Best of The West - February 2014

c1878 This 3.75" x 6" blue paperback booklet titled "Cram`s Township Rail Road Map of Nebraska" was published by George F. Cram...

c1921 This is a 26"x 16" broadside calendar advertising the Vincent Grain Company "The House of Service" in Omaha. The print on...

1903 Lot of 6 Grange associated ribbons and badges from Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. They are from camps 16, 18 & 1. The largest measure...

c1905 Lot of 8 real photos of Belmont and Round Mountain and 2 real photo postcards of Diamondfield in 1904. Also included are 2 unused postcards. 1)

c1900 Lot of 19 color lithos and real photo postcards. Included are roundup and rodeo scenes, Utah canyons, rivers, and Salt Lake City, scenes from I

c1864 Nevada, April 18th, 1864, 15 Shares, issued and never cancelled. Black border and vignettes of miners hitting spike in middle, dog on lower lef

c1920 This is a group of 34 Nevada stock certificates from Reno Banker Gordon Harris Estate, covering mining (18, Nevada and Colorado), oil (9, mostl

1910 Lot of 43. Includes covers, photo post cards, documents, and newspapers. Austin (3), Battle Mountain (4), Carson (8), Cherry Creek (1), Contact

1910 This is a book of blank stock certificates from around 1910, covering mine stock for Cupric Mines Company covering both Nye County, Nevada and B

c1866 Measures 11" x 7 1/2". Incorporated in 1866. Certificate No. 373 issued to Wilm. G. Blakely for one share at $100.00 each and signe...

c1920 Lot of 8 snapshots showing scenes around Oasis: baling hay, pack horses in the mountains, huge catch of the day (trout?), a slain big horn shee

c1870 Lot of approximately 13 pieces, including lists of materials, an 1874 letter signed by Adolph Sutro, an 1880 daily report of labor, an 1891 let

1871 This is a lot of 8 items. 1) Daily Free Press, Bodie, CA. July 13, 1881. 2) Eureka Daily Sentinel Eureka, NV. September 17, 1871. 3) Reese River

c1890 Lot of 4 various pieces from Aurora. 1) Letterhead from the Consolidated Esmeralda (Limited) Dated October 22, 1888. 2) Esmeralda, Limited, dat

c1864 Lot of 2 identical RPCs showing a group of delegates to the last territorial legislature of Nevada, assembled on January 12, 1864. Identified i

c1818 An 8-page, paper covered booklet on the life and death of John Booth, (1818-1864), a native of York, England, who died in Austin. In his workin

1863 Unusual and extremely rare document, notarized with Union Seal. This hand-written and signed Deed dictates the sale of Lot # 7 on the city block

c1905 Lot of 2: 1 is for "Bullfrog-Jumbo Mining Co." Incorporated in 1905 under the laws of Arizona. Certificate No. 43 issued to George ...

c1870 Lot of 30 /- Western Union telegrams regarding the business of mining, commerce and payments between San Francisco, New York, Carson City. Ther

c1870 Lot of 14 items. Included are: Instructions and Laws for the Purchase of Land From the State of Nevada, booklet printed 1871 by the State Land

c1892 Lot of 50 /- pieces, mostly letters, billheads, statements, ledger sheets and receipts for the Nevada-California Creamery located in Carson Cit

This is a large collection (a little over 50) of everything Carson City. The lot includes ephemera of all sorts, including billheads, bank receipts, u

c1870 Lot of 20: billheads, statements and receipts, including items from Dunn & Lemmon, Nevada Press Company, The Weekly, Carson Book and News...

c1890 Lot of 2. Both measure 7” x 3.25” and 7” x 4.5.” Medium contrast and sharp focus. Little wear, some light age fade damage. One shows a bird’s e

1938 Lot of 6: This is a lot of an unused matched pair of Nevada Governor's automobile license plates, along with 4 different executive plates ...

c1936 Lotr of 7: 2 are matched pairs, not mounted on a vehicle, from 1937 & 1938, in mint condition. The others are 1936 and 1937, respectively...

1947 Two matched pairs of government auto license plates. One set is from 1947, the other from 1948. Gordon Harris Estate - HKA#65762

1947 This group of 8 conseccutive plates were issued as trailer plates "TR" and feature numbers 46222-4625, 45048 to 45050, issued for pa...

1932 Four sets of matching pairs from the years, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1936. They were unissued and have very little wear. They each measure 11.25&q...

c1915 Mint condition 1915 State of Nevada Registered Motor Vehicle Medallion. This piece was never issued, as there is no number stamped in the field

c1871 Rare. This is a collection of editions from an old Carson City newspaper that operated for only two years. Its former name was The Carson City

c1884 The Attorney for The Bullion and Exchange Bank of Carson City, Trenmor Coffin left this leather portfolio of papers which include: numerous dee

1872 Large, very rare Bond of the State of Nevada, for $1000 dollars. No. 217, there is a central vignette showing a mill, a 6-horse drawn wagon load

c1888 This is a collection of about 30 pieces of correspondence between the United States Treasury Department and Carson City Postal Disbursing Agent

Lot of 2 ledgers from early Nevada businesses. 1) A "State Bank & Trust Co."Check register, dated 1903. This book is composed of yello...

c1880 Lot of 54 historic billheads. Included are such businesses as: City Drug Store, the Eureka Weekly Sentinel, F.W. Clute Merchandise (an agent fo

c1880 Lot of 50 /- Prescriptions slips, primarily from F.J. Schneider, Druggist and Apothecary store, and from City Drug Store. The dosing levels are

c1925 Lot of 2: Meeting Minutes of Corporate formation, officers, etc. of the Company. These are type-written, up to page 25. Stock Certificates book

c1908 Lot of 6 rare stock certificates: 1) Issued by The Gold & Silver Circle Mines Inc. to William A. Mosman for 3,000 shares at 10 cents per....

1914 Lot of 3: 1) A check written on Crocker National Bank in the amount of $60,000 by Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company. Dated 18 March 1914, the

c1934 Group of 9 BLM Mining Patent/ Claims Records from every mineral-producing county in the state, dated approx. 1963. These 3-ring binders contain

1905 Spectacular signed/ numbered print of a busy Goldfield in 1905. Colorized, likely a chalk/ pastel original. The artist's name is Purcell, a...

1955 A black corporation record book used by the above company that contains the articles of incorporation, by-laws, stock certificate #147 (issued t

c1927 Unique group of documents, preliminary sketches, job & print orders, letters and newspaper articles on a newly launched Mining company st...

c1920 A fantastic collection of early job tickets from the Western Nevada Miner of Mina, NV. This collection includes 91 different job tickets from t

c1894 Lot of 17: Various Bank of Nevada signed and cancelled checks, all signed by Theo Winters. The Winters family initially settled in Yolo County.

c1955 This is a unique little collection of 7 signed notes and memos from casino owner William F. Harrah (1911-1978). Harrah turned a $100 a week bin

c1905 Large and diverse group of receipts, letters, and telegrams pointing to Reno Banker R. Kirman's expensive car habit. There are notes from...

c1906 This is a diverse set of documents that award a patent No. 844,091 on a new screw-type drill chuck to William Borchert of Reno. There genuine P

c1909 Lot of 7: hardcover book sets. The initial book set is titled "First Biennial Report" and "Second Biennial Report," and a...

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