Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

Lot of 11. A few duplicates. Includes: Boston & Providence Railroad Corp. (1849); Fall River Railroad (1854 and 1840s unissued); Charles River B...

Lot of two different $1,000 bonds issued in 1868. Both punch cancelled. Each has 3 RN stamps: RN-P5 (front and back) and RN-W2. Both have vignette of

Inc. in Montana. Low number 19, issued for 3,733 shares to Mrs. Thos. G. Hall on Oct. 1st, 1904. Signed by the president and secretary. Punch cancelle

Lot of 5 different, all unissued. Includes: Helena Hot Springs & Smelter Railroad Company (1800s, rail vignette); Gallatin Valley Electric Railw...

Six different certificates from this iconic Nevada railroad. The railroad known as the Tonopah & Goldfield began in 1905 and operated until 1947...

Lot of 4 different, all unissued as is usual. Rare group. Orange, gold, blue, and green (in PASS-CO holder) varieties. Nice vignette of train pulling

Extremely rare. This proof is very early in the process of creating stock for this railroad. It has pencil notations and corrections, including changi

Extremely rare. This proof is the second stage in creating a stock for this company. (The earlier version is also in this sale).Has only one pencil no

Rare. Specimen $1,000 bond. May 1899. Green border and background, black print, and locomotive with cowboys vignette. Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen

Incredibly rare. We have sold later (1890s) pieces from a California/Colorado venture with the same name, but not for this earlier Nevada incarnation.

Lot of 7, all of which are rare. First, an unissued Virginia and Truckee Railroad stock from the 1860's. These are very rare to see even in unis...

Stunning. Cert. number 469, issued for 5 shares to Ben. Lee in 1868. Signed by president Stebers(?) and treasurer Lee. Pen and stamp cancelled. Fancy

Very rare. This Specimen bond #00000 is for $1,000 with a 1901 dateline. Stamped Specimen on the president line and hole punched. Red border, black pr

Lot of 4 different. Rare group. Includes: New Mexico & Southern Pacific Railroad Company (1882 stock, punch cancelled, train vignette); Santa Fe...

Specimen $1,000 bond. Red border, black print, and nice locomotive vignette. June 1st, 1903 dateline. Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen across signatur

We have not sold this stock before. Inc. in the Territory of New Mexico. Low number 6, issued for one share to HL Waldo on Dec. 31st, 1881 on Santa Fe

Lot of 19. Duplication. Includes: Cooperstown & Susquehanna Valley RR (1888 bond); Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR (uniss.. stock); Delaw...

Number 80 issued in 1875. Very nice, complex vignette of trains, trestle and industries in a valley. All 52 coupons attached. Underprint $1000. Edge i

Lot of 20, most different. Includes: Cincinnati & Fort Wayne Railroad (1855); Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad (corp. signatures but not i...

Lot of 8 (most different). Includes: Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railway (1901 stock); Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (1...

Lot of 8. Only one dupe. Includes: Columbus & Xenia Railroad Company (1851 stock); Cairo Railroad Co. (two stocks, one partially filled out); Co...

Inc. in 1862. No. 3463, issued for 1 share on May 15th, 1874 to Edwin A Lewis, trustee of Jay Cooke & Co. in Bankruptcy. Signed by sec. Theodore...

Very rare. This is a proof printing of a promissory note/bond done on thicker paper (cardstock). Upper right pencil notations date it as 1874. Stamp o

Specimen $1,000 bond. July 1887. Green border, black print, and two vignettes: Native American warrior on overlook (top center) and locomotive (bottom

Specimen $1,000 bond. August 1896. Blue green border, fancy logo, and two vignettes: fleet of steamships (top center) and locomotive (bottom center).

Lot of 3 different. 1) Oregon Steam Navigation Company. Issued in 1874, punch cancelled. Paddle steam wheeler vignette. Signed by president JC Ainswor

Specimen stock certificate. New York 18__ dateline. Maroon border, black print, and vignette of Native Americans looking down at city, railroad, and r

Very rare early proof stock certificate. This is the first stage of creating a stock for the company. Dated with pen notations on reverse as November

Very rare proof stock certificate. (See the even earlier stage proof also in this sale). Black border and print and a locomotive vignette. Printed by

Specimen stock certificate No. 00000. Stamped Dec. 23, 1904 in upper left on stub. Blue green border, black print, and nice vignette showing urban str

Inc. in Texas. Certificate No. 56, issued for 30 shares in April 1873. RN-U1 revenue imprint. Signed by the president and treasurer (illegible). Certi

Lot of 12. Includes: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway (four different stocks, 1887 (signed by George J. Gould), 1889, 1918, and 1922); Texas Cen...

While this piece is unissued, I could find no record of our company ever selling this stock! Inc. in Utah. No. 489. Salt Lake City 1890s dateline. Gr

Rare proof stock. Green border, black print, and vignette of Native Americans overlooking a city with a railroad and wagons and buildings. Printed by

$1,000 specimen bond #00000. Green border, black print, fancy title, and three vignettes (one mining, one railroad, and one surveying). Printed by ABN

Lot of 7 different. 1) Utah Western Railway Company. Stock issued in 1890 to president John W. Young, third son of Mormon leader Brigham Young. Signed

Bond number 1. $1,000. Issued July 1st, 1889. Signed by president William Van Fleet and secretary J. Murphy. Not cancelled. Sheet of 60 coupons. Green

Specimen $1,000 bond. March 1895. Brown border, black print, and two different railroad vignettes. Printed by ABN. Not stamped Specimen but it is bond

Lot of 3 different. 1) Queen City Railway Company of Seattle. $1,000 bond no. 110 issued in 1889. Signed by president Van Fleet and secretary Murphy.

Lot of 7 different. Includes: Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway (1918); Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (1920); Seattle & Rai...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Seattle, Port Angeles & Western Railway Company. Stock number ONE, issued in 1915 to the company president, HB Earling. S...

Lot of 8. Includes: Colorado, Wyoming & Eastern Railway Company (rare 1914 uncancelled bond plus Voting Trust Certificate); Laramie, Hahns Peak ...

c.1880s Specimen stock. Orange border, black print, and vignette of Native Americans pointing down at train. Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen over sig

c.1880s Specimen stock. Green border, black print, and vignette of Native Americans pointing down at train. Printed by ABN. Stamped Specimen over sign

Specimen $1,000 bond. October 1904. Red border, black print, and allegorical vignette of two women shaking hands over a patriotic shield. Stamped Spec

Specimen $1,000 bond. August 1929. Red orange border, black print, and vignette of Collis P. Huntington, one of the "Big Four" (along with...

Specimen bond for $1,000. Due July 1961. Nice vignette of train moving past farmers. Blue green border, black print. ABN. Stamped Specimen. Also hole

Specimen bond for $10,000. Nice vignette of train tracks with multiple trains. Blue border, black print. ABN. Stamped Specimen. Also hole punched. 9.2

Specimen bond for $50,000. Due January 1952. Nice vignette of train tracks with multiple trains. Orange border, black print. ABN. Stamped Specimen. Al

Lot of 8, most different. 1) Three stocks (two different), issued 1959, 1960, and 1967. Punch cancelled. All have vignette of founder James J. Hill. 2