Western Trails & Treasures Auction (February 2022)

Huge lot of 300+ checks. A quick scan shows they date from the 1870s to 1920s, with a large number in the 1880s, 1890s, and early 1900s. Probably a th

Lot of 300+ checks. A quick scan shows they date from the 1870s to 1920s, with a lot in the 1880s and 1890s. Perhaps a third are Montana checks; rest

Lot of 42 pieces. No RN. Unusual checks incl: pay in gold coin; famous companies; imprints; ration checks. Includes: United States of America Ration C

Nice group of insurance industry ephemera. John Hancock, Aetna and Travelers Insurance Companies among others. More than 25 pieces in this lot. Date

Lot of 3 items. (1) Testimonial certificate from US Army to Retired Sergeant James R. Boyle for 29 years of honorable service, dated 1934, signed by

Lot of 6 travel guides/booklets for various US locations. All paperback. (1) This Week in the Nation's Capital, 32 pp, weekly, issue from 192...

Cast iron Dutch ovens are known for making some of the most delicious meals, from slow roasted meats to your favorite fruit cobbler. When cooking with

Includes 17 items: 1) King George & Queen Elizabeth 1939. 10.5" reverse stamp Sovereign Canada, British Empire Made; 2) 1937 King George VI...

1-2) Otavi Mines and Railway Company. Numbers 8561 and 8566 for one pound sterling. Great logo under print logo. 3) Nghanga Consolidated Copper Mines.

We haven't seen this before! Office in London. Mines in the Hartz River Division of Barkly West, Cape Colony and claims on the Frank Smith Prosp...

Lot of 1. Stock certificate issued by Nevada & Mountain Lakes Ice Co of Nevada City, CA. Dated 1871. Damaged lower right corner. Scarce when...

Five preferred shares of this company issued to F.M. Smith in 1912. "Borax" Smith formed the U.S. Borax Company in 1890 after discovering ...

This company extracted asphalt from a bituminous lake called Alcatraz that was located near Santa Barbara. Low certificate number 8, issued for 4,000

Lot of 125 Crystal Lead Mines Company (Wallace, ID) stock certificates, # 497 - 621, bound in a soft cover booklet. All issued then Cancelled. All

A box, chock full of stock certificates, including, but not limited to, National Copper Mining Company, King Mining Company, Coeur d' Alene Mini...

Original full book of Sherman Company stock certificates. Incorporated in Idaho, approx. 250 pieces, Cancelled yet very fine condition. Date: Coun

Original book of Idaho Gas Filter Corp. unissued stock certificates in extremely fine condition. Includes certificates #2 through #70. Incorporated in

#254, issued for 100 shares and signed by W.C. Bowman as president. Eagle vignette. Inc. in Missouri. The company's mine was located at Westvill...

Lot of 13. Stock certificates issued by Montana Fire-Clay Company of Butte. All unissued Six signed by President C.M. Bradshaw. Very ornate, blue

A ton (Well, not really) of mining stock certificates, other issued and blank, in nine (9) bound books and scrapbooks. Stocks are from the Montana, Id

Lot of 60 MT mining company stock certificates. 3 certs each from 20 different companies. C. 1880s - 1928. Many w/ornate vignettes. Companies repr

Lot of over 70 MT mining stock certificates. c. 1880s - 1929. 18 different companies represented. Many w/intricate vignettes. Date: Country (if n

Lot of 39 Montana mining stock certificates. All sleeved and ready for sale. Several signed by renowned politician and mining/railroad entrepreneur

Lot of 48 Montana mining stock certificates, each from a different issuer. In black binder. Dated from 1882 - 1922. Elizabeth Mining Company certific

Lot of 51 Montana mining company stock certificates. Each cert from a different company. Many with ornate vignettes of eagles, elk, miners at work,

Lot of 16. Moulton Mining Company (MT) stock certificates. All but 3 signed by company President and renowned MT financier W.A. Clark. All c. 1880s

Lot of 9. Moulton Mining Company (MT) stock certs from 1905 - 1907. Era following W.A. Clark's company presidency. All fully signed. Date: ...

Lot of 27. Nevada mining stock certificates. 9 issued 1917 - 1930 by Marsh Mines Consolidated, each share 25 cents, one cert issued to Hercules Mini

Lot of 25 stock certificates for 9 different Montana petroleum/oil companies. c. 1920s. Companies represented are Unit Petroleum, Moffett Myers Deve

#54, issued for 5000 shares in 1905. Listed in Filer II as operating in the Bullfrog district. This is a scarce Bullfrog mining certificate. Beatty is

Very rare! Number 107 for 1000 shares. Signed by TR Kennick and FL Warburton. Excellent condition. According to the Beatty Bullfrog Miner of 1905, &...

Cert. #173, issued for 1000 shares in 1910. Principal office was at Rhyolite, Nevada. Montgomery Mountain rises above the famous Montgomery Shoshone m

Various Nevada mining stocks in issued and unissued form. A few notables include a Getchell signed by George Wingfield, Jumbo Extension MC, 1919; Barb

Lot of 19 stock certificates and checks from the Comstock Lode, NV era. 15 stock certificates including one issued by the Consolidated Virginia Minin

Lot of 7 different. Includes: Rawhide Coalition Mines Company (1910, underground drilling vignette); Bonanza King Mining Co. (Lovelock, 1905, mining v

100 shares issued in 1909. Inc. in Arizona. Mines located at Lordsburg, N.M. printed at the top. Security Banknote Co. Phila printer. Mining vignette.

Lot of 5 stocks, all issued and cancelled in 1886. Signed by Louis T Haggin as president (son of JB Haggin) and the secretary. Punch and stamp cancell

Lot of approx. 650 stock certs from Zuma Mining & Milling Company, Eureka, UT. All issued and cancelled. Dates from 1917 - 1955 (cert #s in th...

Lot of 122 Montana mining stock certificates. 113 from Tamarack and Chesapeake, 36 issued 1897 - 1900. rest issued c. 1900s - 1910s. All $1 each, so

Thirty different, mostly mining stocks with great vignettes. The company's realized that the beauty of their certificates would sometimes propel...

Mining stock certificates with very nice vignettes includes the Penn Yan with gold coins, State Line #2 and #3 (NV) , both issued in 1881, Shasta May

Lot of 3. Mining stock certs from Flint Creek Mining/MT, Deadwood Gold Mining/CA and Fremont Milling/WA. Flint Creek cert unissued but c. 1890s, lat

Lot of 5 mining company stock certificates. (1) Calumet and Arizona Mining Co, issued 1912, 22 shares, signed by Thomas Gatson/Pres; (2) Greene Gold

Lot of 19 US stock certificates. Sleeved and ready for retail sale. Dates from 1907 to 1943. Issuing companies: Tonopah Mining Company of NV, Happy

Lot of 30 stock certificates from various mining companies throughout the western US. c. 1870s - 1940. 10 issued 1897 - 1899 by Tamarack & Che...

Nice dealer lot of 29 includes two 1897 Isabella Gold Mining Company stocks from the Cripple Creek district, Hidden Fortune Gold Mining Co, 1903, Lead

Ornate stock certificate with an imprinted revenue that extends across most of it. Issued at New York in 1872. Hole punches thru signatures. Very nice

Three different include 1) Bond for 60 francs, Paris, 1888. 2) Canal Interoceanique de Panama, 1880. 3) Panama Rail Road Co. stock issued for 8 shares

# 110 issued in 1900. Signed by president Zimmerman and secretary Carlson. $1,000 Northern Alabama Coal, Iron and Railway Co 1st Mortgage 5%, 40 year

Unissued stock certificate #35 for Puget Sound and Alaska Steamship Co. shares @ $100 each. Organized under the laws of Washington. Green border. Vi

Lot of 11 with some duplicates includes 4 issued Oakland Traction Co certificates issued between 1907-1912. Two of these are issued to F.M. (Borax) Sm

Twelve stocks from the Key System, including five Key System Transit Co., five from East Shore and Suburban Railway, one unissued from Oakland Termina

Unissued. Incorporated April 22, 1875. "San Francisco Co." printed to the left of locomotive vignette. Printed by Edward Denny & Co. 5...

Lot of two from the Yosemite area rail. One bond is issued in 1904. Has a piece missing at the bottom left corner. Fair condition. Also, an unissued b

Lot of 8. Includes: Del Norte & Humboldt Railroad Co. (unissued stock); San Ramon Valley Railroad (1912 stock); Yreka Railroad Co. (1889 stock);...

Lot of 7 different, all unissued. Great way to add an example of a rare rail to your collection. Includes: Denver, South Park & Hill Top Railway...

Lot of 9. 1) Three 10 share stocks issued 1886, 1888, and 1900. All with bird's-eye view vignette of mountain town. Two with foreign revenue imp...

Lot of 8 different. Includes stocks issued in 1888 (Denver vignette); 1889 (prospector vignette); 1880s piece with corporate signatures, but not issue

Lot of 6, four different. All with train vignettes. Includes: $100 bond, 1924; two $1,000 bonds, 1924; two stocks issued in 1946; and a different Spec

Lot of 25. 1) Stocks. Eleven pieces include: Walls Frogless Switch & Manufacturing Co. (1918); Gutheil Park Railway (two uniss.); Eldorado Sprin...

Lot of 3 issued stocks. Inc. in 1899 in New Jersey. No. 622, issued in 1907 to Lewis H. Lapham, co-founder of the company. Corporate signatures are pu

Certificate issued in 1925 for 10 shares. Great vignettes including a train at the top, lights, tracks, switches, wheels and barometer. Fancy, uncance

Signed by president Robert Schuler. He is often referred to as America's first Railroad King. He also was part of American's first stock fra...

Lot of 6 for this iconic 19th-century railroad. 1) Two different stocks. Issued 1885 and 1887, punch cancelled. Farming vignettes. 2) $10,000 bond iss

Great group of stocks, scrip and bonds from the famous Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railroad Company. Any paper such as this from this railroad is sc

The Baltimore Consolidated Railway Company was organized when the stockholders of the Baltimore Traction Company and the City and Suburban Company vot

This is a great representation of this company's varied certificates. Lot includes seven common stock certificates dating back to 1853. There ar...

Lot of 6 different, all unissued. Great way to get an example for your collection. Included: Montana Railroad Company (Helena, 1890s); Helena and Red

Lot of nine. Early steam engine vignette on top and farming on bottom vignettes. Gold Capital Stock 4,215,000 on right. Datelined Cincinnati. Road ran

Lot of 9 different, all unissued. A great way to add an example of a scarce rail to your collection. Includes: Oregon Branch Pacific Railroad Co. (186

Lot of 24. Three different types. Includes two rare 1905 (pre-Titanic sinking stocks); 19 issued in 1930 with foreign revenue stamps; and two issued i

Lot of 45 issued certificates. All but one are issued to Vincent Astor in 1943. Vincent Astor was the oldest son of John Jacob Astor, who died on the

100 shares of Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company stock. Number C750 dated June 1, 1909. The Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. was the owner o...

Lot of seven issued and cancelled stocks. Issued 1895 (x3), 1897, 1899, 1910, and 1911. All have the same design: black border, gold seal, and electri

Lot of 8. Located at Sharon, Pennsylvania. Vignette of gentleman. 1) # 1088 with dark greet 1$ revenue stamp. Signed by president EA Wheeler and secre

Lot of 14 (only one dupe). Includes: Easton Branch Railroad (1850s uniss. stock); Dunkirk, Warren & Pittsburgh Railway (1871 stock); Beech Creek...

Inc. in Tennessee. Stock certificate number 1, issued for 96 shares to William L. Chrisman in February 1913. Signed by the president CW Clark and the

$1,000 Bond issued in 1869. Inc. in South Carolina. Nice revenue stamp in orange at the center. Allegorical figures at the corners. Large hole cut can

Lot of 8 different, all unissued. Great way to add an example to your collection. Includes: Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Co. (1900s,...

Lot of 3 different. Included: $500 bond issued in 1896, heavily punch cancelled, beautiful scenic vignettes; Northern Pacific Railway Equipment Trust

This lot of five stocks and bonds for railway transportation certificates. Two from the Marietta and North Georgia Railway Company, the Cape May and M

Lot of 18, most different, all unissued. Great way to pick up an example of a rare rail for your collection. Included: Chicago, Rock Island & El...

Three fancy railroad stocks with imprinted revenues. Two from Boston and Worchester Railroad and one from Chicago & South Western Railway. Uniss...

Lot of 3. 1) The Cuba Railroad Company. Issued in 1909, punch and cancelled. Signed by William Van Horne as president. Orange border, locomotive vigne

Lot of 17. Duplication. Includes: Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1899, 1901, 1904, plus two unissued); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (1919...

Lot of 15 different. Includes: Greenville & Columbia Railroad Co. (1859 stock); Louisiana & Missouri River Railroad (1880s, corp. signatures...

Lot of 85. Railroad bonds from companies throughout the US, c. 1900 - 1960s. Many w/train vignettes. East to West Coast and Great Lakes. Some scare

Thirty two different railroad stocks. Mostly issued. Average condition. Nice dealer lot of material. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

Lot of 21 mounted stock certificates. Collection includes 2 scare Montana certificates issued by the Gallatin Valley Railway Company (surrendered &...

Great lot with many different Midwest rails. Some notables include two bonds from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ($1,000, $10,000); Georgia Rail Ro

A great group of steamers and trains in fancy vignettes on many certificates. Ten in this group are issued stock certificates, pre-1900. Steamers and

These railroad stocks and bonds have great vignettes of trains at the train station. Notables include Kansas City & Pacific Railroad Co (KS), 18...

Lot includes a horse drawn street rail from Broadway & Seventh Avenue Rail Road Company (NY), and 2 B & O stocks with a crude early propulsi...

Many scarce and early date railroad stocks with great vignettes. Includes Baltimore and Yorktown Turnpike Road, 1865; Hartford, Providence and Fishkil

Lot includes an International Mercantile Marine stock. Vignette of an ocean liner and tugboats. The company formerly owned the ill fated Titanic. Also

A couple of notables include a Westinghouse Air Brake Company stock and a Chicago & Alton Railroad bond. Some duplication here. There are Chicag...

Nice vignettes on these certificates. Some rare ones include a $1000 Construction Mortgage Bond from the Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge Company, 1867...

Great group of East Coast street railway stocks with great vignettes. Lot features Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway (4), Philadelphia Rapid...

Lot of 21. Some duplication. Includes: Union Pacific Corp. (1984); Western Pacific Railroad Co. (1946-1963 stocks; plus 3 different bonds, 1945-1950);

Lot of 18. All issued to Dan Moss Jr. for one share in 1987. They don't appear to be cancelled. Blue border, black print, and vignette of leapin...