Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

Seven checks related to the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, owned and operated by D.L. Bliss, Henry Yerington, D.O. Mills, and J.A. Rigby

Lot of 24. Includes: Western Union Telegraph ( billhead 1875, receipt 1875), Zadig & Co. (1911), Best & Belcher Mining Co. (1911), Virginia ...

Lot of 69. Nice variety! Includes: 8 payroll receipts from the Savage Mine (1872); 29 Bank of California debit slips (185-1903); 3 from Virginia City

WOW! Just look at the photo to catch all the nuances of this piece: rose gold, red heart, gold circle insert, In an original case that is from A. De N

Bank of California. Virginia, Nevada, Dec. 31st, 1870. Issued to Nye & Co., who were prominent Virginia City jewelers. They were the jewelers wh...

January 15, 1865 check number 29 to William S Ball for $100. Nice bold signature. Partial blue 'PAID' stamp. City: Virginia City State:

Rare, original ticket for the famous theatre in Virginia City. Admit One Gallery Ticket. 2" x 3.5" on heavy cardstock. Printed by Ansell T...

Another very early Wells, Fargo & Co. check signed by R.N. Graves. supt. of the Empire Mining & Milling Co, as well as the Gould & Curry...

Second group of these rare Comstock bonds: $5, $10, and $20. Issued March 1877. Very good condition. Please see previous lot for historical background

Really neat Western Union Telegraph Company Notice for a message sent from Virginia City to Adolph Sutro. Message received in Elko, September 19th, 18

Lot of 243! Includes: 12 Wells, Fargo & Co. c.1860s (territorial); 30 Hale & Norcross S.M. Co., c.1880s; 100 Savage Mining Co. (Wells Fargo...

A 3.5" x 7.75" black and white photograph of the mining town with mine tailings and buildings visible is the focus of this 1922 calendar f...

Large (23" x 12") calendar (green with black text) featuring an illustrated yellow map of Nevada (12.5" x 9.5") featuring vigne...

Lot of 27 with a few duplicates. Nice variety! Many pictorial. No territorial. Includes: J.B Dazet (unused and one used, 1897), Mark Strouse (pictori

This fabulous gold-plated brass badge came to us directly from the great-grandson of the officer! Please see photo (C.A. McGuigan is circled). Fron

Lot of 15. Great variety! Checks: Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Co., RN-G, 1878, signed by D.L. Bliss; Savage Mining Co., RN-G, 1879, signed by

Lot of three unused illustrated treasurer drafts from the Young America Engine Co., No. 2. 187-. Printed by J.D. Bethel & Co., Printers, Virgini...

Lot of 80 pictorial warrants! One is General County Fund, five are School Fund, two are Library Fund, 18 are Redemption Fund, and 54 are Road Fund. Ex

Lot of four from the First National Bank of Winnemucca. Two are 1900 and George Nixon is Cashier. One is 1904 and Nixon is President. The fourth is 19

A RPC that shows a woman walking in front of a church with white picket fence. Pen notations on front indicate this is the catholic church in Winnemuc

1) The Bank Almanac for 1929. Stamped with the Lyon County Bank's name and information (Yerington, Nevada, 4% Paid on Savings Accounts). 32 page...

Unique view of Twin Lakes, a good fishing spot in the Sierra Nevada. "Compliments of Lyon County Bank/ YERINGTON, NEVADA." Colored image o...

Group of 4 including: 1) Photo Mosaic State of Nevada by Aerial Photographers of Nevada/ Reno-Stead Airport/ compiled from/ Earth Resources Technology

63 pages with black and white photographs. By C.A. Norcross, Commissioner Industry, Agriculture and Irrigation. Issued by Sunset Magazine Homeseekers

Cancelled green bond signed by Governor Bradley, treasure Shcooling and controller Hobart. Number 343. Nice Nevada-type state seal on top. City:

Hard to find. 28" x 21". Includes William Stewart, J P Jones, Charles Belknap, Russell Colcord, Orvis Ring, Lem Allen, George Nixon, Willi...

Very Rare. 31 1/2" x 24". Complete slate featuring George Nixon, Tasker Oddie, EE Roberts (Reno's famous pro-alcohol Mayor during proh...

Nine small pamphlets: Dual-Purpose and Beef Cattle, 1016; Rabies, 1918; The Poison Parsnip or Water Hemlock, 1920; The Narrow-Leaved Milkweed and The

1) 1873 Bank of California check to D. L. Bliss for the Summit Flume Company. Signed by Bliss. Back has a Wells Fargo & Co. Carson City stamp. ...

Lot of 37 post cards of Reno, Virginia City and a couple from Las Vegas. Including 5 real photo cards: early Mackay Field at UNR, "C" Stre...

Lot of 8. From Austin: Hall & Marston, Upper Austin Meat Market, c.1870s, soiling and tears; Color illustrated billhead for William Easton, Who...

Lot of eleven. 1) Model Dairy one quart milk bottle. Reno. 2) Goldfield Drug & Jewelry. Felis Brothers. Sheep Dip Poison. 3) Travel case with tw...

Lot of six different 8" x 10" black-and-white photographs showing an atom bomb test explosion. The family believes these were taken by N.E...

Three covers with "First Day of Issue" Centennial Stamps, 1864-1964, cancelled, Carson City, Nevada July 22, 1964. Seven copies of Nevada ...

Lot of 14. From the Comstock: an 1870 Mariposa Mill check RN with signature of James G. Fair; an 1862 territorial check from Paxton & Thornburgh...

Lot of 40. Nice variety. Best two: White Pine County Bank, (Eureka stamped over Hamilton), Dec. 15, 1877, w/ adhesive revenue stamp, repaired cut canc

Over 60 pieces! Checks from Virginia City (Savage Mine and D.L. Bliss), Gold Hill (a territorial piece), Carson City (CC Savings Bank w/ coin vignette

Lot of 75 checks, debit slips, and other banking documents from across Nevada. Carson City, Eureka, Goldfield, Reno, Tonopah, and Winnemucca. Companie

Lot of 8 items. From Carson: two Western Union Telegraph receipts, one received from Palisade (1889) re: a package and the other to brokers in NY (188

Four copies of Historical Highlights of Nevada souvenir booklets (3" x 4"). Photos include: Belmont's Vacant Courthouse, Nye County; P...

16 maps: five BLM maps of various districts, six oil company touring maps, Nevada Highways maps. City: State: Nevada, Date:

Eight pieces. Railroad: a Wells, Fargo & Co. Express wax seal for the Eureka-Nevada Railway Company and an Expense Bill from 1904 for the Eureka...

Lot of 13 pieces. From Humboldt County: a 1913 mining claim deed for the Peerless No. 1 and 2 claims in the Rochester Mining District; an 1879 Officia

Lot of five. All revolve around William Easton, sheriff in Austin. 1) Two 1895 letters from the Sheriff's Office, Elko County, Nevada. First one...

A multi-colored pull down map of the state of Nevada. Encased in a green light metal frame measuring 43” x 2”, measures 33 ½” x 50”. Published ...

Booklet for the Ninth circuit, District of Nevada with the name S. B. or P. B. Ellis on the cover. City: State: Nevada, Date:

1908 Announcement of service by the Southern Nevada Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Company, a a billing sheet from their office in Rhyolite. Fro

Lot of three. Good Nevada banking references! 1) Report of the State Bank Examiner, 1908. T.R. Hofer's nine page report includes a foldout table...

Nice set. 1) 1914 Map of Nevada with a Brief Description of its Resources, Development, Topography and Climate. Published by the Southern Pacific. Map

Lot of 20. Nevada warrants: two 1888 general fund, two 1898 general fund, three 1881 general fund, three 1881 state prison fund, and three 1877 genera