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
All items sold as is where is. See photos for condition, email info@burleyauction.com or call 830-629-9280 (Prior to sale day) if you have specific condition questions.

Winning bidders will receive an invoice on or before end-of-day Tuesday following the auction.
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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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