December 2018 Auction- A Sale to "Die" for.

Lot of 15. Best two pieces are an 1870 receipt for a sealed package (worth $750) mailed from Shasta to San Francisco; and an 1879 Virginia City, Nevad

This contract is for James Shedden. It is for shipping one dog. Four regular sized pages! Includes instructions how to ship horses, mules, cats, birds

Unissued #1, Folds, significant lower corners damage. Prag Collection. State: Indiana City: Date: HWAC# 83472

Wells Fargo canvas bag, labeled, "WELLS FARGO EXPRESS RETURN TO LINCOLN, NEBR. 334" in black letters 2.25 and 2 inches tall. Laid flat, th...

Lot of ten items from 1887 to 1888. All addressed to the Anglo Cal Bank. All have the Anglo Cal Bank circular stamp. In 1887 and 1888 the Carson City

1867. Originated from Gold Hill and sent to Folsom. Forwarded to the rare California town the Salmon Falls, California. It is about a discrepancy in t

J Allenbach is writing to his superior in San Francisco, W Elder. "When Mr. McMahon was here had him change the combination of safe. 20 - 68 - ...

Early Virginia City Wells Fargo check to Ella ? signed by agent Wm. Graves 1864.Small hole and left side tear. State: Nevada City: Virginia City Da

186-. In 1862, Ben Holladay purchased the bankrupt Overland Mail Company for $700,000 and renamed it the “Holladay Overland Mail & Express Compa...

Gold Hill, Nevada Territory. No. 838. Datelined May 9, 1863. Issued for $3,500 to Catharine Jones. Pen cancelled. 5 cent US IR adhesive stamp. Pinhole

Virginia City, Wells Fargo Certificate of Deposits are rarer than the Gold Hill. No. 2243. Virginia City, N.T. dateline, Nov. 20th, 1862. Early territ

Framed WANTED poster from American Railway Express offering "$1000.00 REWARD... for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Benjami...

1) Adams Express Company. 1865. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. From JL Russell to G Koonce & Son for $400. This was the scene of John Brown'...

Lot of fourteen. 1851 package express from New York, 1865 express forwarders New York, 1868 express forwarders, 1859 express forwarders from Plymouth,

Harlow, Alvin F. Old Waybills: the Romance of the Express Companies. D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. This fully indexed, 504-page contains extensi

This is a diamond-shaped sign for the RAILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY, with off-white lettering against an orange-red background, mounted in a square metal fra

Authentic diamond-shaped sign for WELLS FARGO & CO EXPRESS with yellow letters in a dark blue circle centered on a dark red background. The enti...

This lot contains publications regarding Wells Fargo that include two hardbound books and six soft-cover booklets about the company distributed by Wel

This is a Western Union call device that would be installed in a customer's place of business and wired directly to the local Western Union disp...

Exceptional quality. Marked with the early small letters: " ? S. Garcia/ Maker/ Elko, Nev." Nevada's early and famous silversmith out ...

1)Pair of Justin Boots beautiful leather, small enough for women to wear. 2) Vintage Jesse Fulp, OK, c. early 1900's. Hat has some staining. Ple...

Approx. 10 photos featuring cowboys "A Tough Cowboy from Arizona" ; photo of cowboys in chaps; Cowboy portrait, bet & pays with bottle...

2 Cabinet Cards, of cowboys on ranch. Written on back in period ink is "For Rolland, Frank Hunnewell in front of Fremont's cabin", tak...

Three pieces of Wild West ephemera, original photo of "Buffalo Bill" with printed signature at base, 3.5 x 5" (excellent); post card...

Thirteen photos, various dates from 1880's (cabinet cards) to real photo post cards, c 1920. State: City: Date: HWAC# 82468

Made by Keyston silversmiths of San Francisco, this vintage buckle will fit watch bands or belts up to one half inch wide. State: City: Date:

Framed oil portrait of Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon Lillie) in 30 x 35 inch wooden frame. Repaired. No artist signature, but the style appears to be late

Junction City Telephone Co 1944 calendar with cowgirl and guitar illustration, matted. San Antonio Song sheet music book with 2 cowboys around the cam

This is a set of six black and white drawings of Colt revolvers from 1836 to 1873. These prints were issued by the Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. ...

These are two wooden ammunition boxes, one from The Peters Cartridge Co and the other from Gamble's S&G. Both are in good condition. See pho...

This is an Officer's sword of the 1902 model designed for presentation only. The sword, made by N.S. Meyer Inc. of West Germany, is stainless an...

7.5" black powder poke, no cap Date: c1860-1880 Al Adams Collection. HWAC# 58707

This is a cane gun with an ivory top. The cane is attributed to John Blanch of London (1801-1900). The over-all length is 38 1/2 in. at about .40 cali

This is a lot of one Timber Wolf Celtic dagger and three Timber Wolf Bowie knives. The Celtic dagger is 13 in. OAL/ 8 in. with an un-sharpened blade

This group of eleven knives are Bowie style, bayonet, or hunters. Item BK SN1 is a replica British Commando knife NIB. Two Items, BK893 is faux ivory

This is a group of four hunters; two Chipaway model GW-2762-GPW knives. The 2762 is 12 in. OAL/ 7 in. blade with a brass guard and green Pakkawood gri

This Hall carbine chambered in .58 caliber has a 18 1/2 in. barrel with 2 bands. It is stamped 1852 on the receiver. Marked "S. North Middleton...

This is a model 1855 Springfield .58 cal. single shot pistol. This one is has a back-strap cut for half-stock mounting. The lock-plate is marked &q...

This 1873 Springfield replica is chambered for .45-70 and made by Harrington & Richards (ca.1975) S/N S.A.31XX. The execution of craftsmanship o...

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A wonderful G grade or #2 grade Parker shotgun with a full pistol grip and horn cap excellent engraving with the birds in flight scene on side plates

This Remington model 1858 percussion pistol in .44 cal. has been restored to its original glory. The gun is heavily engraved at C-D level for coverage

This Sharps 3-band musket is a .52 caliber percussion model 1863. It has a Hartford, Conn. address S/N 6173x . The barrel is 30 in. and has an electr

This is a grouping of three Chipaway 12 in. hunters. The kniife is 12 in. OAL/ 7in. blade. Beautifully made with red Pakka-wood grips and a brass guar

This is a set of three knives for hunting or survival. The first is an 8 in. skinner knife with Ram horn scales DM1070; 4 1/4 in. Damascus blade with

This is a beautiful turn of the century two piece Peters cartridge box full of ammo. It is marked for .32 S& W central-fire cartridges. Opened b...

This is a beautiful turn of the century two piece Peters cartridge box full of ammo. It is marked for .32 S& W central-fire cartridges. Opened b...

This is an un-opened two-piece box of 50 count .32 cal. Automatic Colt Smokeless cartridges. The box has a green background marked "UMC" ...

This Winchester High Wall model 1885 is a deluxe gun with special order features; double set triggers, a Schutzen butt-plate, presentation grade #3 wo

This Winchester lever action .22 cal. was made in 1975 S/N F2128XX. The bluing is beautiful with 95% blue remaining. This one is chambered for .22 cal

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This is a beautifully constructed Officer's dirk. It measures 12 1/2 in. with sheath and 11 1/2 in. overall without. There is also a beautifull...

# 38 for 5 shares to Capt. Charles Berthon of the Royal Artillery , Dublin. (Yes, this is an English stock.) Dateline 1890. Not cancelled. Attractive

4x4" colorful embossed label, unused. State: Montana City: Date: HWAC# 86429

This one hundred year old box would have held quarts with paper labels. Writing is carved into box (RENO BR'G CO / RENO / NEV). '1918' i...

Very beautiful , and outstanding tin advertising sign. When you look at this piece, its like looking out your window, into the past... on a hot summer

Colorful still life print. Compliments of Jacob Hoffman Brewing, Oriental Brewing, New York. Hoffmann emigrated from Germany in 1854, and bought up va

Colorful still life print. Compliments of Jacob Hoffman Brewing, Oriental Brewing, New York. Hoffmann emigrated from Germany in 1854, and bought up va

1] Belmont Store, 2] Lindsey House Bar, 3] JR's Truck Stop, 4] E. F. Kavanaugh, 5[ The Stag Club (unlisted) State: Texas City: Gainsville Dat...

Establishments, The Pastime, Fremont Hotel Cigar Stand, Sonny's Place, 214 E. FT. St. State: Texas City: Galveston Date: HWAC# 85346

Four pieces, Henkes & Heller, Ed Sitterle's Place, Elks Club # 729, and Dietz & Giffert State: Texas City: Victoria Date: HWAC# 85...

Rare. Buckhorn Saloon of San Antonio TX pamphlet c. 1910 & post card dated 1910 of entrance to the saloon, & 3 color tinted postcards of the...

2 Issued punched cancelled and signed by President Pabst. #1010 and 1011 both issued to Fred Pabst 1908. Nice big brewery vignette. Prag Collection.

3 Unopened Parliment Mouthpiece Cigarette Packs. Intact tax seals. Small pencil written prices on front. State: City: Date: HWAC# 48541

5 Vintage Unopened Cigarette Packs. Camel does not have a tax seal, all others have intact tax seals. Cort King Size, Julep cork tip, Dunhill, Salom

Foam scrapers, or beer combs, were at one time fairly popular in taverns. Stopped being used due to sanitation rules. Scraper would be used on all

German American Brewers Journals from 1879 and 1883, both illustrated with brewing and other ads. Both have liquid stains, maybe beer? Sheet music-und

Joy Cigarette Cutter with reverse glass advertising on the front. The Joy cigar tin at top has been cut down, and the reverse glass advertising is not

Just Suits Cut Plug Tin, Buchanan and Lyle, New York, NY. Hinged top. Some rust inside and outside. Approx 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches. State: City:

Metal front plate for a cigar cutter with .75" cigar hole. Recessed red Pauline Hall Havana Cigar. 4.5x6". Some rust. State: City: Da...

Item # 1 of 6 : Complete pipe with stem. Perfect, early pottery type pipe. 5 1/4" long, embossed, but unclear. item # 2 of 6 : Complete pipe ...

Lot of fourteen poker chips from: Bill's Golden, the 500 Club and REX. Daniel Manassillian Collection. State: California City: Clovis Date: ...

Lot of 69 red, white and blue poker chips stamped "Nisei Post #8499 / V.F.W. / Fresno, California. Daniel Manassillian Collection. State: Cal...

Lot of 48 chips from the Table Mountain Casino in Friant. 25c ,50c and $1 denominations.The Table Mountain Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe o

Lot of 23 Central Valley Casino chips. Big Sandy Rancheria, Sundowner Reno, Sam Boyd's Fremont, Las Vegas; Chukchansi Gold; Eagle Mountain; Jack...

Framed and matted 5x9" photo of a MT town with a horse drawn WL Bailey transit trailer. 4x6" framed and matted repro of Orvando Hotel. ...

One of the first casinos at Lake Tahoe. Eleven 25c red chips.Norman Reinburg opened "Dopey Norman's" in 1953, after running a club in ...

McGill The Man The Town The Bar by Allen, A Salute to White Pines Gold Stars, Romancing Nevada's Past by Hall, Pictorial History of White Pine C...

Lot of eighteen pieces: Fitzgerald's, Luxor, Excaliber, Golden Nugget, Cal Neva Lodge Lake Tahoe, Desert Inn chips. Las Vegas Dollar. Nevada Coi...

Five small bone dice, about 1/3" square; ten early blank gaming chips, 1.3" diameter; three early gaming chips one with a fancy "5&qu...

Two gaming counters: one the size of a $10 gold piece dated 1849; a Weil & Co. the size of a $20 gold piece. State: City: Date: HWAC# 8...

65 decks of cards in original packages including many United Airlines, Western Airlines and other advertising decks. State: City: Date: HWAC#

1948 classic baseball electro-mechanical pinball machine. This machine is "museum quality". It has been partially restored and is in gener...

Thirty four gaming chips, many stamped "MB" probably from the Fresno area. Daniel Manassillian Collection. State: City: Date: HWA...

# 43 for 100 shares (hand written) of 10,000 shares total to M Greenberg. Signed by secretary Otto Ryst and president Ernest H Ludwig. Dateline 1897.

Twenty share of Jualin Alaska Mines Company, number 0.207 dated October 1, 1919. Blue and white border, Eagle vignette. Great condition. Defunct gol

Lot of 7 black and white and sepia photographs of the Nome Region, c.1901. They range in size from 3.75 x 4" to 6.75 x 4.75." Two views s...

Five hundred shares of Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Company, Ltd. number 9972 issued to Stewart Robertson, Investrara Scotland on November 15, 1909. Sig

Two stock certificates from Alaska Gold Mines Company. Vignette of eagle with spread wings. Peter Periconi, collection. 1) Ten shares of Alaska Gol

Twenty - five thousand shares of capital stock of Alaska Calumet Copper Company, number 298 issued to A Fuenman Evans. Signed A. Fuenman Evans, secr

Two different capital stock certificates and one First Mortgage and Collateral Trust Convertible Gold Bond. 1) One hundred shares of Alaska Copper C

One share of Alaska Consolidated Gold Mining Company, number 3 incorporated in territory of Arizona on December 16, 1902, signed by H. C. Eirkimeier,

Three Alaska Copper Mining stock - very nice condition. 1) One thousand shares of capital stock in Alaska United Copper Exploration Company, number 1

Two different Alaska Gold Mine stocks and one bond. 1) Uncancelled one hundred shares of Alaska Gold Mines Company, number NY6272, dated and counter

Ten thousand shares of capital stock of Alaska Gold Syndicate Company, number 979, dated February 25, 1897. Signed by E. H. Denslow, president. To a

Five Hundred shares of Alaska Gold-Belt Company (mines at Juneau, Alaska) interim receipt, number 602 issued to V. H. Lassen, signed by S. Makeevez, p

One hundred shares ( number 142608 - 142707) of Alaska Goldfields Limited, certificate number 3828, dated June 22, 1920. Four stamps dated between Ja

Three hundred and twelve shares of uncancelled capital shares, number 49 issued to William Power Wilson. Alaska Mildred Gold Mining Company is an Al

Lot of 4. 1) Two stereoviews: Kilburn "Bird's-eye view of Bennett City, Alaska, c.1899" and Keystone "Starting for the Gold Field...

One thousand shares of Alaska Petroleum & Coal Company, number 10444, dated September 16, 1919 issued to G. S. Clark. Assigned September 16, 19...