Western Montana Summer Showcase

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Join us for our Montana Summer Showcase, a 4-day auction event packed with history, rarity, and Americana. This special summer sale features an extraordinary selection of historic memorabilia, vintage photographs, rare advertising antiques, fine art, bronzes, shipwreck coins, and much more.

– Day 1 Highlights –

A curated mix of high-end collectibles and timeless treasures:A beautifully crafted soprano music box. Stunning sterling silver pieces. A vintage Williams Big Guns pinball machine. Rare shipwreck coins. A sought-after first edition of Charlotte’s Web. Sleek and iconic mid-century modern furniture. A wide range of antiques and unique finds that span eras and styles.

Day 2: Photography and Western History Highlights Include:

Nat Love Black Cowboy Arizona Territory Cabinet Photo, William Gay Hanging Invitation, Daguerreotype Photos of Owners and their Dogs, Stunning Photo Album of Early Travels on the Indian Continent, Indian Mutilation Post Mortem Photo, Rancheros Visitadores Sterling Silver Cowboy Buckle, Big Jim Indian Cabinet Photo, Joseph William Torrey Yankee Rajah CDV, Yamapi Yam-An-Atz Ute Indian Photo, Carl Moon Indian Photos, Eonah-Pah Trailing the Enemy Kiowa Indian Photo, Samuel Morse Signed CDV Photo, C.R. Savate Ute Indian Charley Photo, Dr. Frederick Cook North Pole Expedition Cabinet Photo, Chief Washington of the Ute Indians Cabinet Photo, Dempsey Gibbons Boxing Match Program, Buffalo Bill Cody's Boots Cabinet Photo, Civil War Stereoview Collection, Ambrotypes, Daguerreotypes, Tintypes, and much more.

Day 3:

Featured Artists Include:

Maurice Utrillo, David Hockney, Alfred Julio Jensen, Alexander Calder, Sydney Mortimer Laurence, Frank McCarthy, Emil Bisttram, Guy Anderson, Ace Powell, R.C. Gorman, Marsden Hartley, Norman Lowell, Jay Rummel, Alexander Leydenfrost, Chris Owen, Kyle Paliotto, Richard Edward Miller, John Ferren, Russell Chatham, Frederic Remington, Randall Davey, Terry Lee, Chance Tedesco, Virginia Alice Stroud, Fred Oldfield, Alfred Jacob Miller, Philip Russell Goodwin, Georges Rouault, Peter Hurd, Marc Chagall, Mary Morez, Frederico Olivia, Ward Lockwood and many more.

Featured Items Include:

Kalispell Montana Prestate License Plate, 1959 Triumph T120 Bonneville Cutaway Engine, Frank Meanea Orange Wooly Chaps, Mark Matthews Art Glass Sphere Marble Collection, C.P. Shipley Wooly Chaps, Kyser and Rex Globe Savings Fund Iron Bank, Buermann Silver Overlay Lady Leg Spurs, FBI Named Presentation Navajo Rug, Art Nouveau and Art Deco Lamp Collection, Gas and Oil Sign Collection, Josh Simpson Megaplanet Paperweight Collection, Montana Triceratops Fossil Browhorns, 14k Gold Omega Seamaster Watch, Marysville Montana Miners Candlestick, Harley Davidson Motorcycle Model J Parts Collection, Glacier National Park CCC Carving, Art Glass Marble Collection, Montana History, and much more.

Day 4: Military History

Evgeny Chirikov Censored Russian Screenplay, WW2 German SS Gold Honor Ring, Remington Rider Double Action Revolver, John Blanch Scottish Silver Pistol, Watch Parts and Cases, Letters from Iosif Gheorghian, WW2 German Dagger Collection including Unground Rohm and Damascus Luftwaffe, Trap Collection Including Newhouse and Miles Standish (mouse to bear), Edward Bohlin Double Gun Belt, Historic Letters from 49ers Oregon Trail Members and Pirate Hunters, Vladimir Lenin Signature, Firearms, Weapons, Patches, Ammo, and much more
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WW2 Womens Land Army Crop Corps Poster501 - WW2 Womens Land Army Crop Corps Poster
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Pitch in and Help. Join the Women's Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps. 20" by 28".
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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WW2 Sullivan Brothers Missing in Action Poster502 - WW2 Sullivan Brothers Missing in Action Poster
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The Five Sullivan Brothers Missing in Action off the Solomons. They Did Their Part. 22" by 28"
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WW2 Because Somebody Talked Son in Service Poster503 - WW2 Because Somebody Talked Son in Service Poster
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20" by 28".
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WW2 A Careless Word A Needless Sinking Poster504 - WW2 A Careless Word A Needless Sinking Poster
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22" by 28".
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WW2 Bits of Careless Talk Poster505 - WW2 Bits of Careless Talk Poster
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Bits of Carless Talk are Pieced Together by the Enemy. 20" by 28".
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WW2 If You Tell Where He's Going Poster506 - WW2 If You Tell Where He's Going Poster
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If you tell where he's going...He may never get there!. John Philip Falter. 20" by 28".
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WW2 We Have Just Begun to Fight Poster507 - WW2 We Have Just Begun to Fight Poster
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20" by 28".
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WW2 Nest Eggs Won't Hatch War Bonds Poster508 - WW2 Nest Eggs Won't Hatch War Bonds Poster
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Nest eggs won't hatch unless you set on them!. Hang on to your War Bonds. 20" by 28".
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WW2 Let Em Have it Buy Extra Bonds Poster509 - WW2 Let Em Have it Buy Extra Bonds Poster
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4th War Loan. 10 1/4" by 14 1/4".
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WW2 Victory Now You Can Invest in It Loan Poster510 - WW2 Victory Now You Can Invest in It Loan Poster
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9" by 12 3/4"
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WW2 Somebody Blabbed Button Your Lip Poster511 - WW2 Somebody Blabbed Button Your Lip Poster
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7" by 10"
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WW2 Bonds Build Ships Buy More Bonds Poster512 - WW2 Bonds Build Ships Buy More Bonds Poster
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11" by 16".
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WW2 For Victory 7 Key Plan Prices Down Poster513 - WW2 For Victory 7 Key Plan Prices Down Poster
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20" by 28". For Victory, and my Personal Post War World. I'm Following the 7 Key Plan to Hold Prices Down.
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WW2 Reach Your Boy Overseas by Vmail Poster514 - WW2 Reach Your Boy Overseas by Vmail Poster
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22" by 28"
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WW2 Give my Boy a Chance to Get Home Poster515 - WW2 Give my Boy a Chance to Get Home Poster
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Won't you give my boy a chance to get home? Don't Travel unless your trip helps win the war. 20" by 27".
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WW2 A.T.S. Auxiliary Territorial Service Poster516 - WW2 A.T.S. Auxiliary Territorial Service Poster
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Auxiliary Territorial Service, Women's British Army. 19 1/4" by 28 5/8".
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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WW2 You Can't Afford to Miss Either Poster517 - WW2 You Can't Afford to Miss Either Poster
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Buy Bonds Ever Payday. 11" by 14"
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Sold to floor for 160.00
 
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WW2 7th War Loan Individual Quotas Poster518 - WW2 7th War Loan Individual Quotas Poster
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16 1/2" by 22".
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
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1853 Oregon Territory Oregon Trail Letter519 - 1853 Oregon Territory Oregon Trail Letter
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Letter written by Oregon Trail Survivor Royal Harvey Hazleton. Letter has a transcribed version as shown. Hazleton was part of a massive westward migr
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HMS Niger Battle with Chinese Pirates Letter520 - HMS Niger Battle with Chinese Pirates Letter
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Albert Markham was the fifth son of retired British Royal Navy Captain John Markham. John Markham emigrated to America ca1850s, however, Albert joined
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1852 California Gold Rush Miners Letter Home521 - 1852 California Gold Rush Miners Letter Home
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Transcribed below based on how the letter is written. Sanfrancisco Sep 24th 1852 Friend Thomas I take up my pen to let you know that I am in the place
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Sold to floor for 400.00
 
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1912 Bank of Greenland Holsteinsborg Guest Book522 - 1912 Bank of Greenland Holsteinsborg Guest Book
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Colony Holstenborg May 9, 1912. One passage is signed Alfred de Quervain. De Quervain led a second expedition to Greenland in 1912. Together with Hans
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Collection of Andersonville Prison Ephemera523 - Collection of Andersonville Prison Ephemera
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Nice grouping.
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine524 - The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
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No. 5 September 1891 WR Holloway and John A Wyeth.
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The Demon of Andersonville Or the Trial of Wirz525 - The Demon of Andersonville Or the Trial of Wirz
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Philadelphia: Barclay & Co. 1865.
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Miss Rutherford's Scrap Book Henry Wirz526 - Miss Rutherford's Scrap Book Henry Wirz
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Volume II June 1924
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The Treatment of Prisoners Of War 1861-1865527 - The Treatment of Prisoners Of War 1861-1865
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Samuel E. Lewis MD of Washjington DC 1910.
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Andersonville and the Trial of Henry Wirz528 - Andersonville and the Trial of Henry Wirz
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John Howard Stibbs. Reprinted from the January 1911 number of the Iowa journal of history and politics from the george h thomas post number five of th
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Annals of Iowa October 1906529 - Annals of Iowa October 1906
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Third series Vol VII No 7. October 1906
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The Overland Monthly San Francisco 1870530 - The Overland Monthly San Francisco 1870
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Vol 4 No 5 May 1870 San Francisco by Edward Spencer
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New England Magazine October 1892531 - New England Magazine October 1892
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An illustrated monthly Vol VII No. 2 October 1892. JW Alexander.
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In Prison At Point Lookout532 - In Prison At Point Lookout
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GW Jones of Martinsville. Private Company H, 24th cavalry
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Our Young Folks An Illustrated Magazine533 - Our Young Folks An Illustrated Magazine
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Vol I No IV 1865 by James Gilmore
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Southern Historical Society Papers 1883534 - Southern Historical Society Papers 1883
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November 1883 Vol XI No 11. Two witnesses on prison mortality at Elmira.
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Notes of Army and Prison Life. 1862 - 1865535 - Notes of Army and Prison Life. 1862 - 1865
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Charles Fairbanks. More than likely 1897. Original multicolored beige wrappers held together with original two red bows. Very rare edition.
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Fourteen Months in American Bastiles536 - Fourteen Months in American Bastiles
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First edition by Frank Key Howard 1863.
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Prison-Pen and Swamp537 - Prison-Pen and Swamp
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MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRYMANS ESCAPE AND SUFFERINGS ATTENDING HIS ATTEMPT TO REACH THE UNION LINES. Dated 1890s. First edition. By William H Lawrence.
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Prison-Pen and Swamp Author Signed538 - Prison-Pen and Swamp Author Signed
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Signed on front cover. MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRYMANS ESCAPE AND SUFFERINGS ATTENDING HIS ATTEMPT TO REACH THE UNION LINES. Dated 1890s. First edition. By
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Memorial Day Andersonville National Cemetery539 - Memorial Day Andersonville National Cemetery
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Pamphlet. May 30, 1971
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The Bastiles of the North Photocopy540 - The Bastiles of the North Photocopy
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Lawrence Sangston 1868
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Prison Life in Dixie Photocopy541 - Prison Life in Dixie Photocopy
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William F Tiemann. 1894.
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Captain Henry Wirz CSA Grave Rubbing542 - Captain Henry Wirz CSA Grave Rubbing
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Obtained at Mount Olivet Cemetery June 1973. Rubbing from the tombstone of Henry Wirz.
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Xeroxed Archive POW Andersonville Georgia543 - Xeroxed Archive POW Andersonville Georgia
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Collection of photocopies from the Georgia Library collected in 1973. Includes letters and publications for POW from the civil war.
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Xeroxed Archive POW Andersonville Georgia544 - Xeroxed Archive POW Andersonville Georgia
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Newspaper articles from local papers regarding Andersonville at time prison was in operation and the Libby Prison escape. Collected in 1973
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Collection of Civil War Veteran Ephemera545 - Collection of Civil War Veteran Ephemera
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Collection acquired for research on Civil War POW camps.
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Collection of Civil War Medical Journals546 - Collection of Civil War Medical Journals
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All Xeroxed.
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Collection of Civil War Research Documents547 - Collection of Civil War Research Documents
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Nice grouping.
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Collection of Civil War Research Documents548 - Collection of Civil War Research Documents
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Nice grouping.
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Collection of Civil War Research Documents549 - Collection of Civil War Research Documents
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Nice grouping.
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Collection of Civil War Research Documents550 - Collection of Civil War Research Documents
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Nice grouping.
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