound collection of colorful pyrite specimens ranging from brassy yellow to shiny orange, possibly chalcopyrite. Specimen sizes vary fro

Probably Landside blocks containg banded potassium alunite-KAl3(SO4)2(OH)6-vein material very similar to that found on Alunite Ridge. 4.5x8.5"....

Here are four large pieces of high-grade ore material from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Tooele County, Utah. the largest is aoub 13.5 inches long

Impressive nugget of gold metal and white quartz believed by the consignor to have been collected by his father who worked at the Knob Hill Gold Mine

This specimen is a 448-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 725-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

This specimen is a 561-gram slab from a high-grade portion of the Cannon Mine showing the characteristic banded structure with visible gold and electr

The Hishikari Gold Mine near the southern tip of Japan is a world-class gold deposit with an average grade of 40 grams per ton. In 2008 it was the onl

Three chunks, one large and two small, of a gold/silver ore from an unknown locality. Silver is in the dark grey minerals (possibly argentite or acant

Slab of high-grade ore resembling Hishikari specimens from this consignor, but this one is unlabeled. Shows a definite band of visible gold near the e

Spectacular banded gold in quartz matrix, approx. 2 x 2 x 0.75 inches, weighing about 68.6 grams. This is a beautiful specimen that could be displayed

Hardcover. West of the Rocky Mountains. 360pp with index. Spine has wear and cracks Date: 1867 Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Five labeled ore specimens from the Upchurch Collection representing various locations in Chihuahua, Mexico. Total weight is about two pounds for the

A large sample of silica flux ore that has gold content of 0.09 oz/ton. This material could be used in the smelting of precious metal ores to help rem

William Willard c1920 had these possessions with him. Contains a lot of medical equipment, souvenir plate from Bisbee 1911. A nice collectible lot. Se

Six (6) drawings of mine pumps, shafts and supply car. Stapled 20 page summary of shaft elevations in the Butte district. Possibly photocopied. App

Two pages with color map of claims. 1905 certified copies of an 1880 Plat for Robert S. Kelley and company's claims in Deer Lodge County. 13&quo...

1) 1884 license receipt issued 1884 in Dillon to Utah & Northern Railroad Expressman. 2) 1889 license receipt for Omnibus & Expressman in Bo...

Lot of two. 1) 1886 letter from Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co. to Henry Knippenberg, who was the general manager of the Hecla Mining ...

14 x 17" blueprint, cloth backed map for the gold bug mine in the Alder District. J.H. Winwood, 1913. Heizer Archive. Date: Country (if not ...

Important group of photographs from Freeport Nickel mine at Moa Bay, Cuba. This group of 11 x 16 photographs consisting of approximately 10 views show

This is an old antique square scoop shovel. Shovel measures 37" in length, with a 9 x 11" square blade. This is an old shovel with a small...

8 total certificates. All signed and NOT canceled by two administrators, illegible. Possibly from Belgium (?); all attached revenue coupons still at

1 total certificate. Signed and unissued; has revenue coupons still attached; in very good condtion, some small bends in the corners. Date: 1928 Co

7 total certificates. All certificates are in French; all are signed and unissued, signatures illegible from two adminstrators; all in very good cond

10 total certificates. All signed and unissued; all with revenue coupons attached; all in very good condition. Date: 1900s Country (if not USA):

9 total certificates. Incorporated in Lyon, France, June 1909; all signed and unissued; all have revenue coupons still attached; all in fair conditio

Group of about 10 photos of the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican republic about 1975. Date: c1975 Country (if not USA): Dominican Republic State:

Incomplete Topcon kit with three mirror unit, target and tripod platform in hard yellow case. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove

Group of 6 galvanized oil cans of different manufacture and size. Some of these have small pour spouts. Mostly one gallon size, but one is a two gallo

Trojan Powder, the successor to Dynamite, 50#, 7/8" Sticks, 60%. Tongue and groove construction. Extremely Rare. Date: c1910 Country (if not ...

An original miner's hoist rope found in Candelaria, probably used in a winze at Candelaria around 1880-1900. Date: c1890 Country (if not USA):...

Lot of 2. 1. Thompson Antique Assay or Apothecary scale in wooden box, good condition w/small wooden weight box (no weights). Good condition . 2.

box of sieve parts. Tyler. 3 bottom trays, 2 sieves, three diff mgrs., plus small size jones splitter. also, a second small splitter, and DFC cupel tr

Probably down hole gamma ray logging probe lead. No instrument. No instructions, no extras. With original hard shell case. Probably 1970s. Date: