"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Extremely rare original Klondike poker/crap game oil cloth. On the cloth side it reads: Klondike / Ace Is Not Wild / Dealer Takes All Ties / Bets Must

Metal Wizard card cheating card holder with King of Clubs card, as used by cheaters to hold cards up their sleeve. Last patent date on back May 1, 190

Rare 18th or early 19th century wood hourglass shaped turned wood dice cup with interior ribbing, 3.25x1.5". 3 period bone dice with rounded co...

This library of gun books is the reference material for both shooters and reloaders alike. Most books are long out of print. Handloading Ammunition b

This lot holds 100 rounds of .50 cal. BMG (Browning Machine Gun) training rounds. The rounds are identified by the drilled hole in the side of each br

There are two blow guns in this lot from Borneo. One gun is 35 in. overall length of a local wood. The body is of a fierce dragon where you remove the

This machete is marked "LEGITIMUS/COLLINS & CC/ made in USA/ no. 191" on the left side. This one saw use in the Yucatan Peninsula by t...

This Portuguese hand cannon was used to prevent unwanted boarders. At .70 cal. this would be a very persuasive deterrent against boarding pirates or e

Sepik River Alta Altz spear thrower. Late 19th century New Guinea thrower of finely carved wood. Zoomorphic effigy with braided root lashings. Appears

This typed letter on Winchester Arm Company letterhead is signed by the Vice President Winchester Bennett, grandson of Oliver Winchester. Winchester B

Lead shot dispensing hardware made of cast-iron and oak with two drawers. Comes with two canvas shot bags and original // Quick Loader / American Can

This group consists of letters and inventory lists of items received or shipped by merchants William and Samuel Vernon. William Vernon Esq.(1719-180

This document is signed by Colonel Caleb Chase Sibley of the 16th U.S. Infantry on June 13, 1866 giving a promotion to a Thomas Maloney. 10 in. x 16 i

Gideon Wells was nicknamed "Father Neptune". He was the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, a cabinet post he was award...

Birdseye view of infamous Andersonville Prison From the Southeast print mounted on linen backing. Bold colors, slight vertical crease on left side. 17

This lot holds a civil war canteen and drinking cup. The canteen is complete with cloth strap and original cork top. 8 in. in diameter; good conditio

This is a 5th Infantry Officer brass collar badge from the CIvil War; it measures 1.25 in. across with two mounting loops soldered in the back. The se

Shows the other side of the war. From a woman about the hardships of working her farm, harvesting wheat, bugs, need for help, cooking for seven men, e

1862 Words and music by Henry C Work', United States, 1862. The publisher is listed as Root and Cady. Important and interesting music. This musi...

This envelope is addresses to Cpt. J. E. Smith of Company H, 79th Ord., 20th Army Corp. Sherman's Army North Carolina ; written in Sherman's...