"Marvels of the West" 2024 January Auction

Minox mini tripod and adapter (adapter in original box). Please see the story in Lot 3200

Manufactured in Riga, Latvia circa 1938, the VEF Riga has a three-element flat film plane lens. Rare purse type case. Reportedly taken off a German so

Manufactured in USSR circa 1941. Calibrated in meters. Kodak X and Minox Dokul film. (Serial number 10055).This is one of the rarest of all mini &q...

Made in Germany, in original box. Minox Viewer-cutter. The transparency viewer and slide cutter was first shown at Photokina in 1954. It cuts a singl

Nikoh Manufacturing Company of Japan introduced a butane gas lighter combined with a subminiature camera, using Minox cassettes. It was fitted with a

The original Minox camera made in Riga, Latvia, circa 1938, at the V.E.F. Building. In original leather case, with letter explaining the history: whe

Manufactured by Rollei-Werke, in West Germany. Camera is chrome with black leather trim body covering. The lens is a Carl Zeiss Tessar f/2.8, 25 mm. I

Manufactured by Riken Optical Co., Japan. Camera body is nickel, with partial black leather body covering. The lens is f/3.5 and has a lens cap. In a

Nice c. 1900 Miami Concentrator City booklet with foldout Miami, AZ area panorama, closed booklet is 5.25x7.25", front cover has a few nicks. M...

About 25 Carson City Wells Fargo checks, receipts and ephemera, c. 1897-1907. City: Canon City, State: California Canon City California

18x Downieville Documents including Newspapers, Bank Checks and Photographs: 1) 4x The Mountain Messenger Newspapers: #31 from Dec 15, 1888; #24 from

group of about 25-30 documents from various lodges around Dutch Flat, c 1880s-90s, that came from the Nicholls estate. City: Dutch Flat, State: Ca

Lot includes: 7x mining deeds. Six of the mining deeds are from in and around La Porte, Plumas County, California, the last is from Gibsonville, Sierr

Collection of memorabilia of famous banker Dixon Brabban, Lot of 21. He was born in London 1833, came over to California in 1849. Dixon Brabban was pa

Some extra rare photographs and 3x business cards from La Porte: 1) Photograph of the logging team in 1885, at Squier's sawmill near Whiskey, p...

5x Business Cards from the Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company Ltd (San Francisco) out of La Porte: 1) 2x large cardboard business ...

Lot includes: 1x handwritten letter from G.G. Clough, on G.G. Clough Attorney at Law letterhead. Dated October 12, 1874. Includes envelope, postmarked

Big Collection of Cards & Souvenirs mostly from La Porte, CA: 1) Photograph of Nelle Costello Miguel and Annie Williams, framed portrait, measur...

5x documents out of Quincy/La Porte areas, including 2x photographs: 1) Copy of Photograph taken of a 4-horse stage coach with 4 passengers, in front

Merchandise License #388 issued to G.M. Davidson for $11.25 from Sierra County for 3 months on Jun 1, 1854 in Pine Grove. This allowed Davidson to sel

Various Documents out of Saw Pit Flat (Lot of 4), Plumas County including 2x Deeds, 1x Bill of Sale and 1x funeral remembrance card: 1) Deed from Jul

Handwritten Claim Deed, 2 pages, James Crawford selling his claim to Ezra Miller for $1000 on Dec 5, 1862. Signed by S.H. Alley. Crawford was mentione

Todd's Valley Gold Rush Correspondence, Ware Family, 1854-1856. Five letters from father john Ware of Spencerburg, Missouri to his sons and daug...

18 c. 1864-1938 California checks. Highlights include rare 1864 Central Pacific Railroad, 1891 California Street Cable Railroad with vignette, 2 1877

Rare 1871 California Campaign Songster 35pp booklet, 6.75x4.5", cover issues. Sutro Bath admission price card 5x3". Golden Gate Park phot...

Two leather bound minute books of Placer County district court records c. 1851-55. Contains motions, appeals and other court proceedings. 13x8.75&qu...

Rare 1891 The People's Theatre Program with lots of ads, 14pp, 1" tear on front cover and first page, 6x8.5". Issued Mariposa Con Gold...

A rare find indeed! Original ledger for Thos. Cole Jr. & Co. Bankers in Idaho City during the Idaho gold rush of the 1860s. Cole & Co. had t...

Letter written in 1845 from Laura Sanborn of Charles Town West Virginia to her cousin Mary Park Chapman of Benton, Missouri. The handwriting is pretty

About 50 early c. 1876-1910, mostly older, billheads and letterheads, some pictorial. Bozeman Milling, J Basinski, Benepe Elevator, Philip Dodson, W M

1879 Kinna and Jack's hardware and stove manual with stove illustrations. Unbound, pages have edge wear. Please inspect. City: Butte City, S...

1880 coverless ledger. Pencil on cover states, "Perhaps this might have to do with L Marks At Diamond City/CaB. Entries pertain to general good...

3 Great Falls locally printed vest pocket guides. Rare, undated and missing title page, business directory with advertisements. 1895 aqua and magenta

Assortment of mostly Helena banking ephemera. About 45 checks, c. 1860-88, some with imprinted and adhesive RN's. Unused 1880's Merchants Na...

13 L H Hershfield & Bro checks to Chinese merchants, payable in gold. City: Helena, State: Montana Helena Montana

c. 1901-13 livery stable record book, likely Virginia0 City, MT. Unnamed livery sold bits, saddles, spurs etc. 12x7". Wear on spine, covers, d...

c. 1867-73 personal business ledger including Chinese merchants. We are unsure of who it belonged to. You can figure it out! 12x7.5". Has gotte...

3 bundles of S R Buford of Virginia City, MT personal invoices etc. with original string ties. Likely 100+ papers in the 3 bundles. City: Virginia C

4 mostly rare Virginia City checks, c. 1860's-1875. Ben Franklin vignette and another with no vignette on Henry Elling Banking House, 2 differen...

Virginia City, MT unknown merchant ledger book, c. 1891-94. 12.5x8.5". City: Virginia City, State: Montana Virginia City Montana

15 advertising covers with contents, many pictorials, addressed to Montana, c. 1888-1927. Carriages, tents etc. State: Montana Montana

Unbound H B Bryant journal/day book starts in New York in 1859 then progresses to Virginia City, MT in 1878. 12x7.5". State: Montana Mon...

Hotel Broadwater 1890 letterhead and 1924 original ledger page. State: Montana Montana

1899 letter and cover from the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) sent to S.R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. Re: order...

6 c. 1890-1910 Montana advertising pocket books. Mitchell Wagon, Oliver Plows, Mutual Life Insurance, A Y Bayne Contractors, Deering Harvester. About

144 different Montana checks, c. 1870's-1940's. Helena, Butte, Virginia City, Wyola, Townsend, Philipsburg, Rexford, Poplar, Manhattan, Whit...

Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Official Telephone Directories, 1905 and 1906. State: Montana Montana

5 letter heads from rare Montana Towns, c. 1875-92. Nevada City, 2x Big Sandy, Frenchtown, Crow Creek with tear and stain. State: Montana Montan

About 25 mostly Montana pictorial letterheads and billheads, c. 1874-1910. Ceretan Milling, Rosebud Perfume, Good Luck Shoe and Clothing, Sheffield Sa

Early c. 1878-81 S R Buford, Virginia City merchant cash book. Entries include Henry Elling etc. 14x9.25", leather bound. Spine and boards have...

1879 Anglo California Bank letterhead to an attorney about them having a lot of silver in the Carson City Mint inquiring about friends acting as perfo

500 Carson City checks, 5 different in groups of 100 each. Carson City Savings Bank-1876 with RNF. 1879 with RNG. 1873-81 with blue 2c adhesive revenu

14 Carson City savings Bank checks, c. 1875-83. 8 are signed by Geo B Hill with some RNG and RNF. Others have adhesive revenues. City: Carson City,

6 c. 1876-79 Carson City Savings Bank check paid in gold, silver or currency. RND and adhesive revenues. City: Carson City, State: Nevada Carso

8 different Carson City Savings Bank checks in groups of 5 each. 1877 with RNF, 1883 with bank vignette, 1875 with orange Washington adhesive revenue,

About 20 c. 1876-78 Carson City Savings Bank imprinted gold or currency checks. City: Carson City, State: Nevada Carson City Nevada

Unusual Eureka area ephemera from 6 ghost towns and more. Includes, stocks bonds, checks etc. 3x school bonds. Checks and receipts from Safford, Corte

About 40 Wells Fargo & Co. checks, c. 1877-1902 from Virginia City and Carson City. The 1877 with blue 2c adhesive revenue is rare. City: Vi...

1878 Winnemucca, NV, Buckeye Mowers and Reaper letterhead. Recount of Tom who left Catlow to go after his wagon and was never heard from since. Bill a

8 Nevada check payable in gold, silver and Mexican silver, c. 1868-1901. 1868 Wells Fargo in poor condition. State: Nevada Nevada

5 pieces of Nevada banking ephemera. 1902 Wells Fargo & Co. receipt, 1894 Bullion and Exchange Bank check, 1891 Gold Hill Assay receipt, 1901 Un...

About 20 Nevada checks, c. 1876-1906. Rarities include Brunswick Mill with RN, Walker River with RN, Anglo California Bank with RN and another with Sa

About 100 Nevada mostly Carson City checks, c. 1876-1906. Some with adhesive or imprinted revenue stamps. State: Nevada Nevada

Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad unissued stock. Issued 1937 National Leasing stock. 1864 letter signed by N O Arrington, a Nevada banker, Statler and A

About 80 Carson City checks. c. 1875-1907. Carson City Savings Bank with adhesive and imprinted revenues, State Bank and Trust, Angle California Bank,

1920 Applegate Furniture Bank of Eugened, to be paid $100 in gold coin. Columbia River Railroad photo 3.75x4.5". 1871 Corbett & Failing Fir...

Strickland & Seymour to receive $62.50. They were both part of the Roberts Company ñ the Fannin County Mounted Rangers. The company was in ...

About 20 advertising price list, some pictorial and color. Great Western Cereal, fruit, crackers, seeds, bags, cocoa, Karo syrup, vegetables etc.

Lot of about 35 tax paid receipts from the 1800s through 1900s. Taxes paid on distilled spirits, illuminating oil, oleomargarine, tobacco, wine, recti

Harperís Magazine, Four Volumes, with Nevada/Arizona Papers by J. Ross Browne. Volume 22, December, 1860 to May, 1861 includes ìPeep at Wa...

Over 40 items. Collection of odds and ends : Heads, Bodies and Legs book matching the different parts. Book "Story of Twine". Catalogs: ...

Lot includes: 1x wall sign, 'Everts, Wilson & Co. Express, Gold Dust Bought', measures approx. 24x18". Gold and silver lettering, m...

About 25 c. 1880-1905 pictorial letterheads, some color. Paper, crackers, cream, grocers, fruit, bags etc.

8 pieces of safes ephemera, c. 1875-84. Diebold, Norris. Hall's Fire and Burglar Proof Safes-mold and stain on 1. Mosler. Bahmann. Yale & Sa...

4 c. 1890-1919 tent company catalogs. 1919 Anderson Collapsible Auto-Tent and Bed, 8pp. 1890 Roberts Bros. Porch, Camping and Lawn, 20pp, top punched

This is a 20x26" framed poster for circus that toured 1935-1938 starring cowboy star Tom Mix and his "Wonder Horse" Tony. Large "...

About 75 trade cards in scrap book layout. Acme Soap, shaving, children, Hood's Sarsaparilla, frogs, sewing machines, mustard and more. Nice gro...

About 65 trade cards. Thread, linen, hop pills, cotton, soap, groceries and more.

Photo-Omaha railroad yard, 3.75x4.5". 1890 North Bend Fire Dept. ball ticket, 2.5x4", front spot, verso hinge residue. 11 c. 1863-1910'...

Seven vintage almanacs: 1) 1875 Hostetter's Illustrated (Pittsburgh, PA); 2) 1882 Ayer's American Almanac (Lowell, Mass.); 3) 1897 Hostetter...

Journal of the Eighth Congress of the Twenty-Ninth Year of the Independence of the United States. This very old record is not bound, is fragile, but s

A new discovery from the Prag Collection. Issued 1895 California Railway stock, issued to F M Smith. This is "Borax Smith" and signed clea...

5 famous Montana figures, signatures etc. Issued New IXL Mining stock to Joseph Kemp Toole, the 1st and 4th governor of Montana, signed by his estate

5 c. 1907 Goldfield Co Mining stocks with Geo Wingfield signatures. These are the first series of stocks from this mine and are scarce. City: Goldfi

6 Goldfield Cons Mining stocks. 4 Geo Wingfield signature on 1958 green, 1907 buff, 1934 bown and on 1947 blue Getchell. Also 1915 brown, 1920 brown a

Certificate of Declaration of Change in the List of Officers of the Corporation of the Pacific Mill & Mining Company. Signed by John W. Mackay,...

2 c. 1918 Lampazos Silver Mines stocks signed by G G Rice on verso. Rice was a mining con artist and was convicted of stock fraud for over-promotion o

4 i/c First National Bank stocks, c. 1910-24. These 4 all have different bank president signatures. National currency from this bank is especially rar

Certificate 1264 of 15513 issued to Dr. Enoch Edwards for 1 share of the North American Land Company, 1795. Not cancelled. Seal lower left, embossed.

6 issued mining stock with notable signatures. West End Cons. Mining, 1916 B F Edwards and 1922 F M "Borax" Smith. Goldfield Cons. Mining ...

Winthrop Rockefeller original caricature with his autograph as well as dozens of his associates. Noted as from Circus Saints and Sinners Testimonial,

Lot includes: 10x hand written promissory notes, datelined Strawberry Valley, between 1858-1862; 11x printed promissory notes, datelined Strawberry Va

Collection of nine badges from Great Council Sessions of the Degree of Pocahontas. Photo buttons of the Great Pocahontas from 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937,

About 25 pieces of Montana Freemasons ephemera, c. 1864-1926. Includes receipts, correspondences on letterheads, receipts, member booklets, lodge supp

About 20 pieces of c. late 1800's to early 1900's Montana Masonic ephemera including letters, checks, several lists of officers, 3 covers wi...

6 Montana Masonic booklets c. 1870-1896.Mostly Territorial-constitution, bylaws. State: Montana Montana

1865 Masonic First Grand Communication booklet with handwritten note on verso from a Virginia City member-spine separating, center vertical crease and

17 fraternal hats, mostly Montana related. Some numbered 5 and 48. A few ceremonial sashes too.

Lot of ten vintage I.O.O.F. badges and three miscellaneous: 1906 Toronto, Canada: Connecticut badge, Pennsylvania badge, Colorado badge, Nevada badge,

Assortment of Knights Templar ephemera. 1903 Third Degree certificate. 1876 Centennial event at ridley Park, PA. 1873 Good Templar, Fort Shaw M T. 187