Sam Short Estate Auction

Scriver, Bob bronze sculpture, Sage Brush Bronc, #18/60, 1988, 18" x 13" x 9"

Buffalo skull, 21" spread, horn caps intact

Vintage beaded and fancy fringed rifle scabbard, 37", trade cloth lined, very very old, beads are very small and very old, rare piece

Sorrel horsehair lap robe, 62" x 69", lined, excellent condition

3 pcs: Russell, C. M. bronze, Smoking With The Spirit of The Buffalo, 4 ½" x 7 ¾" x 5", 1916, marked RBW (denotes Roman Bro...

Russell, C. M. pen & ink, Sage Hens, 8 ½" x 5"

Bear hide coat, fully lined, 62" total length, very old and in very good condition

Russell, C. M. bronze sculpture, Buffalo Resting, #196/500, 9" w x 5 ½" deep x 6" h

Scriver Bob bronze sculpture, Hornaday Buffalo Bull, #62/100, 1991, 13 ½" w x 20" d x 9" t

Scriver, Bob book, The Blackfeet Artists of The Northern Plains, dj, 1st ed., 2nd printing, v.g. condition

Scriver, Bob bronze sculpture, Rodeo's Classic Event, #79/100, 1974, 15" x 11" x 4 ½"

Adams, Andy, Cattle Brands, 1st ed.

Crawford, Lewis, Badlands and Bronco Trails, 1922, 1st, 114 pgs, Bismarck, ND, near fine

Burdick, Usher L., Last Battle of the Sioux, 1st, 164 pages, near fine

(3) Linderman, Frank B.: Blackfeet Indians, 1935; Out of the North historical sketch; collection of prints

Frank B. Fiske Portfolios I and II, 2 vol. set, ltd #258/300, published by Bismarck Heritage Foundation, 1983, mint condition, contain 30 plates

Rare Sioux ghost dance moccasins, 10 ½", excellent condition

Sioux beaded mocassins, 10 ½", from Rosebud, Montana, ca. 1890's, collected by Frank Boyd, Indian Agent, Rosebud Agency

Crow chief's wool blanket w/exceptional beaded panel, ca. 1870's, panel measures 64" x 4" w/bells, blanket is 68" w, tag read...

Gros Ventre chief's wool blanket w/exceptional beaded panel, panel measures 63" x 3 ½"

Soux chief's wool blanket w/exceptional beaded panel, panel measures 56" x 2 ¾", c 1880's

Fancy old breast plate, fine hair pipes w/ermine tails and old bead

Old bone hair pipe breast plate w/ermine tails and rare old beads

Fancy breast plate, very old bone hair pipe, beads and ermine tails

Old hair pipe breast plate, old beads, erminet tail and red trade cloth

Fancy breast plate, very old bone hair pipe, blue round beads

Fancy breast plate, hair pipes, sea shells, trade cloth and ermine trim

Blue beaded neck piece, ermine tails, trade cloth, deer hair and bullet brass trim

Crow parfleche, 12" w x 26" long, excellent condition

Fancy beaded panel, 40" x 1 ½"

Powder River flower tooled saddle bags, fancy, made by Denver Dry Goods, Denver, CO

Roberts, Gary Lynn oil on canvas, Crossing The River, 12" x 16"

Vintage framed print, Indian Scout, 20" h x 16" w, very ornate frame

Russell, C. M. bronze sculpture, Smokin' Up, 13" h x 10" w x 6", on marble base

2 pcs: Russell, C. M. bronze, Smoking With The Spirit of The Buffalo, recast; More Rawhides by Charles M. Russell, printed 1925, soft cover

3 pcs: Russell, Charles M, Pen and Ink Drawings Book No 1 and Book No 2, and framed print of letter for C.M. Russell and drawing

Casey Tibbs portrait print, framed, 9" x 7", signed by Casey to Andy Jauregi, 1955

(2) Casey Tibbs portrait photos: 7" x 5" & 5" x 6", one signed 1955, signed by Casey to Nora, 1955

C. E.Coggshall, Miles City highback saddle, 14 ", flower tooled, loop seat, square skirts, mostly original

E. C. Lee, Pierre, So. Dak. stock saddle, 14", wide swells, border tooled, single rigged, leather covered stirrups, average lining

Harry Ettinger highback saddle, 14 ½", square skirts, basket stamped, single rigged, Dillon, MT

1862 Wells Fargo Exp. Co. $2 solid 1 oz. silver bar. Stamped "Dec. 1862" on obverse, coronet head & #11 stamped on reverse. Appears to...

Wells Fargo & Co. leather coin case, 4" h x 3" w, stamped WF & Co., has belt hook

Cross Saddlery, Utah roping saddle, 15", flower tooled, double rigged, breast collar, good lining, Blevins stirrup adjusters

Bodily, Sheryl colored pencil, Stage Coach, 12" x 22", framed

Fellows, Fred original pencil drawing, Two Trappers, 11" x 14", framed

Edward Bohlin original 1941 catalog, 336 pages, Hollywood, California, w/original order form, good condition

Miles City Saddlery catalog #29, fair to good condition, 221 pages

Stout, Tom, Montana History In Story & Biography, 1921, 3 vol. set, good condition with some edge wear and slightly loose binding. Vol. I h...

Burlingame & Toole, A History of Montana, 3 vol. Montana history set by Merrill G. Burlingame and K. Ross Toole, published in 1957. This is a t...

Raymer, Robert G., Montana, The Land & The People, Vols. I & II of 3 vol. set, published in 1930. Binding is a little loose, but this s...

Miller, Joaquin, The State of Montana, 1894, An Illustrated History, single volume history of Montana. In fair condition for its age but the spine is

1889 State of Montana Constitution booklet, 76 pages, original booklet

Grinnell, George Bird book, The Wolf Hunters, Charles Scribner & Sons, not 1st

Schultz, James Willard book, With Indians In The Rockies, Riverside Press, Est. $80-125

Schultz, James Willard book, The Sun God's Children, 1st, dated on title page, Est. $190 - 200

(2) Pemican pounders: 3" each, 1 w/chip on surface, hide wrapped handles, very old

Pemican pounder, hide wrapped handle

War club w/6" stone head, 21" handle w/ feather trim

Pemican pounder, hide wrapped handle, 3" handle

(2) small war clubs: 3" w/hair wrapped handle & 4' head w/ beaded handle

(2) war clubs: 5" x 18", hide wrapped handle, ca. 1880's & 4" x 25", hide wrapped handle

Large pemican pounder, leather wrapped handle and partial stone

Beaded neck piece w/multi colored glass beads and 14 brass beads

Indian beaded bag, 11" x 3", w/ 21 tin cones

Indian beaded knife sheath, 11" x 3 ½", excellent condition

(3) Indian beaded pouches w/cone trim, 4" x 4" and smaller

(2) pcs: Full beaded awl case, 7" & newer full beaded knife sheath, 6 ½"

Pair of Indian beaded wrist bands, 11" x 7", cloth lined

Woodland Indian beaded purse, 11" x 5 ¼"

Al Furstnow fringed shotgun chaps, 30", w/conchos and outside pockets

2 pcs: Al Furstnow shotgun chaps with pockets and fringe, 35" & a signed letter from Fusrtnow on Furstnow Saddlery letterhead and matching ...

Al Furstnow angora shotgun chaps, 35"

Victor Ario wooly chaps, 34", dble marked, wool is in rough condition

Hamley batwing chaps w/conchos, 38" long, stampde 38 570

3 assorted pcs: Al Furstnow harness strap, unmarked horse hide razor strop and Boss corn husker

American Hat Company, Inc., Bowie, TX, 6X felt cowboy hat, size 7 1/4 long oval, Silver Belly, Brand New

Serratelli Hat Company, 6X Beaver felt cowboy hat, size 7 1/8 long oval, Silver Belly, near new

Horse hair lap robe, sorrel, 58" x 60", wool lined, excellent condition

Horse hair lap robe, dark brown, 68" x 62", fabric lined, tag says Edes Robe Tanning Co.,

Horse hair lap robe, gray, 66" x 58", tag says Edes Robe Tanning Co.,

Horse hair lap robe, sorrel, 59" x 68", fabric lined, Fergus Falls Hide and Fur Co., Fergus Falls, MN

Large woven grass basket w/lid and handles, 17" h x 16" diameter, excellent condition

Sioux woman's elk hoof hand bag w/lid, 8" h x 7" w, originally from Chief Plenty Coup Museum

Woven reed basket, 22" x 10"

1828 Stagecoach trunk "saleman sample" , 14" w x 8" h, brass tack trim, wood and leather constructed, rope handle, documented on...

Key City Middling Purifier grain cleaner, Salesman sample, Dubuque, Iowa, 12" h x 10" w

Indian ladies wool dress w/cowries hells and trade cloth, trim, 38"

Indian ladies wool dress w/elk ivory, 44"

Crow beaded vest, 18" h x 15" w

Large wool blanket and large red coverlet

Great Lakes tribe beaded vest, ca. early 1900's, 24" h x 16" w

Fancy Indian ladies wool dress w/cowrie shells, 54"

Buckskin dress with fringe and beading, 51" long including fringe

Buckskin fringed gun scabbard, 54"

Sioux ladies hair pipe necklace, glass beads and cowrie shells

Navajo weaving, 27" x 50"

Batwing chaps w/ North & Judd buckle, marked W-L

Buffalo skull w/16" spread between horn tips, nice

(2) Indian skookum dolls: mother and papoose, 16" and 15" Indian brave