Wild West Relics Auction April 2024

Old fashioned file box with perhaps 200+ documents from the W & P Nicholls Bank, then managed by John Nicholls. This box of documents represents...

This is a unique and very nice collection from Gibsonville, California. Lot includes the following: 1x Mortgage document between the Native Sons of th

This Howland Flat Collection includes a wide assortment of historic pictures and memorabilia from Howland Flat: 1x Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I

Lot includes documents and memorabilia for La Porte, California, ranging in dates from 1890-1964. Includes: used USPOD Registered Package envelope, p

Lot includes pictures, postcards, and certificates related to the Alturas Snowshoe club. Includes: 3x photos, No. 212 Ready To Start (picture by G.H.

Message to family from Milford with a note to direct responce to Susanville. News includes a home is being built (sketch of floor plan on reverse). Th

Merchandise License #388 issued to G.M. Davidson for $11.25 from Sierra County for 3 months on Jun 1, 1854 in Pine Grove. This allowed Davidson to sel

Daily Evening Bulletin (6) began publication in October 1855 by San Francisco activist James King of William, who was the editor of the paper until hi

This booklet by Harry Morse's Detective Agency in San Francisco, is a guide for watchmen and guards, giving them tips on all the nefarious chara...

Lot includes: 10x hand written promissory notes, datelined Strawberry Valley, between 1858-1862; 11x printed promissory notes, datelined Strawberry Va

About 50 California checks, c. 1880-1921, mostly older. Includes scarce Kernville and some unissued Bank of California checks. Benecia, Jamestown, Col

Entire 16-page LA Times newspaper from April 19, 1906, with front page spread about the San Francisco Earthquake that took place the day prior. Includ

Business card of Yank Holland, C. E. who was a survey engineer on the Wheeler Survey, 2x3.5", front discoloration, back mounting paper attached...

1870 letterhead Bill of Lading from Webster, Musick and Cunifee, Trinidad on 2 pages. Barlow, Sanderson & Co., Kit Carson, letterhead with broth...

Fancy binding c. 1885-90 ledger from LaPorte General store. Inscribed Ham & Morse on flyleaf. Major fires destroyed most of the business area of...

Rare 1891 The People's Theatre Program with lots of ads, 14pp, 1" tear on front cover and first page, 6x8.5". Issued Mariposa Con Gold...

Mullins Place, Salida business card. Automobile Ordinance, Colorado Springs. From Colorado Springs to Manitou on the Street Cars booklet. 1876 check,

Large Colorado National Guard 2nd assistant surgeon appointment certificate, issued 1888 to W W Rowan, signed by Alva Adams and Geo. West. 3 nice Col

12 c. 1874-1909 correspondences from Colorado companies doing business with Pleasant Valley Wine Co in NY. A common practice at the time involved rela

A rare find indeed! Original ledger for Thos. Cole Jr. & Co. Bankers in Idaho City during the Idaho gold rush of the 1860s. Cole & Co. had t...

Certificate of Ownership for Lot No. 360, Section HH at the New Cathedral Cemetery. This cemetery was part of the Catholic Cathedral Church of Baltimo

A collection of 36 different early Boston, Mass., billheads, all have vignettes, no duplicates, c1879-1908. Boston Massassachusettes

About 45 c. 1900-1930's Missoula articles of incorporation, statements etc. Florence Laundry, Plains Flour Mill, Eddy Bread, Winston Bros., Miss...

A dozen ephemera from the State of Montana, c1879-1944, includes a billhead, letter, advertisements, map, bank books, county assessment, and more. Ple

Uncut original sheets of Carson City Savings Bank checks, c. 1870's and 1880's. Carson City Nevada

Partial F J Steinmetz prescription book. c. 1898. Appears to be a record book of filled prescriptions. Foxing, covers missing. Carson City Nevada F

1902 Mary Mine and Tunnel letterhead, undated B A Rives Wells Fargo & Company ID Card, 1883 Nevada Salt and Borax billhead, issued 1906 Silver P...

Wabuska real photo postcard. 8 billheads and letterheads including pictorials, Cuyahoga Gold Mining etc. 1898-1914. See photo. Yerington Nevada

Published by Sampson, Davenport, & Co., publishers of the Boston directory, Boston almanac and business directory, New-England business director...

11 volumes of New Hampshire Annual Register. 1811-missing cover, 1815-spine damage, 1819, 1920-spine damage, 1821-spine damage, 1822-spine damage, 182

About 20 pieces of New Mexico ephemera. Checks, telegrams, billheads with imprinted RN's etc. New Mexico Robert Coelln Collection

A collection of early New York State bullheads (27), all have vignettes, no duplicates, c1890-1918. New York

Mailed from Philadelphia to Rutland on March 1, 1823. The surviving page contains several humorous sexual references - I feel kind of reluctance in se

Lot of 3 different. 1) H.T. Hall & C.E. Dexter, First of Exchange, Columbus, Georgia, 1856. Issued for $3,304.70. Signed Hall & Dexter. Pen ...

1)Niagara Insurance Company, City of New York. 1893. For Lawrence Barkhoff the owner of the Washington Caldwell Construction Company at Plum Township,

About 20 pieces of Black American ephemera, mostly cotton postcards and a cotton picking check and cotton receipt. See photo.

16 Boy and Cub Scout publications, c. 1952-60 plus Scouting applications and more.

4 issues of Beadle's Half Dime Library, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1891. Published 1887-1905. Robert Coelln Collection

Early lumber related letterheads and bullheads (30) from all over the states and without duplicates. Letter size 11/V, 4/WO - Mid-size (10), 9/V, 1/WO

Saw mill & other lumbering equipment catalogs (5) 1) G.F. Knight Co., Hicksville, Ohio, Manufacture of "Knight's Duplex Dog", for...

1872 passport signed by Hamilton Fish, he was a US secretary of state-lower chips. 1857 patent claim letter. 1700 ledger sheet. Carriage catalogue pag

About 20 nice pictorial billheads. Automated safety punch, roofing, carriage, wagon, disinfectant, suits, horse shoe, silks, horse, wool, surveying an

Six copies of "The United States Health Bulletin," "The American Authority on Matters of Health, Sanitation and Hygiene," publis...

19 mostly issued California bank stocks, c. 1928-72, mostly older. Bank of America with several varieties, Oakland Mortgage, Pajaro Valley National, A

Issued-1909 Second National Bank of Boston, 1953 Waverley Cooperative, 1947 Massachusetts Investors Trust 1947 black and green, 1894 National Bank of

Issued-1896 Moorestown National, 1890 Third National of Jersey City. First National Bank of Hoboken 1865-stained, 1925 and 1931. New Jersey Ken Pr

Lot 2: one issued and one unissued. Issued piece is no. 70, issued for 5 shares to William H. Hoffman in 1848. Signed by president Bostwick and cashie

I/C Chemical National Bank of NY stock issued to James J Roosevelt. "James John Roosevelt, known as James I. (December 14, 1795 – April 5...

About 25 issued and unissued NY bank stocks. 1854 Bank of America, All State Credit, US Bond & Mortgage, First National Bank of Cooperstown 188...

Stock certificates (3) for The Eureka County Bank, incorp. Nevada, 1885, I/C: No. 90, five shares issued to Oscar J. Smith, of Reno, Nev., c1905, sign

A huge collection of almost 200 stock certificates related to New York banks, 19 different banks, c1880s-1900s. See photo(s) for more details. Ke

A RARE collection of 51 First National Bank, Lovelock, NV, stock certificates, canceled, c1905-27. Vignettes of American Indians. The First National B

A collection of 35 stock certificates from banks, c1830-1899. Includes; 1830s (2), 1840s (3), 1850s (4), 1860s (4), 1870s (3), 1880s (7), 1890s (12).

A collection of 14 stock certificates from banks, c1830s-1870s. See photo(s) for more details. Ken Prag Collection

A lot of approximately 75 American bank stock certificates, 15 different with 5 each, c1892-1974. See photo(s) for more details. Ken Prag Collect

A collection of 18 different stock certificates related to American banks, c1881-1959. See photo(s) for more details. Ken Prag Collection

A large lot of approximately 75 stock certificates related to banking, 25 banks with three each, c1851-1970. See photo(s) for more details. Ken P

Lot of over 100 unissued stock certificates related to banking, with 11 different banks, about 10 each, c1800s-early 1900s. See photo(s) for more deta

A collection of 25 different stock certificates related to banks in the State of Pennsylvania, c1886-1951. See photo(s) for more details. Ken Pra

A collection of 16 different stock certificates from banks, c1880-99. Included are nine from the 1890s, and seven from the 1880s. See photo(s) for mor

23 different national bank stocks in quantities up to 5 each, about 120 or more total. Reading, Pajaro Valley, Central, Drovers Mechanics, Old Nationa

A stock certificate for The Exchange Bank, of Big Rapids, Mich., No. 139, 10 shares to Kate F. Stickney, c1875, signed by President S. Bronson and Cas

About 50 or more c. 1929-1974 mostly issued banking stocks with up to 3 duplicates. Oakland Mortgage, Bank of America in several varieties, Franklin N

Issued-1847 Bank of Charleston-foxing, 1874 Atlanta National, 1870 Louisiana National of New Orleans. Unissued-Real Estate Bank of Arkansas-foxing, Ca

4 US bank stocks, all issued. 1878 Union National Bank. 1934 Danvers National Bank. 1868 Bank of Catasauqua. 1857 Bank of America.

About 25 c. 1882-1971, mostly newer securities and investment stocks. Fully Administered Fund, Supervised Shares, Pacific States Securities-.5"...

About 100 c. 1930-72 securities stocks. Scudder, Stevens & Clark. New York Corp., Merrill Lynch..., Common Stock Fund, Supervised Shares etc. Se...

Rare issued 1855 Alabama Copper Mining stock, bearer certificate. Great underground mining vignette. Fine condition, no creased. Talladega Alabama

Three separate stock certificates from different Fairbanks, Alaska, based gold mining companies. 1. Reynolds-Alaska Development Company stock cert

U/I -Alaska Mines Dev., Alaska Packers Assoc. Issued-1958 Nugget Beach Placer, 1909 Turnagain Arm Gold, 1937 Alaska Exploration and Mining, 1959 Alask

Both rare. 1901 Alaska Mildred Gold with Windham Bay vignette, 1900 Alaska and Cape Nome. Alaska Ken Prag Collection

1916 Granite Gold, 1935 Offshore Gold Dredging-wrinkles and small bottom tears, 1908 Nome Montana New Mexico. That covers a few bases! Alaska Ken

British financed mining companies. 1898 Klondyke & Columbian Goldfields, 1899 Yukon Goldfields. Alaska Ken Prag Collection

Very rare unissued, c. 1860's San Augustine Mining Co. stock. Signed by secretary James A Lucas and president Samuel G Jones. Some discoloration...

# 81 for 1000 shares to James Skeene. Signed by SH Brown and president Silas A George as president. Dateline Camden, New Jersey 1881. Location: Meyers

Another rare Arizona stock certificate. Number 121 for 5000 shares issued to GH Whitacre. Signed by LA Davies and KL Hollister. They operated the Silv

Very rare. Major and important Death Valley mine. Inc. in Arizona.Territory. I/U, No. 303, issued for 50 shares to C. J. Boyd on Feb 8, 1913. Signed

About 20 Magma Coper stocks, c. 1920's-30's. Mines were located in the Pioneer and Superior Mining Districts of Arizona. Nice mine vignettes...

18 Arizona mining stocks. 1916 Bay State-crease tears. 1920 Verde Combination Copper. 1956 Bagdad Copper-2 different, 1946 Arizona Antlers, 1917 Arizo

A new discovery from the Prag Collection. Issued 1895 California Railway stock, issued to F M Smith. This is "Borax Smith" and signed clea...

Bond-1900 Oneida Gold. Issued stocks-1855 Herbertville Quartz- The city of Herbertville began in 1851 and was named after reverend Lemuel Herbert, who

Rocky Bar Mining Co. Stock certificate, issued to William J Harris for 20 shares on March 3, 1854, signed by President C. Sutterthwaite and secretary

About 50 unissued Don-Claire Mining stocks. Located in Ballarat in Inyo county and elsewhere. He owned the bunkhouse at Ballarat, the last standing bu

1864 Empire Gold & Silver Mining bond, 7%, #386, $1000. Signed by Henry Gates secretary. Alonzo Child president. David B Turner trustee. "R...

Very early Bodie mining piece! Issued 1864, No 387, $1,000 7% bond signed by Alonzo Child and Henry K Gates Secretary. Ornate border with three vignet

Rare. #143 issued to RN Van Brunt, Trustee for 100 shares on July 21st, 1879 in San Francisco. Signed by Edward Stone secretary and Fred w Hadley pre

Issued 1879 Metallic Cons. Gold and Silver Mining stock, for 7750 shares! Mine vignette. The Metallic stocks (3) came with a batch of Bodie stocks I

Issued 1879 Tiger Gold and Silver Mining stock. Uncreased. Bodie California Fred Holabird Collection

Includes 4 pieces. Original proof with drawings. A great example of a proof from one of the bank note company archives, complete with the original art

Oregon Gulch Gold Mining Company stock certificate, No. 66. Issued for 50 shares to W.J. Holliday on January 22, 1872 in Indianapolis. Signed by presi

Issued-1912 Calaveras Copper, 1918 Stockholders, 1898 Los Angeles Improvement, 1906 Murray Creek. Unissued-Mokelumne and Campo Seco Canal, Murray Cree

Frank Bret Harte signs as secretary. Bret Harte an American short story writer and poet, best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers,

Nevada Copper MC stock datelined San Francisco, issued June 16, 1864 for 50 shares to HN Squire Jr and signed by James Kellogg as president. Valentine

1906 Greenwater Bimetallic Copper, 1906 Greenwater Black Oxide Copper. Greenwater is in Inyo county. Greenwater California Ken Prag Collection

Issued 1855 Herbertville Quartz Mining stock. Mine in Amador county. The city of Herbertville began in 1851 and was named after reverend Lemuel Herbe

Philadelphia and California Mining Company of Mariposa County. # 1775 for 50 shares to Theodore Walter. Signed by secretary l Alter and president Pear

Incorporated under the laws of the State of California. Issued to Charles H. King on Feb. 17th, 1880. Signed by Masby ? Bruanagian ? as Vice President

Issued 1873 Mariposa Land & Mining stock. The Mariposa Land & Mining Co was organized in 1871 and incorporated in the state of New York. Thi...

Incorporated under the laws of the State of California. Issued to Hewitt Ryerson on October 16, 1879. Signed by S. Heydenfeldt as Vice President and R

Vast collection of Mariposa Companies Mining Stocks including some very rare pieces! Mariposa Company, Inc. New York in 1863 Certificate no. 473