Sam Short Estate Auction

Indian 13" skookum male doll w/ original box

9" Skookum doll w/original box

(6) small skookum dolls, 6 -7"

Indian doll w/buckskin shirt and pants, quilled and beaded trim, 5" tall

(3) assorted dolls: 7" Indian maiden, nurse 5 ½", small baby

Al Furstnow cuffs, border stamped, 6"

Al Furstnow cuffs, border stamped, 5 ½"

Al Furstnow leather cuffs, flower tooled

Al Furstnow leather wrapped and laced stirrups

Fancy tooled and studded cowboy cuffs, unmarked

(2) hoof knives, bone handles, 8" and 9"

Al Furstnow small saddle bags, oval marked

(2) Al Furstnow holsters w/square leather backing, 9 ½" and 8", called a pocket holster

(2) Al Furstnow tooled holsters

(2) pcs: Al Furstnow hand splint tool & a pair John Clark spur straps, Shakopee, MN

Al Furstnow dble. marked headstall, studded

Al Furstnow holster/cartridge belt, 38"

2 pieces: 1860's war club w/5" stone, very old & 18" hatchet w/5" stone, hatchet appears newer

Stone 6" grinding bowl, 2 stone pestles, 5" & 9"

Large arrow making stone tool, 11" x 5"

Large spear point, 16" x 2", not sure of age

2 items: Quilled and beaded purse, 6" x 5" & Quilled fetish, 5 ¾", cone decorations

Ladies beaded cuffs, cloth backing

Pair of beaded moccasin tops and 2 beaded flower décor

Men's beaded cuffs, 12" x 7"

Woodland Indian beaded bag, 11" x 10", excellent cond.

Plains Indian beaded panels, 15" x 10"

(14) Assorted stone points, 1 - 3 ½" & (2) Jade stone carvings, 1" and 2"

Sioux beaded moccasins, buffalo hoof pattern, 10", ca. 1860's, some beads missing

Northern Plains full beaded moccasins, 10", some beads missing

Northern Cheyenne moccasins, 9"

Quilled moccasins, 11"

(3) pair moccasins, 2 pair are Plains Indian, 9" & 10" & 1 pr. Woodlands, 10"

(2) Cheyenne Frontier Days programs, 1931 and 1949, Cheyenne, WY

(4) Last Chance Stampede original programs, 1962-1963, Helena, MT

(2) National Finals Rodeo, Dallas, TX day sheets, 1959, 8th & 9th gos

(10) Pendleton Roundup programs, assorted years, 1910 - 1926, Pendelton, OR

(2) Livingston Roundup programs, 1929 and 1935, Livingston, MT

(4) Butte Montana Rodeo programs, assorted years, 1931-1940

(3) Al Furstnow Saddlery original catalogs, #21, 35, 36

Al Furstnow flower tooled leather cuffs

Leather cuffs, unmarked, worn by Montie Montana, sells with authentication

(4) Calgary Stampede Rodeo programs, 1912, 1919, 1923 and 1930

Buffalo Bills 1893 Wild West Show program, fragile condition

1939 Lewistown, MT Stampede program, faded cover

(3) College National Finals programs, 1978, 1984 & 1985

(2) vintage rodeo programs: 1923 1st Annual U. S. Championship Rodeo and 1924 Tex Austin's Rodeo, Madison Square Garden, NY

(6) Montana Rodeo programs: 1934 Billings, 1948 Eureka, 1929 Great Falls, 1945 Cremer's Rodeo Great Falls, 1976 Wolf Point Match Bronc Ride, 194...

(12) assorted rodeo programs from around the U. S.

(3) Montana Rodeo programs, assorted

Fancy beaded moccasins, 11"

Fancy beaded moccasins, 11"

Fancy beaded moccasins, 10"

(4) Indian wood carvings, 4" - 9"

Flathead Indian beaded necklace,

(4) beaded medallions, all very old, 3" - 5"

Fancy gold beaded necklace, w/large ornamental pattern beads

Fancy beaded breast plate w/turquoise beads

Rare hand made beads, 35 pcs.

Bone ornaments, 200+/-, from Worship Rock, Pryor, MT

Shotgun chaps, brass conchos, illegible maker's mark

Al Furstnow angora child's chaps, dble marked, 24", poor condition

(3) Al Furstnow memorabilia: shipping tag, watch fob and bridle rosette

(2) pair oxen shoes: 1 pair excellent condition & 1 pair rusty

(3) pair spurs: 1 pr. brass,unmarked; Buermann iron spurs, 1 pair double button, 1 single spur w/dble button

(2) riding quirts: one Deer Lodge hitched horse hair and one braided raw hide

Leather travel bag, 26" x 10"

Miles City Saddlery angora chaps, 39", very good cond.

Child's toy teepee, rawhide cover

Large cutting or hatchet stone w/corner notches, 6" x 8", near perfect

Large stone spear, 8" x 4", side notches

Sioux beaded wrist cuffs, 10" x 14", framed

Grooved axe stone, 6" x 2 ½"

(2) items: Petrified bone grinder pestle w/Big Horn Ram carved top and stone drill, 3" x 1"

Cast iron Naughty Nelly boot jack

Obsidian 5" knife and 1 ½" point

(2) pcs: Rare 5" stone point w/corner knotches and 5" knife

15 pcs of Indian tools, stone points & drills, 2 small

Vigilant RR brass lantern, glass globe, 21" h x 14" diameter

Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 3 gal. jug, Great Falls, MT, few minor chips

Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 1/2 gal jug, Great Falls, MT, minor chips

Harry A. Vagg 1 gal jug, Saco, MT, minor chipping and a few hairline cracks

Luteys 1/2 gal jug, Butte, MT, paper label, minor chips

S. R. Buford & Co. a gal jug, Virginia City, MT, paper label, minor chipping

Wells Fargo model stagecoach, wood/leather, 20" x 12" x 14"

Anheuser Busch wooden beer bottle case, 16" x 24 " x 13", ca. 1912

Burbank, E. A. artist proof, Stinking Bear, Sioux, print, 1899

Visalia Stock Saddle Co. leather cuffs with tooled borders and tooled cartridge belt

R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, studded leather cuffs

R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, leather cuffs, border tooled

(2) Navajo weavings: 45" l x 33" w and 82" x 45", both show wear

Navajo weaving, 36" l x 18" & Navajo saddle blanket, 60" x 29"

(2) Navajo style weavings: 50" x 24", white border

Navajo style weaving, 36" x 20"

(3) Navajo-style weavings: green 19" x 13", red 42" x 9, brown 18" x 22"

Newer Navajo style weaving, 60" x 30"

(2) pcs: Indian stone hatchet, 5 ½" w/15" rawhide bound handle & 8" war club w/16" handle

(2) braided horsehair quirts: 13" and 16"

Indian 42" bow in 31" rawhide quiver, horse hair and feather trimmed, very old

Stone blank, 9" x 4 ½", source stone for points and knives