Western Americana Auction April 2022

Lot of 2. 1. Jan. 1968 issue : re-design of the dollar bill, articles on Paul Krassner, Andy Warhol w photos of models, walk with Mr. & Mrs. ...

Correspondence between Sanford K. Barstow and Vincent, Sturm and Co., a furniture manufacturer in Cleveland Ohio. The correspondence is in regards to

Lot of 5 waybills for the Oregon Stage Company, California and Oregon US Mail Line, dates 1864 - 1867, Lines are for Yreka and Portland (2), Marysvill

Construction Progress Bulletin No. 2 for Electric Power from the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Issued by Hugh L. Cooper & Co. on Dece...

This lot has 12 state reformatory photo cards from Monroe, Washington 1941, and 24 cards from the "penn." at Walla Walla, Washington 1915-...

Made the 26th Day of August, 1786. An indenture between Asa Abbot of Johnstown and the Loan-Officers of Montgomery County. For consideration of 14 pou

There's something in this Lot for every collector, including hidden value for the treasure hunters in the audience. 1) A hodgepodge of vintage ...

Group of 66 billheads from the 1840s-1900s. A) 16 pictorial billheads from companies in Sacramento. These companies are mostly hardware, grocery, or g

Good variety of checks (about 200) with adhesive revenue stamps but with some duplicates. Dillon, Montana; Westcliffe, Colorado; Butte Montana; Broadv

Lot of over 60 vintage checks with vignettes. Mostly Montana (some territorial), but also Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New York. Dating from 1861-1947.

Really good group of checks with vignettes from all over the United States. Some examples include checks from lumber companies, banks, general stores,

Red chickenpox warning broadside by health dept. 6.75x11". City: State: Date:

Group of several pieces of cowboy ephemera including: A) Invoice from Hart, Taylor, and Co., Manufacturers and Jobbers of Hats, Caps, and Furs, Staw G

Group of six fire inspection publications. A) Two editions of the Standard Schedule for Grading Cities and Towns of the United States with Reference

Group of five fire protection publications. A) Agents' and Inspectors' Pocket-Book of Fire Protection, Second Edition, by George Velten See...

Group of six publications related to firefighting education. A) Centrifugal Pumps by R.L. Daugherty, First Edition. Published by the McGraw-Hill Book

Lot containing a variety of ephemera related to firefighting. A) Group of about 12 original photographs of fires, firefighters, and fire equipment. T

Group of six firefighting equipment manuals. A) Operating Fire Department Pumpers by Warren Kimball. Issued by the National Fire Protection Associati

Lot of three different firefighting manuals. A) Industrial Fire Brigades Training Manual edited by Emmett T. Cox, W. Fred Heisler, and Horatio Bond.

Lot of 12 publications related to firefighting. A) Six quarterly publications of the National Fire Protection Association from 1922-1925. These public

Group of firefighting publications and ephemera. Some are from local fire stations or individual firefighters. A) Questions and Answers for Lieutenan

Correspondence and invoices from several bicycle manufacturing and repair companies printed on pictorial letterhead. These companies include the Ames

Miscellaneous Logging & Lumbering Publications (7): 1) "This Fascinating Lumber Business" by Stanley F. Horn Publ by The Bobbs-Merrill...

Early Newspaper Articles & Illustrations on Lumber: 1) The Youths Companion (cover), February 27, 1913 "A Vermont Logging Camp", (6 Il...

Group of pages that were originally from a ledger of a lumber hauling company. These pages show statistics for the company by month between 1873 and 1

This 79 page document are the memories of a missionary Catholic Priest Father William Westerhoven who spent 1924-1953 in Hunan Provence, China. The st

Two scrapbooks full of a variety of ephemera including newspaper clippings, holiday greeting cards, postcards, state fair tickets, correspondence, mem

Five issues of the Niles' Weekly Register including two from 1828, two from 1829, and one from 1835. The Niles' Weekly Register was the equi...

Approx. 250 mostly pictorial billheads. Rippon Knitting Works, Foley Brothers and Kelly, Becker Pretzel Bakeries. Ry-Krisp Bread, Axton_Fisher Tobacco

Collection of billheads from various saddlery companies. Some of these companies include the Wallace & Smith Co. in Wisconsin, Frederick Kraemer...

Collection of hundreds of letters and letterheads from a variety of U.S. companies doing business with Montana companies in the late 1880s. There are

Collection of vintage Valentine's cards. These cards are cut into various shapes and feature images of hearts, animals, teddy bears, balloons, c...

Group of checks from Montana and Nevada including the following: three checks from the First National Bank of Helena from 1878 and 1891, one check fro

US Western States Lumber Related Letterheads: California (5), Montana (4), Nevada (1), 1880-1907 (All with nice Vignettes). City: State: Date:

US Western States Lumber Related Billheads: California (10), Montana (4), Colorado (1), 1871-1912. All with nice Vignettes. City: State: Date:

The Grand Central mine was not only one of the most famous of all the Tombstone mines, it later became the center of the modern day open pit gold-silv

Rare letter addressed to E.B. Gage, the superintendent of the Grand Central Mining Company in Tombstone, Arizona. This letter was sent by the Banking

Enlarged b&w photograph titled Mine in the Dragoons. Mounted under glass and framed w/metal title plate attached to board mounting below photo....

Lot of 6. Two white border. One postmarked 1914 Central N.M. Of Natoma Dredge #8. The remaining five are : Natoma dredges #8, #9. City:Fol

Head frame Northstar 3.25"x3.25". Nightshift by GW Miller-poor contrast. Miner portrait with lunch pails, 6x8", frame 11.25x19.25&quo...

Fantastic set of 4 framed postcard groups highlighting mining in Grass Valley and Nevada City. 41 postcards-16 RPC's. Vintage cards and tradeca...

"Grass Valley Mines Photographs. 1). Mine headframe building that sits above the mine entrance. Meant to house hoisting machinery, personnel, a...

Lot of 14. Includes cabinet card showing men standing outside of mining office, labelled Ward, Colorado, 1898 on the reverse; small mounted photograph

Lot of 19. Color, B/W, a few white borders, Some RPC’s. Publishers: Mike Roberts “Natural Color Scenes”, Frasher

Lot of 23. Pub. Logos: P-N-C. Amber cards, some white borders, Eleven postmarked 1905-47 : Redding, Denverton CA., Seattle, San Fran. One ca

Lot of 5. White borders. None are postmarked. One has writing (hard to read). All street level: The State Mine Chili Bar CAL. (RPC), Slate Cre

Home/Champion Mine-poor contrast. Temple and Clair, sluicing 1899 by Gerrebrands Building panorama. Firemans Parade on Main Street. Providence Mill. F

Lot of 9. 1) Six postcards. Three real photo: mountain flume above Nevada City; view of miner standing underneath water cannon (mailed 1911); and Hirs

Lot of 6. James J. Ott was the assayer who discovered in 1859 that the ore being mined on the Comstock Lode was very rich in silver. The first miners

3 7.5"x9.5" B/W photos by Moore of this mine in Nevada City, CA. Interior of the Hoist Building, a building connected to the shaft? and st...