6th Annual Montana Big Chief Auction

Auction Details

Day 1:

Highlights Include:

Whaler Made Scrimshaw Pie Crimpers, Husky Mid Continent Motor Oil Can, Richard Edward Miller Painting, Alaska Gold Prospectors Watch Fob, Mermod Freres Ideal Soprano Music Box, Art Nouveau Nude Jeweled Lamp, Clayton Bailey Folk Art Pottery Collection, IW Cortez 14k Gold Turquoise Ring, 1940s Buck Junior Salesman Sample Jeans, Williams Big Guns Pinball Machine, A River Runs Through it First Edition Books, Arizona Rainbow Forest Petrified Wood, H. Earl Clack Montana Heccolene 5 Gallon Oil Can, Navajo Jewelry, The Iron Fireman Coal Furnace Sign, Joseph Locke New England Glass Agata Mug, Harley Davidson Model J Parts, Big Sky Carving Jeff Fleming Wood Bear Collection, Antique Stetson Cowboy Hats, Historical Collectibles, Toys, Art, Fly Fishing Reels, and much more

Day 2:

Highlights Include: Montana Studio Pottery Collection including Rudy Autio, David Shaner, Peter Voulkos, and Jay Rummell. Alan Shepard Apollo 14 Lunar Flown American Flag, Daguerreotype Photos of Dogs, 1883 New Orleans Louisiana Carriage License Plate, Edward Curtis Photogravure Collection, Historic Photography, Virginia City Montana History including signs and ephemera, Hamilton Montana Chevrolet Dealership Sign, John Deer Implements Terry Montana Sign, Monte Dolack Originals including Paintings and Pottery, Walter Hook painting collection, NASA Apollo Mission Signed Photos, Historic Montana Signs, Montana Documents, Yellowstone National Park Items, Felt Pennant Collection, 1946 Wyoming Brand Book, Frontier and Western History.

Day 3:

Featured Artists: Richard Diebenkorn, Gerrit Dou Zechariah, Maynard Dixon, Olaf Wieghorst, David Hockney, Alfred Julio Jensen, Carl Oscar Borg, Randy Van Beek, Thomas Sully, William Standing, Chad Poppleton, Frank McCarthy, Martin Kremer, Jacques & Mary Regat, JPEter Hurd, Bonnie Marris, Ace Powell, Reynolds Beal, Charles M Russell, Tim Shinabarger, Thomas de Decker, Nicola Simbari, Larry Pirnie, John Bye, Bob Scriver, Daniel Keys, Scott Rogers, Jamie Means, Penni Anne Cross, Lone Wolf, Chris Owen, Norman Lowell, David Mayer, Earle Erik Heikka, Johnny Gruelle, and Leo Jansen, just to name a few.

Highlights Include: Ming Dynasty Chinese Bixi Auspicious Jade Seal, Sioux Indian Cavalry Scout Beaded Jacket, Sious Quilled Pictorial Pipe Bag, Baranger Studios Stagecoach Motion Display, Reverse Painted Buffalo Brewing Sign, Montana Salish Indian Cradleboard, Montana Blackfoot Indian Tacked Knife Sheath, Cree Indian Beaded Saddle Pad, Wooly Mammoth Tusk, Milwaukee Saddlery Store Display, Cheyenne Indian Beaded Rifle Scabbard, Montana Deer Lodge Prison Hitched Horsehair Bridle, Pace and Mills Slot Machines in Rare Denominations, Sioux Siyotanka Catlinite Courting Flute, 1857 Pikes Peak Indian Peace Pipe, Anishinaabe Ball Head War Club, Collection of Hawaiian Photos and Paintings Exhibited at the Columbian Exhibition, I&H Sorby Dag Knife, Navajo Rugs, Pre Columbian Chorotega Costa Rican Jade Maul Heads, Native American Indian Art Artifacts and, Western History, Artwork, Historical Photography and much more.
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Princess Chinquilla Pan American Exposition Pass719 - Princess Chinquilla Pan American Exposition Pass
Davis Brothers Auction
Lot includes her ticket and her photo. Photo is 2 3/8" by 4 5/8". In 1901, she participated in the Indian Congress at the Pan-American Exp...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 150.00
 
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David Bull Bear Buffalo Bill Signed Business Card720 - David Bull Bear Buffalo Bill Signed Business Card
Davis Brothers Auction
Card includes a drawing by David Bull Bear. 2" by 3 1/2". A very rare calling card from a seldom encountered performer. Given to Princess ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
Sold to floor for 350.00
 
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Last Horse Pine Ridge Sioux Warrior Photo721 - Last Horse Pine Ridge Sioux Warrior Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Last Horse was a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. This photo was given by him to Princess Chinquilla. Photo is signed. 3 5/8" by...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Black Heart Lakota Warrior Pine Ridge Indian Photo722 - Black Heart Lakota Warrior Pine Ridge Indian Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
3 1/4" by 5". Princess Chinquilla collection. In 1890, Indians named "No Neck" and "Black Heart" testified in an inqui...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
 
 
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Last Horse Pine Ridge Sioux Warrior Photo723 - Last Horse Pine Ridge Sioux Warrior Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Last Horse was a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. This photo was given by him to Princess Chinquilla, she is featured in the photo si...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Princess Chinquilla Cyanotype Indian Photo724 - Princess Chinquilla Cyanotype Indian Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
4 3/4" by 6 7/8". Rare image of her dressed in Headdress and War Shirt. Mary C. Newell, known as "Princess Chinquilla," was a va...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for 100.00
 
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Pine Ridge Agency Indian Photo Princess Chinquilla725 - Pine Ridge Agency Indian Photo Princess Chinquilla
Davis Brothers Auction
Property of Princess Chinquilla stamp on back. Identified as Birds Eye of Agency from the North. 5" by 7 5/8". Exceptionally rare and impo...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Chief Yellow Shirt Ogallala Sioux Indian Photo726 - Chief Yellow Shirt Ogallala Sioux Indian Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
Taken by Jansen of Buffalo New York. Given by Yellow Shirt to Princess Chinquilla, her notes are present on the back. 4 1/8" by 6 1/2". Ma...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Black Heart Lakota Warrior Pine Ridge Indian Photo727 - Black Heart Lakota Warrior Pine Ridge Indian Photo
Davis Brothers Auction
2 3/4" by 5". Identified on the back as Black Heart Pine Ridge South Dakota. Princess Chinquilla collection. In 1890, Indians named "...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
 
 
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Charging Thunder Indian Photo Pine Ridge728 - Charging Thunder Indian Photo Pine Ridge
Davis Brothers Auction
3 1/4" by 4 3/4". Princess Chinquilla collection. Charging Thunder was a performer with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show, born into the Ogl...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for 130.00
 
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