The Wild West Auction (July 2022)

This is a tooled top amber quart whiskey with a light stain. 3 pinhead sized chips on top. W32 in Preble however this is an unlisted tooled top versio

This Eaton bottle is no W41 in Preble. It is a rare applied top amber whiskey from Colo. This specimen has a chip on the roll below the top. It also h

S.D. Decker Prop./ Old/ Whiskies/ A/ Specialty/ Denver, Colo./ Harry Walker Manger. Clear half pint shoofly. No embossing on base. Glass imperfection

Three clear and one amber flasks. The clear flasks are half pint, the amber is a pint. Clear: green ribbon whiskey, R G Shipman. 1908 tax stamp, full

AMERICAN WINE CO./407- 16TH ST./DENVER, COLO. 6 1/4 INCHES TALL CLEAR WITH IRIDESCENCE COFFIN FLASK UNMARKED BASE. SLIGHT HAZE INTERIOR. PREBLE W20, C

EARLY GROUND SCREW TOP DENVER. 6 INCHES TALL SHOO FLY FLASK. CLEAR WITH IRIDESCENCE. PREBLE W28, C. 1893. BLACK PINPRICK SPOTS ON FRONT. LIP CHIPS. BA

CHAS HUMBERG/1217-1219-15TH ST./DENVER,COLO. Shoo fly flask. Clear and measures 6 inches tall with an unmarked base and outside screw top. Rough condi

Cooper's/ Apex/ Denver, Colo. W35 in Preble, circa 1900. Half pint shoofly flask. Choice condition. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Co...

B48 in Preble, c. 1869. This is an exceptionally rare mineral water style quart from Denver. It is a deep amber, heavily whittled, applied top. Pinhea

1.) CHAS.F. TESCH/DENVER/COLO. Aqua. 6 7/8 inches tall with C. C. G.CO. on base. Preble dates this bottle c. 1893-94. It is hazy on exterior and inter

Denver Club/ Trade Mark/ Whiskey. Aqua hue. Applied top. W40 in Preble. According to Preble, "This bottle was probably made by Denver Glass Wor...

ENDLICH & GOOD/ DENVER CITY/C T 6 3/4" tall. Early territorial soda with a bit of a drippy top. Bubbling around base & a light hazy qu...

F.W.KOCH&CO./1544 LARIMER ST. Clear shoo fly flask measuring 6 inches tall with an unmarked base. Swirl design around base. Light interior stain...

FRANK HOFFMAN/1105/15TH ST./DENVER, COLO. Shoo fly flask with a ground top and unmarked base. Clear and measures 6 inches tall. Curved ribbing detail

W70 in Preble, c. 1895-90. Rare pint pumpkin seed flask. This is one of only five pumpkin seed flasks, the classic western mining camp whiskey shape.

G. W. GARDINER/1547-1549 TREMONT ST./DENVER, COLO. Clear shoo fly flask measuring 6 inches tall with an unmarked base. Swirl base design. Outside scre

1.) DENVER BOTTLING WORKS GAISER BROS., Aqua, 7 1/2 inches tall with G.B. (appears as C.B.) on base & an applied top. C. 1895-96 per Preble. Cas...

Unlisted flask in Preble. Related to W44, an embossed clear fifth, c. 1891-93. This ground, screw top flask with ribbed base has great eye appeal. No

Half pint shoofly flask. W51 in Preble. 1898-1900. Outstanding example. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Denver Provenance:

J.C.SEBERGER/4068 MARKET ST/DENVER,COLO. Light purple shoo fly flask with rainbow iridescence. Swirl base & measures 6 inches tall. Staining and...

W29 in Preble, c. 1895-1905, half pint shoofly. A gem. This whiskey flask is from the world-famous Brown Palace Hotel of unsinkable Molly Brown fame w

Pair of Molly Brown's Palace Hotel Beer Steins & Cabinet Photo by W.H. Jackson. The H. C. Brown Palace opened on August 12, 1892. It cost $...

According to The Larimer County Independent Newspaper of Fort Collins, Colorado, dates c. 1909 and "has unquestionably the best restaurant serv...

Smith & Holland/ 1543 Curtis St./ All. Whiskey Guaranteed/ 11/ Years Old/ Denver, Colo. Clear half pint shoofly. Ice pick flash in the top. Poss...

W72 in Preble, 1890-95. Several chips in the top on the backside, otherwise clean and nice. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City:

THE ABBEY BAR/ROBT. J. BAIRD/1740 CHAMOAST./DENVER COLO. Shoo fly flask with vertical ribs. Outside screw top and measures 6 inches tall. Clear but a

W31 in Preble. Half pint shoofly. Circa 1894-97. The Bull's Head is a classic name of a Western saloon. It appears to have had its start in Texa...

Beautiful medium to dark amber applied top, 4 piece mold, whiskey fifth, there is a manufacturers defect underneath the top drip. There is a chip on t

Two Gun Wa Chinese herb and vegetable remedies in medium to dark amber, with tooled tops. Both examples are damaged. The dark amber specimen has a bub

Gary Bracken's Denver Gun Wa Chinese Remedy pint collection. Four different colors, medium lime green, deep red amber, root beer amber and yello...

Beautiful example of the Gun Wa remedy in quart size. Very near mint, only a small scratch on an edge panel under the "R" of harmless. Bea...

Dark amber square bitters style bottle, 8 inches tall, 2 1/4 inch square. Applied top. Mineral springs M @ I Company. Generally very mint except minor

Jepson's// Dyspepsia Bitters "C & Co." on base. Dark red amber, applied top. Preble page 278 though no inventory number. Clean, ap...

The Kuner Pickle Co. clear glass decanter bottle. Was originally the Kuner-Empson Cannery, but was sold to John Empson's brother, Max, sometime ...

The town was organized from September 1880 to April 1881 by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (D&RG, later known as the Denver and Rio Grande W...

W83 in Preble, pint coffin flask. Clean and mint, a gem. Circa 1895-1899, also comes in a half pint. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorad

J. Kellenberger / Wholesale / Wines and liquors / Durango, Colo. in circular slug plate. Beautiful amethyst huh and clean bottle. Manufacturers defec

J. Kellenberger/ Wholesale/ Wines & Liquors/ Durango, Colo. in circular slug plate. Amethyst hue and clear bottle. Tooled top. Black swirl in to...

THIS BOTTLES/THE/PROPERTY/OF/JOHN J. FRENCH Aqua, 6 3/4" tall. Wiped top. Dates c, 1893-95.Tombstone style slug plate. Double strike letter F ...

1. OIL CENTER BOTTLING WORKS/H.STEIN/FLORENCE/COLO. Clear, 6 7/8" tall. Wiped top. Number 40 on front near base. Cir. 1901-1903 per Preble. L...

1, OIL CENTER BOTTLING WKS/JOHN H. KELLEY/FLORENCE/COLO. Purple, 6 3/4" tall. Cir.-1890-98. Wiped top. Number 20is marked on the front near the...

POUDRE VALLEY/FORT COLLINS COLO./BOTTLING WORKS. Fort Collins- Colorado's Craft Beer Capital! This Fort Collins, Colorado- Poudre Valley Bottlin...

Fort Collins is situated at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills of the northern Front Range, approximately 60 miles north of Denver and 45 miles

CITY BOTTLING WKS./S.S/ FT. MORGAN Originally Camp Wardwell in 1865, and eventually renamed the following year Fort Morgan. Located along the Overlan

Georgetown was established in 1864 when the Belmont (silver) Lode was discovered nearby. By the 1890's the silver had played out. FYLER & L...

4 Glenwood Springs, Colorado hutch bottles. As identified by Preble, their descriptions are as follows: 1.) E.S. HUGHES , S183. Aqua & dates c....

W86 in Preble. Half pint pocket flask, original metal screw cap. A beauty. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Glenwood Springs

W87 in Preble. Half pint pocket flask, ground screw top, c. 1904-06. Minor inside stain, lower left quadrant. Interesting square air vent on front fac

For the purple lover or interior designer in need of some extra vintage flair! Glenwood Springs is located in the narrow mountain valleys that host th

GOLDEN BOTTLING CO/GOLDEN/COLO 6 5/8" tall. The only Golden, Colorado hutch bottle, dates c. 1904-05, according to Preble. Clear in color, nic...

HENRYGWURTZ/GRAND/JUNCTION COLO Aqua, 6 1/4" tall. Wiped top. Made by American Glass Works Limited, Pittsburgh, PA (1880-1905). Interior stain...

Rare clear Grand Junction Whiskey. 12.25" tall, 3.25" diameter. W94 in Preble. Manufactures defect in top does not affect cond. Tooled top...

THE SENATE SALOON/GRAND JUNCTION/COLO. 7 1/2 INCHES TALL, PURPLE BOTTLE WITH SCREW TOP AND LID. 2 MARK ON BASE. EXCELLENT CONDITION. FOR THE PURPLE LO

Greeley was named in honor of Horace Greeley who had come to Colorado in the 1859 Pike's Peak Gold Rush. Greeley was editor of the New York Trib...

The City of Gunnison got its name from the first known European-American explorer of the area, John W. Gunnison. He was searching for a route for the

MURRAY BROS./GUNNISON/COLO. SHOO FLY FLASK with unmarked round base. Measures 7 1/2 inches tall, an unlisted height. Wiped top with collar. Purple in

QUINN & HOGAN/THE TURF/GUNNISON, COLO. Purple Shoo fly flask measuring 7 1/2 inches tall with unmarked base and wiped top with collar. Cloudy ex...

Grouping of 4 Gunnison City, Colorado hutch bottles. 1. JOHN RISSE/GUNNISON CITY/COL. Preble reference S207. Aqua, 6 3/8" tall. Dated c. 18...

Three variants of the John Risse, Gunnison City, Col. hutch bottle. 1.) JOHN RISSE/GUNNISON/CITY/COL. Aqua, 6 1/2" tall. Wiped top. No other w...

On January 5, 1859, during the Colorado gold rush, prospector George A. Jackson discovered placer gold at the present site of Idaho Springs, where Chi

W100, 1894-95, half pint coffin flask, light amythest. A gem. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Idaho Springs Provenance: Gary

Half pint shoofly flask. W101 in Preble, c. 1897-1900. The Weinberger is perhaps the easiest whiskey flask to find for a Colorado mining camp. It come

Founded 163 years ago in 1859 by prospectors during the early days of the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, Idaho Springs was at the center of the region&#...

Trio of H.A. Elliott hutch bottles out of Idaho Springs, Colorado. Three different styles according to Preble. 1.) H.A.ELLIOTT/IDAHO SPRINGS/COLO. S2

THE.NORTH.WESTERN/BOTTLING.CO/KREMMLING/COLO. 6 1/2" tall. Light gray to nearly clear in color with minimal bubbling within the glass. Lip has ...

C. WONDERLY/ LAJUNTA/COLO. This particular C. W. Wonderly bottle is unlisted. The main difference is the name on the slug plate that reads C. Wonderly

La Junta is located along the Arkansas River, 68 miles east of Pueblo & along the Old Sante Trail. 1.) THE ARKANSAS VALLEY BOTTLING WORKS/LA JU...

COFFIN FLASK, LAVENDER IN COLOR. OUT OF LAMAR, COLORADO. TOP HAS A COLLAR. PREBLE S104, C.1894-96. UNMARKED BASE. HAZY INTERIOR THAT MAY IMPROVE WITH

7 1/2 INCHES TALL RARE FRED. SCHMIDT/THE ORIENTAL/LAMAR, COLO. CLEAR BORDERLINE LIGHT AQUA COFFIN FLASK. UNMARKED BASE. UNLISTED. TOP WITH COLOR. VERT

Lamar, Colorado is a farming and ranching region. As known from personal family history of this describer, it is not easy to ranch and farm much of th

Fantastic collection of Leadville Hutch bottles! Must see in person; does not disappoint! As identified by Preble, the styles are as follows: 1.) S223

KELLY & HANAHAN A rare & unlisted Leadville soda bottle. 7" tall. Aqua in color with a semi-hazy clarity. Pinprick bubbling at lip &am...

KELLEY & HANRAHAN Aqua, 7 3/8" tall. Leadville Kelley & Hanrahan Soda Bottle, c.1878 according to Preble. Multiple lip chips. Overall ...

Pair of Isaac Hougland Leadville, Co. blob top sodas. 1.) I.HOUGLAND Aqua, 7 1/8" tall. Preble reference S221. Applied top. Marked H on t...

W116 in Preble, c. 1890-92. Ground top screw top half pint pocket flask. Very light stain on back, otherwise very nice. Date: Country (if not USA)

Shoofly pint. This has a repaired chip in the top right portion of the top. Circa 1887-88. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: L

Marsh & Ford/ Liquors/ &/ Cigars/ 300/ West 3rd St./ Leadville/ Colo. Clear pint shoofly, 7.25 inches tall. Large script "2" on th...

Golden Wedding/ Rye/ Carl Nolllenberger/ Leadville Colo. Back bar bottles from American West mining camps are exceptionally rare. They are so rare tha

Jos. Gavin & Co./ Leadville, Colo. Pint shoofly with diagonal arrow ribs along the bottom half, metal screw top with ground top. This bottle is ...

Mining in the Leadville area began in 1859 when prospectors discovered gold at the mouth of California Gulch. In 1876, black sand, once considered bot

THE TOPIC/ 501/HARRISON AVE/LEADVILLE/COL/JOE GAVIN. PURPLE 7 1/4 INCHES TALL UNMARKED BASE. BOTTLE HAS VERTICAL RIB DOWN EACH SIDE. GROUND TOP WITH L

W114 in Preble, c. 1890-1908. This is a rare drug store whiskey bottle. Very few of these are known from the American West. Date: Country (if not

Extremely rare amber bottle from Jeffery & Dale/ Grocers/ Leadville Col. Applied top. Indented panels. 10 3/4 inches tall, 3 1/4 in diameter. W1...

Senate/ Leadville Colo./ 522 Harrison Ave. Amethyst hue. W118 in Preble, c. 1905. Ground top with original screw cap lid. Couple light metal scratches

The Leadville Club/ Whiskey/ 108 West 4th St./ F.L. Hart. W112 in Preble, c. 1889. Amethyst hue. Ground top with screw cap lid. Under the lid, at the

W113 in Preble. Ground screw top pocket flask. Circa 1890. Half pint. This is an unlisted size in Preble. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Co

W120 in Preble, unlisted size in Preble, this is a quart shoofly with heavy whittle on the edges of the front panel, bottle shape is distinctly differ

CITY/ BOTTLING WORKS/ LONGMONT, COLO Aqua in color, 6 1/2" and hazy in appearance. C. 1901 according to Preble. Base marked with a C with a ci...

Longmont, Colorado was founded in 1871 by a group of people from Chicago, Illinois. Originally called the Chicago-Colorado Colony, led by president Ro

Named in honor of William A.H. Loveland, the president of the Colorado Central Railroad, in 1877. LOVELAND BOTTLING CO. out of Loveland, Colorado. Fl

MONTROSE/BOTTLING/CO. 6 1/2" tall. Rare Montrose, Colorado hutch bottle. Dates c. 1896-1900 according to Preble. Aqua in color with mostly nice...

OLATHE BOTTLING WORKS/ OLATHE/COLO 6 5/8" tall. The ONLY Olathe Bottling Works hutch bottle we have! Purple in color, clear in appearance; Som...

The town of Ouray was named after Ute Chief Ouray, who worked for years to find peaceful resolution to the escalating conflicts that were occurring as

J.R.VANCE/COL Aqua, 7" tall. Applied top. Marked I.G.CO. on reverse near base. Fair amount of whittle to this bottle. Several bubbles in the ...

1.) CITY/BOTTLING WORKS/PUEBLO, COLO. Deep purple & 6 5/8 inches tall! A real beauty to behold! Unmarked base, case wear and scratches evident o...

1. OLIN & SIEMS/SO PUEBLO, COL. Aqua, 6 3/4" tall. Wiped top. Cir. - 1887. Some interior staining. One 3/8" subsurface flash below sho...

W132 in Preble. The Horseshoe Club, 1894-95. Pint coffin flask, distinctly different from the bottle shown in Preble. 7 3/8 inches tall. This bottle i

Brown top Hyman Levin & Son, Pueblo, Colorado jug. Not listed in Preble. 10" tall. 1/8" and 3/8" chips. No repairs. Date: Coun...

SALIDA BOTTLING CO/SALIDA/COLO. 7" tall. Very light aqua to almost clear bottle and unlisted in Preble in this color. Bubbling around the appli...

Salida , Colorado is the county seat for Chaffee County. Salida means "exit" in Spanish and refers to the location of the city near the Ar...