2012 Hot August Auction

Lot of 3: 1) Joshua Hendy electric hoists; 2) Joshua Hendy stamp mills; 3) Union Iron Works (in Spanish) with many full page lithographs. - Ken &...

Wooden case, 17" x 8.5" x 13". Has flip-top lid and fold-down tray. Inside are 3 removable trays with a multitude of chemical reagent b

This is a unique folding candlestick from Colorado. Open, it measures 6", folded, about 3.5". This is a Hume & Tate Patent. Piece is in

It is believed that while serving time in the Canon City State Penitentiary, a master blacksmith named Cox made this gorgeous presentation stick. A fe

No. 23C181 First known as part of the Kansas and Nebraska Territories, Colorado held territory status from 1861 until 1876 when it was incorporated in

Very unique folding hook and spike model candlestick. The nicely designed folder incorporates fuse-cutter blade and blasting cap crimper in the foldin

Two Denver scientific catalogs: 1) THE MINE AND SMELTER SUPPLY COMPANY ASSAYERS AND CHEMISTS SUPPLIES AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Catalog 54 from 1920.

1) HENDRIE & BOLTHOFF MFG. AND SUPPLY CO. GENERAL CATALOG NUMBER 97. Wahlgreen Publishing Co., 1924, 1029 pages. Fully illustrated catalog of 7 ty

Fred W. Thompson filed his first patent for a multiple carrier rider on 26 December 1903 [Ref: scalesandweights.com]. This handsome brass button balan

The Varney Patent folding stick, known as a “pocket stick” is one of the most mechanical of all miners’ sticks. A sliding thumb button raises and lowe

Folding hook and spike model candlestick, 4” and 6.5” folded and unfolded. Made with sheet steel and a nickel-plated brass thimble. The handle on thi

Clothbound 3-ring binder containing some of Eichler’s research archive on miner`s candlesticks. Includes research notes, photocopies of old patents an

Lot of 3 boxes of correspondence, photocopies, and research notes between George Eichler and Jeani Martin, George Bayles, Jack Ramsdell, Tony Moon, No

Elizabeth Lauder watercolor of a mine near Victor and Goldfield, Colorado, noted on the piece as the "Sleeping Giant." The framed, mounted,

This is possibly one of the best pieces in the collection and arguably one of the most important miner’s candlesticks ever made. It was made for Hora

This stick out of Leadville, is a Bernier patent (Patent 631,270 – Victor Colorado, August 22, 1899). No examples of the Bernier patent were known whe

An 11" x 19" acrylic painting of the Leadville area mine by Bill Harrington. Owned by G.J. Hite, Jacob Fillins, and Robert Morrison, all fro

A DuPont No. 50 Blasting Machine, with its original red/brown painted finish, with a few scratches and dings here and there, due to use. The wood box

This lithograph, believed to be from the 1880s by E. Green, features the Alturas Rocky Bar Mine in Idaho and was produced by the famous San Francisco

The Harden Company was a Chicago-based firm that specialized in these fire extinguishing devices. This blue glass globe "Star" hand grenade