Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

Being the Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basi

The Pikes Peak Region 1920 book, color illustrated w/story on each illustration. 30 pages, string bound. Outside covers show some age. Inside are in

Three sections from The Religious Intelligencer, a religious publication, dated in three consecutive weeks, July 6, the other July 13 and July 20, 18

An eight page edition of "Temperance Advocate, and Seamen's Friend" from October 28, 1843. While the text is aimed at the temperance m...

Includes the Classic Nevada coffee table book by first national bank 1976; Brushwork Diary Broadhead; Basque Hotel by Lacksalt; Tales of Nevada in 2 v

This is a collection of 24 editions of MAD Magazine starting from 1956. MAD began in 1952 as the premier satire and humor magazine in American culture

Seven volumes of the MAD Magazine compilation entitled "Tales Calculated to Drive You MAD." The collection starts in Summer of 1997 and sp...

Titled ‘NORFOLK, GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH”,published in 1904. The book contains pictures of buildings, people local culture with writte

A 40-page softcover book showingg the Smithsonian's cycle collection from the 1860's to the 1940's. There are both self propelled and mo...

Over 600-page first edition of the great showman P.T. Barnum by Joel Benton. Book was published in 1891 by Edgewood Publishing Company. Book is in goo

Just when you thought you've seen everything. This is a softcover collection of poems and pictures, show of all things. cock fighting. This 97-p...

Lot of 2. 1. A Tennyson Calendar for 1910 by Baron Alfred Tennyson. “Happy Days roll onward leading up to the Golden Years”. In

A novel little booklet given to employees and the families of Edge Moor Iron Company Athletic Association. The Boolet is printed on blueprint type pap

Rare Kaiser Co. , RIchmond Shipyard Number Three. 4.5 X 7" handbook, 1943. Very rare handbook describing jobs, MGMNT message, plans and opera...

8 volumes total. Includes the Saga of Lake Tahoe by Scott Volumes 1 and 2; Lake Tahoe, Photo Essay Larry Proser; Castle in the Sky by James; Above Tah

16 boxes about 30 volumes in each box. About 480 magazines. The magazines are in protective sleeves but are not in mint condition. This is a classic s

1) "Tell It All" The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism. An Autobiography by Mrs. T. B. H. Stenhouse of Salt Lake City, For mor...

Copies of Rolling Stone Magazine (3), including the Ricky Nelson memorial issue from February,1986. Also included is the issue featuring the top 100 a

Shikar (Tiger hunt) in India. Privately Printed in 1961, unpaginated w/ lots of illustrations and photo’s in color. Story of the Head of t

Paperback, 2005 by Richard B. La Tondre, signed by the author. The Golden Kite is the diary (translated from Japanese) of Major Yasumasa Fukushima who

This is a report to Congress by the Chief of The U.S. Army Corps Engineers (1775-present) dated 1882 volume two of four. Many maps outlining present

Large 18 x 20" ledger listing expenses for various departments, all listed inside the front cover. Includes various parks, offices, departments...

Program and dance card from the 1890 Grand Ball of the Native Sons of the Golden West in San Francisco. The 13-page booklet contains the song list, re

This is an incredible hard bound catalog put out by The Haviside Company, ship chandlers, sail makers and ship rigging. The company was founded in 18

Two historic picture books showing the devastation of the San Francisco Earthquake on March 18, 1906. One titled "San Francisco, Before and Aft...

A beautiful information book on Yosemite National Park, complete with black & white, as well as hand colored photos and paintings of one of the ...

11 x 14.5" hard bound, end binding separating, outside binding plate gone. Dewey Publishing Co. San Francisco. 1894, 508pp. Highly illustrated....

Original December 12, 1874 issue of Chicago Daily Tribune has a story that describes a fight involving two Paiute warriors, who faced off in a wrestli

This is a collection of two books detailing the Stansbury exploration of 1851 published in 1852. The larger book details Howard Stansbury's obs...

An 1891 published biography of General William Tecumseh Sherman, by W. Fletcher Johnson. This 607 page book has some easily repaired bindery problems

Published in 1856, Explorations & Public Services of John C. Fremont by Charles Wentworth Upham is a first edition. Issued anonymously as a po...

Hardback book, in very good condition. "The Fotygraft Album" by Frank Wing, 1915 by Reilly & Britton Co. Signed on frontspiece by Chas...

This is a collection of three books by the U.S. Geologic Survey for Montana, Wyoming, and Utah from 1870-1872 by V. Hayden. This hardcover collection

This is a collection of two books depicting the exploration and development of both Washington and Oregon. The plates and portraits of key historic fi

Large collection of mostly singles of National Geographic Magazine, the quintessential magazine covering everything in world exploration, science, his

Hardback Book, by M. Owen Warns,rare book, pp. 390, black & white photos. This book is a study of the Nevada Mining Camps & the National Ban...

A booklet of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, University of California, Berkeley. Edited by Porter Garnett. Paperback, 69 pages, like new conditi

Poems and paintings of Yosemite Valley published in 1923. Harold Symmes wrote the poems, Gunnar Widforss did the watercolors. 14 poems in all, 6 x 9

This is a rare) Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey : Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1854. Washington:Beverly Tucker,

Hutchings' Tourist's Guide to the Yo Semite Valley and The Big Tree Groves for the Spring and Summer of 1877. Hardback, 102 pages, published...

"Sierra Lager" and "Reno Brewing Company" printed on bottle opener. The opener measures 2.5". Has seen wear of the ages, bu...

This is an exceptionally nice find. Dalton & Clifford owned a drug store in as early as 1885. They moved to Sparks in 1905. There they partnered...

Lot of fifteen. Includes 1) Wolf Aromatic Schnapps found at Gates Wells. 2) Preston Merrill found at Caneyville (rarely talked about small mining camp

1) Star Whiskey Flask. Found in the area of Hunter Lake where there was once a wood camp. 2) Nice whiskey bottle found on an old stage road near Carso

Drug bottles from Downieville, California. One is a cobalt castor oil container. It is seamed and has a blob top. It measures about 7"x 2"...

9" tall 6" diameter. Two tone crockery jug, small chip oin shoulder. "Douglass Clay Products Company" in black print within ribb...

Pharmacy bottles from Los Angeles. Eight bottles are clear glass, one is amber. Businesses include M.J. Belling, J.W. Woods & Co, Off & Vau...

3 of the LA Plantation whiskey quarts. 2 aqua/light purple varieties and the more scarce amber variety. All near mint. A classic Los Angeles embossed

Alex. Waugh & Co. Sells bottles, bags, metals, rags, etc. Located at 112 Main street between Mission and Howard. Issued to Walter Schmidt of the...

Set of three very different bottles, include an Oro Fino olive oil, with paper label, a Rehm Bros.clear glass flask from San Francisco and a La Grande

8 3/4" tall Owl Drug Company, San Francisco, Cal Aqua Florida Water rare mint. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: San F...

Empire SW, deep aqua; Martinelli's (the same family as the apple cider and the great Napa wine); Champagne Mead (8 sides, a beauty and classic C...

J.H. Cutter whiskey was unquestionably the most popular whiskey in western mining camps and towns, particularly California and Nevada. More than twent

Ex. rare drug bottle (Preble, R5), 4 5/8", rectangle. near mint. clear. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City: Denver Proven...

5" clear drug bottle. Penn oval. Not the same variety as listed in Preble, possible new variant. Small lip chip. Date: Country (if not USA):...

Four Colorado drug bottles, 4 3/8" lip chip, clear; from the famous silver mining camp made famous in recent times by Molly Brown- Leadville ...

Gunnison BW (p147 Preble), c1900, aqua, one of 5 different Gunnison Hutch sodas; F. Stockder, Canon City, (Preble p117) unlisted variety- the listed p

Approx 6.5" tall, 5.5" diameter. "Manufactures only by the Merimac Chemical Co., Boston, U.S.A." " 5 Lbs. Swifts Asenate of...

Soda bottles, three amber, two clear from Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. The clear glass bottles Blue Earth City Soda Works and William Massolt. T

Coca-Cola Seltzer Bottle, aqua, faceted glass with gold-toned lettering COCA-COLA // BOTTLING COMPANY // BILLINGS // MONTANA. Some dirt and water insi

Three sodas from Helena: Jurgens & Price (tall aqua hutch), Merritt & Co. (blob), Jurgens & Price (blob). all aqua, clean, near mint. D...

Four different Butte Hutch sodas: Rocky Mountain Bottling Co., Holland Rink BW, Kroger Bros., Northwestern Bottling Co.. All clean and near mint. Da

Six Different embossed drug bottles from Montana. Jones Drug, Kalispell 5"; Bronson & Lighthall, Kalispell 3 1/2"; Lockwood, Helena...

Five nice Hutch soda bottles from Montana and Lead, SD. Phil Daniels, Anaconda; Missoula BW; Gamer & Jacky, Phillipsburg; Deer Lodge SF; Maillar...

Three embossed rug bottles from the famous Comstock region. Lernhart, 5" lip chip, clean & purple; BF Shaw, 4 7/8" purple, slight sta...

Dug in Nevada near Viginia City. Found at the V & T Depot. Uncleaned. Appears Mint. Partial paper label unreadable. Appears to be tooled top....

Lot of Nine. These were all dug in Nevada in locations such as: Stockton Station (southwest of present Silver Springs), a railroad wood camp, Hunter L

Gorgeous light to medium purple Hutch soda from Nick Rothecker, Devil's Lake in a circular slug plate. Exceptionally clean but minor internal su...

H. Maillard aqua Hutch soda bottle, 7.5" tall, light stain allover, wear at base. Nearly invisible micro flash in base parallel to the bottom, ...

Green Drug bottle. On one side “ Hamilton Drug Co. the Rexall Store, Colfax, WASH. To the left is a seal (EST. 1877. Opposite side

Two sizes of Buckeye Extract Co, Olympia. Emblem at left. 4 1/2" 2oz, 5 3/4" 4 oz, both clear, clean near mint. Olympia is among some of ...

Rare miniature hand blown sample size embossed whiskey flask w/original pewter cap. ..” Hotel Donnelly Tacoma“ on front. The hot

Three different druggist bottles from Cheyenne. Capitol Pharmacy (5 3/8"); Eagle Pharmacy 4 7/8"; Rhodes & Troxell 4 1/4", 5 3/...

This is a collection of seven (7) pharmacy medicinal bottles from the A.R. Troxel Palace Pharmacy in Cheyenne, Wyoming C.1906. All are clear, rectangu

Three varieties of the Roedel Drug Bottles. Andrew Roedel bought the Hunt Drug Store in Cheyenne in 1889 and the store has continued to run by multipl

Embossed territorially designated Cheyenne drug bottles from George W. Hoyt, 1876-1897. Territorial designated bottles ate very rare in America, and t

Two of the Six different embossed Evanston drug bottles. Evanston Drug, 6 1/4", clear, near mint, 6oz; C.B. Gunnell, 5", clear, near mi...

The only two different Green River embossed drug bottles. J.W. and C.G. Hawk, 6", Blue Ribbon style, 4oz, clear, near mint; Campbell's Drug...

Central Drug bottle from Laramie, rated by Borton as extremely rare, 1-3 known. 5 3/4" Lyric base. clear, near mint. Karl Hegewald proprietor, ...

4 3/8" drug bottle from Laramie. This is the earliest and rarest of the three variants of this drug store's bottles. c1880-1885, one of the...

Four differnt Laramie drug bottles: W. T. Winters (c1887-90) CLC Co. 4 3/8"; Seltele (maverick, 1oz), listed in Borton with no pic; Red Cross (...

Ferris Maghee 5" (3oz), 5 1/2" (4oz), 7" (8oz) (1880-7, 1888). Maghee was a veteran of the Indian Wars in the region. He retired from...

Shannon Bros./ Druggists/ Rock Springs, Wyo.. 5", clear, small lip chip. D.F. & Co. base. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Wyoming...

Three different varieties of Rock Springs drug bottles. Anderson Drug Co. (1908-1911) 4 5/8 (2oz), 5 3/4" (4oz) Blue Ribbon patent; Rock Spring...

One of three different Wheatland embossed drug bottles known for Wheatland. The term "pioneer" almost always represents the first drug sto...

This is a lot of four (4) medicine bottles from Laramie, Wyoming (1901-1910) and two different pharmacies: a) Frank H. Eccleston Pharmacist 6 in. X 2.

This is a lot of five (5) medicine bottles from two different pharmacies in Rawlins, Wyoming. There are two (2) from the Rawlins Drug Co. a) 5.375 in.

H. Aman, Cheyenne aqua Hutch (Cheyenne BW, c1905, successor to Lyman Astley); Wyoming Drug Co. 7.5" (drug store owned at one time by John Osbor...

Three beautiful near mint amber bitters: California Fig Bitters (Ring C15), Marshall's Bitters (Ring M40) and Magador Bitters (Ring R98). Clean ...

Beer bottle collection, seven in all. Includes three amber and brown bottles .Walker, Weiss Beer, The Park Brewing Company and four clear, Emerson Bre

Back-bar Cognac Brandy bottle, clear with tooled top, lettering etched into glass and gilded. 3-1/4 inch diameter, 11-1/2 inches tall, flat bottom, ve

Back-bar Anisette fifth bottle, clear with tooled top. 3-1/4 inch diameter, 11-1/2 inches tall, flat bottom, very good condition. Lettering etched int

1.) 11" tall embossed Genuine Sarsparilla on front, Bristol's New York on sides c1870s. Aqua 2.) 10" tall embossed Burton's Famil...

A small archive of San Francisco and Nevada. 4 Generation saloon family Heidtmann. The Heidtmann family merged with the Becker family who had been act

Lot of 2. 1. Book, Legends of the Comstock Lode by Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. 1950. Autographed by Jack E. Ferris. Lots of photos of the Com

Lot of five trade cards advertising products that used embossed bottles: Dr. Kilmer's Swamproot Kidney Live and Bladder Cure, Lydia E. Kinkham&#...

Classic H Mau and Company, Eureka NV blob soda with western style lettering. This is the only blob soda from Nevada with the name Nevada spelled out.

This is a lot of four (4) medicine bottles from Western druggists ; a) Moes Hospital Sioux Falls, So. Dakota 8.25 in. X 2.75 in. X 1.75 in. 300cc/ 10

Early semi holographic card c1910-15 for the Pacific Brewing and Malting Co, Tacoma extra pale. Rare early brewing card. Date: Country (if not USA)

Classic medium amber rare warners product, applied top, Rochester NY at bottom with large R and large Y. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ci