Spring Americana Auction -- May 2019

Lot of 3. 1) Tintype which appears to be of David M. Wightman, a noted Nevada rancher. The identification is based on a comparison to an image in the

Collection of over 500 art postcards by L. H. "Dude" Larsen with duplicates. A dozen copies of L.H. "Dude" Larsen Postcard Chec...

8 2.5x3.5" silver plate belt buckles. Stamped Nevada Silver on rear. F, U, I, V, P, N, H, Y letters on front. Date: City/County: State:

Eight Billy The Kid postcards with 1 duplicate and two Pat Garret postcards. Real name was William H. Bonney. Famous for jail escapes and killings

17 Buffalo Bill and cowboy art postcards, mostly chromolitho Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: City/County: State:

32 different color and b/w postcards of Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody). Nineteen pictures on horseback and 15 portraits. He was an Indian fig

Lot of 2. 1) Small mounted photograph of Col. W.F. Cody, Buffalo Bill. 3.5 x 2.5" on 5.25 x 3.25" mount. Likely a souvenir from the Wild W...

McClellan Calvary Saddle. Saddle has 12” brass seat tag, saddle seat is in good condition, however fenders and stirrup covers look to have been replac

Stagecoach and 4 horse team RPC Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: City/County: State:

12 cowboy postcards with 3 RPC's Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: City/County: State:

6 RPC's-Guy Schultz, Ed Wright, Slats Jacob x2, cowgirls, Leonard Womack Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: City/County: State:

4 RPC's and 1 b/w postcards. Several cowboys being bucked off of horses Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: City/County: State:

Lot of 3. 1) Mounted photograph of farm homestead in Norfolk, Nebraska. Farmer with horses and three women. 5 x 8" on 8 x 10" mount. Stamp...

"In 1906 Keyston Brothers moved into the saddle making business and bought out the J.C Johnson Co., Saddlery. Following World War I, saddlery a...

21 postcards of 1800's 6 outlaws and lawmen Bat Masterson (2) and humorist Will Rogers (4). 1) Black Bart (1 picture) whose real name was Cha...

Floral pattern with rough cut seat. Nickel conchos. Date: City/County: State:

High contrast saddle cabinet card for an ornate saddle made by John Reisacher in Condon, OR. Light staining, otherwise very nice Date: c1890-1910 C

Lot of 4. Younger was a part of the James-Younger Gang and did 25 years in Minnesota jail for a bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota. 1) c.1905 CDV w

Lot of 4. 1) Mounted photograph of Idaho cowboys on horseback, posing in the middle of the street with another man. Photo has a Montpelier stamp in th

Framed oil portrait of Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon Lillie) in 30 x 35 inch wooden frame. Repaired. No artist signature, but the style appears to be late

Abetta Saddle made in Texas. The Abetta Saddles are known to have set the standard for synthetic saddles, they are very durable & require little...

Nice western saddle by Saddlesmith of Action Co. Saddle has 15” seat with a wrapped horn and a mid-rise cantle. Sheeping is in good condition, or rece

1889 silver dollar in white metal belt buckle. 2.25x3.25"and Edward H Bohlin catalog Date: 1889 City/County: State:

Sterling belt buckle 1.5x1.5", 4 Sterling conchos largest is 2x2" Date: City/County: State:

Pair of "The End of the Trail" bookends with a tired cowboy on his horse. Appears to be solid brass. 4x4" Date: City/County: St...

Visalia Stock Saddle D.E. Walker. This saddle carries the Walker & Wegener makers mark which dates it at 1892 to 1899, both Walker and Wegener d...

Circa 1920's, unmarked high back 14" saddle. 3/4 single rig, possibly of Montana origin. damaged, please inspect. Fancy basket weave patter...

6 color postcards and 1 duplicate of Nellie Cashman (1) Ellen "Nellie" Cashman, noted across the American West and in western Canada as a ...

This is a two-piece replica box of .44 cal. Smith & Wesson Russian revolver ammunition made by Cheyenne Cartridge Co. and approximately two-hund...

2piece box of Cartouchos No 577 Steyr Caliber 9MM made in Germany. These are a box of 50 German 9 mm DWM Non corrosive. Date: City/County: Sta

This is a box of 9 mm Luger ammunition from the 1950's. The count is 64 in a box marked ENGLAND and imported by the Golden State Arms Co. No sal...

This is a two- piece box of 44-40 cal. Peters semi-smokeless center-fire cartridges. Early rare two-piece box of Peters 44-40 SEMI-SMOKELESS cartridg

This is a two-piece box, turn of the century UMC. 20 rounds of 50-70 in brass cases. This was used by the US army form 1866 to 1874. The 50-70 round

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This is a rare box of internally primed "CENTER-PRIMED METALLIC CARTRIDGES These are some of the first matallic cartriges used after the Civil ...

This is a modern replica of a .36 cal. Pepper-box design. It is a fascinating little gun because it is a four shot muzzle-loading percussion revolver

This is a tube load pump-action case-less .22 cal. air rifle. One of the very few .22 cal. air rifles made in the 1950's-1960's. A rare coll...

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This is an 11 mm German 6 shot single action revolver. An infantry officer's model marked 10.6 on the barrel from the factory. The lever on left...

This gun is a gunfighter's Colt belonging to William "Billy" Brooks, Marshall of Newton, KS. and later Doge City, KS. between 1872 and...

Vintage pair of leg irons and hand cuffs given to collector in Los Angeles area, used these. Hand cuffs made by Mattatuck Mfg Co, Waterbury, Conn. T

This is an all leather leg-of-mutton gun-case that will accept a take-down shotgun up to a 32 in. barrel. The only identification is a model code 21RA

This is a Luger pistol magazine for 9 MM used 5 1/2 in. overall length. Also as box of pocket knives; 2 1/2 in. when folded. The count is seven. F-129

German Luger Pistol Take down tools. Made in the 1970s brand new never used. there are six in all. Date: City/County: State:

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These are Australian made .360 cal. 2 1/4 in. brass. There a total of 60 rounds of un-primed brass. The logo for the Bertram Brass company is the Kang

This is a lot of two boxes of .30-40 Krag Army blanks. Clearly this ammo. was used for training during the Spanish-American War. This is a collection

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This is a lot of three 20 round cartridge boxes marked Winchester .30 cal. Army Blank Cartridges. Used for army training purposes. No sales to Califo

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Rare! Over 35 Hollywood financial documents that were for movies--all are fake! Stocks, bonds, mortgages, depositions, summons, ID cards. Date: Ci

2 bonds. Consolidated Gold Mining Corporation $1000 Gold bond at 10%. Both unissued, No. 8724. Nothing is filled out. The coupons are blank. This make

Great movie poster, showing many clips of some of the greatest western movies ever made. Including..." Gunfight At The OK Corral", El Dora...

Well... here is a very nice, and unusual item. If you have watched westerns a lot since you were a kid, here is a poster with all of your hero's...

Here we have a beautiful poster. It is mounted on canvas, and called " Canvas Art". It was made for the Mexican market . It is from the ...

Very beautiful, full size , and believed to be the real deal and original. The move started John Wayne, Martha Scott, Albert Dekker, and a bunch of ot

Here we have a beautiful poster. Its a" RE PRINT" and not the original from 1949. But, it looks great . In this movie " John Wayne&...

Black & white enlarged poster of a parade being held in Virginia City on "B" Street. Stamped Courtesy of Nevada Historical Society. Th...

12 mounted photos, photos 7.25x9.25". Date: 1936 City/County: State:

12 mounted Scaramouche storyboard photos.Inscribed 1923. Photos 7.5x9.5". "Scaramouche (1923) is a silent costume adventure based on the n...

3 approx 11x14" Hollywood press cards. MASH, Beast From Haunted Cave, The Nevadan Date: City/County: State:

5 b/w approx 8x10". Springtime in the Sierras. John Wayne and a woman. Yellowstone Lower Fall. 1932 Kongo with Conrad Nogle and Virginia Bruce....

Theatre lobby poster for The Notorious Landlord with Jack Lemon autograph. 40x27" Date: City/County: State:

26 mounted storuboard photos for a Pilgrim type movie. Most photos 7.25x9.25"."Charles John "Charlie" Naughton (21 April 1886, i...

An early adding machine from the Nevada Club in Reno. This adding machine is significantly different from other adding machines because it has buttons

Lever Corporate Sealer Date: City/County: Reno State: Nevada

From the Fitzgerald's Hoard. A rare and large group of Nevada Club items. Small metal hinged box with oval Nevada Club cameo like top applicatio...

22 proofs of Nevada Casinos and Hotel Dollar Gaming Tokens. Date: 1969 City/County: State: Nevada

3 Post cards. Good Fortunes as told by Cards. Three Nines-Health Wealth and Happiness; Good Fortunes as told by Dice Nine; Good Luck in Business and L

6 boxes of match stick boxes from Harolds Club. Date: c1950's City/County: State: Nevada

Copper color metal tokens 1.5" wide. NEVADA CLUB RENO / NEVADA CLUB / NEVADA LODGE / NEVADA LODGE LAKE TAHOE / / REDEEMABLE BY / 1 TOKEN / PLA...

Framed souvenir photo montage of the great Providence, RI fire Feb. 16, 1888. Frame 8.25x10.5" Date: City/County: Providence State: Rhod...

Rare games and points counter, circa 1880-1910. 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches. Date: City/County: State:

A beautiful original wood Keno Goose, without the board for the balls. Numbered balls inside. Two piece constructed base, all original. These have bee

# 6 for 2 shares to Clark Drum. Signed by M Kelly and president Clark G Drum. Dateline December 19, 1903. Incorporated 1903. Not cancelled. Black and

National Guard. Second Annual Military Ball, Second Infantry, NGC, Auburn Opera House. Feb. 22, 1895. Red Ribbon, CO. B. Date: 1895 City/County:

Item # 1 of 13 : "Stars For Defense" with the Dixie Land All Stars n Jay Jackson.Item # 2 of 13: Standard Program Library with voice trac...

Beautiful Ambrotype of Civil War Union Soldier with blue uniform, with blue velvet interior & embossed leather on case. 5" x 6.25" Sli...

Lot of 4 different.1) Two CDVs of General Ben. Butler. One is of a sketch, the other is real photo. Butler was a lawyer and Mass. legislator who occup

Lot of 4 different. Included: Civil War private of militia, photo by McCahon of Ohio; Admiral Foote, Admiral & Commander of South Atlantic Block...

Obv.: General U.S. Grant / 1868; Rev.: I Propose to Fight It Out on This Line / It It / takes All / Summer. Br., rd., 27 mm, holed. Date: 1868 Cit

1 Knife made in Germany with antler handle & white metal. The blade reads "Solingen Cutlery, B. Svoboda/Made in Germany. this knife comes w...

World War 2 Gallantry and Valor medals. In the original gold leaf jewelry cases, Three Medals are offered here. The United States Military ‘SILVER S

May 6th 1863 handwritten letter from Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy to Major W.B. Stack, quartermaster, Marine Corps Washington requesting payme

1) Patriotic (roughly torn) cover with patriotic American Flag stationary. "What exciting times we are having in the usually quiet United State...

Gold in quartz and green schist from a collection in Washington, where may of the really good Alaska specimens are today. It is believed these specime

This is a hefty gold nugget, weighing in at 17.6 gm, approx 35 x 17 x 9 mm, from Alaska. It contains small amounts of white quartz, but what you see i

This is a very heavy specimen of native copper from the United Verde Mine in Jerome, Arizona, approx 90 x 60 x 25 mm. It also appears to contain some

From the 16 to 1 mine, a beautiful gold nugget with white quartz. 19 mm, 4.4 grams. Date: City/County: Allegheny State: California

Beautiful white quartz, approx 40 x 28 x 15 mm, with bright yellow gold. Total weight 19.21 gm. After a period of time in Virginia City, Nevada, Mark

This is a 5.75 gm gold nugget from Humboldt Co., California, approx 21 x 13 x 4 mm. There is a small piece of white quartz surrounded by the shiny gol

The northern Sierra Nevada is home to numerous important gold deposits. These include the famous lode districts and placer deposits of Nevada County w

This is a gorgeous piece of leaf gold from Tuolumne County, California, approx 15 x 8 mm, protected and displayed in a 30 mm plastic capsule on a blac

A set of gold specimens from the home of the 49-ers Gold Rush: one 4.44 gm piece of white quartz with streaks of yellow gold, approx 20 x 15 x 6 mm; o

This fine, California leaf gold specimen was previously in the mineral collection of F. John Barlow (Specimen #G-157). Barlow was passionate about col

Very fine dendritic/wire silver specimen attributed to the Homestake Mine in Creede, Colorado, approx 20 x 20 x 20 mm. Easily visible dendrites of sil

High-grade silver ore slab from the homestake Mine in Creede, Colorado, approx 85 x 50 x 6 mm. Very dense with silvery-grey mineralization in white qu