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

In the latter half of the 19th and the early 20 centuries, the American magazine Harper's Weekly published foreign and domestic news as well as ...

This is a user's manual on designing and using the hydraulic method of gold mining published in 1890 by T.S.G. Kirkpatrick and approved by the C...

Choice ore bucket, 18 x 18' with iron hoop. Made of sheet metal, hand riveted in a very clever manner. Apparently heavily used in a small mine, ...

Lot of 2. 1. Thompson Antique Assay or Apothecary scale in wooden box, good condition w/small wooden weight box (no weights). Good condition . 2.

Before the advent of electric lighting, underground miners would carry candles and lanterns into the workings to illuminate their work area. In some m

Probably down hole gamma ray logging probe lead. No instrument. No instructions, no extras. With original hard shell case. Probably 1970s. Date:

Geometrics 1977 Model GR-310 Portable Gamma Ray Spectrometer with Manual and transportation case. Case is in nice condition. Should be in working ord

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...