The "Mint State" Americana & Numismatics Auction (2025 May)

Powder flask from The Denver Rock Drill Company. It has a removable cap and measures 4"x 7". It has small use dents, but is in very nice ...

Four blasting sticks. These were used to clean out drilled holes in rock, in preparation for blasting powder or dynamite sticks being placed. They ran

A group of blasting cap and primer packages, including Atlas and Hercules containers. There's also a framed label 10"x 12" for Sure Sh...

Choice Atlas Blasting Machine, model 3-50, white metal plaque on top, leather handle broken at side. 13 x 8 x 63/4". Oak construction. good co...

Large wood tongue and groove powder box, Hercules 3-X; 18 x 11 x 11 inches; with top. Inside are four assay tools and a large heavy lead weight, which

Lion blasting machine. Plunger operates smoothly. 13x6.75x8". 22 pounds. Wood case has signs of use. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: C...

A lot of eight classic mining artifacts from the explosives business. 1) California Powder Works wood sign, not original very attractive, 34 x 8 inch

Includes receipt books from a miner's supply store in Nevada City, a framed stock certificate of mining shares in the Alpha Company, a can (part...

A group of 3 antique items from miners' unions, c. 1900s-1910s. Lot includes a miner's oil wick lamp with a shield reading 'U.M.W. / OF ...

Lot of 9. Includes: plaster prospector statue (painted bronze) (12 inches high); 6-inch unmarked oil lamp; cup/scoop iron piece from a Pelton Water Wh

Sometimes referred to as a hand "dirt bucket", these were often used as slusher buckets underground, attached to a cable to remove fresh b...

Chatterley Whitfield Mine. Britain. Miner's Personal Items and Gear. Includes: Head Lamp Hat, Boots, Flask, side pouch. Aged Wear and Tear, Fair...

A nice collection of rare watch fobs, most advertising mining products including Joy Drills, Ingersoll and Rand Jackhammers, the Wisconsin Mining Scho

An 18"x 22" framed sign soliciting for placer gold. This is not an original but is a beautiful example of what a gold dealer might place i...

1 Bowdil brand Miners Pick Head/ imprinted 6-10. Measures 1' 3" x 3". ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ...

Vintage underground mine drift pick with wood handle. 12x25". Pick has surface rust. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenanc...

Lot of 7. Various Metal Tin Jugs. Fair Condition for most. Circa 1900's. ^ Date: 1900's Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenanc...

Lot of 15. Includes: 1) Justrite. Six lamps, five different, patent dates 1912-1915. 2) Autolite. One lamp, no date listed. 3) Dewrlite. One lamp, 191

Group of 4 oil wick miners' lamps in varying condition. All date c. early 1900s. Two lamps are from unknown manufacturers; the other two are fro...

Matted and framed photograph of about 25 coal miners (note the canvas mine hats with oil wick lamps). Photo is about 7 x 9.5" in 10.5 x 13"...

Two brothers in mining outfits tin type, early 1860s or late 1850s. 3 x 4 inches. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Fred W

A large collection of ephemera, including reports, articles, book chapters, photos, and more. The collection comes from the files of Noel Kirshenbaum,

A copy of the Meese & Gottfried Company General Catalog no. 10, published 1922. Meese & Gottfried was an engineering and machining firm that...

A group of 3 books on the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872. Items in the lot are 'Diamonds in the Salt: The First Authentic Account of the Sensational...

Lot of 3: two books Metal & Non-Metallic Mining Catalogs (306 pgs. each), one book Gold Mines of California (259 pgs.) ^ Date: 1934-1970 Count...

The Mineral Industry annual reports of the AIME are priceless reports on mining in America for each year. They began publication in 1892 and went thro

32 c. 1875-1919 mining billheads and letterheads, 25 with vignettes, Cripple Creek, Heleena, Victor CO, Spokane, Reno, Denver, Livingston MT, Stockton

28 different mining checks, 1873-1941. Leadville, Cripple Creek, Goldfield NV, Colorado Springs, Nevada City, Virginia City NV, Denver, Prescott, Boul

A collection of brochures, magazine and newsletters from various mining clubs and societies All in good condition. Please see photos for more details

Mining prospectuses and ephemera. BC, Colorado, Nevada, uranium booklet, Idaho, California etc. See photo. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ci

Cons. Jr Tunnel preliminary prospectus, Warren Mining District, ID, 1900. Butterfly-Terrible Gold MC prospectus with highlighting marks, 1900. United

Kangkagee Dredging Placer Ground in Big Bend, OR. 5pp prospectus. Three Queens Mine, 1933 14pp report. Central Idaho Mining Bureau copy of a draft wri

1906 American Investment Co letter regarding Black Wonder & West End Gold MC, their bonds have defaulted. 1908 Vulture Mines, AZ prospectus. 189...

A pair of framed advertisement reproductions: one for 'Miner's Friend Dynamite' from the Hecla Powder Co. (original ad c. 1870s-1900s) a...

3 classic tobacco or produce advertisements using mining vignettes. First: 'Welcome Nugget', 14x7.5, framed. Second: 'El Minero', 14...

Lot of 12. Victorian Lithographic Art. Circa - Unknown. All in Great condition and in protective covers. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City

Lot of 15+: Victorian Lithographs by Gray Lithograph Co. Various sizes Includes: Early 1900's Victorian Women. ^ Date: 1906-1910 Country (i...

Lot withdrawn due to describing error. Redescribed and MOVED TO LOT 1057A

A large 14"x 32" calendar from 1906 and featuring a young girl as the centerpiece. This piece is matted and framed and in excellent condit...

Three nice framed pictures ranging in size from 13"x 17" to 21"x 24". All are in very nice condition and ready to hang. Please s...

Lot of 5: Prints by Tucker Smith, Madison Crossing. Excellent condition. All prints are the same. ^ Date: 1993 Country (if not USA): State: City:

Lot of 6: Signed and Numbered 451-456 of 1,000. In excellent condition. Each print is the same. ^ Date: 1993 Country (if not USA): State: City:

An engraving by John Goldar, (1729-1795) published by Alex Hogg, No. 16 Paternoster Row, London of the beheading of Mr. Doughty by Francis Drake at

Hidden Treasures. "Wings of Freedom" by P.B. Wolfe. Etched in Marble. Bald Eagle. NW American. In Excellent Condition. In Frame with Signa...

Framed and matted print (30" x 36") from an original A/P lithograph by Virginia Dan. Image of Asian children and mother or grandmother. Th...

A framed Americana art print, artist unknown. The print is a tribute to American workers, depicting various scenes of laborers building, working in a

Print of Northwest Mountie, dated 1958, with a copyright of William O. Sweet. Framed and matted print measures 18"x 24" and is in nice con...

A print titled "Glory in the Dust" by New York artist Richard Luce. The piece measures 34"x 24" and is unmounted. Very colorful....

Three prints of Charles Russell paintings on canvas, with one mounted and framed. They measure 22"x 33", with the framed piece being a lit...

By an unknown artist. This work is entitled Grand Pa's Pets. It measures 16"x 24" and is ready to hang. It's in nice condition. Pl...