Pike's Peak or Bust! Auction: Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, & More (January 2023)

Lot of 70. Mostly Kansas with a handful of Arkansas material. Not cherry-picked. 1) Arkansas: 7 billheads. Pocahontas, Harrison, Eureka Springs, and J

Lot of five medals: brass tag from the New Eldridge hotel of Lawrence Kansas (#18). Four I.D. tags: W. H. Mills, Damar; J. A. Alman, McPherson; Chas.

Group of collectible advertising pieces from various businesses in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Includes a foldable ruler, a tape measure, a stamp,

Group of collectible metal advertising pieces from businesses in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Includes several bottle openers, a match case, a lett

Certificate of Ownership for Lot No. 360, Section HH at the New Cathedral Cemetery. This cemetery was part of the Catholic Cathedral Church of Baltimo

Folded broadside for 2 runaway slaves and thieves who stole $50 and a large lot of money, dated September 28, 1852. Interesting description of the 2 r

An original framed Proclamation from His Excellency the Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Nathaniel P. Banks for a Day of Thanksgiving ...

10 vintage pinup matchbooks in frame. 7 identified as Joplin. Frame 11x14". Date: Country: State: Missouri City: Joplin Provenance: Gar...

Lot of 250+. Includes a batch of material (incl. a book) for the Union Depot Company. Many are pictorial including color. Earliest pieces are late 187

Official photographic views of 1904 Universal Expo in St. Louis. Fly page is detached. Inside front board has 3 adhered spines for alternate editions-

This document written by William Henry Ashley, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in 1824 gives notice to an appointed Sheriff of Cooper County. The grea

2x A History of the American Fur Trade of the Far West by Chittenden, dustjackets have slight condition issues. The Fur Trade Vols. 1 and 2 by Phillip

R.L. Polk & Co.'s Butte City Directory, 1895. Includes alphabetical and classified indexes of businesses and individuals. Business advertise...

Three volumes of Polk's Helena City Directory for 1941-42, 1944, and 1947. Each volume contains an alphabetical directory of business concerns a...

Bound ledger of a Helena, MT general food and goods store. 1886-87. Merchant accounts were located in Helena(Kuphal & Leopold, Weinstein Bros., ...

3 receipts, 1881, from L M Rumsey Mfg. Co, St. Louis, manufacturer of pumps, fire engines, lead pipe, sheet lead. Sold to Elling, Knight & Co. V...

Nice assortment of Montana books and magazines. Montana Magazine 4 issues, 1956-95. The Bird Tail by McBride. Montana State College Yearbook 1952. Pol

Lot of miscellaneous Montana-related ephemera. Includes advertising prints from Butte and Chinook, advertising ink blotters from Great Falls (4 duplic

Diploma of the Oriental Order of the Palm and Shell given to Lyman Calder of Utica, Nebraska. Dated June 11, 1888. This diploma is written in Hebrew,

Lot of 5 state controller's warrants issued in 1881. Great mining and locomotive vignettes. Issued to 5 different people for services in the sta...

Large diploma certificate for Vera Belle Johnson, who has completed 2 year courses for high school, June 1907. Signed by various school officials incl

This historic Boulder Highway icon had gaming from 1932 until 1956 at 2504 E Fremont St. After that, it concentrated on serving fried chicken. The chi

1) 1881 Esmeralda County Bank. Addressed t Governor Kinkead. 1867 E. B. Rail hardware. Rare Nevada Color Billhead - Red and blue. 3) Munckton & ...

Lot of 11 different. Includes: Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming (1891); JB McCullough druggist, Reno (1905); Pioneer Livery Stables, Yeringto...

2 rare and collectible Nevada plates. Reno Jaycees with Black-Mariah. If you got caught without a bolo tie, you could get taken way in the Black-Maria

Large (16x14") paper assigning Henry C. Banks as a Commissioner of Deeds. Signed by Governor John H. Kinkead and Secretary of State. Banks resi...

Assortment of ephemera from Nevada. Includes an advertising brochure from Harold's Club, four matchbooks from smaller hotels/casinos in Winnemuc...

Nevada license plate number 28237 from 1918. Black lettings on yellow background. 12 x 6 inches. Some scratches but otherwise good condition. Date:

1863 audit of the claim of Leonard W. Ferris. 1864 John McDonald Jr. receipt for pay as member of the House. 1864 letter regarding County Assessor wit

Lot of seven. 1) An 1886 letter from the Secretary of State discussing possible fraud in Belmont! 2) 1864 Territorial letter from the Headquarters Pro

A) Ghosts of the Glory Trail. Intimate glimpses into the past and present of 275 Western Ghost towns by Nell Murbarger. 8th printing, 1983. 291 pages.

2x G H Huppert advertising thermometers, 1 with 1914 calendar with beach scene and a lady. 11.5". Wildwood Crest illustrated sales brochure and...

Thee copies of Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of New Mexico by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman. Maps by Jim Cooper. Published by the University of Oklah

Rare early 20th century W F Mangells Co. Carousell Works illustrated catalog from this Coney Island manufacturer. Features carousel's, engines, ...

8 gold framed c. 1920 Broadway broadsides-Cohan Theatre, Criterion Theatre, The Playhouse, Empire Theatre, Maxine Elliot's Theatre-lower water s...

National Express Company documents listing the officers of said association. These officers include the Director, James C. Fargo (William Fargo'...

Lot of 100+. Two different Cherokee County towns are represented: Tahlequah (the county seat and capital of the Cherokee Nation) and Hulbert. The Cher

Lot of about 130 pieces. Includes billheads, letterheads, and ephemera, most c.1900-1910s, though there are some 1890s pieces. Lumber, druggists, farm

Lot of about 80 pieces. Includes billheads, letterheads, and ephemera, c.1900-1910s. Hardware, lumber, printing, groceries, livery, insurance, real es

Lot of 2. Osage Trading Company, Dealers in General Merchandise and Miners' Supplies, Krebs, Indian Territory. Includes a 1905 full page billhea...

A great find in the Bracken Oklahoma/Indian Territory Collection. This is the only piece with the rare designation of Choctaw Nation. This is a letter

Lot of 5 letterheads from the US Indian Service Agency at Muskogee. Issued 1901 (x2), 1904 (x2), and 1907. Two are letters to South McAlester, two are

Lot of 80+. Muskogee County is located in NE Oklahoma. The county and city were named for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The official spelling of the na

Lot of 80+. Billheads, letterheads, and receipts, most from c.1900-1915, with a handful pre-1900 pieces. Mostly Oklahoma City, but also surrounding to

Lot of about 75 pieces. Includes billheads, letterheads, and ephemera, c.1900-1910s. Towns include: Hartshorne, Haileyville, Indianola, Quinton, Canad

Lot of 50+. Includes letterheads, billheads, and ephemera incl. a portrait, c.1900-1960s. Ponca City, in Kay County, Oklahoma, was created in 1893 as

Lot of about 75 pieces. Includes letterheads, billheads, and receipts, most issued c.1900-1915. Businesses such as: furniture, book store, undertakers

Typed letter on pictorial letterhead for the Poinsett Hotel in Greenville, South Carolina, 1926. Personal reply message to Mr. Abenheim: "It wa...

Lot of 4 pieces. Two letters written on Western Mail and Stage Company letterhead. 1) Letter and cover sent from Chickasha, IT, 1893. Message is to LP

Rare booklet from the Government Printing Office in Washington, 1895. Signed on the top by JJ McAlester, namesake of McAlester, OK, a coal miner, Indi