Western Americana Signature Sale (May 2021 Auction)

( Embossed vertically on the front ) Shoemaker & Ruth / Druggist / Reno, Nev. // Base embossed : " Patented May 15 1888/ D.F. & Co.&qu...

Handwritten prescription from 1882 with the letterhead of Ruby Hill Drug Store /C. M. Fassett, Pharmacist & Druggist / Ruby Hil, Nevada. 3 1/2 x...

The rare A. M. Cole ceramic potlid. This example has heavily chipped lower extremity, and has carefully been glued across a central break. It displays

This antique soda bottle group includes Crystal Bottling Company Los Angeles with slightly rounded bottom (6 each), 3 more are unembossed nearly ident

Black Glass Bottles found in V.C. All ales and beer. Sizes vary from 8.5" to 11.75" Date: 1860s Country (if not USA): State: Nevada ...

Three apothecary bottles from both Nevada and Utah. First, we have an almost 3" clear square based bottle from A.M. Cole Apothecary of Virginia...

1) Purple "Tho's Woodliff / Druggist & Apothecary / Virginia City, Nevada." Small chip on back lip. Fancy corner and rounded back....

This is a collection of 17 bottles from Nevada, all coke . Three (3) Reno "D" both large and small D's; three (3) Reno Christmas cokes...

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"from the/ laboratory//of/G. W. Merchant/ Chemist// Lockport/ N.Y."5.75" tall, 1 7/8" thick, 2 5/8 wide. heavy whittle, loads of...

"C. Heimstreet & Co, / Troy NY" 8 Panel, cobalt blue, applied top, medicine bottle 6 7/8" tall . 1 7/8" diameter. Very lig...

"Distilled in 1848. / Old Kentucky / 1849 / Reserve / Bourbon / A. M. Binninger & Co. 338 Broadway, NY" Amber. Open Pontil. Minor sur...

1. "G. A. Newman / Druggist NY" 4 Panel. 4.5" tall. 2" wide. 7/8" thick. Heavy whittle. Not listed in Mitchell 2008. 2. &...

1. "Parker" Iron Pontil, medium cobalt, clean and pretty. This is a rare variant of the very common J. C. Parker, New York Soda. We have n...

Dr. Hoofland's/ German Bitters// Liver Complaint// C.M. Jackson/ Philadelphia// Dyspepsia. Aqua, open pontil, whittled. 7 1/16" tall. 2.5 x...

"C. Ellis & Co. / Philada" Round, whittled, 2 11/16th diameter, 6 3/4" tall. Aqua, near mint condition. Unlisted in Mitchell 2008...

Marshall Original Preparations Open Pontil Medicine Bottle. " Original // Marshall / Philad // Preparations" Aqua, heavy whittle. 5.75&q...

Both bottles are unlisted in Mitchell 2008. 1. "Dr D. Jayne's / Alternative // Philad" 5 7/8" tall. 2 5/8" wide. 1 5/8&q...

Swaim's/ Panacea/Philada., 8" tall, dark color bands from top down through Philada. in Medium Green. Applied top Three stes of vertical th...

Lot of 2. Both in perfect condition. 1. Dr. E.H. Jones Weyauwega, Wis. amount markings on sides. 2. C.H. Truesdell, Druggist, Waupaga, Wis.. B

This is a magnificent reproduction of an 1880's apothecary cabinet, modeled in every detail after one found in Zanesville, Ohio in the early 192...

Item # 1 of 7: Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin / M' F' D. By / Pepsin Syrup Company / Monticello , Illinois // Aqua , 7 3/16" tall , dou...

1. "Lyons // Kathairon // For the Hair // New York" Aqua, whittled, open pontil. 6" tall. 1.75 x 1.25". Near mint. 2."O ...

Antique medicine bottle group, wide variety, all embossed. Includes embossed drug stores, one of the best is from Leadville, CO. Cures Florida water,

Five medical bottles including one early open pontil piece. open pontil: aqua, rectangle, Dr. Porter/ New York, unlisted in Mitchell, 20094 1/4"...

1. "Mrs. Winslow's / Soothing Syrup / Curtis & Perkins / Proprietors" Aqua, heavy whittle 5" tall. 1 1/8" diameter. Cle...

This is a group of medicine bottle labels, never used or applied. Dr. Bonker's five labels are a great read for what ails you. John H. xelowski ...

Ancient Glass Green Ornamental Pitcher, 4" tall, 1 5/8" diameter. several vertical cracks, not easy to see. Dirt inside. Probably of Roma...

Includes Clay Inks, Umbrella Inks, a Ship Ink, etc. Nice varied collection. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

This advertisement board for the Beaumont Company lists a number of ink wells, ink bottles, and glass accessories. Manufactured in Morgantown West Vir

Ten different bitters bottles, all listed in Ring-Hamm, with the Ring-Hamm catalog number. Carpathian Herb Bitters, with cork and orig lead outside se

Collection of 28 shear top medicine, etc bottles, all very colorful and clean! They are about 1.5" to 4" in varying shades of aqua and gre...

Six very attractive and colorful medical bottles, mostly 5.5" tall, and all rectangular: three different Gargling Oil from Lockport, NY, blue-a...

Four Eastern Sodas not listed in Mitchell 2008. 1. "Ed Blee / 108 / Philbert St / Phila" ( In rectangular slug plate) Iron pontil. Gree...

Twitchell soda from Philadelphia in light green with heavy iridescence, usually caused by burial in organic mud. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

This is a collection of twenty-three (23) bottles of painted label and embossed soda collection. The embossed list is: Orange Crush 1920's blank...

Four green Eastern mineral water bottles, two scarce and two common. 1. P. Divine / Bottler / Philada" Iron pontil. Teal. 7" tall. 3&qu...

This is a lot of 23 embossed beer bottles. They are: Providence Bottling Co., Sullivan Bros., F.L. Hazelton & Co. Boston, C. Berry & Co. Bot...

This is a collection of fourteen (14) Coke bottles with two styles of 6-pack carriers. One carrier is all aluminum with a metal bale wire, the second

Wide variety of about 30 bottles and collectibles, includes San Jose Aqua Crown Top Soda, collectible mugs from varying places in the Central Valley

Very nice collection of English/German embossed bottles. Great variety of colors, one early open pontil piece (Flecken Wasser), deep cobalt (palmacora

Sixteen tall, skinny antique bottles often holding eye wash, but other medical solutions or pills also. These vary in size from about 2.5" to 5...

Six of the cute Balsam of Life bottles from London. each 2 3/4" tall. Three aqua varieties: open pontil, crude, large letters, blank base, sm...

Nice early gin bottle collection, six different. V. Hoytema & Co case gin, dark green, applied top. Blankenheym & Nolet, case gin, dark gre...

Four ginger beers and two other crockery pieces. Henry Case (?) punched on shoulder, 8.5" tall, Lockett's Genuine Ginger Beer 6.5", E...

A group of about 42 glass telephone line insulators, 36 in blue glass and 6 clear. Various sizes and manufacturers, such as Hemingray 12, 16, and 19,

Two green open pontil onion flasks of differing origin. 1. 7.75" tall. 5.5" diameter at base. 1.75" high kick up to open pontil. ...

Hobnail Green Historical Flask 5.25" tall. 2" wide at base. 4" across. Open pontil. Base shows shelf wear and minor wear to extremit...

Hand blown very light green vase, 2.5" tall and in diameter. Very light, thin glass similar to the old historic glass of eons past. Origin un...

Lime green spice bottle, very crude with glass imperfections. A beauty for the spice collector. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pr

Classic bitters-style medium amber square bottle, applied top, heavy whittle, small circular kickup in base. Not listed in Ring. This bottle could hav

6 different embossed olive oils, mostly California, 1890-1910. Includes Umberto in 3 sizes, 2 California Olive Oil Company, Acampo, CA; American Oliv

twelve open pontil bottles and one iron pontil bottle. Choice group of very early blown glass, mostly American, c 1830-1860. Most are medical, all ve

Colorful and varied collection of American and British poison bottles, all with classic ribbed or stippled sides, deep cobalt to shades of green, incl

A CBL clear, a brown cabin shaped and a green Ferro China bottle. Each bottle appears to be in good condition. No apparent chips or bubbling. See phot

Two classic snuffs, approximately 4" tall, 1 5/8" thick and 2.5" wide. The first one is a beautiful Olive Green heavy whittle, the s...

Toms/ Russian/Liniment, three sunken panels, deep aqua, loads of character, big drippy top, open pontil, 4.5" tall, 1.5" square. Possibly...

Used in the making of Kummys. Kumis (there is a large variety of spellings) is made by fermenting raw unpasteurized mare's milk over the course ...

4 3/8" tall. 2 7/8" across. 1 3/4" thick. Ribbing from center of bottle to near the top. Microchip on top; difficult to see. Minor sh...

A crystal back-bar decanter that was once used to dispense "Old Valley" whiskey from The Cook & Bernheimer Co. of New York, NY (1863-1...

Nine different embossed whiskey bottles. Security Distilling, Chicago, fluted shoulders, purple, qt, sm lip chip. Kellerstrass, Kansas City, fluted sh

Cut glass back bar whisky bottle, slight purplish tone, with hand ground label / BUFFALO / SPRINGS / STRAIGHT / WHISKEY /. Very good condition with no

Pontil Black Glass Applied Top Whiskey Bottle, sunken treasure. Early 3 piece mold, barnacle remnants not cleaned off, pontil base, deep green, heavy

No pontil. 9.25" tall. 5 3/8" wide x 4" thick. Applied top. Pictorial bound by wreath with stars above: Clasped Hands / Masonic Symb...

Two Mint to near mint dark green whiskey bottles with applied seals " A.S. / C. R." The two bottles differ in style, one possibly and ale...

Aqua Open Pontil 1/6th Unembossed Whiskey Bottle. Heavy whittle. Great Character. 10" tall. 2.6" diameter base. Clean and beautiful. Dat...

Consists of ceramic decanter, Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, Catto's Whiskey, Mount Vernon Rye Whiskey, Carl Sbad brown and an unidentified green....

Nice varied group that includes Webbs, Lashes, Hostetters, Taussig, 2 clear shoe fly flasks. Interesting group. Many with stain, never cleaned. Date:

Clear whiskey decanter with gold leaf trim 8.5" tall, fluted neck, leaded glass, c 1890-1900; three black glass bottles (ale, wine, beer); Burk...

Lot of 103 vintage playing cards advertising an array of liquor and soda companies, worldwide, c1800s-1900s. Includes 35 early soda cards, such as Coc

Nice collection of a wide variety of antique bottles in shape, size and genre. Includes a Warner's Safe Cure, many aqua embossed medicines, two...

Large virgin bottle collection of 36 bottles from one collector. We've kept the group together, which includes some scarce and rare bottles plus...

5 Large Antique Bottles, Large Aqua Carboy about 2 gallon, tooled top, large tooled top light purple whiskey, about 18" tall, 2 large clear med...

A nice varied group of antique bottles. Better looking boottles: clear, light purple decanter, 11". Light green-aqua, heavy whittle, applied to...

About 115 antique bottles. Includes about 22 purple salad dressing bottles, beer and wine (about 25), canning jars (about 6), gins (about 4), crockery

Spectacular color "window" or lighted shelf bottle collection. Cobalts, greens, aquas, amber. Includes 4 inks (nice tall cobalt master in...

April of 1987. 20 x 18”. They finished in first place. Matt Williams and Will Cark were just beginning to show their prowess at this time.

About 550-plus baseball cards from the Atlanta Braves. Mostly Topps, c1975-1990. Mostly mint to near mint. Includes much duplication of the key player

What year did Wade Boggs, Bill Buckner, Marty Barrett, Joe Sambito, Jim Rice, Roger Clemens play for the Boston Red Sox? Here's a ball with al...

There was a Las Vegas Baseball Club that ran the Las Vegas Wranglers c1956 in the Arizona-Mexico League? The $1.00 means it is not modern for sure!!!

Lot of 19 autographs on 3 x 5 cards signed by New York Giants: Willie Mays, Johnny Mize, Bobby Thompson, Dusty Rhodes, Al Dark and others. Date: Co

A trio of Negro League greats on Baseball Hall of Fame postcards. This incredible lot includes Buck Leonard, Monte Irvin and the iconic Leroy "...

Spahnie at his greatest. In 1963, at age 42, won 23, lost only seven, and compiled a 2.60 earned run average. This card is from the Reynolds collectio

Collectible baseball card group of about 2500 in 5 compartment box. Triple Play, Stadium Club, Bowman, Topps. we did not check for complete sets. Dat

Sophia tone framed photo of the Philip H.S. Baseball team with the names of the players identify on the reverse of the frame. Professional photo. Fle

Lot of 209 "bottle cap style" baseball "card" collection, from the 1960s-1980s. Metal caps include players picture on top, and s...

Large box of Don Russ 1982 baseball cards, all in 50 cards packs. Roughly 1900 baseball cards, near mint to mint. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

About 2500 cards in five segment box. 1988-1992. unknown if complete sets. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Four complete sets of Topps baseball cards: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991. Mint condition, sealed cartons, approximately 800 cards per year. Date: Countr

Lot of ten medals celebrating famous baseball players: Joe DiMaggio "Hall of Famer" with Marilyn Monroe on reverse; Ted Williams "Al...

This is an autographed Rawlings baseball signed by King Felix himself. Felix Hernandez, thrower of an immaculate inning in 2008 and a perfect game in

These are five bubble gum card albums, featuring several baseball and basketball players from the near past, including Ted Williams, Barry Bonds, Alex

Lucius Benjamin "Luke" Appling (April 2, 1907 ñ January 3, 1991), nicknamed "Old Aches and Pains" was an American shortstop...

Nice group of player picture pin back. Players include Fred Lynn, Joe Niekro, Gary Ward, Tony Perez and many more. Very colorful and all are bin good

A group of MLB pin backs featuring many players from the Golden Age" of baseball, including Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, Nellie Fox a...

This is a the only known film footage of the reproduction of the boxing match between Oscar Nielson (Battling Nelson) and Joe Gans that took place on

A group of seven "A" sections from New Jersey and Philadelphia newspapers featuring boxing headlines. While six cover various fights, bot...

"Kibitz" America's newest laugh, made in Pittsburg, PA. On a wooden base 2 1/2 inches square, 5 1/2 inches tall, two black men with sw...

Grab bag lot of roughly 100, Police edition baseball cards from the Modern Era (1980). Lot has duplicates of multiple players and coaches. Cards are

Three framed and glazed aerial photos of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, with the end zones painted for 1987 game between Michigan and Arizona