Western Americana Auction April 2022

This unique hunting knife has an overall length of 11 in. and a 5 3/4 in blade. There is a beautiful maker's mark on the blade near the ricasso:...

This is an Italian made rapier fencing sword at 38 in. overall length with a 32 in. blade. The wire wrap grip appears to be original to the piece It h

This Springfield model 1870 is a full length two band musket. The first model 1870 was chambered for .50-70 caliber without a barrel liner. Only 1000

Check on the Cochise County bank to Mrs. G.E. Goodfellow for $100 from A. E. Jacobs, endorsed by her on the back. Goodfellow was the doctor that treat

A framed 5 x 7-inch notice or invitation to the hanging of E. Eredia on August 11, 1905 at noon, for the murder of Arthur Wright. Dated July 24, 1905,

Large Group of Arizona Old West Ephemera includes: > Three pieces of bank ephemera from the 1880's, including a check written on the Pima Cou...

1) Handwritten letter and cover dated May 1, 1878, postmarked Walnut Grove but addressed to Mt. Vernon, Arkansas. (3) cent postage stamp. Please see p

Rare. Unissued (as is normal). Dateline Bodie, Cal., 187-. Brown border, black print. Ezra A Cook, Chicago. Folds. 7 x 10.25" This bank formed ...

Lot of 3. The Bodie Railway & Lumber Company was formed in February 1881. The line ran 32 miles from Bodie to Mono Mills south of Mono Lake. An ...

Lot of 16. Includes: Owl Drug Co. cover sent from Bodie; 1896 IOOF receipt; RPPC of church; 1949 Lee Vining check; Mono County report by HA Whiting, 1

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Lake Hume, CA & the Hume-Bennett Lumber Co.: 1) Rare photograph of the Hume-Bennett Lumber Mill at Lake Hume, located in the Sequoia National Fo...

Delegate badge no. 191 for the Grand Parlor meeting of the NSGW at Lake Tahoe, June 6-10, 1910. badge has great raised illustration of a building near

Lot of 2 different. Both are issued jointly by Southern Pacific and the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. 1909 and 1910. Both have ei...

Vol. 1, No. 9, July 19, 1881, of the miniature newspaper published at the Grand Central Hotel. This issue has articles about the Virginia Enterprise n

Group of five posters advertising various events at Lake Tahoe including the Great Gatsby Festival, Snowfest, Sled Dog Races, and the Alpenlight Festi

Lot of 10 architectural schematics for a building for Mr. Tod Ford, 1901. John Parkinson, Architect (his office at 702 Laughlin Bldg., Los Angeles,

Lot of 3. 1) Unissued stock certificate for the National Exchange Hotel Company. Dateline Nevada City, Cal., 1860s. The hotel was built in 1856 during

Dateline Nevada City, Cala., May 2nd, 1860. Issued to Mrs. Amelia Miller for $50 to be paid at sight. Signed Birdseye & Co. Ship vignette (top c...

Lot of 18. Includes: JG Loutzenheiser billhead (Grass Valley, 1918); William Giffin billheads (Nevada City, 1901); James Chisholm billheads (North San

Lot of 2 way-bills for transport of packages from Nevada (City) to North Bloomfield in 1876. 4 x 14" One way-bill is in very good condition. Th...

Lot of over 25 pieces of ephemera from Oakland California. 1880s trade cards; leather post card; Piedmont High School student body card 1922; Oakland

Several copies of the San Francisco Daily Herald from 1869. These newspapers include articles about mining, general Pacific Coast news, foreign news,

Group of about 14 insurance policies, mostly from California, including the Home Mutual Insurance Company, the Royal Insurance Company, and the Phoen

Lot of 10 receipts from business in CA plus one from Nevada. Collection consists of 5 receipts issued by the American River Water and Mining Company/

Vintage b&w photograph of N.C.A.C. - 7 men (boxers?) in training clothes standing in front of man (presumed coach) seated in chair. Nevada Coun...

1862 California State telegraph to Adolph Sutro from Mary Sutro about a tooth extraction. City: State:California Date:

Pay voucher from the famous Pitkin Glass Works from 1782. The Pitkin Glass Works was the first successful glass manufacturer in Connecticut. This vouc

1909 DuPont Powder Co. corporate document with signature by PS DuPont, Alexis I DuPont, Eugene E DuPont, Victor DuPont, Francis I DuPont. Nice signatu

Warranty Deed from the St. Andrew's Bay Railroad, Land, and Mining Company in Florida. Presented to Adam H. Ziglear on May 27, 1887. This warran...

Lot of about 600 checks from businesses in Wallace Idaho, mostly 923. Success Mining Company; Guelph Mining and Milling; Auram Mining and others. C

Group of about 120 checks from a variety of mining companies in Idaho and Washington. Some examples include checks from the Success Mining Company, Au

Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory by Strahorn, 1881. Covers missing, please inspect. City: State:Idaho Date:

Check from JS Sherburne, raiser of and dealer in horses and Indian ponies. Kansas City, KS 1887. Cattle and horse vignettes. City: State:Kansas Dat

Lot of about 200 checks from Butte Montana. W.A. Clark & Co.; The First National Bank of Butte; Leys Jeweler and others. City:Butte State:Mon...

Group of over 1500 checks from Butte, Montana. Some examples include checks from the Butte City Water Company, the First National Bank, W.A. Clark &...

Group of several hundred checks from the North Butte Mining Company for mass marketing. Most of these checks are from 1907, 1916, and 1917. They are s

Vols 1-23 of The People, a Butte newspaper. 1892-93. Nice condition for age. City:Butte State:Montana Date:1892-93

Lot of 25 pieces of ephemera from Cut Bank, Montana dated from 1891 - 1918. Included are 9 billheads from various city businesses including the Yunck

Group of about 25 checks from the Treasurer of the City of Great Falls from 1901. These checks were paid with money that was taken out of the Police F

Group of about 1500 pictorial checks from the Treasurer of the City of Great Falls, Montana. These checks feature a beautiful vignette of a waterfall

These are detailed reports from Warden Frank Conly of Great Falls, Montana describing the convictions of William Smith #3, Tom Roseleaf, and Harry P.

The best of the Western mining camp checks. First National Bank of Helena. Dateline Helena, May 2nd, 1870. Issued for 1,100 in Current Funds to JD Con

Lot of 6 different. 1) Helena. Five checks, all LH Hershfield & Bro. One RN-C (1871) and four RN-D, including "buff" (1873-1875) and p...

Group of several hundred checks from Helena, Montana, some have nice vignettes. Some examples include checks from Merchants National Bank, First Natio

Lot of 50. Nearly all different. 1) Includes 12 with imprinted revenues: 8 RN-G (1877-1883); 3 RN-D (1875-76); and RN-X (1899). 2) Others include: AM

Lot of 2 LH Hershfield & Bro., Helena, checks with RN-G. Both issued to Joseph Kemp Toole, a Helena lawyer who was elected to Congress (1885-188...

Lot of 13. Most are noted to be paid in gold coin. Includes 7 RN-D and 6 RN-G. Issued 1875-1881, all LH Hershfield & Bro. Banking House. Merchan...

Lot of 18. Only one duplicate! Includes LH Hershfield & Bro., First National Bank, and Merchants' National Bank. Issued 1879-1885. One is a ...

Lot of 10. All with RN-G. Four checks issued to Pacific Express Company (1880); three to Union Pacific Express Co. (1879-80); and one to Union Pacific