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

Kern County California, from the Volcano Mine in the El Paso mountains: a 12.1 gram gold in quartz nugget. Pretty piece, gold color all sides. 20 x 17

Medium size (#10) California placer gold, approximately 15 grams. Suitable for jewelry! ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: P

Medium size (#10) California placer gold, approximately 16.5 grams. Suitable for jewelry! ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City:

Four specimens of native gold in quartz totaling 24 grams in weight. Crystaline and wire gold. Maybe 7-8 grams of gold? ^ Date: Country (if not USA)

Beautiful gold piece 3/4 of an inch by 1 1/4 inch. 7.9 grams, with unknown black mineral. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pr

Two small gold nuggets: 1.2 grams and 2.8 grams mounted to a post for a tie tack. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Rectangular gold nugget (11 x 16 mm), set in wooden trim in a 14 carat gold band. Size 8 1/2; total weight 9.1 grams. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Gold nugget (12.2 grams; about 18 mm wide and long) with 20 inch necklace. Total weight 25.5 grams. Necklace chain (13.5g) is not marked, but tests 1

Unique necklace with two California Period one half dollar gold coins and a Mojave Desert nugget (11.4 grams; 22 mm long. 10 mm wide). The wire neckla

This is a truly world-class piece that not only deserves a great story on the piece itself, but on the man himself. So which one would you start with?