"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...

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

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 tickets to the 1893 Columbian Expo. In plastic holders. Near new condition. These are rare and difficult to find in this condit

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