2012 Hot August Auction

Obv.: Smelter / Saloon; rev.: Good For / 5c / In Trade. Incuse lettering, octogonal, very fine condition. In 1891, the post office 13 miles north of E

Lot of 6 rare stock certificates: 1) Issued by The Gold & Silver Circle Mines Inc. to William A. Mosman for 3,000 shares at 10 cents per. The docu

A 5.25” by 3.25” post card bearing 2 cent stamp and a Goldfield 1908 postmark. The image on the postcard is of Mina Nevada, particularly the Mina Merc

Lot of 3 postcards from Mina: 1) A postcard showing the rail yard in Mina. The reverse is inscribed “I will never forget you/ also/ it will expect to

Group of 1 panorama and 3 mine maps from this famous mine. 1) 49" x 15" panorama photo on linen, taken for a lawsuit between National Mines

Cloverdale District. Photograph shows several mine buildings perched on either side of a fairly steep canyon with an active stream running through it.

Lot of 7. Various hard-bound ledger books, hand-written. Some wear, one missing a spine. Multiple entries for mining expenses, with dates from 1906. O

Lot of 3. 1) invitation to a Grand Ball 12 March 1875 at Belmont; 2) 1870 Treasurer`s Office receipt for property taxes on the Clear Creek Ranch; 3) 1

The parade scene looks to be celebrating the Fourth of July, judging by the bunting on the buildings along the street. The photo shows 18 or so men of

Lot of 5. 1) A bill, on Nevada Transportation Company stationery, for $515 “FOR MACHINERY FORWARDED FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE PAST TEN DAYS”, dated

Measures 5.5” x 3.5”, Description reads “Looking south Pioneer Nev.” Produced by Welch & Tune Photo of Goldfield. Mailed to Virginia City on 19 Ma

L.A. Dils cartoon depicting Mother Nevada bringing all of her children to Rawhide. Each sibling represents a Nevada town, and they're all headin...

Choice Nevada Pictorial. - Jacobitz Collection -60492

Lot of 2 black and white from the famous Mineral County mining town. 1) Shows some miners posing next to the Golden Gate Mine. It was taken by Osborn,

A 2.25" long black wooden handled wax seal. The 0.75" x 0.5" metal oval is inscribed "ABE BARBER/ JEWELER/ RENO/ NEVADA." - J

A 15" x 10.5" metal serving tray depicting roulette, craps, and a faro layout from the Bank Club. Opened in 1931, the Bank Club was Reno&#...

An 1894 postal from R.C. Leeper harness and saddle maker to Lehman in Sutter Creek Cal. On the back is a business directory of 12 Reno businesses. - J

Framed print advertising "Carr & Elliott Bicycles and Sporting Goods Reno, Nevada." Depicting an English hunting scene. 24" x 19....

Thought to be the first known Reno cover, addressed to Mrs. George W. Gisin in Tulare County California. 5.25" x 3." - Jacobitz Collection -

An unlisted dollar size token. Obv.: Gin/ Chew; Rev.: Reno/ Nevada. - Jacobitz Collection -59872

Lot of 3: 1) A gold, open-faced pocket watch, 2” diameter, with “R. Herz & Bro./ No 2/ Reno, Nev.” Engraved on the back. Includes chain and bar. T

Lot of four 9" x 7" historic Reno photos: early views of Main Street, the Station Hotel and, purportedly, Laurel and Hardy riding in a 1917

A size 7.25 military style hat from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Nevada No. 1. Brass staff-sword cross brass insignia with "NEV 1&am...

A campaign poster for Oddie , who was running for re-election to the United States Senate in 1932, but lost to Pat McCarran. Tasker Oddie, Nevada; was

Lot of 5 great examples, including 3 from the University of Nevada Reno, 1 from St. Thomas Aquinas Church, and 1 with the image of Paiute Chief emboss

Cloth broadside for the business of J.B. Rafferty. Rafferty was a native of Massachusetts and moved to Nevada in the 1860s. He is listed on the voter

A 23" x 19.5" x 3.25" shadow box containing a 4” x 6” photograph of a man on his horse, a seven-pointed “RENO/ 129/ POLICE” badge, a 3”

Lot of 4 sterling silver spoons from "The Biggest Little City." All are embossed with the town's name in the bowl and decorated with v...

Wagon catalog sold by Manning & Duck. “Importers of all kinds of farming implements, machinery and hardware.” Catalog measures 5”x 8” folded and 1

A 11.5" x 10" x 10" dark blue flour tin with hinged lid and gold colored stencil on front "RIVERSIDE MILL CO. RENO, NEV." Pai

Lot of 5 decorative sterling silver spoons. Two are of the Riverside Hotel, one of the Reno bridge, The Palace Dry Goods House and one of Virginia Str

Lot of 6: five sterling and one copper Reno themed spoons, measuring from 5.5" down to 4". All are embossed with different scenes of the &...

Lot of 2 embossed sealers. Both were once attached to a notary seal device. The sealers are engraved to read “John S. Cook Public Notary. Nye County N

In 1904, Bob Montgomery started the Shoshone Mine nearby and it was being touted as "the new wonder of the west." This mine went on to be th

Davis & Becker, Good For 12 1/2 cent drink for cigar, extremely rare, scalloped. -58988

Lot of 23 items in album, including stock certificates from: Nevada Packard Mines Co. with accompanying prospectus, NV Packard MC letterhead, letter n

Lot of 3: 1) Mill Ledger from Brunswick Mill, Empire area. Measures 8" x 5". All hand-written entries, divided into specific lot numbers, da

Lot of 7 items related to the Ruby Hill, Consolidated Eureka and The Eureka Smelting Company: 1) A $96 check written on Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Co

Stock Certificates Book from the "Superior & Nevada Gold Mining Company," issued Certificates with receipts, numbers 7-121. The main off

Lot of 27 Searchlight/Las Vegas related items an a white album including: stock certificates from Cyrus Noble Mining Company, 1907; Superior & Nev

An album containing 11 stock certificates, a 1918 US Mint receipt from the Carson City Mint for the Mazuma Hills MC, a map of the Underground Workings

This is a handwritten letter from a T. I. Barnes to "Friend William" discussing the goings on at the Silver Peak Mine in 1866. He writes of

Obv.: Stillwater/ Hotel/ G.W. Cavness/ Prop.; rev.: Good For One/ 5c/ Drink or Cigar. Cavness took over the operation of this hotel from the Cirac fam

Obv.: "Stillwater Hotel/ Cirac Bros./ Prop`s; rev.: Good For/ One/ Drink or Cigar". The Cirac family is an old Nevada mining family, who pur

Lot of 4 items related to Comstock giant Adolph Sutro. 1) A business card, with an address of Sutro Tunnel, Nevada printed on the piece. 2) A blank Su

Lot of 3: 1) "Justice Silver Mining Co. Gold Hill Nev." check register ledger. The checks state Bullion and Exchange Bank, Carson, Nevada. D

Lot of 17 various documents and images of the Comstock including 5 framed items that consist of 2 sketches of Silver City and Virginia City, and 3 fra

Lot of 3: “In 1871,” according to the Online Archive of California, “James Flood began to buy stock in Consolidated Virginia and, joined by John Macka

This group includes a rare Western Union Telegraph Co. letter and envelope from Gold Hill, dated 1878. 30 Bullion and Exchange Bank Checks from 1895 a

Round, rare: inscribed "Hunting & Fishing/ $1.00/ Storey County/ Nevada/ Expires/ Feb. 28. 1918/ License/ 157". - Jacobitz Collection -6

Lot of 2 framed portraits by (K.D.?) Kimble dated ‘78, one of an American Indian young man and the other of an American Indian maiden. The young man w

This stereocard shows a bird's eye view of the town. The image is clearly pre-fire, pre-V&T Railroad, and comes from the height of the 1860s...

Comstock Mining District. Lot of 6. Included are 3 receipts: An 1864 receipt for one load of gold and silver ore, weighing 1,010 lbs. received from th

Lot of 19 from various Nevada towns and businesses Kelly & Lindsay of Carson City, Reno Brewing Company, Johnson & Thomas General Merchandise,

This lot contains about 9 years of assay, payroll records and other paper work from the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, between 1906 and 1917. Inclu

Lot of 24. Range in sizes from 1.75” x 2.75" to 7” x 9.” Low to medium contrast and focus is sharp. Some wear on a few photographs, which show va

Titled “The Crowd at Ringside,” the photo was taken during the “Fight of the Century" between Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries, in which Johnso

Lot of 3: 1) Thirteenth Annual Report of the Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada, 30 pp. Green paper cover. 2) Annual Report of the Nevada-Douglas Copper

One of the top Western tokens, this pictorial is in very fine condition. Obv.: The Original Package/ Good For/ 12.5c/ Tonopah; rev.: pictorial of bear

Lot of 25 various documents, letters, both typed & hand-written, newspaper article, stock certificates books, Articles of Incorporation, Meeting M

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

Letters, stock certificates, checks, a legal resolution, receipts and billheads are included in this album reflecting mining and business concerns on

This is Parkinson's Map of the Comstock Lode a longitudinal map of the area mines that permeated the area in the mid to late 1800s. The piece, p...

Lot of 51 black and white photos, three handwritten letters and some bank documents from Virginia City. Included are a 7" x 11" birds eye vi

Lot of 2 carnival programs. 1). 1903 program from the Comstock Carnival held in Virginia City. There are several businesses that took out ads in the 6

A 7” by 10.25” newsprint cutting advertising the “J. MORRIS,/ DRY GOODS,/ PALACE EMPORIUM./ VIRGINIA CITY, - NEV.”. Framed, 15” by 12”. Yellowed with

A handwritten 1862 letter of petition to levy a tax on toll roads and bridges to constitute a general school fund. Includes two revenue stamps."D

Map shows an outline of Virginia City’s B through E streets as well as the boundary lines for Savage Co. South, Hale & Norcross and Chollar-Potosi

An 1887 account book of the Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Company of the Virginia Agency of The Nevada Bank of San Francisco showing bullion depos

In 1845 Reed decided to head west to California and organized a small group which left the Springfield area in the spring of 1846. The other members w

This rare pairing is very exciting. The first item in this framed lot is a gorgeous commemorative plate with green trim and gold accents. The center o

An early, rare view of the famous mining town.One of the oldest established communities in Nevada, Virginia City traces its genesis to the Comstock Lo

Framed and mounted map of the Sutro Tunnel, drawn by Charles F. Hoffman in 1866 in San Francisco. This framed and mounted piece measures 19.5" x

This piece shows the mines that permeated the Virginia City area in the 19th century. It is a topographical draft, showing the elevations and depths o

A photograph of the Ophir Mine taken by J.H. Crockwell, mounted and framed along with an advertising card from the Virginia City photographer. The sce

A beautiful souvenir from the Ophir Mine. Embossed in the bowl with a scene showing the buildings of the celebrated mine. This is a sterling silver sp

Original Pacific Union Express Company Stage Coach Treasure Box. Dovetail oak construction with iron "knuckle breaker" handles on sides, ste

Photograph of the Pacific Union Express Co. office, situated below the Sutterley's Photographic Gallery, on the second floor, in Virginia City. ...

Cabinet photo believed to be taken during the famous Presidential visit to the Comstock by Ulysses S. Grant and his entourage. This photo was taken du

Lot of 3 checks from the Chollar Potosi Mining Company. Checks are dated from February 1870 to July 1875. All are on Revenue stamped paper, including

Lot of 8: 1) Private mailing card celebrating the Comstock Mining Jubilee of 1906. The card is blank and in very good condition. 2) Constitution and B