Western Americana Auction April 2022

Rusty Justrite tin, round 7A copper tag, jackhammer charm, HNH white metal hammer emblem, draftsman's rule in metal tube, AOUW medal, Stacker Re...

Group of four pieces of assay materials including the following: A) A Manual of Quantitative Chemical Analysis for the Use of Students by Frederick A.

Ledger book stamped O. Seymour & Co., New York 1866 with accounting of U.S. Assay Office charges incurred by Isett, Kerr & Co. Only a few pa...

Six framed pieces of ephemera and one unframed photograph related to hydraulic mining. A) Hydraulic mining photograph that is unframed. The caption w

Three framed photographs of hydraulic mining operations from around 1905. A) Photograph of a monitor spraying water across a dry area. There are some

Four framed reproduction photographs of hydraulic mining operations, probably in the North Bloomfield and Malakoff Mine in California. These are repri

Two original mounted photographs of hydraulic mining operations, most likely somewhere in California. Both photographs show groups of miners surroundi

Collection of three reprint photographs and one broadside related to hydraulic mining. All three photographs depict hydraulic mining operations, most

Four reprint photographs of hydraulic mining operations in the areas of Gold Run, Dutch Flat, and Auburn Ravine. All of these areas are around Placer

8 Unidentified photos of miners and mines. Drilling contest at Columbia Gardens, mine entrance, underground miners. Sizes from about 3.5x3.5" t...

Lot of seven belt buckles with a Western mining theme. Homestake McLaughlin Mine; Grass Valley; Ames Tools; miner and burro in colorful enamel, made b

Group of framed and unframed photographs of mines, most are unidentified. A) Wooden frame with four photographs of a group of unidentified miners, th

Lot of over 30 vintage real photo postcards featuring mining and miners. Mostly coal mining, but also Hibbing Minnesota, Michigan and Hecla Mine. C

Lot of 9, most different. Fantastic graphics! Included: Arbuckle Bros. coffee (dupe cards advertising Nevada, plus diff. for California); Jersey Coffe

Lot of 11. 1) Eight different postcards, including colorful foreign card showing kids in ore cart; hydraulic mining cards for Medford, Quesnel, Idaho,

Two books related to mining and assaying. A) The ABC of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors by Charles A. Bramble. Published by Rand, McNally & C...

Two US Patent Certificates granted to Leroy E. Sowers & Preston S. Phillips, for Processes of Separating Manganese Dioxide from ore containing t...

6 cut and polished ammonite halves to visualize chambers, on cards, 1.5 x 1.25 x 0.25" to 1.25 x 1.0 x 0.25"; 1 entire with label ident...

10 ammonite and nautilus fossils from China, some natural, others polished, sizes from 3.25 x 3.0 x 0.75" to 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.5". See photo ...

8 ammonite and nautilus fossils from China, some natural, others cut and polished, sizes from 2 x 2 x 1/2" to 6.75 x 6 x 1". See photo fo...

Entire individual brachiopods, extracted from matrix, most partly polished, probably of genus Stringocephalis from Devonian period, perhaps from Guang

Plates of dark gray silty limestone with crinoid impressions including several with branching crown: largest 12.0 x 7.0 x 0.75", others to 5.5 ...

Drepanura trilobite fossil fragments and hash, on trimmed plates of siltstone ranging from 5.0 x 3.5 x 0.75" to 2.0 x 1.5 x 0.7". Some of...

21 small slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 3.25 x 2.5 x 0.5" to 2.5 x 1.75 x 0.5". This species has a s...

18 small slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 3.0 x 2.5 x 0.75" to 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.5". This species has a so...

7 slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 7.0 x 7.0 x 1.0" to 5.75 x 2.75 x 0.5". This species has a soft bod...

11 slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 7.5 x 6.0 x 0.5" to 6.0 x 3.0 x 0.5". This species has a soft body...

Small plates each featuring a prominent partial Drepanura trilobite body, mostly incomplete, some with surrounding trilobite hash or fragments, sizes

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One large specimen with needle-like plant fragments on siltstone, 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.0"; one specimen with bamboo-like leaves, 7.25 x 4.25 x 1.25&qu...

Stringocephalus brachiopods, mostly partial trimmed specimens, with prominent "beak" structure, sizes from 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.5" to 2.75 x...

68.2 gr of quality turquoise from an unknown Arizona mine from the Shirley Bovis Private Cowboy Museum in Tombstone. The smallest bead is 1/4" ...

12 gold in quartz specimens from Mariposa County, CA in 1" capsules, with clear plastic display. Nice display set. City:Mariposa County State...

Lot of about 50 polished stones, one mounted in a pendant. Montana cabochons and others. City: State:MonTana Date:

Twenty five pieces of Herkimer diamonds, ranging from 1 mm to 25 mm, with about a half dozen more than 10 mm. Herkimer diamonds are double-terminated

This is quite an impressive display piece! Measuring about 15" long and 8" across and the center goes about 8" deep. A really beautif...

Chinese viewing stone made of intricately weathered dark grey argillaceous limestone - a stromatolite - on custom-made wood base. See photos for deta

Chinese viewing stone in one piece but made of two distinctly different rock types. See photos for details. City: State:Anhui Province Date:

Chinese viewing stone, Laoshan Jade, recovered from the East China Sea floor off the coast of Shandong Province. The surface has been naturally eroded

Chinese viewing stone, Laoshan Jade, recovered from the East China Sea floor off the coast of Shandong Province. The surface has been naturally eroded

Exquisitely sculptured and polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a calcareous rock that remains entwined in the roots after

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a Chinese boxwood tree which had grown around a calcareous rock. This carved figure is of a quintessential Chi

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. This carved figure is of a quintessential Chinese sage rowing a

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. This carved figure is of an Asian deity pouring water from a bot

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A smiling buddha figure has been carved into the wood. See photo

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A tall Asian goddess figure, possibly Guan Yin, holds a bottle p

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A smiling buddha figure holds aloft a sphere as a long dragon co

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. Here a wizened sage holds a long staff and gazes knowingly. The

Sculpture made of the polished roots of a boxwood tree which had grown around a rock. A happy buddha figure rests against a rock with two, smaller fig