Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More (2025 March)

This lot has two hammerstones. One is 2.5 in the other 2.75 in. in diameter. Hammerstones are one of the earliest tools known to man. Uses included st

American Indian hide scraping stone. It was used to remove hair off of animal pelts. This one measures about 2"x 4" and is in excellent co...

1)Stunning turquoise ring set in shadow box of twisted silver, silver dots and a gold strip! Possibly Lone Mountain aka Blue Jay Mine. Size 7.5. 2)14K

Strange Zuni inlay of naked baby figure on mother of pearl oval--bolo piece. Navajo bolo of turquoise stone mounted in decorative silver with feather.

Silver 1.5x1.5" bolo with inlaid thunderbird design. Silver or copper 1 3/8" round, with central large round turquoise and radiating recta...

A vintage, perhaps as old as c. 1920's, Zuni 18" plus bird mixed stone necklace. The bird is missing 1 piece and a small red stone is missi...

Italian trade bead necklace with 100-year-old Italian trade beads designed by Lakota Native American silversmith artist Armand American Horse. Coral a

A beautifully crafted necklace made by Lakota Native American silversmith artist Armand American Horse. The necklace features a dragonfly pendant shap

Buffalo Nickel squash blossom necklace assemblage of 14 buffalo nickels (c1925-1936- most or all dated). Each nickel is attached to a flat metal part

Both green turquoise and vintage. Silver bracelet with 5 stones, 1.5x2.25x1.75". 13.5" silver ball choker with 1 blue and 6 green turquois...

This bolo was purchased in NM about 50 years ago. The turquoise is 2.25x2.75" and very attractive. It will get noticed! There are 2x .75" ...

2 vintage silver bracelets. 5/8x2x1.75"with 2 small birds, etchings and .3" central turquoise round stone. .75x2.75x2.25" with 7 nice...

A vintage Howlite and silver necklace, possibly Navajo, however the silver beads are not a typical Navajo style. It was purchased in New Mexico over 6

A 30" copper concho waist band, mostly likely from Bisbee, AZ or Chino, NM. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

This peace pipe is 13.5 in. in length and lathe turned. Finished with a tapered end for the pipestone and an oval shape for a mouthpiece. A carry case

This handmade peace pipe measures 21.5 in. in length with a six facetted shape, tapered slightly from end to end. Lightly oiled finish. It has a damag

Carved by James Under Baggage, the bowl piece measures 6"x 3" and depicts a standing buffalo. Stone shows a few minor imperfections. The p...

1899 photo, Salmon jumping in the rapids, by Benj. A Gifford, The Dalles, OR. Native Americans fishing on river edge platforms. Appears to be Columbi

13x10.25" photo of Indians net fishing at Celilo Falls, Oregon. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Ontario City: Celilo Falls Provenance:

13x10.5" portrait photos of Blackfoot Chief Middlecalf. Photo taken in Glacier Park. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenan...

3x 1982 National Geographic Pueblo Pottery. 1933 Mesa Land by Ickes, 1982 Nee Hemish by Sando, Matte Paint Pottery of the Tewa, 1973 Keres and Zuni Pu

Twenty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1900-1901, by J.W. Powell, director.

Twenty-Ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1907-1908, 1916, Government Printing

1953 Indian Tribes of North America by John R Swanton. 726pp with index. 4 foldout maps. Info on tribes of each state and West Indies. Gilt spine. ^ D

1978, 2 volumes 1st edition in slipcase and attractive gilt leather binding. Biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal Chiefs. An essay on

Nov 7, 1874 containing a prominent front page stacked headline, "The Death of Cochise/A Talk with the Apache Chief on his Deathbed/Report from ...

Oct 16, 1873 Illustrated Police News with a dramatic woodcut engraving showing the hanging of Modoc Indian Chief Captain Jack and 3 other Modocs for t

Sept 8, 1886 Knoxville Journal with prominent front page stacked headlines, "Geronimo Gobbled/ The News of His Final Surrender Confirmed",...

May 19, 1875, scarce Wild West newspaper with article on pages 2-4 on the Black Hills gold rush and the conflicts between the miners and Native Ameri

Rare July 9, 1876, stacked headlines. Great Indian Fight!/Gen. Custer Killed! with a 1/2 column of test with a "first report" of the Battl...

September 13, 1876 New York Tribune with front page article on the Custer Massacre. Article is based on an interview with a trapper named Ridgely, a p

This photo of Crow King AKA Kangi Yatapi, is 6.25 in. X 8.25 in. by D.F. Barry on a hardback paper. The backing shows missing corners and pin holes, h

(Lt.) Henry Bullhead was an Indian police officer that arrested and later shot Chief Sitting Bull during his attempted escape. Henry was also shot dur

This cabinet card of Chief Gall of the Sioux fought Custer at the Little Big Horn. Photographed by D.F. Barry. At 4 in. X 6.5 in. One pin hole top ce

This unbound document is to the 44th Congress informing of the Custer defeat at the Little Big Horn from President Grant. A five page account of the b

This unbound document is the first announcement of the deceased from the Battle of the Little Big Horn with the arrival stamp of August 9, 1876 at For

This cut-square signature is of Major General George Crook United States Army; a graduate of West Point class of 1852. A career soldier who fought in

This is a canceled check written by S.D. Sturgis in 1909; a career soldier and a graduate of the famous class of 1846 of which many grads. would later

This is an autograph by W.W. Cooke of the 7th Cavalry. A cut-square 1 in. X 4.5 in. Cooke was with Custer at the Little Big Horn and wrote Custer...

This is a cancelled check written by Winfield Scott Edgerly of the 7th Cavalry, dated 1903. Winfield Scott Edgerly, named after a Revolutionary War co

This unbound general orders #92 dated July, 1866 outlines the formation of the 7th Cavalry with Colonel George Armstrong Custer in Command. 29 pages a

Official Annual Route Card with complete schedule dates for season 1916. Listed as Military Pageant "Preparedness." Reverse side indicates...

This CDV of Buffalo Bill Cody was made by the Theatrical Photography Co. The image depicts Buffalo Bill in his younger years. The framed CDV is 4 in.

Rare early, Oct 23, 1886 Flagstaff, Arizona Territory newspaper devoted in much of its reporting and ads to coverage of the Arizona Territory Livestoc

Rare original Nov 24, 1881 Tombstone Daily Nugget containing prominent inside page stacked Headlines, "The Earps' Examination, Twentieth Da...

Sept 1, 1900 Denver Examiner. 2 front page headlines-Union Pacific Train Held up and Details of Daring train Robbery with 2 columns of text with news

July-August, 1902, 7 issues containing banner headlines with local coverage of the escape of Wild West outlaw Harry Tracy from the Oregon Penitentiary

Nov 9, 1889, rare Indian Territory newspaper from where is present day Oklahoma, containing an inside page heading, "To Be Hanged" with ne...

Sept 17, 1891 Territorial Topic and rare blank back broadside supplement, 9x6" containing prominent stacked headlines, "Let'er Pop/Ano...

March 1,1908 Sioux City Journal with front page stacked headline: Noted Gun Fighter Slain/Rancher Kills Pat Garrett/In New Mexico with a long detailed

June 23, 1894 sensationalistic scandal tabloid containing a prominent front page headline, " Outlaw Bill Dalton Slain and an inside page 9x7&qu...

13 issues dated between August 24 and Sept 7, 1883 with front page stacked headlines and long detailed coverage of the trial of Frank James at Gallati

1910 First State Bank letterhead sent to Frank James, Fletcher, OK. Letter is about a certificate of breeding for his pig. Letter 5.5x8.25". 19...

1908 Fletcher, Okla receipt for $26.16 from Frank James signed by H A Pullady on lined paper with center vertical crease, 5.5x2.5". 1875 Americ...

April 15, 1881 with a full page woodcut engraving captioned, "Missouri-the house at St. Joseph, in which the notorious desperado, Jesse James, ...

Helen, MT, April 21, 1892.Prominent inside page stacked headlines such as, Wyoming in an Uproar/Great Excitement... Over the Captured Stockmen/...An A

Tom Mix Circus and Wild West Show Original Framed Broadside c1935-38 for show in Astoria at Mills Crossing on May 13th. Tom Mix was a Hollywood star a

A small library of four books pertaining to cowboys and outlaws. 1)The Log of a Cowboy, Andy Adams, 1903. A Narrative of the Old Trail Days. 387 pp. 5

A library of six Western stories: "The California Dons." Edna Due Pree Nelson. 1962. First Edition. The story of the dons, the early Spani...

(2) "The Westerners Brand Books" 1944, 1945-46. "Being a collection of the original papers presented at the meetings of the Westerner...

c. 1960's Helena Stampede "Official" hand made vest. Black felt with sewn on gold fringes and bucking bronc on back. 19x21". ^ Da...

This is a loan document signed by William Ellery, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and a signer of the Declaration of Indep

Jan 4, 1800, 4 black bordered pages with 2 inside pages with long detailed news of the death of George Washington and his funeral. On the evening of D

A collection of twelve cartes de visite of United States presidents and first ladies, produced c. 1860s. Seven of the CDVs are photographs taken of en

Edwards Pierrepont (1817-1892) served as Abraham Lincoln's personal advisor before and after Lincoln was elected president. He was appointed by...

Thomas A. Scott (1824-1881) was Lincoln's Assistant Secretary of War. He later became a railroad baron. This handwritten letter dated September ...

Two of Abraham Lincoln's Treasury Department Secretaries communicate about a revenue collector. Two page 8 x 10 inch letter on Treasury Departme...

Autographed letter signed by Salmon P. Chase, March 20, 1866 while he was Chief justice of the US Supreme Court. Chase was secretary of the treasury u

Sheet music bound volume. These are songs (About 40) from the 19th century, with very beautiful engravings on the cover pages. While the name of Cadiz

President William McKinley signed postmaster appointment document. Dated September 18, 1897. this 17"x 22" document appoints Rosewell Edgc...

A collection of 47 stereoviews of the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, c1896-1904. The stereoviews range from pre-presidency in

This is a Western Union Telegram that at first glance, appears to have been signed by future president James A. Garfield. A closer look reveals that i

President John F. Kennedy 's secretary was Evelyn Lincoln. This is her shorthand book she had with her for the 12 years she was his secretary. I...

Western Union representation telegram to Watkins M Abbitt as a member of House of Representatives for the JFK funeral. Sent by John W McCormack US Hou

Ticket in for the JFK funeral mass at St. Matthews Cathedral, ticket for personal friends. 3.75x2.5". Red mark under left. ^ Date: Country(if...

Richard M. Nixon hate propaganda printed by a Japanese faction. During his vice presidency and as president Nixon ran hot and cold with his relationsh

1.75x3.75"George Dallas cut square autograph on blue backing paper. Dated 30 March 1835. "George Mifflin Dallas was an American politician...

An autograph cut signed by Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885). Hendricks was a lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 t

2.25x4.25" Henry Wilson cut square autograph. He was a Senator from Massachusetts, one of the founders of the Republican party, Vice President ...

2.25x5" Levi P Morton Respectfully Yours/Levi P. Morton autographed cut square. "Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 - May 16, 1920) was the...

An autograph cut signed by Charles Curtis (1860-1936) who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoove

An autograph by Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965), who served as the 33rd vice president of the United States, from 1941 to 1945, under President Franklin

2.5x4" Rose Elizabeth Cleveland autographed card. She was the surrogate First Lady as the youngest sister of Grover Cleveland, one of only 2 ba...

1x5.25" cut square autograph of Edith Bolling Wilson. She was the wife of 28th President Woodrow Wilson, in office from 1913-21. ^ Date: Coun...

3x5.25" card with Grace Coolidge/April 10, 1950 autograph. "Grace Anna Coolidge was the wife of the 30th president of the United States, C...

1935 3.5x6" franked Mary Lord Harrison cover. "Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901) was an American politician who served ...

A Gettysburg National Military Park, Penn., historical pamphlet signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower. She was first lady of the United States from 1953 to

Typed letter signed, "Nancy Reagan," on The White House letterhead. One page, 6.25" x 9.5". Washington. August 8, 1985. Reagan w...

1879 Edward A Burke signed check. "Edward Austin Burke or Burk (September 13, 1839 -September 24, 1928), was the Democratic State Treasurer of ...

An autograph cut signed "T. W. Ferry Michigan May 1875" (Thomas White Ferry - 1827-1896), who was a U.S. Representative, Senator and act...

This not is signed by Benjamin Franklin Potts Governor of the Montana Territory in 1874. Potts was a Colonel in the Union Army and assigned to Montana

2 volumes, 1900 Report Relative to the right and title of William Clark to a seat as Senator from the state of Montana, by C B Nolan. ^ Date: Countr

Nevada Governor Robert List Inaugural Ball Invitation, 1979. Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stewart, State Capitol, Carson City. Envelope and in

Three admission tickets for the 1932 National Conventions: Republican National Convention Chicago July 14th, third day only; green with Washington vig

early French documents include a possibly Corsican letter dated 1648, regarding succession, a handwritten, with two revenue stamps on back signed by B

This appears to be an arrest warrant, issued on behalf of the Du Conseil D'Estat on behalf of King Louis XV. The Conseil D'Stat is a gover...

This appears to be a document or letter handwritten and signed by King Louis XVI in 1790. I say letter, because it's folded and addressed.. It...

Consists of 34 royal bulletins and two indexes courtesy of the King and later, Emperor Napoleon. It would really help to know how to read French. but

A mandate by the archdiocese celebrating Jubilee of 1826, signed by the Archbishop on the reverse. Gives precise details of the procession and ceremon

Includes 11 handwritten and printed documents in years three to the eleventh year of the French Republic. It includes a hand written letter in year th