AUCTION  /  The Bo & Susan Franks Collection Auction

The Bo & Susan Franks Collection Auction

Auction Currency:USD Auction Location:134 Deborah Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, 78130, United States

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Burley Auction Gallery is proud to present the lifetime collection of Bo & Susan Franks, owners of the Original Round Top Antiques Fair. Bo & Susan have spent their lives collecting & promoting antique shows together. Bo has traveled the world for 37 years as merchandising director for Willie Nelson, searching for antiques in his travels. Together, they have amassed a fine collection featuring: Early Advertising & Signs, Antique Toys, Buffalo Bill & 101 Ranch Wild West Show Collection, Antique Guns, Colts & Winchesters, Gun Advertising, Ad Topperwein Collection, Guns used in Red Headed Stranger & other Willie Nelson Movies, Spurs, Woolly Chaps, Bohlin & King Ranch Saddles, Early Texas Beer Signs, Country Store, Salesman Samples, Texana, Sam Houston & Stephen F. Austin signed documents, Plus Rockola Jukeboxes, Seeburg Coin Operated Player Piano, Gold Coins & Estate Jewelry, and Much More! 15%BP R. Burley TX#15184 Full Color Catalog Available. Complete online catalog available at BurleyAuction.com.
Dale Ford Original Spring Water Ice Wagon223Dale Ford Original Spring Water Ice Wagon
Dale Ford Original Spring Water Ice Wagon
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00 + 165.00) x 1 = 1,265.00
Dale Ford Original Sears Roebuck Wagon224Dale Ford Original Sears Roebuck Wagon
Excellent condition, Green and Yellow 20" size.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00 + 165.00) x 1 = 1,265.00
Dale Ford Original Covered Wagon225Dale Ford Original Covered Wagon
Excellent Condition
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00 + 180.00) x 1 = 1,380.00
Chuck Wagon "Success" Pantry226Chuck Wagon "Success" Pantry
Working Clock Complete With Spice Boxes, Flour And Sugar Dispensers. Hangs. Measures 15" Deep X 34 1/2" Wide X 28 3/4" Tall.
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to bbhere1 for (600.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 690.00
Spotted Cowboy Cuffs & Bronc Busting Belt227Spotted Cowboy Cuffs & Bronc Busting Belt
Both decorated with tacks, star motiff. Cuffs 6-1/2" long, belt 37" long. Unmarked
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (250.00 + 37.50) x 1 = 287.50
Studded Cowboy Gauntlets228Studded Cowboy Gauntlets
Studded Cowboy Gauntlets
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (125.00 + 18.75) x 1 = 143.75
Pair of Beaded Gauntlets229Pair of Beaded Gauntlets
Pair of Beaded Gauntlets
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 60.00) x 1 = 460.00
Rawhide Riata Lariat230Rawhide Riata Lariat
Rawhide rittta rope.
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (250.00 + 37.50) x 1 = 287.50
Pair Of JR McChesney No. 26 Spurs231Pair Of JR McChesney No. 26 Spurs
No 26 circa 1920's marked spurs.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 75.00) x 1 = 575.00
Pair Of R.F. Ford Spurs232Pair Of R.F. Ford Spurs
Spurs marked "R.F. Ford San Angelo TX. No. 2003.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to bbhere1 for (1,200.00 + 180.00) x 1 = 1,380.00
Pair Of Jack Ferguson Spurs233Pair Of Jack Ferguson Spurs
Marked underneath button Colorado.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 75.00) x 1 = 575.00
Pair Of Earlon Shirley Spurs234Pair Of Earlon Shirley Spurs
#329 pair of Earlon Shirley spurs.
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to floor for (750.00 + 112.50) x 1 = 862.50
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Indian Poster235Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show Indian Poster
Drymounted and previously matted. 20" x 30".
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,100.00 + 165.00) x 1 = 1,265.00
Handbook Of American Indians Part 1 and 2 Books236Handbook Of American Indians Part 1 and 2 Books
"Bureau of american Ethnology Bulletin 30", book Part 1 A-M, Part 2 N-Z.
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 60.00) x 1 = 460.00
Indian Beaded Soldiers Jacket Lonesome Dove237Indian Beaded Soldiers Jacket Lonesome Dove
Antique US Army uniform jacket with applied beadwork. With cap. According to Bo Franks, this jacket was used as the model for the jacket worn by the r
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to trianon for (1,600.00 + 240.00) x 1 = 1,840.00
Indian Pipe Tomahawk238Indian Pipe Tomahawk
Wrapped in telegraph wire. Measures 19" tall.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 690.00
Navajo Rug Diamond Cross Pattern239Navajo Rug Diamond Cross Pattern
42" x 70"
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 690.00
Quanah Parker Indian Photo Cabinet Card240Quanah Parker Indian Photo Cabinet Card
Andrews, Carlisle PA. Measures 4" x 6".
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 75.00) x 1 = 575.00
Judge Roy Bean & Lilly Langtry Photos241Judge Roy Bean & Lilly Langtry Photos
"Judge Roy Bean Notary Public Law West Of The Pecos" shown in the picture. Frame measures 11 1/2" wide x 9 1/2" tall, picture ...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (2,800.00 + 420.00) x 1 = 3,220.00
1892 Austin Police Chief James Lucy Signed Documen2421892 Austin Police Chief James Lucy Signed Documen
James E. Lucy, dated November 19th 1892, prohibiting the sale of large animals document measures 8 1/2" wide x 9" tall.
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (150.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 172.50
Houston Police Badge243Houston Police Badge
Badge number 514. Measures 2 1/4" x 2 1/4".
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (250.00 + 37.50) x 1 = 287.50
Southern Prison Co. Badge San Antonio Texas244Southern Prison Co. Badge San Antonio Texas
Badge number 200. Measures 1 3/4" x 1 1/2".
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (75.00 + 11.25) x 1 = 86.25
Upton S. Crooks' Colt 1860 Army Confederate Pistol245Upton S. Crooks' Colt 1860 Army Confederate Pistol
Engraved backstrap reads "Upton S. Crooks Co. H 3rd Ky Mtd Inf Harrisburg Miss. July 14 1864" With photo & Confederate holster. Ser. #3...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimates : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to floor for (6,500.00 + 975.00) x 1 = 7,475.00
Colt 1860 Army Conversion246Colt 1860 Army Conversion
Converted to fire cartidge ammunition. 8" barrel, Ser# 194855.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,250.00 + 187.50) x 1 = 1,437.50
General J.B. Hood Civil War Letter 1864247General J.B. Hood Civil War Letter 1864
Civil War letter by Confederate General John Bell Hood to the Army of Tennessee after he was appointed Corps Commander of the Army of Tennessee by Jef
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (500.00 + 75.00) x 1 = 575.00
1852 Runaway Slave Reward Poster St. Louis247a1852 Runaway Slave Reward Poster St. Louis
l"Negro Man named George." "A Negro Man Slave, Named Noah." "Also--- A Negro Man Named Hamp." "Also, Negro Man ...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,500.00 + 225.00) x 1 = 1,725.00
Model 1860 Cavalry Sabre248Model 1860 Cavalry Sabre
Sword with scabbard measures approx 42 1/2" long with letter stating provenance.
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (700.00 + 105.00) x 1 = 805.00
United States Marked Sword With Leather Scabbard249United States Marked Sword With Leather Scabbard
U.S. marked sword measures 36" long, with leather scabbard (scabbard not original to sword).
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 45.00) x 1 = 345.00
Colt 1849 Pocket Pistol250Colt 1849 Pocket Pistol
Ser #152467
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimates : 800.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to floor for (1,800.00 + 270.00) x 1 = 2,070.00
Texas Confederate Civil War Bowie Knife251Texas Confederate Civil War Bowie Knife
Stamped Tyler Texas on under side of handle. Blade measures 9 3/4" long, overall length 15". Very similar to the knife show on pages 3...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,300.00 + 195.00) x 1 = 1,495.00
Confederate Civil War Items Amnesty Oath252Confederate Civil War Items Amnesty Oath
Amnesty Oath in frame, dated July 12, 1865, measures 8" x 10. Civil War soldier holding pistol tin type photo, card measures 2 12" x 4&quo...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 690.00
Model 1850 Officers Sword & Scabbard Philadelphia253Model 1850 Officers Sword & Scabbard Philadelphia
Sword marked Philadelphia on blade. Blade measures 31 1/4" long, overall length 36 1/2" .
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 60.00) x 1 = 460.00
Model 1860 Clemen & Jung Cavalry Saber254Model 1860 Clemen & Jung Cavalry Saber
Marked C&J on blade. Blade measures 35 1/2" long, overall length 41".
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 45.00) x 1 = 345.00
U.S. Springfield Entrenching Tool and Sheath255U.S. Springfield Entrenching Tool and Sheath
Marked on brass holding blade to handle, 4862 on other side of brass. Blade measures 8 1/2" long, overall length 13 1/2".
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (400.00 + 60.00) x 1 = 460.00
Indian Wars US Cavalry Unifom256Indian Wars US Cavalry Unifom
Indian Wars US Cavalry Corporal's uniform. Complete with Hat, Tunic, Pants, Boots, & US Marked Holster & Gun Belt. Holster is maked Rock Island Ars
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimates : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,000.00 + 300.00) x 1 = 2,300.00
U.S. Cavalry Indian Wars Collection257U.S. Cavalry Indian Wars Collection
U.S. marked tin cup, U.S. marked headstall/blinders, U.S. marked bit, U.S. marked bullet pouch, U.S.A. marked buckle, 2 U.S. marked saddle bags. Ci
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (650.00 + 97.50) x 1 = 747.50
US Cavalry Camp Stove257aUS Cavalry Camp Stove
Base measures19" diameter x 28 1/2" tall
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (200.00 + 30.00) x 1 = 230.00
1916 US Army Mexican Border Military Service Medal257B1916 US Army Mexican Border Military Service Medal
Antique US Military Mexican Border Service Medal 1916 June 18th- June 21st, measures 1 7/8" long. 2 WW1 era ammo belts. Paris, France field gla...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 45.00) x 1 = 345.00
World War 1 Ammo Belts & Antique Field Glasses257CWorld War 1 Ammo Belts & Antique Field Glasses
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimates : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 45.00) x 1 = 345.00
Original Francisco (Pancho) Villa Reward Poster258Original Francisco (Pancho) Villa Reward Poster
Wanted Poster & Division Del Norte Brigada Villa Arm Band. Proclamation $5,000 Reward poster dated March 9, 1916 Chief of Police Columbus New Mexico.
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (800.00 + 120.00) x 1 = 920.00
Mexican Revolution Era Sombrero, Hoster, & Sword259Mexican Revolution Era Sombrero, Hoster, & Sword
Ornate blade, reads: "La punta de esta espada, se anda paleando la muerte. A ver si lale un valiente, que quiera jugar con su suerte", als...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (1,200.00 + 180.00) x 1 = 1,380.00
Republic of Mexico Sword with Scabbard260Republic of Mexico Sword with Scabbard
Mexican Eagle on hand guard. Blade measures 32" long, overall length 38".
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (300.00 + 45.00) x 1 = 345.00
Mexican Army Canteen261Mexican Army Canteen
"Estados Unidos Mexicanos Derecho" 7-1/2" D.
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (150.00 + 22.50) x 1 = 172.50
Republica Mexicana Knife262Republica Mexicana Knife
Republica Mexicana and 3425 marked on blade. Blade measures 16" long, overall length 21".
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (200.00 + 30.00) x 1 = 230.00
Old Forester Whiskey Mexican Bandit Sign263Old Forester Whiskey Mexican Bandit Sign
Frame measures 19" wide x 22 1/2" tall, advertising measures 10" wide x 13 1/4" tall.
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00 + 285.00) x 1 = 2,185.00
Large Pair of Mexican Chihuahua Spurs264Large Pair of Mexican Chihuahua Spurs
Silver Overlay 5" Rowls. El Jefe sized.
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (450.00 + 67.50) x 1 = 517.50
Large Pair of Mexican Chihuahua Spurs265Large Pair of Mexican Chihuahua Spurs
Sliver overlay 6" Rowls. El Jefe size
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (275.00 + 41.25) x 1 = 316.25
Collection of 8 Mexican Sombreros266Collection of 8 Mexican Sombreros
5 felt, and 3 straw.
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimates : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,400.00 + 210.00) x 1 = 1,610.00
Antique Armor Breastplate267Antique Armor Breastplate
Early Hammer Forged Rivets. Measures 15 1/2" wide x 16" tall.
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimates : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to floor for (600.00 + 90.00) x 1 = 690.00
Todd Conner Mule Camp Oil Painting268Todd Conner Mule Camp Oil Painting
On board.
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimates : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (350.00 + 52.50) x 1 = 402.50
All items sold as is where is. See photos for condition or call 830-629-9280 (Prior to sale day) if you have specific condition questions.