Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

Lot of 4 passes, two railroads. 1) Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. ATSF. "Santa Fe Route." 1892 pass signed by RE Wells. Good ov...

Lot of 5 different. 1) Chicago & Texas Railroad Company. 1895 pass. Green print with vignette logo on cardstock. 2) Mason City & Fort Dodge ...

Lot of 3 different. 1) Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. 1926. 2) Chicago Great Western Railroad Company. 1926. 3) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul &am...

Lot of 8 different paper railroad passes. Included: Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (1901); Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rwy. (1927); Chicago, Milwa...

White metal badge reads "B.C. Electric Ry. Co. / 285 / Victoria Br. 50 x 33 mm. Date: Country (if not USA): Canada State: City: Proven...

Colorful map produced by Canadian National Steamship Company for Alaska and Pacific Coast Cruises, 32 x 23 inches depicting the rail routes and steams

Lot of 78 Oakland Railroad postcards. Includes a rare Oakland Antioch Eastern Railway back Find more great postcard collections in our "Postcar...

Lot of five to various businesses (Spring Valley Water Works, Nagle & Co., Pacific Telephone & Telegraph, etc.). Cable car vignette. The Cal...

1) Narrow Gauge to Silverton, Centennial Edition, 1959 By John BB. Hungerford - (5 .5"x 8 .5"SC, 36 pages) 2) Cripple Creek Railroads, by...

Chicago & North Western Railway lantern, approx. 10.25 inches tall from the open-skirt base to the chimney top, and it is 6.5 inches in diameter...

Group of five (5) publications about the rail service in and around Chicago and its metropolitan area. First is "North Shore, America's Fas...

Lot of 37. Includes pieces from: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ...

ID Marks: CRI&P (Chicago Rock Island & Pacific); CRI&PRR (Chicago Rock Island & Pacific RR) (4 keys); CRI&PRR (Chicago Rock Isla...

ID Marks: N&NRR (Newton & Northwestern RR); CR&ICRY (Cedar Rapids &Iowa City RY); DM&CI (Des Moines & Central Iowa); FDDM&am...

Brass American Horse Car Bell, Topeka City Railway Co. embossed on bottom edge of bell. Relic of era before trolleys when horses pulled streetcars th

Michigan Central Railroad lantern, approx. 10.25 inches tall from the open-skirt base to the chimney top, and about 6 inches in diameter. Deep red gla

Kansas City Terminal Railway lantern, approx. 10.25 inches tall from the solid base to the chimney top and six inches in diameter. Dome edge is emboss

Bound volume, 9 x 12 inches, including ~300 pages of correspondence by agents of the Great Northern Railway in Vaughn, Montana, located a few miles we

Lot of about 30 items. Includes billheads, letterheads, employee passes, payrolls, vouchers, etc. Railroads include: Rocky Fork & Cooke City Rai...

A beautiful broadside from the Northern Pacific Railway's land sale in the 1880's, an act that later caused the railroads demise. Piece adve...

Fantastic pictorial advertising broadside printed on thicker paper (cardstock/cardboard). 3,000,000 acres offered. Leavitt Burnham, Land Commissioner,

Lot of 4. Rare group. 1) Extremely rare real photo Frashers postcard, "Tonopah & Tidewater Gas-electric Car and Pullman Death Valley Tours,...

Legitimate C & C railroad lock and key. "C" on the reverse hasp is "Caboose." Stamped on the hasp: "Union Brass Mfg. Co...

Framed reverse glass art of the Gold Hill Virginia and Truckee Railroad depot. 22 x 18 inches. Artist Hugh Riker. Date: Country (if not USA): S

Includes 1) Silver Short Line by Wurm & Demoro. Hard cover with dust jacket (some rips and tears). A Classic. 2) Steamcars to the Comstock by Be...

Lot of over 30 items related to the Virginia & Truckee Rail Road. Possible highlight is an unissued V&T RR stock certificate, capitalized by...

Includes 1) Railroads of Nevada, Volume 1 by Merrick. Extensive history on the railroads in northern Nevada and Northeastern California border. Volume

1) Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada, 1868 & 1997. By Hersh. Very interesting treatise on then and now. The author has taken photos from 18...

Lantern from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Eleven inches tall from open-skirt base to chimney top. Red glass globe with no cracks...

Purple sticker for Geo. A. Knight, agent for Ohio & Mississippi Railway. "Emigrants! For the Great West, South, and South-West. Don't m...

ID Marks: ORYCO (Oklahoma RY Co); SSRYCO (Sand Springs RY Co); NEO (Northeast OK RR); Date: Country (if not USA): State: Oklahoma City: Proven

Here is some interesting railroad documents. 1) All for land on Drinker Creek in Susquehanna Village in Pennsylvania. Dated 1862-1868. Records of paym

Texas & Pacific Railroad lantern, 10.25 inches tall from open-skirt base to top of chimney, approx. 7 inches in diameter. Red glass globe, no cr...

Lot of 14. Includes: Forth Worth & Denver City Railway Co. (1910-11); St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway ( 1910); Gulf, Colorado & ...

Lot of 25. Earliest is an 1851 pictorial piece from the Essex Railroad. Others include: Peoria & Bureau Valley RR (pictorial, 1876-1878); Lawren...

Lot of 21. Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin. Includes: Great Northern Railway (1911); Northern Pacific Railway (1910-11); Iowa Central Railway (19

Lot of 18. 1) Canadian: Intercolonial Railway of Canada (1910); Canadian Southern Line (1898); and Canadian Northern Ontario Railway (1910). 2) US: At

Lot of 30. Includes: St. Louis & San Francisco RR (1910-11); Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Rwy (1873 with RR vignette underprint); Lake Erie ...

Lot of 23. Includes pieces from Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Kentucky. Railroads include: Louisville & Nashville RR; Mobile ...

Lot of 19. Oregon, Montana, Colorado, & California. Includes: Central Pacific (SF, 1882); Northwestern Pacific RR (SF, 1910); Oregon Short Line ...

1) The American Heritage History of Railroads in America, By Oliver Jensen, 1975 ~ (9.25"x 12"HB, 320 pages) 2) The Collector's Book o...

Lot of 30+ items. Includes shipping receipts for Bateman Switzer Co. (1906-07, whiskey related); letterheads (1880s and 1930s); telegrams; one piece o

Six railroad timetables. A) 1913 Amador Central Railroad Company timetable issued by Superintendent J.A. McPherson. includes special rules for railro

Bold colors highlight this framed 26 x 26 inch railroad logo of the Santa Fe Super Chief. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance

Lot of 40+ items from various US rails. Includes rules & regulations books, letterheads, ballots, advertisements, and postcard-sized photos. Rai...

Map measures 28"x 44", in color. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Photograph featuring the Charles Nelson, a steamer that was built by John C. Potter in 1869. During the 1880s-90s, this ship was owned by the Nelson C

Pictorial advertisement for the Spring Arrangement for this Milwaukee steamship company operating to Chicago. Offering express overnight travel to Chi

Founded in 1940 by Jay Allen Published quarterly to record, preserve and disseminate the history of steam navigation - Encompasses all interest in ste

Lot of framed riverboat ephemera that belonged to George W. Long, a riverboat mate who worked on the Mississippi River. This lot includes three frames

Five menus with various themes from 1941. Vivid beautiful colors, suitable for framing. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Depicting Maritime disasters and rescues. Includes: 1.) "Miss Ida Lewis, the Heroine of Newport, R.I" 2 pages, July 31, 1869, issue featur...

1) Iron Lighthouse, Cape Canaveral, Florida, Engineering Magazine, Sept 14, 1866; 2) Light-Houses, the manufacturer & builder journal; 3) Modern...

1) "Life-Boats to the Rescue", Dec. 1, 1877, 22 x 16-1/2 inches; 2) "Out of the Deep", September 18, 1880, 22 x 16-1/2 inches; 3...

Lot of 5. Includes: Northwestern Steamship Co. first class ticket on the SS Saratoga; souvenir paper cup from the North Pacific Steamship Company; 191

Perfect gift for boatman or sailor in your life. Framed display of nautical items, sailor's knots--Bowline on a Bight, Boatswain's Noose, O...

Made by the United Clock Corporation of Brooklyn, New York, this metal masted clipper ship provides charm, novelty and accuracy. 19 inches long, 16 in

Lot of 8. Includes: Pan American Rainbow Service food menu; Japan Air Lines holiday greetings card; KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) brochure in the shape o

Authentic Depictions of "Graf Zeppelin Flight", on an envelope, replete with three (3) Green-colored official U.S. Postage 50-cent stamps....

Lot of over 15 black and white 8 x 10 glossy photographs of vintage aviation. Varney Air Ferry aircraft; Pan American Clipper flying over the Golden G

Various prints of airplanes including military and commercial planes. They include seventeen lithograph prints that feature mostly WWII Nazi and Japan

Great early catalog, full of illustrations of various vehicles offered for sale from the company. "Motor Trucks, 3/4 and 1 1/2 Ton and the Famo...

Lot of two metal insignias from foreign car clubs. 1) "Real Automovil Club De Guipuzcoa" round gear with a crown on top, No. 601. 4 1/2 in...

Jousting Cars medal w/ribbon w/Detroitia enamel centerpiece. No marks on back. 1920s. Note: Detroitia was a Detroit service organization made up of

Lot of 6. Includes: Johnny's Esso Service Station, Montevideo, VA, 50c IT scrip; WWII-era Gasoline Ration Card, unused; and 4 business cards (AM...

Catalog No. 152 from the Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson company of San Francisco. 299 pages soft cover offering every part imaginable for automobil...

GMC truck brochures, and Pontiac sales material from the 1960s. About 20 pieces. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

A grab bag of print ads for automobile makers, including Oldsmobile, Ford, Chevrolet and others. A huge amount, didn't count them, but the box w...

Group of approximately 30 postcards and other ephemera with a transportation theme, including bus depots, train stations and taxi cabs. Lot includes t

A box, chock full of ads, photos, magazine pages and sketches all dealing with Hollywood, its stars and movies. Way too many to name. Check it out. Pl

About 40 prints and posters from Disney, mostly about 14 x 18" and mostly Christmas themed. Many duplicates. Date: Country (if not USA): S...

This promotional photograph is signed by Roy Rogers accompanied by The Sons of The Pioneers. Photo #A 7052-1. B&W 5 7/8 in. X 6 1/4 in. C. 1952...

Humorous and RARE souvenir card from Matthew's Flea Circus an attraction at the now extinct Pike Amusement Park in Long Beach, California. Card ...

3 x 5" trade card for F.S. Chadbourne & Co., Artistic Furniture, located at 735 Market Street in San Francisco, California and Cor. First &...

A file box chock full of advertising broadsides, bill heads, legal papers and more. Examples include a copy of a 1938 publication "Sam Clark...

Two volumes of the Coloradan from 1955 & 1956. Hardcover, published by the Associated Students of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Date: ...

Lot of about 50. All but one are post-1900. Includes: 17 with imprinted revenue (RN), all for the Bassick Gold Mine Company (12 dateline Westcliffe, C

Four cabinet cards (4 x 6 1/2 inches). Two toddlers of Aberdeen, D. T.; two formal couples of Wahpeton, D. T. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

Lot of 18 different. Printed on cardboard with color vignette of Cracker Jack box. Reverse features riddles. 5 x 2.75" Originally a set of 20, ...

Box contains multiple copies of the Breeder's Gazette from the early 20th century. Included are a couple of copies of the German art of drawing ...

Lot of 100+. Includes: Marcus Daly & Co. Bankers checks (unused); Union Granite Works; Sherman Music Co.; Daly Bank & Trust Co.; Hoge, Brown...

A file box chock full of advertising broadsides, bill heads, legal papers and more. Examples include a 1959 Great Falls Diamond Jubilee Booklet, a boo

Lot of 29 checks/drafts/receipts. Includes: 25 LH Hershfield & Co. checks from 1867; 1868 Hershfield check; different 1867 Hershfield check; 186...

Lot of 50+ checks, receipts, CODs. All 1880s. No RN. Most issued. Includes: Merchants National Bank; Montana Territory Auditor's Office; First N...

Lot of 130+ checks. Mix of issued and unissued. Earliest is 1890. Latest is 1947. Most in the 1890s and early 1900s-1910s. Many duplicates. Companies

This is a map of the city of Missoula, Montana, no scale, Hale surveyor, 1928.Poor condition, fragile. Date: 1928 Country (if not USA): State: Mo

A box, chock full of ephemera mostly from the state Montana. Items include a lot booklet for a cattle auction held in Vaughn on September 25-26,1952,

A large file box stuffed with bill heads, letters and all sorts of ephemera from several Montana towns like Virginia City, Helena and more. Companies

Lot of 30. 1) LH Hershfield & Co., Bankers. 22 checks, three varieties. 2) Auditor's Office, Territorial Warrants. 5 pieces, two varieties, ...

Lot of 24. Nice variety. Eight have imprinted revenues (RN): 3 RN-D, 4 RN-G, and one RN-C. Four have adhesive revenue stamps. Three are Helena pieces;

Lot of 50 checks and receipts from Virginia City, Montana. Only 3 have imprinted revenues (RN). Besides a few unused 1860s Holladay Overland Mail &a...

Lot of 43. No RN. 1) 21 receipts, issued 1867-1908. Receipts from Helena, Great Falls, Virginia City (warrants from the territorial auditor), Fort Enn

Lot of about 50 checks. No RN. Duplicates. 1) Pony: 26 checks incl. Pony Miners' & Millmen's Union No. 131, Western Federation of Miners...

Lot of 32 sheets of Montana checks, from 3 different banks. 1) First National Bank of Helena with fabulous Yellowstone vignette. 24 sheets of 4 checks

A box full of bill heads, receipts and other ephemera, including The Winsted Hosiery Company, Zittlosen Manufacturing Company, Blondel & Ransom ...

A box, chock full of bill heads from the state Montana. Bill heads include a Missoula Mercantile, Bi-Metallic Mining Company, The Iron Mountain Compa

About 150 covers with contents all addressed to Montana. Great group for the general collector or dealer. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Mo

A large file box stuffed with bill heads, letters and all sorts of ephemera from several Montana towns like Virginia City, Helena and more. Letters ar

A file box chock full of advertising broadsides, bill heads, legal papers and more. Examples include a bill from The Virginia City, Red Bluff Stage Li

A file box chock full of advertising broadsides, bill heads, calendars and more. Examples include a Hormel & Company broadside, bill from Helena...