"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 pris...

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