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Tonopah Funeral Photo & Goldfield Funeral Story, NV - Tonopah,Nye County

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
Tonopah Funeral Photo & Goldfield Funeral Story, NV - Tonopah,Nye County
IMPORTANT NOTE ON BUYERS PREMIUMS:

Lot 100 to 343 have a premium of 15%.

The rest of the sale is 19.5% as noted in the listing.

Lot Pick Up: Holabird-Kagin Americana,
3555 Airway Drive Ste #309,
Reno NV 89511,
Sunday - December 9, 10am-4pm
c1900-1908 - Lot of 2 items. 1) A matted photograph (and a more recent copy of it) taken in the desert of Nye County, showing men and horses and carts standing around. Nearby is what appears to be a casket, plus other boxes and bags piled together, and what may be a funeral pyre to the left of the photo. It is captioned “First Funeral in Tonopah, Nev.” 2) A eulogy for Riley Grannan given upon his death in Rawhide in 1908 by H.H. Knickerbocker. Grannan had been a race track plunger, gambler, and fortune seeker in the early years of the Goldfield /Rawhide boom.





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