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

Aluminum, round, uniface Anillo restrike tokens: Oasis Club; Indio (5: three different sizes); Porterville, Mecca Calif. (2 different); Greater Mojave

Lot of three: Salida Masonic penny; Ouray Masonic penny (1888); Roswell Social Club / Good For 5c In Trade (uniface). ^ Date: Country(if not USA):

Rare Colorado token. Cardboard good for passage ticket, 2 3/4 inches square, light green. Obv.: Storer & Co.'s Burro Line / Good For Passage...

NGC certified AU 55: A. MILLER / COTTAGE / SALOON / HUNTINGTON, IND. // GOOD FOR / 5¢ / AT BAR; Br., rd., 26 mm. ^ Date: Country(if not USA)...

Lot of two tokens: 1) PHIL. ANDERSON'S BOOK STORE / 422-424 / MAIN ST. / NEWTON / KANSAS // GOOD FOR / ONE / 5¢ / CIGAR; Br., Sq., 25 mm. ...

2 different Virginia City Hotel paper tokens. c. 1916-17. One is GF 21 meals. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Virginia City Pr

Three tokens graded NGC AU 50: PEPITA'S / SALOON / CAMDEN, N. J. // 5; Al., rd., 25 mm. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: New Jersey City...

High grade tokens! Lot of two NGC graded vulcanized rubber tokens: 1) NGC MS 65: Adams Dry Goods Company / Soda // 5; red, 32 mm. 2) NGC MS 64: Adams

NGC certified MS 67: C. WIEDE / & / SON / WIEDEVILLE, / TEXAS. // GOOD FOR / $1.00 / IN TRADE; Al., hexagonal, 26 mm. ^ Date: Country(if not...

Can you tell the difference? NGC has graded these three tokens MS 64, MS 65 & MS 66. Host a grading seminar with these! C. WIEDE / & / SON ...

Circa 1880s, listed in 1886 Bradstreet directory as Joseph Gardner Saloon. GOOD FOR / 5c / J. S. / GARDNER / IN / TRADE // The / J. M. Brunswick / And

FISHER'S / CAMP // GOOD FOR / 10¢ / IN TRADE; Al., rd., 25 mm. From tokencatalog.com: TC-608638 Also attributed to Athelstane, Wisconsin....

Lot of seven brass dog tags: 1921 Emporia Kansas; 1924 Witchita; 1935 Witchita; 1937 Arkansas City; 1943 Witchita; 1951 Great Bend; 1961 Caney, Kan

Group of 17 postcards depicting views from Catalina Island and a few Southern California beaches. Some interesting images from the lot include Catalin

Certified Billie Burke (the Good Witch from the Wizard of Oz) clipped autograph, 1.5x4". 8x10" photos: signed Junette Davis, Tom Mix, Mask...

Lot of 50. Included are 23 printed & signed B&W studio portraits of movie stars including Clark Gable, Fay Wray, Carol Lombard, George Raft,...

Rare, 1916 Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Final Report. 1st edition with maps, drawings and photos. 332 pp with index. Boards have wear, so

Lot of 1 RARE Collector Plate, 1911 calendar motif with roses. Young and Gray, San Jacinto, CAL advertising. Reverse: K.T.A.K. Semi-Vitreous Porcela

A copy of 'Californian Indian Characteristics' by anthropologist Stephen Powers. The book was initially written by Powers in 1875; this copy...

1855 California assemblyman per diem controller warrant for $72? ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: California City: Provenance:

1873 and 1900 Colorado checks with imprinted RN G and RN X. 1909 Telluride check w/o stamp. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Colorado City:

About 40 pieces of New Haven & Derby Railroad history, c1887-92. The lot includes; waybills, invoices, accounts payable, stockholder list, lette...

Three vintage Hawaiian checks and a World War Two postal cover. The cover is addressed to Miss Rosalind Russell / Columbia Studio / Hollywood, postmar

About 20 Chicago checks, 1885-1923. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Illinois City: Chicago Provenance:

Wholesale liquor advertising a notice from the Internal Revenue, listing special tax rates that commence on July 1, 1904 to June 30, 1905. Included ar

7 Maryland checks with imprinted RN's, 1880-1907. RN G, RN X. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Maryland City: Provenance:

Boston, Massachusetts guide, service maps and postcards (17): 1) Boston Map Guide, published by Boston & Albany R.R., 1920. Shows historical, ci...

Two pieces of Joplin Missouri artifacts: Cook's Motor Service metal plate reminding the customer when to change oil, check the water and battery...

6x 10.5x5.25 B E Calkins paper bag samples and 3 price lists. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Butte Provenance:

About 50 Butte checks, 1892-1903. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Butte Provenance:

25 Great Falls and Pony checks, 1888-1913. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Great Falls/Pony Provenance:

About 50 Helena checks, 1878-1912. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena Provenance:

9 Montana Territory checks, 1874-89. Helena. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena Provenance:

5x 1884-85 tax receipts, 1877 Virginia City tax receipts and 1 cover. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Provenance:

Best in the world/Metropole Whiskey/Goodkind Bros. Helena, Mont. 2x7.75". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Montana City: Helena Prove...

Assorted ephemera related to Virginia City mercantile dealer, stage operator and businessman, S R Buford. 2x covers, 4 1898-1903 checks, 2 account boo

17 c. 1880's-1900's Virginia City, MT ephemera. S R Buford receipt, 2x Henry Elling account balance, Henry Blake attorney letterhead regardi...

A group of 8 transaction records and other pieces of ephemera from the collection of J. Fred Stoer, a Montana resident, dated 1974-1876. One from Maso

3x 1886 First National Bank with great geyser vignette, 1891 and 1891 Yellowstone National Bank, 1 with falls vignette. ^ Date: Country(if not USA):

22 Montana checks, 1881-1927. Virginia City, Billings, Walkerville, Sunburst, Helena, Great Falls, Chinook etc. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State

1918 Proceedings of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments against Charles L Crum. "District Judge Charles L. Crum of Montana, whose strict ad...

1901 R T Boatman, Home Park letterhead-fair condition, 1914 John Staudaher Freighting, Alder billhead-stained, 1912 Lincoln Wilcox, Alder billhead-sta

9 Montana billheads and letterheads, 1870's-1914. 6 to Henry Elling, 2 other billheads and 1 letterhead, all related to merchandise. ^ Date: C...

Hecla Mercantile and Banking, Melrose advertising wall tray, 4.25x5x3.75". Small bank bags-3x modern Montana Mercantile, Dillon. Butte-9x5.75&q...

Military lock with U S on frozen key cover. Dug in Carson City, NV c. 1965, this is possibly U S Mint related. 3.25x2.25", rusty and bottom deg...

4x 2.25x 3.5" January 1, 1884 Washoe City Leap Year Party admission tickets. $2 was quite a bit of money then and why is leap year being celebr...

Some rare central Nevada towns. 1892 Safford, 2x 1903 Summit, 1906 Ruby Hill. 1900 Cold Creek letter. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Nevada

20 1869-1919 Nevada checks including rare green Nevada 2c state revenue imprint and RN B. Virginia, Elko, Eureka, Carson etc. ^ Date: Country(if not

Ten pinbacks: Virginia & Truckee Railroad; 1971 Carson City Gentlemen of Nevada Day; 1973, Nevada's Moving World Nevada Day; 1974 Nevada Sal...

3 volumes in slipcase of The Journal of Alfred Doten, 1973 by University of Nevada Press, Reno. "Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1829, he we...

Eureka's Yesteryear by Nevada Historical Society, 1988 with maps, 71pp. Carson City Yesterdays, Vol. 1 by Raymond Smith, 1999, 224pp. Washoe Rev...

Rare 1930 Cunard Line steamship money order receipt plus a partial second one in poor condition. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Ohio City:

About 45 Pennsylvania checks, 1850-1910. The key piece is the 1850 State of Pennsylvania check with 3 vignettes. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): Stat

Undated typewritten letter from Dan F. Hedrick, on Jack Daniel Distillery letterhead from Lynchburgh, Tennessee, to Mr. Les Boone of Los Angeles, wit

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Three page, handwritten 1874 deed from Hill County, Texas. "Ann Hardin, surviving widow of J. B. Hardin" and three other women are selling...

Fragment of a hand written document executed in 1858 by a county clerk in the State of Texas. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Texas City: P

1876 and 1879 Fred J Kiesel Bankers billhead to Henry Elling, 1879 Banking House of J W Guthrie letterhead to Henry Elling. ^ Date: Country(if not U

16pp undated promo brochure for Sweet Chalybeate Springs, noted for its' mineral water, with lots of photos. 3.75x5.75". Light stains on co...

Collection of publications on the caverns of Virginia: 1) "The Endless Caverns of the Shenandoah Valley," by Chester A. Reeds, an account ...

1915 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co pass, printed signature of illegible general supt. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Lot of 7. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul RR passes : 1916, í17, í22,í23,24,25 and 27. IN protective plastic sheet. Excellent cond. ...

LOT OF 5. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific passes : 129,í30,í33-34 (three of these years)., These were issued after the 1928 ...

1898 Erie Railroad Company pass, printed signature of E ? Thomas president. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

One year prior to the Centennial Celebration of 1876, Fairmount Park hosted a 4th of July celebration. This yellow ticket is good for ONE RIDE, on any

1904 Frisco System pass with printed signature of B Minchill? Left side stain. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

1908 Great Northern Railway/Good on freight trains pass, hand signed by N N illegible general traffic manager. Some foxing, please inspect. ^ Date:

Riding the rails in Cowboy Country! Two tickets for the Oregon Short Line Rail Road: one from Melrose to Dillon, the other from Dillon to Idaho Falls.

1882 Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company exchange pass, probable hand signed by W C illegible GM. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City

1915 Texas & Pacific Ry. pass, printed signature by Kearney first vice president. Some foxing. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: ...

One necklace and earring set in original case; two silver necklace chains; a white stone and silver necklace; sterling silver bracelet of hearts; silv

Four pieces: 1) three strand tiger shell necklace; 2) pearl necklace; 3) multi strand pearl necklace; 4) pearl and colored stone earrings. ^ Date: C

Ten sets of cuff links; nine tie clips; tooth shaped jade pendant; about a dozen lapel pins and tie pins. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: Ci

About ten sets of earrings, a few brooch pins, a few pendants. Fun stuff. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Six sets of earrings and two necklaces in bright faux gold, some with red stone hearts. Perfect Valentine's Day gift! ^ Date: Country(if not U...

Costume jewelry: nine necklaces, four bracelets and a glass elephant pendant. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Ariki New Zealand paua shell necklace in original case (gold plate). Abalone shell necklace and earrings. Shell flower on black necklace. Seven birds

The word heishi means "shell," and it references small handmade beads from many different natural materials. This turquoise and coral hei...

One pair of older costume diamond earrings, each with 13 stones. Lovely! ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Once Upon a Time... this was a nice wooden cuckoo clock, with two cuckoos, and all the gingerbread-y things you might expect on just such a timepiece.

Padded Dancer's Bells Cuff, leather buckle straps (1 buckle missing), for ankle or wrist. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Pro...

A signed, framed watercolor painting of a church standing over a seaside village by Mexican artist Marco Antonio Diaz. Diaz is known for his village a

Fireworks over water, photo by James Stroud. 1/250. Framed, approx. 23" x 27". ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenan...

Lot consists of 42 wooden boards including cross sections of limbs (mostly pine, some birch). Approx. 8-10". Chunlin Collection. ^ Date: Cou...

4 advertising ink blotters. 2x Arlington Chemical, Arm & Hammer-left stain and .3" tear, CW Munson-fair condition. ^ Date: Country(if not...

Hardbound album of some 60 pages of newspaper clippings. Clippings pasted onto pages. Articles c. 1911 - 1913 covering events of the day including the

8pp E & J Burke beer and spirits color advertising booklet. 5.75x3". Some staining, please inspect. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State:...

About 20 1870's-1919 MI, MN and WI checks. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Rare, 1887 Royal Baking Powder check. Edge issues, tears and stains. Please inspect, sold as is. ^ Date: Country(if not USA): State: City: Pro

Eclectic lot of various photos, letter covers, placards, and postcards. Contains an envelope to the Medford "Fruit-of-the-Month Club" from...

Lot of (2), old west pieces. Original issue of the "Wide Awake Library, Vol. 1" from New York, 1882. Issue No. 479, for 5 cents. Folio sty...

1956 Timely Topic on Poultry Management-poultry keeping in New England, 135pp and 1956 edition, 224pp. 1937 Vermont agriculture pamphlet. 1932 Modern

1966 edition of What Every Volunteer Firefighter Knows About Women. All pages are blank! 5x3". Back cover has a small corner chip. ^ Date: Co...

This is a set of Royal Jackson service for eight fine china. This is the "Springtime Pattern. There doesn't appear to be any missing pieces...

This lot has one Gerber folding saw and other small knives along with several leather sheaths. Please see photo for details. ^ Date: Country(if not

Floyd Clymer's Album of Historical Steam Traction Engines, from 1855-1929, lots of illustrations and photos, with TOC. 1949, 158pp, fine conditi...

Existing Land Laws 1880, 1884 Edition. A fascinating report on land claims with authors such as R B Hayes, Secretary of the Interior etc. ^ Date: Co

5 volumes of Firefox by Wigginton. "Eliot Wigginton (born Brooks Eliot Wigginton on November 9, 1942) is an American oral historian, folklorist...

Rare, Romance of Exploration and Emergency First Aid from Stanley to Byrd, Chicago Century of Progress Expo, 1934. 160pp with index. Gilt cover. ^ Dat

Gold Mines of California by Wagner, Covered Bridges of the West by Adams, Ghosts of the Glory Trail by Murgbarger, California Place Names by Gudde, Mi