Summer 2020 Extravaganza Auction, Part I

The Yuma Presbyterian Church was built in 1894. Reverend Randolph of Yuma and Otis Building was moved twice from foundation by hard west while being b

This is a collection of books about Idaho. It includes mining and Native American history. please see the photos for details. Provenance: Countr

Sterling. Illinois, Ft. Dearborn, Chicago, Whitehall, La Porte. Salvatore Falcone Collection. Provenance: Salvatore Falcone Collection Country (if n

Postmaster General of the U.S. of America appointment of Thomas H. Clarke, Esq., Manhattan, in the County of Putnam & State of Indiana. Embossed...

Compiled under the direction of M. Huebinger, C. E. Published by the Huebinger Publishing Company, Davenport, Iowa. c1919. Includes Analysis of the Sy

A mammoth plate photograph of an 1800's street scene of Boston, Mass. Piece measures 10"x 15", while matte board comes in at 18" ...

1) Thursday, June 15, 1809 Independent Chronicle Volume XLI (41) Number 2937. Boston, Massachusetts Printed by Adams, Rhodes & Co. Publishers ...

Smith's Egg and Hen Health Producer 22 x 13.5" broadside with 8 chickens.ge Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Massachusetts Ci...

2 checks from State Savings Bank 1906, assorted trade cards, program from 1946 Butte HS Commencement, Texaco letterheads, Montana Mine Exp. Co bank de

Great lot of paper from early Butte. Billheads include Sherman & Reed Undertaking And Livery, 1905;Montana Transfer Company, 1904; Butte Cab an...

July 19, 1894 Daily Inter Mountain newspaper partial edition. Full page ad for a bicycle give away by Daily Inter Mountain. Large horizontal tear, sti

These artworks--Ceramic Sun images mounted on large baskets. The artist, Lainee Meis calls them "Suns of Africa", symbolizing spirituality...

14 x 22.5" original brown broadside, 2" tear. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City/County: Elk Horn Date:

Sepia-toned 5 x 7 photograph of the Eureka Lumber Company, from Eureka, Montana, circa early 1900's. Founded in 1906, the Eureka Lumber Company ...

1 photo of the Courier Office building with 10 people standing out in front (2 women holding babies) all in period dress. Good condition only slight s

Lot is Old West themed, with three cancelled checks from the Gilbert Brewing Company, four 8"x 10" photos showing cowboys taking chuck, a...

Meaderville, MT volunteer FD 1960 50th anniversary program with lots of nice old photos. Framed and matted 6x8" photo of a brick city hall hous...

Featuring: Black Robe - Missionary, Explorer, Pioneer by John Upton Terrell 2.) The life of Pierre-Jean De Smet by E. Laveille 1915 3.) Father De S

Very Nice group in excellent condition overall. Scalloped edge on one card. All adult portraits with one of young sisters. Photographers: C. E. Fi

Very nice grouping , of revenue stamped, cancelled checks. State National Bank ( 1 piece, 1874..7 pieces, 1875 ), First National Bank ( 6, pieces 1

Power of Attorney from Jerry Robinson of Austin, Lander County, designating Robert McCrumb to act on his behalf "...in real estate, water right...

Hutchings' California Magazine, No. 46, April 1860. Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, SF. Vol. IV, No. 10. Opens with an article "No...

An incredible piece of Comstock history. This is a cover delivered, not by the post office, but by The Langton & Company Stagelines and Wells Fa...

Lot of 4 different. Scarce group. 1) WS Hobart / Ophir Mill, 1870. Issued to Hastings & Co. Signed by Osborn for WS Hobart. RN-B16a. 2) Gould &a...

Lot of 2. 1) Unissued ultra-rare stock certificate, dateline San Francisco 19__. Has Comstock vignette with mines and locomotive crossing a bridge. Pr

A sheet of three unused Bank of California checks (with stubs) with RN-B16a (red Nevada revenue imprint over RN-B). 1870s dateline. Unused single exam

Lot of 2. 1) Rare Wells, Fargo & Co. cover with San Francisco cancel sent to Mess. Stateler & Arrington, Bankers, Virginia, N.T. from the Ba...

Lot of 7. 1) Rare Genoa Fluming Company RN-D check. Issued in 1876. Lumber was flumed down the Carson River to Empire and then shipped up to the Comst

Lot of 2. While most RR pay rolls show salaries for general workers, this pair shows the top of each company being paid. 1) 1877 Virginia & Truc...

Lot of 10. 1) Savage Mining Company Daily Report for Nov. 5, 1875. Showing workers employed that day at various stations. 2) Two billheads: Joseph Fre

Lot of 10 different. Includes: Stateler & Arrington, Virginia City, Nevada Territory, 1864, Gould & Curry Mine; Sierra-Nevada Wood & Lum...

With a vignette of stuff to fill a grocer's shelves. Purveyor of groceries, provisions, crockery, liquors, tobacco and Segars (sic)! Fire prrof ...

Lot of two rare Piper's Opera House, Pass Out Check /John Piper - Manager. On the reverse is advertising for Merchant's Gargling Oil Linimen...

Painted tin sign "To Dump Area" This is believed to be the original sign from the Virginia City Dump where more than $2 million dollars i...

Originally the Virginia City Police dept. started roughly around 1863. By 1876 Virginia City was a boisterous town with at least five police precin

Several hundred copies. Provenance: The Historic V & T Railroad Depot Stockpile of Pierce Powell's Western Memorabilia Country (if not USA...

Mr. F. W. Thompson is entitled to the privilege of the Club for the period of ten days, dated April 13, 1908. Nice condition. Ex: Ron Lerch Collectio

Midas, Nevada, 1899, wanted poster, without photo, for stolen horse. Although Midas, a Nye County town, has been listed as a ghost town but has always

Three 5 1/2 x 3 inch, black and white photographs of the Palisade and Southern Pacific Railroad and the Balast Mine in Humboldt County. Possibly taken

Enlarged photograph of Marilyn Monroe in Pyramid Lake while filming The Misfits, her last film. The image is printed on canvas in blck and white, fram

A group of antiques from the Jerome Ayer ranch in Reno, which was located on Alameda, now North Wells. This group of antiques appears to date from the

Reno Reporter Dennis Myers passed away in 2019. He left behind a massive archive of interview tapes, videos and a photo file. Myers was an investigati

This is a Velvet Dairy milk can. It stands 18"x 9", has a lid and is in good condition. It has a spigot for pouring liquids. See photos fo...

This is a blank county record book is from a city called Reno, not confirmed as Reno, Nevada. There are about a dozen cities in the USA with the name

Lot of 3 different. 1) Blue Bullfrog Bank & Trust Co., 1907, to WD & LD Porter. 2) White Bullfrog Bank & Trust Co., 1907, to the Bullfro...

We sell lots of silver spoons and have not seen this in the last ten years! The Montgomery Shoshone was the leading producer in the Rhyolite / Bullfr

Lot of 34. Most are budgets for the city. Budget years include: 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 19

Very rare, 4 First National Bank of Winnemucca, NV memos signed by George Nixon. Nixon was an important Nevada banker, businessman and mining figure.

This is a group of periodicals about Nevada history . Please see the photos for details. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Nevada C

USGS bulletin 612 The Overland Route-fair condition, Boom Towns of the Great Basin by Robertson, Mainstream of America by Stone, Ghost Town by Dane, b

Lot of 10 different including a territorial piece! 1) Virginia City: Stateler & Arrington, early 1862, Gould & Curry Mine; Con-Virginia Mini...

This is a collection of Nevada governor political objects along with several yearbooks from Manogue High School 1956-1958 and a collection of papers f

Small sealers in pouches. Tahoe Title Co, James Canyon Ranch, James Canyon Ranch Creamery, Kings Court Ltd, Sky Mountain Homes, NCP Enterprises, Chris

This is a collection of pin backs with a number of themes. There is the V&T railroad; Nevada political pins; Kit Carson Rendezvous; The Whistle-...

This is a collection with several themes. There are pins that take a cynical slant to McDonald's, Ford, and Kentucky Fried Chicken and many mor...

The Railroad Commission of Nevada was established in 1907. The Public Service Commission of Nevada was formed in 1911

Three early ledgers from the Berry family of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. The Berrys ran a large hardware and general store (including foods) for more t

In Wigton-Abbott, NJ wood box. Interior label for Charles Prandoni, repair service of surveying instruments, Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1930. Approxim

Another level from David White Co. and same service co. 9351. one eye shade. undated. box 38cm long. (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance:

Surveyors Service Co. level with wood box and 2 eye shades. geo. a Greenwald, Instruments, repairs, equip, Los Angeles. orig dovetailed wood box. made

drafting arm. (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

two plane tables. one in canvas case. Buff/ transits, theodolites, alidade. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Date:

same size, dull gray, older model. both are 5-drawer (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Country (if not USA): Mexico State: City

same as above, a second triple stack map file (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: D

triple stack green flat map file cabinet, 15 drawer. about 5 x 3 x 3' very good condition (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Co...

gray ten drawer flat map file. about 3' x roughly 3' deep, 4' high, 5' across the front. (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Prove...

2 army green lyon metallic flat map files, unmatched, each 5 drawer, wider drawers (about 4" deep each), about 4 x 3 x 3' (F.O.B. Fish Lake...

light beige, 18" tall, 4' across front, about 3' deep. (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Country (if not USA): Sta...

Calcomp 965 plotter. about 5 x 5 x 3' (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: City/County: Da...

theodolite. Path Instruments TR 303. with modern aluminum tripod. (F.O.B. Fish Lake Valley, Nevada) Provenance: Country (if not USA): State:

Photo of Santa Fe, NM on front: "Oldest House in the US." Information on the back that explains points of interest such as: Adobe Palac...

Here is a very fine item, of Early Americana. It Is a washing wringer made by " The American Wringer Company" . The bearings for this unit...

22" X 28" in plastic poster frame. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: New York City/County: Brooklyn Date: 1898

Rare ribbon for this New York equivalent of the Society of California Pioneers. This ribbon has black lettering and two vignettes on a tan background.

This is a beautiful porcelain advertising sign for The New York Belting & Packing Company. The signe measures 12"x 24" and is in nice...

A nice porcelain sign from Niagra Fire Insurance Company of New York. Pice measures 21"x 11" and has very slight chipping around screww ho...

Lot of 44 postcards advertising the strange attractions at Ripley's Believe It or Not Odditorium. A group of them appear to be for the 1936 Texa...

Lot of 25 items of ephemera related to Ripley's Believe It Or Not, c1934-1953. Includes three ink blotters with Ripley's facts on advertisem...

Robert Wadlow was known as the Alton (Ill.) Giant and the tallest man on the North American Continent. Born in 1918 and lived until 1940. He was diagn

Signed letter written by anarchist political activist and writer Emma Goldman to legendary classical piano concerto and teacher Anton Rovinsky, prior

Now you can amuse your friends and neighbors by printing your own newspaper headlines. This is an SOS Photo Cine Optics press and it comes complete w

A pair of Wells Fargo canvas currency bags from New York City. Bags measure 28"x 22" and are made of a muslin/canvas material. These are a...

Approx 27 5.5x4" mounted photos of actress' and actors related to NY theatres of the era. Many shot by Mora, NYC. Maggie Mitchell, Toriani,...

Four big die cuts, used in advertising, circa early 1900's. Includes a whimsical print of a baby on a Marseilles White Soap advertisement, from ...

Original, antique brass lock inscribed "New York Telephone Company 1897". Measures 3 1/4" tall by 2 1/4" wide. Manufactured by W...

For the ashtray collection of World Fair Exhibitions: Smoking hot! Set of 8 rubber tire ashtrays, with glass inserts. Two are green /6 are black /

About 30 Trade cards reflecting Coffee, Cures, etc. Originates from NY, MA, Michigan, Utah, SF, Ohio, Ill, Conn, Nebraska, Philadelphia, MO, IA, RI,

Color Litho by D.L. Co., Newport, KY, No. 5242. Beautiful colors of woman ballerina scene with 3 ballerinas in background.20" x 28". Prove...

8 Antique Photographs including 6 Cabinet Cards and 2 Cartes-de-visites. 5 small children, 2 women, 1 gentleman. Fine to very fine condition. Pho

Five vases from Hull, including two 8.5" vases, two 6", one 4" and two 6.25" vases. All in good condition. In 1905, Addis Emme...

Sterling. Dayton, Ohio, Genoa NEB, Nebraska- Beulah inscribed. Salvatore Falcone Collection. Provenance: Salvatore Falcone Collection Country (if no

Two different Hull cornucopia vases, 6" x 11" x 4". Both in excellent condition. In 1905, Addis Emmet Hull founded the A. E. Hull Pot...

This is a collection of books of Oregon history from Lewis and Clark, Native Americans, and mining. Many periodicals out of print. See photos for deta

1) General Mining Map of Eastern Oregon D. W. G. Nelson 1916. Engineer 1922 Baker, Oregon. Quartz Mines, Placer Mines, Ditches, Roads. Blue map meas

Published by The Title Guarantee & Trust Co. Compiled by Huber / Maxwell Civil Engineers. Measures Approximately 28" x 42". Some dama...

Two really nice signs with a common these. The first is a nine inch diameter sign advertising Pennsylvania Transformer. It is in very good condition.

Letter from Henry Leman, gunmaker, Lancaster, Pa., to New Orleans, La., July 25th, 1850. Letter is regarding the shipping of rifles and "ale&qu...

The Brotherhood of America was a secret society formed in Philadelphia in the 1850's with membership of native born Americans. This is an unissu...

High contrast scene of Deadwood. Find Hermann & Treber Liquor to dentist, dry goods, bank, drug store, etc. Street is crowded with wagons, tree ...