LIVE AUCTION #24

AFRICAN AMERICAN-BOTTLES

AFRICAN AMERICAN

100. African American. Book. Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as Dead Wood Dick, by himself. A True History of Slavery Days, Life on the Great Cattle Ranges and on the Plains of the “Wild and Woolly” West, based on Facts, and Personal Experiences of the Author. 1907. An autobiography of a Native American who finds himself out west, becoming a cowboy and eventually a Pullman porter, and apparently wealthy. 162pps, illustrated with sketches and photographs. Binding worn, corners dinged. Fine.

Est. $50-100

ALABAMA

101. Alabama. Jefferson. Birmingham. Birmingham Land, Tanning & Manufacturing Co. Cert. #149. Incorporated in Alabama. Issued to J.G. Hamilton in 1887 for 5 shares. Signed by president and James Hays, secretary. Green paper with navy blue border and red applied seal. Uncancelled. No printer noted. 7 x 12. Datelined Birmingham, Ala. Est. $75-150

ALASKA

102. Alaska. Alaska Commemorative Medallions. Lot of 2 pcs. (1) North Slope Alaska / Prudhoe Bay / (pic of oil derrick and oil pipeline) / November 15, 1973 / Trans / Alaska Pipeline // Valdez / (pic of Valdez Bay). Rd, br, 39mm. Unc. (2) Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition / (pic of 3 people) / Seattle, 1909 // Alaska Yukon Pacific / Exposition / (pic of building) / US Government Building / Seattle, 1909. Rd, br, 35mm. Au. Est. $50-100

103. Alaska. Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Logo Engraved Lock. Possibly a souvenir from the AYP Expo of 1909. No mfg noted. The side with key has the vignette. 2 x 2.5”. No key. Very fine.

Est. $75-150

104. Alaska. S. S. Alameda Radio News Newsletter (Alaska Steamship Co.), 1927. Four pages promoting “See Alaska First” via Alaska Steamship Co. Shows photograph of the ship (length 332.6, beam 41 feet, 1939.10 tons), captained by C.V. Westerlund, and includes news items regarding the passengers, Stateside sports and other news, and has numerous business ads from Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway. Approximately 8 x 9” (16 x18 folded over), very fragile and brittle.

The Alameda was 3,000 gross tons, iron hulled steamship, built 1883 in Philadelphia for the Oceanic Steamship Co. and made her maiden voyage in Oct.1883 between San Francisco and Honolulu. In 1885 she was

used on the San Francisco to Hawaii and Sydney service and in 1890 was put on the S.F to New Zealand via Hawaii route. In 1901 with the advent of new ships, she was switched back to the San Francisco - Hawaii service. Laid up in 1907 when the U.S. Government terminated Oceanic’s mail contract to the South Pacific and they were left with redundant ships, she was eventually sold to Alaska SS Co in 1910 and placed on the Seattle - Alaska route. On 28th Nov.1931 she was burnt out at Seattle Pier.[Cargoes, Matson’s First Century in the Pacific by W. L. Worden] Est. $75-150

105. Alaska. Book. Alaska, 1903. Atlas of Alaska. Compiled by E.C. Barnard and others under the director of geography R.U. Goode. Scale 40 mi. to one inch. Meas. 35 x 48.” Printed by Julius Bien & Co Photo Lith, New York. Fine. Est. $100-300

106. Alaska. Cordova. Cordova Real Photo Postcard, c.1908-12. Captioned “A June Mid-Night, Cordova, Alaska.” Photo by Roark Photo. Shot of the main street with cars parked. The street lights are on but the sky is bright. Business names visible. Crisp and clear. Extremely fine. Est. $50-150

107. Alaska. Dawson. Dawson City Business License, 1911. Issued to Harry Sandahl to sell Cigars & Tobacco on King Street in City of Dawson. Cost was $50. License #225. Blue border and print. 7.5 x 10”. Rare. Est. $50-100

108. Alaska. Skagway. Skagway Souvenir Spoon. Embossed bowl with A. B. Mountain, Skagway, Alaska. Mountain scene with mining camp in valley. At top of handle is the Seal of Alaska. Below is a train trestle over miner’s gold pan over totem pole. Handle reverse has dog sled team and another view of A. B. Mountain. 6” long. Mfg by H. D. K. Sterling. Very fine. Est. $50-100

109. Alaska. Yukon. Ballads of Cheechako, 1909. Lot of 2 different printings. By Robert W. Service. One of the printings has red hard boards with gilt lettering, 4 x 6”, 158pps. Some wear to spine and corners. The second has a leather cover and spine, 5 x 7.5”, 137pps. Same layout for both. The book contains “ballads” about life in the Yukon. Both fine. Est. $100-200

110. Alaska. Yukon. Dawson Souvenir Spoon. Bowl is engraved with “Deilvie Bridge, Dawson, Y. T.” Scene of a bridge. At end of handle is a gold miner’s pan with faux nuggets. Pick and shovel under pan. Design on handle. Overall 4” long. Extremely fine.

Est. $100-200

ARIZONA

111. Arizona. Cochise. Courtland. Heffern Co-Operative Con Gold Mining & Milling Co., Specimen. Incorporated in Arizona. Dated 19xx. There is a lot going on in this masthead, including 3 photographs of the shaft/mine operations, and a picture of Heffern. Green border. No printer noted. 8.75 x 12.” Datelined Bisbee, Arizona.

This company is not listed in the Mines Handbooks; however, the Heffren Mining & Development Co. is listed in the 1910 & 1912 Copper Handbooks (p.933-4; p. 436). This latter company owned 210 claims in the Swisshelm Mountains near Courtland. There were 2 shafts. The first is called the No. 1, which is 500 ‘ deep with 4 x 10 opening. The second shaft is not described. The mine was first worked in 1907 and had employed 50 men offering excellent potential. Unfortunately, by 1912 the Copper Handbook [1912, p. 436] states that the company was bankrupt and the property sold at a sheriff’s sale. Regarding the certificate offered here: There is a distinct lack of any description of the location of the property other than that it is in the Swisshelm Mts. Unresolved whether this was a scam or a sincere second attempt. VF. A few wrinkles, no folds. Est. $100-200

Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Butte Tombstone Co certificate, please see Montana. Silver Bow. Butte.

112. Arizona. Cochise. Tombstone. Gunsight Mining Co. Cert #301. Incorporated in New Jersey. Issued to Elizabeth W. Harper for 40 shares in 1883. Signed by Q. B. Baker president and Jno P. Watkins treasurer. Vignette at upper right of several miners working. Black border with yellow and red underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - Leonhardt, Phila. 7 x 11”. Datelined Camden, NJ.

The Gunsight district was first prospected in the late 1860’s and located in the Ajo Mountains. Hamilton (1884, p.235-36) reported that Gunsight was the primary mine in the district on which work had been done. At the time of his visit, a 380 foot shaft had been sunk to the water table on a large, but low grade ore body. The district produced intermittently through 1965 yielding a total of about $176,000 from the metals produced. Very fine. Est. $200-400

113. Arizona. Coconino. Grand Canyon. Shinumo Mining & Milling Co, Proof. Incorporated in District of Columbia. Dated 190x. Holes punched across signature lines. Vignette of Capital building. Brown border, black print. Printer: Norton Printing House, Reading, Pa. 8.5 x 11. Dateline Washington D.C. Probably located in Arizona’s Coconino county, as there is a Shinumo summit, basin, camp, stream, rapids, and wash in the Grand Canyon quadrangle. Est. $150-300

114. Arizona. General. Boston & Gila River Cattle Co. Cert #16. Incorporated in 1882. Issued to C. A. Newcomb for 10,000 shares in 1883. Signed by Wm Newcomb president and C. D. Jenkins treasurer. Vignette of three cows. Blue border and print on lighter blue paper. Uncancelled. Printer - Samuel Hobbs & Co, Boston. 6 x 9”. Datelined Portland, Maine. This company could have had its operations anywhere along the Gila River which crosses half of the state of Arizona. Extremely fine. Est. $250-500

115. Arizona. General. North American Smelters & Mines Co, Specimen. Incorporated in Arizona Territory. Dated 19xx. Specimen stamped in red and holes punched across signature lines. Vignette of spread-winged bald eagle atop globe of North America, and vignettes on either side of miners working. Green border and underprint. Printer: ABNCo. Stub attached. 11 x 15. Dateline New York City. March 1907 stamped in purple on the stub. Est. $100-200

116. Arizona. Gila. Inspiration. Inspiration Cons Copper Co Bond, Specimen. #00000. Incorporated in Maine. Printed in red at top outside, “49688.” $500 denomination. Unsigned, dated 1914. Vignette of miners underground. Brown border and underprint “6%,” and Specimen printed in red on signature lines, also holes punched. Printer: AMNCo. Nine coupons attached. One of the major Arizona copper mining companies. Est. $100-200

117. Arizona. Grand Canyon. El Tovar Hotel at Grand Canyon Billhead, 1918. A Fred Harvey hotel. Billhead shows photograph of the hotel on the rim of the canyon. Dated July 26, 1918. Room receipt for J.M. Allred, Room 19, for $44.10, 4 3/4 days stay. Printed on Form 1059 (*) (E.H.D.) (El T.) Bill - 10m-1-15. J.M. Allred was a Graham County elected official. Creases but fine. Est. $40-80

118. Arizona. Greenlee. Greenlee. Frohner Gold & Silver Mining Co. Cert #21058. Incorporated in Delaware. Issued to Edwin S. Phelps for 20 shares in 1907. Signed by C. R. Jeffers asst treasurer and A. B. Clough vice president. Vignette of several miners working underground. Blue border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - ABN. 7 x 10”. A successful copper mine until the price of copper dropped in 1912 and then experienced several labor strikes. The company incorporated in 1899 and persisted for the next 25 years. Was probably a reorganization of a company by the same name that operated in Montana (which see this catalog). Minor wear to fold creases. Very fine. Scarce. Est. $50-100

119. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix. Phoenix Gold Mining Co, Specimen. Inc in Maine, 1896. Specimen stamped in red on signature lines and holes punched. Vignettes top center of at least 6 men working on face underground, and another of a bald eagle, bottom center. Red border and underprint (“Common”). Printer: ABNCo. 7 x 11. Was a reorganization of the Phoenix MC. Burchard states that the Phoenix mine is the most promising mine in the district. The ledge was gold bearing quartz of large dimensions, and was profitably worked by the arrastra in years past. Development work already done was said to show a half million dollars worth of ore in sight. The mine was eventually purchased by the Phoenix MC of New York. It was said to be the intention of the company to erect a 100-stamp mill shortly after purchase. Competent mining engineers gave assurance that it could readily supply a mill of this capacity, after a thorough examination. This would be the first 100-stamp mill of the territory, the next in size the Vulture mill at 80-stamp capacity. [Ref: E&MJ, 1887, p.77; 1898, p. 649.] Est. $150-300

120. Arizona. Maricopa. Phoenix. Phoenix Gold Mining Co, Specimen. Incorporated in Maine, 1896. Specimen stamped in red and holes punched on signature line. Stub attached. Vignette of miners working in underground tunnel, and small vignette of eagle at bottom. Brown-red border and underprint (“Preferred”). Printer: ABNCo. “Location of Mine, Arizona” printed on certificate. 7 x 16. Dateline New York. See story above. VF. Est. $100-300

121. Arizona. Maricopa. Wickenburg. Black Rock Mining Co. Cert. #1857. Incorporated in South Dakota. Issued to Rogers-Rugers Co. in 1905 for 500 shares. Signed by A.D. Billinger as president and J.A. Merrill, sec’y. Vignette of miners underground with ore cart and bucket, and two small vignettes on left and right border of individual miners. Black border with gilt safety print and seal. Uncancelled. No printer noted. 8 x 10. Dateline Superior, Wis. Folds, with burned chip missing from bottom of one fold.

Company owned 9 claims of 180 acres, in the Bradshaw Mountains 17 miles from rail connection at Wickenburg. Country rocks are granite and syenite, showing 4 fissure veins, averaging about 30” width, carrying copper, lead, gold and silver, with quartz gangue, and also showing porphyritic dykes carrying low-grade ores. Development is by several shallow shafts and short tunnels. Has gasoline power. Idle some years and apparently moribund. [Ref: Copper Handbook, 1910-11, p.432.].

Est. $50-100

122. Arizona. Mining. Arizona Parral Mining Co. Specimen Bond. #00000. Incorporated in Massachusetts, 1909. “#30975” printed in red on front and specimen printed in red across signature lines. $1000 denomination. Green border. No vignette but $1000 printed where vignette would be. Printer: ABNCo. 10 coupons attached. Meas. 10 x 13. Not listed in the Copper Handbooks. Est. $100-200

123. Arizona. Oro Blanco. Idaho Cons Mines Co. Cert. #910. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to Harriette L. Reed for 125 shares in 1904. Signed by William Herrick 2nd vice president and Eugene H. Clarke secretary. Vignette at upper left of miners underground with smaller vignettes at each corner. Black border with gold safety print and seal. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 10”. We found an Idaho Cons Mines Co Ltd within the Copper Handbook but the description is not a perfect match. The variations include that the company was incorporated in Virginia in 1902 and the officers don’t match. But the similarities include a $3,000,000 capitalization and the timing of issuance. The company listed had property near the Salmon River, Mineral Hill district, near the town of Bellevue, Blaine County. Ore assayed at 15% copper, 41 ounces silver and $2 gold per ton. (CH, 1910, p.964). Very fine. Est. $25-50

124. Arizona. Pima. Ajo. Ray Cons Copper Co. Cert #A2159. Incorporated in Maine. Issued to A. G. Edwards & Sons for 20 shares in 1908. Signed by T. T. Sherman vice president and J. S. Henson treasurer. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Blue border and underprint. Cancelled by hole punches and rubber stamp. Printer - ABN. 8 x 11”.

Owned property near Ray Junction. The company was profitable and became known for its mineral specimens. An extensive write-up can be found in the Mines Handbook, 1918, p.524-28). First example we have offered. Good condition. Stains and foxing along edges. Est. $200-400

125. Arizona. Pima. Arivaca. Arivaca Milling, Mining & Commercial Co. Cert. #37. Incorporated in Missouri in 1878. Unissued, unsigned, uncancelled. Very nice vignette below masthead of large mill complex with several horse drawn carts entering and leaving; top left of three miners underground inspecting rock sample and at top right of two surface miners with ore-car train at mine portal and mill building in background. Black print and border on white paper. Printed by R. P. Studley Co. St. Louis. 9 x 12.

We could find no reference to this company among our resources. The name strongly suggests the company as organized to operate in the Arivaca district, located in southern Pima County. It is unlikely they operated very long, if at all, since there is no record of their activities. This is one of the oldest districts in the state and we have had a number of lots from this locality. Folds, minor foxing at edges. Est. $100-200

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126. Arizona. Pima. Arivaca. Cerro-Colorado Mill & Mining Co. Cert. #102. Incorporated in California, 1876. Issued to T.M. McEntee, Trustee in 1876 for 10 shares. Signed by E.M. McEntee, president, and A. Derre, secretary. Vignette, top center, of Heintzelman Mine (Cerro Colorado), and Liberty at left. Uncancelled. No printer shown. “Cerro Colorado Mining District, Arizona Territory,” printed beside vignette. Black border on crème, 5 x 9.”

This certificate is a further and later attempt to mine the famous Heintzelman mine (please see Arizona Mining Co. for the story of the mine). McEntee also appears to be an Arizonan since he is not listed in the Langley’s San Francisco Directory for 1875. By 1883 there were fewer than 100 people left at Arivaca, according to McKenney’s 1883-84 Directory, with a hotel, 2 saloons and a brewery, one grocery store, a general merchandise store, blacksmith and butcher. In an article in the Arizona Citizen from July 21, 1877, we have the following information on this company. “Last year…a young man (E.P. Voisard, well known mine operator and promoter in Arizona) came into our district ads the Secretary of the Cerro Colorado Mining Co., which company, by the way, after an attempt to bring in a mill, dissolved, and (he) soon began operations on his own account.” This certificate is an important document as part of the ongoing exploration efforts at the Heintzelman. Rare. Trimmed tight at left edge. Very fine. Est. $300-600

127. Arizona. Pima. Tombstone. Arizona Queen Mining Co. Specimen. No cert. #, Unissued, unsigned (holes punched over signature lines). Incorporated in Maine. No vignette, but nice masthead. Black border and print on crème paper. Printer: J.H. Buffords Sons, Boston & New York. Original stub attached. “Location Tombstone District Pima Co. Arizona” printed above masthead. Meas. 5.5 x 10.” VF. Est. $125-200

128. Arizona. Pima. Twin Buttes. Twin Buttes Mining & Smelting Co Scrip. Lot of 2 different pcs. (1) #4618. Good for $10 in merchandise at the company store. Unissued, unused. 3 x 5”. (2) Good for $5, unused, Unissued. 2 x 5”. Twin Buttes company began operation in 1903 and quickly a small supporting town developed to accommodate the needs of the miners and miners’ families. Over the years, the company issued various kinds of scrip such as a meal card for the mess house and coupon books specifically for the company store. The first scrip booklet is probably the one of the first series of scrip offered, c.1907. The second booklet probably dates from c.1915. Both extremely fine. Est. $150-300

129. Arizona. Pinal. Globe. Takoma Copper Mining Co. Incorporated in New York. Unissued, unsigned, dated 188x. Vignette of two miners underground, showing their backs only, with filled wheelbarrow. Stub attached at left. Black border, brown safety print, no seal. Handwritten on lower margin in orange crayon is Dec. 11/80. Uncancelled. Printer: ABNCo. 8.75 x 12. Foxing and 2 pieces missing at margin. Dateline New York. The spelling of the mine name is incorrect.

This company did exist, and owned several claims about 2.5 miles NW of Globe. Each had at least one shaft and several levels. The veins were at least 4 feet wide, and carried up to 60% copper glance. The company built a mill and smelter to process 60 tons per day. The rest of the history of the company is unclear. Ransome wrote a great paper on the district for the USGS in 1903 but fails to mention the Tacoma property, which could easily have changed names by that time. [Ref: Hamilton]. Est. $100-200

130. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Cert #8. Incorporated in Territory of Arizona. Issued to R. K. Reid for 50,000 shares (no date). Signed only by W. P. Dunham president. Cancelled by red pen with “Issued through Error.” No corporate seal. Fabulous vignette of young girl seated. Green border. Printer - Denver Lith. 8 x 11”. Datelined Los Angeles, California (Denver, Colorado is crossed out). “Mines Located in Pinal County, Arizona” printed on certificate. Not listed in the Copper Handbooks. Very fine. Est. $150-300

131. Arizona. Pinal. Mineral Creek. Specie Basis Mining Co $100 Bond. Cert. #664. Incorporated in Pennsylvania, 1866. Signed by R.B. Gitts, president, and Wm. R. Allen, secretary. Uncancelled. Black print on white paper with blue underprint, “One Hundred Dollars.”. Vignette of mill next to a river at top. Printer: Jas. McGuigan Lith., Phil. Folds. 9 1/2 x 12. The name on this certificate is among the best in western American mines. Specie basis refers to an antiquated

monetary payment methodology revolving around gold and silver, which were called specie. The term specie basis refers to payment “in kind” as we say today, or payment in gold or silver. The stock certificate states “Gold, Silver, and Copper Mines in Arizona.” We were unable to find specific reference to the company in J. Ross Brown’s 50 pp. section on Arizona mines published in 1868. There is a strong possibility, however, that this company is directly related to the SPECIE PAY mine. Burchard in 1882 reported that the Specie Pay mine was driving a new tunnel in 1881 in ore that averaged $42 per ton. It had apparently been reactivated after some time of dormancy. Hamilton, in 1884 cited this mine as the key mine in the district along with the Alice mine. The ore was reported to run $30 per ton, and a mill was erected on the Alice about 1882, producing pay ore on a regular basis. Burchard had noted that the district was in desperate need of a custom mill, and the Alice mill must have been a welcome addition after years of prospecting with no local reduction works. The vignette depicts a mill on a river, which may have been the company’s goal at one time. The district is about 15 miles northeast of Florence in central Arizona. The chances of the Specie Basis Mining Company and a Specie Pay mine being related are extremely high. These are uncommon terms not used haphazardly. Very rare. This Gitts may be related to the Gitts of the Casa Grande scam. Est. $500-1000

132. Arizona. Yavapai. Burro Creek. Seven Stars Gold Mining Co, Specimen. Incorporated in New Jersey, 1892. Specimen in red and holes punched on signature lines. Stub attached. Large detailed circular underground mining vignette incorporated into masthead. Green border and underprint, black print. Printer: ABNCo. 7 x 11 without stub. Dateline Jersey City, New Jersey.

This was a real scam. Because of the prospectus, the public made a heavy stock purchase. It was all predicated upon H. H. Warner’s comments and guarantee that there would be dividends for 5 years and that they would buy back the stock at par from a fund placed in escrow. Warner, an important druggist, founder and president of Warner’s Safe Remedies Co., was the big selling name, and the board he assembled was a virtual Who’s Who of eastern industry. Little did innocent people realize that this company was only mining about 20 tons a month and even less in some months. See complete story in our Auction 12 catalog, Lot 1229. XF. Est. $400-800

133. Arizona. Yavapai. Congress. Congress Cons Mines Co Ltd. Specimen. #00000. Incorporated in Arizona Territory (pre-1912). Unissued, unsigned, undated. Vignette at left end of underground miner standing in a tunnel, with pick over his shoulder, carrying a lunch pail. At Bottom center a vignette within the border of a group of underground miners using picks and shovels, an ore wagon, with mouth of tunnel in background. Orange border and underprint, “Shares $10 Each.” Specimen printed in red on signature lines and holes punched. Printer: ABNCo, New York. Orig. stub attached. Meas. 7.5 x 11 without stub. Property, with Offices in Prescott, consisted of 27 claims (540 acres). A 4-mi. standard gauge road connects the mines with the main line of the Santa Fe, Prescott, & Phoenix RR. Company owns 2 40-stamp mills, a cyanide plant, and all necessary machinery. Mine was idle in 1914-15. Shaft said to be 3,000’ deep, and reported to have produced more than $15,000,000. [Ref: Mines Handbook, Weed, Vol. XII, p.369.]. VF. Est. $100-200

ART

134. Art. Native American. Artist Fred Fellows, 1979 Print, “Winter Camp”. Print of oil painting of Indian tents on snowy river bank with Appaloosa mare and foal in foreground. Professionally framed in Polson Mt. Dark stained wood frame with tan/gray double matting, under glass. Meas. 26 x 35. Fred Fellows is past president and current director of the world-famous Cowboy Artists of America. He has won two gold and three silver medals at CAA exhibits for oil painting, drawing and sculpture. Featured in many magazines throughout the country, such as Arizona Highways, The Western Horseman, Newsweek, Southwest Art, and Artists of the Rockies, Fellows’ paintings and sculpture have gained acclaim nationwide. His work has won numerous awards and is included in many private, corporate and museum collections. The Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla. featured Fellows in its 2002 Rendezvous Show. Currently Fellows is working on a monument sculpture—a paniolo, or Hawaiian cowboy—for a town on the big island of Hawaii. Fellows lives with his artist wife Deborah at Adobe Walls Ranch, Sonoita, Arizona. His work is represented by Big Horn Galleries, Cody, Wyo. and Tubac, Ariz.; Trailside Galleries, Scottsdale, Ariz. and Jackson, Wyo.; and Altermann Galleries, Dallas, Texas and Santa Fe, NM. His original oil paintings regularly sell for $6,000-$8,000. This print is in very fine condition. Est. $300-600

135. Art. California. Big Sur. Artist is I. Zetter, showing the California Coast, probably Big Sur.. Oil Painting, 20” x 24,” in Gold Wood Frame (29” x 32.”) Original period frame, gilt floral patterns along the left. Circa 1925. Beach scene with people on the beach, and cars along the cliff road above them. Great early view of motoring on the California Coast in the early days. Est. $2000-4000

136. Art. Artist: J. O. Proulx, 1943. Oil Painting on Board, 20.5 x 26.5”. Impressionist style, bright yet soft pastels. Harbor scene, possibly South Pacific, shows freighter at dock being loaded, longshoremen, and flatbed truck. Other men are walking in the foreground. Est. $1000-2000

137. Art. California. J. Henry Sandham Watercolor, 1883, of a Mexican Baile. Original watercolor in colors of black, white and tan painted on plain brown paper. Mexican vaqueros on horseback are in the foreground while men and women watch a couple dancing under a roofed structure with white flags flying from the top. Signed by the artist, l.r.c., dated (18)83. Matted in off-white, under glass, black wood frame. Meas. 15 x 21, painting meas. 9.25 x 15. Looks like painting might be on two pieces of paper, one glued to the other, with paint extending over edges of first onto the second. Torn at top, piece missing. J. Henry Sandham (1842-1910) was the son of John Sandham, house decorator, who taught his son the rudiments of painting. In the early 1860’s he attended Notman Studios in Montreal, where he associated with Jacobi, Vogt, John and William Fraser, and other prominent Montreal Artists. Was in Saint John, N.B. 1880, in Boston, USA 1885 (some say 1881) where he achieved considerable success as illustrator and painter of historical scenes. To England late in life ca. 1901 and died in comparative neglect. He was very versatile as a painter, both in oils and watercolor. Painted landscapes in Canada, USA, Belgium, Italy and the Azores. Completed many genre and American historical paintings, and some portraits. He was the illustrator of Helen H. Jackson’s Glimpses of California and The Missions, published in 1883, and we believe this painting may be associated with that collection since the timing and subject matter coincide. Helen Jackson was sent west as part of a federal commission to investigate conditions among the Mission Indians in 1882, and her experiences as part of that commission inspired her famous 1884 novel Ramona. She offers a narrative history of the California mission system and the early years of Los Angeles as a Hispanic community and the work of Junipero Serra as well as an analysis of the fate of the Mission Indians after those missions were dismantled. Est. $1000-2000

138. Art. Manila. Battle of Paceo Color Poster, 1899. Captioned at bottom “Battle of Paceo (Manila) Feby 4 + 5, 1899. Am Loss:Kil 22 Wd 145, Philips Over 1000. Copyright Kurz & Allison, Chicago, 1899. 20 x 26”. Minor spots near top edge. Very fine. Est. $400-800

139. Art. Poster. End of the World Play Poster, c.1900. “Superb Scenic Production of J. W. Carner’s Great Play The End of the World.” Scene shows a several men in a bar holding up their drinks in a toast. At lower right is “Hang him! Hang him! The Egg Supper Act 3rd.” 21 x 28”. By Erie Litho, Erie, PA. Chips and small tears affect edges. Creased and folded. Fine. Est. $300-500

ATLAS

Atlas. Buckskin District Pocket Atlas, 1907 please see Nevada. Douglas. Buckskin.

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140. Atlas. Mitchell’s New General Atlas of the World, 1862. “Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in 50 Quarto Maps, Forming a Series of 80 Maps and Plans,” with statistical tables. Published in Philadelphia by S. Augustus Mitchell , Jr. Beautiful and detailed colored maps. Is the only map we’ve seen which SHOWS THE PONY EXPRESS ROUTE, and the Overland Mail Route through the Southwest, and geologic features along the way. Includes Indian tribes, railroad routes and more—I.e. list of Post Offices in the United States, US population according to the Census of 1850 and 1860, a table of population and a table of distances, mountains and rivers of the world. Hard boards, leather covered, very worn on spine and coorner, easily repairable. 12. X 16. A rare and beautiful volume.

Est. $2000-4000

141. Atlas. Mitchell’s New General Atlas of the World, 1866. Containing “Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in 55 Quarto Maps Forming a Series of 87 Maps and Plans,” with statistical tables. Published by s. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. in Philadelphia, 1866. Maps of color and detail, including the OVERLAND IMMIGRANT TRAIL ROUTES, location of Indian tribes, rivers, railroads and more. Nevada and Utah now divided. City plans of New York, Washington, New Orleans and others. Also includes Post Offices of the United States and Canada, tables of population, distances, rivers and mountains of the world. Red leather covered boards with gilt design and lettering. Worn at edges and spine. 13 x 16.” Rare and informative. Est. $2000-4000

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142. Atlas. Rand McNally & Co Universal Atlas of the World, 1897. 456pps, indexed. Full color maps, many with historical and descriptive text. 11 x 14”. 1.5” thick. Original hard boards are detached from binding. Binding is very worn with binding cover missing. Poor. Est. $200-400

143. Atlas. People’s Popular Atlas of the World, 1904. Published by Thompson & Thompson. Attractive full color map plates. Several pages of historical text. 316pps, indexed. Original hard boards. Dings to board corners. Some wear to top and bottom of binding. 12 x 15”. Fine. Est. $200-400

144. Atlas. California. Santa Cruz. Geologic Atlas of the United States, Santa Cruz Folio, California. Published by the USGS, 1909. San Mateo/Santa Clara counties, #163. 11 pgs. Text, 3 maps, 2 pgs. Photographs. Folio is coming apart—binding separated and covers are loose.

Est. $75-100 (not illustrated)

145. Atlas. Canada. Geologic History of Western Canada, 1964. Published by the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists, Alberta, Canada. A fully illustrated text describing the geologic history of Alberta and British Columbia. Illustrations include geologic maps, stratigraphic columns and fence diagrams, cross sections, etc. 15 x 22”. Chips and wear to covers. Some pages have been creased at corner or show mark from paper clip. Fine. Est. $50-100

146. Atlas. Michigan. Marquette. Marquette Iron Bearing District Atlas, 1897. Title page: “Atlas to Accompany Monograph XXVII on the Marquette Iron-Bearing District of Michigan by Charles Richard Van Hise and William Shirley Bayley.” 39 Color Plates showing the geology of the range. 18 x 21”. Original green hard boards. Water damage affects all pages at top edge to right corner. Most staining does not cross border into maps. Fair. Est. $200-400

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AUSTRALIA

147. Australia. Mining. West Australian Mine Owners’ Exploration Syndicate, Ltd Promotional Documents. Four pages, includes list of directors, application form for shares, bankers’ receipt for deposit on application, and an extract from the “Money Market Review,” October 13, 1894. Small tears at folds, foxing, chips missing. Est. $75-150

AUTOMOBILE

148. Automobile. Chrome Leather & Rubber Tire Co. Lot of 2 certs. Cert #16 & 26. Incorporated in Colorado. Issued to T. G. McCarthy in 1920. Signed by W. L. Hamilton president and E. A. Warner secretary. No vignette. One has brown border and underprint, other is identical except has green border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 9 x 11”. Datelined Pueblo, Colorado. Both certificates suffer from wear to edges. Folded along bottom edges. Fair. Nice auto certificate. Est. $40-80

149. Automobile. East Palestine Rubber Co. Lot of 3 different pcs. This is a fabulous lot. (1) East Palestine Rubber Co. Cert #4799. Incorporated in Ohio. Issued to T. G. McCarthy for 6 shares in 1917. Signed by Erwin L. Lyon president and Abram Hartley secretary. Vignette of spread winged eagle. Black border with yellow seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 10”. (2) Nabab Tire Bond, issued 1917. Nabob Tire Bond printed at top. Full size vignette of the Nabob Tire with text within tire. Green border and gilt seal. East Palestine Rubber Co printed at lower right corner. The text within outlines the guarantee for Nabob tire: Safety Traction Tread, 6000 miles. Plain Tread, 5000 miles. FABULOUS. (3) Original Stockholder’s Bonus Bond. Cert #4799. Issued for the six shares that McCarthy had purchased. Vignette of spread winged eagle, black border, green safety print. This bonus bond allows for McCarthy to buy tires for his registered car at cost. The tire size he requested was 36 x 4.5 - 32 x 5, type S. S. This lot is one of the most unique automobile lots we have ever handled. Staple holes. Some chips to edges. Fine. Est. $70-100

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150. Automobile. Packard Motor Car Co. Lot of 3 pcs. All issued in the 1950’s. Printed signatures. Vignette of a robed woman flanked by two men. Orange borders. Cancelled. 8 x 12”. All very fine.

Est. $50-100

151. Automobile. Victor Motor & Clutch Co. Cert #1489. Incorporated in Utah. Issued to T. G. McCarthy for 50 shares in 1919. Signed by Harry Kaar vice president and W. S. Holaday Jr secretary. Vignette at upper left of seated woman. Orange border, seal and safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 8 x 10”. Datelined Salt Lake City, Utah. Small tears along fold creases. Fine. Est. $75-150

152. Automobile. Book. History of the Studebaker Corporation by Albert Russell Erskine, 1918. Book is written “…for the information of the 3,000 stockholders of the Studebaker Corporation, the 12,000 dealers in its products living throughout the world, its 15,000 employees and numberless friends” according to the author’s preface. Contains lots of illustrations, photos, facts and figures. Hardbound, 5 1/4” x 8 3/4”, printed by Poole Bros. of Chicago, 97 pages. Very handsome edition. Each page is two toned with a dark vanilla rectangle centered on white paper. Images and print are contained within each vanilla rectangle. Covers show wear to corners and edges, some dirt. VF. Est. $150-300

153. Automobile. Certificate. Baker Steam Motor Car & Manufacturing Co. Cert #261. Incorporated in Arizona. Issued to J. H. Roddy for 1000 shares in 1918. Signed by Hartley O. Baker president and E. Still Conner secretary. Vignette at top of seated woman. Orange underprint vignette of convertible touring car. Orange border. Uncancelled. Printer - Goes. 9 x 11”. The company was based in Pueblo, Colorado. Tears and tape repairs to fold creases. Fine. Est. $200-400

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154. Automobile. Directory. Chilton Automobile Directory, April, 1925. A complete listing of manufacturers of automobile parts. Many pages of ads. 804pps, last ad page torn out and missing. Some wear to original orange boards and corners. 6 x 9”. Fine. Est. $75-150

155. Automobile. Fobs. Automobile Fobs, c.1915-1940. Lot of 5 pcs. (1) REO, br, round, pitted on reverse. (2) Ford, pic of three cats in shield. (3) Ford, spread winged logo style, The Universal Car, with blue enamel. (4) Ford, die style with reverse print, spread winged logo style, The Universal Car, larger than previous. (5) 1940 Commemorative for the 28 millionth car token, rd, br, with embossed car on obverse. (6) Jitney, in shape of the front of the car with license plate. All fine. All dug in Arizona. Est. $100-200

BOOKS

156. Book. Gems. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of the Celebrated Devonshire Gems from the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, K. G., Arranged and Mounted for His Grace as a Panre of Jewels, 1857 by C. F. Hancock. Printed by T. Brettell, Rupert Street, Haymarket. Remarkable 8.5 x 11” catalog format with brown boards and gilt trim and title page. Red satin fly covers with beautiful silk page with printed images of the jewels facing the title page. Unpaginated, 16pps plus the silk fly. Gilt on page edges. Mint Condition. Rare. NUC reports one copy, apparently another edition. Est. $750-1500

157. Book. History. History of the Reformation, 1855. by J. H. Merle D’Aubigne, translated by David Dundas Scott. Published by Blackie & Son, Glasgow. 4 vol series. Sparse but nice portrait illustrations. Vol 1 has 653pps. Vol 2 has 671. Vol 3 has 515 and Vol 4 has 544pps. This last volume is in the worst condition of the four. All have worn bindings. Overall fair condition. Est. $50-100

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158. Book. History. Last Seven Years of the Life of Henry Clay. By Calvin Colton, LL.D., Professor of Public Economy, Trinity College. Published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1856. Hard cover. 500 pgs. Plus index. Cover showing wear to edges, but book is firmly bound and in good condition.

Est. $30-60

159. Book. Photography. Catalogue of Photographic Apparatus, 1895. from Rochester Optical Co, Rochester, NY. 68pps, 6 x 9”. The catalog offered everything needed for the photographer, from cameras to wide angle lenses to brushes. Minor foxing to cover. Near mint condition.

Est. $50-100

160. Book. Photography. Mathew Brady, Historian with a Camera, 1955. by James D. Horan. Published by Bonanza Books, New York. 244pps, indexed. Original dust jacket. 9 x 12”. A wonderful book that discusses the background and history of Mathew Brady, photographer. The book is full of images of Brady’s Daguerreotype photographs ranging from the 1850’s through the 1870’s. The photographs are enough to make this book a necessity to any library. Fine to very fine. Est. $25-50

161. Books. History. History of the United States, 1858. by J. A. Spencer, D. D. 3 vols. “Illustrated with high finished steel engravings from original pictures by Leutze, Weir, Powell, Chappel and other American artists.” Published by Johnson, Fry and Co, New York. The series is titled “The Earliest Period to the Administration of James Buchanan.” Vol 1 has 540pps. Vol 2 has 540pps. Vol 3 has 552pps. Each volume has fabulous illustrations. Bindings in poor condition. Spotting and foxing to some pages, especially the first 10 of each volume. Poor condition, pages very readable. The illustrations make up for the condition of this series. Est. $50-100

BOTTLES

162. Bottle. Jumbo Beverage Co Soda Bottle. A large 60 ounce soda bottle. Embossed with Jumbo / (pic of elephant) / Jumbo Beverage

Contents 60 ounces. On reverse bottom is French of last line. 14” tall, 5” diameter. Clear. No chips or dings. Near mint. Rare. Est. $75-150

163. Bottle. Monkey Wine Bottle. Monkey has his arms wrapped around this green wine bottle. The monkey has copper gilt with grooves, was probably completely copper gilted. 13” tall, 3” diameter. Scarce. Mint, no dings or chips. Est. $30-60

164. Bottle. Book. Dr. Pepper, King of Beverages, 1979. by Henry E. Ellis. Published by Taylor Publishing. 268pps, hard boards. Embossed cover with one of Dr. Pepper early advertisements showing a lion and a bottle of Dr. Pepper. 8.5 x 11”. A book on the history of Dr. Pepper. Rare. Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

165. Bottle. Fire. Fire Eye Fire Grenade. 4” diameter at widest, 5” tall. Red paint on glass that is chipped and scratched. Contains original liquid. Aluminum metal wrap with “ Fire Eye, Watches While You Sleep, Works Automatically, San Antonio, Texas, For Instant Results, Throw Into Fire.” Fine. Est. $25-50

166. Bottle. St. Louis. G. Sudhoff & Co / Soda Water . St. Louis / Mo embossed on aqua soda blob top, c.1860’s.. No chips or dings. Interior staining. Heavy glass. Very fine. Est. $50-100

167. Bottles. Jugs. Clay Jugs. Lot of 2 pcs. Both about the same size, 7” diam x 9” tall. Similar styles but different glazing. One is monochrome beige, the other is two-tone beige and brown. No names present. Classic whiskey jugs. Fine. Est. $50-100