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

Rough variscite - small-medium pieces, almost all uncut. Pieces range in color from pale green to deep green; see photos. Approximate weight 3.2 pound

Rough turquoise - cut pieces with flat faces, some treated, some untreated. Mostly medium greens/blues. Approximate weight 8.0 pounds. Pieces range fr

Rough turquoise - small-medium cut pieces with flat faces, some treated, some untreated. Various textures. All light blue, some with a greenish cast.

Rough turquoise - medium-size cut pieces. Hand selected for color; lot contains some beautiful medium and light blues (check photos -- these colors ar

Rough spiderweb turquoise - small pieces, mostly uncut, untreated. Some oxidization, spiderweb matrix pattern. Pale blue in color. Approximate weight

Grab bag of low-grade rough turquoise, generally medium blue in color. Mostly untreated, some treated. Approximate weight 10.6 pounds. Pieces range fr

Grab bag of low-grade rough turquoise, mostly medium blue in color. Mix of treated and untreated pieces. Approximate weight 10.2 pounds. Pieces range

Grab bag of low-grade rough turquoise, mostly medium blue in color. Mix of cut and uncut pieces. Mostly treated. Approximate weight 14.2 pounds. Piece

Grab bag of low-grade rough turquoise, mostly medium blue in color, some lighter. Large pieces. Mix of cut and uncut. Mostly treated. Approximate weig

Rough turquoise - small, round nuggets, untreated. Lot includes both pale green and pale blue pieces. Approximate weight 2.4 ounces. Pieces in the lot

Rough turquoise - stream cobbles, mostly untreated. Cobbles are light green in color with some oxidization. Approximate weight 3.4 pounds. Pieces rang

Rough turquoise - large pieces, mix of cut and uncut, mid-dark blues and a few greens. Mostly treated. Approximate weight 16.6 pounds. Pieces range fr

Rough turquoise - large pieces, mix of cut and uncut, medium blue-green color. Some treated, some untreated. Approximate weight 16.2 pounds. Pieces ra

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized pieces, untreated. Light blues and greens. Approximate weight 11.2 pounds. Pieces in the lot range from around

Rough turquoise - huge oxidized nuggets, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 23.6 pounds. Pieces range from around 2.5" to 8"...

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 15.2 pounds. Pieces range from around .5" to ...

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets and other pieces, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 12.8 pounds. Pieces range from arou

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets and other pieces, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 15.8 pounds. Pieces range from arou

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 19.2 pounds. Pieces range from around .5" to ...

Rough turquoise - large oxidized nuggets, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 13.2 pounds. Pieces range from around 1.75" to 5&quo...

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 15.6 pounds. Pieces range from a

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 16.0 pounds. Pieces range from a

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 18.8 pounds. Pieces range from a

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 15.6 pounds. Pieces range from a

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets and other pieces, light green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 19.4 pounds. Pieces range from arou

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 15.0 pounds. Pieces in the lot r

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 19.6 pounds. Pieces in the lot r

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 18.0 pounds. Pieces in the lot r

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 22.6 pounds. Pieces in the lot r

Rough turquoise - small-medium nuggets, some oxidized, soft blue color with some spiderweb. Mostly untreated. Approximate weight 12.2 pounds. Pieces i

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, mostly pale green with some pale blue pieces. Mostly untreated. A few pieces have been cut, but the m

Rough turquoise - treated, lower quality. Approximate weight 4.8 pounds. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered one of the top

Rough turquoise - oxidized nuggets, both small and large, untreated. Light blue with a green cast. Approximate weight 12.6 pounds. Pieces in the lot r

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 12.8 pounds. Pieces range from a

Rough turquoise - large oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 11.0 pounds. Pieces range from around 1

Rough turquoise - large oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 11.0 pounds. Pieces range from around .

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets and chunks, pale green color. Untreated. Approximate weight 14.2 pounds. Pieces range from around .5...

Rough turquoise - small-medium oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 17.2 pounds. Pieces in the lot r

Rough turquoise - large oxidized nuggets, light green color with some spiderweb. Untreated. Approximate weight 11.8 pounds. Pieces range from around 1

Rough turquoise - medium-size oxidized nuggets, exteriors mostly pale green with some pale blue pieces. Uncut, but they likely have baby blue interior

Rough turquoise - small-medium nuggets, excellent light blue color. Mix of treated/untreated. Approximate weight 1.4 pounds. Pieces range from around

Rough turquoise - medium-large oxidized nuggets, medium to light green in color. Mostly treated. Approximate weight 7.2 pounds. Pieces range from arou

Rough turquoise - large, oxidized nuggets, green-blue color. Untreated. Approximate weight 9.6 pounds. Pieces range from around 3" to 5" i...

Rough turquoise - large, oxidized nuggets, green-blue color. Untreated. Approximate weight 12.2 pounds. Pieces range from around 2.25" to 5.5&q...

A pair of antique bags, likely dating c.1910s-1930s, from the Iron Mule Mining Company and Riverside Portland Cement Company. Date is estimated based

Nevada county-1913, 694 mines, 29x24". El Dorado county-1938, 647 claims, 24x18". Tuolumne county-1899, 304 mines, 17x25". Inyo count...

3pp double fold undated Combination Mining & Milling illustrated prospectus with verso claim map. Also, cover and stock subscription form. ^ Dat...

1871 Wells Fargo & Co. check with imprinted Good Only For Bank stamp. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Idaho City: Silver City Provenan...

Red covered 70 page illustrated catalog from the Montana Electric Company of 53 E. Broadway, Butte, Montana, September 1911. Would have been heavily u

1892 Granite Mountain Mining receipt and 2 billheads. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Granite Provenance:

c. 1900 Chessman & Davis, Helena area, placer gold mining property map by A S Hovey showing various mining claims. Ink on linen, 15x17.5". ...

6x c. 1912 Montana boiler operator licenses, probably for Montana mines. Tears, chips, stains. Please inspect. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State:

Map of Ten Mile Creek, probably in Montana. Scale 200ft=1". Plots for NY Sindicate, Anton Brass, T C Power etc. 21x23". ^ Date: Country(...

About 40 western mining checks, 1890's to 1923. Wallace, ID, Butte, Butte City, Great Falls and Helena, MT etc. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): ...

A collection of correspondence and ephemera related to the Bullfrog Mine near Rhyolite, Nevada, dating between 1900 and 1910. This collection includes

A collection of correspondence related to the Mary Mine of Silver Peak, Nevada, dating from 1892 to 1914. The collection contains eleven letters, most

A collection of correspondence related to Six Mile Canyon/Butter's Mill near Virginia City, Nevada, dating from 1913. Butter's Mill was a cy...

4 1876-78 receipts for miners pay, 1 from J G Fair. 1 assay receipt for ore from Savage assayed at the Gould & Curry assay office. The Savage wa...

4 1878 checks signed by D L Bliss, the Lake Tahoe lumber magnate and namesake of D L Bliss State Park in CA. 1 made out to Virginia & Truckee RR...

1863 Virginia with adhesive RN stamp. Unissued 1860's White & Murphy Gold and Silver Mining. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Nevad...

1919 Cons. Alaskan Co. letterhead from their manager regarding the annual report with cover. 1903 Shafter MC, Virginia City, MT letterhead and cover t

20 copies of 1902 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1902 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1902 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1902-03 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and usin

20 copies of 1903 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1903 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1903 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1903 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

20 copies of 1903 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

26 copies of 1902 Mining and Scientific Press. Great ads and illustrations of mining equipment and more which are suitable for cutting out and using a

Elegant money clip designed by Cartwheels, with a 1990 U. S. Silver Eagle beautifully gold plated. The exclusive LensCoteô coin protection loc...

Collection of 47 foreign coins, and 9 pieces of foreign currency. Paper money from Taiwan, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Chihuahua, Mexico. Coins from Mexic

Two pieces of rare scrip from the American Revolving Finance Company of San Jose. One piece issued to S. C. George Sr. September 2, 1938. Another uni

Issued November 1, 1933. Vg-Fine condition. 157 mm x 69 mm. Made by the Columbian Bank Note Company. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Mich

IOOF 1898 and 1892 facsimile currency. Cover and letter from IOOF regarding a hearing for a brother for bad conduct. ^ Date: Country(if not USA):

1974 Nevada Sixteen National Banks and Their Mining Camps by Warns. This is an important Nevada bank currency reference, 390pp. ^ Date: Country(if

8 1870's-1907 Carson City checks to go with your Carson City coin collection! Also 1877 Virginia City bank related letter. ^ Date: Country(if ...

Three pieces of scrip from the Great Depression. $1, $2 & $5 Tax Anticipation Certificates from the City of Gastonia North Carolina. Payable wit...

Miscellaneous foreign medals: 1) Freedom For All Mankind, Anti-Communist league (Chinese); 2) 1999 Himanshu Weds Kusum medal; 3) 2005 Cathedral of Not

Three mysterious medals: 1) D (railroad locomotive) R; Wm, rect., 32 x 11 mm. 2) Rectangular white metal with three markings; 49 x 13 mm. 3) Obv.: Mon

Miscellaneous medal collection, 25 pieces. First Day Cover with Paul Revere medal; 1976 Bicentennial John Adams medal, in original packaging. Preside

Lot of four sports medals: 1) 12th Tournament of Champions Desert Inn 1964; 2) 1998 NFL Official Collectors Edition Rich Uncle Pennybags; 3) Caliente

Miscellaneous lot: Southern Pacific Railroad belt buckle; Railfair Sacramento 1981; pop out Lady Liberty Bicentennial half dollar; Pope Pius pinback m

One hundred Good For 10c In Trade; Al., hexagonal, 25 mm. Obv.: K. B. C. / A. O. M. / Complex; Rev.: Good For / 10c / In Trade. The world's lar...

Ten aluminum tokens from the Kanto Base Command Airmen's Open Mess in Japan. All are hexagonal and have K. B. C. / A. O. M. / Complex on obverse...

Two certified high grade Bisbee tokens: 1) NGC certified AU 55 BN & AU 58: E.B. WALLACE / MAIN ST. / BREWERY GULCH / BISBEE, ARIZ. // GOOD FOR /...

NGC certified MS 65: NEW MODERN DAIRY / GLOBE, ARIZONA // 1 QUART / A-PAST. MILK (heart cutout); Br., Pentagonal, 25 mm. ^ Date: Country(if not USA

Two NGC certified MS 63 tokens from Phoenix: 1) MS 63: CARNATION / PHOENIX / CO. // GOOD / HOMO / 1 QT.; Br. rd., 18 mm. 2) MS 63: B.R. SANCHEZ // GO

Two high grade Phoenix tokens: 1) NGC 64 PL: CARNATION / PHOENIX / CO. // GOOD / GRADE A / 1 QT.; Br., octagonal, 18 mm. 2) NGC MS 64: B.R. SANCHEZ

Lot of two certified high grade tokens: 1) NGC MS 64: MOORE & HOLLEN / NOVELTIES / BAKERSFIELD / CALIF. / L.A. RUB. STP. CO. // 10¢. 2) NG...

Can you tell the difference? Grading seminar material: three tokens graded by NGC: MS 62, MS 63 and MS 64. MOORE & HOLLEN / NOVELTIES / BAKERSFI...

Three NCS certified Genuine tokens: TRADE AT / SHAPIRO'S / DEPT. STORE / 19TH & K STS. / BAKERSFIELD / L.A. RUB. STP. CO. // GOOD FOR / 5
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Grading seminar: you tell the difference! Lot of three tokens NGC graded MS 63, MS 64 & MS 65: SOUTHERN / HOTEL / W.F. RAU / PROP. / BAKERSFIELD...

High grade Bakersfield token! NGC graded MS 65: SOUTHERN / HOTEL / W.F. RAU / PROP. / BAKERSFIELD // GOOD FOR / 5¢ / IN TRADE; Br., rd., 21 mm....

Group of six tokens: four round, two octagonal; two are holed. All say: Jackson School Lunch Room both sides. Brass and 28 mm. ^ Date: Country(if n

Grading quiz: can you tell the difference? These three tokens were graded by NGC: MS 62, MS 63 and MS 64. You can use these as a grading lesson. Two a

NCS certified Genuine: FIOR D'ITALIA / SALOON / 1230 GRANT AVE. // GOOD FOR / 5¢ / DRINK; Br., rd., 21 mm. A North Beach institution for o...

Lot of twelve tokens from the Chinese community in Stockton, California. Page 128 of Jerry Schimmel's "Chinese American Tokens from the Pa...

Lot of six round aluminum Anillo restrike tokens (all uniface): Springville / Melody Hill / Calif. 24 mm; N. T. Billiard Hall / J. A. Phillips / Holtv