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

Buffalo Bill Hotel souvenir spoon Cody, Wyoming. Die cut ladle of hotel. End of handle shaped of pic axes and miners pan w/nugget inside pan and rop

Tom Mix Circus and Wild West Show Original Framed Broadside c1935-38 for show in Astoria at Mills Crossing on May 13th. Tom Mix was a Hollywood star a

CDV of California outlaw Tiburcio Vasquez. It measures 2.5"x 4.5".with D.S. Boydston Photographer, Volcano. There is some doubt that Vas...

Black Bart Autographed Inscription While in Prison, 1888 A Discussion, by Fred Holabird, 2025 Introduction Black Bart, aka Charles Boles, appears to

Photo #1 This Ambrotype photo is of William Thomas "Bloody Bill" Anderson (1839-1864). Very few photos exist of him while alive and likely...

April 15, 1881 with a full page woodcut engraving captioned, "Missouri-the house at St. Joseph, in which the notorious desperado, Jesse James, ...

1910 First State Bank letterhead sent to Frank James, Fletcher, OK. Letter is about a certificate of breeding for his pig. Letter 5.5x8.25". 19...

13 issues dated between August 24 and Sept 7, 1883 with front page stacked headlines and long detailed coverage of the trial of Frank James at Gallati

July-August, 1902, 7 issues containing banner headlines with local coverage of the escape of Wild West outlaw Harry Tracy from the Oregon Penitentiary

Extra fine Alaska placer gold, approximately 14 grams. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City: Provenance:

Extra fine Alaska placer gold. Approximately 17.4 grams. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City: Provenance:

Native Copper & Copper Slag from Blue Bird Mine, Ranchers Exploration, near Gila Bend, AZ. The Bluebird mine was an historically significant min...

Four ore specimens from the Bluebird Mine in Mexico, the first successful commercial copper electrowinning operation. The mine is known for its copper

This group consists of average ore, a piece of high grade turquoise, and copper slag all from the operation at Miami, AZ. It was mined in the 1950s-to

Mined by Duvall Company at the time he collected. Piece is 2 x 2 x1" A second specimen is from the Lake Shore copper deposit. About the same si...

Lot of 18 assorted high grade zinc ore samples, Cerro Gordo Mine, Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 3.8 lbs. Most are in the 2" range. S...

Very large, complex, and colorful high grade zinc ore with smithsonite, Cerro Gordo Mine, Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 6 x 3 x 3" 3...

Massive complex zinc ore with smithsonite, Cerro Gordo Mine, Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California. 8 x 5 x 3" 9 lbs. Cerro Gordo (Fat Hill) ...

Stunning native gold specimen from the "million dollar pocket" at the Original Sixteen to one Mine. The specimen shows bright wire and cry...

Near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. 168 grams. Perhaps 25 grams of gold? 2.5 L x 1.75 W x 1.75" H. Native gold in quartz. Vein was 1.7...

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: Provenan

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 is not marked ^ Date: Country (i

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?

High grade silver ore from the Bulldog Mountain Mine, Creede, Colorado. Please see photos for dimensions. The Bulldog Mountain Mine, during the period

Two specimens from the Dave Shaddrick Collection. Probably collected prior to 1990, Dave didn't remember specific location. The specimens are no...

Higher quality. Two specimens from the Dave Shaddrick Collection. Probably collected prior to 1990, Dave didn't remember specific location. The ...

This is an outstanding specimen of dark blue fluorite from an unknown locale in Colorado. We even reached out to some of our Colorado mineral speciali

Very large fluorite mass light purple to green on calcite, abundant beautiful cubes. 16" x 9" x 9" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): ...

Spectacular high grade specimen of tetrahedrite ore from the Sunshine Mine. 1500-2000 oz/ton. Approx. 9 x 6 x 4" The Sunshine Mine is located b...

Two large hand specimens of copper in a breccia and two large hand specimens of native copper. Largest is 6 x 6 x 4" ^ Date: Country (if not ...

Three specimens of high grade lead-zinc ore. Largest is 4 x 4 x 2" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Missouri City: Provenance: Home...

Lot of 3. Nice light blue fluorite with classic galena cubes from an unknown Tri-State location. Size is about 4 x 3 x 1" and 2 x 3 x 2". ...

High grade silver ore specimen. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Park County Provenance: Homestake Mine Geologist Dave Shaddr

Lot of 5 hand-selected darker blue specimens of Nevada turquoise from the No. 8 Mine. 0.8 lbs. Largest is 2 x 1.5" ^ Date: Country (if not US...

Rough turquoise - slabs, small and medium size. Approximate weight 2.2 pounds. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often considered one of t

Rough turquoise - cut surfaces, some treated. Each with one surface cut and polished. Pretty sky blue. Approximate weight 7.2 pounds. From No. 8 turqu

Rough turquoise - Large raw specimen. Sky blue turquoise in matrix. Piece is about 6.5" x 6" x 3.5". Approximate weight 4.6 pounds. F...

Rough turquoise - Large raw specimen, matrix with blue turquoise showing through. Low grade. Piece is about 7" x 6" x 5". Approximate...

Rough turquoise - raw, large nugget specimen. Approximate weight 1.4 pounds. Measures about 5.5" x 3.5" x 3". From No. 8 turquoise mi...

Rough turquoise - 10 pieces with one polished surface on each. Approximate weight 1.2 pounds. From No. 8 turquoise mine, located in Nevada, often cons

Rough turquoise - Raw specimen. Baby blue. Measures about 5.5" x 3.5" x 3", and weigh about 1.4 pounds. From No. 8 turquoise mine, lo...

Lot of 2 Large, Hand-selected, Natural Turquoise Display Specimens from the No. 8 Turquoise Mine, located in the Lynn Mining District in northern Eu

One large bag of a variety of mostly deep blue chunks of Natural Turquoise from the No. 8 Turquoise Mine, located in the Lynn Mining District in nor