Western Railroad Passes, Montana, Western Americana and Gold

Auction Details

Our Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2016 auction is a simultaneous live and internet event with 1,800 lots split over three days. Here is a general breakdown of the 3 days, all of which feature different collecting categories:

DAY ONE (Sept. 30th)

*The Ken Prag Western Pass Collection: Nearly 1,000 railroad, stagecoach, steamship and express passes incl. important autographs such as Jay Gould, Otto Mears, and Leland Stanford.

*Western Bottles: Following up on the great 49er Bottle Show in Sacramento, we have more rare, pristine, unusual, and special bottles in this auction.

DAY TWO (Oct. 1st)

*Western U.S. Placer Gold & Ingot Collection: From small nuggets to 1.8 troy ounce nuggets to gold specimens weighing over 7 troy ounces. Also, a William Sharon Presentation Dinner Ingot!

*Montana Tokens, Postal History, Ephemera, Books & Gaming Chips: A fabulous selection featuring more great items from the Svoboda Collection and others.

DAY THREE (Oct. 2nd)

*Our General Americana section featuring a wide variety of Western treasures: scales, a strong box, badges, ribbons, jewelry, watches, and a large collection of important and rare books (Nevada and California History, 1st Editions, Military, Native Americana, Biographies, Presidential, etc.).
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Civil War Biography Collection3440 - Civil War Biography Collection
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13 Volumes of biographies from civil war figures including, "Black Jack Davidson; Cavalry Commander on the Western Frontier" by Homer K. D...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Civil War History Library3441 - Civil War History Library
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True Library with 48 volumes of history on the civil war. Titles include, "Glory Road; The Bloody Route From Fredericksburg To Gettysburg"...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Civil War Encyclopedias3442 - Civil War Encyclopedias
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29 Volumes of encyclopedias on The Civil War. All are part of the same set named, "Collector's Library of The Civil War" by Lifetime ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to r********e.. for (50.00 + 10.50BP) = 60.50
 
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Non-American World Battles Library3443 - Non-American World Battles Library
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15 Volumes on world battles that do not have US involvement. Titles include, "The Oxford History of the French Revolution" by William Doy...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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US World at War Library3444 - US World at War Library
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Approximately 26 Volumes on the US in Wars and other conflict like Vietnam and Korea. Titles include "The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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World War II Naval Library3445 - World War II Naval Library
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45 Volumes on World War II Navies and naval history. Includes, "Don't Go Near The Water" by William Brinkley, w/ dust jacket, "Th...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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World War I Library3446 - World War I Library
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9 Volumes on World War I that includes "The Fierce Lambs" by A.A. Hoehling, w/ dust jacket, First Edition 1960, "The Lusitania Disas...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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World War II General Histories3447 - World War II General Histories
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True library with 79 volumes of books on World War II including two complete sets of Time Life books, "World War II" and "The Third R...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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World War II Air and Battles Library3448 - World War II Air and Battles Library
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20 Volumes of World War II air and battle literature including, "The Wild Blue" by Stephen E. Ambrose, w/ dust jacket, "Scandinavian ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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150th Anniversary Battle of Saratoga Book and Program3449 - 150th Anniversary Battle of Saratoga Book and Program
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Soft cover book on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Saratoga and the Surrender of Burgoyne in the Revolutionary War. It was also an event progra
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to p********n for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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Lot Withdrawn3450 - Lot Withdrawn
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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Uranium Library3451 - Uranium Library
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9 Volumes on uranium mining and uranium related history. Includes, "Gathering Rare Ores" by Jonathan E. Helmreich, w/ dust jacket, "U...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (100.00 + 21.00BP) = 121.00
 
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Mining Men Library3452 - Mining Men Library
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9 Volumes of books on mining men that includes, "A Mine of Her Own" by Sally Zanjani, w/ dust jacket, "Mining Engineers and The Ameri...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (140.00 + 29.40BP) = 169.40
 
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Cornish Miners Library Archive3453 - Cornish Miners Library Archive
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4 Volumes on Cornish Mining including 2 copies of "The Cornish Miner in America" by Arthur Cecil Todd, "The Hard-Rock Men; Cornish Im...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold to m********y for (90.00 + 18.90BP) = 108.90
 
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Gold and General Mining Library3454 - Gold and General Mining Library
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15 Volumes on Gold Mining and also mining in general. Examples include, "The Lost Goldmine of Juan Mondargon" Edited by Charles Briggs an...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to m********y for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
 
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Mining Equipment Library3455 - Mining Equipment Library
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1) Black Powder and Hand Steel, Miners and machines of the Old Western Frontier by Otis e. Young Jr. 2) Supplying the Mining World: The Mining Equipme
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Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to b******1 for (95.00 + 19.95BP) = 114.95
 
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Gold Rushes and Ghost Towns3456 - Gold Rushes and Ghost Towns
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12 volumes. 1) Chasing Gold for Fun and Profit. 2) The Downs, The Rockies and Desert Gold. 3) Mining Frontiers of the Far West, 1848-1880. 4) The Bona
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
 
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The Great Diamond Hoax3457 - The Great Diamond Hoax
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The Great Diamond Hoax and Other stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbury Harpending. Edited by James H. Wilkins. The James H. Barry Co., San Francisc
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to m********y for (25.00 + 5.25BP) = 30.25
 
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Western Native American History Library3458 - Western Native American History Library
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17 Volumes on the history of Native Americans in the Western United States. Examples from this lot include, "Zuni and the American Imagination&...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 14.40BP) = 74.40
 
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Native Americans Post-Gold Rush Library Archive3459 - Native Americans Post-Gold Rush Library Archive
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31 Volumes on Native Americans following the California gold rush. Includes 23 volumes of Lifetime Book's "The American Indians" writt...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t*****5 for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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