Montana & The West Auction

Pair of Hand Cuffs: 19th C.

Antique Dice Collection: 18 pieces made of bakelite, wood & ivory. 3 sets of 5, a pair and a single die. Red set of five is stamped J.L. Leather...

Gun Barrel Hide Scraper: 19th C. probably used by Northern Plains Indians to scrap buffalo hides.

Map: Montana Idaho & Wyoming. 1886. Multi colored. Double page 15” x 22.

Map: Dakota. 1870 Circa. Multicolored. 16” x 14. Repaired small tear.

Map: Johnson’s Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. 1865. Multi colored. Double page 17” x 23. Rare Montana map wth Edgerton Country. Extensi

Book: Spring, Agnes Wright. 70 years Cow Country, Seventy years Panaromic History of the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association… Gillette, WY, 1942. 275 pp.

3 Pamphlets: a) Calamity Jane’s Diary and Letters. 1951. From the Library of artist J.K. Ralston. b) Range Murder: How the Red Sash Gang Dry Gulched D

Group of 3 Holladay Overland Mail & Express Co. pieces. Virginia City M.T. check, envelope & waybill with lithograph of 4 horse stagecoach w...

Group of 3 Holladay Overland Mail & Express Co. pieces. Two different deposit slips and a letterhead Exchange Advice Sheet. Ben Holiday’s Overla...

Photograph of M Troop of the 5th Cavalry, Rock Springs, WY. 9 ½” x 7 ½. Albumen print mounted on larger purple board with imprint of Johns...

Postcard Collection of Native American Indians. 273 cards of which 225 are turn of the century images covering tribes from the Montana Blackfeet to th

Calamity Jane Biography typed Manuscript entitled Beyond Lonely Camp Fires by Jean Hickock McCormick. 260 pp. with 2 photos apparently of McCormick. T

MT Territory Newspapers: The Dillon Tribune. Collection of Eleven 2 to 4 pp. illustrated papers. Various Dates 1883-1887. Very scarce. Good historic c

Collection of Eleven Dillon, MT. Territory Merchant Ledgers. 16pp. 1885 – 1892 mostly 1880’s.

The Old West of J.K. Ralston, 4 page colored brochure illustrated and hand signed by cowboy artist J.K. Ralston. 12 ½” x 9 ¼.

World Series Rodeo in Philadelphia & New York’s Madison Square Garden illustrated colored brochure. 1930. 8 pp. Panaromic photo of participants ...

Map: City of Butte indexed map., including Columbia Gardens and “Seeing Butte Cars”. R.R. Polk, 1909. Multi colored. 25” x 22 ¼”.

Map: National Highway Map of Montana. 1915 ca from Judge E.N. Harwood’s collection. 14” x 21”.

Archive of Judge E.N. Harwood memorabilia. 5 items, signed by Harwood. 1880’s – 1890. 1880’s Billings paper is scarce.

Map: The Black Hills of the Cheyenne. Map of the Explorations and Surveys made under the direction of Lt. Col. R.I.Dodge. 1875. 14” x 11”. This origin

Map: Montana Idaho and Wyoming,. F. Augustus Mitchell, 1881. Multi colored. 15 ¼” x 21 ¼.

Meagher, Thomas Francis. Rides Through Montana. 1867. Excerpt from Harper’s Magazine. 1st article written in Montana Territory. Illustrated by Peter T

C.M Russell quartet series of Just a Little Sunshine, Just a Little Rain, Just a Little Pleasure, & Just a Little Plain. Original color lithogra...

Brand Book of 1899 appendix. Helena, MT. 1899. 42 pp. Supplement was brought up in such form that it can be slipped within the covers of the regular b

Scarce 1867 Fort Sanders Dakota Territory (future Wyoming) Petition for a Post Sutter. Printed petitions are very unusual. Ft. Sanders established Jul

Zebulon Pike Letter to Congressmen Montgomery about Expedition Expenses. Incomplete, signed. Montgomery headed the committee considering reimbursement

Wyoming Territorial appointment for Deputy U.S. Marshall., for H. McGonigle and Felix Levesque, 9 July 1894. Signed by District of Wyoming Marshall J.

Two letters and pamphlet from Bill Hooker, Wyoming Pioneer, (1856-1938). He was a bull whacker who moved supplies to Fort Fetterman, Fort Laramie, &...

Archive of Letters related to Depredations by Wyoming Indians. Four letters with envelope in regard to a claim by St. Leger Beck for loss at the hands

Scarce group of Wyoming Territory checks from Maverick Bank, Fort Fetterman dated 1886-87.

Scarce group of Wyoming Territory Bank Drafts & Receipts. All from Cheyenne but one. 1883-86.

Wyoming Territory Bill of Sale for Horses penned by “Honest” John Sparks, 1 pp. recording sales of 30 horses to Wm. Smith, dated July 1880. Sparks (18

Two 1880’s Letters from a Wyoming Ranch Girl. Both on a illustrated Jack Creek Land and Cattle Company dated 1889 & 1893.

Rare of Wyoming Territory Bill signed by Pioneer John Hunton (1839-1928). 1 pp. One of the pioneer cattlemen of Wyoming. Hunton came to Ft. Laramie in

Haynes, F.J. Two original chromolithographs a Runner for Chief Ouray. 7 1/8” x 3 ¾. New Mexico Taos Pueblo. 4” x 7”.

Rinehart, Frank. Black Bird Chief. Photograph by Heyn Photo, Omaha. 1899. Published by Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. 12 ¼” x 9 ¼”. Tape repair.

Daran Site Artifacts. Contact period Iroquois settlement dating 1650-1675.

NECKLACE – 19th Century. Native American.

GLASS BEAD NECKLACE - 19th Century. Native America.

Buffalo bone arrow shaft tool, Mandan tribe, North Dakota

Buffalo bone squash knife, Mandan tribe, North Dakota

Buffalo bone flaker tool, Mandan tribe, North Dakota

Three Mandan/Arikara bone awls.1800’s or earlier.

Antique Dagger: Handle in bone, carved lion head. Hilt is brass with 2 lion heads. 7 ¼” long. Probably 19th C.

Antique Dagger: Handle is carved wood. 12 ¾” long. Probably 19th C.

Sheffield Bowie knife, ca. 1870’s, inscribed “Never draw me without reason, nor sheath me without honor”, sheathed

Bowie knife, pearl inlaid handle, no maker name, ca. 1870’s

Rare Manuscript Branding Book. Higbe, Colorado, 1895. Leather bound, 3.5” x 7. Inside cover is "John Nelson, Foreman," & on 1st page i...

Colorado Brand Book – Personal Copy of Murdo MacKenzie’s. Narrow 12 mo, red leather with gold gilt lettering Murdo MacKenzie, Trinidad, Co. 510 pp. o

Montana Brand Book 1890.

Photograph: Throssel, Richard. Home of the River Crow. 5 5/8” x 7 7/8.

Photograph: Throssel, Richard. Fanny Anderson. 7 ¼” x 9 ¼”.

Throssel, Richard. Very Rare Western Classics from the Land of the Indian. Published by Throssel Photocraft Co., Billings, MT. 1925. Illustrated image

Throssel, Richard. Original real photo post cards of the Custer Battlefield Monument.

F.J. Haynes set of 25 postcards of Yellowstones National Park.

Artist Bill Gollings (2) Christmas Cards 7” x 5 ½"; & 6 W.R. Leigh cards along with 4 postcards – 2 by Gollings and 1 by E.S. Paxson.

(2) Montana Warrant Bounties. 1 for killing one wolf ($1) dated 1886; and 1 for killing three coyotes & one cat dated 1891.

Roundup, Montana. Rare Illustrated Booklet. 1909.

The Dalton Brothers and their outstanding Career of Crime. By an eye witness. Laird & Lee, 1892. Original wraps with chips.

Hardin, John Wesley. The Life Of…, Smith & Moore, Seguin, Texas, 1886. Original Wraps, 1st Ed., 1st issue with portrait of Joe Hardin ID in err...

Confederate Paper Money. $5, 1864 Richmond; 50 cents, 1863 Alabama; 5 cents, 1866, North Carolina.

Samurai sword, 1-1/2” x 5-1/2” x 41” pine box covered with Japanese writing; sword inside with 32” blade, leather covered scabbard, wrapped rayskin ha

Fort Custer relics. Coffee mug marked 2 MD and a piece of a bowl from the 1st Cavalry B Company, Fort Custer, Montana. Illustrated in George Polka’s “

Barron, Brown. Custer. B & W pastel 20” x 15. 1931 circa. From the Estate of Elizabeth Lawrence.

Ft. Custer artifacts from Elizabeth Lawrence collection: 2 bridle snaps; Calvary dress helmet top; infantry dress helmet top: oil lamp part found @ O

General Custer’s Bullets: Three small bullets from Custer’s pearl handled revolvers. Provenance is impeccable from Dr. Lawrence Frost who bought the M

Ft. Custer artifacts, in tray, 24 pieces, from Kiah Ruckner’s Last Stand Museum, Crow Agency, MT

Ft. Custer artifacts, 33 pieces, in tray, from Kiah Ruckner’s Last Stand Museum, Crow Agency, MT

Ft. Custer artifacts, 42 pieces, in tray, from Kiah Ruckner’s Last Stand Museum, Crow Agency, MT

Ft. Custer artifacts, in 35 pieces, in tray, from Kiah Ruckner’s Last Stand Museum, Crow Agency, MT

Bronze: Scriver, Robert, Paul’s Bull, 279/1000, authenticity signed by Scriver, 2 ½”h x 5 ½”w, 8/24/1993

Bronze: Fellows, Fred, The Trapper, #15/35, 10”h.

Fellows, Fred, Willow Springs, #980/1000, signed print, 20” x 30”, conservation framed.

Waldron, Ellis and Paul B. Wilson, Atlas of Montana Elections 1889-1976.

Lone Wolf (1882-1965) Indian Dance. Oil on Canvas. 20” x 24. Lone Wolf was the son of author James Willard Schultz. 1930 ca. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Barron, Brown. Gi-Aum-E Hon-O-Me- Tah-Kiowa. Colored pastel. 20” x 14. 1931 circa. Made with special permission from artist E.A. Burbank. 1932. From t

Barron, Brown. Chief Joseph. Water color. 19 ½” x 14 ½. 1931 circa. From the Estate of Elizabeth Lawrence.

Papago Indian basket with lid, 5” high, 1920 ca.

Papago Indian Basket. 6 ½” high, 9” wide. 1900 ca.

Indian basket, 3-1/4” high, 5-1/2 wide, 1900 ca.

Pima Indian Basket 13” Diameter. 1900 ca.

Papago Indian Basket, 3-1/2” h x 9-3/4”w, 1900 ca.

Woodlands Indian Birchbark Basket. 7/12” high x 9” diameter.

Kelly, Ramon, Indian Portrait at Sunset, pastel, 18” x 15 1/2".

Humetewa, James Russell Jr. (1926-1976) Painting. Hopi Kachina figure, 1974), 16 1/2” x 10”; Russell was born in the wonder country east of the Grand

Humetewa, James Russell Jr. (1926-1976) Painting. Hopi Kachinas (2 figures, 1974) 16-1/2” x 10”; Kachinas are divinities in the Hopi Pantheon.

Indian Pot 8” High, 9” Diameter.

Figurine Navajo Pot with Roadrunners. Reyes P.Nicto. 7 ¾” x 8" wide.

Indian pot, 4”h x 6”w.

2 Navajo Colored Discs, 1920’s ca. 12” diameter.

Set of 12 small Kachina dolls ranging in size from 4” – 12”. Four are missing elements.

Russell, C.M., Good Medicine, book, NY, 1929, thin cloth edition in fine condition.

Ferris, Warren Angus, Life in the Rocky Mountains, book, Denver, 1983, fine cond.

Map: War Office Map – Department of Columbia. 1884. 31” x 35. Covers Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming & Northern parts of California,...

Babcock Theater broadside, Billings, MT. A Night in the Police Station. Gazette Print. 1900 ca. 42” x 14. Colored lithograph. Unique.

Empress Theater broadside, Denver, CO. The Canoe Girls. 1900 ca. 42” x 14. Colored lithograph.

Will James ALS 2pp. Sept 15, 1934. Written to Charly Murphy who ran the 1st Dude Ranch in Montana south of Livingston. “If you ever get out this way I

Two T.C. Power letterheads, one Military and Indian Traders, Fort Benton, Montana Territory, dated June & July 1876. Current with Custer Massacr...

Small Archive of the Hurlburt Cattle Co. 5 pieces which include 2 receipts from the Stock Growers Journal in Miles City, Montana. 1885-1896. Includes