October 2017 Premier Auction

Scare 24 page pamphlet on how the beer is brewed at Kessler Brewery which was established in 1865. There is writing in ink on page 1. City:

3.5" x 6" trade card for The Bain Mountain Wagon. Stamped by BLACKFOOT CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY next to an image of the wooden wagon. Sta...

Lot of two. 1) State Anti-Saloon League pictorial letterhead, dateline Los Angeles, 1908. 2) Board of Trade Saloon, Joplin, Montana, 1914, letterhead.

80+ pieces. Binder full of letterheads and correspondence to the city government of Miles City, Montana, as well as other Mile City documents. c1906-1

Rare early baseball document. Annual report of corporation for the Missoula Baseball Club, dated January 19th, 1915. Signed by HB Campbell as presiden

Framed appointment of Joseph M Dixon as an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1902 and 1904 Dixon won congressional

Illustrated lettersheet for Brown Shoe Company, datelined Basin, Wyoming, Aug. 3, 1936. Sent to Ft. Peck Mercantile Co. in Poplar, MT. Letter is about

Brass fob commemorating the Championship fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons in Shelby Montana, July 4, 1923. 32mm, uniface. Dempsey won a un

4 paper documents. Territory of Montana receipt for a claim on Rasa Clark? Lode , c. 1860. Elling State Bank receipt, and balance due sheet, and ano

1) Virginia City & Red Bluff Stage Company. September 25, 1891. Extra baggage for William Hedge of Norris to Wash Bar! Eleven express items were...

Lot of 25. Includes: earliest is 1865 juror slip; three 1867 slips for services as juror; a group of 14 druggist receipts from 4 different druggists

This is an unused 186- Holladay Overland Mail & Express Company receipt. City: Virginia City State: Montana Date: 186- ...

1902 illustrated letterhead and cover from Fish Bros. Wagon Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) to S.R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. Letter is in...

1899 letter and cover from the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) sent to S.R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. Re: order...

Advertising broadside booklet and cover for the Commonwealth Carriage Co., St. Louis, Missouri, mailed to S.R. Buford in Virginia City, Montana in 190

Two cute little leather advertising pieces in the shape of cowboy boots. One for Diamond Dan's Saloon in White Sulphur Springs. The other for Do...

Ex. historical society (deaccessioned) bound copy of this important illustrated work published by Frank T. Gilbert, Historic Publishing Company, Publi

Carnegie Library copy of the Constitution of the State of Montana, as Adopted by the Constitutional Convention Held at Helena, Montana July 4 1889. Pu

Montana Fish And Game Laws Booklet, 1931-1932. Perfect for the hunting and fishing license collector. City: State: Montana Date

Lot of 33 billheads/letterheads from various small towns in Montana. Many are mining related. An instant town collection! Includes: Dailey & Ter...

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

10 licenses include store license, board of health, food distributor, building permit, cigarette license etc. c 1950 to 1975. City: S

Montana State Boiler Inspector's Certificate dated 1926. Montana Traction Engineer's License dated 1927. Nice tractor image. Both have som...

Vigilantes of Montana or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains by Prof. Thos. J. Dismdale. Mackinaws Down the Missouri by Glen Barrett. Cit

Approx 30 vintage 8" x 10" black and white small town photos. Includes photos of a hotel, church, saloon and more. Photos were taken by ...

4 different 3" x 6" Montana coppers. Greeting from Montana, A BUCK is all I can send you now, A load of Copper greetings from Butte, Mont...

These items are made from very thin copper pressed to paperlike thickness. KGIR radio dated 1936. 2x EVERLASTING COPPER from ANACONDA/ Home of the

4 pink working cards, local 175. Savings passbook The First National Bank of Dillon Montana, 1963-7967. Due book United Brotherhood of Carpenters an

Approx 75 8" x 10" black and white Montana photos. Photos include mostly old mining and ghost towns. Photos were taken by Montana author ...

Copper City Radio Club, Butte MT. cloth patch. 5 stapled Gordon's Jewelry receipts c. 1938. Stove Catalog from Butte Stove Repair Company, Bu...

Lot of five different. Includes: copper, 5.75", mining scene on bowl and handle; patriotic handle and (gold-plated?) small Montana seal, 6"...

Includes 10 postal receipts/ working cards. Approx 100 letters from State of Montana Attorney General, State Forester, House of Representatives, gub

Approx 30 Montana Labor News cancelled checks c. 1940, approx 30 receipts from Bessette Printing Company to Montana Labor News c. 1940. Approx 30 var

1876-1976 Homestake Centennial Booklet, 96 pages and lots of photos. Old mining deeds, mining receipts, Santa Fe-The Lee Ranch Mine booklet, self gui

Old Montana checks including Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, The Thomas Cruse Savings Bank, State Savings Bank, c. 1899-1904 plus other...

Lot of 6. Includes: three 1870 Hershfield checks out of Helena w/ adhesive revenue stamps; one illustrated draft for S.R. Buford, Virginia City, 1888;

Lot of 20+. Early 1900s covers, many with contents (billheads and letterheads) either from Montana or addressed to businesses in Montana. Includes pie

Includes: stub for 1883 license; two unidentified mounted photographs (school and large wagon); small cloth bag for Montana Mercantile Co. (Dillon); w

Lot of 3. Two are pointed-badge design (approx. 1" wide) and one is shield design with 3-7-77 (1" x 3/4"). City: Stat...

Lot of 3. 1) 1895 letter from E.E. Keller datelined Ennis, Montana to S.R. Buford regarding cattle & lumber. W/ envelope (no stamps or cancels)....

Includes C. D. Edwards Manufacturing Company road building catalog with pasted in cartoon drawings of "Alec and A'l". Pamphlet, A Tri...

Lot of 9 illustrated letterheads issued to Montana merchants, c.1880s to 1910. Best is 1906 A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. (Hercules Wire Rope) to M...

Lot of about 15 misc. letterheads issued to Montana merchants, 1906-1916. Best piece is Home Lode Gold Mining Co. (Silver City, SD) to Butte, MT, 1916

Approx 13 old items including receipts from The Tuttle Manufacturing and Supply Company, Montana Electric Co. Thomas P. Fuller Hardware, Official Bon

Collection of approx 30 paper items including various membership cards, letters, insurance policy, placemat from The Placer Hotel Coffee Shop, 1915 P

1) Silver Anniversary Encampment W.R.C., Department of Montana, Billings, April 15, 16, 17, 1909. Yellow cloth, 8" x 2.25". Vignette of ba...

4cm long super cute advertising knife. One side: Dugout Bar / "The Hide-Away" / Galen, Mont. Other side: Swede's Bar / "Sportsmen...

"Main Street, Aurora, Nevada, A Deserted Old Mining Camp." Frasher Foto. Although the town is deserted, on can see a sign for a saloon, th...

Lot of five. Boaters on Lake Mead. RPC. 2) Frasher overview of Boulder City. Definitely a company town as rows and rows of the same type of building s

In 1932 a part-Labrador puppy with a jet black coat and a white blaze on his chest was said to have been born in the crawlspace beneath the first poli