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...