Objects of Our Affection - February 2020

This is a circle star badge style of about 1900 made of solid nickel silver. At 2 in. in diameter with a soldered pin back. The badge shows even wear

This is a Town Marshal badge at 2 1/4 in. X 2 1/2 in. The mounting is a spring pin on the back and made by "W.S. Darley & Co., Chicago, 12&...

Lot of 2. 1) This is a gold mini badge which is a smaller, lightweight versions of some of the Old West replica badges. 2) Belt buckle. Letter "...

This is a lot of three bellows. The foremost bellows is a foot operated bellows made by the Amalgamated Dental Co. of London, England. Amalgamated Den

This is a collection of eight pin-backs ranging in size from 3/4 in. to 1 3/8 in. in diameter. Sayings like: "Let's get lit", or &quo...

Lot of two: 1) Le Tourneau, 50 x 38 mm. 2) Samson / Sure Grip / Tractor; 43 x 25 mm, with brown leather strap. Samson tractor company operated from 1

82 issues of Heavy Metal, The Adult Illustrated Fantasy Magazine, published by the editors of National Lampoon. Each one in a protective mylar sleeve

March of Comics #4 Donald Duck (K. K. Publications, Inc., 1947) 32 pages, full color. Cover art by Walt Kelly. Inside script and art by Carl Barks. I

Herrick’s Horse Liniment Sign: Very early, wooden painted sign for Herrick’s German Horse Liniment veterinary medicines. Untrimmed and all original, w

7 pinbacks. convention pinbacks of U.A. 437 Journeymen/Apprentice covering years 1965,66, 67 and '64. In January of 1920 the Plumbers and St...

Columbia Records issued this 20 album instructional Spanish language collection. Probably dates from the 1950s. Provenance: Country (if not USA):

Lot of two: 1) "Portland, Oregon, The World's Greatest Lumber Producing Center," 1923, well illustrated with photos, maps and figures,...

Single page New jersey c 1920; Massachusetts 1928; Pennsylvania c 1928; New York double truck c 1920s; Ohio/PA double truck,c 1920s, Illinois double

This is a collection of matchbooks from the USA and around the world. There are matchbooks from San Francisco, Ca., Campbell River, B.C., and Tokyo,

This is a commercially made money belt made by Santa Maria Rio Grande Kraemer & Sons. The size is 30 in. with built in holster for an unknown re...

Two pin backs from descendants who emigrated from specific localities in Norway to North America. Each has picture of longship in color. One has a

Lot of ten old comic pins and one Goldenrod Beer cap with "The Prince"; Pins include: Hal Offman signed "Not a Chance" from Hass...

Lot of three: 1) Post card: $1,000 Reward for Albany, Oregon, July 5, 1886, jail escapee W.W. Saunders, convicted of murder "nervous temperam...

This is a photo album from California and Arizona .c 1890's. There are several older tin type photos along with cabinet card photos from San Ber...

Lot of various pinup related items. 1) Photo of woman in bedroom holding sheer veil. 10" x 8". 2) Two small signs notifying townspeople a...

This is a pair of U.S. Post Office box doors with soaring eagles c. 1940's. The dimensions are 11 in. w X 6 1/4 in. h. Brass construction with t...

This is a lot of U.S. postal stamps and collecting news periodicals from the 1930's and 1940's. The lot includes two Internal Revenue tax st...

Two copies of this youth adventure weekly periodical published in New York in 1905 and 1907. Stories include, "Shiner, The New-York Bootblack; ...

30+ pieces. Buttons, match books and coins. Examples: two Teddy Roosevelt art medals (in boxes). Shell presidential game coins, Win With Willkie m

A collection of display items including six automobiles, a bicycle, a Santa Fe red caboose on any HO Scale track, and a diesel-electric engine. These

This is a Remington Remette typewriter c. 1930's with hard case and in working order. This model Remette has the backspace key and return bar. ...

8.25 x 6.25" framed photo, c1910 of a saloon interior. This one is quite dfferent from others. There are two rows near the ceiling on 2 walls a...

Lot of 3 different. 1) United States Treasury Certificate of Deposit. New York, 1863. $10,000 for US Bonds authorized in 1862. 2) US Order for Transpo

Gold framed and matted document declaring William Crosby of Livermore, California is admitted as an attorney and counsellor of the Supreme Court of th

Lot of eight ladies faces, seven are 31 mm, believed to be from Cracker Jack boxes; one from The Favorite Cigarette company is 21 mm. Provenance: J

Wood and metal constructed globe made to look 17 th C. Globe of the heavens with astrological signs. Wood base, 8 in diameter 17 in. tall. Early 1930-

Hello World / Dog-gone / You! / W. K. Henderson. Round, 56 mm. William Kennon Henderson, Jr., (August 6, 1880 – May 28, 1945), was a pioneer in the r

This is an antique unicycle that has been modified to fit as a wall mount; one foot crank is missing. The wheel diameter is 17 in. and the overall len

Gorgeous Ruby color Afghan Bokhara rug, 7' x 10'. Very nice condition. 2 of the most popular carpets from Afghanistan are Khal Mohammadi and...

Beautiful large Serougen Rug. 7'8" x 11'. Terracotta, navy blue, powder blue & gold. With border. In good condition. The art of man...

Gorgeous Caucasian Armenian area rug, 8' x 5'. Soumak is a tapestry technique of weaving strong and decorative textiles used as rugs and dom...

This purse belonged to the wife of Myrl Scott Myer's, Alice. Myrl S. Myers was the Consul General of the United States of America to China in 1...

Beautiful Western Australia crystalline silver specimen. 8.2 grams, 40 x 34 mm. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Australia City/County:

6 x 6" smoky quartz crystals from the Heizer Collection. Location unknown. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

Four Alabama USGS Geological Survey folios. Includes Bessemer 1927; Gasen 1896; Gaffney 1931; Montevallo 1940. This group contains both one of the ver

Ray 1923; Bradshaw 1905 US geologic folios. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City/County: Date:

Written by Howard C. Gardiner. This book includes narrations of journeys and letters from San Francisco and goldfields of the Sierra Nevada. The Calif

Lot of 6. 1) To California By Covered Wagon by George Rippey Stewart; 1954. 2) Landmarks of American History (The California Gold Rush, #7) by May Mc

Six USGS Geologic Folios. Big Trees 1898; Colfax 1900; Mother Lode 1900; Redding 1906; Truckee 1897; Smartsville 1895. The Mother Lode Special is on

Lot of 8. 1) Gold Districts of California by William B. Clark. 2) Gold: The California Story by Mary Hill. 3) Tintypes in Gold; Four studies in Robber

Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bonanza Mining District, Colorado. by W. S. Burbank and C.W. Henderson, USGS Professional Paper 169, published 1932. 1

US Geological Survey, Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado, by Samuel Franklin Emmons, published 1886. 770 pages including index. Reboun

Telluride 1899; Tenmile 1898 USGS geologic folios. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City/County: Telluride Date:

Anthracite 1994; Apishapa 1912; Castle Rock 1915; Colorado Springs 1916; Engineer Mtn 1910; LaPlata 1899; Needle Mtns 1905; Napista 1906; Ouray 1907;

Nampa and Silver City Idaho USGS geologic folios both 1904. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Idaho City/County: Date:

Silver City USGS Geologic Folio 1904 in library protective binding. another choice western mining folio. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State:

Colgate 1901; Winslow 1907 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

Carlisle 1923; Colchester 1919; Ditney 1902; Danville 1900; Galena 1916; Gillespie 1926; Murphysboro 1912; New Athens 1921; Patoka 1904; Tallula 1913;

Belleville 1915; Colchester 1919; Danville 1900; Ditney 1902; Galena 1916; Gillespie 1926; Murphysboro 1912; New Athens 1921; Tallula 1913; Provena

Cottonwood 1904; Independence 1908; Joplin 1907; Leavenworth 1917; Syracuse 1920 plus dupe. This group reflects the lead-zinc deposits as well as coal

London 1898 plus dupe; Richmond 1898 -three copies. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Kentucky City/County: Date:

Choptank 1912; Nomini 1896; Patuxent 1907; Paw Paw 1912; Piedmont 1896; St Marys 1906; Tolchester 1917 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State:

Great Lakes area copper and iron deposits. Herman1919; Menominee 1900 with dupw. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

Ann Arbor 1908; Herman 1919; Lancaster 1907; Menominee 1900; Milwaukee 1906; Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

Butte Special 1897; Fort Benton 1899; Little Belt 1899; Livingston 1894; Phillipsburg 1915; Three Forks 1896 Provenance: Country (if not USA): St

Little Belt 1899; Three forks 1896; Phillipsburg 1915; Livingston 1894; Fort Benton 1899. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City/

Camp Clark 1903; Scotts Bluff 1903 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Nebraska City/County: Date:

Elk Point 1908; Scotts Bluff 1903; Camp Clarke 1903 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Nebraska City/County: Date:

Geology of the Eureka District, Nevada, including an Atlas, by Arnold Hague, Department of the Interior Monographs of the United States Geological Sur

USGS Geology of the Comstock Lode and the Washoe District with Atlas by George F. Becker, published in 1882, 422 pages including index. Includes some

Three USGS Geologic folios: Elkton 1920; Raritan 1914; Franklin Furnace 1908. The latter is exceptionally important for the early Zinc mines. Provena

Franklin Furnace 1908; Raritan 1914 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: New Jersey City/County: Date:

USGS Professional Paper 68, The Ore Deposits of New Mexico, by Waldemar Lindgren, Louis C. Graton, and Charles H. Gordon, published 1910, 361 pages in

Holyoke 1898; Patuxent 1907; Rockland 1908; WAtkins Glen 1909 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

Cranberry 1903; Greenville 1905; Knoxville 1895; Nantahala 1907; Pisgah 1907 plus dupe; Roan Mtn 1907; Provenance: Country (if not USA): State:

Cassselton-FArgo 1905; Jamestown 1909; Bismarck 1912 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: North Dakota City/County: Date:

Bismarck 1912; Casselton 1905; Jamestown 1909 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: North Dakota City/County: Date:

Coos Bay 1901; Port Orford 1903; Riddle 1924; Roseburg 1898. The riddle piece illustrates the importance of nickle as a metal to the US Government in

Group of 18 of the 27 issued folios for Pennsylvania, including edge folios. Dates from c1902-c1930. Includes:Accident 1908; Amity 1907; Barnesboto 1

Accident 1908; Barnesboro 1913; Elders 1905; Elkland 1903; Foxburg 1911; Gaines 1903; Indiana 1904; Johnstown 1910; Latrobe 1904; Mercersburg 1909; Ru

Economic Resources of the Northern Black Hills by J.D. Irving with contributions by S.F. Emmons and T.A. Jaggar, Jr. 1904, 222 pages including index.

Aberdeen 1909; Alexandria 1903; Desmet 1904; Edgemont 1904; Huron 1904; Mitchell 1903 plus dupe; Orlichs 1902; Olivette 1903; Parker 1904; Provenanc

Aberdeen 1909; Alexandria 1903; Belle Forche 1909; Central Black Hills 1925; De Smet 1904; Edgemont 1904; Elk Point 1908; Huron 1904; Mitchell 1903; N

Fifteen different USGS geologic folios with 2 duplicates. Includes: Briceville 1896 plus dupe; Cleveland 1895; Columbia 1903; Kingston 1894; Loudon 18

Louden 1896; McMinnville 1895 and a dupe; Pikeville 1895; Cleveland 1895; Columbia 1903; Greenville 1905 (no cover); Wartburg 1897 Provenance: Coun

Geology and ore Deposits of the Park City District, Utah, by John Mason Boutwell with contributions by Lester Hood Woolsey, USGS Professional Paper 77

Tintic District USGS folio in Library protective binding. 1900. Choice western mining folio. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Utah City/

Bristol 1899; Franklin 1896; Fredricksburg 1894; Huntington 1900; Monterey 1899; Nomini 1896; Paw Paw 1912; Piedmont 1896; Pocahontas 1896; St Marys 1

Buckhannon 1896; Charleston 1901; Franklin 1896; Huntington 1900; Kenova 1912; Monterey 1899; Pocahontas 1896; Raleigh 1902; Staunton 1894; Tazewell 1

Fredericksburg 1894; Tazewell 1897 plus 2 dupes; Buckhannon 1896; Franklin 1896; Raleigh 1902 Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/Cou

Five Washington Folios, one is a duplicate of he Snoqualamie. This is all four of the USGS Washington Folios. Ellensburg 1903; Mount Stewart 1904; Sno

Five Washington state USGS Geologic folios. Includes: Snoqualamie 1906, Tacoma 1899; Ellensburg 1903 with dupe; Mount Stewart 1904; all are library bo

Two USGS folios: Yellowstone National Park 1896; Absaroka 1899. rare. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Wyoming City/County: Date:

Seven USGS Geologi Folios. Alladin 1905; Bald Mtn 1906; Cloud Peak 1906; Devils Tower 1907; Hartville 1903; Laramie 1910; Newcastle 1904; All library

Bald Mountain 1906; Aladdin 1905; Laramie 1910; Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Wyoming City/County: Date:

Twenty-second Annual Report of the Unite States Geological Survey, Part II -- Ore Deposits, published 1901, 888 pages with bound-in color geologic map

Bessemer AL 1927; Birmingham AL 1910; Ellijay GA 1913; Gadsen 1896 AL; Montevallo AL 1940; Rome GA 1902; Stevenson AL 1895 Provenance: Country (if

Seven USGS folios. Belle Forche SD 1909; Bradshaw AZ 1905; Casselton ND 1905; Deming NM 1917; Raton NM 1922; Tintic Special UT 1900, 2 copies. Prove

This is a collection of items related to the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co., which operated a gold mining and milling operation on the outskirts of Junea

Original government binding of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal with 25 sectional maps and index showing the line fixed by the Tribunal, 1904, Government

Five maps. Original pen and ink Mantanuska Coal Mining & Dev. Co. map, 1908, Chas S. Hubbell, about 20 x 30"; Sketch Map of Mantanuska Co...

Map Sheets 3 to 13 from the International Boundary Survey that was part of the Tribunal. These maps were published later than the first 1904 set publi

Four maps from the files of engineer J.L. McPherson. Blueline of Wrangell recording District, 1911, about 12 x 18"; black ink on linen map of...

By the end of 1935, the Yukon Gold Company no longer had gold operations in the Klondike, but active tin mining in Malaysia. This 8 1/2 x 11 inch rep

Six of the old 1:125,000 series maps, various conditions. Verde, Clifton, Winkleman, Roosevelt, Tucson, Fresnal Provenance: Country (if not USA):