2012 Hot August Auction

16 old postcards and photos depicting the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. - Jacobitz Collection -60221

Lantern stands 10.5” tall, without bail. “The Adams & Westlake Company-Chicago-” is embossed around the outer rim of the lid’s ventilator top, sur

Nothing like this has been seen before. The eagle/star W. Rogers mark was used by William Rogers between 1825 to 1841 on his coin silver spoons. From

Measures 3" tall by 1.75" wide. The simple clip backing may not be the original, as it seems more likely that a pin backing would have been

Standard Truckee and Virginia Railroad Company Incorporated in 1868 in Nevada. No. 66 issued to William Sharon for 500 shares by F.A. Tritte, secretar

Framed local time table with business card on reverse "compliments of Fred Campbell, dealer in Cigars and Tobacco, Carson City, Nevada." Fra

Open face Waltham watch on simple 5" chain. Includes 5" fob with VT logo pendant. The inside of the back cover, which screws off, is imprint

A 3.85" tall, wooden handled wax sealing stamp, "V. & T. R`Y/ Franktown/ Station." - Jacobitz Collection -59782

Large ledger book of shipping bills from "Southern Pacific Company - Pacific System Way Bill for Freight from Reno," for the V & T Railr

The Virginia & Truckee Railroad was chartered 11 February 1869, opened 1 January 1870, and then sold to the Virginia & Truckee Railway on 1 Ju

1) A 3.75” by 6.5” softbound booklet with gold embossing on the cover: “Virginia and Truckee/ Railway/ Rules and Regulations/ for the/ Maintenance of

Archive including an original 1909 10-year Nevada Copperbelt RR mortgage bond #723 for $500, signed by S.H. Curtis, president and W. C. Owens, treasur

This piece has signal lenses on all four sides, a brass handle, and a manufacturer nameplate: ADAMS & WESTLAKE COMPANY MAKER CHICAGO. This lamp ha

The Nevada Copper Belt Railroad Company was incorporated in Maine in 1909, and operations began with the completion of the line in 1911. The company w

Wabuska was established in the early 1870s. In 1881, the town served as the principal Mason Valley supply center on the newly constructed Carson and C

Lot of 8: 1) Four copies of a glossy, unmarked and undated postcard showing a BOISE WINNEMUCCA bus unloading passengers at the Winnemucca WESTERN PACI

2.5" tall railway police badge. - Jacobitz Collection -60046

No. 1733. Measures 2” x 2” Pin has some wear; red color is peeling off slightly. Known as “the Fed-Ex of its day, the Railway Express Agency delivere

A 4" tall black wooden handled wax sealer with a 1" x 1.25" metal oval stamp imprinted RY. EX. Agy. INC/ 6401/ MESSENGER. 4 chunks miss

Heart shaped railroad padlock. Shackle stamped “N&N RR”. The key cover, or “drop” on the lock’s front, is embossed “Close The Lock/ To Get Key Out