Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

Geometrics 1977 Model GR-310 Portable Gamma Ray Spectrometer with Manual and transportation case. Foam on inside cover of case is deteriorating. Shoul

Antique brass survey compass in very good condition, a bit tarnished, but it could polish up nicely. Compass face is engraved steel with MADE IN FRANC

Three wood pulley blocks, approx 19 inches long and 6 inches wide, an iron pulley approx 12-1/2 inches long and 3-1/2 inches wide, a heavy chain with

Brass blow-torch made by Clayton-Lambert Manufacturing Company in a design patented Jan 4, 1921 (says so right there on the embossed front). This was

This is a wooden pattern block for a split pulley that would have been used at the Virginia and Truckee Rail Road foundry to cast a new iron pulley wh

1.) is 23" long 7" high 3" wide, intricately constructed, high quality. Joh Peter Arns, ARNS USS Stahl 2.) 8" long 3" wide ...

Portable vacuum tube tester made by BK Precision, Dyna-Jet Model 747. jProduct of Dynascan Corporation, Chicago, Illinois. Serial number 15-07413 appe

Wood pattern from the Virginia and Truckee Railroad foundry operation is Carson City. This foundry made parts for public and private railroads, mines

C1900, French brass cased surveyors compass. Lift up sights w.string hooks, 360 degree scale, needle lock, two levels still fully functional.4.75[x=

Cast iron mortar and pestle, approx. Mortar is 8-1/4 inches in diameter across the top and 7-1/4 inches tall. Pestle is approx 12 inches long and 1-5/

This is a model 13 Charleville flintlock pistol. This french cavalry pistol was manufactured in 1813 and so marked on the barrel. It is smooth bore at

This is a pair of unmarked percussion pocket pistols attributed to Louis-Francois Devisme of Paris, France. These little pistols are percussion ignit

This is a model 9 French cavalry pistol built in St. Etienne. The barrel is 8 in. long at about .69 cal. and the gun is 14 in. overall length. This g

Large-bore French Percussion Coach Pistol. This is a finely detailed French coach pistol c.1820's. The dimensions are about .70 cal., 12 in. rou...

This is a Remington contract gun made by Carl Gustafs for the Swedish and Norwegian armies S/N 61123. The serial number is present on the breach and o

This is a NIB Model 1841 "Mississippi rifle" made by Antonio Zoli and imported by Navy Arms S/N 26573. This is a reproduction black powder...

This is the knife carried by Jim Perry of the XIT Ranch in Texas. "J. Perry" scribed into the antler handle of a homemade knife based on a...

This is a blunderbuss pistol, caliber unknown, with a 12 in. barrel and 21.5 in. overall length. This gun has a flintlock with an elaborate frizzen sp

This is a single-shot two-trigger rifle made by Frank Wesson of "Worcester, Mass. Patented Oct. 25, 1859" marked on the barrel at the brea...

This is a pair of French boot pistols. They are not a matching pair but very closely related. Both pistols are about 7 in. in overall length, about .

This is a lakonia sword with horn grips. The overall length is 22 in. with a 16.5 in. blade. The blade is made with fullers on both sides and held to

This is a large folder knife at 11 in. overall with an 8 in. blade. Cleverly made with a button release, horn scales and a folding guard as well. A Ch

This is a repurposed Springfield lock marked "Springfield 1839" on a smooth-bore 14 or 15 ga. shotgun barrel. This gun appears to have bee...

This is a repurposed percussion pistol. The barrel is original as well as the buttcap but the lock has been repurposed to fit this gun. The gun is 12

This is a percussion pistol made from parts. The lock plate is marked 1801 with a barely legible cartouche for the East India Company. The 10 in. barr

By JW & JS Moulton. The Colt Armory is a historic factory complex for the manufacture of firearms, created by Samuel Colt. It is located in Hart...

These are two dug-up revolvers from the Black Powder era. A) is a 5-shot marked U.S. Revolver Co. that has the hammer missing, chambered in .32 cal, b

This is a custom RH holster, belt, and magazine pouch for the 1911 frame Colt and clones made by Bob Mernickle out of Pampa. Texas. The holster is a

Award to American Colonel Paul L. Freeman Jr, who served during WWII and Korea. In 1944, he was sent to Brazil, to serve as Director of Arms Training,

Two original copies of The British Apollo: or, Curious Amusements for the INGENIOUS to which are Added the most Material Occurrences Foreign and Domes

January 26, 1901 issue of the Illustrated London News with the headline, Death of the Queen, chronicling the end of the Victorian Age with the passing

Five small publications: the Weekly Entertainer (1792), Analectic Magazine (1814), European Magazine (1790), and The World (1753). All appear to have

Five sections, removed from bound volumes, of The Gentleman's Magazine, also titled The London Magazine Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligence...

Two issues of The Rambler, a four-page publication on various subjects. Here we have an issue dated May 1, 1750, and another dated may 12, 1750. Print

July 1779 edition of The Scots Magazine, purportedly the oldest publication in the world STILL IN PUBLICATION! This is a fifty-six page, 5 x 8-inch pu

1935 calendar (12 months) of Socialist Labor Party of America w/photo Daniel Deleon 1852-1914, emblem of the party below photo. Quotations from Marx

Lot of 19. Handwritten notes, papers and original signatures. Among the signatures: Marcus Morton Mass. Governor for two terms 1839 &1842. ...

Rare presidential memorabilia in this stereoview. Published by Littleton View of Littleton, New Hampshire. Number 1431. Fisk and Brooks ran on the Pro

Framed portrait of George Washington mounted beside a facsimile of a letter to the Earl of Buchan on the principle that should guide the United States

The leads off with a full-page drawing of Lincoln arriving by coach. Inside is a two-page drawing of Lincoln giving his inaugural address. Also, a dra

Black and white photo of Lou Hoover, the wife of American president Herbert Hoover, with a personalized note written to Aunt laura Belle and signed by

Signed Land Patent by Buchanan for land given to a Mexican War veteran, John Fulton, a seaman on the USS Constitution. Property near Junction City, Ka

Lot of 20. Includes portraits of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, President McKinley's address at the Pan American Exposition, McKinley in the White House...

2 stereos of McKinley in life. Keystone and Underwood views. No 1698 and 48 respectively. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenanc

Lot of four. 1) At Glacier Point, Yosemite. Stereo view. 1912. 2) President and Mrs. Roosevelt. 1903 souvenir. stereo view. 3) Cabinet card. Copyright

Lot of 3. 1. Booklet “Prohibition Facts” by Allied Forces for Prohibition, Fourth printing 1932. History of alcohol prohibition

Multiple groups of both post cards and Candidate photo shots of the likes of William Jennings Bryant, 1940 William Willkie, actual Landon & Knox...

Lot of thirty-one Twenty-nine from the same series. Includes Gallery of Machinery, Bronzes from Prussia, French Park, French section statues and paint

Lot of three. Two are hand colored: Wonders of Wool and Liberal Arts Building. Two inside shots. Also "Let us smile. Faded! Copyright RW Kilbou...

California Expo San Francisco Panama Completion. Obv. Ship passing through the canal engraving., rev: Calif state seal. HK 414, AU+-uncirc. Brass,

Hardback volume by Louis Chritian Mullgardt, 202 pages with many drawings and photographs. "A pictorial survey of the most beautiful of the arc...

Lot of 10. All copyrighted by H. W. Kilburn, 1893. Four cards (one duplicate) of the wonderful Ferris Wheel. (Ferris was a Nevada boy and he go the id

A beautiful edition of the Columbian Exposition of 1893 (AKA: The Chicago Worlds Fair), put together by The Joint Committee of Ceremonies. This 320 to

A collection of items from the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-34 "A Century of Progress." The Official Guide book, paperback, 192 pages,...

A collection of souvenirs from the Chicago World's Fair "The White City" of 1893. Chicago Tribune Souvenir booklet of glimpses of the ...

Program magazines from the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, "A Century of Progress" and the 1939 World's Fair in New York. The three ...

Lot of thirteen. Includes four James M Davis: kings of the dairy, king of the Clydes. celebrated Herefords and a scenic view. HC White: Festival Hall

Colorful store card (6 x 3 1/2 inches) with a view of the Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building at the St. Louis World's Fair. The back side s...

Lot of 35. Includes 24 Photocolortype Views. In original box, although the box is in poor condition. Also three colored stereo-views: flower fringed p

Lot of 25/ Twenty one 'Centennial Photographic International Exposition' by Wilson and Adams. Includes Italian area, Lots of sculptures, Gra...

Held in 1907 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. The exhibition emphasized athletics and military prowess, with a displ

Lot of 4. 1) Two reproduction photos: view of busy street, "Pay Streak,"; and women walking around unusual building. 4.5 x 6.5" 2) Ea...

Made by E. P. Charlton & Co. of Seattle for the 1909 AYPE Exposition. Features scenes from the Fine Arts Building, Mining Building, Washington B...

Lot of seven. Two Spectator newspapers. One with long article on Davis & Lee and one on the fall of Richmond. Two 1862 London Times with article...

This is a collection of New York Tribune daily issues pertaining to the Civil War between Jan 1, 1862 to May 30, 1862 for a total of 58 issues. Forty-

Harper's Weekly, May 27, 1865. Also President Lincoln’s Burial, Lewis Payne who shot Secretary Seward, the Supreme Court and the crimes of...

Lot of five. Four Harper’s Weekly include 1) July 29, 1865. The create labor question from a Southern Point of View. Has a drawing of a white

This is a collection of thirty-seven (37) issues of the New York Herald, New York Times, and The New York Tribune all in 1861 with one issue in Dec. 1

This is a lot of fourteen (14) issues of the New York Times all in May of 1862 calling the defeat of the Rebels a "foregone conclusion"an...

This is a collection of six (6) newspapers from 1865: The New York Times: Sherman; Cincinnati Daily Commercial: Northern Traitors in the South; The Ne

Includes 12 Civil War era documents & photos, including a death notice for Union soldier James Shuff in 1865, leave papers for another soldier, ...

Lot of 8. Includes ships at Mobile, The Nashville and Tuscarora at Southampton England, the two gun Lady Davis, iron-clad fleet obstructing the James

Lot of 5. Three small evelope's w/color vignettes of seated Liberty, Eagle fighting snake w/American flags and Defender. One patriotic token ...

This is a lot of nineteen (19) newspaper groupings from the South during and after the Civil War. Papers are from Richmond, Virginia 1861; Norfolk, Vi

This is a lot of nine (9) newspaper accounts by foreign correspondents on the Civil War. The (London) Times Dec. 10, 1862 p.9 on Fredericksburg; The

Twelve pages. With cover page. Stories and period drawings of the beginning of the Civil War! Date: 1861 Country (if not USA): State: City: Pr

Fremont Journal front page.. Articles just after the Election of Lincoln and the resignation of the Senators from South Carolina with the passage b

Lot of forty-one. Includes General Sheridan and the Battle of Five Forks, General Candy and City Point Virginia, Rear Admiral Farragut biography, Gene

Lot of four. 1) April 11, 1863, Difficulties among the Bayous. 2) May 9, 1863, Picket Duty in the Swamps of Louisiana. 3) May 2, 1863, Rolling Cotton

This is a lot of about 30 cover issues of the New York Herald from Jan. 1 to June 30, 1864. Feb. 12 states "Sherman's army captures the Rai...

This is a lot of about 29 cover stories of the progress of the Civil War from July to Dec. 31, 1864 in the New York Herald. Headlines from Sept. 4 &...

This is a lot of about 39 cover stories of the Civil War dating Jan., 1863 to June,1863. Cover stories professionally covered and mounted. Condition i

This is a lot of about 21 full coverage pages of the Civil War progress from the Evening Mail, New York Tribune, and the New York Herald. All are prof

Sixteen copies total from the New York Times Nov. 20, 1961 with map repaired, Jan. 3, 1962 with map, Feb, 22, 1862 with map of a fort, Feb. 25, 1862,

This is a lot of seven cover stores from the New York Times in 1862 giving coverage of the Civil War. All are mounted in professional holders. April 2

This is a set of five (5) hard bound professionally mounted binders for the New York Times in 1863. There is the cover stories from Jan 31 the war in

This is a lot of five (5) cover stories from the Civil War late 1864. Several headlines are depicted in maps. The May 8 issue "combined movemen...

This is a collection of six (6) cover stories from the New York Times for Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. of 1862. The taking of Harper's Ferry by ...

This is a collection of fourteen (14) issues of the New York Times covering the Civil War during the month of March 1862. All with maps. You can read

This is a lot nine (9) issues of the New York Times covering the advancement of the Civil War during the months of January and February 1862. The Nati

This is five (5) issues of the New York Times during June of 1862. Follow the advancement of Union troops for Richmond and the Seven Days Battles. It

Lot of 4. Hardbound w/gold lettering New York Times Civil War Front Page. Nov. 19, 20, 23 and 27 1861. Articles include Map of troops Virginia, h

This is a collection of 35 issues of the New York Tribune that covers July to December of 1862 of the Civil War. Antietam is covered giving President

Lot of 4. 1. Oct 1. The Great Rebellion. The seat of the War in Kentucky w/ map. Update from Washington. The Rebellion in Missouri. 2. Oct. 5

Lot of 3. NY Times paper's hardcovers with gold lettering and plastic overlay’s. Articles : Rebels believed 10,000 strong w/map of For...

Lot of 5. All are hardbound w/gold lettering. 1. Dec 10. The Approaches to the Savannah’s w/ maps of Georgia/South Carolina and Charlesto

Lot of. . New York Times Nov. 29 &30, and Dec. 4 & 7. 1861. Civil War correspondence. Hardbound folders w.gold lettering. Articles ...

Lot of 4. New York Herald and New Times 1. Framed and well preserved is The New York Herald Nov. 6, 1862 article titled “The Great Naval a

1861. The Fifteen Inch Iron Gun with a photo of Rodman’s Mammoth Cannon. This can take a shell of 300 pounds of weight using 17 pounds of pow

Lot of 9. Three pages of mounted articles and photos of early aircraft. Two of the photos are RPC’s of aircraft similar to the Wright Bro[x=