Best of The West - February 2014

1909 This lot contains several interesting pieces relating to both Nevada and California. The main attraction of this collection of RPCs and brochure

c1936 Famous Reno photographer Don Dondero's personalized license plate collection, in 6 matched pairs. Some of these have seen hard service, o...

c1913 Lot of 23 items in a large album, including stock certificates from: Nevada Packard Mines Co. with accompanying prospectus, NV Packard MC lette

Original oil on canvas, 30 x 42" framed. Wonderful dark blacksmith shop interior, showing wagon and horseshoe repair, typical of any western bl...

A team of 20 mules pulling what must be a heavy delivery while several miners look on. The photograph was taken by W.L. Booth of Tonopah. The contrast

Designed by the renowned architect Morrill J. Curtis, architect for such famous buildings in Nevada such as the second Riverside Hotel, the Overland H

c1907 Lot of 13: large & small B&W photos fro the Tonopah, Lake Tahoe and Reno areas. Several are duplicate photos. The oldest appears to b...

c1900 Lot of 7 postcards and 15 reprint photos from the files of the Tonopah Times-Bonanza. Subjects include miners and mine sites, Tonopah as a tent

c1877 An album containing 13 stock certificates, 6 Justice Court documents; 4 5" x 7” black/white photos; 2 stage-line billheads and one recei...

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c1864 One of the great territorial certificates. Extremely rare and spectacular uncancelled certificate, issued to one J.D Hunt, for 50 shares of cap

c1874 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 b

c1917 Lot of 3: Annual mining reports to the Board of Directors in San Francisco, of the Mexican Gold & Silver Mining Co. from 1917 to 1920. Th...

c Lot of 13: group of B&W period photos of C.C. Goodwin, the superintendent of the Sutro Tunnel. Many of these are duplicates, and sizes vary f...

c1890 This is a great group for Comstock collectors! The lot contains a 1891 print of THE COMSTOCK CLUB by C.C. Goodwin in hardcover format. The 314

1875 This is a letter from the Con Virginia Main Offices in S.F. to one Edward Tompkins Esq. of the IRS/ Treasury Dept. in Washington D.C. The hand-w

c1896 Lot of 38 stock certificate stubbs in hardcover book (7 1/2" x 4"), with all but 9 certificates still attached to stub. Incorporate...

c1915 An 8.15” x 5” delightful booklet that features over 60 pages of images, ads and stories of the Comstock. There is some wear and some of the pag

1873 Extremely rare certificate from the famous Comstock mine of Gould & Curry, with the signature of J.C. Flood. Flood was a Comstock financie...

1882 An interesting voucher for a discount on buffer by J.C. Flood paid to the "Agency of Nevada Bank." The sum of $18,000.00 dollars was...

1865 No. 3727 Stock certificate. Incorporated June 27, 1860. Issued to R. Morganstern, Trustee for 20 shares in 1865. Signed by Thomas Bell President

c1919 This is a lot that contains a big selection of mining stock from our neighbors to the south, Mexico. Some of the many mines represented in the

1871 An Expense Report for $59.60, for such items as "1 bbl whiskey, 1 net oysters, 8 balls tea, 1 bolt silk," and so on. This is address...

c1876 Lot of 8: reports from the various mills in the Pacific Mill & Mining Company`s arsenal. These reports indicate production accounting fro...

c1877 Lot of 4: 2 Expense Vouchers, 1 invoice from Union Iron Works to Tyrrell & Reese (for the Rhode Island Mill), and 1 Pay Roll Ledger for t...

c1877 Lot of 13: various vouchers, expense reports and billings from numerous suppliers. There is 1 report from the Morgan Mill to the Omega Mill for

c1874 Lot of 5: payrolls from the various mills on the Pacific Mill & Mining Company. These reports indicate payroll accounting from the Trench...

1860 Unusual and rare document. This hand-written and signed Deed dictates the sale of "10` in the Sucker Company`s Claims, Gold Hill Mining D...

c1864 Lot of 25 early telegrams about the acquisition of the Savage, Gould & Curry mines, etc., by William Lent and Robert Morrow, two powerful...

c1871 This is a large collection of Virginia City's newspaper, The Territorial Enterprise. The issues are from January 1, 1871. The count of sh...

1877 This is a lot of two documents from Virginia City, including a $1000 bond issued by Virginia City for water bonds. The document is dated Februar

1878 Choice rare certificate designed by G.T. Brown, one of the first African-Americans to working on stocks and vignette designs. This certificate w

c1920 Lot of 2. 1) Panorama of the mining camp from up the hill. Tents and a few early automobiles dot the sagebrush in the otherwise empty valley 30

c1960 This lot includes two wax seal stamps from Wells Fargo & Company Express. One of the stamps is from Andover, New York, the other is from ...

1855 "Pratt & Co.'s Buffalo Business Directory," with alphabetical and classified index. This little hard-bound book features lis...

1901 Lot of 8: 1) Small, 4.5,” demitasse spoon showing the Palace of Agriculture in the bowl and Niagara Falls and an Indian in feathered headdress o

1803 This is a ledger from the town of Cherry Valley, New York and has entries that date from 1803 to 1855. Entries include business transactions, as

1845 Morris Canal & Banking Co. 1844 Certificate, (uncancelled) dated 16 June 1848 for (100) shares in the Capitol Stock of the Company. Printe...

c1900 Large model of the world-famous gramophone dog, affectionately known as "Nipper." This life-like restored model measures 38" h...

c1950 This is a ledger showing maps of all the parcels in Watertown New York from 1909 to 1953. It measures 22.5"x 25.75" what closed and...

c1875 Incredible color illustrated pictagraph timeline history of the world. Linen on cnavas backing, great color illustrations and diagrams, from th

c1876 Rare. Measures 10 5/8" x 7 7/8". No. 140 issued to Robert Teats (sp?) 115 shares at $10 each by William H. Tice as secretary and E....

c1887 A framed and mounted 22" x 29" advertisement for S.J Patterson Wholesale Coal. A copy of this particular piece is filed in the Libr...

c1898 Incredible lot of over 30 documents, certificates, bank notes and Indian Territory notes. These have been collected from the late 1890`s throug

c1841 This is a 38" x 24" black and white "Map/ Of The/ Oregon Territory/ By The/ U.S. E.X. E.X./ Charles Wilkes Esqr./ Commander/ 1...

c1854 Includes gold rush era documents. 113 pieces plus oregon place names manuscript. Stage coach (8) 1864-1890, letters (29) 1854 includes gold rus

c1865 Lot of 54: large group of documents, letters, stamps, letterhead documents, receipts, a map of the Old Oregon Trail from 1932, invoices, and mo

c1850 Eight early manuscript letters: Baker City 1867, Portland 1854, Fort Vancouver 1862, Humboldt Basin 1871, Scottsburg 1853, Deland 1858, Portlan

c1903 This is a large group of stock certificates from Baker City and Sumter, Oregon areas. Represented are certificates from the Yerrington Consolid

1822 Indenture from Lancaster County regarding the selling of land to John Gunkel and Benjamin Ober executors of David Bollinger from Jacob Oauman, f