Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

A file box chock full of advertising broadsides, bill heads, legal papers and more. Examples include a Montana Cookbook, stock certificates, even some

A box, chock full of ephemera, ranging from state court briefs to grocery bills for the Montana State Penitentiary (Yes, that's right, "Th...

Lot of 5 items. Three one-page color copies describing/promoting "The Mitchell" horse-drawn wagon manufactured by Mitchell & Lewis Co...

An unusual lot consisting of tourist pictorial ads for Yellowstone, three jackpot punch boards and several pieces of other ephemera. Please see photos

5 copies of Carefree Summer by Cheryl Bodly 834/1000 , 23 x 17.5" Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Provenance: Stuart ...

Lot of 25. Includes: rare 1915 booklet, Nevada: Fifty Years Asleep!, highlighting agriculture and farming, probably produced for the Pan. Pacific Expo

Lot of 7 items. 5 billheads for James R.Shaw/Dealer in Hay, Grain and Wood/Dayton CA, dated 1873 - 1875, billheads cut apart, only top of billhead s

Beautiful design. Measures 20" tall and 8" wide. Please see photos for more detail and condition. Date: 1900's Country (if not ...

Several varieties of cardboard bird cutouts ready for a mobile or two. These beautiful colored ornaments measure about 8" and are ready to han...

A box, chock full of more car ads than there are stars in the heavens, so to speak. These ads are colorful and measure about 10"x 14". As...

1) Beautiful Japanese print ready for frame. It is signed at right side of print in Japanese writing. Slight discoloration at bottom right and top lef

About 40 prints of varying content. the average size is about 24 x 16" though some are larger and perhaps 8 or so are closer to 9x12. the vinta...

Lot of over 70 pieces of advertising art, broadsides and posters, includes both prints and lithos. Children themed, many w/pets, one Victorian image,

Lot of 37 prints of children, animals and fish. Includes several calendar art prints. Largest item +/- 25" x 18", smallest +/- 11" ...

Lot of approx. 20 pieces of Victorian Art. Most mounted on cardboard backing. Larger prints +/- 23" x 16", smaller items +/- 12" x ...

Lot of 50 advertising barrel labels, 10 each for 5 different products. Likely the most striking label is the Black Swan produce label featuring a bla

Lot of 80 advertising labels, 20 each from four different companies. (a) COMET bleached powder from Ashwood Roller Mills, Ashwood , TN, for 196 lb.

A box, chock full of ephemera dealing with everything from automobiles to whiskey labels. Way too many to name. A funky collection. Check it out. Plea

A box, chock full of ads, postcards, product labels (Unused), news clippings, and so much more. Way too many to name. Check it out. Please see photos

A plethora of cement labels, including Labour Brand Portland Cement, Three Colibris Brand and more. They are round and measure 12". Unused. Ple...

A file box stuffed with unused fruit labels from California, Oregon, New York and Washington state among others. All brightly colored and ready for fr

Approximately 25 pieces of advertising all in pretty rough shape but salvageable and collectable. These are vintage ads, familiar to most Baby-Boomers

Lot of 60 dealer items, advertising prints and other historical items including copies of The Press (Helena, MT), Old Town Promotor (Great Falls, MT),

A group of three different diverse prints or advertising pieces. About 10 Rockwell illustrated magazine covers. A woman's toiletries advertising...

Classic Assortment of Lithographs, Prints, and Advertisements. Several from Walt Disney, "Disneyland Magazine", in full-color. 51 larg...

Historic and modern calendars with their art sections including a couple of famous reproductions. About 15 different calendars of varying size, averag

Lot of miscellaneous stuff: Coca Cola ashtray; Acme Beer bottle salt and pepper shakers; silverplated souvenir spoon from San Francisco; Coors beer ta

Lot of 38 stereographic cards depicting agricultural scenes throughout the US. 9 cards published by Underwood & Underwood, copyright dates 1894...

Lot of 26 paperback almanacs. Date ranges 1840 - 1912, 1929 - 1953. Oldest is Christian Almanac for Connecticut, 1840. Collection also includes six T

A box stuffed with vintage books, papers and pamphlets, letters and more. Included is a booklet on life in 1921, family snapshots of a vacation long a

A collection of approximately thirty (30) risqué comic magazines, published in Ft. Worth, Texas from 1964 to 1983. To each his own, I suppose.

A box of magazines and booklets dealing with minerals and mining in various states as well as Mexico. There are also unopened DVD's of various ...

Lot of 38 items of American collectibles. 11 Grand Canyon postcards, split backs, includes 6 white border RPCs; 2 Webster's Vest Pocket Diction...

Miscellaneous group of items from an Antique Collector's Estate Sale. 1) Cranberry Glass Pedestal Candy Dish in excellent condition, about 12&q...

Lot of 11 items. Collection includes American History Illustrated mag, June 1990; MAD Super Special Number Twelve mag (c. 1973); SF Giants 1989 Nation

Large collection of over 20 pieces of ephemera and old photographs. Stock certificate for Mohawk Mining Company; War Ration coupons, old postal covers

Lot of 30. Includes: Walter Reed Army Medical Center certificate, 1952; Old Dog Tray, Stephen Foster, sheet music; two US IR special tax stamp certifi

You read the title right. This lot includes, among other ephemera and advertising items, two full display sleeves of "Trio Disc" throat lo...

Lot of 15 items. Variety of items including railroad receipts from 1905 and 1907, a National Ration Book/England from 1918, a War Ration Book from 19

Lot of 6 items from unknown consignors. Includes: (1) framed advertising flyer for real estate sales in the Gold Rush town of Nicolaus, CA (north of

Lot of 7 financial documents. 4 checks, one receipt and two stock certificates including The Anaconda Gold Mining Company/Cripple Creek, CO cert of 1

A grab bag of maps, broadside, advertising pieces, maps and drafted plans. A little bit of everything paper. varied collection. Please see photos for

This lot contains a fine pewter dragon made by Hudson #4677; 4 in. tall with red crystal eyes and a clear crystal globe. A mirror diorama with two gla

This lot contains four hand blown aquatic figurines; two porpoises and two swans. All are aqua colored glass 4 in. to 6in. c.1960s. Date: Country

Lot of about 200 checks, all with an adhesive revenue stamp. Huge group are from New York in the 1860s and 1870s; also a group of Montana, 1890s-1900;

Lot of 140+. No RN. This is a wide and varied lot that spans 100 years. Includes: checks from F Jay Haynes, Official Photographer of Northern Pacific

Huge batch of ~275 US checks. None with imprinted revenues, but some have adhesive revenue stamps. Couple of 1860s pieces, latest piece is 1954, most

Huge lot of 300+ checks. A quick scan shows they date from the 1870s to 1920s, with a large number in the 1880s, 1890s, and early 1900s. Probably a th

Lot of 300+ checks. A quick scan shows they date from the 1870s to 1920s, with a lot in the 1880s and 1890s. Perhaps a third are Montana checks; rest

Lot of 42 pieces. No RN. Unusual checks incl: pay in gold coin; famous companies; imprints; ration checks. Includes: United States of America Ration C

Nice group of insurance industry ephemera. John Hancock, Aetna and Travelers Insurance Companies among others. More than 25 pieces in this lot. Date

Lot of 3 items. (1) Testimonial certificate from US Army to Retired Sergeant James R. Boyle for 29 years of honorable service, dated 1934, signed by

Lot of 6 travel guides/booklets for various US locations. All paperback. (1) This Week in the Nation's Capital, 32 pp, weekly, issue from 192...

Cast iron Dutch ovens are known for making some of the most delicious meals, from slow roasted meats to your favorite fruit cobbler. When cooking with

Includes 17 items: 1) King George & Queen Elizabeth 1939. 10.5" reverse stamp Sovereign Canada, British Empire Made; 2) 1937 King George VI...

1-2) Otavi Mines and Railway Company. Numbers 8561 and 8566 for one pound sterling. Great logo under print logo. 3) Nghanga Consolidated Copper Mines.

We haven't seen this before! Office in London. Mines in the Hartz River Division of Barkly West, Cape Colony and claims on the Frank Smith Prosp...

Lot of 1. Stock certificate issued by Nevada & Mountain Lakes Ice Co of Nevada City, CA. Dated 1871. Damaged lower right corner. Scarce when...

Five preferred shares of this company issued to F.M. Smith in 1912. "Borax" Smith formed the U.S. Borax Company in 1890 after discovering ...

This company extracted asphalt from a bituminous lake called Alcatraz that was located near Santa Barbara. Low certificate number 8, issued for 4,000

Lot of 125 Crystal Lead Mines Company (Wallace, ID) stock certificates, # 497 - 621, bound in a soft cover booklet. All issued then Cancelled. All

A box, chock full of stock certificates, including, but not limited to, National Copper Mining Company, King Mining Company, Coeur d' Alene Mini...

Original full book of Sherman Company stock certificates. Incorporated in Idaho, approx. 250 pieces, Cancelled yet very fine condition. Date: Coun

Original book of Idaho Gas Filter Corp. unissued stock certificates in extremely fine condition. Includes certificates #2 through #70. Incorporated in

#254, issued for 100 shares and signed by W.C. Bowman as president. Eagle vignette. Inc. in Missouri. The company's mine was located at Westvill...

Lot of 13. Stock certificates issued by Montana Fire-Clay Company of Butte. All unissued Six signed by President C.M. Bradshaw. Very ornate, blue

A ton (Well, not really) of mining stock certificates, other issued and blank, in nine (9) bound books and scrapbooks. Stocks are from the Montana, Id

Lot of 60 MT mining company stock certificates. 3 certs each from 20 different companies. C. 1880s - 1928. Many w/ornate vignettes. Companies repr

Lot of over 70 MT mining stock certificates. c. 1880s - 1929. 18 different companies represented. Many w/intricate vignettes. Date: Country (if n

Lot of 39 Montana mining stock certificates. All sleeved and ready for sale. Several signed by renowned politician and mining/railroad entrepreneur

Lot of 48 Montana mining stock certificates, each from a different issuer. In black binder. Dated from 1882 - 1922. Elizabeth Mining Company certific

Lot of 51 Montana mining company stock certificates. Each cert from a different company. Many with ornate vignettes of eagles, elk, miners at work,

Lot of 16. Moulton Mining Company (MT) stock certificates. All but 3 signed by company President and renowned MT financier W.A. Clark. All c. 1880s

Lot of 9. Moulton Mining Company (MT) stock certs from 1905 - 1907. Era following W.A. Clark's company presidency. All fully signed. Date: ...

Lot of 27. Nevada mining stock certificates. 9 issued 1917 - 1930 by Marsh Mines Consolidated, each share 25 cents, one cert issued to Hercules Mini

Lot of 25 stock certificates for 9 different Montana petroleum/oil companies. c. 1920s. Companies represented are Unit Petroleum, Moffett Myers Deve

#54, issued for 5000 shares in 1905. Listed in Filer II as operating in the Bullfrog district. This is a scarce Bullfrog mining certificate. Beatty is

Very rare! Number 107 for 1000 shares. Signed by TR Kennick and FL Warburton. Excellent condition. According to the Beatty Bullfrog Miner of 1905, &...

Cert. #173, issued for 1000 shares in 1910. Principal office was at Rhyolite, Nevada. Montgomery Mountain rises above the famous Montgomery Shoshone m

Various Nevada mining stocks in issued and unissued form. A few notables include a Getchell signed by George Wingfield, Jumbo Extension MC, 1919; Barb

Lot of 19 stock certificates and checks from the Comstock Lode, NV era. 15 stock certificates including one issued by the Consolidated Virginia Minin

Lot of 7 different. Includes: Rawhide Coalition Mines Company (1910, underground drilling vignette); Bonanza King Mining Co. (Lovelock, 1905, mining v

100 shares issued in 1909. Inc. in Arizona. Mines located at Lordsburg, N.M. printed at the top. Security Banknote Co. Phila printer. Mining vignette.

Lot of 5 stocks, all issued and cancelled in 1886. Signed by Louis T Haggin as president (son of JB Haggin) and the secretary. Punch and stamp cancell

Lot of approx. 650 stock certs from Zuma Mining & Milling Company, Eureka, UT. All issued and cancelled. Dates from 1917 - 1955 (cert #s in th...

Lot of 122 Montana mining stock certificates. 113 from Tamarack and Chesapeake, 36 issued 1897 - 1900. rest issued c. 1900s - 1910s. All $1 each, so

Thirty different, mostly mining stocks with great vignettes. The company's realized that the beauty of their certificates would sometimes propel...

Mining stock certificates with very nice vignettes includes the Penn Yan with gold coins, State Line #2 and #3 (NV) , both issued in 1881, Shasta May

Lot of 3. Mining stock certs from Flint Creek Mining/MT, Deadwood Gold Mining/CA and Fremont Milling/WA. Flint Creek cert unissued but c. 1890s, lat

Lot of 5 mining company stock certificates. (1) Calumet and Arizona Mining Co, issued 1912, 22 shares, signed by Thomas Gatson/Pres; (2) Greene Gold

Lot of 19 US stock certificates. Sleeved and ready for retail sale. Dates from 1907 to 1943. Issuing companies: Tonopah Mining Company of NV, Happy

Lot of 30 stock certificates from various mining companies throughout the western US. c. 1870s - 1940. 10 issued 1897 - 1899 by Tamarack & Che...

Nice dealer lot of 29 includes two 1897 Isabella Gold Mining Company stocks from the Cripple Creek district, Hidden Fortune Gold Mining Co, 1903, Lead

Ornate stock certificate with an imprinted revenue that extends across most of it. Issued at New York in 1872. Hole punches thru signatures. Very nice

Three different include 1) Bond for 60 francs, Paris, 1888. 2) Canal Interoceanique de Panama, 1880. 3) Panama Rail Road Co. stock issued for 8 shares

# 110 issued in 1900. Signed by president Zimmerman and secretary Carlson. $1,000 Northern Alabama Coal, Iron and Railway Co 1st Mortgage 5%, 40 year

Unissued stock certificate #35 for Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Co. shares @ $100 each. Organized under the laws of Washington. Green border. Vi

Lot of 11 with some duplicates includes 4 issued Oakland Traction Co certificates issued between 1907-1912. Two of these are issued to F.M. (Borax) Sm

Twelve stocks from the Key System, including five Key System Transit Co., five from East Shore and Suburban Railway, one unissued from Oakland Termina

Unissued. Incorporated April 22, 1875. "San Francisco Co." printed to the left of locomotive vignette. Printed by Edward Denny & Co. 5...