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

Lot of 2 different. Both are for Alturas County towns with names from the California Gold Rush. 1) Handwritten promise to pay for $167 to Dilley &am...

A catalogue put out by Oakwood, Arlington and Maywood Bicycles of Chicago, Illinois. The forty page, paperback catalogue is in fragile condition, but

Lot of 5 different. 1-3) Three 1873 birds-eye views, pre-fire, looking West, East, and North East. All by Lovejoy & Foster. 4 and 5) Two c.1900-...

8 c. late-1860's to early 1870's Chicago stereoviews by P B Greene, Chicago with good contrast. Greene was president of the Chicago Photog...

Lot of 3. 1) 17.5 x 22" Sergeant Peppers-era shot of the band. No printer listed. Tape in corners, several folds, a few tears. 2) Two copies of...

Lot of 18. 1) Five different RPPCs of the wreckage from an airplane crash in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Photos by LI Way Studio. Not mailed. Date unknown. Possi

This receipt documents that a slave and other assets were exchanged to settle a lawsuit. It is signed by a constable who's alleged son later wen...

Hearing by a committee on towns arguments in favor the town Beverly Farms, MA. incorporation as made by Fred H William and closing arguments by Hon.

Broadside from 1869 advertising the play The Heir At Law written by George Coleman the Younger in 1797, at the Selwyn Theatre in Boston on Thursday Fe

Lot of 27. Receipts from Anaconda Mining Co., Painters, livery, Grocers, dry goods, photographer, Brick works, drug stores, construction, electric c

This note is signed by Benjamin Franklin Potts Governor of the Montana Territory in 1874. Potts was a Colonel in the Union Army and assigned to Montan

Photo album with approx. 175 photos of various sizes (1.5 x 1.25" to 4 x 6"). Dates 1934-1939. Includes shots of a Great Northern train ca...

This lot has group photos from Helena, Montana from the 1940s. There is the Lord's Supper photo taken on March 25, 1948 performed by the Knights...

Over 50 items. Collection of checks, promises to pay, loans, Mortgages and notes. Ellis State Bank, Henry Elling Bank. All in good readable condition

Rare 1974 reprint of 1868 Virginia City, MT by Matthews. Limited edition of 500, unnumbered. 15.5x24.5". ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Stat...

Lot of 20. All in protective sleeves. Checks, letters , indentures, notes. Each has articles regarding the individual. Includes: Daniel Webster Ti

Lot of 11. All are in protective sleeves and excellent cond. Signatures on checks, warrants, letters, receipts and bill of ladings. Each has a &quo...

Over 200 checks : Montana Gold and Silver Mining Co., First State Bank of Laredo, Hall & Bennet Bankers, First National Bank of Helena, Banking...

These are two photos of a deceased man and his widow from Montana. The man's name is in Finnish "Wiimeisot Jaahywaiset" followed by &q...

A collection of vintage CDVs and tintypes, quite possibly a family. About twenty 2"x 3" pictures. They are sharp and in nice condition. Pl...

There is a wedding group photo from Red Lodge, Montana by the William Tofferi studio 6 in. X 8 in. There is also a graduating class photo likely from

Lot of 6. Includes 3 real photo postcards: CM&PS Train No. 6 at Three Forks, flour company at Cascade, NP Depot at Livingston. And three photogr...

Lot of 3. 1) Excellent 1867 letter written from Aurora by C. Yager, who was a minister in Aurora. 4pp. Cornelius is writing to his brother James. The

Silver Part Ticket signed by 57 people in Carlin, Nevada. Likely railroad and mine workers. James B. Weaver for President of the US, James G. Field fo

Fantastic three-page document from Mark Twain’s friend Robert M. Howland, written in 1864 while he was serving as warden of the territorial p

Certificate of Qualification for Adolphus Waitz as Notary Public for Ormsby County, Nevada, 1866. Signed by Sam. King, Recorder Ormsby County. Green 5

This is an unusual state document, both for its unique content and the well embossed State Seal attached at the bottom. This seal (3.25 inches) is the

Six different photographs taken by Joe Tognoni of a flight taken by Governor Emmett Boyle from Carson City to Sacramento. Photos are mostly 5.75 x 3.5

This hard cover slip cased book "Ponderosa Country: A Scenic and Historical Guide to Reno and Vicinity " by Paher 1972 is one of a limited...

Signed Original "Ghosts of the Glory Trail" book on new ghost towns by Nell Murbarger with original dust jacket. Tight, never been used. ^...

4 Harolds Club calendars and a metal license plate topper. Calendars-1960 with mostly intact calendar-fair condition, 1967 March-December, Framed 1957

Nice group of 5 Reno casino pinup calendars. 1959 Harolds w/o calendar-lower left corner issue and hole degradation, 2x 1963 Harolds with full calenda

16 Northern Nevada, mostly Reno casino postcards in frames with attached chips. Palace Club, Nevada Club, Riverside Hotel & Casino, Kings Castle...

This is an intriguing piece of Nevada postal history. It is a cloth lined envelope sent to WW Hobart, State Controller in Carson. It has an orange Wel

Lot of 3. 1) Pacific Mill & Mining Company (stamped over Bacon Mill) revenue check, 1878, issued to James Kennedy. Signed by Bonanza King mining...

Nye may have gotten started in Sacramento in the late 1850's. By 1860 he was in partnership with W.T. Eaves. The pair appeared to have moved to ...

Lot of 3. 1) RPPC of the Sutro Tunnel entrance, c.1880s. 2) Savage Mine paycheck, 1866, Virginia City Nevada. Charles Bonner, supt. 3) Nevada Centenni

Pioneer Title Insurance of Nevada, "Reno, Fallon, Las Vegas, Elko, Carson City" Porcelain Sign, c1965, made by Angelus Advertising Special...

Lot of 25. Includes: three different Goldfield mining prospectuses; 10 checks (Carson, Eureka, Goldfield) incl. TB Rickey and TR Hofer autographs; thr

Lot of 18. Official Publication of the State of Nevada. Includes: 1964 (Centennial Issue, Fall Issue); 1965 (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter issues); 196

Fifty new views reproduced from the latest and best photographs. Published by JA Clements. No date but appears late 1910s (automobiles in some pics).

Cooperstown, February 24, 1840 Otsego County Bank check issued to Clark for $6. Signed by J. Fenimore Cooper. Red Paid bank stamp. 2 x 6" James...

Softcover 63 page (8 x 10 inches) catalog from Trident Water Meters whose factory was in Long Island City. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: N

Nine volumes of Trow's Copartnership and Corporation directories for 1891-1899 complete. Orange binding, fine. Choice business reference for the...

Major Littlefinger and his wife, The Fairy Queen, in real life were Charles and Eliza Nestel. Cabinet card by Robinson & Roo, Chicago and New Yo...

2 x 2.5" clipped autograph, "Truly Yours P.T. Barnum" P.T. Barnum (1810-1891) was an American showman, entrepreneur, and master of pu...

Charter, By-Laws of the Fire Department in Worcester, 1838. Printed by Mirick & Bartlett. 24pp. They owned six engines. String binding, blue cov...

By Arch'd (Archibald) M'Intyre, State Comptroller's Office. Printed by Jeremiah Tryon, 22 Hudson Street, 1819. 112pp. plus appendix. Sof...

New York Convention Friends of Domestic Industry report of 1831, 175 pgs.. Covers: currency, sugar, iron and steel, coasting trade, chemistry, glass.

Large collection of probably 150 or more checks from numerous banks. Earliest is 1849, latest is 1906. Most are 1860s, with a representative sampling

Entries start in 1908 and run for about 80pp. up to 1912. Remaining pages in ledger are blank. Also includes loose receipts and correspondence, much f

Lot of 7. 1) Morgan & Co. Tie Mill. North West Tie Co. Pope photo. 9.75 x 11.75" 2) Hollenbeck Camp Rainier, Sunset Photo Co., Portland. 10...

Two photographs by Benjamin Arthur Gifford of views of Columbia River, Oregon, from the turn of the 19th century. The first is a black and white photo

A letter from Bayard Taylor to friend Tickner (no other name given), written on May 10th, 1860. Taylor was a famous poet and travel writer of his time

John Julius LeMoyne built the LeMoyne stone house in Pennsylvania in 1812, where he would go on to raise his son, Francis LeMoyne. Both were outspoken

Framed (14 x 26 inches) and double matted two vintage advertisements (6 x 8 inches) for the Sharples Separator Company of West Chester, Pennsylvania.

This is a spectacular archive of 1,600+ checks from Henry Frawley, a prominent Deadwood lawyer. This archive was previously unknown to us. The collect

An excellent collection of 26 different checks, 1880s-1920s. These came out of the archive for Deadwood lawyer Henry Frawley. Includes: eleven 1880s c

Lot of 16. This is a fantastic and important group that we sorted out of the much larger Frawley Deadwood check archive. All but 3 are 1890s. The Chin

Lot of 12. All from the archive of Deadwood lawyer Henry Frawley. Nice variety including three different RNs (First National Bank, RN-G, 1880; Merchan

Deadwood check on the account of lawyer Henry Frawley, issued to the Homestake Hotel in 1893. Reverse is signed by John A. Platt and stamped "F...

Lot of 11. All are from the archive of Deadwood lawyer Henry Frawley. Issued 1892-97. Companies include: Black Hills Telegraph & Telephone Co., ...

Lot of 12, four different types. Unlisted in Castenholz (1989). Includes: First National Bank (three checks, 1880, RN-G); Merchants National Bank (fou

Lot of 10. Unfortunately no Seth Bullock. Includes: five checks for Edward McDonald (1891-2); three for William A. Reamer (1893-6); and one for CM Ce

Out of the 1,700 plus checks we sorted through in the Henry Frawley Deadwood archive, this was only one of two found that was tied to legendary sherif

Lot of 2 Dakotas pictures. 1) A c.1890s small photo of a Northern Pacific locomotive snow plow. Photo by Osborn of Dickinson, North Dakota. Pencil wri

Lot of 2. 1. Vermont Watchman and State Gazette. One page , July 1828. Unk. if more pages exist. 2. Vermont Chronicle, April 1828. Discussion is mos

Lot of 95. Includes: approx. 50 Potlatch Lumber Co. billheads, Palouse, 1907; two mounted photographs of lumber trains for the Blumauer Lumber Co., Te

Lot of 14. Postcard w/attached small photo book, 2 magazines in hotels-resorts Seattle Republican magazinebook "Home-seekers Guide"1914, b...

Oct 30, 1929 issue with next day coverage of the Oct 29, 1929 crash of the NY Stock Exchange, marking the beginning of the Great Depression. "S...

Book on Wisconsin history. "Charles Langlade-First Settler of Wisconsin" by Montgomery E. McIntosh. 1896. %7 pages. Book is complete and...

Nice stereoview shows the National Hotel with two stagecoaches out front in Yellowstone Park. F. Jay Haynes, Fargo, Dakota Territory, photographer. T

Lot of 40: twenty billheads from JW Hugus & Co., wholesale & retail dealers in general merchandise, Rawlins, WY, 1901-04, and twenty corner ...

Framed large panorama photo of Thermopolis, WY. Big Horn Hot Springs State Reserve, 5 mineral springs of separate curvature values on this reserve. Ph

Light blue 7 inch tall bottle from Pearson Bros. Placerville. 2 1/2 inches in diameter, no chips or cracks. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Proprietor Ancil Hoffman operated The Cabin at 708 K St. Sacramento, California. "This town sure beats Milwaukee for Schlitz!" says the mo...

Classic gold rush soda bottle from Sacramento. Boley was perhaps the largest soda water producer in Sacramento in the 1850s, as evidenced by the numbe

Lot of 10. C.M Brown Druggist R-#. The Kistler Drug Co. R-3 , chip on lip. Longmont Drug Co. R-2. C.A. Gunning & Co. R-2. Chas. E Smith &...

Heptol Splits For Health's Sake with Charlie Russell cowboy on bucking bronco image. Extremely rare, 1904 copyright by the Harrison Co. Litho b...

This photo was taken in a saloon in Skagway, Alaska with Soapy Smith and a member of his gang. Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith got his so...

This photo was taken in Twin Buttes, Az. and undated. There are no windows in this saloon and the only woman in the photo is very casually dressed. Of

Nice view of three men at a card table, one man and his dog (at left), and a bartender in a saloon in Angels Camp, California. Identification comes fr

Fantastic! View of an interior of a saloon that is identified on reverse as Forest Hill, California. Three prospectors at the bar with a bartender. Th

Fantastic Western saloon interior with gaming table and lots of advertising! Has typed paper attached with message: "A bar room scene in Maripo...

Spectacular interior view with loads of advertising visible! We believe this to be a Northern California saloon given that there is a Napa Brewing adv

Snowy winter scene in a framed (17 x 13 inches) and matted (11 x 9 inches) compliments of Theo. Gier Co., Wine Merchants, 511, 513, 515 Fourteenth St.

This San Francisco cigar store was built in the old saloon style. In the photo you will find two draw card poker machines; the one in the back is a vi

A photo of the Alpine Saloon about 1920 on Alvarado Street, Monterey also shows Old Kirk Whiskey- best on the market at 3.5 in. X 5.5 in. good contra

Choice view! This saloon interior shows over a dozen people (and a dog) with two Pillsbury Lake Tahoe views framed on the wall! Also two trade stimula

Photograph of the Williams, Colusa County California jail and painted on the wall: "Drink 49 Bourbon and Here Is Where You Land". Dated 18...

Photograph of the exterior of a Chicago saloon located at 879 Halsted Street. Fantastic triangular sign above the door. Eight people out front, includ

A mounted and framed advertisement for Old Tea Cup and Springfield Straight Whiskeys. It's a Gibson Girl type image and measures 18"x 22&q...

Lot of 2. 1) Photo of the interior of a brewery saloon: notice the beer barrels/kegs on the right side of the photo and the rows of beer bottles on th

This B&W photo was taken after the turn of the last century in Tonopah, Nevada. At 6.75 in. X 4.75 in. chipped edges and one small blemish in th...

This photo depicts Czerwinski Saloon and Dance Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dated 1907 with advertisement for Layton Park in the heart of the Polish

There is an RPC from Antioch, Cal. dated 1914 with several Johns posing with working ladies. The faces of the men have been disfigured to hide their i

These are two real postcards depicting saloons in the west. Printed largely for the European market. The postcard from mining camp Telluride, Col. dep

WD & HO Wills, Imperial Tobacco Company, John Player's & Sons, Richard Lloyd & Sons, Will's Cigarette, etc trading cards. These ...

Lot of 7. Five cigar billheads from Sacramento, 1886-1917. Condition issues. Two mounted photographs: Freemont & Morell's Candy Store, Denve...

8 vintage clay pipes and bowls. Bowl with letters, ND and could be c. Civil War or earlier. Pipe with FB trademark and 6 point star. 2 white clay pipe