Gems From The Treasure State

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Day 1:

Featuring the Estate Collection of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana

Mineral Specimens Including:

Iridium Nickel Iron Meteorite, 8kg Iron Meteorite, 460ct Gem Grade Aquamarine, Huge Collection of Montana Native Gold, Benitoite, Native Silver from Michigan and Norway, Electrum in Chalcedonite, Huge Collection of Museum Grade Covellite, Botryoidal Chalcopyrite, Australian Black Opal, Copper Skulls from Keweenaw Michigan, Watermelon Vivianite from Cobalt Idaho, Epidote from Prince of Wales Island, and so much more.

Antiques, Glassware, Art Glass, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonne, Fine Porcelain, Chinese Antiques and Jade, Montana History, truly a treasure trove of a day.

Day 2:

Highlights Include:

1651 Dated Dutch Desk Cannon, 1957 Fender Musicmaster Electric Guitar, 2001 Yamaha Kodiak 400 ATV, 1909 Coca Cola Playing Cards, Brass Native American Indian Tomahawk, John Bruce & Son Marine Chronometer, Rudy Ruana Knife Collection, Bronislaw Back Woodblock Collection, RF Ford Spurs, Cut Montana Yogo Sapphires, Norman Cherner Plycraft Pretzel Chairs, Highlander Beer Missoula Montana Neon Sign, Western Oil and Gas Exploration Photo Album, 1909 S VDB Graded Coin, Roland Reed Glacier National Park Photo, American Express Porcelain Sign, Gretsch Electromatic Tube Amp, Drawing of George Armstrong Custer, 14k Jaeger LeCoultre Bumper Automatic Watch, BSA Bantam Motorcycle, Lalique Ondines Vase, 1670s Saint Patrick New Jersey Coin, Kelley Brothers & Parker Spurs, and much much more.

Artwork: Carl Oscar Borg, Bill Owen, John Fery, Guy Carleton Wiggins, Lyonel Feininger, Mark Maggiori, Frederic Remington, Stockton Mulford, Gordon Phillips, Emile Albert Gruppe, Duane Bryers, Cassilly Adams, Bronislaw Bak, Jay Rummel, Roland Reed, Bob Barlow, Julie Oriet, Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, and many more.
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Native Gold in Quartz Montana Specimen851 - Native Gold in Quartz Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 3/4" by 1 5/8" by 1". 40.25 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (130.00) = 130.00
 
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Native Gold Wire in Quartz Montana Specimen852 - Native Gold Wire in Quartz Montana Specimen
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1 5/8" by 1 1/2" by 5/8". 30.6 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Gold Argentite Stephanite Montana Specimen853 - Gold Argentite Stephanite Montana Specimen
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Toston Montana 1950. 1 1/2" by 1 1/2" by 7/8". 67.6 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Angel Wing Golden Selenite Specimen854 - Angel Wing Golden Selenite Specimen
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3" by 2" by 1 5/8". 107.2 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Iron Pyrite on Calcite Butte Montana Specimen855 - Iron Pyrite on Calcite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3 3/8" by 3 1/8" by 1 5/8". 520 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Rhodonite with Calcite Butte Montana Specimen856 - Rhodonite with Calcite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
4 1/2" by 3 3/4" by 3 1/4". 1336 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Rhodochrosite with Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen857 - Rhodochrosite with Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Absolute stunner, Museum Grade. Emma Mine Butte Montana. 5 3/8" by 4" by 2 1/2". 1114 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty'...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to floor for (850.00) = 850.00
 
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Wurtzite Butte Montana Specimen858 - Wurtzite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
6 1/4" by 3 3/4" by 1 5/8". 724 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Native Silver Crystal Butte Montana Specimen859 - Native Silver Crystal Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3/4" by 1/2" by 1/2". 2.65 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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Native Gold in Quartz Montana Specimen860 - Native Gold in Quartz Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Was part of the Lila Dixon Lode discovered in 1941 in Phillipsburg Montana. 3 3/8" by 1 3/4" by 3/4". 90.8 grams. Provenance: From th...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (230.00) = 230.00
 
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Gold Ore in Quartz Montana Specimen861 - Gold Ore in Quartz Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 1 5/8" by 1 3/8". 100.65 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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Iron Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen862 - Iron Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3 1/2" by 2 3/4" by 1 3/4". 484 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Herkimer Diamond in Matrix New York Specimen863 - Herkimer Diamond in Matrix New York Specimen
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2 7/8" by 2 3/4" by 1 1/8". 114.75 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Unusual Mineral Specimen864 - Unusual Mineral Specimen
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Possibly some sort of fossil? Very unusual. 1 3/4" by 1 1/2" by 1 1/8". 55.6 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Enargite and Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen865 - Enargite and Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 5/8" by 1" by 3/4". 50.15 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Malachite Cork Ireland Specimen866 - Malachite Cork Ireland Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 1/2" by 1 1/8" by 7/8". 28.35 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Native Gold in Quartz Montana Specimen867 - Native Gold in Quartz Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2 3/8" by 1 3/4" by 1 3/8". 68.45 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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Copper on Silver Keweenaw Michigan Specimen868 - Copper on Silver Keweenaw Michigan Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2" by 3/4" by 5/8". 26.95 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Pyrite Cubes Butte Montana Specimen869 - Pyrite Cubes Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 1/8" by 1" by 1". 33.8 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Covellite Digenite Leonard Mine Butte Montana870 - Covellite Digenite Leonard Mine Butte Montana
Davis Brothers Auction
4 1/8" by 2 5/8" by 1 5/8". 512 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Sphalerite on Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen871 - Sphalerite on Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 2 1/4" by 1 1/4". 214.7 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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Galena & Sphalerite Elliston Montana Specimen872 - Galena & Sphalerite Elliston Montana Specimen
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Hard Luck Mine Elliston Montana. Collected in 1953. 2 5/8" by 2" by 7/8". 167.65 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Co...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to b****3 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Wood Copper Olivenite Butte Montana Specimen873 - Wood Copper Olivenite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3" by 2 1/2" by 1 1/4". 457 grams. Unusual specimen. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (15.00) = 15.00
 
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Copper Leached Wood Butte Montana Specimen874 - Copper Leached Wood Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Super unusual, copper has leached into the wood over time. You can see bands of the metal running through the wood like grain. 2 3/8" by 3/4&qu...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen875 - Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 5/8" by 1 1/4" by 3/4". 37.55 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Covellite Butte Montana Specimen876 - Covellite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 1/2" by 1 1/8" by 3/4". 32.35 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Iridescent Pyrite Quartz Steward Mine Specimen877 - Iridescent Pyrite Quartz Steward Mine Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Butte Montana. 1 1/2" by 1" by 1". 37.6 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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Pyrite Cubes Butte Montana Specimen878 - Pyrite Cubes Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 1/4" by 5/8" by 1/2". 13.55 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Pyrite on Sphalerite Butte Montana Specimen879 - Pyrite on Sphalerite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 5/8" by 1 5/8" by 1". 81.05 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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Pyrite on Sphalerite Butte Montana Specimen880 - Pyrite on Sphalerite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 5/8" by 1 1/2" by 5/8". 50.95 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen881 - Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 1/2" by 1 1/2" by 1". 71.1 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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Iron Pyrite on Calcite Butte Montana Specimen882 - Iron Pyrite on Calcite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2 3/4" by 2 1/4" by 1 1/2". 264.1 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Pyrite on Sphalerite Butte Montana Specimen883 - Pyrite on Sphalerite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3 1/4" by 2 1/4" by 1 3/4". 328 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Bornite on Quartz Steward Mine Specimen884 - Bornite on Quartz Steward Mine Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 2" by 1 3/8". 182.35 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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Siderite on Quartz Specimen885 - Siderite on Quartz Specimen
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Phenomenal Mineral Specimen. Locale Unknown. 3" by 3" by 1 5/8". 246.65 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (65.00) = 65.00
 
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Bornite on Quartz Butte Montana Specimen886 - Bornite on Quartz Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3 1/2" by 3" by 2 1/8". 293 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Exceptional Terminated Copper Crystal Specimen887 - Exceptional Terminated Copper Crystal Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Attribution in book reads Colorado, if this is the case, it is of Museum Quality. XRF machine tests as 97% copper with 1.5% of Iron and 1.5% of Silver
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (600.00) = 600.00
 
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Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen888 - Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
5 1/2" by 3" by 2 1/8". 917 grams. Stunning specimen. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Iridescent Pyrite Quartz Steward Mine Specimen889 - Iridescent Pyrite Quartz Steward Mine Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Butte Montana. 4 1/2" by 2 5/8" by 2 1/8". 668 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Colophanite Andradite Garnet Wollastonite Specimen890 - Colophanite Andradite Garnet Wollastonite Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Willsboro New York. Collected in 1952 by R.S. Ellis. 3" by 2 1/4" by 2 1/8". 355 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Co...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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Stunning Covellite Butte Montana Specimen891 - Stunning Covellite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
As good as it gets, one of the best examples ever taken out of Butte. 2 5/8" by 2 1/8" by 1 3/4". 150.85 grams. Provenance: From the ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to floor for (950.00) = 950.00
 
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Gold Crystal Mica Butte Montana Specimen892 - Gold Crystal Mica Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3" by 2 5/8" by 1 3/4". 265.25 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Kyanite Sponda Alp-Pizzo Forno Specimen893 - Kyanite Sponda Alp-Pizzo Forno Specimen
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Sponda Alp-Pizzo Forno Switzerland. 2 5/8" by 2 1/8" by 7/8". 76.55 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop But...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen894 - Enargite Copper Crystals Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
1 1/2" by 1" by 5/8". 30.2 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to floor for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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Iridescent Pyrite Enargite Butte Montana Specimen895 - Iridescent Pyrite Enargite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
2 1/2" by 2 1/4" by 1 1/2". 194.85 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Martite Hematite Pseudomorph Utah Specimen896 - Martite Hematite Pseudomorph Utah Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
3 1/2" by 2 1/2" by 1 5/8". 411 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to floor for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Gold Ore Charles Watson Mine Specimen897 - Gold Ore Charles Watson Mine Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Dillon Montana. 3 1/2" by 2 3/4" by 2 3/8". 402 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Covellite Butte Montana Specimen898 - Covellite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
4" by 2 3/8" by 2 1/8". 504 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (85.00) = 85.00
 
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Iron Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen899 - Iron Pyrite Butte Montana Specimen
Davis Brothers Auction
Leonard Mine. 3 5/8" by 2 1/2" by 1 3/4". 491 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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Pink Manganese Philipsburg Montana Specimen900 - Pink Manganese Philipsburg Montana Specimen
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4 1/2" by 3" by 2". Exceptional Specimen. 527 grams. Provenance: From the Estate of Kitty's Copper Shop Butte Montana.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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