2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

This is a lot of 60 various sizes of arrowheads in a nice framed shadow box (20"x 13.5". heads are made out of several different types of ...

Beaded moccasins believed to be Paiute. Each moccasin measures 10.75" long. Both have decorative colored beading and fur trim. There is some we...

This is a nice lot of about 70 various size arrowheads measuring from about 3" to 0.50". All appear to be made of flint, some possibly obs...

This Washoe or Paiute style basket measures 5.5" x 4" and has several triangles in a grouping of 3 throughout the basket. This basket is f...

This is a lot of seven dolls in various American Indian dress, both ceremonial and non ceremonial. Included is a Bear dancer, Owl dancer and eagle dan

The lot is a group of 19 arrow and spearheads laid out in a frame. The tools range in size from 2.55" x .80" and 6.5" x 2.75." T...

This basket is about 21" tall and 14" across. The basket features a diamond pattern with 6 dashes appearing throughout. The basket has som...

This medium size basket is from the Spradling Estate. This basket measures 13.5" tall and 12" across. The basket has fading on the outside...

This is a trio of beautifully made Shoshone baskets. Two are bottleneck design, one is bowl design. The smaller of the two bottlenecks measures about

Lot of 2: 1) Executive Documents: Report of the Secretary of Interior (1863). Includes information on the newly erected Territory of Idaho, with some

This is a pair of deerskin leather gloves from Austin, Nevada. These are lined, fringed and decorated with seed bead butterflies and a border along th

This is a Washoe Indian utility basket, used for gathering, storage and whatever was needed. There is an attached handle and some unraveling. The bask

A lovely small example of fine Washoe basketry. This coiled basket is made of willow with bracken fern root used in the flower and zigzag design (whic

This is a beautifully made Washoe storage basket from the 1930s. The basket measures 14"x 20", has a flat bottom and a leather thong that ...

This lot includes 3 stereoviews of native american indians of various tribes. 1) An image of a native american tribe standing in a line, with a young

This is a lot of two Klamath Indian baskets. The large bucket style basket is 9" high, with a 6" base and a 10" opening. The bowl sty...

This ferrotype (an image printed on a thin, blackened sheet of metal) measures 2.5" x 3.5", and 3"x 4.75" in its red card holder...

Photograph measures 2.25" x 2.75" and 3" x 3.5" in holder. Dark to medium contrast and focus is sharp, but blurred in some spots...

Lot of 3. 1)Mexican and Central American Antiquities, Calendars, and History. Seler, Eduard, E. Forstemann, Paul Shellhas, Carl Sapper, and E.P. Diese

Lot of 2. 1)Analytical and Critical Bibliography of the Tribes of Tierra del Fuego and Adjacent Territory.Cooper, John M. Bulletin No. 63 (1917). Atte

Lot of 24: Richly eclectic collection of books (some quite famous first additions) from Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain. There are 7 books, 1 elucidati

This is a signed, soft cover first edition of Memories of Mark Twain and Steve Gillis, by William R. Gillis and published in 1924. Gillis and his brot

This first edition of Mark Twain’s Innocents Abroad , New Pilgrim’s Progress has a signature of Adolph Sutro on an inside page. Since it appears it wa

This is a first edition of Following the Equator, an account of that travel published in 1897, the author criticizes racism, imperialism and missionar

This is a rough copy of Mark Twain’s ROUGHING IT. It’s a first edition, published in 1872, fully illustrated by "EMINENT ARTISTS" accordin...

This is a first edition of Mark Twain’s THE AMERICAN CLAIMANT. Published in 1892 by Twain’s own publishing company C.L. Webster Company, this work is

This is a first edition copy of The Gilded Age-A Tale of To-Day, an 1873 novel written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed an

This is a first edition, second state of Mark Twain’s TRAMP ABROAD. Published in 1879 by American Publishing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, this VE

Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment into a revolutionary typesetting machine. In an attempt to extricate himself from de

This is a first edition copy of The Gilded Age-A Tale of To-Day, an 1873 novel written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirizes greed an

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Samuel Clemens of his days as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War and also a travel book, recounting his tri

Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Samuel Clemens of his days as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War and also a travel book, recounting his tri

THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT ETC. is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this short story an Indian Elephant

English as She Is Spoke is the common name of a 19th-century book written by Pedro Carolino and falsely additionally credited to Jose de Fonseca which

This is an American first edition of Samuel Clemens’ classic literary work. Originally published in England in December 1884, Clemens and a business p

This is a first edition of Lotos Leaves, a collection of essays, stories and poems written by club members James Peck, C. Florio, Gilbert Burling, Edw

This is a first edition of W.D. Howells’ My Mark Twain Reminiscences and Criticisms, published in 1910 by Harper n Brothers Publishers. Howells, a one

This is a first edition of Mark Twain’s PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC. Originally, Mark Twain`s work was published as a serialization in Harpe

This is a satire by Twain on the mystery novel genre in novella form. In the second arc, Sherlock Holmes was depicted in employing "scientific ...

This is an 1888 collection of short stories compiled by Twain, William Dean Howells and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbe suggested to Clem

This is a collection of speeches made at the storied Lotos Club in New York City. Established in 1870 as a gathering place for writers, politicians

This 5.5 x 7.75 x 1.75 red cloth hardbound book carries within its gold embossed cover and lightly foxed pages an impressive history, full of intrigue

This is a 166-page soft cover edition ofa collection of stories by Mark Twain. In this humor anthology the writer discusses children, dangers of lying

The story takes place in Victorian London, where two very rich, eccentric brothers, Oliver and Roderick Montpelier, give the penniless story protagoni

This is a first edition, second state copy of Mark Twain`s 1889 science fiction fairytale, A Yankee in King Arthur`s Court. Illustrated by Daniel Cart

This oil painting on canvas, acquired at an estate sale in 2000, features eight elk fleeing. One of the elk in the foreground has fallen to the ground

Metal sign 32 x 21 advertising The Ebbert wagon of Owensboro, Kentucky. A young man helps a young girl with a basket full of apples as horses and chic

This is a telescope that was purchased in the early 1900s by a gentleman named E.D. Grose from Elizabeth "Libby" Fremont (1842-1919), daug...

Lot of 4: military or state militia uniform buttons, 2 each from Massachusetts and Ohio. Intricate detail and workmanship on all, with state seal cast

This lot consists of 32 pen and pocket knives used in most cases, for advertising. Companies and events represented on these fair to very good conditi

Police and fire commissioner badge, pinback intact. 2 x 2.5 blue enamel on white metal. HKA#63295

This is a lot of 650 First Day Covers from the 1930s to the 2000s. The inventory reads; 1930s-7; 1940s-84; 1950s-222; 1960s-105; 1970s-125; 1980s-60;

By J. W. Hayes, with illustrations by John L. Cassidy. Published in Portland, OR by F.W. Baltes and Company. Hardbound, red cover, 136 pages. A collec

Large shadow box with a detailed cast plaster ship`s model, complete with masts and rigging, along with 4 period drawings, 4 period newspaper clipping

An early and colorful Vaudeville play poster for a Denver CO performance of "Empress," with additional acts. This is a production of Sulli...

This is a trio of beautiful glass cruets. One is a light green cut glass piece with matching diamond cut stopper. It stands about 7" high. The ...

This lot contains three ornate hand painted oil lamps from the Victorian era. While one has a standard black metal square base, the other two have dec

This lot consists of three beautiful Victorian era oil lamps, with chimneys. All have square black bases and two have ceramic or porcelain floral pain

This lot contains five complete pressed glass oil lamps with glass hurricane chimneys, all from the Spradling Estate. A) an 8.5 tall base with intact

This is a beautiful lot that includes three canister and one large candy jar all made of purple glass. The three identical pieces measure 6" hi...

Lot of 9 mugs of an early vintage--the newest one is dated 1945--but the others are much earlier. All are the standard shape of coffee mugs and are pe

This is a lot of 23 black and white photos and negatives from the Alaskan gold rush of ’98. Photos show everything from tailing piles to downtown stre

Lot of 7 souvenir sterling silver spoons from: Skagway (3.5 Miner pan), Fairbanks (4 Miner his rocker), Wrangell (4.5 Alaskan salmon pan), Douglas

This lot contains three newspaper sections celebrating the Klondike gold discovery. The papers date from 1897 (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer). This 9

This is a nice collection of 34 black and white photos of Alaska during the 1890s gold rush period. These 3"x 4’ pictures show everyday life an...

Large sheaf of diverse documents, letters, reports, assessments, claims, bill of lading, bill of sale, and unique Proof of Labor statements, indicatin

Large First Edition. 569 pages, with 24 plates and 2 fold-out maps. This book is pristine, not a library piece, but barely handled. One of the fold-ou

Lot of 4 different warrants signed by the county auditor. HKA#63753

This is check No. 106 made out to H.W. Williams or bearer for $20. Printed on blue paper by Sonora Herald Print. It appears that Mr. Williams intended

This is a lot of 2 scarce stocks. 1) Tioga Consolidated Mining Company, no 1255 issued to W. G. Grandalf (sp?) Trustee on August 26, 1878 for 20 share

Lot of 2: almost identical certificates for 250 shares each from the Cataract Wide West Gravel Mining Company. The central vignette shows a large hyd

This is a nice collection of over 100 photographic negatives and plates from California during the Gold Rush period. Images include those Sutter’s Mil

This certificate is a major piece for any Inyo collector. The Defiance mine was one of the most important mines at Darwin, if not the most important o

Stock no. 8 issued on May 30th 1876 to L. Wolfskill Jr. for 50 shares. It was signed by Secretary Hughes and President Willard. The stock measures 9...

This is a stock certificate good for 100 shares at $100 per share, issued by The Loretto Mining Company. It’s issued to W.G. Hughes, who has also sign

This lot features 3 colorful pieces of historical china. 1) is a colorful plate that features an image of Donner Lake. Featured in the image is the la

Lot of 10: various movie poster art, sizes and colors vary. The largest and most unusual is for the movie Sands of the Kalahari, which folds out into

Lot of two editions of this newspaper, one dated Tuesday, March 9, and the other Saturday, April 24. The March paper has 8 pages and the April edition

Lot of 3: Wells Fargo Aurora covers, 1 is legal size, the others are regular size. Covers are franked envelopes with blue oval Express stamps. Address

1886 large double-cancellation postmarks, in both black and purple. Williams catalog number MON-10 plus MON-700. There is a cancel stamp on the revers

Lot of 2: 1886 small circle postmark, blue, with corner advertisement Sheriff`s Office Bridgeport, Williams catalog number MON-70. 1926 large circle p

A large size plain cover addressed to Thos. Bennell Jr. Esq. of New Bedford MA. Double-ring bold postmark from Bennettville, Mono County, Tioga Mining

Lot of 4: 1894 large double-ring octagon postmark, with star in blue. Williams catalog number MON-210. 1887 small circle postmark, black, with corner

This lot contains 6 receipts from various entities in historic Bodie. 1) A Warrant from the State of California to the Treasurer of Mono County, reque

UPDATE 4/4/2013 Bridgeport Masonic Mail Route was removed from this lot. This lot contains 3 postal covers from Bridgeport, CA. 1) A regular size

1881 large straight-line postmark, in purple. Williams catalog number MON-360. Ex-Tatham. [Ref: Williams, California Town Postmarks 1849-1935]. Very r

Lot of 4: The post cards all have large circle postmarks in black, except 1 which is in purple. All have nice BW photos on the front. 3 are Williams c

Lot of 2: There is 1 cover with large circle postmark, in purple, from 1925. Williams catalog number MON-510. The other is a post card, with picture f

A real photo postcard of Crater, CA and sent by Maye to her dear friend Helen of Los Angeles. Postmarked Crater Cal. Nov 1908 and bearing a green 1 ce

Lot of 5: There are 3 covers with large circle postmarks, in black, from 1928 to 1935. 1 piece has an interesting advertisement corner for the Hess Ga

A clean,small aquare size postal cover with a blue 1 cent postage stamp and Lundy postmark from Nov 6 1895. Addressed to Mr. Arthur Allen of Copper Mo

A clean, regular size A. L. Butterfield corner advertising postal cover from Lundy, the ghost town. Bears a red 2 cent postage stamp, and round postma

A regular size Great Sierra Con. Silver Co corner advertising cover with a Lundy postmark dated 7 April 1885. Williams catalog number MON-700. Bears a

This lot contains two covers and one postcard. The postmarks on these items are Williams catalog numbers MON-800, MON-810, and MON-790. 1) A hand-colo

A clean, regular size Mono Inn corner advertising postal cover from Mono Lake, California and addressed to Adolph Larson Jr. of Los Angeles CA. Bears

A regular size Carson Colorado Railway Co. corner advertising cover stamped Per Wells, Fargo Co`s Express in purple ink. Sent from Hawthorne Nevada,

Various California Gold Country ephemera. 1 is a stock certificate, serial No. 32, for Occidental Copper Mining Co. for 83 shares, executed on the rev

Beautiful brass register with marble counter, glass top and wood base. The brass body is arrayed with cast embossed filigree designs across its back,

This is a 40-page soft cover book about an icon of Hollywood, Shirley Temple. It’s titled "HOW I RAISED SHIRLEY TEMPLE" and is credited &q...