HISTORIC ESTATE AUCTION Burley Auction 20th Anniversary Celebration

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You are invited to join us in celebrating our 20th anniversary Saturday November 16th starting at noon, with a fantastic auction featuring a collection of rare historic items from the legendary Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays estate. Republic of Texas era photos, documents, books, maps, medals, & signatures from the John C. Hays estate. Plus Alamo battlefield relics, Santa Anna items, early Texas Ranger items, early San Francisco gold rush era items, antique guns, Colts & Winchesters, old west relics & more. A pair of massive live longhorn steers, Willie & Waylon, that have been together their entire lives. Plus a fine collection of neon signs, country store advertising, whiskey & saloon advertising, Texas beer signs, African trophy taxidermy mounts, gold & silver coins, estate jewelry, Rolex watches, & more. Plus items that relate to our last twenty years of the best live auctions in Texas. Items from Roy Rogers, Ted Nugent, Texas Ranger Jack Dean, Ray Benson, Eddie Wilson & the Armadillo World Headquarters, Chet Downs, Donald Yena, Moody Anderson / The Grove, The Franks Bros./ Willie Nelson, & many more that have made the last twenty years possible. Please make plans to join us for a great auction & after party. 20%BP (+5% online) TX#15184 Burley Auction 2004-2024. BurleyAuction.com
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Texas Ranger Jack Hays Centennial Exposition Cases50 - Texas Ranger Jack Hays Centennial Exposition Cases
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Two of the original trunks used to deliver the Texas Ranger John "Jack" Coffee Hays artifacts to the 1936 Texas Centennial Exposition in D...
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John Coffee Hays' California Masonic Lodge Medal51 - John Coffee Hays' California Masonic Lodge Medal
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From the Applewhite-Clark Collection. Legendary Texas Ranger, first Sheriff of San Francisco in 1850. Texas State Historical Association describes Jac
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Daguerreotype of Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays52 - Daguerreotype of Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Daguerreotype of young John C. Hays (1/6 plate) 2" x 2.5" One of the earliest know...
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Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays' Compass53 - Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays' Compass
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From the Applewhite-Clark Collection. Wood cased compassed owned by famed Texas Ranger John "Jack" Coffee Hays. Manufactured by W. & L...
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Texas Ranger Col. John C. Hays Tiffany Aztec Medal54 - Texas Ranger Col. John C. Hays Tiffany Aztec Medal
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Aztec Club 1847-1897 medal, made by Tiffany & Co. and engraved on the edge "Col. Jo...
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Early Photograph of Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays55 - Early Photograph of Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Daguerreotype of John Hays as a young man (1/6 plate) 2.75" x 3.25" From the Apple...
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John Coffee Hays' Surveyor Compass56 - John Coffee Hays' Surveyor Compass
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From the Applewhite-Clark Collection.Wood cased 2.75" x 6.75" x 6.75" In addition to being a fmaous Texas Ranger, Jack Hays was also ...
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John Coffee Hays Cased Daguerreotype57 - John Coffee Hays Cased Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Daguerreotype of John C. Hays, 1/6 plate. Legendary Texas Ranger, first Sheriff of San Franci
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Ivory Head Cane From The Santa Anna Collection58 - Ivory Head Cane From The Santa Anna Collection
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36" length. From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Attributed to Mexican President and General Santa Anna during the Mexican
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Mexican General Santa Anna's Pommel Holsters59 - Mexican General Santa Anna's Pommel Holsters
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Morocco Leather Pommel holsters. From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Attributed to Mexican President and General Santa Anna during
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Mexican General Santa Anna's Holster60 - Mexican General Santa Anna's Holster
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Gold bullion holster for percussion pistol attributed to Mexican President and General Santa A
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Texas Ranger Captain Jacob Roberts, Daguerreotype61 - Texas Ranger Captain Jacob Roberts, Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Daguerreotype: image of Captain Jacob Roberts, a Texas Ranger under Hays. 1/6 plate. Early cas
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Texas Governor JP Henderson & Wife, Daguerreotype62 - Texas Governor JP Henderson & Wife, Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Double Daguerreotype case of images of First State of Texas Governor J. P. Henderson and his w
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Mary Ann Maverick, Texas Pioneer Daguerreotype63 - Mary Ann Maverick, Texas Pioneer Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Daguerreotype: Circa 1849 image of Mary Maverick, Texas friend of Susan Hays. Mary Ann Adams M
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Mary Ann Maverick, Texas Pioneer Daguerreotype64 - Mary Ann Maverick, Texas Pioneer Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Daguerreotype: Circa 1853 image of Mary Maverick, Texas friend of Susan Hays. Mary Ann Adams M
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Samuel M. Maverick, Texas Pioneer Daguerreotype65 - Samuel M. Maverick, Texas Pioneer Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. A leading figure in the Texas Republic, Samuel Augustus Maverick (July 23, 1803 – Sep
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John Coffee Hays' California Deed Record Book66 - John Coffee Hays' California Deed Record Book
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From the Applewhite-Clark Collection. Land Title Office Abstract Book for Alameda County, California. Copies of Land transactions and descriptions in
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RIP Ford Texas Ranger & Gen Joe Lane Daguerrotype67 - RIP Ford Texas Ranger & Gen Joe Lane Daguerrotype
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Daguerreotype photograph of legendary Texas Ranger RIP Ford with General Joe Lane. John Salmon Ford was a doctor, lawyer, journalist, Confederate Colo
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TX Ranger John Coffee Hays Survey/Drafting Tools68 - TX Ranger John Coffee Hays Survey/Drafting Tools
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays' Cased Draft Compass. Hays Later became Land Survey Genera...
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Swante Magnus Swenson Daguerreotype Texas Rancher69 - Swante Magnus Swenson Daguerreotype Texas Rancher
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Swante Magnus Swenson (February 24, 1816 – June 13, 1896) a good friend of John C. Ha
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Eliza Calvert Hays Cased Daguerreotype Photograph70 - Eliza Calvert Hays Cased Daguerreotype Photograph
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Elizabeth Cage Hays, black servant that came to California with Susan Hays in 1850. Eliza marr
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Molly and Eliza Brown Cased Daguerreotype Photo71 - Molly and Eliza Brown Cased Daguerreotype Photo
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Image of Molly and Eliza Brown, daughters of Eliza and Henry Brown, beloved Hays' family...
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Susan C. Hays Daguerreotype Photograph72 - Susan C. Hays Daguerreotype Photograph
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Susan Calvert Hays, wife of famed Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays, married April 29, 1847 at the
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Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays Match Safe73 - Texas Ranger John Coffee Hays Match Safe
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. "Smith's Patent January 17, 1860" Spring loaded for match delivery, still in g...
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Thomas P. Johnson Daguerreotype San Francisco74 - Thomas P. Johnson Daguerreotype San Francisco
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. One of three of the first San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs hired in the Department's histor...
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John A. Freaner Daguerreotype Photograph75 - John A. Freaner Daguerreotype Photograph
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. One of three of the first San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs hired in the Department's histor...
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John A. Sutter California Gold Rush Daguerreotype76 - John A. Sutter California Gold Rush Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Largely responsible for the Gold Rush discovery, one of Sutter's most trusted employees,...
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Capt. Brown's House Gold Rush Ambrotype c.185977 - Capt. Brown's House Gold Rush Ambrotype c.1859
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Captain Brown's House; An old friend from Texas, the Hays Family lived temporarily with ...
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Henry Durant Ambrotype c.1860 Photograph78 - Henry Durant Ambrotype c.1860 Photograph
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Henry Durant (June 18, 1802 in Acton, Massachusetts – January 22, 1875 in Oakland, Ca
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John Clar Daguerreotype Photograph79 - John Clar Daguerreotype Photograph
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Clar, John, (1813-1884), Daguerreotype circa 1852 of John Clar, Hays’ family friend i
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Aztec Club of 1847 Medal 75th Anniversary80 - Aztec Club of 1847 Medal 75th Anniversary
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From the John Coffee hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Struck in Paris by A. Bacqueville, 1922 and distributed upon subscription of members of the Cl
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Mexican War General Joe Lane, Cased Daguerreotype81 - Mexican War General Joe Lane, Cased Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Circa 1847-1848, General Joe Lane in Mexican War Uniform. He was Colonel Hays Commanding Offic
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Leander Ransome Daguerreotypes c.1855 California82 - Leander Ransome Daguerreotypes c.1855 California
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Two cased daguerreotypes, one portrait of Pioneer California Land Surveyor, Leander Ransome, a
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John Twohig San Antonio Texas Daguerreotype83 - John Twohig San Antonio Texas Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. John Twohig(1806-1891), brother-in-law to John C. Hays. San Antonio merchant and banker, known
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General Q.P. Haven, Masonic Ambrotype c.185884 - General Q.P. Haven, Masonic Ambrotype c.1858
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. General Q. P. Haven, member of the California Militia and a good friend of Hays. Haven was ord
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Steven F. Austin, Cased Daguerreotype85 - Steven F. Austin, Cased Daguerreotype
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From the John Coffee Hays, Applewhite-Clark Collection. Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793–December 27, 1836) Daguerreotype from a paint
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Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation86 - Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation
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Small cannon balls , horseshoe fragment, clothing buttons, and soil from dig. Excavation 2008-2010
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Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation87 - Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation
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grape shot
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Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation88 - Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation
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Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation
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Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation89 - Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation
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Alamo Battlefield Relics From 2008 Excavation
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Spencer .52 Cal. Lever Carbine90 - Spencer .52 Cal. Lever Carbine
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S/N 58019. 22" barrel, bore retains strong rifling. Action is sound. G.N.G. inspection marks on stock. Likely post Civil War as Stabler Cutoff ...
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Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor SRC .45-7091 - Springfield Model 1873 Trapdoor SRC .45-70
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S/N 128613. 22" barrel, bore is dark with rifling present. Action works, bar and saddle ring retained. US stamped on butt plate. Screws in good...
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Smith & Wesson No. 3 Target Model .44 Russian92 - Smith & Wesson No. 3 Target Model .44 Russian
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SN 33885, copy of S&W Historian letter notes shipment on February 12, 1903 to Andre, Schaub & Pioso, Paris, France, and New York City. Excel...
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Winchester 1886 Deluxe Lever Action Rifle .45-7093 - Winchester 1886 Deluxe Lever Action Rifle .45-70
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S/N 89088, manufactured 1894. Octagon 26" barrel, deluxe wood stock, flip-up rear tang sight, adjustable set trigger. Antique.
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Start Price : 10,000.00 | Estimate : 20,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Factory Engraved 1864 Henry Rifle94 - Factory Engraved 1864 Henry Rifle
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Serial #5384. Original factory engraving by Samuel J. Hoggson on the receiver and buttplate. Hoggson performed most of the engraving work for New Have
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Sharps Wyoming Shipped Buffalo Rifle .40 Cal95 - Sharps Wyoming Shipped Buffalo Rifle .40 Cal
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SN 88726. Iron Springs, Wyoming shipped Sharps .40 caliber rifle. Rare R.S. Lawrence conversion. 24" heavy octagon barrel with good rifling. Si...
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Sharps Custom Deluxe Denver Shipped Buffalo Rifle96 - Sharps Custom Deluxe Denver Shipped Buffalo Rifle
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SN C53635, Sharps historian notes this rifle was originally ordered in 1871 to General Hawley of Hartford, Connecticut. Joseph Roswell Hawley, being a
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Robert Harrison Bluebonnet Landscape Oil Painting97 - Robert Harrison Bluebonnet Landscape Oil Painting
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Beautifully framed bluebonnet landscape painting by well-known Texas artist Robert Harrison; Oil on canvas, 30" x 40". Frame measures 37 1...
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James B. Robinson Bovines Original Oil Painting98 - James B. Robinson Bovines Original Oil Painting
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"Bovines" 24" x 36; frame, 31" x 41".
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Pair of Huge Texas Longhorn Steers99 - Pair of Huge Texas Longhorn Steers
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"Willie & Waylon" pure bred Texas Longhorn steers that have been pasture mates their entire life.
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