"Wild West Wonders" Premier Live Auction (2025 August)

Lot of 3. Two prints of an early Eureka & Palisade Railroad depot scene. You can see early autos, train cars, and even a wagon in the front. 5 x...

Great set of photos from the Eureka and Palisades Railroad at Palisades, Nevada. Stereoview shows the "First Construction Train passing the Pal...

Arrow head shaped tag, stamped E.P.P.P., SEC. Shows age, but in good cond. ^ Date: 1868-70 Country (if not USA): State: Nevada City: Palisades P

A heart-shaped Carson and Colorado Railroad lock and key, c1881-1900. "C & C RR Z" and "Thorne S" engraved on the shackle. X...

Lot of 8. Rare group! Includes: Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad delivery receipt (1928); Tonopah & Tidewater RR Bill of Lading (1915 to Zabrisk...

Lot of 4 items. 1) Watkins stereoview of the Crown Point trestle in Gold Hill. 2) 1879 Pass List that includes Tahoe magnate DL Bliss, as well as entr

Lot of 35. Includes: shipping receipts from the 1870s-1910s, including for bullion shipments from the Morgan Mill; druggist AM Cole shipment receipt;

Virginia & Truckee Railroad lock (marked on shackle, as usual) and a 1904 timetable (Reprinted in 1991). No key for the lock. A very rare and de...

500 page ledger/letter copying book recording Daily Local and Coupon Ticket Sales at Virginia City. Lists amounts for the various stations along the V

Rectangular New York Central Lines floral pattern serving platter. 9x13". Back stamped GDA/Limoges/Fabrique Pour/New-York Central Lines/Fourni ...

Oval Lehigh Valley RR dish, made in Germany. Blue flower and leaf pattern. 5.5x11". No apparent chips or cracks. See McIntyre for more info. ^...

One mounted and framed panoramic photo of The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. Pictured is Uintah Railway Co #51, 2-6-6-2 locomotive, referre

This was an exclusive thistle pattern used by St. Louis & San Francisco RR. 7x4". No apparent chips or cracks. See McIntyre for more info. ...

3 different railroad butter dishes, all about 3". Union Pacific, Harriman blue. Clover Louisville and Nashville. Logan, Minneapolis, St. Paul a...

Group of 70+ letterheads and correspondence to William Van Heemsbergen, 1930s-60s. The letters are from steamship companies responding to his requests

Large (36 x 17") detailed system map of the ATSF, printed by American Bank Note Company, New York, 1914. Published in the Annual Report of the ...

Rock Island Railroad Lines Map, undated, c1910, 22 x 28", chips along all edges, printed on fragile paper. Printed by Chicago, Rock Island and...

A rare Santa Fe RR promo booklet of color and b/w photos c1898 "Color Photographs of Scenes In The Southwest-New Mexico, Arizona and Southern C...

Nice group of 12. RPPCs (6) include Omaha roundhouse, Horse Canyon, NYCRR, First Electric Trolley Car in Burlington, horse-drawn car, and more. Photog

Lot of 2. 1. Cast iron plate w/C.P.R.R. 1885 cast on it. Shows age, but in good condition. 2. Framed copper etching of V&T #11 "RENO&q...

Lot of 15. 6 lever locks, some with keys. Different manufacturers I.E;: Jewett Buffalo, Eagle, Excelsior, Union , Champion, Empire and more. Appear i

A group of 4 locks, including rare Chief lock and Cyclops lock. All locks are in good condition with slight rust and wear. The Empire lock has a worki

Lot of 4. Dietz lamp collection. all in good condition. 1. Dietz Junior Side Lamp lantern missing globe, red and clear reflectors in tact , no dents

Lot of 3. Vintage Dietz Traffic Gard lanterns Syracuse N.Y. Primarily used for traffic control. Two of the globes are marked Embury No 40. Lamps s

Southern Pacific Railroad company lighting fixtures, 3. Red lamp is embossed "Dietz / ACME INSPECTOR / LAMP / New York, USA" on the back a...

Lot of 2. One metal tag w/ Santa Se logo and "Brakeman" . One metal tag Northern Pacific RR, Yellowstone Line, "Local". Good c...

Metal sign, 18 x 24 inches: WARNING (in red) / This facility is used in FAA air traffic control. Loss of human life may result from service interrupti

Centennial Expo Paris France. Admission pass 1889 , vignette of George Washington. In very good cond. Possible tape markings on back. In plastic pr

The Calif. Mid-Winter Fair souvenir photo album titled "The Sun Set City",110 plus pgs. of photo w/descriptions. Held in San Francisco i...

Lot of 2. From the Columbian Expo of 1893, two glass hatchets. Etching in the beard/cheek area of the hatchets : one side bust of George Washington

Five pieces from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Two tickets: one with George Washington, one with an Indian chief. Three trad...

Lot of 3. Admission ticket to the 1893 Columbian Expo. In plastic holders. Near new condition. This are rare and difficult to find in this conditio

Choice uncirculated Boldenweck & Company. Declaration of Independence/World's Columbian Exposition medal. Wm, 58 mm, 62 grams. Eglit-36A, R...

Glass paperweight collection, 6. Good condition. Columbian and Pan Pacific Expo mementos. Rectangular paperweights are all the same size, approx.: 2.2

Lot of 20 printed photographs, most different. Views of the various buildings on the fair grounds. 6 x 8" The 1904 Louisiana Purchase Expositio...

Lot of 3. Two are for the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, also known as the Louisiana-Purchase Exposition. 1) "Grandeur of the Universal Expos...

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 was a large-scale event, spanning 1,200 acres and featuring over 1,500 buildings. The fair aimed to celebrat

Nine glass paperweights from the 1901 Pan American Exposition held in Buffalo New York. Two are circular, seven are rectangular (4 x 3 inches): Temple

Lot of 2. 1901 Pan Am Expo tickets, in protective sleeves and in very good + cond. These are rare to find. ^ Date: 1901 Country (if not USA): St

NGC graded MS 61 PL. 1901 brass, 36 mm, Pan American Exposition medal. Buffalo obverse, view of the exposition reverse. ^ Date: Country (if not USA

Certified MS 61 by Michigan Master Numismatic Services. HK-287. Obv. Standing heroic Indian figure, l. arm upraised, astride a soaring eagle; below t

A $500 bond issued by the Pan American Exposition Company The Exposition, which took place in Buffalo, New York, was the site of the assassination of

Includes two folding maps! Published by JB Lippincott & Co. 48pp. Map of Philadelphia is 16 x 12" with large tear along fold. Map of the Ex...

A choice collection of mementos from the first World's Fair, Philadelphia, 1876. Six items, all in excellent condition: 1) Centennial Souvenir ...

Dated October 7, 1867 at Campo Seco. Water Scrip No. 25. Mokelumne Hill and Campo Seco Canal and Mining Company promise to pay Lee Ling (or Sung), twe

We had a $5 note in our Gold Rush sale in 2018: this is an unissued remainder $1 note, graded Very Fine 35 by PCGS: (small edge split at top left of c

This first Montana Lottery perhaps began in January 1893, although the Montana Historical Society can't seem to pin down exactly when. Dated May...

When Montana was ruled by the giant mining companies, this humorous hand-drawn note was printed against John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil and t...

Building the Hoover Dam began in 1931. Due to the huge undertaking, six of the largest construction companies in the United States joined together to

Most of the handful of Butter Cup scrip are unissued remainders. This $3 note was fully issued on December 22, 1870, and was cancelled by three small

Located in New York Canyon near Eureka, the Butter Cup mine was a real producer beginning in 1867. By the 1870s silver and gold coins were scarce and

Fanciful propaganda scrip circa 1907 used by Goldfield mine workers demanding cash pay from the mine owners headed by George Wingfield who had instit

Needles National Bank, Needles, California, $1 issued bearer draft dated 1894 on the Keystone Mining Co., Keystone, Nevada. This partial note has miss

Issued by the Needles National Bank for the Keystone Mining Company of Keystone, Nevada. Unissued remainder bearer draft $10 note, one of the few rep

These 1907 Depression notes were printed when banks thought that the looming panic would have people hoarding money, leaving almost none circulation.

These 1907 Depression notes were printed when banks thought that the looming panic would have people hoarding money, leaving almost none circulation.

Two promissory notes dated March 1877, Virginia, Nevada; one for ten (#32) and one for twenty (#10) dollars in gold coin with interest at one percent

Here is a three note set: 25 cents, 50 cents and one dollar; dated 1933. Issued by the Delbert Reeves Post No. 7 American Legion of Silverton and secu

Three Texas treasury warrants from the Civil War period: 1) $5 for military service date February 27, 1862. 7 x 3 inches, ivory paper. 2) $5 for milit

Series of 1928 U. S. Gold Certificate. Fr. 2400. Over the gold seal: this certificate is a legal tender in the amount thereof in payment of all debts

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco $50 national currency note. Series of 1929. VG-F condition with some ink marks. Fr. 1880-L. ^ Date: Country (

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland $100 National Currency note, series of 1929. Fr. 1890-D. VG-F condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Star notes are replacement banknotes used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing when a flawed or damaged note is removed from a print run. They are

From counterfeit detector book, of a $100 US bond, 1864. On thick stock with 4 coupons. Slight foxing. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cit

About 20 pieces of Bureau of Engraving & Printing ephemera. Stereoviews, postcard, official photos up to 8 x10", printed cards, 1878 buildi...

American Bank Note Company vignette collection. These were likely printing proofs made before starting mass-production printing, and as such they may

Large collection of ephemera discussing the history of our currency: 1810: discount on bank bills (ex. Vermont, all branches); 1816: paper currency in

Large collection of San Francisco Mint ephemera collection: 1851: newspaper discusses need for a Mint in San Francisco; 1851: Philadelphia Mint gold b

Collection of 1862-1945 Denver Mint photos and documents. 1906 Sterling silver souvenir spoon. Letter opener. 1862 and 1876 branch reports. Three bul

Two page letter from Walter Forward, Secretary of the Treasury to M (Mark). A. Cooper, "Hse of Reps." Feb 4, 1843. Mr. Forward is telling...

Exceptional 1847 Dahlonega, GA folded letter written by R B Lewis, administrator of the Mint at Dahlonega, and Lumpkin County politician to Senator an

A very interesting collection of printed ephemera regarding the New Orleans Mint. 1838 New Orleans banks proceedings, great publication discussing th

Spectacular! This is an original cancelled CC mint coin die authenticated by Carson City Mint Press Operator Ken Hopple. After examining it, Ken belie

Fantastic! This is an original Carson City Mint canvas coin bag, likely for dollars given the coin imprints visible on the lower portion of the bag. B

Lot of 2 exceptionally rare views of operations at the Carson City Mint. We just don't see many photos besides exterior building shots. And both...

Memorandum of Silver Bullion Deposited at the Carson City Mint on Sept. 4th, 1888 by HR Logan. Marked "Chollar Mill" at upper left and &qu...

Lot of 2 different CC Mint memorandum forms. One is for Silver Bullion and the other is for Gold Bullion. Both are dated 1891 and are for deposits mad

Fantastic! Savage Mining Company billhead, Virginia City, 1892, to Wells Fargo & Co. for express charges on $23,091.33 in coin from the Carson C...

Feb, 18th, 1892 letter on official mint letterhead. Message to RP Keating, Supt. of the Savage Mine in Virginia City. LL Elrod tells him that $2,400 o

Lot of 7. 1) 1870 Daily Alta California newspaper with small blurb about the first coins (dollars) being produced at the CC Mint. 2) 1896 Memorandum o

This lot has five coin bags marked "US Mint/ Carson City/ Nevada" at roughly 5 in. X 11 in. The print is very crisp and legible. 1960'...

1840 report to House of Representatives regarding expenditures at Branch Mint at Charlotte-4pp have slight lower paper loss. Rare CdV by Matthew Brady

Very rare 1831 (21st Congress) and 1834 (23rd Congress) Assay Office reports from North Carolina and Georgia, during the beginning of the first US Gol

Four vintage souvenirs from the United States Mint in Philadelphia: 1) glass paperweight with old photograph "U.S. Mint Philadelphia, PA."...

21 historic views of the Philadelphia Mint. five stereo views: probably all taken in prep for of just after the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, circa 1875

Huge collection of ephemera relating to the history of the Philadelphia Mint: 1792 ad (c1930s) inspecting coins (the first women employed by the feder

1895 Index of the Coins and Medals of The Cabinet of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia. 45 pages, 5 x 7 inches. Two copies of the 1951 Do

An exceptionally rare Treasury Department notice from 1964 of the upcoming release of the silver Peace Dollar, the first striking of US silver dollars

Three Secretary of Treasury Walter Forward signed letters including one to a member of the house of Representatives. 1842 and 1843. "He was app...

Ten page handwritten letter dated February 13, 1877 on the letterhead of the Office of U.S. Assistant Treasurer, New York. Signed honorable Charles F.

Over 25 separate letters of correspondence from the Treasury of the United States to Mr. Warren Taylor and Augusta Taylor of Plymouth Union Vermont co

Three Treasury Dept. documents: 1) 1869 coin transfer-stains, creases, small tears. 2) 1879 explanatory of circular. 3) 1932 letterhead signed by SF s

1851 speech of Mr. King of New Jersey on the branch mints, delivered in the House of Representatives. The bill is related to establishing a Branch Min

This is a small collection of duplicates found in the main collections. 1840 Report of operation at the New Orleans Mint; 1848 three copies of report

Six pages of engravings of machines used the Royal Mint and The Mint, probably by English engravers, for both Britain and America. Each 8 x 10 inches.

Four publications from U. S. Assay offices: 1) 1870 Treasury Department report on the assay office in New York and the branch mint in San Francisco; 1

This assay is from "Kellogg & H" dated August 1854, for $1490.39. This is for a gold deposit received from Coloma, the discovery site ...

This is an early assay from Kellogg & Richter for 1479 dwt. dated 1854; producing $1245.19 in gold. This is for a deposit by Adams & Co. out...

This invoice describes a box of gold dust and bars aboard the Steam Ship Panama bound for Boston dated August 31, 1849 with a value of about $35,000.

0.73g original California Gold Rush nugget recovered from the SS Central America, which sank in 1857. Our company held two SSCA artifacts auctions in