The Great Montana Territorial Library Auction

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Join us for one of the most phenomenal libraries offered to the public in years from a local Montana Estate. Day 1 will include Bob Borcherdt's personal library in its entirety featuring rare Western 1st Edition Books. Fine Western and Indigenous Art (Including Artists such as Eanger Irving Couse, Bert Geer Phillips, and Ray Swanson), Montana Historical Photography, Taxidermy, Uzbek and Turkomen Rugs, Asian and Ethnographic Antiques, Rugs, Advertising Signs and Instruments. Day 2 will feature the next edition of our ongoing military artifact extravaganza including relics from all wars and firearms.
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Lot of Roycroft Booklets Elbert Hubbard Scrap Book226 - Lot of Roycroft Booklets Elbert Hubbard Scrap Book
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Very large lot of Roycroft and Roycrofters Material. Including a framed page, and Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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The Blessed Damozel Dante Rossetti 1886227 - The Blessed Damozel Dante Rossetti 1886
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With Drawings By Kenyon Cox. Front board is loose and there is staining as shown. Good Candidate for Restoration. Historical and Significant Volume.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Pair of US Cavalry Bridle Reins227 - Pair of US Cavalry Bridle Reins
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Nice pair of reins, painted white. Scarce
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
 
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Pair of WW2 German Nazi Stick Grenades228 - Pair of WW2 German Nazi Stick Grenades
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One is a wood practice grenade, the other is a stick grenade that has been rendered inert. Very nice lot. Hard to find items.
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Lot of 4 Antique Children's Books228 - Lot of 4 Antique Children's Books
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Under the Window Kate Greenaway, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Edmun Dulac, Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Harper & Brothers, Abridged History of ...
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Moby Dick Herman Melville Random House 1930 Kent229 - Moby Dick Herman Melville Random House 1930 Kent
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Random House Edition from 1930 illustrated by Rockwell Kent with partial dust jacket. Rare edition. Dust Jacket is Original.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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Pair of Vietnam Cartridge Belt Clips229 - Pair of Vietnam Cartridge Belt Clips
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Used.
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 10.00 - 15.00
 
 
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WW2 10th US Mountain Division Ice Climbing Pitons230 - WW2 10th US Mountain Division Ice Climbing Pitons
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Very nice set. As used by the 10th Mountain Division in WW2
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Beads of the Bison Robe Trade Devore 1st Edition230 - Beads of the Bison Robe Trade Devore 1st Edition
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First Edition 1992 Steven Leroy DeVore. Scarce.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (95.00 + 20.90BP) = 115.90
 
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Seven Arrows Hyemeyohsts Storm 1st Edition 1972231 - Seven Arrows Hyemeyohsts Storm 1st Edition 1972
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First Edition 1972.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (15.00) = 15.00
 
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WW2 US Mae West Life Preserver Vest Cartridges B-4231 - WW2 US Mae West Life Preserver Vest Cartridges B-4
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Nice set of deadstock cartridges, as used with the Mae West Life preserver.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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2 Pair of Civil War Epaulettes232 - 2 Pair of Civil War Epaulettes
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Nice grouping. All Civil War period.
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Land of The Four Directions Frederick Pratson 1st232 - Land of The Four Directions Frederick Pratson 1st
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First Edition 1970.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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War Cry On A Prayer Feather Nancy Wood 1979 1st Ed233 - War Cry On A Prayer Feather Nancy Wood 1979 1st Ed
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First Edition 1979.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Lot of WW2 German Nazi Aviator Photographs233 - Lot of WW2 German Nazi Aviator Photographs
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Huge lot of German Imperial and Nazi photographs of Aviators.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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WW2 Japanese Battle Captured Meatball Flag234 - WW2 Japanese Battle Captured Meatball Flag
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Very nice silk flag. 30" by 37". Battle captured and brought home by a GI serving in the Pacific Theater.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Walk in Beauty The Navajo & Their Blankets Berlant234 - Walk in Beauty The Navajo & Their Blankets Berlant
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First Edition 1977 by Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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Crow Indian Photographer Throssel Albright 1st Ed235 - Crow Indian Photographer Throssel Albright 1st Ed
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First edition 1997. The Work of Richard Throssel by Peggy Albright foreword by Joanna Cohan Scherer.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Lot of 5 Hallmark Kiddie Car Classics235 - Lot of 5 Hallmark Kiddie Car Classics
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Used, no boxes.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
Sold for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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WW1 Trench Art Shell Casing Metz France236 - WW1 Trench Art Shell Casing Metz France
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20" tall. Engraved with a unit symbol and Metz for Metz France. Nice shell.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Iroquois False-Face Masks 1969 Robert Ritzenthaler236 - Iroquois False-Face Masks 1969 Robert Ritzenthaler
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Fist edition 1969. 1 of 1500 copies. Rare.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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Hopi-Twea Pottery Gregory Schaaf 1st Edition 1998237 - Hopi-Twea Pottery Gregory Schaaf 1st Edition 1998
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First Edition 1998. Clean.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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WW1 AEF Paris France Trench Art Shell w/ Soldiers237 - WW1 AEF Paris France Trench Art Shell w/ Soldiers
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Phenomenal shell casing. Depicting Paris France. Doughboys in helmets. 14" tall.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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WW1 Battle of Verdun Trench art Shell Casing238 - WW1 Battle of Verdun Trench art Shell Casing
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Nice shell casing. Marked Verdun. 13.5" tall.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (140.00) = 140.00
 
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Lot of Native American Indian Books Catalogs238 - Lot of Native American Indian Books Catalogs
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You are buying this lot as is. Titles include: Indian Artists at Work, Frontier America: The Far West, Views of A Vanishing Frontier, Views of a Vanis
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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Lot of Native American Indian Books239 - Lot of Native American Indian Books
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You are buying as is. Titles include; Art In the Life of The Northwest Coast Indian, Indian Masks & Myths of the West, Indians the great photogr...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (45.00 + 9.90BP) = 54.90
 
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Pair of British Tank Round Lamps Named239 - Pair of British Tank Round Lamps Named
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Wonderful pair of lamps. Engraved Owen Davies British Tanks 1914-1918.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold for (65.00 + 14.30BP) = 79.30
 
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Scarce Clayton and Lambert Brass Blowtorch240 - Scarce Clayton and Lambert Brass Blowtorch
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Scarce example. Shield Logo. Original patina.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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Frederic Remington's Own West Harold McCracken 1st240 - Frederic Remington's Own West Harold McCracken 1st
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1960 First Edition.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Firearms of the Confederacy Fuller Steuart 1st Ed241 - Firearms of the Confederacy Fuller Steuart 1st Ed
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First Edition 1996.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Lot of Reproduction Holsters and Binoculars Case241 - Lot of Reproduction Holsters and Binoculars Case
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Nice lot of holsters. Some appear to be repros. Bino case is original but empty.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Antique 6 3/4 Hat Stretcher Block Millinery Form242 - Antique 6 3/4 Hat Stretcher Block Millinery Form
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Nice example. Size 6 3/4
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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Lot of 16 Anarchists Handbook Booklets242 - Lot of 16 Anarchists Handbook Booklets
Davis Brothers Auction
Nice lot. All are in unread condition.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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Lot of 9 Assorted Books Art Poetry243 - Lot of 9 Assorted Books Art Poetry
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Assorted titles.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Vietnam Vietcong NVA Canteen Named243 - Vietnam Vietcong NVA Canteen Named
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Nice old named canteen.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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WW2 Nazi German V1 Robot Bomb Fragments244 - WW2 Nazi German V1 Robot Bomb Fragments
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Nice lot of artifacts. All identified.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Lot of 8 Art History Books Erte Maxfield Parrish244 - Lot of 8 Art History Books Erte Maxfield Parrish
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Titles include: ERTE, Maxfield Parrish, Swid Powell, The Chinese Exhibition, Rugs and Wall Hangings, Andy Goldsworthy, An Illustrated History of the B
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Lot of Assorted Books Cars Natural History Art245 - Lot of Assorted Books Cars Natural History Art
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Titles are: The American Gas Station, Mini The Book, New Mini, Bentley, Whistler, Guns in Color, Life on Earth, Daimler Museum, Lotus Seven, Andrew Wy
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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WW2 Japanese Submarine Relics Fort Stevens Oregon245 - WW2 Japanese Submarine Relics Fort Stevens Oregon
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Shrapnel from a Shell Crater in Fort Stevens Oregon during WW2.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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WW2 Stump Ignited by a Bomb Japanese Sub Oregon246 - WW2 Stump Ignited by a Bomb Japanese Sub Oregon
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Fragment of a Stump Ignited by a Bomb from an Aircraft off of Japanese Sub - Wheeler Ridge - Brookings Oregon.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Lot of Western History and Fiction Books Montana246 - Lot of Western History and Fiction Books Montana
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Titles include: Clubfoot of the Okefenokee, Further Adventures of the Sugar Creek Gang, Kunu, Over the Rockies with the Air Mail, Van Patten, Dreams A
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Lot of Art and Historical Books Montana Cowboy247 - Lot of Art and Historical Books Montana Cowboy
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Titles include: Celebration the Art of Walter Hook, The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, Ansel Adams Photographs of the Southwest, The Pott
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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WW2 British Field Telephone Wire Tap Clandestine247 - WW2 British Field Telephone Wire Tap Clandestine
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These were used by Clandestine agents in the field to wire tap and relay information. Would have been connected to a battery and a antenna.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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WW2 Desk Statue Douglas MacArthur 1942248 - WW2 Desk Statue Douglas MacArthur 1942
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Bust was designed by Rose Santoro. Dated 1942 as shown. 7" tall.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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Lot of Missoula Montana History Books248 - Lot of Missoula Montana History Books
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Titles are: Carousel for Missoula, Red Ribbons, Montana Mainstreets, Montana's Greatest Rivalry, Vacation Wonderland.
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
 
 
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Lot of Natural History Books Montana Yellowstone249 - Lot of Natural History Books Montana Yellowstone
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Titles include: Secrets in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Death in Yellowstone, Beyond Spirit Tailings, Bob Marshall Country, Grand Teton
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Painted Slate Plaque Army Division Commemoration249 - Painted Slate Plaque Army Division Commemoration
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13.25" by 15.5". Painted Slate
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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Lot of WW2 Japanese Relics Whorehouse Matchbook250 - Lot of WW2 Japanese Relics Whorehouse Matchbook
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Very nice lot. Sake cup, Switch, pair of Helmet stars, Japanese shell turned into a buckle, and a Whorehouse Metal Matchbox.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Lot of Montana Western Ghost Town History Books250 - Lot of Montana Western Ghost Town History Books
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Titles include: Ghost Town El Dorado, Ghost Towns of the Pacific Frontier, Dark Spaces, Citadel in the Wilderness, Ghost Trails Country, Ghost Towns o
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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Lot of Montana Hunting and Fishing Books251 - Lot of Montana Hunting and Fishing Books
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Titles include: McClanes Standard Fishing Encyclopedia, Montana wilderness, Ancient Hunters of the Far West, Forest and Stream Encyclopedia, Game Anim
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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