Sold2024A NEWLY DISCOVERED HALF PLATE GOLD MINING DAGUERREOTYPESluicing 1840s. 1845 The outstanding example is framed by the photographer in a way that guides the eye into the scene via a diagonal wood sluice and highlights its features, like the miner with tinteSee Sold Price
Sold2022[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [GOLD MINING]. The Miner's Ten Commandments bifolium lettersheet featuring[WESTERN AMERICANA] -- [GOLD MINING]. The Miner's Ten Commandments bifolium lettersheet featuring letter from California gold miner.  BETTER, Mitchell. Autograph letter signed ("Mitchell Better")See Sold Price
Sold[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. Cabinet card of a California gold miner with his equipment. [WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. Cabinet card of a California gold miner with his equipment. AICHBERG, C., photographer. Cabinet card of a gold miner with his equipment. Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA.See Sold Price
Sold2023[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 3 photographs of gold miners at work.[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 3 photographs of gold miners at work. View of at least 11 gold miners, including one possible female, posed near a long wooden sluice for an unknown photographSee Sold Price
Sold2021Miner's Carbide Lamps - 3 JustRite, 1 Unknown [132532]Four carbide lamps use on miner's helmets in underground mining. Three are labeled JUSTRITE and one is unmarked as far as this describer can tell. Based on their condition, they all would have great mSee Sold Price
Sold2022The Topic Joe Gavin Shoo Fly Flask [151745]Mining in the Leadville area began in 1859 when prospectors discovered gold at the mouth of California Gulch. In 1876, black sand, once considered bothersome to placer gold miners, was discovered to cSee Sold Price
Sold2023Vermont Mining Stereoview [160447]Rare. Reverse has label: "Hills and Dales of New England. No. 466. Gold Digging at Smith's Claim, Gold Miner's Glen, Plymouth, Vt. F.B. Gage, Photo. Published by E. Anthony, 501 Broadway, New York." VSee Sold Price
Sold2021Miller Gold Mining Company Stock, Gold Mountain,Issued for 50 shares in 1881 at New York. Inc. in New York. Location of mine: Gold Mountain District, Esmeralda Co. Nevada printed at the top. Miners working underground with their candles to light upSee Sold Price
Sold2024Gold & Gold Plated Vintage Jewelry [181208]Gold and gold plate jewelry from the Bridgeport/Bodie collection. Two sets of wire rim glasses; two stick pins; pink stone pendant; one half of a gold watch case; cuff links.See Sold Price
Sold2021Carolina Milling & Mining Stock Certificate [128110]Issued by the Carolina Gold Mining and Milling Company, 682 shares at $1 per to C. Sopas (sp?) and signed by Chase (sp?) secretary and Pamsole (sp?) president. There's a hard rock miner vignette and iSee Sold Price
Sold2022Miners' Candlestick Holders (3) [153678]Lot of three unmarked mining candlestick holders. These would have been stuck into timber or hung from rocks in underground mines to provide miners with light. Made of wrought iron. No manufacturer maSee Sold Price
Sold2021Tonopah to Bullfrog Stock Certificates [130082]Lot of five. 1) Tonopah Gold Mountain MC. #704 for 500 shares in 1904. Early!. Three small mining related vignettes. Signed by Key Pittman. He was a United States Senator from Nevada and a member of tSee Sold Price
Sold2019Three Oregon Mining Stocks: Portland, White Swan and1) White Swan Gold MIning Company. Number 8 for 1000 shares to Emma Saltzman. Signed by HW Thompson and president HR Kincaid. Not cancelled. 5c documentary stamp. Dateline Eugene 1899. Incorporated MaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Free Gold Cons. Mining Stock [154539]Issued 1882, #979. 3 miner vignette. According to Burchard (1883), this company operated at Free Gold in the Cottonwood District of Chaffee County. Free Gold was located 1.5 miles south of Buena VistaSee Sold Price
Sold2021Bullfrog Mining stock [88413]Three stock certificates for Bullfrog Mining stock: 1) 1,000 shares of Bullfrog-Banner Mines Co. #220 issued to R. W. Dennis on March 1, 1908. Gold co. seal and green border. Incorp. in South Dakota.See Sold Price
Sold2019Oregon Gold MIning Company of Louisville KentuckyLot of three. All the same, but all on different color paper: red, white and blue. Numbers 77 (preferred stock 'B'), 225 (preferred stock), and 327 (common stock). All are signed by HW Bohm and GeorgeSee Sold Price
Sold2021Deer Creek Gold Mining & Milling Co Stock, MontanaIssued for 1000 shares in 1901. Location of Mines: St. Regis District, Missoula County, Montana. Nice mining vignette. Printed by Franklin-Lee Banknote Company, N.Y. Three hole punches in the left borSee Sold Price
Sold2021Three Wristwatches [124115]Lot of three: 1) Helbros (West Germany), men's round watch, self-winding, day-date; ticks, could do with a cleaning, case 10 micro gold plate. 2) Hamilton (USA), "Winthrop" model, circa 1939, tank/semSee Sold Price
Sold2019Amalgamated Mining & Oil Company Gold Bond #55063Number 14121. $25. All 80 coupons attached. Signed by W Fraser(?) secretary and Goodman president. Two vignettes: ore cart at mine entrance and oil rig. Some small tears at edges. Three pages total. ESee Sold Price
Sold2024Comstock Stock Certificates (3) [171359]Three stock certificates from the Comstock Lode: 1) 1880 Curtis Consolidated one hundred shares issued to H. S. Stone; Gold Hill Mining District of Storey County; 2) 1911 Exchequer Gold and Silver MinSee Sold Price
Sold2022[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of a three-year-old girl and her toy dog.[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of a three-year-old girl and her toy dog. Half plate daguerreotype. (Horizontal wipes throughout plate, sharp clarity to image.) Housed in full, pressed pSee Sold Price
Sold[WESTERN AMERICANA-MINING]. 2 manuscripts, incl. miner's letter from Norwegian Gulch (Montana), 1869[WESTERN AMERICANA-MINING]. 2 manuscripts, incl. miner's letter from Norwegian Gulch (Montana), 1869 HOUSEL, J. Autograph letter signed ("J. Housel"), to an uncle. Norwegian Gulch [Montana], 4 July 18See Sold Price
Sold2024[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of an equestrian painting.[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Half plate daguerreotype of an equestrian painting. Half plate daguerreotype of a likely English painting featuring three horses lined up in a stable. Two of the horses wear blankSee Sold Price
Sold2023HALF PLATE DAG PHOTO - GIRL ON HORSECharming antique half plate daguerreotype of 2 girls and a hobby horse, mounted in leather case. May be an image from a painting. Somewhat cloudy, spotted image with edge tarnish. Image is 5 x 4 in.See Sold Price
Aug 15Cheffins J. Hargreaves & Co., Liverpool - A late 19th century 18ct gold chronograph half hunter pocket watch,£950
8 hrs LeftAmelia Jeffers, Auctioneers & AppraisersFIVE SMALL PIECES OF HAND DECORATED CHINA.$125(4 bids)
8 hrs LeftAmelia Jeffers, Auctioneers & AppraisersANTIQUE RUBY AND DIAMOND HALF HOOP RING.$200(3 bids)
Aug 25Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books1872 Mark Twain 1st ed Roughing It American Wild West Nevada Gold Rush$115(5 bids)