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

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...

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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

Located in New York Canyon near Eureka, the Butter Cup mine was a real producer beginning in 1867. By the 1870s silver and gold coins were scarce and

Fanciful propaganda scrip circa 1907 used by Goldfield mine workers demanding cash pay from the mine owners headed by George Wingfield who had instit

Needles National Bank, Needles, California, $1 issued bearer draft dated 1894 on the Keystone Mining Co., Keystone, Nevada. This partial note has miss

Issued by the Needles National Bank for the Keystone Mining Company of Keystone, Nevada. Unissued remainder bearer draft $10 note, one of the few rep

These 1907 Depression notes were printed when banks thought that the looming panic would have people hoarding money, leaving almost none circulation.

These 1907 Depression notes were printed when banks thought that the looming panic would have people hoarding money, leaving almost none circulation.

Two promissory notes dated March 1877, Virginia, Nevada; one for ten (#32) and one for twenty (#10) dollars in gold coin with interest at one percent

Here is a three note set: 25 cents, 50 cents and one dollar; dated 1933. Issued by the Delbert Reeves Post No. 7 American Legion of Silverton and secu

Three Texas treasury warrants from the Civil War period: 1) $5 for military service date February 27, 1862. 7 x 3 inches, ivory paper. 2) $5 for milit

Series of 1928 U. S. Gold Certificate. Fr. 2400. Over the gold seal: this certificate is a legal tender in the amount thereof in payment of all debts

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco $50 national currency note. Series of 1929. VG-F condition with some ink marks. Fr. 1880-L. ^ Date: Country (

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland $100 National Currency note, series of 1929. Fr. 1890-D. VG-F condition. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State:

Star notes are replacement banknotes used by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing when a flawed or damaged note is removed from a print run. They are

From counterfeit detector book, of a $100 US bond, 1864. On thick stock with 4 coupons. Slight foxing. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cit

About 20 pieces of Bureau of Engraving & Printing ephemera. Stereoviews, postcard, official photos up to 8 x10", printed cards, 1878 buildi...

American Bank Note Company vignette collection. These were likely printing proofs made before starting mass-production printing, and as such they may

Large collection of ephemera discussing the history of our currency: 1810: discount on bank bills (ex. Vermont, all branches); 1816: paper currency in

Large collection of San Francisco Mint ephemera collection: 1851: newspaper discusses need for a Mint in San Francisco; 1851: Philadelphia Mint gold b

Collection of 1862-1945 Denver Mint photos and documents. 1906 Sterling silver souvenir spoon. Letter opener. 1862 and 1876 branch reports. Three bul