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MONTANA & THE WEST AUCTION

Auction Currency:USD Auction Location:Yogo Inn Convention Center, 211 East Main, Lewistown, Montana, 59457, United States

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FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF THOMAS MINCKLER, Billings, MT
SHARPS 1874 RIFLE w/Fort Fetterman, Wyoming Territory provenance; PAINTINGS BY Philip Goodwin, William Standing, Victor Casnelli, Bob Morgan, Leroy Greene, Ed Borein, J. K. Ralston, Will James & Hans Kleiber Etchings; WOOD CARVING BY J. L. Clarke; BRONZES BY C. M. Russell, Bob Scriver, Earl Heikka, T. D. Kelsey, Ace Powell, King Kuka, Gary Schildt, J. K. Ralston; PHOTOS BY Richard Throssel, F. J. Haynes, L. A. Huffman, E. Cameron, Rolin Mckay, Frank Rinehart, Fred Miller, H. P. Calfee; PRINTS BY George Catlin, Karl Bodmer, Remington, Levon West; 1ST EDITION BOOKS ON Custer, Lewis & Clark, C. M. Russell, Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull, Montana History, Fur Trade,
Historical letters, Ephemera, Broadsides, Maps, Military & Indian artifacts, Western gear, Yellowstone Nat. Park
Russell, C. M., Trails Plowed Under, Garden City, 1941, fine condition.243Russell, C. M., Trails Plowed Under, Garden City, 1941, fine condition.
Est. $75-$100
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (35.00 + 6.30) x 1 = 41.30
Schildt, Gary, bronze, Show Off, #17/25, 1979 (Tom Sawyer, showing off to Becky Thatcher).244Schildt, Gary, bronze, Show Off, #17/25, 1979 (Tom Sawyer, showing off to Becky Thatcher).
Est. $2,500-$5,000
Start Price : 500.00
Sold to floor for (800.00 + 144.00) x 1 = 944.00
Murphy, Jerre, The Comical History of Montana, San Diego, 1912, rare 1st edition.245Murphy, Jerre, The Comical History of Montana, San Diego, 1912, rare 1st edition.
Many copies were burned and destroyed because the book was anti-Amalgamated Copper Company. Perhaps the burnt and wet condition of this book is soli
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (75.00 + 13.50) x 1 = 88.50
Cole, Phillip, Montana in Miniature. Kalispell, 1966, 1st edition, fine condition.246Cole, Phillip, Montana in Miniature. Kalispell, 1966, 1st edition, fine condition.
Est. $75-$100
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (10.00 + 1.80) x 1 = 11.80
Johnson, W. Fletcher, Life of Sitting Bull and247Johnson, W. Fletcher, Life of Sitting Bull and
History of the Indian War of 1890-189, very good condition. Est. $150-$200
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (125.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 147.50
Wheeler, Olin, Wonderland 1901, includes Custer Massacre, good cond., original wrap, 108 pp.248Wheeler, Olin, Wonderland 1901, includes Custer Massacre, good cond., original wrap, 108 pp.
Est. $150-$250
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (25.00 + 4.50) x 1 = 29.50
Wheeler, Olin, Wonderland 1902, L. A. Huffman illustrations, good cond., original wraps, 112 pp.249Wheeler, Olin, Wonderland 1902, L. A. Huffman illustrations, good cond., original wraps, 112 pp.
Est. $250-$300
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (175.00 + 31.50) x 1 = 206.50
Wheeler, Olin, Wonderland 1905, good cond. in original wraps, 119 pp.250Wheeler, Olin, Wonderland 1905, good cond. in original wraps, 119 pp.
Est. $150-$200
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (25.00 + 4.50) x 1 = 29.50
Gilded copper eagle weathervane, rare.251Gilded copper eagle weathervane, rare.
Est. $900-$1,500
Start Price : 200.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 117.00) x 1 = 767.00
Signed letter regarding cattle business in the area of Billings, Montana252Signed letter regarding cattle business in the area of Billings, Montana
dated Oct. 1899, wriiten from Bowler, Mt. in Carbon County, 1 pp. w/ original cover. Est. $25-$50
Start Price : 10.00
Sold to floor for (20.00 + 3.60) x 1 = 23.60
Roahen, K. F., Billings, Montana photographer:253Roahen, K. F., Billings, Montana photographer:
Pompey’s Pillar photos with William Clark carvings from the Lewis & Clark expedition, 8 glossy photos ranging in size from 5” x 7” to 8” x 10”. One gr
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (55.00 + 9.90) x 1 = 64.90
3 pieces from Ft. Keogh, Montana Territory:2543 pieces from Ft. Keogh, Montana Territory:
Headquarters order #80, Ft. Keogh letterhead, dated April 1882; and ration receipts, 11” x 9” providing rations for a 13-day 46-man expedition; and 3
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (100.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 118.00
Original mounted photo of two children on horseback in front of Niobrara Transportation Co.,256Original mounted photo of two children on horseback in front of Niobrara Transportation Co.,
Murphy wagons, perhaps on the Niobrara-Virginia City, Montana wagon route, 4 ½” x 6 ¼”. Est. $200-$400
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (125.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 147.50
Huffman, L. A. (1854-1931), Red Armed Panther, contemp. photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.257Huffman, L. A. (1854-1931), Red Armed Panther, contemp. photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.
Est. $300-$600
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (100.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 118.00
Huffman, L. A., The Pie Biter, contemporary photo enlargement, 30" x 36".258Huffman, L. A., The Pie Biter, contemporary photo enlargement, 30" x 36".
Est. $250-$500
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (80.00 + 14.40) x 1 = 94.40
Huffman, L. A.,Two Cowboys, contemporary photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.259Huffman, L. A.,Two Cowboys, contemporary photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.
Est. $250-$500
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (85.00 + 15.30) x 1 = 100.30
Huffman, L. A., Honeycut on White Star, contemporary photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.260Huffman, L. A., Honeycut on White Star, contemporary photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.
Est. $250-$500
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (80.00 + 14.40) x 1 = 94.40
Huffman, L. A., Starting on the Round Up, 1886, contemporary photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.261Huffman, L. A., Starting on the Round Up, 1886, contemporary photo enlargement, 30” x 36”.
Est. $300-$600
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (165.00 + 29.70) x 1 = 194.70
Cannon balls, 3 sizes from Ft. Keogh, M.T. plus 1 large that is fragmented from being fired.262Cannon balls, 3 sizes from Ft. Keogh, M.T. plus 1 large that is fragmented from being fired.
Est. $250-$500
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to thalomid1 for (150.00 + 27.00) x 1 = 177.00
Powell, Dave, art, cowboy leading cattle in front of old oil derricks, 6” x 12”.263Powell, Dave, art, cowboy leading cattle in front of old oil derricks, 6” x 12”.
Est. $100-$300
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (525.00 + 94.50) x 1 = 619.50
Davis, Herndon, Captain Charles A. Lindbergh, pen and ink 8 ½” x 6”,264Davis, Herndon, Captain Charles A. Lindbergh, pen and ink 8 ½” x 6”,
inscribed to Mr. & Mrs. Will James from Herndon Davis, 12/20/30 (Davis drew the portrait of Will James on the dust jacket of Lone Cowboy.) Est. $7
Start Price : 100.00
Sold to floor for (225.00 + 40.50) x 1 = 265.50
Bjorklund, Lawrence, (1911-1978), The Truth was Lost, pencil illustration.265Bjorklund, Lawrence, (1911-1978), The Truth was Lost, pencil illustration.
Est. $400-$600
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (100.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 118.00
Burbank, E. A.,(1858-1949), Chief Pokagon, Potawatami;266Burbank, E. A.,(1858-1949), Chief Pokagon, Potawatami;
ORIGINAL conte crayon on paper, 1898, 12-1/4” x 10-1/4”. Est. $500-$1,000
Start Price : 100.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 135.00) x 1 = 885.00
Burbank, E. A., (1858-1949) Chief Santos, Apache;267Burbank, E. A., (1858-1949) Chief Santos, Apache;
ORIGINAL conte crayon on paper, 1898, 12-1/4” x 10”. Est. $750-$1,000
Start Price : 100.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 590.00
Paper stock, 1880’s Moulton Mining Company268Paper stock, 1880’s Moulton Mining Company
w/2 vignettes of miners, signed by W. A. Clark (1839-1925). Est. $100-$125
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (30.00 + 5.40) x 1 = 35.40
Sun Dance necklace, ca. 1880’s, 18” long, made of hair, was a gift from Wades In the Water,269Sun Dance necklace, ca. 1880’s, 18” long, made of hair, was a gift from Wades In the Water,
Chief of Indian Police, from the Hanneman Collection. Est. $1,500-$2,400
Start Price : 250.00
Sold to floor for (1,000.00 + 180.00) x 1 = 1,180.00
Culbertson photo, Teddy Roosevelt in Helena, Montana, 1903,272Culbertson photo, Teddy Roosevelt in Helena, Montana, 1903,
Helena High School, 6 ¼” x 8 ¼”, mounted, fine cond. Est. $200-$300
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (50.00 + 9.00) x 1 = 59.00
Bateman, Ed Sr., Pecos Bill Junior, original publishers mock up book, San Angelo Press, 1952.273Bateman, Ed Sr., Pecos Bill Junior, original publishers mock up book, San Angelo Press, 1952.
Est. $250-$500
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (40.00 + 7.20) x 1 = 47.20
Photograph album w/21 albumin mounted photos from Canyon Ferry area,274Photograph album w/21 albumin mounted photos from Canyon Ferry area,
Missouri River, Montana, 1890’s ca, 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”, disbound. Est. $250-$350
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (50.00 + 9.00) x 1 = 59.00
Broadsides: 2 Baird Opera House programs, Bozeman, Montana:275Broadsides: 2 Baird Opera House programs, Bozeman, Montana:
Only a Factory Girl and Dorothy, one dated 1892 and the other undated, very rare, very good condition, 8-1/4” x 4-1/4”. Est. $200-$400
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (25.00 + 4.50) x 1 = 29.50
5 extracted articles from The Teepee Book regarding Custer and the Indian Wars 1916-1926;2765 extracted articles from The Teepee Book regarding Custer and the Indian Wars 1916-1926;
and Charles Bird King, Custer’s Last Battle excerpt from Harper’s, March, 1890, 9 pp. Est. $150-$250
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (10.00 + 1.80) x 1 = 11.80
Murray, Robert A., The Army Moves West, Ft. Collins, 1981, illust.277Murray, Robert A., The Army Moves West, Ft. Collins, 1981, illust.
by Zogbaum, Bjorklund, Frederic Remington, fine cond; also a US Calvary belt buckle. Est. $50-$100
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (65.00 + 11.70) x 1 = 76.70
Dickens, Charles, Bleak House, London, 1853.278Dickens, Charles, Bleak House, London, 1853.
¾ leather bound inside with August Front and back wraps from the parts. Fine cond. Est. $750-$1,500
Start Price : 100.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 72.00) x 1 = 472.00
Dickens, Charles, Little Doritt, London, 1857, lst ed., lst state.279Dickens, Charles, Little Doritt, London, 1857, lst ed., lst state.
Full leather, good cond; few loose leather tags on spine. Est. $900-$2,000
Start Price : 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 118.00
Dickens, Charles, Nicholas Nickleby. Phila., 1839. lst American edition; fine in ¾ leather.280Dickens, Charles, Nicholas Nickleby. Phila., 1839. lst American edition; fine in ¾ leather.
Est. $750-$1,500
Start Price : 100.00
Sold to floor for (250.00 + 45.00) x 1 = 295.00
Original printing plate of DuBois, Charles booklet Kick the Dead Lion.281Original printing plate of DuBois, Charles booklet Kick the Dead Lion.
Inside cover map, Three Pronged Attack in the Sioux Expedition of 1876. 4 ¾” x 7 ½.” Includes 1961 ed. of booklet. Est. $200-$400
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (50.00 + 9.00) x 1 = 59.00
Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane, by herself, 7 pp. and282Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane, by herself, 7 pp. and
Calamity Jane Queen of the Plains, by Sidne and Stan Lynde, 1975, signd by Stan Lynde. Est. $50-$100
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (70.00 + 12.60) x 1 = 82.60
6 Custer related engravings, 1890’s:2836 Custer related engravings, 1890’s:
Custer’s Last Fight, 1897; portrait of General George Custer; portrait of Gen. Alfred Terry; Custer’s charge at Gettysburg, Gen. W. T. Sherman; Stuart
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (50.00 + 9.00) x 1 = 59.00
2 prints: G.A. Custer engraving after a Mathew Brady photo, 1880 ca,2842 prints: G.A. Custer engraving after a Mathew Brady photo, 1880 ca,
9” x 5 ½” and Gen. G. A. Custer engraving, 1880 ca, 10” x 6 ½”. Est. $50-$100
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (25.00 + 4.50) x 1 = 29.50
3 Custer Battlefield National Monument pamphlets dated 1959,2853 Custer Battlefield National Monument pamphlets dated 1959,
and Entrenchment Trail, illustrated by J. K. Ralston, all fine cond. Est. $50-$100
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to tomthumb43 for (25.00 + 4.50) x 1 = 29.50
Ray, Clarence, Buffalo Bill and the Hero of the Plains, Chicago, nd, good cond;286Ray, Clarence, Buffalo Bill and the Hero of the Plains, Chicago, nd, good cond;
and Captain Carey of the Gallant Seventh, by Lieut. Lionel Lounsberry, Street and Smith, N.Y., 1899; good cond., front cover detached. Est. $80-$
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (50.00 + 9.00) x 1 = 59.00
Garryowen hand painted box with hand painted insignia of the Seventh Cavalry.287Garryowen hand painted box with hand painted insignia of the Seventh Cavalry.
Garryowen was the unofficial Irish marching song of the 7th Cavalry adopted by General Custer. The box contains the Custer and historical files of Ch
Start Price : 250.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 234.00) x 1 = 1,534.00
Stereo card, Calfee, H. P., Summer in the Rocky Mountains, Bozeman, M.T., 1870’s ca.289Stereo card, Calfee, H. P., Summer in the Rocky Mountains, Bozeman, M.T., 1870’s ca.
Est. $100-$150
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (20.00 + 3.60) x 1 = 23.60
Photograph of overland emmigrant wagon, CDV, possibly Virginia City, Montana, 1860’s ca.290Photograph of overland emmigrant wagon, CDV, possibly Virginia City, Montana, 1860’s ca.
Est. $300-$600
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to trackswest for (425.00 + 76.50) x 1 = 501.50
Ten stereo cards of a hunting trip in Montana, 19th century, photographer unknown.291Ten stereo cards of a hunting trip in Montana, 19th century, photographer unknown.
Est. $200-$300
Start Price : 50.00
Sold to floor for (100.00 + 18.00) x 1 = 118.00
Stereo card, Mountain View Co. Capitol Building at Helena, Montana, 1899 ca.292Stereo card, Mountain View Co. Capitol Building at Helena, Montana, 1899 ca.
Est. $100-$150
Start Price : 25.00
Sold to floor for (20.00 + 3.60) x 1 = 23.60
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