Wigwam Auction--March 2019

This Collection includes: Birch Creek (1), Austin (14) and Battle Mountain (4) for a total of 19. Billheads are PS Jensen sheep raiser from Birch Cre

Located in Esmeralda County, this set of six photographs tells the story of Catteudal(?) and the mine where he hit the high grade and afterwards went

This collection includes: Sutro(1), Sweetwater(2), Silver City(2), Rawhide(1), Rosedale(1), Rockland(1), Ludwig(2), Pine Grove(2), Mound House(1), Del

If James Cain brought this mining camp back to life, George Wingfield put it back on the map. James Cain astutely sold his mining claims to W. Leste

1909. Addressed to Mrs. William Merten. From her husband William (most probably). Merten was a placer miner in Manhattan and this was most likely his

c1910. 7 x 15 x 11". The company ran the smelter in McGill from 1906 to 1914 when the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company absorbed them. The com...

This beautiful 12 x 17" official document is written in exquisite hand writing is for Wilhelm Dangberg. He is a cousin to the famous Dangberg f...

This Collection includes: Schurz(1), Walker River(1), Sodaville(10), Candelaria(2), OMCO(1), Fletcher(1), Mina(3), Luning(3), Hawthorne(7), Broken Hil

Lot of five photos. c1912. Largest is postcard size. All courtesy of Norman C Brundage.1) One clearly shows the wires for an aerial tramway. 2) Note

This Collection includes: Manhattan(1), Pioneer(3), Tybo(1), Morey(1), Butler(1), Beatty(5), Round Mountain(1), Rhyolite(1), Tonopah(40) for a total o

This Collection includes: Brunswick(1), Empire City (2), Carson City (30). Virginia City(3) for a total of 36. Includes 1865 HC Kirk druggist from Vir

This Collection includes: Lower Rochester(1), Rye Patch(1), Lovelock(19) for a total of 21. Samples are Nevada Packard Mines (the firm of Frietag &a...

Framed and signed William Moore print of a duststorm at Pyramid Lake, NV. Inscribed on lower mat. 66/700. Print 11x23", frame 19x30". Da...

A group of antiques from the Jerome Ayer ranch in Reno, which was located on Alameda, now North Wells. This group of antiques appears to date from the

On his twenty-fifth birthday, February 23, 1935, Harold Smith Sr. opened a tiny gambling club in Reno, Nevada. He had come to “the biggest little city

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