Western Americana Safari

Three in nice condition. 1) Consolidated Esperanza Mining Company. Issued in 1878, signed by the president and treasurer, pen cancelled. Vignette of p

Impressive run of the Transvaal Chamber of Mines Reports from 1912 to 1960. Missing only 1924, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939. These volumes are

Beautiful pin, mining shovel and pick, handle wire wrapped, copper. "South Africa" engraved on shovel spoon. State: South Africa Cit...

Lot of eight. Includes Bendigo Australia gold mine, Burma, Peru, England, Vermont, New Hampshire, and South Africa. Many of these show the actual work

This bronze oversized buckle (4.25 x 4.5") was presented to Sam Hammond by his partners on February 24, 1849 just before he set sail for San Fr...

Not seen by us before! Incorporated in California. Issued for 5 shares (ten shillings each) on October 29th, 1852. Vignette of topless allegorical wom

Lists four companies, Lassen, Eastman, Green and Gragg & Co. and receipts, sales and delinquencies. Signed by W.W. Sheldoux, collector. The Amer...

Rare Gold Rush location in Placer County. Dateline Carrollton, Placer Co., Cal., March 10, 1856. No. 167, issued for 5 shares to Luther Cutler. Signed

Certificate No. 168 issued on July 20th, 1855 to F. B. French for one share. Signed by President, A. P. Cather and Secretary, C. T. H. Palmer. Palmer,

Number 135 for 1 share to Lucian Brooks. Signed by C. T. H. Palmer (secretary) and A.P. Catlin (?) as president. Printer - Lth. Britton & Rey, S...

El Dorado County, California. Unissued for two shares, but signed by Jacob A Shorb as president and E.H. Cornwall as secretary in January 1853. Pinhol

Incorporated in California in 1855. Cert #116 issued to Even Ashton for one share. Signed by Lorenzo Hamilton, President, and Samuel Davis, Secretary.

Issued stock for the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company. Rare. Inc. November 5th, 1851 in London. Certificate No. 6309 issued April 1, 1853. Signed

Second certificate. Please see previous lot for background on this California Gold Rush mining company. This certificate is No. 6305, issued April 1,

Inc. in Pennsylvania. No. 1484 issued for 100 shares on Sept. 13th, 1852. Signed by Pearson Servill (president) and L. Alter (secretary). Great mining

Incorporated in 1851. Issued in 1851. Signed by President Ryke and Secretary Robert Dude. Light blue paper with blue printing. 5 shares: numbers 22101

Incorporated in 1851. Signed by President Ryke and Secretary Robert Dude. Light blue paper with blue printing. 5 shares: numbers 27011 to 27015. Left

Second certificate, slightly different design (orange red font on blue paper). Please see previous lot for background on this California Gold Rush com

Early, rare variety. Incorporated in the State of California. Receipt dated for the fourth payment of $75 to Fred Hayfield on October 20, 1852. Signed

Incorporated in the State of California. Certificate No. 1207 issued for one share to J.C. Ham. Capitalized at $400,000; 4000 shares at $100. Per. No

Lot of 4. 1) Stock certificate for the American River Water & Mining Co. Dateline Folsom, 1859. Issued for 40 shares. Pen cancelled. Britton &am...

Stock Certificate No. 869 for one share made out to T. M. Suschow on March 22nd, 1853. The company was incorporated in 1852 and capitalized at $500,00

Rare Book, 1st edition. California's Pioneer Mountaineer of Rabbit Creek by Albert Dressler. Published by The Westerner Publishers, Campbell, Ca...

6 x 3.5 inches, "Winged Hunter!" with gold winged underprint, "From Lewis Wharf". Gold and white flag with red star on left. Fro...

3.5 x 5.75 inches, Printed on pink card in blue, red and gold with flag on top, back blank. Glidden & Williams Line. Warren H Bearse master. Sai...

4 x 6.5 inches, Centaur with bow and arrow in silver and gold, red border with blue text, back of card has list of best passages of competitor ships l

Very early. Very historical. Photos show a bearded man, two women and a boy in front of a wooden cabin surrounded by grass bushes & trees in the...

July 20, 1848 map of the positions of the upper and lower gold mines on the South Fork of the American River. No printer shown. May come from one of t

"Oregon, upper California, and New Mexico. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, ... Philadelphia" 17.5 x 13.5", and colored, with the ...

1849 map of the American West, showing some of California in detail. Map to illustrate Captain Bonnevilles adventures among the Rocky Mountains, compi

An 1852 map of the West Coast of United States from San Francisco to San Diego drawn by a D Bache under command of James Alden. This is a reconnaissan

Map showing the different routes across the Isthmus to California. Appears to have originally been apart of a newspaper called Frank Leslie's I...

Account of shipping balance due. A single page account sheet of money owed hand-written for Captain R. Greenlee. Shows first payment on sale of boat,

This is a German document from 1854 with two pictorial vignettes of early clipper ships bringing emigrants from Germany to North America. The document

Includes a report of the Secretary of War on the discovery. A great first hand look at the very beginning of the California Gold Rush. State: Cali

Before we start on this description, it is important to note what this work is. It is, quite simply, one of the all-time most important works on the C

2 Sterling silver Mining spoons from Alaska that have pictures of the view of Cordova AK, and Child's Glacier. Approximately 4" long with w...

Demitasse gold wash bowl engraved Mowry. top of handle features Indian head. Handle embossed with corn. Beautifully made, sterling. Mowry was a mine u

Gold washed bowl is one of the best we have seen. Miner's handle. State: California City: Sutter's Mill Date: FHWAC#: 42808

1) California miner with gold pan on top and miner on bottom. The chain that wraps the spoon goes behind the gold pan. Unusual. Shovel 2) State Capita

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1) Gold washed Denver spoon with large milling operation on bowl and a winch with rope running down the handle on top. 2) "Cripple Creek, The G...

2 gold wash bowls, "West Bay City Mich", mine scenes, floral handles engraved on back "1900" and "1902". 2 Silver teas...

1) Die struck, " You will Have to Shew Me I'm From Missouri" image of 2 men and burros; 2) Die struck "Mining Scene" and ima...

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Miner on handle with pail being winched down to two underground miners. Hand etched 'Butte 1901' on back. State: Montana City: Butte...

Engraved bowls, one has "Homestake Mine, Blackhills, SD" mine image; other two have " Homestake Mine, Lead, SD" different mining...

1 demitasse, burro on bowl; 2 teaspoons, "El Paso Tex.", "Pavillion Hotel Corpus Christi Tex.", mine scenes, one standing miner ...

Three West Virginia spoons: 1) die struck " state Capitol Charleston W. Va.", standing coal miner handle; 2) die struck "knock-off&qu...

1) Gold washed, bowl engraved " Dawson", twisted wire handle gold pan with real gold nuggets. 2) Shovel bowl, engraved "Dawson",...

1 copper demitasse 1893, Colombian Chicago Exposition. 1 teaspoon Jamestown Exposition 1907. Both die struck. State: City: Date: FHWA

1 made by E. L. D. Denver, front die struck--mining scene and Indian, "Wyoming"; 2 "Colorado", similar mining scenes on handles...

7 Teaspoons: One is gold washed, one is copper and the other five are sterling. 2 demitasse spoons: one sterling, one copper. all spoons are die struc

3 teaspoons with shovel bowls, all same with standing miner handle. 3 more teaspoons, 2 with plain bowls and 1 with die struck bowl, underground minin

Three gold washed, plain bowls, different handles with mining scenes; Two teaspoons, 1 engraved "Robert" on bowl, other has plain bowl. 1...

1) Group of 3 pieces: teaspoon, gravy spoon and butter knife, plain bowls, same handles--standing miner holding pickax; 2) teaspoon, plain bowl, miner

One teaspoon, engraved bowl " Sudbury", die struck handle, miner. Four demitasse: engraved bowls; 2 "Sudbury", "Montreal&q...

Apache oval basket. Willow, devil's claw--c. 1930's. 3.75" h x 10.75" l x 7.5" w. Simple lightning design, very good conditio...

Apache woven olla (water basket) covered in pine pitch. Nicely shaped and covered with pitch to make the closely woven basketry watertight. These bask

Antique Hopi coiled wicker basketry bowl. Beautifully made. 4.75" h x 13" diameter. Very good condition. State: Arizona City: D...

Traditional Hopi sifter basket which is utilitarian and used for sifting flour and cornmeal. 11.75" diameter. Very good condition. State: A...

Navajo polychrome wedding basket. 11.75" diameter. Spirit trail. Good condition. State: Arizona City: Date: FHWAC#: 40366

Set of 4 Navajo "style" wedding baskets. 1.5" diameter, 8.75" diameter, 7.5" diameter, 7.25" diameter. These baskets a...

Modern Papago oval basket with dogs in design. 7.25" h x 15" l x 12" w. Very good condition. State: Arizona City: Date: ...

Papago, maze design with figures. Very large--13.25" h x 12" diameter. Perfect condition. State: Arizona City: Date: FHWAC...

Large Papago basket / tray. 14.75 " diameter. Perfect condition. State: Arizona City: Date: c. 1960's FHWAC#: 40370

Papago handcrafted woven coil basket with lid and handles. 2.75" h x 5.5" diameter. Excellent condition. Included is a pin--tiny beaded mo...

Bird in flight design on small Papago basket. Perfect condition. 2" h x 3.75" diameter. State: Arizona City: Date: FHWAC#...

Modern, c.1960's Papago basket. Good condition, minor rim damage. 8.5" h x 11" diameter. State: Arizona City: Date: F...

Gorgeous large Papago tri-color basket with handle. 7.5"h (without handle) x 18" l x 13" w. State: Arizona City: Date: ...

Papago tri-color basket woven with alternating geometric designs. 3.5" h x 7.25"l x 5.75" w. Handles broken off. Otherwise great cond...

Antique Papago basket, 3" h x 6.75 diameter. Very good condition. State: Arizona City: Date: FHWAC#: 40358

1) Modern Papago basket with looped cutouts. Very nice, excellent condition. 4.5" h x 10" diameter. 2) Lidded Papago basket, excellent con...

Yellow 5 point star, outlined with devil's claw. Very nice Pima tray. 11" diameter. State: City: Date: c. 1960's FHWAC...

Tohono O'odham 5 point star basket. 11.5" diameter. Nice basket with alternating rows of black and natural color, great condition, has hang...

1) Papago tray, four point star. Outside of basket reveals three colors--red, black, green. 9.5" diameter. Good condition, very small rim damag...

Lillie James (1885-1948) made this fabulous Washoe basket woven of willow, redbud, and bracken fern root over a three-rod foundation. The design featu

Washoe basket, old, 2.25 high, 6.5" diameter. Simple design, very good condition. State: Nevada City: Nixon Date: FHWAC#: 41661

Washoe basket #2, willow, 2" high x 7.25" diameter. Old, very good condition. State: Nevada City: Nixon Date: FHWAC#: 41...

Very old Washoe basket, 1.75" high x 7-5/8" diameter. Nice design, star on bottom. Great condition. State: Nevada City: Nixon Da...

Washoe basket, 2.5" high, 7.25" diameter. Very pale design. Basket has some rim stitch missing, otherwise, very good condition. The twined...

Washoe Winnowing Tray, willow, 16" long, 9" at widest. Very good condition. Washoe basket has lightening pattern, 4" high x 9.75"...

Paiute water jug. Twined and pitched water bottles also known as a kadu o’sa. Basket is 7" high, 4.5" diameter at widest). Basket is in ve...

Paiute beaded basket. Single rod basket. Probably 1960's. Round bowl form with multi colored geometric designs, 3.75'' h x 7" diam...

Small Makah Lidded Basket. 1.75" high x 3" diameter. Abstract design. Inside of rim has a damaged, folded in part. Lid does not fit well, ...

Finely woven coiled basket with lid and multi-color beaded design. 3" h x 3" diameter. Beautifully made, great condition. State: ...

Northern Cheyenne beaded pipe bag made by Annie Morrison, Lame Deer, Montana. Soft buckskin, unusual beading in white, blue, turquoise, lime green, or

Chippewa beaded cloth bandolier bag. Beaded with floral design above the pouch, the pouch and strap also have floral designs. Beaded and wool tassels

19th century Native American beaded tipi bag made from buffalo, elk, or moose hide and covered with horsehair cones and beadwork. Bags were used as sa

Northern Plains Pipe Bag Pipe bag is 35" long including 4" of quillwork and 8" of fringe. 4" wide. Beadwork is turquoise and dar...

Plains beaded belt bag, beautifully beaded in design of white, blue, black, ochre, green and pink. The metal bells are all intact at bottom of bag. 7.

Plains ladies beaded belt bag w/ awl. Bag with fringe is 8.5" long x 2.5" wide. Awl looks like bone, carved. Nice display. State: C...

Plains Beaded knife sheath comes with knife, but not original knife. Beading and fringe intact. Handmade, nice looking, used. State: City:

Plains Indian beaded buffalo fetish. The piece features a fully beaded buffalo fetish from the Plains Native American Indians. The piece has red, whit

Plains Indian Beaded Knife Sheath with knife (not original). Beading is intact on leather, feather and beads at bottom of sheath. Sheath is 10.5&quo...

Plains Indian doctor's fully beaded bag with standing Indian Chiefs in a gold square wearing long headdresses and meeting hands. The ends have g...

Beaded Plains Indian knife sheath--leather with fringe, 8" long x 6.5" wide with fringe. In case, beading intact, very good condition. S...

Vintage Plains ceremonial beaded dance feather fan. This fan would be used in Native American Church Ceremonies (Peyote Ceremonies), in Pow-wow dances

Northern Plains Indian beaded elk hide men's shirt. Beautiful, sinew sewn and lazy stitch beaded war shirt in classic design, with matching stri...

Southern Plains breastplate. Made with elk bones (hairpipe), beads--turquoise, red, blue, white, and abalone shell. Beautiful piece, has been restrun