2012 Hot August Auction

Auction Details

Highlights of the sale include:
1. A new discovery of an early, c 1876-7 photo of the Earp family with all of the Earp brothers and their father Nicholas.
2. The Ken and Rosemary Roberts miners candlestick collection containing some of the finest miners candlesticks ever made
3. The best saloon section we’ve ever had – including a fantastic collection of embossed saloon bottles put away for 40 years
4. The largest (by far!) antique American silver ingot, nearly 500 ounces – from Denver!
5. “Discovery” ingots from collections all over America
6. Western mining broadsides, lithographs and maps – the best selection of rarities ever offered at one time.
7. Western Art – five spectacular oil paintings in the style of Russell in oversized mural format by Franz Trevors, from the Palace Club, Reno, 1943-4.
8. Gaming – rare early slot machine (1910), chip collections, antique equipment and broadsides
9. Bawdy & Brothel- rare Mustang Ranch “gold card”, ultra rare early brothel tokens highlighted by the Goldfield “rooster”
10. Western broadsides – the best ever seen at auction – Tahoe, Virginia City, Reno, Pioneer societies, brewery advertising and more
11. Gold and gold ore specimens from major collections
12. Nevada Railroad Collection- The fantastic Jacobitz Collection of lamps, locks, keys, photographs and documents. Perhaps the best collection ever assembled!
13. Humboldt Soda Works Archive from Winnemucca. An original collection of hundreds of original etched and silk screened seltzer bottles for the back bars in saloons dating from c1890 to 1919 (Prohibition) and another batch that post-dates Prohibition.
14. Mining and Assay catalog collection
15. Major World’s Fair ephemera & So Called Dollars collections
16. Original hoard of Morgan Dollars from a Reno Casino in the early days and a $50 Augustus Humbert Pioneer gold piece.
17. Rare western tokens. The best of the best.
Invoicing and lot pick up will NOT be available at the live auction.
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Commemorative Bicentennial  7-UP Can Display Sets MO - St. Louis, - 1976 - 2012aug - General America591 - Commemorative Bicentennial 7-UP Can Display Sets MO - St. Louis, - 1976 - 2012aug - General America
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To commemorate the American Bicentennial, 7-UP produced a set of 50 cans that, when properly arranged in a pyramid, would display an image of Uncle Sa
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Butterfield Mail Enamel Spoon MO - Tipton,Moniteau County - 2012aug - General Americana592 - Butterfield Mail Enamel Spoon MO - Tipton,Moniteau County - 2012aug - General Americana
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This dainty, 4.5" spoon features vibrant enamel work on the spoon and handle: a vignette of "THE FIRST BUTTERFIELD MAIL FOR THE PACIFIC/ LEA
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Sold to R*****n for (175.00 + 34.13BP) = 209.13
 
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Bank Cheques MT - 2012aug - General Americana593 - Bank Cheques MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Eight pieces of Montana banking history: a bank teller vignette from the First National Bank of Helena, 1870; a miner and his dog vignette from the ba
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Frontier Montana Town Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana594 - Frontier Montana Town Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Three scenes of frontier life: 1) Roscoe General Store and post office, circa 1910, 5.25" x 3" good focus and contrast; 2) townsite view wit
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Industrial Montana Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana595 - Industrial Montana Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Three photos of industry in early Montana: 1) lumber mill labeled "St. Reges Mont." 8" x 6.75" good focus, fair contrast; 2) &am...
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Kalispell Area Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana596 - Kalispell Area Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Three photos: 1) August 1891 view of the Kalispell Townsite Co. Building with four men and a dog posing on the porch, 7.5" x 5," noted on ba
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Mine Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana597 - Mine Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Four mining scenes: 1) stere oview "Mule Train on 100-foot level, Rarus Mine, Butte" miners with a horse drawn wagon, 7" x 3.5" go
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Mining Documents MT - 2012aug - General Americana598 - Mining Documents MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Three historic pieces: 1) early Bannock Certificate of Deposit for 156oz, 6 dwt, 1867; 2) Memorandum of gold bullion from the Helena USAO date June 5,
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Montana Ephemera MT - 2012aug - General Americana599 - Montana Ephemera MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Eleven pieces of Montana history: typewritten from Marysville, 1894; handwritten from Wickes, 1887; a Helena Motor Railway pass; a Climax Fuse Company
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Quartet of Montana Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana600 - Quartet of Montana Photographs MT - 2012aug - General Americana
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Four pieces: 1) stereo card "Summit of Beaver Hill, N.P.R.R." penciled on back is "Stagecoach Montana Beaver Hill" 6.75 x 3.5&am...
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