Western Frontiers Auction (October 2022)

Wells Fargo group from one of the Sherman's private museum displays. This group includes paper items including a modern Wells Fargo postcard and...

4 different Wells Fargo ephemera. Unissued Virginia City, Montana c. 1860's. 2 sided c. 1890's receipt. 1872 letter from Sheridan office. 19...

Ten volumes. Two Turrentine Jackson articles printed in 1972 in Journal of the West. Books include Wells Fargo by Hungerford 1949. Stagecoach, Book 1,

Company Property of Wells, Fargo Co. & Express 1852-1918 by Bartz. 155pp with lots of photos for identification. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

Wells Fargo by Theobald, 210pp with appendix. Sharps Rifles and Spanish Mules, The San Antonio-El Paso Mail, 1851-1881 by Austerman, 367pp with index.

"and the Origin of American Railroads...Latter days of Mail Coach and Baggage Business in the United States." Second edition greatly expan...

"We Never Sleep". 1874 edition. 278pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Bound in green cloth, lettered and decorated in black and gilt. A f...

3 receipts from Adams Express. 1872 3x8". 1870 bill of lading 5x8". 1898 receipt with stamp, top damage 5x7.5" Date: Country (if n...

3 United States Express. 1863 receipt, 1871 blue check, 1842 United States Mail Coach Waybill 9.25x15". Date: Country (if not USA): State:...

1899 Pacific Express bill of lading-2 sided. 1881 Southwestern Stage Line from Will City, Neb., some toning. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Written by Agnes Spring. First edition. 17 illustrations and fold out map in rear. RARE! Date: 1949 Country (if not USA): State: Dakota Cit

First edition. 1950. Photos. Indexed. 287 pages. Autographed. Front cover showing weakness, but still firmly attached. This is The Story of American E

American Express Co./ Money Orders/ Foreign Checks/ Travelers Cheques/ Letters of Credit and/ Transfers by Telegraph. Nice porcelain on metal sign. Wh

Nice Porcelain Railway Express 1 sided metal sign. Nevada, Circa 1900. 72x11.75". Rust around holes, a few other smallish rust spots. Dents on ...

Cobalt single sided enamel sign. United States Express/Money Orders/For Sale Here. Date unknown. Partial maker on bottom, 13???29 Arch St, Phila. &...

Cobalt Western Union/Telegraph/&Cable Office 2 sided metal enamel sign. Maker is I.R. Co.-Beaver Falls, PA.12x23.5". Date unknown. Small nu...

Printed in 1947. All three volumes in very nice condition. Follows the Southern Route to 1861, Central Route to 1866, under Wells Fargo & Compan...

Best edition is probably The Overland Express by Rideing. Only 650 copies of this book were ever printed. This is number 514. Also Treasure Express by

1) The more known Franks of Western Expresses 1973 by Nathan. Sorted alphabetically and with each page having multiple pictures. 2) Lesser known The P

Lot of seven. 1) Pony Express - the Great Gamble by Bloss. 1959. 2) The Saga of the Pony Express by Di Certo. 2005. 3) The Pony Express Goes Through b

A) The History of the Pony Express by Waddell F. Smith. This is a Custom Library Edition, one of only 900 copies published in 1969. 110 pages. B) The

This lot contains a letter signed by Pony Express rider Joe Nardone in 1991. There are two postal covers with the 130th anniversary of the Pony Expres

Lot of three. 1) Ben Holladay, the Stage Coach King by Clark. Signed by Clark. 1940. 2) The First Overland Mail, Butterfield Trail by Lang. 1940. 3) T

Lot of two. 1) Letters of Gold 1984 by Coburn. California Postal History Through 1869. Includes a myriad of illustrations. Includes shipping, post off

About 70 cacheted covers with mint stamps, Golden Gate Bridge folio, 1972 and 1980 commemorative set, H E Harris album, mostly filled with used stamps

Nice organized beginner's collection, with a wide variety of dates and categories. US singles collection: Scott 11-834, far from complete, mostl...

Photographs by JC Haines. 52 total. Reprint of this August trip photos. Includes photos such as Totem Poles at Wrangell, Entrance Sitka Harbor, Wharf

Nice mix of Alaska ephemera. Large topo map of Iditarod-Ruby region 1914, hardcover Ice is Where You Find It, vintage souvenir foldout picture book, c

Vacation Trips in Alaska & the Yukon, on the White Pass & Yukon Route, C-1936 ~ Travel by train or river steamers to many destinations ~ Con...

2 Sterling silver Yukon Gold Rush spoons. Wild Horse, YT. Dawson, YT. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City: Provenance: Gary Bracke

7 Alaska/Klondike Gold Rush Books. Klondike by Chicago Record Co. Klondyke Facts by Ladue 1897, Ballads of a Cheechako by Service, Alaska and the Klon

Three different perspectives of Alaska and the Yukon Territory during the period of the late 1800's gold rush. First, we have the Klondike Nug...

This bank note is made out to F. J. Wattron of Holbrook, Arizona in 1904 for $43. 45. Signed by Jim Houch also of Holbrook. Sized at 3 in. X 8 in. J.

1871 Pima County stage station deed. Known as Desert Station. Blue tax stamp on front. Includes well and water rights.14x17", small seam tears....

This cook set is from the Aztec Boarding House in Tombstone, Arizona. The Aztec House lies in the historic district across the street from Fly's...

Collection of various pieces of clothing from Tombstone, Arizona. Includes a pair of boy's pants, a boy's jacket, a boy's cap, three pai...

Tombstone Cons. Gold & Silver Mining stock, 1881.1902 Daily Prospector, Weekly Epitaph application notice, 4.75x8.75", water stain. Pima Co...

1888 postcard mailed to Tombstone for $100 reward for "tramp" assault suspect in Solida, CO. 5x3", dogear corner, diagonal crease, s...

Amazon White Rye Whiskey barrel lid. Distributed by Oberfelder in Tombstone, Arizona. T.M. Oberfelder & Co. was a general merchandise store that...

Rufus Nelson Leatherman was an Arizona Pioneer; born in 1844 in North Carolina that moved west to Tucson, Arizona in 1869. This RN check for $300 was

This lot of 14 photos mostly of Northern Arizona near Williams. Two photos are from Boulder Dam about 1933 the rest are of ranch life in the high coun

A) Ghost Towns of Arizona by James E. and Barbara H. Sherman. Maps by Don Percious. Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1969. Autographed by th

5 Arizona books. Arizona Place Names by Granger, binding tape repairs. Brand Book 7 of the Tucson Corral of the Westerners by Chidester. Street Fight

Group of seven books about Arizona history. Titles include Gun Notches by Captain Thomas H. Rynning as told by Al Cohn and Joe Chisholm (autographed),

A) Rim of Christendom: A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino by Herbery Eugene Bolton. Published in 1960. 644 pages. B) Gila Monsters and Red-Eyed Rat

3 Arizona billheads. 1885 for payment of Whiskies, Tombstone . 1885 letter from A. Sieber of Bisbee for payment of Whisky. 1881 Oro Blanco Store Bill

Group of four pieces of miscellaneous ephemera from Arizona. Includes letterhead from Lord & Williams Co., a general merchandise store in Tucson...

2 Arizona proof plate photos by James Sherman. Fenced Charleston, AZ tombstone and Kofa, AZ hill. Frames 17x21". Date: Country (if not USA):...

Lot of 3 pages. Rare. These are "letter copies" on Central Pacific Railroad / Southern Pacific Railroad letterhead. All have staining on t...

November, 1888 The Fireside Friend. Rare issue #1. Buried Cities in Arizona, an earthquake. 12pp 6x8". Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...