Best of The West - February 2014

c1900 Rare image of the relatively new Yavapai County Court House, constructed of brick masonry, with a clock bell tower. There are even some sawhors

1876 Rare image of the town of Prescott taken in 1876. The town in this view is established, but still small, while the outlying areas are forested a

c1897 Lot of 21: 1 is an Arizona Territory Railroad bond, complete with 20 revenue stamps. The bond is for the "Yavapai County Railroad,"...

1895 This is a tooled top, aqua hutch from the Beavers & Heisler Soda Works of Prescott. This very clean example is very rare and according to ...

c1881 Birds-eye view of Prescott. The stereoviews each measure 3.25” x 3.20” and 7” x 4” on the matte. The photographer is identified as J.C. Burge w

c1892 A rare piece from the Prescott area, this prospectus provides information about the company including a list of directors, bankers and other me

c1900 This is a nice stereo view of the Dasoria Mine in the Bradshaw Mountains of Arizona. Photo dates post 1900’s and shows a slight light bleach on

c1880 This is a very early stereo view of a main street in Prescott, A.T. The photo comes from what’s titled, “Standard Series.” This view has some s

c1900 This is a stereo view taken by D.F. Mitchell of the company quarters at Fort Whipple, near Prescott, Arizona Territory. This base served as the

c1900 This is a stereo view of Fort Whipple, near Prescott, Arizona. The photo, while showing nice clarity and contrast, is sun bleached on the left

This is a look down Gurly Street during Prescott’s early days! The stereoviews measure 3.20” x 3.25” and the matte measures 7” x 4.” The photographer

1873 This is a stereo view, taken T.H. O’Sullivan, showing an area of Cooley’s Ranch, 10 miles east of Apache, Arizona during the exploration and sur

c1900 This is a great stereo view showing a 12 mule team freight wagon parked on Gurley Street in Prescott, Arizona. Both the contrast and clarity is

The stereoview features an early street scene from early in Prescott’s history. The photographer is identified as D.F. Mitchell. Mitchell moved from S

1877 This is another rare piece for the 1877 funding of the Prescott and Bradshaw City Wagon Road. It is bond #6 and was issued to James Patterson on

1877 This is a rare piece for the 1877 funding of the Prescott and Bradshaw City Wagon Road. It is bond #7 and was issued to James Patterson on Augus

This is a lot of 2 photographs. 1) Cabinet card featuring miners of the Congress Gold Mine. The miners are located at the Cross Cut at the 925 feet le

c1890 Idylic view of an early Prescott residence with the family out in front. There are trees, a picket fence, and a large house with a full-length

c1900 This is a great stereo view of the stage depot in Prescott, Arizona. The view is looking down the dirt street and was taken by G.H. Rothrock an

Lot of 12 drug, soda and seltzer bottles. There are 9 drug store bottles from the Mountain City Drug Store, Heil's Drug Store, Brisley Drug Co. ...

1888 This is a beautiful aqua hutch, with stopper from The Prescott Bottling Works. The bottle is in great condition and ready to add to your collect

This collection of 17 items featuring a variety of souvenir booklets, mining stock certificates, checks, postcards and other documents. The wear on th

This is a framed photo of the Williams House in Prescott, Arizona Territory. The small photo measures 5”x 4” and has “Williams House, Prescott, AT A.

This is a lot of one quart and one half pint milk bottles produced by Allen’s Milk. The slug plate for each bottle reads ”Allen Trading Co. Prescott.

This photograph is a great snapshot from Arizona’s mining past. The photo features a miner using the process of dry placer mining to find his riches.

This lot contains 3 pieces of Weimar china c 1905-1910. The pieces were sold by the Samuel Hill Hardware Co. of Prescott. Each piece features pictoria

c1875 This stereoview overlooks the quite home of Prescott. Each photo measures 3” x 3” and the matte measures 7” x 3.5” The photographer was identif

This lot consists of 2 letters regarding the funding and repairing of the Yavapai and Prescott Bradshaw Wagon Roads. There is 1 Bond for the Yavapai W

c1900 This is a nice undated street scene of Prescott Arizona, as seen through the lens of G.H. Rothrock. It is Gurley Street, showing a 12 team frei

1895 This is a Harry Brisley drug bottle from 1895 and is one of the best, according to Michael Miller’s A Collector’s Guide to Arizona Bottles &am...

c1870 This is a very nice stereo view of the Senator Mine, located near Prescott, Arizona Territory. This mine is known for operation longevity, thro

c1900 This is a stereo view of Prescott, Arizona in the very early 1900’s. The left panel shows some sun bleaching, but contrast and clarity are fine

1885 Bond #4, issued on July 1, 1885 for $1,000. It was signed by Yavapai County treasurer, E.J. Cook. It measures 15.25" x 11.25." It wa...

1899 This is an aqua Hutchinson from Prescott Soda Works in Prescott, Arizona. This is a very rare bottle that, even with a chip out of the base, sho

c1900 This is a great stereo view of the B.H. Weaver Ready Pay Store on Montezuma Street in Prescott, Arizona. The contrast and clarity are fantastic

1873 This stereo view taken by T.H. O’Sullivan is of some Coyotero Apaches near Camp Apache. This was taken during the 1873 expedition lead by 1st Li

c1900 This is an interesting look at the west side plaza, taken by D.F. Mitchell. According to a handwritten notation on the reverse, this is a view

1902 This is a half pint clear whiskey bottle from F.G. McCoy Co. Inc. THE WELLINGTON SALOON. Bottle measures about 8” and has a very small nick out

1902 This is a one pint purple whiskey bottle from F.G. McCoy Co. Inc. THE WELLINGTON SALOON. Bottle measures about 8” and has a very small nick out

This is a great shot of the silver mining town of Quijota! Promoted to be the next Comstock by Mackay & Far, Quijotoa failed to live up to its p...

c1900 Lot of 4: This is a nice group of stereo views of Arizona wilderness areas. Included are two D.F. Mitchell photos, one shows a covered bridgecr

1901 This is possibly the nicest example of a tooled top purple hutch you’ll ever see. It’s from Safford Bottling Works of Safford, Arizona. The cond

c1900 Tiger camp started as a mining camp in Pinal County. The town was originally known as Schultz around 1881 in what was then the Territory of Ari

c1900 Tiger camp started as a mining camp in Pinal County. The town was originally known as Schultz around 1881 in what was then the Territory of Ari

1883 This is a stereo view of now ghost town, Silver King, Arizona Territory. This is a nice view of the town from a rise, taken by J.C. Burge. The l

c1900 This is a stereo view showing an outing at Stone Cabin near Yuma. In the background you can see the Santa Rita Mountains. The clarity is a litt

1877 Lot of 4 documents. 1) A petition to the supervisors of Yavapai County to appoint George Carson to be the county road overseer. It was approved

This is a great lot for any Tombstone collector! 1) Photograph of a couple taken at Fly’s Gallery. It measures5.55” x 3.90” and 8” x 6.10” on the matt

1882 This is a rare Tombstone amber hutch from the Union Soda Works B&B. This sample has been professionally polished. The works opened in 1882...

1880 This is a very rare aqua Hutchinson from Herve & Carbon in Tombstone Arizona. This applied top example has a very small chip inside the li...

1881 This is a beautiful aqua blob top soda bottle from Union Soda Works of Tombstone, “The Town Too Tough to Die.” According to Michael R. Miller’s

1907 This is an aqua Hutchinson from the Crystal Soda Works of Tucson, George Martin, proprietor. According to Michael R. Miller’s A Collector’s Guid

c1900 This is a trio of Hutchinson bottles from Tucson bottlers, including Ziegler’s Soda Works, T. Burns and J.F.I. the Ziegler’s is green tinted, w

1886 This is an extremely rare aqua Hutchinson. It has a small chip on the inside of the spout. According to Michael R. Miller’s A Collector’s Guide

1902 This is a small sample crock from Tucson business Wheeler & Perry. According to Michael Miller’s A Collector’s Guide to Arizona Bottles &a...

c1901 This is a collection of Verde, AZ. Photos, stock certificates and ephemera from the Verde and Jerome areas of Arizona. Included is a letter fro

c1882 This is an early view of the famous Vulture Mine early in its history. The stereoview shows the open cut of the Vulture Mine just north of the

1908 This is a lot of 2 stocks. 1) Weaver Mountain Mining Co. It is stock number 93 issued to W.E. Hering for 1,277 shares on January 28, 1909. It me

c1900 Fort Bowie was a 19th-century outpost of the US Army located in southeastern part of Arizona near the present day town of Wilcox. It served as

c1915 This is a ticket cancellation device. It prints the city, state and date on the back of a ticket. The last time it was used was in 1946. There

1898 This is an extremely rare Winslow Bottling Works aqua Hutchinson bottle. Both this company and its parent company Flagstaff Bottling Works, appe

1876 This is a petition to the Supervisors of Yavapai County to run a county road from Little River Colorado to Allen City. It consist of 3 pages, al

c1900 Lot of 11 items. There are 7 stocks certificates from various mining companies. Just some of included in this lot are the Gold Hill Mining and

c1882 This is a stereo view of the Colorado Bridge in Yuma, Arizona. The photo is from the Watkins News Series of Pacific Coast Views 427 Montgomery

c1880 This is a lot of two stereo views taken around Yuma, Arizona. One, taken by Watkins of San Francisco, shows a bridge crossing the Colorado Rive

c1901 Exceptionally rare embossed glass bottle not seen by us before. Water- Filled, with Jerusalem water. Original cork and label, from the Pan Amer

c1890 This is a lot of seven stereo views of Calaveras Big Trees in the Gold Country of California. Scenes in black and white include, “The father of

c1900 This is a 4.5"x 2.5" advertising card for Borax from the Smith Brothers. Francis Marion (Borax) Smith began developing borax deposi...

c1852 Binder of compiled covers, post cards, W-F Express covers, 38 by count. USPS covers from the famous gold mining area of Calaveras. The various

1851 Very rare certificate, from the "West Mariposa Gold Quartz Mine Company." Serial No. 1510, for 10 shares, 50091 to 50100. Signed by ...

c1865 Slim 3-ring binder of beautiful letterhead bills, company letters, receipts, power bills, hotel stationary, covers, and more. The binder`s 12 s

1967 California Pictorial Letter Sheets 1849-1869 by Joseph Armstrong Baird Jr. 1967 San Francisco. One of the best reference work on the California

c1909 Lot of 2 Inyo County & Rhyolite items. 1) From the Bullfrog Pioneer Leasing and Milling Co. Rhyolite, NV. To F.H. Stickney, Esq. dated Ju...

1850 Lof of 23 various pieces from the state of California, mainly San Francisco and Sacramento. Just some of the documents included are letterheads,

c1840 Choice early promissory note in Spanish for money loaned. The document is datelined "Alta California." The blank space next to Alta...

c1895 Lot of 8: multiple views of the very early Yosemite valley and its wonders. There are images of Yosemite Falls, Nevada Falls, Glacier Point (co

1892 This 5 x 7” photo shows a crowd of men and women standing in front of and on the balconies of the Gibsonville Hotel celebrating the day with fla

c1930s A box chock full of documents, containing many letters, as well as receipts, billheads, business cards, pamphlets, and more. There are also se

c1849 This is an important, perhaps earliest known, California Gold Rush stock certificate. A blank certificate for one share, unissued and unsigned.

1875 Lot of 3 issues of Volume 1 of the Panamint News, dated March 13, 18 and 20th. All three in fine condition. These are the last 3 editions left f

jAN. 30, 1849 IMPORTANT DESCRIPTION CHANGE. This lot was originally described by another gallery as a SAlmon P. Chase speech. We now believe this to

c1860 This is a pair of framed and matted maps, one of the western United States dated 1860 and the other, a full map of the United Staes, dated 1865

c1882 This lot consists of 11 pieces. There are 4 real photo postcards and 1 large illustration of a stagecoach traveling through Pilot Peak. There i

c1890 This lot consists of 21 black and white stereo views of Yosemite National Park and the surrounding area. While the view are breathtaking and wo

c1887 Bond #263 issued to John Gillson, Secy for $500. Signed by Egbert Judson (1812-1893), President (and founder), and by Secretary. Ten original c

c1900 Very rare view of hydraulic mining behind the pipes at the Kenneback Claim, in Nevada county. This photo is by Thomas Houseworth & Co. Th...

1886 Dated July 9, 1886. Pearson Bros. Dealers in Soda, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Ale and Bar Syrups. Person Bros. was also the same company that produced

c1892 Measures 6” x 4” and 6.5” x 4” on mat. Some wear on the top corners and photograph has minor fade and yellowing from exposure to light. Shows 2

c A James Marshall Monument commemorative porcelain serving bowl marked WHEELOCK MADE IN GERMANY FOR J.C. O`DONNELL CO. PLACERVILLE, CALIF. The 9&q...

1876 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 measur

c1940 This is a lot of 10 near mint condition black and white RPCs of Death Valley Scotty, including views of his castle and ranch, Mt. Whitney and t

1867 This is a stock certificate for 50 shares at $100 per for the Redstone Mining Company in Dutch Flat, Placer County. It appears to have been issu

Lot of 60 handwritten letters, which date from 1897 to 1911, from California/Nevada Historian Myron Angel, of San Luis Obispo, to his first cousin, Ma

c1916 This framed 16" x 18" piece is a colorful advertisement for the Valley Grocery Co. The heacy cut-paper illustration shows two girls...

1892 The photo shows John Crossman walking the tight rope in Gibsonville, Sierra County, CA on July 4. A crowd of people watches from below. Photo wa

c1853 Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 128, for one share of capital stock. The issuee line is blank, but the stock is dated 24 Ja

1896 A legal size binder with typed carbon copy of the legal proceedings of: Scadden Flat Gold Mining Company, Plaintiff, vs. Elizabeth Scadden, Admx

c1912 This lot includes three broadsides advertising the Thomas Ince short film, “Custer’s Last Fight.” As with much of the entertainment claims offe

c1890 This lot includes more than 100 items, including many letters, prescriptions, billheads, receipts and correspondence (with covers) all relating

1865 This is a $1000 Bond, No. 32, issued to C.C. Robinson, Trustee, on the 30th of May. Signed by Wm. S. Corwin, President, and by Charles Hudson, S