Sizzling Summer Western Americana Auction (August 2021)

Taos micaceous clay smoked pottery by Edna Romero (1936-), measures 6.5" high x 7.25" diameter. Edna Romero (Santa Clara, Kha'p'o...

6" x 4" Unsigned. Perfect condition. Signature may no longer be legible. Traditional style/design of Santa Clara Pueblo, N.M. Date: c1...

This is a beautiful San Ildefonso brown on brown war jar created c1978 by Carlos "Sunrise" Dunlap, Jr., the son of Carmelita and Carlos D...

Frances Salazar (1936-2002) Measurements: 2"diameter at base x 4" tall x 3" diameter at mouth. Signed on bottom with artists name a...

Six-inch Rose Bowl by Roseville Pottery, Pine Cone design, pattern number 261, introduced in 1935. Roseville 261 is embossed into the bottom. Rosevill

Limoges; porcelain hand painted charger: portrait of Black Bird, Ogallala Sioux (Oglala Lakota). Chief Blackbird, was an Oglala veteran of the Great

Possibly Oaxacan? Maybe Navajo. Very early example of traditional black pottery, with etched pattern. EARLY piece. Unsigned. Measures approx 4"...

Incised design. 5.5 " Tall, 6.5" diameter at widest part. 3" mouth, 2.5" diameter at base. Beautiful example of authentic New...

Nice tight weave in this piece from Chinle. "The Chinle style, developed at Canyon de Chelly, was the inspiration of trader Cozy McSparron, his...

This Yei weaving is bordered by an eye dazzler style in deep red, gold, and white. It was considered sacrilegious to weave the eyes and mouths of the

The Yeis are woven facing outward. Weaving is in gray, brown, white, black, with a touch of blue. This weaving also has the eye dazzler look above and

The 3 dancers in the center are masked and the end dancers are the "Talking God" at the head and the clown at the rear. Yei Be Chei dancer...

Yei Be Chei (YeiBiChai) means "Holy People". Yei Be Chei represents harmony and beauty, called "hozho". But, harmony and beauty ...

An attractive American Indian style woven wall hanging that measures 25"x 12". Piece is ready for hanging. Please see photos for more deta...

1.) Cream/white and black pattern about 54" x 31" not perfect one edge is running 2.) 61" long 28" wide, handwoven in Navajo ...

Twin size 64"x 80" American Indian designed Pendleton branded "Beaver State" blanket. It is made of wool, with a fringed border....

John Andrew & Son Photogravure of Edward S. Curtis Native American Portrait, Mosa Mojave.Printed on bottom left: Mosa Mojave Center: From Copy...

John Andrew & Son photogravure of Edward S. Curtis portrait of Native American, entitled "The Yuma." Printed on bottom left: The Yu...

"Eskimo woman from Cape Prince of Wales." No. 5551. Copyright by FH Nowell, Nome, 1907. 7 x 9" View of Native woman with an asleep c...

Identified in the photo as No. 309. Cap't Jake, Killisnoo. LaRoche Photo, Seattle Wash. According to Mautz, La Roche was active in Seattle in 18...

Lot of 2 different photos. They are period (c.1880s) copies of 1886 photographs done by famous Tombstone photographer CS Fly. These mounted copies wer

Neither the photographer or location is identified, but we believe this to be Montana. View shows three Native Americans and one white man posing in f

Rare CDV of a small Navajo boy. Identified on the back in pen "Navajo Indian boy." Photographer is N. Brown & Hijo, Retratistas, Santa...

Wonderful mounted photograph, titled "Inside Kiowa Tepee." Reverse has purple stamp, "H.P. Robinson, Fort Sill, O.T." Photograph...

c.1923 copy of a photograph by Harris & Ewing of Jackson Barnett and his wife outside the White House. 7 x 10" Jackson Barnett was known as...

This is a rare matted and framed photograph showing five Native Americans. The one on the left is holding a Model 1861 Springfield Musket. The one sec

This cabinet card photo is thought to be at an Indian Agency near Bringham City, Utah. There are eleven well dressed Indians. Two Indians are armed, o

Fantastic shot of a Sioux(?) Native American chief with rifle and a really spectacular jacket (jacket would be $1 million today). Possibly South Dakot

Tribe and location not identified. Possibly Apache. Shot shows six younger Native Americans, 4 holding what appear to be Winchester Model 1880 rifles.

Fabulous photograph of 4 Native Americans and one white man posing in front of a teepee. Three of the Native Americans are proudly displaying beaded p

Varying vintages of western photographs. Two prints of Dat-so-la-li, the famous Washoe Basket maker 9x15 and 10x13. Two framed original photos c1930

Postcard size, but plain on the back, these came from early vending machines. Lot of six cards: 3 of An Indian Runner; and 3 of Chief Deskaheh of the

Nice RPPC of three women with baskets in front of them, identified as "Alaskan Indians, Sitka." Hull No. 140. Artura stamp box, divided ba...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Best is a RPPC by S. Couts (not listed in Kautz) showing two Native Americans (scouts?) holding what appears to be Springfield

Lot of 12 postcards of Native Americans in the Yosemite Valley, six of women making baskets. Six postmarked. Color and black and white. Date: Coun

Lot of over 45 postcards depicting Native Americans from several California tribes. Babies on cradle boards, basket weaving, and portrait photographs.

Lot of 2 different. 1) Chief Shoppenagon & Family, Grayling, Mich. Photo by Lou Kramer. Shows 4 Native Americans posing, two elders, two younger...

Lot of of 6 different. All have die cut impression "Thos. B. Magee, Browning Mont." One is labelled "Spotted Eagle's Camp." ...

Fascinating photo by Thos. B. Magee of Browning, Montana, showing a Native American with his hands tied behind his back and tied to his horse. He is b

Lot of 2 different. 1) Native Americans on horseback, teepees and wooden structures in the background. Identified as Kalispell at bottom right, photog

Lot of 2 different. Both are identified as Blackfeet. Both by the same photographer, not identified. Not mailed, AZO stamp box, divided back. Two view

Lot of 2 different printed photo cards, likely of Sioux. According to Mautz, JA Anderson operated in both South Dakota (Rosebud Reservation) and estab

Lot of 46 postcards of Nevada Native Americans. Paiute camp, Reno Indians, Elko Indians, Dat-So-La-Lee basket maker. Rare postcards, not the common cl

Group of 28 cards in a Native American theme. Date: Country (if not USA): State: New Mexico City: Provenance: Ken Prag Collection

Lot of 3 different. Includes: 1) Raised color image of Touch-I-Goo, Indian Squaw, by Tammen. Mailed 1905 from Albuquerque. 2) Two unmailed early color

Lot of 2 different. Both by J.V. Dederick (misspelled on cards). According to Mautz, he photographed Native Americans around Fort Sill, c.1900. 1) No.

No. 1008. "Indians in Full Dress." Rapid City, S.D. Pub. by JJ McNamara. Divided back, not mailed. Five Native American chiefs on horsebac...

Lot of five postcards concerning Native Americans. Two of cave drawings, two of people and one of the Indian Trading Post in Cedar City. Date: Cou

Lot of over 60 mostly artistic postcards depicting Native American subjects. Many art cards based on Charlie Russell paintings. Some humorous. Date:

Lot of ten postcards: Five of a Sioux Indian Chief with Buffalo Bill's Wild West; and five of Chief Iron Tail, Indian Squaws and Papooses at Buf...

Lot of seven high quality real photo postcards of Native Americans: Red Wing; Chippewa wigwam; Black Thunder; Pottawattamie Basket Weaving; George Sha

Lot of 34 early depictions of Native Americans. Pioneer cards, undivided backs and some artsy cards of "original Americans." Date: Cou...

Navajo, Hopi, Apache, Pueblo, Maricopa and Pima Indian postcard collection. Lot of over 100 cards. Many of Navajo rugs. The two RPCs of U.S. Apache S

Lot of 24 postcards of Native American babies. With mom, or on cradle boards. Mostly RPCs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenan

Lot of 18 real photo postcards of Native Americans, teepees, hieroglyphs. Including a portrait of John Smith, 131 years (he certainly looks it). Most

Lot of six cards depicting Tlingit from Alaska and Skookum from British Columbia. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Ken

About 80 postcards of various Native American tribes depicted in this postcard collection. Tribes include: Sioux, Blackfoot, Calispel, Comanche, Utes,

Lot of 4 different. Possibly Plains. No locations or photographers identified. None mailed. Appear to show parade (numerous American flags present) an

Lot of 4 different. 1) Real photo postcard of three chiefs on horseback. Not identified. Artura stamp box, divided back. 2) Chief Iron Tail, Wife and

Unidentified tribe and location. RPPC showing a Native American elder standing in front of teepee. AZO stamp box, divided back, not mailed. Nice image

Lot of 9 including 5 real photo postcards. This is a general group of Native American views. 1) Five RPPC. One identified as The Hiawatha Players from

Fantastic RPPC of a group of teepees, with the one in the foreground covered with pictographs! Very rare. No location or photographer given. AZO stamp

Fantastic shot of an older Native American male wearing a peace medal. The peace medal appears to be a private issued George Washington peace medal, c

About 100 postcards of Native Americans, artifacts, and related scenery etc. A great collection! Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pro

A collection of 25 color and animated postcards with American Indian themes. There are poses of many tribal chiefs, women and children all exhibiting

Four page broadside published Tuesday March 15, 1831 with a long article about displacing the Cherokee from the gold country in Georgia. Historic cont

This is a report by The Smithsonian bureau of American Ehnology. It reports on the various indigenous peoples including The Cherokee Nation. Book is 5

What this publication lacks in condition, it certainly makes up in rarity. This is one of the remaining records of the American Indian census taken in

Indian Basketry by George Wharton James (1902) and a softcover edition of Basketry of The San Carlos Apaches (1929) by Helen H. Roberts. The boards on

"Indian & Eskimo Artifacts of North America" By Charles Miles c1986.The daily life and culture of the Eskimos and American Indians are...

This collection includes two copies of "Quill and Beadwork of the western Sioux" by Carrie A. Lyford, "Crow Indian Beadwork" by ...

1. The Technique of the North American Beadwork by Smith, 1983 2. Traditional Indian Crafts, by Smith, 1986 3. Indian ARtifacts by Hothem, 1994 4. Wea

Stack of 5 books to add to your references on cowboys and Indians 1.) More Rawhides by Charles M. Russell, 1954 2.) The Little Shadow Catcher by Thom

Lot of three: 1) "Death On The Prairie: The Terrible Struggle for the Western Plains," by Paul I. Wellman; hardcover, 240 pages; 2) "...

Two works about Sioux medicine man, "Sitting Bull and The Indian War" by W. Fletcher Johnson and "Sitting Bull Champion of the Sioux&...

Three books detailing the history, culture and life of the Plains Indians. First is "Memory and Vision" by Emma I. Hansen c2007. This is t...

A rare publication "The American Indian" by Warren K. Moorehead (1914) U.S. IANA #781. Book is in nice condition with sharp embossing in g...

This lot consists of a small collection of books (8) telling the history of the American Indians, but keep in mind, none are written by actual America

Buffalo: 1. Time of the Buffalo by Tom McHugh with the Assistance of Victoria Hobson 1972, Soft Cover 339 pgs w/index and Bibliography, excellent cond

A pair of the same non-fiction work of American Indians by Kate Dickinson Sweetser and two novels about Indians by Edward S. Ellis. Ellis' works...

1. Mystic Warriors of the Plains, by Mails, 1972 2. Encyclopedia of North American Indian Tribes by Yenne, 1986 3. North American Indians by Owens, et

This is an account of life experiences by a white man after his capture by Indians called "Life in the Wigwam" by Samuel G. Drake c1855. B...

A beautiful copy of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge's "Thirty Three Years Among Our Wild Indians" c1882. The beauty of the book begins wi...

George P. Belden was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio in 1844. He ran away from his Ohio home sometime between 1855 and 1857, and settled in Brownville,

A very rare report to the Southern District of New York, of the The Five Indian Nations 1866 reprint from Bradford's 1727 report. This one has...

"My Friend the Indian" By James Mclaughlin c1910. This book is rare, however it's in not great condition, with the binding coming loos...

An exceptional copy of a Dakota/Sioux Indian and English translation dictionary. This was compiled in 1902 by John P. Williamson, a missionary of the

This is a copy of the 1913 non-fiction work "The Vanishing Race" by Dr. Joseph Dixon. The story is told through text and beautiful photos ...

This document is a request by Caleb Jakes of Hampton County, New York on June 22, 1791 requesting payment for services rendered during the Revolution

This hand-made gorget is of brass construction with the Corporal chevron displayed. Being hand-made from re-purposed brass indicates this may have be

Three books that tell the stories of George Armstrong Custer. First, "The Custer Myth" by Col. W.A. Graham c1953. Book is in excelle3nt co...

1885, Harpers, New York. The classic biography of George Custer by his wife. Howes (980) reports two different issues of this work with the same pagin

1885, Harpers, New York. The classic biography of George Custer by his wife. This is a rare blue binding without the map on page 9. Howes (980) report

This book is based on the life of George Armstrong Custer by by Frederick Whittaker. it was published the same year of Custer's death. While the...

"Following the Guidon" by Elizabeth B. Custer, first edition, published in 1890 and the third book written by the widow of George A, Custe...

This lot contains the belt, brass buckle, holster, and dispatch case from Civil War Captain George Armstrong Custer; originally from the Frost collect

This box plate is roughly 3.25 in. across with US embossed on the face. The plate would have appeared on the face of a cartridge box before being disl

This lot of 20 Civil War buttons are from varied manufacturers. 13 buttons are in poor and damaged condition, several appear to be dug-ups. 7 more but

This lot contains thirty-five (35) buttons all with the American Eagle on face made by Scovill Co. Waterbury from 5/8 in. to 7/8 in. Two buttons have

This lot contains 6 Civil War coat buttons made by Scovill in bright condition 7/8 in., 5 shirt buttons by Scovill, 1 coat button by W. G. Mintzer phi