Legacy of Luxury: Native American Beadwork, Navajo Rugs & 18th C. French Artistry Sale

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North American Auction Co. is proud to invite you to our March 2025 premier collector auction, Legacy of Luxury: Native American Beadwork, Navajo Rugs & 18th-C. French Artistry. The sale, on March 29th, includes a truly high-end collection from high-level 19th-century Navajo blankets, early Sioux to Arapaho beaded pipe bag collections, Western, Fly Fishing, and a fine collection of 17th- to 18th-century French furniture. The sale also includes historic firearms, weapons, and antiquities from the west.



Preview Friday March 28th, 10am to 5pm

Auction Saturday, March 29th, at 9am Mountain Time.

Located at 34156 E Frontage Rd. Bozeman, MT 59715



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D.F. Barry Ca. 1885- Standing Rock Agency Photo702 - D.F. Barry Ca. 1885- Standing Rock Agency Photo
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Presented in this lot is an Original D. F. Barry Photograph, "Killing Cattle at Standing Rock Agency, Dakota Territory", circa 1885-1890, ...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Ca. 1935 Kolb Brothers Bright Angel Trail Photo703 - Ca. 1935 Kolb Brothers Bright Angel Trail Photo
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Featured in this lot is this Kolb Brothers "Bright Angel Trail" #93 photograph circa 1935. The photograph features a wonderfully and profe...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
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U.S. Department of Ag. Forest Service Signs (2)704 - U.S. Department of Ag. Forest Service Signs (2)
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Featured in this lot are two U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service signs circa early to mid 1900s. The first sign shows a yellow colored base
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
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Arcade MFG. Company Cast Iron Car & Truck 1930-40s705 - Arcade MFG. Company Cast Iron Car & Truck 1930-40s
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Featured in this lot are two, cast iron toy cars made by Arcade Manufacturing Company circa 1930-40s. Charles and Fred Lauer began the company in 1885
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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Louis Marx & Co. Wind Up Tin Tractor c. 1940-50s706 - Louis Marx & Co. Wind Up Tin Tractor c. 1940-50s
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Featured in this lot is this Louis Marx & Company windup, Power Snap Caterpillar Climbing Tractor circa 1940-50s. Louis B. Marx, born on August ...
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Low Country Gullah Sweet Grass Bread Basket707 - Low Country Gullah Sweet Grass Bread Basket
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Featured in this lot is this Low Country Gullah sweet grass bread basket. The bread basket features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sweet gra
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
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Smith & Wesson, Remington & Winchester Gun Manuals708 - Smith & Wesson, Remington & Winchester Gun Manuals
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For your consideration are various Smith & Wesson, Winchester and Remington gun catalogs and take down / assembly manuals from 1950-70s. Include...
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B.K.Wheeler "Wheeler For President Club" MT Poster709 - B.K.Wheeler "Wheeler For President Club" MT Poster
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Featured in this lot is this original political poster from Burton K. Wheeler's campaign for Montana Senator between 1923 and 1947. Burton Kenda...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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Hunter and Trapper, Halsey Thrasher 1st Ed 1868710 - Hunter and Trapper, Halsey Thrasher 1st Ed 1868
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Included in this lot is a Rare First Edition of "Hunter and Trapper", by Halsey Thrasher, 1868, Orange Judd Company publishers, New York. ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Navajo Silver Pearl & Turquoise Beaded Necklace711 - Navajo Silver Pearl & Turquoise Beaded Necklace
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Featured in this lot is this Navajo silver pearl or Navajo pearl turquoise beaded necklace. The necklace features a wonderfully and professionally cra
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
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Taxco, Mexico Sterling Silver Jasper Jet Necklace712 - Taxco, Mexico Sterling Silver Jasper Jet Necklace
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Featured in this lot is this Taxco, Mexico sterling silver jasper jet necklace. The necklace features a wonderfully and professionally crafted sterlin
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Rare Parker Hale Oak Leather & Brass Shotgun Case713 - Rare Parker Hale Oak Leather & Brass Shotgun Case
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Presented in this lot is a Rare Parker Hale Oak Leather and Brass Shotgun Case, circa 1930 to 1950s. Parker-Hale Ltd. was a British firearms manufactu
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
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Navajo Red Branch Coral & Heishi Beaded Necklaces714 - Navajo Red Branch Coral & Heishi Beaded Necklaces
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Featured in this lot is this Navajo red branch coral and heishi beaded necklaces. There are two necklaces in this collection both are designed the sam
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Navajo Heishi & Bone Bird Fetish Necklace c. 1960s715 - Navajo Heishi & Bone Bird Fetish Necklace c. 1960s
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Featured in this lot is this Navajo heishi and bone bird fetish necklace circa 1960's. The necklace features a wonderfully and professionally cr...
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Inland-Empire Biscuit Co. Metal Cracker Box 1906716 - Inland-Empire Biscuit Co. Metal Cracker Box 1906
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Featured in this lot is this Inland-Empire Biscuit company metal cracker box from 1906. The Inland Empire Biscuit Company was a biscuit company in Spo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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Ca. 1911 Glacier Nat'l Park Montana Topo Map717 - Ca. 1911 Glacier Nat'l Park Montana Topo Map
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For your consideration is this Topographic Map of Glacier National Park, Montana, surveyed between 1900-1904 & 1907-1910, engraved and published...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
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Unmarked Split Willow & Leather Fishing Creels (2)718 - Unmarked Split Willow & Leather Fishing Creels (2)
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For your consideration are two, unmarked split willow and leather creels from the early 20th century. These creels resemble the style and looks of two
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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Antique Polo Player Equestrian Bronze Sculpture719 - Antique Polo Player Equestrian Bronze Sculpture
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For your consideration is this antique bronze sculpture of a polo player sitting on his horse, a truly beautiful equestrian bronze. This sculpture sho
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (1,600.00) = 1,600.00
 
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"Kit Carson Pioneer Of The West" J.S. Abbott 1873720 - "Kit Carson Pioneer Of The West" J.S. Abbott 1873
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Featured in this lot is this 1873 edition of, "Kit Carson, The Pioneer Of The West" by John S. C. Abbott, illustrated by Eleanor Greatorex...
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German & French Binoculars c. 1910-1920s (2)721 - German & French Binoculars c. 1910-1920s (2)
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Featured in this lot are two leather wrapped and brass binoculars from two different manufacturers circa early 1900s. The first is a Jena Special made
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to Valpurdy for (100.00 + 28.00BP) = 128.00
 
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MT Fish & Game Commission "Game Preserve" Sign722 - MT Fish & Game Commission "Game Preserve" Sign
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Featured in this lot is this original Montana State Fish & Game Commission game preserve sign from the late 1900s. This sign would have been pos...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
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Montana State Fish & Game "Water Closed" Sign723 - Montana State Fish & Game "Water Closed" Sign
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For your consideration is this Montana State Fish & Gam Commission sign circa mid 1900s. This sign shows a red color with a white border and whi...
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"When We Were Very Young" by A. Milne 10th Ed 1925724 - "When We Were Very Young" by A. Milne 10th Ed 1925
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For your consideration is this tenth edition (1925) of, "When We Were Very Young" by A.A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie-the-P...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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Bell Bros Havre Panoramic Photo Print Ringling, MT725 - Bell Bros Havre Panoramic Photo Print Ringling, MT
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For your consideration is this large framed print of the Bell Brothers original panoramic photo of Ringling, Montana in July 1916. The Bell Brothers w
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1837 Histoire de la Révolution Française A. Thiers726 - 1837 Histoire de la Révolution Française A. Thiers
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Featured in this lot is Volume I of, "Histoire de la Révolution Française", written by Adolphe Thiers and published in Paris by ...
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Holbrook, Arizona Triassic Hi-Qual Petrified Wood727 - Holbrook, Arizona Triassic Hi-Qual Petrified Wood
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Featured in this lot is this Holbrook, Arizona Triassic Period high quality petrified wood. The petrified wood sample features a wonderfully preserved
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Agatized Jurassic Era Dinosaur Bone 200m Years Old728 - Agatized Jurassic Era Dinosaur Bone 200m Years Old
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Featured in this lot is this agatized Jurassic Era dinosaur bone fragments circa 200 - 145 million years old. The collection of fragments feature a wo
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Ca. 1980s Hollywood Regency Brass Deer Sculpture729 - Ca. 1980s Hollywood Regency Brass Deer Sculpture
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Featured in this lot is this Hollywood Regency brass deer sculpture circa 1980's. The sculpture features a wonderfully and professionally crafte...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,800.00
 
 
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Great Falls Meat Company "Pure Lard" Steel Bucket730 - Great Falls Meat Company "Pure Lard" Steel Bucket
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Featured in this lot is this Great Falls Meat Company pure lard steel bucket. The bucket features a steel construction with a brass coloring coating t
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Hardy Bros Wicker "Perfect" Model Fishing Creel731 - Hardy Bros Wicker "Perfect" Model Fishing Creel
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For your consideration is this early 20th century fishing creel "Perfect" model made by Hardy Bros LTD in England. Hardy Bros. Ltd., found...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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Edwardian Period Frosted Glass & Silver Plate Jar732 - Edwardian Period Frosted Glass & Silver Plate Jar
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For your consideration is this Edwardian period silver plated and frosted glass biscuit barrel from the early 1900s. This is a nice frosted glass piec
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"América Pintoresca" 1884 Pub. By Montaner y Simón733 - "América Pintoresca" 1884 Pub. By Montaner y Simón
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For your consideration is this 1884 edition of, "América Pintoresca" from the accounts of notable explorers Carlos Wiener, Doctor Cre...
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"Le Magasin Pittoresque" by Édouard Charton 1881734 - "Le Magasin Pittoresque" by Édouard Charton 1881
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Featured in this lot is this marbled board and leather bound 1881 edition of, "Le Magasin Pittoresque" an illustrated French magazine, des...
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"Denise" by Aurélien Scholl Limited Edition 1884735 - "Denise" by Aurélien Scholl Limited Edition 1884
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For your consideration is this 1884 limited edition of "Denise" by Aurélien Scholl, published in Paris by Ed. Rouveyre et G. Blond at...
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Edgar S. Paxson "Curley" Print & Book c. 1984736 - Edgar S. Paxson "Curley" Print & Book c. 1984
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Featured in this lot is this framed print of Curley, a Crow Indian scout, done by Edgar Samuel Paxson and an E.S. Paxson book titled, "E.S. Pax...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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Robert Wood (1889-1979) "Dawn" Framed Print737 - Robert Wood (1889-1979) "Dawn" Framed Print
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Featured in this lot is this framed Robert Wood (1889-1979) print titled, "Dawn", originally painted in the 1920s. Robert William Wood (18...
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R Atkinson Fox Framed Print After Maxfield Parrish738 - R Atkinson Fox Framed Print After Maxfield Parrish
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For your consideration is this framed print titled, "Love's Paradise" done in the style of Maxfield Parrish, painted by R. Atkinson Fo...
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John L. Stoddard Lecture Books 1898-1901 (2)739 - John L. Stoddard Lecture Books 1898-1901 (2)
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For your consideration are two, first edition John L. Stoddard lecture books titled, "John L. Stoddard's Lectures – Volume IX - Scotl...
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Anheuser-Busch Budweiser "King of Beers" Sign 1960740 - Anheuser-Busch Budweiser "King of Beers" Sign 1960
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For your consideration is this 1960s Anheuser-Busch Budweiser "King of Beers" convex oval advertisement sign. In St. Louis, Missouri, Anhe...
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1928 Custer: The Last of the Cavaliers by F. Hunt741 - 1928 Custer: The Last of the Cavaliers by F. Hunt
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Featured in this lot is this 1928 edition of Custer: The Last of the Cavaliers by Frazier Hunt. The book features a wonderfully and professionally cra
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 125.00 - 300.00
 
 
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19th C. Ockert's Jagd-Album & Antler Frame Carved742 - 19th C. Ockert's Jagd-Album & Antler Frame Carved
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Featured in this lot is this antler frame and photogravure with a hunting scene from Ockert's Jagd-Album, a well-known German hunting art series...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
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Native American & Westward Expansion Books 1903-43743 - Native American & Westward Expansion Books 1903-43
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Featured in this lot are five, Native American & Western expansion books from various artists from 1903 to 1943. The books included in this lot ...
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Painted Cast Iron Irish Setter Door Stop 20th C.744 - Painted Cast Iron Irish Setter Door Stop 20th C.
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Featured in this lot is this painted cast iron Irish Setter dog door stop from the early 20th century, attributed to Hubley Manufacturing Company. Thi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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Nevada Ore Samples Collection745 - Nevada Ore Samples Collection
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Presented in this lot is a Nevada Ore Sample Collection of Turquoise, Chrysocolla, Green Malachite, Azurite Malachite. Nevada is home to many minerals
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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A.S. Campbell (1840-1912) "The Tiger Head" Print746 - A.S. Campbell (1840-1912) "The Tiger Head" Print
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Featured in this lot is this framed print, originally taken by Alfred S. Campbell, of Evelyn Nesbit posing on a tiger rug, titled, "The Tiger H...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
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Leonard Young Bear (1929-2014) Original Litho 1974747 - Leonard Young Bear (1929-2014) Original Litho 1974
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Featured in this lot is this Leonard Young Bear (1929-2014) lithograph of a Native American man done in 1974. Leonard was born on September 3, 1929 in
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C. 1890-1920 Bamboo Leather Ski Poles748 - C. 1890-1920 Bamboo Leather Ski Poles
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In this lot is a pair of vintage bamboo ski poles. These bamboo ski poles have unique original leather knob grips with leather straps. These poles als
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The Butte Miner (MT) Oct. 29th, 1924 KKK Headline749 - The Butte Miner (MT) Oct. 29th, 1924 KKK Headline
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Featured in this lot is this framed newspaper from Butte, Montana's newspaper, The Butte Miner with the headline reading, "Ku Klux Klan Org...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
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Rare Ammonite Defined Suture 5 1/4" Fossil750 - Rare Ammonite Defined Suture 5 1/4" Fossil
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Featured in this lot is this rare Ammonite defined suture 5 1/4" fossil. The fossil is encased in stone with excellent Ammonite sutures present...
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Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
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Ca. 1920 Arthur Pillsbury Orotone Photograph751 - Ca. 1920 Arthur Pillsbury Orotone Photograph
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For your consideration is an Original Arthur Pillsbury Orotone, "Birch Trees By Water", circa 1920, in original frame. Arthur Clarence Pil...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
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