Western Americana Safari

Wood handle 10 1/2 inches long. Crude tomahawk head with eagle and "tote" inside. Possibly from the 1880s. State: United States Cit...

Wooden walking cane with a William Jennings Bryan headpiece with the famous motto: "Free Coinage. 16 to 1" inscribed. 35 inches long. This...

Victorian bulldog walking stick with celluloid bulldog and sterling silver base with sterling strap around bulldog's face. Celluloid was an inex...

Vintage Iron Jaw Harp, Mouth Harp "Jews" Harp. Used by Mojave Indians, early trade item. From a prominent California archaeologist's c...

Weeden Manufacturing Company. 115 volts, 400 watts, catalog number 702. Bright red paint. On wooden platform. State: United States City: D

Rare. "Fiction, Fact & Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main: From the writing & pictures of Howard Pyle,...

Truly fabulous collection. 1) A very early, very rare Mickey Mouse 15" tall stuffed velveteen doll, from a time when Mickey really looked more ...

1) Wood sign. Gold lettering on a red background. Roughly translated to "The dragon's spirit engulfs the five directions, first and last th...

Three small apothecary bottles. Two metal coins, two plastic tokens. "Pacific 4 P.M. stamp with Chinese letters. Carved wood piece. State: ...

Duck Stamp Print, by Bruce Miller, 1993. Print number 7390/14950. Signed by the artist. 17.5" x 18.75". Bruce Miller (1952- ) Original acr...

Lot of 8 colorful advertising covers. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#: 42251

Lot of 14 advertising covers from a wide range of companies. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#: 42253

Colorful cover from Hudson Manufacturing of Minneapolis to Sweet-Teller Hardware Company of Boise, Idaho. State: United States City: Date:

Lot of 8 postal covers from companies like Hershey Chocolate, Pillsbury Flour Mills, etc. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#: 4

Five pieces of advertising covers featuring livestock companies. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#: 42247

Lot of ten colorful advertising postal cover, many featuring Native Americans. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#: 42248

Envelope from Larus & Brother Co. of Richmond, Virginia to Falk Wholesale of Boise, Idaho. State: United States City: Date: 1929 ...

Five vintage brass US Mail combination locks, engraved, REC'D U. S. Mail. Different numbers on back of each. State: United States City: ...

Three scales that were adopted by the US government. Not functioning. Could be used for parts. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#

Lot of 5. 1) Partial contents of a book entitled Characteristics of Old Furniture Styles in England 1600-1800. About 75 pages with no binding, but fan

Lot of 10 pieces. Includes: two different copies of the New Yorker published in 1840 by Horace Greeley & Co. (prolific publisher, congressman, a...

Collection of caving prints that consists of 14 pieces from 1860-1890's. Print size ranges from 5" x 9" to 21" x 16" and ha...

Large assortment of 121 billheads, 3 pristine cigar box labels, 21 political portraits from the 1860s, 2 photos of old cars, and 4 post cards from the

Assorted paper items from different places and on different topics including a Telegraph report and Cover to JW Garett with cover c. 1887. The Mitche

LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 40306

Lot of 170. Some duplication. Many pictorial. Earliest is 1825 with other early Eastern checks. Checks from: DelNorte (Colorado), Leadville (CO), Phil

Over ninety trade cards featuring advertising from all over the country. Colorful, historical, comical. State: United States City: Date:

Lot of 5: various stock documents from all over the country, such as the Border Operating Co. Ltd. (2), the Mutual Co-Operative Mining Co. (2) and the

Lot of 11. Includes: Santa Rosa Water Works (1892); Illipah Basin Oil & Gas Co. (1920); Qua-Jack Lead & Zinc Co. (1918); Coxey Extension Car...

Lot of 39 pieces. Stocks include: Dix Mines, Ltd.; Holly Cons. MC; Clara-Swansea MC; Syndicate Hydraulic Mines Inc.; Black Bear Cons. MC; Nevada Birch

Lot of 34. Most are documents from the Postal Telegraph-Commercial Cable Company, which was founded by Comstock mining millionaire John Mackay. Mackay

30+ pieces, most Western Union. Includes: 1899 Northern Telegraph Co. pass; booklet on Morse Telegraphy, 1868 telegram from New York to Austin, Nevada

Lot of nine items. 1) From the Waltham Watch Company: five stocks, three issued (1929-45), all cancelled. Also, a pictorial lettersheet issued 1908 re

9 Stock certificates from various corporations that are all in good condition and are fairly high-grade pieces. Stocks include: United Printers and P

Over ten stock certificates and a Nebraska real estate first mortgage bond. Carson Mineral Rubber Company, Overlook Consolidated Mining Company, Massa

Oil painting of stone and wood building by stream. Possibly logging camp. Open cars on track. Artist unknown. Painting is 14.5" x 21.25", ...

"What Do You Want to Do with the Rifle', with Colt Dragoon drawn by Gilbert Gaul [See story, "Why they Shut Down at the Higuerita.&qu...

1) Cabinet card of woman's 80th birthday, Oakland, 1881; 2) Litho image from page of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe...

Lorne Greene plaque. 50th Anniversary Medal authorized by the Congress and the President of the United States, awarded in 1967 to Lorne Greene for out

An inlaid metal commemorative sign previously on the side of a meeting hall built with the appropriations of congressmen. Reads as follows, "M...

2 photographs total of Dude Martin and his Round-Up Gang and a group photo of Al Pearce, Edna O'Keefe, Cal Pearce, Jean Clarimoux, Norman Nielse...

Eight pieces of American political currency. Two small pieces advocating greenbacks to burn the bonds and bounce the national banker. One note for a q

1) "The Women and Girl Workers of the Civil War, 61-65" ribbon. This was an early recognition of the roll of women during the Civil War. P...

This is a very interesting hand colored photographic piece in fabulous condition. Case measures 2.25 x 3.5". Photographs (appear to be from CDV...

Lenox china set in silver rim trophy plate, Ladies' Trap Champion, 1983. Enamel painting of Indian Chief by Harry Held. Embossed tomahawk on sil...

Two Indian head silver spoons. One is a rare vintage medicine spoon--handle embossed "America". Back of handle engraved A. 1. Coin Silver ...

Two identical pocketknives from the 1970's. Engraved pictorial in each side of trees and mountains and a golden eagle attached on each side, too...

Two teams lined up in front of their hand pulled fire wagons. Many spectators are looking on. There is not a singe female in the photograph. Helmets a

Lot includes: Album of Modern Naval Craft, Album of Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, nine cards of various images. State: United States City:

Two color silk maps 1943 & 1944 showing Southeast China / Luzon Island and Japan. These maps were carried by air soldiers in case they crashed a...

1) Launching of USS Helena in 1940. 2-3)1940 USS Helena business reply envelopes. Both with two two cent red stamps. 4) 1946 USS George Cllymer (spel

45" x 16" Great original broadside from Scientific American showing the new German siege weapon that fires a 42cm shell. There is an exact...

Barnes was active in Baltimore, Md. in 1844 and 1845, and in Mobile, Ala., in 1844 and 1852 to 1859. He was listed in Mobile from 1852 to 1859. From 1

A travel booklet called "A Handbook of Vacation Trips in Alaska and The Yukon On The White Pass and Yukon Route". It is approximately 50 ...

Large group of Alaska items: "Alaska Fishing Fleet" 12 x 9" photo; Mount Denali photograph 19 x 11" ; picture of Garibaldi Park...

This vintage ulu or flensing knife is from the Alaska gold rush period. Used for skinning seals, fish, etc. 7.5" long from handle to tip of bla...

Lot of 24. Includes: six White Pass & Yukon Route telegrams (post-1900) plus a telegraphic translation sheet; two Canadian Pacific Railway Co. t...

January. Picture of a rancher on a horse drawn sled with his cows tagging along. Frame is really impressive!!! 26 x 23" Calendar is 20 x 19&quo...

A group of four rare 1880's Tombstone, A.T. checks. 1) Agency Pima County Bank, Tombstone, Arizona, 1881, payable to J.M. Chavez, signed by P.W....

Original cabinet card from Buchman and Company, Tucson Arizona Territory. Circa 1881 (Mautz). State: Arizona City: Tucson Date: c.1881 F

9 x 18". Possibly accompanied R. Pumpelly's Narrative. c1859-61. State: Arizona City: Date: c1860 FHWAC#: 41840

1) Indian Territories on the Upper Gila & Salt River Valleys. 13 x 13". Plate XI. 1907. 2) Arizona State Map. c1895. 13.5 x 11". St...

This is a classic Western photograph. Ten men, most of whom are brandishing firearms, pose in front of a stagecoach that has painted along the top &...

Wagon & early car on a muddy main street. Photographer imprint: Laval of Fresno, California (Charles "Pop" Laval). State: Californ...

28 Photographs of logging and timber operations near Auburn California. Photos include natural scenes, trains, horses, camps and more that involve lo

Over 110 reprints from Auburn and the Auburn area that includes scenery, animals, railroad, parades, buildings, and more. Huge, diverse collection. M

Unique metal (aluminum?) invitation for the 42nd Anniversary celebration of the Knights of Pythias, Inyo Lodge No. 206, Bishop, California, February 2

Original cabinet card from the Occidental Gallery, Kemp and Coleman, Bodie. Circa 1880-1882 (Mautz). State: California City: Bodie Date: 1

Lot of 32. Nice variety! 1) Bodie & Hawthorne Telephone & Telegraph Company stock certificate. Dateline Bodie, California, Oct. 17, 1892. No...

1) Bodie Morning News, April 16, 1880. 2) Bodie Standard News, December 2, 1880. Both contain information on the town and lots of ads.- State: Cal

Two copies of the newspaper: December 6, 1879 and December 21, 1881. Includes Bishop Creek News and "Bodie Year in Review." State: Cal...

1) Bodie Morning news, July 15, 1879. News of the Bodie Tunnel and mines. 2) Daily Bodie Standard, July 9, 1879. List of assessments, ads, etc. Stat

Also volumes of the "Pony Express." 27 Volumes. Articles include Reese River, Reveille, Weaverville, Panamint, Frank Shorty Harris, Dan De...

Indenture for two lots in Chico, Butte County dated July 1, 1867 for the sum of $4000, between Thomas J. Bidwell and his older brother John Bidwell, f

4 Photographs of Clipper Gap Train Station and Texas Foothill panoramas. Clipper Gap photos have a train and a man waiting for it. Scarce photos of b

Rare birds-eye photograph of Downieville in Sierra County California. Image includes houses, a river, bridge, and surrounding mountains. 6.5" ...

# LA 3360 for 100 shares to Forest U. Lake. Auto signed by Bayly and Porter. Folds, but in great condition. Airplane pictorial. Kinner Airplane &...

This is different. Metal plaque is 3.25" long. Belt measures 32" long. State: California City: Grass Valley Date: FHWAC#: ...

Fantastic collection with over 60 photographs and over 20 different shots of a Grass Valley parade. All are 3" x 5" and most have duplicat...

1) Order of Owls, Next #1547. Three owls on medallion. 2) GVUM 1914 Picnic Committee. 3) Elks lodge # 538. Elk head medallion. 4) Same as above but le

Three identical Knights of Pythias ribbons. One side for general use and the other for deaths. Condition varies from poor to excellent. State: Cal

"Quartz Parlor / No. 58 / N. S. G. W. / Grass Valley / California / Admission Day / 1910." Golden bear pictorial. Very nice condition. See...

1) Very large (14") Court Pride ribbon. Has circular red, white and blue top and button that identifies this as F of A. Grass Valley. Excellent...

Birds-eye photograph of the completion of the O'Shaughnessy Dam at the top of the Hetch Hetchy Valley in 1923. Hetch Hetchy is known as "T...

Very rare, early California bond from the county of Lake, in northern California. Ten year bond was to mature on Jan. 1, 1881. Allegorical female, dra

We don't see thee very often. Spaulding Lake is at Emigrant Gap on the old wagon road over Donner. Identification by 'Dana' on back. Pho...

Nice combo! Photographs measure 9 x 11". Nice contrast in photos. State: California City: Lake Tahoe Date: c1920's FHWAC#: ...

1) Emerald Bay Striking photograph with a steamer rounding the island. Photo measures 7.5 x 9.5". 2) Donner Lake c1915 (per back of photo). Pho...

Nice panorama of Lake Tahoe. Steamer in bottom center of photograph. Photo identified as "Lake Tahoe, California from Glenbrook." Photo me...

R. M. Watson proprietor. He was an early resident and the first constable in Tahoe. He did leave Tahoe to join the Klondike Rush, but returned. &quo...

Forest scene on bowl and fish on handle. State: California City: Lake Tahoe Date: FHWAC#: 42806

Everyone who worked in the forest used to carry one of these. The first defense against fire. This one is painted in black, "Lake Tahoe Lumber ...

Souvenir booklet for Los Angeles that has pictures, landmarks, and information about Southern California and empty space for the visitor to write in o

1st edition. History of Los Angeles County California with illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Residences, Fine Blocks and Manufactories, From O

Savage established a own trading posts on Mariposa Creek where he traded for gold with the local tribes. In October 1850, he traveled to San Francisco

Two issues from 1858 and one from 1870. Includes news about the Indian hostilities in Trinity and Humboldt County, election results for Yuba County, t

Light Michigan Bar cancel on postal history. Early correspondence (re: stagecoach driver gloves) of the company that had widespread (some 260 acres) h

Lot of five. Rarest two pieces are 1913 advertising cards (2.5" x 3.5") for each county--we've never seen the one for Mono County, whi...

Michelson lived on 322 2nd St. In the 1910 Napa census there was an Albert H. Michelson who live at 118 Jaurez Street in Napa. He was listed as a barb

Although well worn today, the inside suggests that this was a well made wallet for it time: Diamond pattern, extra leather scrolled flaps, etc. Sta