2012 Hot August Auction

20 photos and postcards of old time Tonopah, including one dated 18 April 1906 from Fruitvale to Los Angeles which says, "My dear children are al

Senator from Nevada; born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., 12 September 1872; educated by private tutors and at the Southwestern Presbyterian Unive

4.25" metal tip tray advertising Globe-Wernicke sectional bookcases. The Rothholtz Brothers also produced a token for their business. - Jacobitz

Lot of 26 RPC, chromolithograph, linen and black/white photo post cards, both unused and postmarked. Images include birdseye views of the towns, minin

Lot of 5 from Tonopah. All marked sterling. One is from the Mizpah Mine, the rest from the town and embossed accordingly. Bowls are embossed with TONO

Lot of 5: Various Ledgers and books, Nevada First National Bank Check Receipt book, Stock Certificats book, Nevada First National Bank of Tonopah chec

This lot of 5 whimsical spoons includes: 1) A 3.75" spoon shaped like a shovel, engraved "TONOPAH NEV.". The handle bears an ornate gol

Eclectic lot of 7: 1) brown metal messenger box with gold colored trim and "Tonopah District/ Messenger/ Company" at the bottom front, &am...

An 1868 silver strike at Treasure Hill led to a brief but frantic mining boom. The White Pine Mining district soon became White Pine County. The boom

An 8 page prospectus from around 1879 to promote the Baldy Sour Mining Company. It lists the names and locations of individual mine shafts, names of c

An album containing 13 stock certificates, 6 Justice Court documents; 4 5" x 7” black/white photos; 2 stage-line billheads and one receipt; and 2

Papers from the Humboldt County town of Unionville. An arrest warrant and complaint (1901), a receipt from the Arizona Restaurant (1880), a receipt fr

Rare double struck piece. - Jacobitz Collection -60489

The official document certifying the election of Mark Strouse as Chief of Police dated May 9th, 1868. Written by city clerk Wm. H. Young, and embossed

Virginia & Truckee Railroad time table "taking effect March 12th, 1877" on one side. Reverse is "American Exchange Hotel, Corner of

Lot of 6: 3 various Mining Ore samples, 2 bottles, one large and one small, "Elements of Geology" book by Joseph Le Cont from 1890, with han

The first governor of Nevada to be born in the state, Boyle was born on July 26, 1879 in Virginia City. He was a mining engineer, and was the Governor

Lot of 9 ledgers owned by Conrad Brown and John Tassell of Virginia City. Ledgers measure 16” x 7”, many have water damage and wear on the binding and

The Piety Hill Gold and Silver Mining Co., was located in the Comstock in-between the Gold Hill and Virginia Mining Districts. This Certified copy of

1) Framed lithograph of "Map of The Gold Hill Front Lodes of the Comstock Range," a scaled survey map of the various works and mines of Gold