Western and Historical Americana

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Western and Historical Americana

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L.A. Huffman, Coyote - William Floyd Original Glass Plate, P707 - L.A. Huffman, Coyote - William Floyd Original Glass Plate, P
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a photo reprint from the 6.5" x 8.5" glass plate produced by Huffman of Miles City, Montana, reprint measures 8" x 10". Presumab...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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C.R. Savage and G.S. Smith's Gallery, Salt Lake City Cabinet708 - C.R. Savage and G.S. Smith's Gallery, Salt Lake City Cabinet
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lot of 9, all but two with Savages’ Salt Lake City imprint on verso; ca 1880s. Includes fine views around Salt Lake, including Main St., Brigham Young
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ingersoll and Kirkland Cabinet Cards of South Dakota and Wyo709 - Ingersoll and Kirkland Cabinet Cards of South Dakota and Wyo
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lot of two, includes a T.W. Ingersoll cabinet card of cowboys herding horses in South Dakota according to a penciled inscription on verso, with Ingers
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Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Two C.D. Kirkland Cabinet Cards of Cow-Boy Life, 710 - Two C.D. Kirkland Cabinet Cards of Cow-Boy Life, 
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includes the following titles in negative: No. 16 "Cow Pony." and No. 18 "Jim Kid.", each with C.D. Kirkland's Cheyenne, Wyo...
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Start Price : 1,100.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Autographed CDV of Enrique Vallejo, 711 - Autographed CDV of Enrique Vallejo, 
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inscribed and signed Ever your friend, General E. Vallejo. Backmark of George Johnson's San Francisco gallery. The Vallejo family was instrume...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Taber's San Francisco Studio, Interior Photograph, 712 - Taber's San Francisco Studio, Interior Photograph, 
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albumen image, 6.25" x 9.75" on larger mount with Taber's imprint. A fine interior of the waiting room of this artist, featuring portr...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Cabinet Card of R.S. Cearnal Texas Saddle, 713 - Cabinet Card of R.S. Cearnal Texas Saddle, 
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with imprint of James L. Goden, Gainesville, Texas on recto and pasted printed descriptive label on verso for the saddle-maker on recto. Titled No. 74
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Henry Smith, First American Governor of Texas ANS, 714 - Henry Smith, First American Governor of Texas ANS, 
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approx. 2" x 6", part of a legal document (In Testimony Whereof the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals...
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Kit Carson Stereoview by Henry Brown, 715 - Kit Carson Stereoview by Henry Brown, 
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a close portrait of Carson, mounted on yellow, cabinet sized cardstock with Henry Brown’s handstamp on verso, and titled on recto No. 155. The images
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Kit Carson CDV, 716 - Kit Carson CDV, 
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vignetted portrait of Kit Carson, with E. & H.T. Anthony backmark and Carson penciled on verso.  Condition: Minor toning, scattered spots ...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Jesse James Cabinet Card Photograph, 717 - Jesse James Cabinet Card Photograph, 
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a copy photograph of Jesse James with Mitchell / S.W. Cor. 10th & Main St., / Kansas City, MO. imprint and Jesse James handwritten below image.&...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Gathering of James-Younger Gang Photographs, 718 - Gathering of James-Younger Gang Photographs, 
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lot of 11, most with the handstamp of Sumner Studio, Northfield, Minnesota on verso, circa early 20th century, snapshot sized, 3" x 4". Th...
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Rare Wild Bill Hickok CDV by D.D. Dare, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 719 - Rare Wild Bill Hickok CDV by D.D. Dare, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 
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with his imprint on verso. Recently discovered in Los Angeles, this portrait of Hickok documents a visit to Cheyenne in 1874-75. Rosa (1994:174-176) i
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Start Price : 8,000.00 | Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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Rare Wild Bill Hickok CDV by Chas. T. Smith, Topeka, Kansas,720 - Rare Wild Bill Hickok CDV by Chas. T. Smith, Topeka, Kansas,
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with Smith's imprint on verso. Identified in pencil on recto Wild Bill. Additional penciled inscription on verso Alias William Hickok, and in in...
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Start Price : 5,500.00 | Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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Pat Garrett Signed New Mexico Territory Warrant, 721 - Pat Garrett Signed New Mexico Territory Warrant, 
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7" x 8.5", issued 30 Aug. 1881, by Supreme Court of Territory of New Mexico. For the arrest of Joshua Hubert for buying, receiving and dri...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by Seth Bullock, 722 - Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by Seth Bullock, 
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certificate for 500 shares of THE RUBY BELL GOLD AND SILVER MINING COMPANY, issued to D(eure) LaChapelle. Bullock (1847-1919) achieved his fame as t
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Charlie Russell in Studio, Large Hand-Colored Photograph, 723 - Charlie Russell in Studio, Large Hand-Colored Photograph, 
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a remarkable portrait of Russell seated at easel with paint pallet in one hand and brush in the other staring at one of his own large, nearly finished
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Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Western Artist Charlie Russell Photograph, 724 - Western Artist Charlie Russell Photograph, 
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an anonymous silver gelatin portrait of Charlie Russell in his later years; 13.75" x 17.75", matted and housed in a bat-wing style gilt an...
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Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Omaha Indian Police Appointment, 725 - Omaha Indian Police Appointment, 
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two-color partially printed document appointing Zhinga-ga-hega (Little Chief) a member of the Omaha Indian Police, 5 Feb. 1870, signed by E. Painter,
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Poker Chips From Wyatt Earp's Dexter Saloon, 726 - Poker Chips From Wyatt Earp's Dexter Saloon, 
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two octagonal poker chips, one in bone with Dexter Saloon / 25 / Nome hand-engraved on both sides and a similar chip with 50 instead of 25 and stained
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Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Arizona Territory Saloon and Other Tokens, 727 - Arizona Territory Saloon and Other Tokens, 
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lot of 12 tokens for the following saloons, halls, or clubs: The Cochise Club, Tombstone, AZ; Pony Billiard Room, Tombstone, AZ; the Morrison and Reis
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Saloon and Trade Tokens From Montana, California, and New Me728 - Saloon and Trade Tokens From Montana, California, and New Me
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lot of 6, including tokens from the following saloons and trade stores: Butte Saloon, Basin, MT; Midway Saloon, Bonner, MT; Pay Ore Saloon, Columbia,
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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John J. Valentine Wells Fargo Retained Letter, 729 - John J. Valentine Wells Fargo Retained Letter, 
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retained copy, 1p, January 5, 18?, on Wells, Fargo & Company letterhead. Addressed to only "Dear Sir" , Valentine informs the recipien...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Wells Fargo Metal and Porcelain Sign, 730 - Wells Fargo Metal and Porcelain Sign, 
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a Wells Fargo & Co. Express sign, with white lettering on navy blue circle, on red ground, composed of metal and porcelain, with holes in each c...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Wells Fargo Hanging Sign, 731 - Wells Fargo Hanging Sign, 
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a double-sided Wells Fargo & Co. Express sign, heavy printed card stock with navy blue circle with black edging and white lettering, on red grou...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Wells Fargo, Gold Hills, N.T. Report Receipt and Baggage Tag732 - Wells Fargo, Gold Hills, N.T. Report Receipt and Baggage Tag
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lot of two, including a paid Wells, Fargo & Co. certificate of deposit receipt for $300 from Gold Hills, N.T., dated June 17, 1863; and an unuse...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wanted Postcards from California, 733 - Wanted Postcards from California, 
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lot of twelve printed postcards issued between 1904-1912 by various California sheriffs. Includes cards for various crimes including burglary, larceny
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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California Stagecoach Robbery Reward Handbill, 734 - California Stagecoach Robbery Reward Handbill, 
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$700 Reward! signed in type J.H. Sherer, Sheriff of Colusa, California July 14, 1903. For the arrest and conviction of the man who held up and robbed
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Express Company Illustrated Reward Posters, 735 - Express Company Illustrated Reward Posters, 
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lot of three, each ca 8.5" x 13" from Adams Express Co, American Railway Express Co., and United States Express Co., 1904, 05, and 1919. I...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Wells Fargo and Other Framed Reward Broadside, 736 - Wells Fargo and Other Framed Reward Broadside, 
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lot of two, includes a printed broadside from the Vice President and General Manager of Wells Fargo & Company Express, A. Christeson, offering a...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Three Early 20th Century Reward Broadsides, 737 - Three Early 20th Century Reward Broadsides, 
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lot includes a printed broadside from W.H. Frans, Chief of Police, St. Joseph, MO, offering a $1,050 reward for the arrest and conviction of Hayden Pe
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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The Life and Adventures of Black Hawk, 738 - The Life and Adventures of Black Hawk, 
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Drake, Benjamin. The Life and Adventures of Black Hawk: With Sketches of Keokuk, the Sac and Fox Indians, and the Late Black Hawk War. Cincinnati (OH)
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Dakota War Whoop, 739 - Dakota War Whoop, 
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M'Conkey, Harriet E. Bishop. Dakota War Whoop; or; Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota. Saint Paul (MN): D.D. Merrill, 1863. 12mo, brown cloth...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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[AMERICAN INDIANS] Two Volumes of History of North American 740 - [AMERICAN INDIANS] Two Volumes of History of North American
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published 1836-1838. Thirteen parts of the first printing of this classic work, bound into 2 volumes, approx. 15" x 21", half-lea. over &q...
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Start Price : 7,000.00 | Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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[AMERICAN INDIANS] The History of the American Indians;... 741 - [AMERICAN INDIANS] The History of the American Indians;... 
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Adair, James. London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. Small 4to, x pages frontmatter plus 464 numbered pp; folding map (10.75 x 16"...
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Start Price : 2,800.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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George Catlin Lithograph, The Bear Dance, 742 - George Catlin Lithograph, The Bear Dance, 
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hand-colored lithograph, plate 18, from Catlin's 1844 London edition of the North American Indian Portfolio (lithographs drawn by McGahey, print...
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Start Price : 1,400.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Hand-Colored Lithograph of Huron Chiefs, 743 - Hand-Colored Lithograph of Huron Chiefs, 
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matted and framed to 21.5" x 23.25", we assume print has been trimmed; 13" x 14.5" (sight). Thielcke, after Henry Daniel (1788-1...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Karl Bodmer Engraving: Tab. 20, Mandan Indians, 744 - Karl Bodmer Engraving: Tab. 20, Mandan Indians, 
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an engraving of Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde / Mandan Indians, with Bodmer's blindstamp, published by Ackerman & Co. 90 Strand, 14" ...
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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After Karl Bodmer Lithograph, Tab. 47, Child of the Wolf, 745 - After Karl Bodmer Lithograph, Tab. 47, Child of the Wolf, 
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a print entitled Makuie-Poka Sohn Des Wolfen, from a work by Bodmer dated 1834, produced by J. Honegger, Zurich; 8" x 12", matted and fram...
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Bozeman, Montana Territory 1877 Nez Perces Wars Broadside EX746 - Bozeman, Montana Territory 1877 Nez Perces Wars Broadside EX
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includes 10 small broadside extras printed by the Bozeman Courier, between August 11, 1877 and September 17, 1877, documenting the latter part of the
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Start Price : 4,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Important Early CDVs of U.S. Troops in Indian Territory, 747 - Important Early CDVs of U.S. Troops in Indian Territory, 
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lot of 3. An intriguing group of two anonymous cdvs and a slightly larger card mounted image documenting the presence of the U.S. military in Indian T
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Start Price : 700.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Indian Wars CDVS of Lt. Russell H. Day, 6th Infantry, Ft. Bu748 - Indian Wars CDVS of Lt. Russell H. Day, 6th Infantry, Ft. Bu
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inscribed in ink on verso Ft. Buford D.T. 12th July, 1874. My 31st anniversary. R.H. Day U.S. Army. Together with a CDV of Day’s English pointers, ins
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Start Price : 425.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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CDV of Civil War Soldier Later Shot by Indians, 749 - CDV of Civil War Soldier Later Shot by Indians, 
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a young private wearing sack coat with imprint of A. Westphal & Co., Chicago having inked notation on verso that reads, Shot by Indians/March 16...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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CDV Album of Indian War Era Utah 14th US Infantry, 750 - CDV Album of Indian War Era Utah 14th US Infantry, 
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a pocket size album containing 20 cartes from the mid 1870s, most with Fox & Symons or C.W. Carter, Salt Lake City back marks. Fourteen of the c...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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US Military Academy Class of 1879 Album, 751 - US Military Academy Class of 1879 Album, 
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a massive 13.75” x 18” leather bound album containing 168 cabinet cards, each 4.5” x 6.5” with fancy gilded imprint of G.W. Pach & Bros., New Yo...
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Start Price : 3,250.00 | Estimate : 4,500.00 - 5,500.00
 
 
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Brigadier General Leonard W. Colby Archive, 752 - Brigadier General Leonard W. Colby Archive, 
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including a 14k gold pocket watch with presentation inscription, his appointment as Brigadier General in the United States Army, signed by President W
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Start Price : 3,500.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Indian Wars Diary and Archive of Sheldon Keeny, 4th Cavalry,753 - Indian Wars Diary and Archive of Sheldon Keeny, 4th Cavalry,
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-1919; 71 items. Sheldon Keeny was a career soldier in the latter half of the nineteenth century, serving five terms of enlistment with the 4th Arti
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Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Mt. Vernon Barracks, Alabama Indian Wars Photographs, 754 - Mt. Vernon Barracks, Alabama Indian Wars Photographs, 
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lot of 10 boudoir photographs, ca 1891-94, one with the imprint of Sandoz, Mobile, Alabama, 1892. Includes three important images of the 12th U.S. Inf
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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George Custer and Grizzly Bear Autographed Photograph, 755 - George Custer and Grizzly Bear Autographed Photograph, 
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an albumen photograph of George Custer with the first grizzly bear he killed during his expedition to the Black Hills, August 7, 1874, signed below th
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Start Price : 25,000.00 | Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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George A. Custer Cabinet Photograph by Scholten, 756 - George A. Custer Cabinet Photograph by Scholten, 
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a portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Custer, dated on or about January 24, 1872, by James A. Scholten. Illustrated in Katz' Custer in Photographs (K...
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Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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