Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

Early copy of the Neihart Mining District in Montana. about 36 x 40", blueline. "Plat of Montana Mining District (unorganized), Cascade Co...

Lot of 5. Includes: two pictorial receipts for the Philipsburg Fire Brigade No. 1, 1906; a 1902 pictorial draft for the same fire company; a 1905 Post

Advertising booklet for Red Lodge in Carbon County Montana. Illustrated promotional piece for the small town with pictures, advertisements and inform

Copper City Radio Club, Butte MT. cloth patch. 5 stapled Gordon's Jewelry receipts c. 1938. Stove Catalog from Butte Stove Repair Company, Bu...

New York tribune, July 7, 1876 announcing the Custer Massacre to New York and the World, Front page article on the Custer massacre. This is unarguably

Group of Six newspapers, 4 NY tribune, 1 Philadelphia Times, one New York Sun; 7/12, 7/21, 7/28, 8/2, 8/4, 9/19 1876 discussing the Little Big Horn ba

Includes 10 postal receipts/ working cards. Approx 100 letters from State of Montana Attorney General, State Forester, House of Representatives, gub

1) 1884 license receipt issued 1884 in Dillon to Utah & Northern Railroad Expressman. 2) 1889 license receipt for Omnibus & Expressman in Bo...

Seven Newspapers discussing all elements of the Little Big Horn Massacre, from Custer's funeral, burial. Of great significance is a NY Trib arti...

1899 letter and cover from the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) sent to S.R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. Re: order...

"Map of the State of Montana and Adjacent Mining Camps of British Columbia with connecting routes of transportation, complied by O.C. Mortson, ...

Rare binoculars by AJ Jordan, St. Louis. Marked Montana Cattle Glass. Leather wrapped and leather case. Lid has small compass and detached strap stitc

Included: University of Montana President's Report, 1898; Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana, 1938, Helena;...

Montana State Boiler Inspector's Certificate dated 1926.Montana Traction Engineer's License dated 1927. The renewal fee was $1.00 with a ni...

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Lot of five different. Includes: copper, 5.75", mining scene on bowl and handle, patriotic handle and (gold-plated?); small Montana seal, 6&quo...

Lot of 4. 1) Two different pictorial and colorful Territory of Montana warrants/bonds for $50 and $100, issued 1868 with seals. One has five coupons

This is a first generation blueline print of the Neihart Mining District in Montana. about 36 x 40", blueline. "Plat of Montana Mining Di...

5 old Montana corporate lever seals. Working Stanchfield Lake Club. 1 has a broken lever with broken part included. 3 are frozen, company unknown, nee

New York Times, March 10, 1876. Page 6, long article, "The Big Horn Expedition" This article is about the exploratory expedition to a rela...

1) Silver Anniversary Encampment W.R.C., Department of Montana, Billings, April 15, 16, 17, 1909. Yellow cloth, 8" x 2.25". Vignette of ba...

Advertising broadside booklet and cover for the Commonwealth Carriage Co., St. Louis, Missouri, mailed to S.R. Buford in Virginia City, Montana in 190

Lot of about 15 misc. letterheads issued to Montana merchants, 1906-1916. Best piece is Home Lode Gold Mining Co. (Silver City, SD) to Butte, MT, 1916

Two booklets: Laws and Rules of the Woodmen Accident Association of Lincoln, Nebraska, 1895; and the Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of the A

Lot of 7. 1) Six Ormsby County banking licenses issued to the Bullion & Exchange Bank 1889-1898. Five are for one month and the last is for 3 m...

"This picture taken just before Nevada built a new road. Hank Monk is riding on the stage (on the right). Parked outside of the Warm Springs Ho...

11 b/w 8x10" photos of "Old Duck Creek Line" State: Nevada City: Duck Creek Date:

"The Newspapers of Nevada" by Lingenfelter Rix Gash found no known copies of this volume and number in their search of almost 100 librarie...

Names on this roll include: Adams & Miller, CE Bray, Columbus Borax, JS Cain, C&C RR, DW Earl & Co., WA Ingalls, BF Leete, Lothrop, Mont...

1) Very attractive 1875 color billhead for Eureka Daily Sentinel, Dennis and Cassidy proprietors.Bare-breasted allegorical woman and locomotive vignet

These diaries provide a fascinating look at life in a new city ranching, and family life. Art Keddie married one of Warren Williams daughters. William

1) framed photo of Glenbrook from 1858. 10" x 13.5", framed 14" x 18". 2) Photo of Glenbrook Inn from 1913. Matted 16" x 20...

Rare! 12" Round Temperature Gauge (Fahrenheit) in working order. -50 to 130. From the Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall/The Show Place/on th...

Approx 30 unmarked plastic gaming chips, large silver baptismal spoon, 2 folding skeleton keys, tietack collection, 6 baseball cabs, gaming chips in w

Interesting lot of approx 6 blow-up repro pics of people & places in McGill, NV. Pic of 1913 McGill Mill Baseball Team (last names Strufic, Gri...

Bronze tone fob marked "The Biggest Little City in the World." Manufactured by the Greenduck Company out of Chicago. 1.5". State: N...

The case is in very nice condition; a hard plastic material, inside is a gold color foil placard "Dr. Chas. O. Gasho / Optometrist / Reno - Ne...

Nevada Packing Co., Very rare milk tin, approx. 12" x 24". "STURGES" stamped on handles, has "NP Co./Reno" stamped on ...

State: City: Date:

Massive 86 x 41". This is an historian or digger's dream. Silver City in 1874! McCone's Foundry, the Cemetery, Kossuth Mining, Dayton M...

These four letters from Pelham W. Ames are addressed to H. H. Sheldon, Assistant Superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel Company. These letters are address

Four page program with advertisements. Championship of Johnnie Sudenberg of Omaha vs. Kid Boss of Great Falls. Sudenberg would be a young Jack Demps

Color Map of Arizona (tearing at right side) misc. letters, checks, bills, and seven adveretising place mats from Tonopah, Nevada (dates unknown) with

17 x 21". Color. Hale & Norcross and Potosi Mines Cross Section. Numbered Plate 10. Major rips and folds could use archival tape! State: N...

Very unusual. Used as a master for printing. Includes the Mexican Mine in Virginia City and Wilmot’s Own Whiskey Bourbon out of San Francisco. Through

Three letters: two 1905 from Allen House, dealer in wines, liquors and cigars in Wells, Nevada. Another 1917 letter from The Copper Club Co. of McGill

Includes The Roughneck (with notes on Reno Commercial Club paper), Katie of Desolate Springs (returned from Everybody's Magazine), The Three Los...

Lot of five. 1) The best Nevada Revenue paper is an 1870 complaint that a promissory note has not been paid. Official Lander County document. Back pag

Lot of sixteen: Pictorial Agee for governor, pictorial Bartlett for district judge, Pictorial humorous Q-ne-Q in Reno, Adolph Sutro at Sutro Nevada,

Lot of ten. 1) 1928 Letter from Lyon Switch about sheep and cow grazing. 2-3) 1869 letters from Treasure City about death of a child (not in Nevada) a

Five volumes of State Reports. Statutes of Nevada 1878, 1881, 1883, 1885. Appendix to Journals, State Assembly, 14th session, 1889. light brown leath

Lot of 5 items related to Adolph Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel on the Comstock. 1) Rare 1888 receipt datelined Sutro, Nev. for the Lucille Lodge of the A

1) 1881 letter to HB Yerington. Asking for a reduced rate from Carson City to Reno for Cora's Band. 2) Letter from Hamilton. Smaller school comi...

This is a ten piece collection of travel-specific materials from the 1930's. The pamphlets describe traveling by automobile and by rail to South...

Bill head from Cattaraugus Cutlery Company to Jacques Bros. of Lowville, NY for a total of 25 parts totaling $18.63 State: New York City: Little Val

These two license plates in unused condition. WE13.79 is the plate number dated for 1941; Yellow background with Black lettering. These plates even ha

Colorful pink First Mortgage Sinking Fund Bond. The Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, No. 2306 for $1000 shares. Signe

2 6" brown bank centennial bowls in original pictorial boxes. Zanesville, OH is famous for its pottery. State: Ohio City: Zanesville Date: 1...

8.75 x 11.5" Hydrograph summary in Blue, 24.5" x 21" improvement in fish ladders in blue. Five Corps of Engineers U.S. Army 10.5&quo...

Inc. in Oregon. Low No. 10, issued for one share to M.P. Martin on June 26th, 1911. Signed by the president (King) and secretary (Watson). Pen and sta

Lease & Agreement. Buffalo, Thousand Islands and Portland Railroad Company, etc.. pp. 18; Mortgage. the Lehigh Valley Coal Company to the Girard...

Diploma from Johnson School, Richmond Hill to Jennie Hyder (?), 1922, (3 Diplomas) State: Pennsylvania City: Scranton Date: cearly 1920's

Security State Bank wall calendar, January 1931. Approx 24x14" State: South Dakota City: Beresford Date: 1931

Five Alabama, one Mississippi, and four Louisiana first flight covers, ten total. Plus spectacular postage stamps of the period. State: Southern Cit

1) Identified on back as 1914-1918. R. E. Owen on left and Ernest Snodgrass on right. of the Kirkland Lumber Company of Kirkland, Texas. Has a stain o

Briggs Pharmacy labels, includes Sulphur, Catnip & Fennel, Tincture Arnica & many more. State: Utah City: American Fork Date:

6 page letter written to Miss Lucille Carlson in Los Angeles, CA from her mother & father in Eureka Utah, dated February 14, 1934. State: Utah ...

Rare photo of CC Higgins Mercur Mercury office. It is over the Golden Gate Meat Market and Dr. Duff Dentistry. Photo is 8 x 6". Mercur is a his...

The Salt Lake City Brewing Co. receipts. State: Utah City: Salt Lake City Date: c1913

Mostly glass, a pocket watch case, pipe stem and other oddities found in underground mine in Utah State: Utah City: Date:

Very early , breast pumps. Sun colored amethyst color . Also a clear syringe. All in really good condition. ( RH ). State: Utah City: Date: 188...

Approx 70 aluminum cow tags collected in Dixie National Forest State: Utah City: Date: c1960's

12 old tins dug in Utah-Lipton Tea, peaches, Golden Tree Syrup, lard, sausage and more State: Utah City: Date:

Approx. 14 publications: The McCartys They Rode With/Butch Cassidy by E.Richard Churchill; Utah and he Mormons; American Builder/ The World's Gr...

Two Montana, Three Arizona, Three Oregon, One Washington, and five Colorado First Flight Covers. The postage stamps themselves are spectacular. State

Interesting 2 sided letter from Aug. 6, 1838 to Secretary of the Treasury appointing Pete Johnson of Manitowoc as keeper of a light house in the Terri

B/W photo of HW Darrah Lumber, Cody WY with 8 donkey/horse wagons. Approx 5x8", creases and small tears. State: Wyoming City: Cody Date:

Letter head from The Kearsage, letters from D. N. Stanton 1884 regarding stocks and bonds. 8.75" x 6". Includes a short note of the Chicag...

Family photo album. Large format cabinet card photo album circa 1880 to 90, approximately 16“ x 8“. Holds four cabinet cards per page. The album is ap

Approx 50 color Colorado c. 1991 photos featuring ghosts towns, mining areas, beaver pond, San Juan Mountains and more. State: City: Date:

10.75" x 8.5". Abstract of Title To Part of Hamilton Addition to the City of Butt Montana. MONTANA ABSTRACT AND TITLE INSURANCE CO., 114...

Remember when people used fountain pens? Businesses early in the 20th century advertised on complimentary ink blotters and here are 28 examples from m

3 saltwater open spool reels. Penn 85, Bay City 250?, Penn 259. Not refurbished State: City: Date:

Western Electric wooden antique telephone (hand crank). Basically a wooden rectangular box that housed the necessary components with a receiver that h

Approx 130 issues 1959-1979, Arizona and mining focus. additional shipping will apply. State: City: Date: 1959-1979

14 16x20" prints on heavy stock. Vintage race cars, Olympia, WA street, women is bathing suits, fish market and more. Will look great in frames...

Souvenir from the factory on Sacramento Street in San Francisco. A photo of workmen putting on the strings. Postmarked San Francisco, Sept. 21 1906.

Eight or so people ready for their flight in a hot air balloon. Not used. State: City: Date:

Pictorial 1902 catalog from James H. Birch of Burlington, NJ featuring Birch carriages and harnesses. Export catalog No. 65, 208pp. Both covers have s

Black bear pelt with head and 4 feet. Approx 65x46". State: City: Date:

A blank award plaque, approximately 8 inches square, made of dark wood on which is bolted a brass representation of the famous Liberty Bell. The words

Brown spittoon, 4.5x8.25". Side drain hole has .5" chip State: City: Date:

Lot of ten pieces, circa 1890-1905. Hotel Mark Twain, 345 Taylor Street, San Francisco; M.J. Keller company, 1105-1109 Broadway, Oakland; also Sacrame

Reproduction (replica of 1800's model) of antique brass Captain's sextant in beautiful walnut box with brass inlays. Length: 5.25", wi...

Cast iron reproduction from Taiwan artillery bank. Moving mechanism. Approx 6x8" State: City: Date:

3 original cast iron figures. Cat with red tie bank 4" tall, white dog bank 4.5" tall, guitar playing cowboy 5" tall. Normal wear for...

Ten Volume set. William Dwight Whitney, the Century Publishing Co, NY. 1895, second edition. This massive work was unarguably one of the first great e

Challenger Smooth Plane, 8" plane, #V2. Wood handles and steel. Used, good condition. Original box. State: City: Date:

10 The First National Bank of Butte loan receipts c. 1920 with stamps. Approx 25 bank checks from various banks in Montana and ND c. 1905-1963. Stat

Lot of four ink blotters from H. W. Scribner / Ice Dealer / And / Truckman / Oakland - Maine. Little boy fishing "Got a Nibble" and "...