Wigwam Auction--March 2019

Reno, NV Centennial poster. Approx 21" x 22". 3 horses in front of Reno skyline and Sierra Nevada Mountains. Small tack holes in 4 corners...

Lot of three. 1) A rare San Jacinto datelined billhead for the Sparks Harrell company, Dated 1907. 2) A nice horse pictorial billhead from James Bain

10 dug bullets at Emigrant Trail near Stagecoach, NV. 4 balls, 6 conical. Date: City/County: Stagecoach State: Nevada

1) Fort Carlin! Ever Heard of It? Official executive document from December 11, 1874. It is a proposal for a bill from William W. Belknap to the House

Early! c1910. One of the most important, and yet least recognized, group of people in the formation of Nevada were the surveyors. But the surveyor we

The Daily Times of San Bernardino, CA with follow up on Virginia City, NV fire. Poor condition, sold as is Date: 1870 City/County: Virginia City St

This survey done by county surveyor E. L. Mason is a description of a plot of land made for E. W. Keyes. This 145.52 acre survey starts from corner of

This 1876 letter is sent from Mr. Vanderbilt of the Fort Edward Institution and he wants to know about the eyeless fish found at 127 degrees in the de

Eugene Griswold owned a mercantile store at the height of Wadsworth. These pages represent a booming business just before the Southern Pacific moved a

This collection includes: Pyramid (1), Verdi (1), White's Canon (1), Wadsworth (3) and Reno (62) for a total of 68 pieces. A sample includes Pyr...

c1935. 10 x 3". Lot of three. All have notes from Jim Perkins. Photos by Frank Horton. Horton also worked at Diamondfield and Unionville. 1) 25...

This Collection includes: Tybo(1), Tippett(1), Ruth(1), Seligman(1), McGill(1), Ely(2) for a total of 7. They are an 1873 Streitberger groceries, Tipp

Very rare, 4 First National Bank of Winemucca, NV memos signed by George Nixon. Nixon was an important Nevada banker, businessman and mining figure. H

This Chinese silk kimono is heavily hand embroidered with metallic threads. The dragon designs are exquisite and incredibly intricate. The borders of

Here it comes, straight out of the western frontier, the real deal. The wire that won the west. 19 3/4" long, and well used and weathered. Pate...

Great collection of BoloTies. Items #1-#3 of 13: One pewter style long horn, and a sliver and copper cow head ( Like the kind you find at a poison wat

Lot of 5. Two must-have "geographical dictionaries" to look up long-forgotten camps in California and Nevada: 1) California Place Names (...

Undated but NUMBER 5 issued. Blue Wells Fargo & Co check #5 to SC Galloher, signed by Nevada Territory Governor James W Nye. Oval Wells Fargo, C...

Humbolt County 1905 by Bragg, assorted old Lovelock ephemera, Lovelock ledger journals from Anker family c.1919 and 1918. They appear to have had a tu

Interesting map showing Pyramid Lake, Walker Lake, Humboldt River, Hastings Road. After the start of the gold rush survey was made to look for best ra

Approx 10 Tonopah Club numbered tickets, McCulloch's Mens Clothing pictorial card, 1981-82 Tonopah etc telephone directory, approx 30 Tonopah bi...

1915 Walker Lake Bulletin, 1922 Mining Topics, 1916 Review Miner Date: City/County: State: Nevada

Items #1-3 of 12 : Here we have 3 really great books, about the ghost town of Bodie, California. Great pictures and the complete history of that town.

1905 note signed by Zeb Kendall-2" tear, 1904 check signed by Brougher, 1947 Getchell Mine stock signed by Wingfield Date: City/County: St...

Item # 1 of 9: A delivery note from the Reese River Reveille( 1863 ). Item # 2 of 9: A bill of $12.50 from the Eureka daily Sentinel ( 1871( Torn righ

4 RPC's-Genoa, Virginia City, Elko Date: City/County: State: Nevada

Rare Nevada Locales. 4x3" b/w Aurora photo of a man and dog in snow, 1905 Carson City letter. Stocks-Leviathon Mine, Roberts-Buena Vista Mines,...

10 Seat of Government of Nevada's Controller's Office State Controller's Warrant. Vignettes of miner's working, state house and ...

Approx 50 Nevada ephemera items. Mostly small hand written prescriptions from FJ Schneider and City Drug in Eureka, Date: City/County: State: N

Agency of the Bank of California 1872 Signed by James Fair with imprinted RN stamp, Paxton & Co overprint on DB Immel & Co 1882 signed by Br...

Palace Hotel, Reno, NV letterhead signed by CC Powning 1884. John Fitzgerald business manager. Folds and lower toning Date: City/County: Reno Stat

Three early ledgers from the Berry family of Pittsfield, New Hampshire. The Berrys ran a large hardware and general store (including foods) for more t

1) New Hampshire & Vermont, hand colored by Cowperthwait, 1850, beautiful color, good condition, shows counties & towns 14" x 17";...

1) New Jersey by Counties with Railroads, Geo. Cram presents cartography & color by Lithography, double truck, 1883. 14.5" x 22"; 2)Jo...

Alabama Gold and Copper MC, issued to DM Goodrich on Dec. 12, 1899 for certificate 55, 200 shares at Jarilla New Mexico. Uncancelled. Sheriff PAt Garr

Rare official bank statement 1906. Tack holes Date: 1906 City/County: Roswell State: New Mexico

Photo of Santa Fe, NM on front of information on the back of the city. States Santa Fe is capital of New Mexico and oldest seat of civil and relig

Two receipts. One for August 19, 1857 and one for August 21, 1857. One for $1.00 for certificate of rice paper and one for $2,00 for survey of flour o

Kodak Brownie Target Six-16 Camera 1920's. This Brownie is a box roll film camera with rotary shutter, film size 616 with meniscus lens. Made by...

Original drawing of the factory for this company in Brooklyn, NY, Meeker Ave. at North Henry St. Brass goods and curtain poles. Print 10x13". ...

County Map of the State of New York, double truck, multi color. Taped at fold 22.5"x15.25". 1 map of New York and Brooklyn. Double truck, ...

Engraved & Hand Colored by Robinson. This map was made to illustrate Olney's School Geography. Vivid color, nice condition has only slight s...

Early map of North America by Stiles, Sherman and Smith. 10.75"x9", trimmed top and bottom, some foxing Date: 1839 City/County: State:...

1 Small plate from North Dakota/The Peace Garden State showing Garrison Dam, Rough Riders Hotel; 2) 8" plate from North Dakota with image of de...

Railroad & County Map of Ohio (Oiho ) double truck, multi color, pps. 70&71. Back of map is Index of Ohio, pp. 69&72. 17.25"x23.2...

Rare Oklahoma Territory check from Indian Trader J.H. Sherburne. Dated 1891 and the check is signed by Sherburne. Nice historical piece. Date: 1891

Here we have two very nice family photos. It is mister Will Lehman ( 1868-1961) , and his wife, Lillian May ( 1873-1931 ). believed to have been taken

Historic Oregon 1970 and Early Oregon Atlas 1972 with nice vintage photos. 17x11" Date: City/County: State: Oregon

OD Henderson pictorial harness billhead 1897. Other billheads- Straney & Mitchell 1894, Frank Skipton 1898. Pay voucher Pacific Live Stock 1900....

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4 Oregon Journals covering Robert Kennedy shooting. June 5,6,7,8 1968. Complete editions Date: 1968 City/County: State: Oregon

1) Map of Oregon counties, lithograph colored. People's Publishing Co., Chicago. Single truck 14" x 22". 2 ) Utah and Nevada by Augus...

1) Three maps double truck, multi color lithograph of Western Half of Pennsylvania, pp. 36 & 37, map of Eastern Half of Pennsylvania pp. 40 &am...

3 stereo views of Philadelphia for Centennial Expo. Edward L. Wilson, W. Irving Adams, Proprietors. Heavy toning on the one of the reservoir view. Ple

C. early 20th century glass slides. Foster meeting room, Milk River with livestock in winter, Supt. Johnson, family in front of a cabin, another famil

Panhandlers, painting on board by William Forrest Martin depicts two guys on mules that are loaded with various items. Signed by the artistFramed 26.7

1915 letter on letterhead with signature of cattle baron JM Daugherty and cover. Date: 1915 City/County: State: Texas

B/W photo of Sheriff Tom Jones who was killed in Santa Claus Robbery in Cisco, TX 1929. 6.5x4.25". Photo is used in included booklet. Texas cou...

Member Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn / Posted. Porcelain on metal, 10x20", lower left dent, little rust, horizontal curve to met...

Rare Texas geography report. Poor condition. 22x18.5" Date: 1900 City/County: State: Texas

Six hand-colored lithographs (5.75" H x 9" W) and one lithograph (5" H x 14" W) of the Stansbury expedition at the Great Salt La...

1) Utah by Hardesty, Lithographic graphics & color. Double truck. 1883 14"x 21"; 2) By Rand McNally, Counties Highlighted by Color Li...

2 charcoal or pencil portraits of a Mormon man and woman. Woman is identified on reverse as Elizabeth Gates, Lucy Gates was singer, married to Joseph

2 nice vintage Sego Milk wooden box ends. Green and red, in 2 pieces. Black 1 piece. Approx 9x12". Found in UT underground mine. Date: City/...

1) County Map of Virginia/West Virginia, single page, multi color lithograph entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867, page #31. 11.5&q...

Here we have a nice collection, of early Doctors prescription slips. Most of the went to " The Pioneer Drug Store"/ E.L Smalley / Prop/ W...

Items #1- Item#32 of 39 : Varoius CDV's...13 men, 6 women, 13 Children, and 1 couple. Items# 33- Items#37 of 39: ( Tin types)...2 women, 1 chil...

Approx 90 full $25 coupon books in original box. Island Creek Stores, Holden, WV. Date: City/County: Holden State: West Virginia

Biographies and portraits of prominent Americans. Date: 1890 City/County: State: Western States

Framed collection of 15 nice buttons and a brass cartridge casing excavated from Ft. Fetterman, WY before 1960. History sheet on bottom Date: City/

Lithography & color by Hardesty, p. 156. Slight tear at bottom left, does not encroach on map. On Mat Board (not adhered) with plastic covers. I...

1) Wyoming by Counties, c. 1900, color & lithography by Cram, no condition issues noted, vivid color 14" x 11"; 2)Geo. Cram's Kans...

Engraved & Hand colored by Lizars. Shows early gold deposits at Cotopaxi which was a very important Spanish Mines. Slight stain on bottom center...

62" x 4.5", fringe is approx 5.5". Beautiful flowers, appear to be of silk, colors of brown, soft pink, gold & cream. Sluck sashe...

Interesting map, engraved & hand colored by Lizars. This shows Cape of Good Hope. This was very dangerous seas. Gold Rush travelers dared not st...

Double truck, 73,74. Engraved Cartography with hand color by A.J. Johnson. Vivid color. This shows Panama railroad for gold region bound pioneers. Ma

Intaglio engraved, printed & hand colored by Lizars, beautiful condition. This is world gold mining in Southern Spain. Shows Majorca, Ivica &...

Cave Spring written on back, possibly in CA. 6x8", 2 edge chips Date: City/County: Cave Spring State:

Mirage starring Gregory Peck, 4 nail holes, a few spots, 41x27" Date: City/County: State:

Here it is, in the original wood crate with unused? buggy inside. The Wakefield brand with shipping label to CC Fuller in Hartford, CT and partial shi

Six cased early portraits, all 2.5 x 3", cloth lined. All of the cases appear to be pre Civil War, as none are patriotic. Five are men portrait...

Green hardcover Cram's Superior Reference Atlas of California, Nevada and the World, published by Ellis A. Davis. 1908. 180 pp with index and 1 ...

5.75" Nevada, The Sagebrush State. 9" Oregon Caves National Monument. 10.75" Expo 4, Spokane. 10" Alaska. 10.25" Seattle Sp...

24x19" 4 page broadside with machine image. Crease tears. 3 other company related ephemera Date: City/County: State:

Approx 45 items. Mostly 6.25x3.5"American advertising folded illustrated sheets for battery clamps, tools, industrial items and more. Old Rocke...

3 section brass spy glass, 13.25". Lens are cloudy, dents to exterior. Date: City/County: State:

This lot contains nine unfinished brass rings with an outer diameter of ~3.5 inches and an inner diameter hole of ~2.625 inches. There are also two an

Paper Agents Not Admitted small sign, Falstaff Brewing stock, Busch Beer liar's poker 1000 beer bucks, orange free beer card, 12" Genesse B...

Porcelain "old Kirk" topper. Leland's Extra Pale mini can, Wunder Beer, Oakland, CA color sign with hops 6x8.75", Lemle Levy Co f...

Approx 30 assorted billheads, some pictorial-HJ Heinz, Hub City Soda Works, Godfrey Boot and Shoe, Rockland Co Shoes, Wood Curtis and Co, Lewis Electr

Approx 30 jean button-Carters, Sweet Orr, Lee(early), Franklin & Co, DH Co, Solide Elegant and more Date: City/County: State:

Wooster large solid brass fire hose nozzle with stream controller. This is a 19th century high pressure brass nozzle from the Wooster Brass Nozzle Co,

Two antique brass fire nozzles. A. G. Long Fire apparatus, Portland, Ore. 10" long. The second piece is Powhatan B & I Works, Ranson, W. V...

7 smaller prints, 6 with color pirate scenes. Approx 6.5x5". Date: c1925-1925 City/County: State:

1995 Western calendar with color label each month,1995 Cigar Label Art Price Guide by Dunn Date: City/County: State:

Computing Scale Co., Dayton, OH. Patented 1898. Metal base with marble plinth. 9x13x7". Missing 1 tray Date: City/County: State:

Vintage drug store ceramic mortar and wood pestle. Mortar 5x7". Nice display item. Date: City/County: State:

Approx 25 early color flower prints with species on bottom. Dated 1893-94. Mackie Collection Date: c1893-1894 City/County: State:

Nice wooden box with the appearance of an early 17th Century piece. Brown wood with goldish highlights. Brass hinged lid with a pained lady on the top