Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Lot of 3. Includes a fancy script George Watt, sheriff and assessor, Lander county; L.A. Lemaire appointment as a notary public; and 1893 of sale of c

Group of six checks to San Francisco wholesale whiskey dealers (Lindley & Co., Louis Taussig, Tillman & Bendel, Hall Luhrs & Co.) All wh...

Extra rare original contract for a billiard table in a Virginia City Saloon. City: Virginia City State: Nevada, Date: 1923 F

Lot of 2. 1) Great postcard for Hammondsport Vintage Co. (est. in 1886). Front has drawing of plane flying over vineyard at night with a spotlight for

License no. 1387, issued to Frank Czolgocz on November 22, 1917. There is some wear including tears and holes on the corners. City: Cuyahoga C

Oval mirror from the Montague Chocolate & Bon Bon Co. The printing on the image side is sometimes difficult to decipher, but reads "Croft &...

Several men pose in a pool hall. Photograph measures 7”x5” with white border, black single matte 10”x8”, high contrast, and focus is sharp. A couple

Lot of 2. 1) Sepia tone RPC, no border. A room with 5 aligned pool tables and four men standing beside them. Rows of bar stools are lined up against t

Lot of 2. 1) Two men stand behind the bar near the soda fountain. Another man is looking around the place probably a customer. Glass showcases with bo

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Lot of 31: Colorized Casino cards, all from various Casinos such as the El Cortez, The Alladin, Hotel Sahara, The Golden Nugget, Hotel Last Frontier,

This is a lot of 5 RPCs featuring a look back at Fremont Street in the early 1950s. 1) Possibly the oldest post card in the group, it looks to be date

Lot of 6: Night views of downtown Fremont Street gambling casinos and hotels. Photographers were Oakes & Frasher. Crisp shots, in excellent cond...

Lot of 2: colorized photo cards of the famous Hotel Nevada in Las Vegas. Both are in excellent condition. (Prag Collection) City: Las Vegas

Lot of 20: an eclectic mix of colorful casino matchbooks (no matches inside) from several notable LV landmarks, such as the Mint, the El Cortez, the S

Las Vegas, Nevada has become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Films, T.V. Shows, and celebrities have made Sin City the perf

Vintage court house and post office cards, one published by Wilson Drug Co. This specific card is older, and the photo is somewhat faded. The other tw

Lot of 10: these unusual cards also advertise for the El Trouatore Arizona Autrel Court Hotel in Kingman, AZ. This group has multiples of 3, for each

Great RPPC of "Dad Lee" standing in front of a makeshift casino. Card mailed in 1936. Sender notes to his mother that he passes "this...

Lot of 2. Very rare RPPCs of interior gaming scenes at Owl Club. 1) View of group standing around a roulette table. Definitely 1930s fashion! Caption

1) RPPC of view of N. Virginia Street looking north. Harold's Club sign is centered. Other visible signs are The Nevada Club and The Frontier. F...

Lot of 3. 1) The first is an RPPC of an interior gaming scene in The Northern Club. Card was mailed in 1932. The writer has written in marker on the f

Lot of 3 L.A. area bottles including: 1) A 10 oz. neatly applied top, clear shoo fly flask with knife edge bottom. Inscribed "The Saratoga, 10 ...

MT. LOWE / CARBONATING / AND / DISTILLING WORKS / PASADENA / CAL. One of the all time great soda bottles. Nice set with the whiskey bottle offered in

THEO. GIER WINE CO. / monogram / OAKLAND, CAL. 11 1/4". Amber. FABULOUS condition and example. German born Theodore Gier was one of the most pr...

THE WINEDALE CO. / monogram. / OAKLAND, CAL. 11". Amber glass bulge neck Hand-blown Tooled Top whiskey bottle. This old bottle stands 11 1/4&q...

This choice mint clear applied top whiskey bottle (Thomas 135) was found in a building in Placerville, California. It has a ¾ label on the back...

Seal has not been broken. Monticello Brand California Muscatel. A product of Italian Swiss Colony. 20% alcohol. Label has splits. City: Santa

Nelson County, Kentucky. Label has small rips on left and right, but is in VERY GOOD condition. Please see photograph to enjoy this lot. City:

Lot of 10 of various sizes and uses, including a Christmas 1923 Coke, a half pint milk from Valley Dairy of Yerington, Old Colony Soda, Ely, 1 pint mi

Original port. Applied top! 1870's or 1880's. Bottled by Edward Kane & Sons of Brooklyn, New York. Original cork in two pieces. Rips on ...

Intricately embossed bottle with TIPPECANOE on one side and H. H. WARNER & CO. on the other. Bottom says ROCHESTER / N. Y. Both are entwined in ...

Fleckenstein - Mayer Company, Portland, Oregon. Old fashioned, handmade, sour mash whiskey. Label is ripped in places but all words and pictures are i

OLD KAINTUCK/WHISKEY. The most popular alcoholic beverage in early nineteenth-century America was whiskey and the best whiskey was distilled in Kentu

Lot of 7 different bottles: 1) Crystal perfume—not with original stopper; 2) Cobalt, 5” tall, Crème de Camelia, for the Complexion, from the Bo...

1) Cool cancel. Date unreadable (but city easily read). Corner advertising cover from J. B. Wagner, supervisor, fourth district, Pilot Hill. Nice pict

H. F. Tracy is listed on the cancel. Horace F. Tracy was the post master from December 14, 1882 to May 29, 1886. C. F. Roussin was still using the old

1) Large letter oval cancel with an ovate grid killer. 2) 1880 cancel with target killer. Rings around straight-line date. Red French received cancel

Very early cancel. The Newton post office was open from 1854 to 1912. City: Newton State: California, Date: c1858 FHWAC#:

Four El Cajon 1888 covers. 1888 Tremont House cc cover. 1899 Capistrano, Two 1891 Escondido. Lot of 24. City: State: California, Da

This lot contains several letters and cancelled covers dating from 1891 to 1918. Some of the letters are from soldiers serving during WWI, others from

Corner cover is W. W. Dunbar, County Attorney Caffee County, Cleora. Letter mailed to William Adain(?) at Hancock in Chaffee County (post office open

Bliss & Sweeter Agricultural Implements. Picture of wagon takes up top right quadrant. City: Denver State: Colorado, Date: 1882

Lot of 4: Postal record books from the early 1900`s. Book 1 is the "Carriers Route Directory," which has hand-inscribed entries on almost...

This is a lot of two ledgers from the town of Empire in Ormsby County, Nevada. Lot includes a Postal Account Book with the first entry July, 1887 and

This is the 1907 account book and ledger for the Postmaster of the now defunct town of Franktown in Washoe County, Nevada. The first entry is made Jan

About 350. Roulette the game that broke the bank at Monte Carlo, Keno pays highest adds to the player, William Harrah (different auto stamps), Slots t

A group of 63 unissued certificates from the United States Postal Card Company (NY). 18XX. Allegorical females. ABN, New York. Some browning. VF.

Interesting letter discussing the problems between the banking system and the Treasury. Mention Calhoun and Martin Van Buren. The country was in a fr

c1940-2000. Please see photo for examples. City: State: , Date: Fabulous selection that has to be seen to be believed! Includes

Five covers: a) stampless cover from Colchester (CT?), Dec. 1848 to New York, 40 cent rate, 2pp letter, cond. problems; b) YMCA corner adv., Army Chri

Set of six. Two Crawford of Stamford, CT. Whitney & Beckwith of Norwalk, CT. Kimball of Manchester, NH. Chamberlin of Norwich, NY. One unknown. ...

One from Maryland with a wax seal on back. Perhaps 1859. One from Walthom, Georgia. Only has front face. City: State: , Date:

Lot of 64. 60 are tinted. Wide array of views of San Francisco’s buildings associated with the PAN PACIFIC 1915 World’s Fair. Views include Palace of

Lot of 7 teaspoons, 8” long. 1) A beautiful sterling silver spoon made by C.D. Peacock of Chicago. The plain bowl is topped by depictions of the Chin

Lot of 2 teaspoons. 1) A souvenir of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in Seattle in 1909, the bowl contains a depiction of the U.S. Government

Arizona State Business Directory Including El Paso, Texas with Los Angeles and Foreign Classifications Including Live Stock Department, Wool Growers...

Lot of four Books includes: 1) An Unnatural History of Death Valley (with reflections on the valley’s varmints, virgins, vandals and visionaries), By

By various authors (excerpts). No single publisher. A collection of newspaper articles, cartoons, and covers with a Death Valley connection. Please in

75 Years of Progress. 1861/ 1936. Diamond Jubilee. Crème-colored softcover. 32 pages with photographs. Includes a detailed description of the c...

1924 San Francisco City Directory. List of people and companies. Excellent condition. City: San Francisco State: California, Date:

Measures 9”x 7”. Published by San Francisco company R.L. Polk & Co. Located on 606 Montgomery Street. This is the first issue of the "Calif...

Elliott & Moore; Colusa County, California. Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery...; 1880; San Francisco. 15 x 12.5", black boards, gil...

Photo re-printed edition of the 1876 edition. Paperback. Published by Sunny South Steam Book and Job Print, Atlanta. 298 pages. The piece has some sta

Illustrated.; Bowen & Co.; 1904; 664pp. Approximately 9 x 12". Dark leather covers with gilt lettered face and spine. Original, with little...

Aurora As it is. First Annual Gazetteer and Directory of the City of Aurora, Ill. Compiled by Knickerbocker & Hodder. Beacon Steam Print. 1868. ...

Banker's Directory and The Banker's Register with List of Bonded Attorneys. "Official Numbering Agent for American Bankers Association...

Compiled and Published by W.H. Chandler, first directory. Printed in Evansville by W.H. Chandler, 1858. 188 pages. The front and back covers are detac

First Fort Wayne Directory! Compiled by C.S. Williams, publisher of the Cincinnati Directory. It was published in Fort Wayne: C.L. Hill, Phoenix Black

Volume 1. Hardcover. Published by Rosser, Spring and Cowen, Lafayette. 428 pages. The cover is detached from the book, as well as the first 6 pages.

Rare Iowa!!! A complete history of the County: together with a description of its natural resources and sketches of its public buildings, schools, chu

Embracing descriptive and historical sketches of counties, cities, towns, and villages, which include much valuable information respecting the agricul

Directory of the City of Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, for 1883, Giving a List of the Inhabitants, Business Firms, Educational, Social, and Reli

No book listings found in OCLC. Hoye's Leavenworth City Directory and Classified Business Directory. Published by Hoye Directory Co., Kansas Cit...

No book listings found in OCLC. Hoye's Leavenworth City Directory and Classified Business Directory. Published by Hoye Directory Co., Kansas Cit...

City directory of the "inhabitants, manufacturing establishments, institutions, business firms…" It is 291 pages. The publisher is not ide...

Doniphan County, Kansas, History and Directory for 1868-9: Containing the State Constitution; A Concise History of Kansas; Also of Doniphan County, an

Printed in Baltimore: Press of Isaac Friedenwald of 32 South Paca Street. 1887. 146 pages. The covers and binding have some little wear, but are all s

“…of the inhabitants, institutions, manufacturing establishments, societies, business firms, state census, maps, etc., etc.” Littlefield Directory Pub

Fourth Chelsea Directory! Published by Benjamin Rivers. 112 pages. According to the OCLC database, there are no listings for a 1850 directory, there a

“contains a complete resident and business directory of the town, names of streets and their location, town officers, schools, churches, societies, or

Same edition as Concord Directory above. This has a red flex cover and has one of the most historically exciting town maps I have seen. The map includ

See History & Directory of Needham (red binding) for information. This directory shows strong corner wear on covers. One large stain in middle o...

A. E. Foss & Company. “containing a complete resident, street and business directory ... also a history of the town from its first settlement to...

Compiled J. H. Hogan and published by W. F. Richardson. ”Containing also a complete business directory, churches, school, societies, towns, officers,

Containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools societies, churches, post offices etc.. 53 pages. It was publish

Containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools societies, churches, post offices etc.. 100 pages. It was publis

Very scarce. No listings found on OCLC. "Containing a General Directory of the Citizens and Place of Residence, Business Directory, Calendar, T...

Volume II. Compiled by Luther E. Fitch & Co. Residential and business directory. Advertisements on covers and throughout book. Lists officers of...

9 1/4 x 6. Report of the State Controller of Nevada, for the Eighteenth Fiscal Year, Ending December 31, 1882. To the Govenor. J.F. Hallock, State Con

Lot of 4 with early dates. 1) Petition Requesting New Territory Be Formed From Western Utah, report from the House of Representatives (35th Congress,

1) Gabbs Valley, Nevada: Its History and Legend by Danner 1992. 2) Goldfield by Hugh Shamberger, 1982. This is a hard covered edition and autographed

Lot of 7. 1) Reminiscences of Senator Stewart. Stewart was a very powerful man in Nevada as a territory and young state. He amassed and lost fortunes

25 x 32". Five double truck geologic and topographic maps, plus sections. A) Rocky Mtns, B) Green River Basin, C) Utah Basin, D) Nevada Plateau...

A Brief Sketch of the Advantages and Possibilities of the State, and the Opportunities and Inducements Offered to Capitalists and Home seekers,” compi

1) "Lady in Boomtown" by Mrs. Hugh Brown. Her husband was sent her from San Francisco to represent the firm and she wrote a classic about ...

1) The Heritage of the Desert by the Pioche Commercial Club. Nothing more than Pioche Mines Company propaganda! 2) Small booklet title "Nevada ...

1) The Big Bonanza by Glassock. 1931 first edition. 2) The Silver Kings by Lewis. 1947 first edition AUTOGRPHED!!! City: State: Nevada

Lot of two important speeches given by Senator John P. Jones, who served five terms from 1873-1903. He was also superintendent of the Crown Point Mine

Lot of three, includes: 1) The First Battle: The Story of the Campaign of 1896 by Bryan, William Jennings. Hardcover, 629 pages including several phot