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
Sold2024Cripple Creek Mining Stocks, 8 Different, 24 Total [174396]8 different Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of 3, 24 total. Golden Cycle, c. 1915. Portland Gold, c. 1905-18. Pharmacist Gold, c. 1912. Anaconda Gold, c. 1899. Golden Cycle, c. 1934. Mary McKinnSee Sold Price
Sold2022Grass Valley, California Mining Stock Certificate Group [143604]Lot of 7 different. Great group. 1) Imperial Consolidated Mining Company. Issued in 1882, not cancelled. 2) Sparrow-hawk Mining Company. Issued in 1877, not cancelled. 3) Scadden Flat Gold Mining CompSee Sold Price
Sold2024Cripple Creek Mining Stocks, 25 Each, 3 Different [174391]Cripple Creek mining stocks in groups of about 25 each. Portland Gold Mining, c. 1910-29. Jerry Johnson Mining, c. 1900. Midway Gold Mining c. 1899-1907. City: Cripple Creek, State: Colorado Cripple CSee 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
Sold2021[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of[EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 3 photographs of western subjects and scene, incl. a frontiersman, gamblers, and a Washington state horse show.   Cabinet card full-length sSee Sold Price
Sold2021[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 3 cabinet photographs[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 3 cabinet photographs of lawmen wearing badges from Illinois, Nebraska, and Oregon, comprising:Cabinet card vignetted bust portrait of young lawman. Plattsmouth, NebrasSee Sold Price
Sold2023[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 8 photographs of Morenci, Arizona. Ca early 1900s.[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 8 photographs of Morenci, Arizona. Ca early 1900s.8 silver gelatin photographs documenting Morenci, Arizona, and its environs, ranging in size from 6 x 8 in. tSee 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
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
Sold2022Oklahoma City Hutch Group (3) [151684]1.ICE PLANT BOTTLING WORKS, OKLAHOMA CITY. Aqua with B on base. 6 7/8 inches tall. Rare according to Fletcher. Chipped at lip. Grey paint or residue at neck and shoulders. Hazing appears and spottingSee Sold Price
Sold2024California Mostly Mining Stocks Group, 17 [174665]17 pieces of California ephemera, mostly mining stocks. c. 1853-1923. Calaveras Water and Mining, 1892 Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone, 1854 Tuolumne County Water, Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine, 1853 AngloSee Sold Price
Sold2022London Mining News Group [145778]Group of 3 volumes of Bound London Mining News plus other bound and partially bound volumes of other publications. London Mining News; Vol 30 Jan-June 1857, some water damage, generally very good plusSee 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
Sold2022Montana Mining Stock Certificate Collection (51)Lot of 51 Montana mining company stock certificates. Each cert from a different company. Many with ornate vignettes of eagles, elk, miners at work, etc. Dates from 1880s to 1935.Date: c. 1930's-40'sCoSee Sold Price
Sold2024Cripple Creek Mining Stocks, 3 Different, 65 Total [174392]About 65 Cripple Creek mining stocks. 25 Portland Gold c. 1910-26. "The Portland Mine was discovered in 1892 by James F. Burns and James Doyle. They were quickly involved in numerous claim suits" fromSee Sold Price
Sold2022Nevada County Mining Stock Group, Unissued [144694]Lot of 9, most different, all unissued. Includes: Maryland Gold Quartz Mining Company; Tribute MC; Brunswick Consolidated Gold MC; Rocky Bar Gold MC (1870s); Mount Blanc Consolidated Gravel MC (1870s)See Sold Price
Sold2021Bullfrog & Goldfield Mining Stock Group [134019]Lot of 4 different. 1) Bullfrog North Star Mining Company. Issued in 1906, not cancelled. Folds. 2) The Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining Company. Issued in Rhyolite in 1907. Punch cancelled. Eagle vigSee Sold Price
Sold2021California Miscellaneous Stock Group (Mining, Water,Lot of 4 different. Includes: Santa Rosa Water Works (1906); Calaveras Water & Mining Company (1882); Los Angeles Improvement Company (1907); and James Shields Murphy, Inc., Los Angeles (1912).Date: 1See 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
Sold2022Colorado Mining Framed Illustrations (3) [151144]3 nicely framed Colorado mining pieces. Contains: 1.1879-81 illustrations from Harper's Weekly & Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. The formidable Argentine Pass; Miners enjoying spirits near the LSee Sold Price
Sold2023Nevada City, California Mining Stock Certificate Group [143602]Lot of 10, most different. Included: Sherman Consolidated Mining Company (1882, not cancelled, state seal vignette); Gold Star Mines Company (stock number 1, 1913, eagle vignette); Gold Tunnel MiningSee Sold Price
Sold2021California Mining Stocks [116972]1) Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine. N;s 16221 to 16230. 1851. 2) Anglo Californian Bank Limited. # 343. 1872. Cancelled. Both have edge issues. 3) Placer Mining Trio of Stocks. 4) # 98 for 224 shares to PeSee Sold Price
May 31Freeman's | Hindman[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. Sixth plate daguerreotype of a possible gold miner identified as$500
5 days LeftPotter & Potter Auctions[AFRICAN AMERICANA]. Group of 14 Themed Signs or Ads, Plus ...$100
May 31Freeman's | Hindman[AFRICAN AMERICANA - EDUCATION]. A group of 3 photographs, incl. tintype and CDVs of teacher Fannie$2,500
May 31Freeman's | Hindman[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 3 press photographs documenting the aftermath of a riot protesting a$200
5 days LeftJasper52Vintage Buzza Motto circa 1925 Playing the Game by J. B. Downie Chromolithograph$65
6 hrs LeftPalm Beach Modern Auctions Large Alfredo Jaar GOLD IN THE MORNING Photograph Lightbox, 74"W$5,000(1 bid)