2018 December Auction Catalog

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4610 Gaffney, South Carolina Lot# 4615 , Tennessee 1859 Etna 1882 Flint Hill Assay Report from Mining & Manufacturing Company Johnson, Matthey & Company of Stock Certificate Very early number London Three assay reports from 20 issued to J Homes Agnew for 50 the London Assay Office of Johnson, shares. Signed by Secretary Z Platt Matthey & Company of Hatton and president J Holmes Agnew. Garden in London. Assays were fro. The “Supreme Court Reporter: Flint Hill, Broad River Quartz Vein U.S. Reports. Cases Argued and and undetermined. Sent to Captain Determined ..., Volume 4” does talk B Tamblyn, CG Penney, and James Wreight(?). The Flint Hill Mine was about a lawsuit in the eastern section located near Gaffney in Cherokee County. Includes a note about the of Tennessee involving Agnew. J assays. It is unusual to have an English assay report. Est. $400-800 Holmes Agnew was associated with the Tennessee Iron Company in HWAC# 57090 1860. Incorporated in Tennessee. Office in New York. Vignette of a steam locomotive. Not cancelled. Some small tears at bottom and top. Lot# 4611 , South Carolina 1873 A few pin holes. One stain on bottom. Weak red seal. In nice condition Wando Mining and Manufacturing overall. Est. $320-640 HWAC# 57313 Company Stock # 195 for 5 shares to Charles Listchgi. Signed by AB Lot# 4616 , Texas 1885 Cisco Land, Cadler(?) and president George Coal, Manufacturing and Livestock E Gibbon president. Dateline Company Stock Rare Texas Mining Charleston 1873. Not Cancelled. Stock. # 17 for 18 shares to FA Gray Hay gathering vignette. Printed by Jr. Signed by William G Audenrud Walker, Evans and Cogswell. Two and president Peirce Crosby. Dateline vertical folds, one slight dog ear upper right and one very small nick 1885. Incorporated September of lower left. Great condition. Unusual stamp “Wando Fertilizer Pure 1884. Fabulous vignette. Red on Bone Phosphate “ in center. “The Wando clays and sands were located white background. Livestock on around Corn Hill above the Acabee Flats on the Ashley. These lands one side and coal train on the other were most extensively developed along the Foster Creek and Wando separated by the Texas Star! John C Clark & Sons printer. Not cancelled. River. The clay is frequently stained red. These clays were extensively Holes from the stamped seal, otherwise excellent condition. Cisco was utilized in the manufacturing of brick.” [Holabird Western Americana founded in 1879 and when the Houston and Texas Central Railrod Auctions] Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 81952 passed through gained prominance. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 81961 Lot# 4612 Lawrence County, South Lot# 4617 BAccus, Utah Zero Dakota Detroit & Deadwood Gold Death-Hercules Powder Tin Sign Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1898 The Baccus Hercules Plant was Inc. in South Dakota. No. 1220, issued opened in 1915. 32 x 51” hand painted tin sign in orange and beige. for 1,000 shares to Josiah H. Barker “ZD” for “zero Deaths” Pollock Collection. Est. $500-1500 HWAC# on Sept. 16th, 1898. Signed by the 84831 president and secretary (Robert Murray). Not cancelled. Green border, Lot# 4618 Sunnyside, Utah black print, facsimile RN underprint. Sunnyside Coal Tin Sign 30 x 40” Underground mining vignette. red on white tin mine sign. Pollock Pinholes, folds. 9.25 x 12” Est. $60- Collection. Sunnyside was founded as a ranching town in 1879. The 140 HWAC# 59100 Denver & Rio Grande first went through in 1883, and a major coal deposit was discovered in 1896. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 84832 Lot# 4613 Nashville, Tennessee 1858 1858 Nashville & Rowena Coal Lot# 4619 , Utah Miner’s Company Bond # 29. $1000 First Sinking Bucket This is the Mortgage Bond. All 20 coupons still iron bucket that was filled attached. Pink seal (faded red). Dateline with rock at the bottom of 1858. Incorporated 1856. Object to mine a mining shaft and hauled and transport on the Cumberland River to up to be processed either as Nashville. Coal train vignette. Signed by ore or waste. This bucket is WH Smith and president Michaels Burns. approximately two-and-a-half Heavy soiling. Large rips. 21 x 14.5”. Prag feet tall at the opening, and two Collection Est. $150-300 HWAC# 81956 feet in diameter. The bail at the top adds another foot-and-a- Lot# 4614 Tennessee City, Dickson half. The bottom of the bucket County, Tennessee 1888 Tennessee has rusted away. See image for City Land, Mining & Manufacturing construction details.A brass Company Stock #155 for 100 shares nameplate mounted near the to Ella G Prentice. Signed by secretary top opening indicates that it was (?) and president George W Snyder. made by the Galigher Machinery Dateline Chicago 1888. Incorporated Company of Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1888. Not cancelled. Bright U.S.A. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# gold seal. Palm tree allegorial lady 85736 vignette. Printed by Geo. E. Cole Co. No edge, corner or discoloration issues. This certificate is rare from a rare location. Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC# 83956 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 249

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4620 , Utah 1903-1919 Six Lot# 4626 , Utah c1860-1880 Underground Different Utah Mining Stock Mine Short Ladders - lot of 2 Lot of two Certificates Lot of 6. Included: O.K. handmade wooden ladders collected from Silver Mining & Milling Company an underground mining operation in Utah, (1910, cancelled, 3 mining vignettes), possibly the Mammoth Mine which operated United States Mining Company (1903, in the late 1800s. The shorter of the two shows punch cxl, allegorical and mining considerable wear on the step treads and appears vignettes), Swansea Consolidated to be assembled with square pegs. The longer Mining Company (1917, not cxl, mining vignette), Big Cottonwood one has round nails. Both were build with dado Consolidated Mining Company (1919, not cxl), Big Four Exploration construction and were probably made on the Company (1917, not cxl), and Victoria Mining Company (1906, not mine site as needed. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85701 cxl). Est. $50-150 HWAC# 43006 Lot# 4627 , Utah Utah Mine Bell Lot# 4621 , Utah c1860-1880 Signal Sign over an old Fairbanks Underground Mine Ladders - Lot Morse Cloth Bell Signal Sign A of 2 Two rough-hewn wooden mine choice mining collectible. This originally underground framed mine ladders used in underground mining operations in the late 1800s, bell signal sign is a classic. It came from the 1400 level of the Moscow possibly at the Mammoth Mine in Utah. Heights are approximately Mine in the Star District, Beaver County, Utah. A paper Utah bell 6.5 and 7 feet. The latter ladder shows considerable wear on the step signal sign was plastered over the top of a very old cloth Fairbanks treads, while the other is in fairly pristine condition. Est. $200-400 Morse bell signal sign, which looks tattered, but the top portion may HWAC# 85708 still be pretty good underneath. Needless to say, the Fairbanks sign is extremely rare. 12 x 40”, Pollock Collection Est. $600-1500 HWAC# Lot# 4622 , Utah c1860-1880 Underground Mine 84834 Ladders - lot of 3 This is a lot of three rough-hewn wooden ladders, probably built on-site for an Lot# 4628 , Utah Utah Mine Bell underground mining operation in Utah in the late Signal Sign, Tin 12 x 36” black on 1800s, possibly the Mammoth Mine. Two have dado white Utah mine bell signal sign. The joints and the third has lap joints. All use square peg would go well with the Gardner oil painting that shows a Utah mine nails to attach the steps to the vertical risers. The bell signal sign underground. Rare. Pollock Collection. Est. $800- shorter of the three (shown in the image standing 1500 HWAC# 84833 upside-down) and the tallest show considerable wear on the step treads. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 85700 Lot# 4629 , Utah Utah Mining Stocks (4) 1) Pittsburgh and Utah Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Lot# 4623 , Utah c1860-1880 Underground Mining-located in Ophir Mining District 343 i/u to J Watson 1903 signed by vice president Hendershot, Mine Ladders - lot of 3 This is a lot of incorporated in WV 2) New Yosemite Mining and three rough-hewn wooden underground Milling #129 i/u to Polly Carlson 1000 shares, 2 large mine ladders assembled with dado joints and 1 small tears. 3) Niagrara Mining and Smelting fastened with square pegs. See photo for #289 /c to GE Palen 1891 600 shares, signed by construction details. They range in length from president Franklin, nice Niagrara Falls vignette and approximately 6 to 7 feet and may have come silver seal, incorporated in UT Est. $160-240 HWAC# from the Mammoth Mine in Utah. Est. $300- 58912 500 HWAC# 85702 Lot# 4630 , Utah Wooden Box - Lot# 4624 , Utah c1860-1880 Underground K&L Salt Lake City This is a wooden box with a stenciled label of “K&L Salt Mine Ladders - lot of 3 Three rough-hewn Lake City Utah” Est. $50-100 HWAC# wooden ladders used in an underground in 85733 Utah in the late 1800s, possibly the Mammoth Mine. See photo for construction details. These were probably built on site using local timber. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 85704 Lot# 4631 Buffalo Gap, Virginia 1873 Buffalo Gap Iron & Steel Company Stock VERY EARLY # 14! $1000 bond. All six coupons still attached. Most Lot# 4625 , Utah c1860-1880 Underground bond are issued for periods of 5, 10, Mine Ladders - lot of 3 Three rough-hewn 20 or even 50 years, this bond is wooden ladders used in an underground due in just 3 years after its issuance. mine in Utah in the late 1800s, possibly the 60 bonds issued for a total loan of Mammoth Mine. One is called a sinking ladder $60,000. Four detailed vignettes, and has metal hooks on the top end that at top center miners digging with connected to the last ladder above the bottom horse drawn wagon nearby and train of the shaft. See photo for construction details. with ore in background, top left several miners digging underground, These appear to be assembled with round top right man as symbol of commerce and lower right gladiator ‘sic nails and lap-joint construction. Est. $300- semper tyrannis’ with bloody knife. That Latin phrase is what assassin 500 HWAC# 85705 John Wilkes Booth yelled after he killed President Lincoln and jumped down on the stage. It is also the Virginia state motto and means ‘death to tyrants.’ Signed by president Henry Moore and treasurer LR Smoot. Printed by Henry Seibert. Heavy folds and bottom is folded. Bright, colorful and very nice! Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83945 250 December 2018

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4632 Shenandoah, Virginia Lot# 4637 Cabin Creek, West 1858 Very Rare Stony Man Mining Virginia 1881 Cabin Creek Kanawha Company Stock Number 80 for 500 Coal Company Bond Very early # 8 shares to George James Adams on with nice steam train vignette. 25 x August 9, 1858. Signed by secretary 17”. 36 of the 40 coupons attached. William Danforth and president Coupons and bond cancelled with Josiah Barker. 1859. Unusual ‘PAID’ hole punch. Transferred three underground mining vignette! times within the Shonk family. Miner Vertical and horizontal folds. Kerff corner and edge issues. Very nice Brothers printer. Very nice condition. 6 x 10.25”. “In 1854 Samuel condition. Coal camps and coal camp and Maria Williams of Brooklyn, New York purchased 21,371 acres houses can still be found in the Cabin of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for $4,750. One year Creek area. Famous for a 1912 strike. Prag Collection Est. $100-300 later the land was passed on to the Virginia Cliff Copper Company for HWAC# 81949 $1,000,000, although only $7,000 was ever actually tendered. Soon 5,371 acres of the tract were sold to the newly incorporated (January Lot# 4638 Elk River, West Virginia 1858) Stony Man Mining Company for $550,000 of stockholder funds. 1877 Elkton Coal & Iron Company In 1866 the Miners Lode Copper Company (incorporated in NYC in Stock # 190 for 100 shares at $50 1865) purchased the property.” [nps.gov] Today this is all part of the a share. To WM Ashfield. Signed Shenandoah National Park and Skyland. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 81909 by Foster and president Ashfield. dateline 1877 New York. Organized Lot# 4633 , Virginia Maximus and incorporated in New York. Purple Metals Corp Report of the companies ‘49’ handwritten in box top left. Two holdings and net assets around 1905- small holes upper left, dog ears. Small 1910 (possibly annual report to the black discoloration top center. Otherwise very nice. Underground State of Virginia). In good shape mining and smelting vignettes. VM Ranee printer. Not cancelled. This with nine very nice black and white company owned 2,700 acres of coal land at Elk River, Kanawha County, photos of milling, roasting plants. West Virginia. Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 81919 The pamphlet outlines the additional holdings with a projection of the companies market share due to the production of copper and what Lot# 4639 Wetzel, West Virginia the company defines as “Maximus” metals. 16 pages total , 10” X7 1/2”. 1867 Ann Arbor & West Virginia In protective plastic sleeve. Est. $50-80 HWAC# 84600 Oil and Mining Company Stock Early number 47 for 20 shares to SA Lot# 4634 , Washington 1876 Mattison. Signed by JH Burleson and Renton Coal Co Stock I/C #785 I president EO Haven(?). Incorporated Bateman 2 shares 1876 signed by January 17, 1866. Dateline Ann Arbor President Corning? Inc 1874. Prag 1867. Oil well and seal vignettes. Collection. Est. $120-200 HWAC# Calvert & Company of Detroit printers. Not cancelled. 25c Certificate 83473 Revenue stamp. Major tear bottom right, otherwise nice. Est. $200- 300 HWAC# 81925 Lot# 4635 , Washington Lot# 4640 , West Virginia 1902 Washington Copper Mines Two The Standard Smelting & Refining stock certificates for copper mines Company Stock Certificate Inc. in in Washington state. 1) One hundred fifty shares of Hubbard-Elliott West Virginia. No. C654, issued for Copper Mines Development Company of Alaska, number 727 issued 100 shares to H.G.O. Nye Jr. on May to Clementine Stuve dated June 3, 1904 signed by H. Curtetelliott, 29, 1902. Signed by AJ Brockett as president and H.P. Elliott, secretary. Incorporated under laws of president and Chas. H.H. German Washington state. Vignette of miners working. Gold seal. 2) Five as assistant secretary. Vignette hundred shares of Cordova Copper Company number 62 issued to L. of smelting facility and of worker H. Carvey. dated Jan 21, 1909. Gold seal. Eagle vignette. Signed by shoveling coal into furnace. Printed Prescott Sawyer, president. Ken Prag collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# by New York Bank Note Co. Folds with separation, some toning. 7.75” x 82375 11.5” Est. $30-100 HWAC# 41139 Lot# 4636 , Washington Lot# 4641 , West Virginia 1858 Washington, Idaho Mining reports Western Virginia Coal Company Three reports kept in protective of Baltimore Stock This is a West sleeves from three different mining companies. Virginia mining Stock before there 1. Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Co., 6 page was a West Virginia. # 18 (very report dated 1939 listing historical data and explanation of holdings. early) for 100 shares to Hedges(?). Includes a color legend mine map of underground workings. In very Signed by BT McMurtin and president nice condition. Gilbert L Thompson. Dateline 2. Marsh Mining Co. Shoshone, Idaho dated June, 1918. Engineer Baltimore 1858. Incorporated in report is 6 pages with two maps included. Fair condition with small Baltimore. Shield and Allegorical hole punch top center. vignettes. Lucas & Son printer. Not cancelled. Edge issues that do not 3. Metaline Contact Mines, Pend Oreille County, Washington 9 page bleed into the certificate proper. Thompson worked as the United report dated Oct 4, 1928 prepared by J.H. Ebby Mining Engineer and States Navy’s chief engineer from 1842-1844 and was involvement in Geologist with four drawings of property locations and deposits. In the coal and transportation industries in the mid- to late 19th century. good condition. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 81946 All in protective sleeves. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 84630 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 251

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4642 , Wisconsin Wisconsin Mining Stocks Lot# 4646 , Wyoming Wyoming (2) I/U Butternu Land Co #34 E Kasten 1891 Mines - 11 stocks Wyoming signed by President Mankie. Inc in WI. Gold seal. Mining common stock - 11 stocks. Creases, hole and small ink stain. I/U American 1) Two hundred shares of Wyoming Canadian Gold Mining #330 Montgomery Queen Mining Company, number 504, Horimale 1897 signed by president illeg. Prag signed on June 18, 1902 with revenue Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 82557 stamps, 2) Fifteen hundred shares of Unita Tunnel and Mining Company, Number 442, for A. S. Kraker, signed on April 19, 1915 by H. E. M. Wood, Lot# 4643 , Wyoming Five shares of president, with revenue stamps 3) One share of United States Mining and Milling Company, number 2, for E. F. Gallagher signed on January Wyoming stock Five shares of stock 2, 1929. by Lewis Flader, president. Printed: W. H. Kistler Stat’y Co. 4) from Wyoming - early 1900’s. 1) Two One hundred shares of Fremont Development Company, number 335 hundred fifty shares of Ruby Copper and for Herbert E. Stewart, signed on April 19, 1911, 5) Unissued shares Gold Mining Company, number 162 issued of Keystone Mining and Development Company, number 351, signed to Abel, Bouchard, dated May 31, 1901. by G. F. Ettinger. 6) Thirty thousand shares of Kelly-Trapp Mines, Inc, with revenue stamps. Vignette of Indian. number 44 for Frank V. Zichosch, dated January 25, 1943 signed by Signed by John Van Liew, president and Patrick A. Trapp, president. Printed: Dwight & M. H. Jackson. 7) Five Orlando J. Borwen, secretary. Printed: thousand eight hundred seventy shares of Edith Mining Company, Steeluth. 2) Cancelled 497 shares of number 128, signed on February 26, 1904. 8) Cancelled sixty-nine Sunlight Copper Mining Company, number thousand, nine hundred ninety-five shares of Seminoe Iron Company, 24 issued to William A. Fawley, issued March 14th, Vignette of two number 6 for S. W . Ellmon, Trustee, dated November 8, 1907, women with scale and eagle. Printed: Charles A. Searing. 3) Four transferred April 3, 1908 . 9) Cancelled eleven hundred shares of hundred ninety-seven shares of Sunlight Copper Mining Company, Guernsey Lime Company, number 7 issued to R. M Homan on October number 25 issued to Sunlight Mines Company, signed Jr. R. Painter, 13, 1908, signed by Frank Homan, president. 10) One hundred shares president and Arthur Subers, secretary.Vignette of two women with of Gold Run Mining and Milling Company, number 310 for L. B Irvin, scale and eagle. Printed Charles A. Searing. 4) Two hundred shares of dated April 20th, 1896, A W Manwell, president. 11) Fifty shares of Continental-Morris Copper Mining Company, number 69 issued to F. E. Gold Run Mining and Milling Company, number 939, signed October Callius dated April 28, 1908, signed by S. H. Matteson, president and G. 27, 1899 with revenue stamp. Wyoming’s mining industry has A. Lealh, secretary. Three vignettes, two miners, one mining building. previously and will continue to play a big role in the economy of the 5) Unissued share of Itmay Group Copper Mining Company. Vignette state. Minerals are taxed at the full value. Ken Prag Collection. Est. miners working. Printed: D. Childs & Company. Ken Prag Collection. $150-300 HWAC# 82304 Est. $100-150 HWAC# 81829 Lot# 4647 , Wyoming Penn- Lot# 4644 , Wyoming Wyoming & Wyoming Copper Co - Wyoming Colorado Mining stocks Six capital mining One hundred capital shares of stock stocks . 1) One hundred shares of Inez Coal for Penn-Wyoming Copper Co., Company of Inez, Wyoming, number 43, number 18794 issued to William E issued to Leila Tynes, dated October 17, 1918, . Whiting on October 21, 1908 by signed A. P. Fralk, revenue stamp. 2) Ninety E. M. Cobb, president, C. A. Nomon, shares of Colorado Wyoming Coal Company, number 157, dated June secretary. Vignette “Cedant Arma 6, 1911. Countersigned and registered June 7, 1911. 3) One hundred Toge”, 1869. Printed: Western Bank shares of Colorado Wyoming Coal Company, number 146, dated June Note Co. Chicago. STEELOGRAPH. 6, 1911, countersigned and registered June 7, 1911, 4) Five shares of Ken Prater Collection. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 81830 Rock Springs Coal and Mining Company, number 178, issued to W. E. Patterson, dated June 3, 1921, signed by M. Nutter, president, Printed: Lot# 4648 , Wyoming Penn- The W. H. Kistler Stat’y Co. 5) One hundred sixty shares of Superior Wyoming Copper Company Mine Worker’s Temple stock, number 22, issued to Local Union #3573, Excellent bond from Penn-Wyoming dated July 12, 1922 by Albert Hicks Act, president. Printed: GOES 262, Copper Company First Mortgage Debenture Twenty Year 6% Gold 6) Fifteen shares of Superior-Bonanza Mining Company, number 184, Bond, number 3393 with coupons. Principal due January 1, 1929. issued to A. H. Hall, dated July, 1908. Printed: Keweenaw Printing Co. The Ferris-Haggerty Mine Site first mined in 1897 by Ed Haggerty, a Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 82307 prospector from Whitehaven, England. Difficult to make a profit due to the remote location of the mine. Two million dollars in copper ore Lot# 4645 , Wyoming Wyoming was mined during the productive life of the mine. Plans are being Copper Mines Five capital stocks made to start mining again at this sight. Ken Prag Collection Est. of copper mines in Wyoming. 1) $150-300 HWAC# 82301 Two hundred fifty shares of Ruby Copper and Gold Mining Company, Lot# 4649 , Wyoming Two Wyoming number 162 issued to Abel, Bouchard, signed by John Van Liew, Mining Company stock Two president, with revenue stamps. Printed: Steel-UTHH. 2) Cancelled Wyoming Mining company capital four hundred ninety-seven shares of Sunlight Copper Mining Company, stocks. 1) Three hundred seventy- number 24 issued to William A. Fawley, signed by R. Painter, president, five shares of Battle Lake Tunnel Site dated March 14, 1907. 3) Four hundred ninety seven shares of Mining Company issued to Frank C. Sunlight Copper Mining Company, number 25 issued to Sunlight Mines Colby, signed by E. M. Cobb, president, Company, signed by R. Painter, president, dated March 15, 1907, number 3753, dated January 22, 1907. printed: Charles A. Searing. 4) Two hundred shares of Continental 2) Unissued shares in Mammoth - Morris Copper Mining Company, number 69 issued to F. E. Callius, Copper Mining Company, Number 356. signed by S. H. Matteson, president, dated April 28, 1908. 5) Unissued 3) First Mortgage Debenture 20-year stock sample from Itmay Group Copper Mining Company, printed: D. Gold Bond, 6%, Principal due January 1, 1929 with coupons. Ken Prag Childs & Co.Ferris-Haggarty Mine Site supplied copper for electricity Collection. Est. $60-90 HWAC# 82302 worldwide at the end of the 1800’s and the beginning of the 1900’s. Ken Prag collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 82305 252 December 2018

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4650 , Wyoming Wyoming Mining Lot# 4654 , Australia 1896 Alabama stock Seven capital mining stocks from Gold Mining Company Stock - Wyoming. 1) Five hundred shares of English Cert # 42 for 1000 shares to Producer Gold and Copper Mining and Joseph D Redding of 35 Nassau Street, Milling Company, number 59 issued to R. New York. Numbers 63241 to 64240. R. Glendinen, dated May 11, 1904. 2) Six Signed by John Morrish and directors thousand shares of Wind River Placer Ledely and Pease. Dateline 1896. Corporation, number 25 issued to Clarence Simple design. Oversize: 11 x 12”. E. Juffier, dated February 3, 1917. 3) Fifty shares of Wyoming Not cancelled. Heavy folds, wrinkles, Platinum and Gold Mining Syndicate, number 7172 issued to Armin small holes. Location is unknown: J. Kaiser, dated March 30, 1931, signed by Philip A. Clemens, Assist possibly Colorado, Alabama or New Secretary and Treasurer of Board of Trustees. 4) Forty-eight shares South Wales. Prag Collection Est. $100-300 HWAC# 81926 of Commercial Gold Mining Company, number 576 issued to Marian E. Jobson, dated December 26, 1934, signed by P. C Rodgers, president. Lot# 4655 Galbraith, Ontario, Canada 1893 Printed: GOES92-1/2 5) Unissued shares of Wyoming Placer Ophir Mining Company of Chicago # 429 Corporation, number 52, signed H. S. Davies. 6) Unissued shares of for 6 shares to Sylvester Johnson. Signed by Yellowstone Gold & Silver Mines. 7) Forty-two thousand shares of N. president G Milligan and secretary. Dateline K. W. Gold Mining Company, number 238 issued to W. B. Root, dated Chicago 1893. Green background with green June 21, 1907. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 82306 underprint. Below and above ground mining vignette upper right. Printed by Rand McNally Lot# 4651 , Wyoming Wyoming Mining & Co. Holes Upper Right, otherwise very nice. Stocks Three nice capital stocks from Perhaps the most promising of all Ontario gold mines at the present Wyoming Mining Companies. 1) Five time is the Ophir situated in the township of Galbraith about 18 miles hundred shares of The Wyocola Mining north of the old Bruce copper mines. A large quartz vein occurs in company stock, number 21, dated January diorite and carries free gold in considerable quantities. Some portions 29, 1904 for Almira E. Jobson, signed by of the vein yielding very handsome specimens. The mine is the George Allen, president. 2) Two hundred property of the Ophir Mining Company of Chicago which purchased it shares of XL Gold Dredging Company stock, from McArthur Brothers of Toronto for $100,000.” [Engineering and number 1677, dated June 24, 1912 by J. W. Thossanon, vice president Mining Journal, 1894] Prag Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83954 3) Eighty-One shares of The Keystone Mining and Development Company, number 164, signed by George T. Eettringer, president on Lot# 4656 Nova Scotia, Canada Isaac’s January 5, 1905.Wyoming’s ecomony has been helped by coal mining. Harbor Gold Co. of Nova Scotia Stock Since 1988, Wyoming has been the largest producer of coal in the Certificate, 1864 Rare early Nova Scotia United States. There were 17 active coal mines in Wyoming. Ken Prag gold mine! No. 632, issued for 50 shares to Collection. Est. $100-120 HWAC# 82300 F.A. Arbault on Dec. 1, 1864 in New York. Signed by the president Anderson Nelson (?) Lot# 4652 , Wyoming Wyoming/ and the secretary (Shirley). Not cancelled. Colorado Mining Stock Six certificates Red corporate seal, no vignette. Two 25 cent for mining stock from Wyoming (5) and adhesive revenue stamps. Printed by Macoy & Herwig Stationers. Colorado (1). 1) 785 shares, Golden River Folds, some chips to edges. 7.5 x 10” In 1861 gold was discovered Placer Mining Company, No 68 issued to in quartz veins on the Isaac’s Harbour anticline to the east of the Alexander C. McLauchliss signed on October community in Goldboro, Nova Scotia. From J. Ross Browne, 1868: 15, 1904. 2) One thousand shares of Jerry “Isaac’s Harbor or Stormont district is advantageously situated upon Johnson Gold Mining company, number 2689, signed by A. P. Mackay, one of the finest harbors upon the eastern coast and is about 20 miles president on November 16th, 1914. 3) One thousand shares of Jerry eastward of the mouth of St Mary’s river. This district has also been Johnson Gold Mining company, number 203, signed by A. P. Mackay, a large producer in proportion to the amount of effort that has there president on March 11, 1903, printer: The W. H. Kistler Stationery been put forth in mining but enterprises of that class have never yet Co,. 4) Two Hundred shares of Gold Queen Mining Company, No. 569, been entered into upon anything like a large scale. The possibilities of signed by P. Leonard, president on September 21, 1904. 5)Twenty-five the place may be imagined from the fact that taking the whole period hundred shares, California and Massachusetts Copper Mines Company, since gold mining commenced in Nova Scotia we find that the mines of No 747, issued to J. B. Morrissey, signed on April 23, 1909. 6) Three Isaac’s harbor have kept up the largest average yield of gold per ton of thousand, four hundred shares of Jerry Johnson Gold, Inc. number quartz.” Est. $240-400 HWAC# 58561 4153, issued to Sallie Mast Reif Snyder for John R. Mast, decreased signed by Al Osberg, president on November 28, 1940 (Colorado Lot# 4657 Ontario, Canada 1887 stock). Printer: GOES 510. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $120-200 Kingston and Pembroke Iron HWAC# 82303 Mining Company Stock # 1606 for 100 shares to RP Flower & Lot# 4653 , Yukon Bonanza Creek Gold Company. Signed by DS Gibbons Mining Co Bonanza Creek Gold Mining president Henry Seibert. Distinctly Company Limited. Rare. Bonanza Creek is a coal mining underground vignette. water way in the Yukon Territory in Canada. M Seibert (related?)printer. Not It runs approximately 20 miles from King cancelled. One 50c and five 10c Solomon’s Dome to the Klondike River. At Stock transfer stamps on reverse. the end of the 1900’s and into the 2000 the Green background. Some minor edge and corner issues. Very nice! Bonanza Creek was the center of the Klondike The company operated the Glendower mine in Ontario, Canada, an Gold Rush. Vignettes with eagle on top of a globe on North America. iron mine that produced about 50,000 tons of iron ore through 1895 1) One Hundred shares of Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company, Ltd (Ingall, 1901). Even the best iron properties were marginal after 1873, incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, number due to poor price conditions (Technology on The Frontier: Mining 1494 dated January 14, 1908 issued to Gaylord Wilshire. Registered In Old Ontario, Diane Newell). In 1887, the Zanesville Company was January 14, 1908. 2) $500 bond number 405 with coupons. Printed: merged in, but by 1895, the mine was idle. Prag Collection Est. $60- American Bank Note Go. New York. Litho. Peter Periconi collection. 100 HWAC# 81920 Est. $250-300 HWAC# 82362 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 253

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4658 Tangier, Nova Soctia, Lot# 4662 , Honduras 1884 Chicago Canada 1864 Tangier Mining Honduras Mining and Commercial Company Stock Early # 24 for 25 Company Stock # 136 for 10 shares shares to Richard Butler. Signed to WO Osgood. signed by William by president Joseph Langer(?). McMullen and president WO Osgood. Dateline New York 1864. “Mining Dateline Chicago 1884. Spectacular works, Tangier, N. S.” No vignette. Not looking stock with a few miner edge cancelled. Writing from back when issues. Brown wavy background, the stock was sold or transferred in brown fancy underprint ‘Shares $10 1881 has bled through and created on small tear. Tangier was the site each. Heavy brown key notes. Two of the first gold discovery in Nova Scotia in 1860. Total historic gold eagle vignettes and one underground mining vignette. JMW Jones production up to 1936 is estimated at 29,360 ounces. Prag Collection printer. Not Cancelled. Reverse has fancy Green underprint - very Est. $100-300 HWAC# 81970 different. Some minor edge issues are all that mare this cert. With this spectacular looking stock, one can only imagine how successful Lot# 4659 , Canada 4 Canadian Mine it was. In 1901 the United States investor, in answer to a question Reports Canadian Mine Prospectus on the status of the company had this to say,”Certificate of complete 1. McCarthy-Webb Goudreau Mines organization of this company was issued under the laws of Illinois Limited prospectus dated 1924, 16 pages, of which 4 are amps of the October 31 1882. Incorporating the Chicago Honduras Mining mines and pictures, good condition 2. Continental Mines Limited & Commercial Co. for a period of 99 years with a capital stock of prospectus dated Aug 31, 1922, 4 pages , last page is a map of the $3,000,000 with principal office located in Chicago. This corporation Kirkland Lake district in color. Fragile to fair condition. 3.Porcupine has never made report as required by the statutes of that state. The Success Gold Mines LTD. prospectus dated 1915. Prospectus has company has no office in Chicago and we can fin none of the names of bifold crease, good condition, 11 pages not including the cover, color the directors in the Chicago directory. The company is doubtless out of map of mine area. Separate map in color of the Porcupine Mine, The existence.” Prag Collection Est. $80-150 HWAC# 83978 Hollinger-Dome Area, District of Timiskaming, in fair condition. 4. Caledonia Mines Limited prospectus, dated 1923. Four pages total Lot# 4663 Coahuila, Mexico 1882 with a map in page 3, in good condition. All items in protective sleeves. Alabama San Juan Mining Company Est. $130-200 HWAC# 84626 Stock Certificate Number 924 to HC McEwan for 17 shares in 1882. Lot# 4660 , Canada Two Canadian Gold Mining Signed by president NH Brown and Stock Certificates 1) The Porcupine Imperial secretary RW Hallet. In the 1872 Acts Gold Mining Company. Ontario. No. 3555, issued of the General Assembly of the State for 1,000 shares in 1915. Not cancelled. Moose of Alabama the Alabama San Juan vignette. Tape repairs and some toning. Site of Mining Company was incorporated to a fire in 1911 that destroyed the towns of South operate mines in the state of Coahuila Porcupine and Pottsville and wiping out surface in the Republic of Mexico. This was machinery at Porcupine and Imperial mines. a silver mining operation. and was formerly known as the San Juan 2) The Star of the East Gold Mining & Milling Mine. Nice scroll work border. Stock has been folded and seal has Company. Ontario. Issued fro 200 shares in 1906. rubbed off on other edge. Est. $80-160 HWAC# 57305 Not cancelled. Small scenery vignette and royal imagery underprint. Folds. Est. $80-120 HWAC# 58558 Lot# 4664 Durango, Mexico Durango mine ephemera 1. Lot# 4661 , Cuba 1874 Cuba and Durango Mining, Milling and U. S. Asphaltum Mining Company Exploration Co, organized under he Stock # 211 for 100 shares to George laws of the State of Maine, prospectus Gaulbert. Signed by TC McAfee and annual report for the year 1910. and president JM Shreve. Dateline Prospectus is 14 pages with maps Louisville 1874. One coal mining of the various holdings in overall vignette with ore cart and one of two good, but fragile condition. Annual people shaking hands which must report id excellent condition with represent the cooperation between some very nice black and white photos of the period. Complete details Cuba and the United States. German of eh company assets totaling 38 pages not including the cover. Also & Bro. printer. Not cancelled. Onion paper. Two vertical folds and included is an envelop form Consolidated Securities of Boston to small pinholes where the stamp was applied. Extremely nice! John Durango Mining, milling and Exploration, which is not dated and fair Milton Shreve was an important citizen born in Jessamine County. He condition. 2. Mexico Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co Guanacevi, participated int he capture of the Guerro which precipitated the Texas Durango, Mexico organized July, 1904 State of Maine. This is a map of War. At the commencement of the Texan War John Milton Shreve was the Longitudinal section of underground working of vein, up to April 4. appointed Assistant Quartermaster with rank of Captain was present 1906. Values are given and there is some handwritten notes regarding and participated in the battle of San Jacinta when Santa Anna was status and the reports that need to be referred to. Map is in fair to captured. Fear being felt for this distinguished prisoner’s safety, JM good condition, however fragile. All items are in plastic protective Shreve found safe quarters for him. He would return to Louisville as sleeves for preservation. Est. $150-200 HWAC# 84620 a lawyer. In the early 1900’s Cuba was a major source of asphalt for the United States. This stock certificate predates that period by three decades!!! Prag Collection Est. $120-250 HWAC# 81930 254 December 2018

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4665 Durango, Mexico Durango Lot# 4670 Northern Sonora, Mexico Silver Mines Stock Certificate, San Fortuna Mining Co. Mexico 1.Fortuna Dimas, Durango, 1865 Inc. in New Mining Co., organized January 1908 State York. No. 155, issued for 100 shares in of Arizona. Prospectus and an annual New York on Sept. 20th, 1865. Signed report March 1, 1910. Annual report by President VanAukin and secretary is fair condition and complete with 6 Garrison. Not cancelled. Printed by typewritten pages and 6 maps one of Hatch & Co., NY. 25 cent adhesive which has color coded section of the revenue stamps with tied cancels mines. The prospectus is four pages attached top right and bottom center. and one map with a color legend of the Light toning. Very fine. 8 x 9” According mines. Condition on both items are good to an 1894 report, the company owned the Bolanos Mine of San Dimas, condition, but do show age. Both in protective sleeves Est. $80-100 the Cinco Sonores and Veneranda Mines in the same district. They first HWAC# 84621 leased the Candaleria Mine and then owned it (the company became Candaleria and Durango Mining Company). In 1865, Joseph G. Rice Lot# 4671 Oaxaca, Mexico was superintendent. Est. $130-200 HWAC# 58470 Magdalena Smelting & Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Oaxaca, Mexico Lot# 4666 Guanajuato, Mexico Mining 1907 Inc. in New York. No. C3607, ephemera reports Two pamphlets issued for 100 shares to Charles H. and one prospectus printed by the Dickey on Nov. 12th, 1907. Signed Securities Corp of New York between by Henry W. Catlin, president, 1909-10. All are in excellent condition and K.L. Breeman, asst. secretary. and in protective sleeves. There is one Punch cancelled on the left side. small book about the Securities Corp Very attractive design with maroon titled “”After Four Years” (18 pages not border and background and vignette of smelter. Printed by New York including cover), a second booklet on Bank Note Co. According the the Copper Handbook Vol. 8 (1908), the mining in Guanajuato being presented by company had 160 hectares showing mostly silver-lead carbonates. Dwight Furness U.S. Consul (14 pages no Their smelter, known as the Magdalena, was the first modern smelter including cover) , and a prospectus for Oro Grande Mines Co.(4 pages) in the state of Oaxaca and had a daily capacity of 50 tons. Mine office Est. $80-100 HWAC# 84622 located in Magdalena, Oaxaca, Mexico. Est. $80-160 HWAC# 59087 Lot# 4667 Guanajuato, Mexico Three Different Lot# 4672 Sinaloa, Mexico Guanajuato Cons. Mining & Milling Co. Stock Guadaloupe & Sacramento Gold & Certificates Three different. Inc. in West Virginia. Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, All issued and punch cancelled, 1901, 1902, and 1866, Sinaloa, Mexico First seen by us. Rare Sacramento District in 1928. Two have similar design with eagle and snake Sinaloa. Sinaloa is located across the Sea of Cortez from the mining vignettes. The other has a large vignette showing a district on the east side of Baja. Inc. in New York. No. 52, issued for complex surface operation. According to Mining & 5 shares to J.N. Bell on Feb. 19th, 1866. Signed by the president, Engineering World, Col. 25, the company operated Miles, and secretary, Dunlap. Not cancelled. Two vignettes: patriotic the Sirena Mine in 1901 with large pockets of low- eagle (top center) and mine hoisting scene (left). 25 cent adhesive IR grade ore. They also owned the Cardones, San Vicente, revenue stamp. As is. Needs to be repaired: in two pieces, with folds, Barragana, and Jupiter Mines. Est. $120-160 HWAC# separation and other wear. Please inspect. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 58472 57637 Lot# 4668 Guerrero, Mexico The Lot# 4673 Sonora, Mexico Pacific Mitchell Mining Co report The Smelting and Mining Co report company incorporated 1902 State Report dated Dec 31, 1909 for mine of Arizona Report on the holdings located in Foundation, Sonora, of the Mitchell Mining Co a total Mexico, 15 pages total not including of 64 pages with black and white cover. The report contains 8 black photos, maps, drawings on geological and white photos and one map of the smelter and mine location on the structures. The outside cover is torn Pacific coast. The booklet is in good condition with the exception that and separated, the inside pages and the front cover has detached from the binding. In protective plastic photos are all in good condition of sleeve. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 84623 local habitants, nines and structures with no tears or markings. In protective sleeve. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84624 Lot# 4674 , Mexico Butters Consolidated Mines Inc Syndicate Lot# 4669 La Paz Camp, Mexico 1906 Priest organized State of Delaware 1924 Mountain Mining Company: Certificate report is 8 pages in good condition, attached to a report consisting of NUMBER 1 # 1 for 1 share to Henry M Baker. 35 pages on mines in Mexica and Latin America. Prospectus contains Signed by president baker and secretary Joseph very nice maps and photos. In excellent condition, in protective sleeve. W Moyer. (Probably hung in Baker’s office at some Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84627 time?) Dateline 1906. Incorporated in Arizona in 1906. Vignette specific to Priest Mountain which is clearly identified. Shows mining works in foreground. Graham Co. of Washington D. C. printer. Not cancelled. Mines at La Paz Camp, Matehual, Mexico. Large size has lead to edge and corner issues. One discoloration at upper right. 10 x 12.5”. Our quick research found no information on this company or any Priest Mountain in Mexico? Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 83985 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 255

DAY 4 Saturday, Dec 8th Mining Lot# 4675 , Mexico Butters Copala Lot# 4680 , Mexico 1892 Plata Reina de Mines (Inc) report Issued March Sonora Mining & Milling Company Stock Lot 15, 1909 report on the holdings of two One is preferred and one is Common. 1) and assets of Butters Copala Mines. Preferred # 40 for 31 shares to RJ Robert. Signed Covering information from all the by EJ (?) and secretary DN Morimey(?). Dateline veins held by the company and listing 1892. Green underprint ‘PREFERRED.’ TJ Moran the potential of the holdingsReport printer. Datelined New Orleans, Louisiana. 2) is 35 pages not including the cover and is written by E.H. Garthwaite, Red underprint ‘COMMON.’ # 120 for 505 shares. Esq.. Report is in overall good condition, however, the cover is loose Condition of both is fair with discoloration and (torn) but complete. There are some notations a deletions that are tears at fold edges. The Plata Reina de Sonora handwritten. Printer :Blades, East & Blades London. In protective are famous in the history of Mexican mining Plastic sleeve. Est. $80-120 HWAC# 84617 as the place where planchas or bolas de plata were found about the beginning of the early 1800’s. Prag Collection. Est. $80-100 HWAC# 83961 Lot# 4681 , Mexico Three Lot# 4676 , Mexico Four Different Different Mexican Mining Stock Mexican Mining Stock Certificates Certificates Three in nice condition. 1) Consolidated Mining Company. 1) Consolidated Esperanza Mining Guadalajara, Mexico. Issued in 1908, Company. Issued in 1878, signed not cancelled. Three mining vignettes. by the president and treasurer, pen 2) La Fortuna Mining Company. Issued cancelled. Vignette of prospectors in 1910, not cancelled. Three mining at surface. Stock has both English vignettes. 3) Sonora Consolidated Mill and Spanish text. 2) Capuzaga & Mining Company. Alta District, State Mining Company. Issued in 1909, of Sonora, Mexico. Issued in 1883. Not corp. signatures, not cancelled. Vignette of miners with cage in the cancelled. Underground mining vignette. background. 3) Guanajuato Consolidated Mining & Milling Company. 4) The Consolidated Esperanza Mining Company. Issued in 1878, pen Issued in 1906, corp. signatures, not cancelled. Allegorical vignettes. cancelled. Text in English and Spanish. Mining vignette. Est. $80-160 Printed by ABN. Est. $50-120 HWAC# 42107 HWAC# 59090 Lot# 4677 , Mexico Geological Map Mexico mines The map is geological area of the Serrania De Zacatecas published for the Memory Miner, State of Zacatecas, Mexico presented to the Paris exhibition in 1889. Map is in color and good condition in protective sleeve. Est. $80-100 HWAC# 84631 Lot# 4678 , Mexico Mexican Mining Books (7) Softcovers-5 assorted in Spanish. 2 hardcovers-Jalisco and Sonora in English. Est. $120-200 HWAC# 85633 Lot# 4682 , Mexico Three Mexico Mine Reports 1. St. Francis Gold Lot# 4679 , Mexico Mining CO. prospectus Feb 10, 1931 located in Magdalena, Sonora, 1857 Mexican Mexico. In good condition, 6 pages total with some notes handwritten. Pacific Coal & *8 Page report, not including cover( with pictures), on the Hermosillo Iron, Mining & Copper Co. Columbus, Ohio on holdings in Sonora, Mexico. Good Land Company condition 2. Gulf Copper Co Prospectus located in San Diego, Calif for Stock WOW! the El Toro Mine located in Angeles Bay, Gulf of Calif, Mexico. 3 pages Early American total in good condition. Inside is a map of the of the proposed mine incorporated and a blank form for subscription of shares. 3. Report and Statement mining company of accounts of The San Francisco Del Oro Mines incorporated April on the Pacific Coast 18,1903 and report dated Dec 31, 1904. Report published May 13, of Mexico. # 178 1905 by Londal Wall, Lindon, E.C.Totaling 15 pages not including for 10 shares to cover, no picture, in good condition with a bifold crease top-bottom. William R Hanson. No handwriting. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 84618 Signed by Samuel Brah(?) and president John F Allen. Dateline New York 1857. Pen Cancelled. Spanish writing on bottom of certificate. Three vignettes: underground mining, steam ship and barge. Printed by Baldwin, Bald & Couslaud. Rips at fold edges. Some discoloration. Good Condition. American mining and land company exploration in the states of Guerraro and Michoacan. Launched by Edward Lee Plumb in 1855 in New York. We could find no mention of this company in the 1860’s. Prag Collection Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 81945 256 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Textiles Lot# 5000 , Afghanistan c1900 Lot# 5007 , Afghanistan Afghan Yamond Bag 3” x 5”. early 1900’s Rug (Wool, Handwoven Afghan Yamond Bag Afghanistan) 51” x. 75”, made of wool. Beautiful colors, cream base, has animals, horses, birds, has border of cream, camels & abstract trees. In very nice condition. Est. $200-400 HWAC# burnt orange, brown & 84463 different shades of blue. Has slight fraying at Lot# 5001 , Afghanistan c.1900 corners. Please inspect. Horse Bag (Handwoven, Turkish) Est. $500-1000 HWAC# Beautiful Handmade Vintage 84472 Afghan Turkmen Saddle Bag Kilim, Handmade In Afghanistan. 22” x 50”. In good condition. Stitching on Bag Lot# 5008 , Afghanistan c1800’s Rug is exceptional. From the historic Ben- Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $200-400 HWAC# (Wool, Oriental) 40” x 74”. Origin 84464 unknown, has wear, please inspect. Dark blue, mauve colors. Est. $400- Lot# 5002 , Afghanistan c1900 800 HWAC# 84473 Turkoman Afghan Double Saddle Bag Antique Turkoman Saddlebag rug, beautiful condition, this bag Lot# 5009 , zIndia c1900 Indo- has been displayed on wall. Colors Mahal Rug Gorgeous old Indo-Mahal & tribal design are gorgeous. 2’ x 3’. 7 x 5’ rug. Blue, red, green, black, These bags were used for various gold. Short white fringes. Ben- purposes. Often they were used for Tcahvtchavadze Collection, Ontario, transporting goods while on migration. They also served as storage Canada. Est. $1200-2000 HWAC# containers to be used in the tent or yurt. There are also specialized 83353 bags such as bags for carrying mirrors, bags for carrying the Qur’an, bags for carrying tent stakes and more. Often the bags are known by specific names based on the function they served. Some common bag names are “cuval” (camel bag), “khorjin” (double-sided donkey bags) Lot# 5010 , zIndia c1900 Mat and “mafrash” (bedding bag) to name just a few. (Wikipedia) From the (Indian) Beautiful Indian made historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $300- mat with ruby colors, border, cream 600 HWAC# 85818 green & indigo color. 22” x 57”. Has slight wear. Please inspect. From Lot# 5003 , Arizona c1900’s Navajo the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze Indian Rug Beautiful Navajo rug collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. with oatmeal base color, indigo, $200-300 HWAC# 85821 dark brown. Has slight wear, please inspect. 40” x 65”. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85823 Lot# 5004 , Arizona c1930’s Navajo Rug Beautiful Twill Navajo Rug, made of German town wool. 4’2” x 2’10”. Very slight wear with 1 small dark spot. Please inspect. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85824 Lot# 5005 , Arizona cearly 1900’s Navajo Rugs Navajo rug with lazy lines, 6’ x 4’9”. Beautiful condition. Rich chocolate brown, with lighter brown & oatmeal background. Est. $200-500 HWAC# 85822 Lot# 5006 , Afghanistan 1900 Rug (Afghanistan Bokhara) Gorgeous Ruby color Afghan Bokhara rug, 7’ x 10’. Very nice Lot# 5011 , zIndia c1900 Rug (Indian Serougen) Beautiful large condition. 2 of the most popular Serougen Rug. 7’8” x 11’. Terracotta, navy blue, powder blue & gold. carpets from Afghanistan are Khal With border. In good condition. The art of manufacturing carpets was Mohammadi and Afghan Aqche. introduced in India, probably by the great mogul Akbar (1556-1605) Khal Mohammadi are handmade which brought in Persian weavers together with skilled pattern artists by the Turkomans in the north of mainly for producing carpets for his palace. During the 16th, 17th and Afghanistan, and in some cases 18th century many fine carpets were woven here made of the finest they can also be hand knotted sheep wool and silk, with Persian patterns. The quality sank during in Pakistan by the Turkomans who have crossed over the borders the 19th century and right up to the middle of the 20th century, except into Pakistan. The primary colors are dark red in different nuances. some smaller productions in the cities of Srinagar, Amritsar and Agra. Occurring motifs are göls (elephant like pattern) and octagonal (eight After India’s independence in 1947 the commercial manufacturing had shaped) often with curvilinear flowers in dark blue, ochre and beige. a reawakening. Even if most of the weavers moved to Pakistan, they Afghan Aqche carpets are handmade by the Turkomans in central were up and running again thanks to the concentration on education and north Afghanistan. Pile, warp and weft consists of wool, goat and of youths, men and women. From the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze sometimes also horse hair. From the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $2000-4000 HWAC# 84454 collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $2000-4000 HWAC# 84455 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 257

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Textiles Lot# 5012 , zMexico c1900’s Southwest Mexico Lot# 5018 , Turkey c1900 Rug Rug/Blanket This blanket has multiple uses, it can (Turkish Kurdish Soumak) be used as a throw, as home decor, a yoga mat, a Attractive small rug 22” x 38”from blanket, bed covering, or as a rug. Light to medium- East Turkey Kurdish. Material is weight blanket. Bright colors of turquoise blue, wool on wool. Handmade / hand burnt oranges, red & pink. Has knotted fringe. 87” x knotted- Has fraying at upper left 70”. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85825 margin at fringe, please inspect. From the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze Lot# 5013 , Pakistan c1900 Pakistani Buukura Rug Hung on wall collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. rug, never walked $200-400 HWAC# 85828 on. Approx 6 x 4’. Beet red, brown and Lot# 5019 , Turkey c1900 Rug more. White fringes. (Turkish Mat) Beautiful Turkish Mat, Ben-Tcahvtchavadze 2’ x 3’. In nice condition. Very vibrant, Collection, Ontario, bright colors. Should be hung on wall Canada. Est. $1200- for display. From the historic Ben- 2000 HWAC# 83352 Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $240-400 HWAC# 85815 Lot# 5020 , Turkey c1900 Rug (Turkish Tribal Yurok Double Bag) 2’ x 4’ double bag, wool, beautiful colors. Has been displayed on wall. Lot# 5014 , Russia clate 1900’s Sash Slight fraying on back of bag (2”). Please inspect. From the historic (Sluck, Belarusian) 62” x 4.5”, fringe Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of is approx 5.5”. Beautiful flowers, Ontario, Canada. Est. $300-500 appear to be of silk, colors of brown, soft pink, gold & cream. Sluck HWAC# 85817 sashes , real treasure of Belarusian culture. This type of handwork was produced in Belarus (then Rzeczpospolita) in the second half Lot# 5021 , Turkey c1900 Rug of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Sluck sashes were named after (Wool, Double Prayer) Turkish the city of Slutsk (Minsk region), where they were first produced in Anatolian double prayer rug. Ruby 18th century to replace expensive imported sashes from the Orient. color, dark & light blue. Good Such sashes from Ottoman Empire, Persia, Iran and China were condition. Has mesh on backside very popular among the nobles of the time and served not only as a for slippage on floor. 3’6” x 8’. From decorative element of the costume but as a symbol of high social status the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze and wealth as well. From the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 85826 Ontario, Canada. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 85819 Lot# 5015 , Russia clate 1900’s Sash Lot# 5022 , 1880 Area (Sluck, Belarusian) 62” x 4.5”, fringe Rug, Caucasian is approx 5.5”. Beautiful flowers, Armenian colors of brown, green, blue & cream. Sluck sashes, real treasure of Gorgeous Belarusian culture. This type of handwork was produced in Belarus Caucasian (then Rzeczpospolita) in the second half of the 18th and early 19th Armenian area centuries. Sluck sashes were named after the city of Slutsk (Minsk rug, 8’ x 5’. region), where they were first produced in 18th century to replace Soumak is a expensive imported sashes from the Orient. Such sashes from Ottoman tapestry technique Empire, Persia, Iran and China were very popular among the nobles of of weaving strong the time and served not only as a decorative element of the costume and decorative but as a symbol of high social status and wealth as well. From the textiles used as historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $100- 200 HWAC# 85820 rugs and domestic bags. Baks used Lot# 5016 , Russia early 1900’s for bedding are known as Soumak Mafrash. Soumak is a type of flat weave, somewhat Slavik Woven Sash/Belt Red Slavik woven belt/sash. Slavic hand woven resembling but stronger and thicker than kilim, with a smooth front face and a ragged back, where kilim is smooth both sides. Soumak wool red, purple, yellow, & green sash belt is a perfect decoration for lacks the slits characteristic of kilim, as it is usually woven with an embroidered shirt. The girdle belt is an authentic part of the Slavik supplementary weft threads as continuous supports. (Wikipedia). national costume. Approx. 7’ length x 7.75”. Note the fringes are 27” The distinguishing aspect of the Caucasian carpet is its emphasis on long. From the Historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 84432 rich and varied color. Visual balance is achieved by contrasting wildly different colors, rather than the more traditional approach of shading Lot# 5017 , Turkey 1900 Horse Bag, similar hues. While Caucasian rugs tend to feature floral designs, Turkish 2’ x 4’ horse bag. This rug their depiction is usually highly stylized, abstract, and geometric. One is in very nice condition & has been can see the evolution of tribal rug weaving in the history of antique hung on wall. Colors are burnt orange Caucasian carpets. All the expected motifs are present, including & Cream. Beautiful bag. Est. $300- dragons, flowers, birds, crabs, and other animals. In later centuries, a 600 HWAC# 84453 Russian influence became more pronounced. Virtually every Caucasian rug is crafted using the symmetry of the Turkish knot. This rug has been professionally restored. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $2000-3000 HWAC# 82068 258 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Textiles Lot# 5023 , Beautiful Old Rug 5 x 7’ fantastic old rug. Brick, brown, grey, beet, blue. White fringes. Ben- Tcahvtchavadze Collection, Ontario, Canada. Est. $1200-2000 HWAC# 83354 Lot# 5024 , c1880-1890 Caucasian Armenia Shirvan Rug Shirvan (Shervan, Sherwan) is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, known by this name in both Islamic and modern times. Today, the region is an industrially & agriculturally Lot# 5028 , 1800’s Caucasian Armenian Karachov Rug The developed part of the Azerbaijan Caucasian rugs get their name from the area in which they were made; Republic that stretches between the the Caucasus. The Caucasus is a region that produces distinctive rugs western shores of the Caspian Sea and the Kura River and is centered since the end of the 18th century and the antique Caucasian rugs are on the Shirvan Plain. (Wikipedia). This gorgeous rug is professionally primarily produced as village pieces rather than the fine and intricate restored. 3’5” x 5’7”. Carpet is bright in color. Beautiful condition, has city productions. Caucasian rugs are best known for featuring bold been hung on wall. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, geometric and tribal designs in primary colors. 6’ x 7’. This rug has Canada. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 82071 been mounted on wall. It has slight wear, please inspect. This rug still Lot# 5025 , c1900 Caucasian has vibrant color. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, Armenian Gendje Runner Gendje is Canada. Est. $1200-2000 HWAC# 82069 a town centrally located in the midst of the traditional rug-weaving area Lot# 5029 , 1900’s Caucasian of the Caucasus Mountains. Situated Armenian Rug Soumak is a kind on the main road connecting Baku of embroidery weaving technique and Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the name Gendje also refers to which is unique to Armenian weaving the mountainous area surrounding the town. This rug is a beautiful culture though we can see it used visual delight, it offers a novel combination of naturally dyed colors in Azerbaijan as well. Armenians such as a particularly potent saffron yellow, rich indigo, warm madder weave their Soumak on with thicker red and clear ivory. A remarkable level of ingenuity can be seen additional weft which wraps within the repeating diagonal stripe design traditional to the village diagonally around wefts and through of Gendje in the Southern Caucacus Mountains, known for its finely warps. This technique is very much crafted, joyously spirited antique tribal rugs. This rug has vivid color more elaborated than all other kilim weaving. Has fray on right side & is in beautiful condition. 11’ x 3’3”. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze & shows some wear. Please inspect. 31” x 55”. Est. $300-600 HWAC# Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 83500 83502 Lot# 5026 , 1900 Caucasian Lot# 5030 , 1900’s Caucasian Armenian Karabakh Rug The Armenian Soumak Rug This Karabakh carpet is one of the Caucasian Armenian Soumak varieties of carpets of Transcaucasia, Rug is spectacular & in beautiful made in the Armenian-controlled condition. The term Armenian carpet regions of Karabakh. This carpet designates, but is not limited to, is gorgeous multi-color, in nice tufted rugs or knotted carpets woven condition. 6’ x 4’. From the Ben- in Armenia or by Armenians from Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, pre-Christian times to the present. It Canada. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# also includes a number of flat woven 82075 textiles. The term covers a large variety of types and sub-varieties. Due to their intrinsic fragility, almost nothing survives—neither Lot# 5027 , c1900’s Caucasian carpets nor fragments—from antiquity until the late medieval period. Armenian Karachov Kazak Rug (Wikipedia) 3’2” x 5’8”. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 83501 Karachov Kazak: A quite famous and seldom-found design type, Lot# 5031 , 1900 Caucasian usually attributed to the Armenian Armenian Wool Mat Fringed mat. weavers of the high Caucasus Multi-color. Hand knotted. Has some Mountains. The best of the Karachov fraying at edges. Please inspect. 24” rugs (also spelled Karachoph) are x 32.5. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze stunning beautiful 19th-century Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. antique Oriental rugs, which are the most difficult to locate and quite $300-400 HWAC# 83505 cherished by collectors of antique rugs. The most notable 19th- century Karachov Kazak rug designs include an octagonal or elongated rectangular medallion flanked by elemental cruciform motifs, Lot# 5032 , c1900 Indian Rug containing the “Star of Wisdom” and “Ram’s Horn” motifs. Both the Beautiful Indian Rug, has “pinkish” central medallions and all of the designs place in the best 19th-century field”. Has wear at left margin of rug, antique Caucasian rugs are woven intentionally misshapen and please inspect. 2’8”x 5’2”. From the playfully asymmetrical. (By Claremont Art Company/Antique Carpets.) Ben-Tcahvtchavadze collection of Nice condition. 6’ x 4’. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada Est. $800-1200 Ontario, Canada. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 82076 HWAC# 82074 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 259

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Textiles Lot# 5038 , cearly 1900’s Rug 37” x 52”. Colors primarily, blue, light blue & mauve. Has wear. Please inspect. Est. $240-400 HWAC# 84476 Lot# 5039 , c1900’s Rug Gorgeous floral motif, vibrant, bright blue with brown colors, has slight wear, please inspect. 37” x 67” Est. $600- 1000 HWAC# 84474 Lot# 5033 , c1900 Indo Kerman Carpet Kerman carpets (sometimes “Kirman”) are one of the traditional classifications of Persian carpets. Lot# 5040 , 1900 Rug (Afghan They are named after Kerman, which is both a city and a province Sampler) 2’ x 2’. Afghan Tekke located in south central Iran, though, as with other such designations Sampler mat. In nice condition. the term describes a type which may have been made elsewhere. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Kerman has been a major center for the production of high quality Collection of Ontario, Canada. carpets since at least the 15th century. In the 18th century, some Est. $400-600 HWAC# 83529 authors considered the carpets from the province of Kerman, especially at Siftan, to be the finest of all Persian carpets, partly because of the high quality of the wool from the region, known as Carmania wool. In the world of antique Persian rugs, Kerman carpets are celebrated as being among the best. Kerman rugs are prized by collectors for many reasons, including a wide range of designs, a broad palette, use of natural dyes and fibers, great tensile strength and abrasion resistance, and expert color combinations. No two Kerman rugs are precisely alike, but these general characteristics typify this enduringly popular style. This carpet is in very nice condition, & has Lot# 5041 , c1880 Rug vibrant color, exceptionally beautiful. 11’8” x 8’10”. From the Ben- (Afghanistan or Pakistan) Wool Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $3000-5000 HWAC# 82070 rug. 3’3” x 6’. This run is heavily worn, please inspect. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83524 Lot# 5034 , c1900 Mat (Pakistan) Wool mat from Pakistan. 2’ x 3’. Beautiful colors. In nice condition. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Lot# 5042 , late 1800’s Rug Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. (Afghanistan) 24” x 36”. Blue & $300-600 HWAC# 83527 Cream colors, has separation at center piece to border. Please inspect. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83521 Lot# 5035 , 1900’s Middle-Eastern Rug 67” x 37”, beautiful rug (should be displayed on wall) of middle eastern origin, camels on front are Lot# 5043 , c1880’s Rug orange, brown & dark brown cream (Afghanistan) 6’ x 41”. Rug background. Very nice condition. Est. (Afhanistan?) has wear, darker color $150-300 HWAC# 83508 brown. Please inspect. Est. $150- 300 HWAC# 83523 Lot# 5036 , Mid-20th Century Native American (Navajo) Sash/ Belt 94” length, x 3.5” wide. Bright color Sash/Belt made by Navajo Native American. Tightly woven, Lot# 5044 , c1900’s Rug beautiful condition. Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $150-200 HWAC# 84413 (Afghanistan) Kahl Mohammadi Rug, only slight damage at edge & Lot# 5037 , 1900’s Persian Rug fridge from age. Please inspect. 31” Gorgeous Persian rug of cream/ x 46” blue with cream, burnt orange. wheat color background has border Pile .25”. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 84452 of soft clay color & black & taupe. Dense wool. In beautiful condition. 38” x 59.5” Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83514 260 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Textiles Lot# 5051 , 1900’s Rug (Persian) Persian Rug 2’10” x 2’5”. Damage on right border. Please inspect. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83520 Lot# 5045 , c1900 Rug (Caucasian Armenian Gendje Runner) Lot# 5052 , c1880’s Rug (Persian) 10’ x 3’2” Beautiful wool rug, bright colors. Nice condition. Gendje is 41” x 54”. Tear at center & at 1 end. a town centrally located in the midst of the traditional rug-weaving Please inspect. Navy blue, & cream area of the Caucasus Mountains. Situated on the main road connecting color. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 83522 Baku & Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, the name Gendje also refers to the mountainous area surrounding the town. From the Ben- Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 83530 Lot# 5046 , 1900 Rug (Caucasian Armenian Shirak) Shirak is a Lot# 5053 , Rug (Persian) Rug 6’ province of Armenia. It is located x 41”. Is in poor condition, please in the north-west of the country, inspect. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83528 bordering Turkey in the west and Georgia in the north. Its capital and largest city is Gyumri. It is as much semi-desert as it is mountain meadow or high alpine. In the south, the high steppes crash into mountain terrain, verdant green in the spring, hues of reddish brown in the summer. 6’8” x 3’. Beautiful rug. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Lot# 5054 , c1900’s Rug (Wool) Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 83531 38” x 50”, nice wool rug with blues, Lot# 5047 , c1900 Rug (Indo oranges, reds & more. Has slight wear in left edge. Please inspect. Est. Runner Bluefield) Beatiful Indo- $300-500 HWAC# 84477 Persian runner, slight wear, please inspect. 2’9” x 13’3”. From the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $500-900 HWAC# 85827 Lot# 5048 , c1900 Rug (Indo- Lot# 5055 , c1900’s Rug (Wool) 29” x 46”. Rug in good condition, Kerman) Rug, wool, delicate colors & primarily rust color with blues & many of them! has small fringe. 3’ x 2’. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 85816 taupe. Slight fraying at fringe area, please inspect. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 84478 Lot# 5056 , c1900’s Rug (Wool) Lot# 5049 , c1935 Rug (Persian) 29” x 46”, Ruby red color with blues & cream on border. Slight wear on Beautiful wool rug, good fringe, please inspect. Est. $300-500 condition,(slight wear on edge) HWAC# 84479 please inspect. 55” x 42”. Multi-color. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 83525 Lot# 5057 , c1900’s Rug (Wool) Rug of blue Lot# 5050 , c1940 Rug (Persian) orange yellow with Beautiful, probably Persian Rug, 74”x beautiful tribal 42”, nice condition. Slight Weave figures & animals. irregularity, please inspect. Fringe is Has slight wear at tied. Attractive rug. Est. $800-1500 fringe & border, HWAC# 83519 please inspect. 27” x 51” Est. $260- 400 HWAC# 85800 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 261

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Textiles Lot# 5058 , c1900’s Rug (Wool) Lot# 5066 , c1890 Tourkaman 36” x 49”. Red base, with cream, blue Afghan Rug This rug is in beautiful border. Good condition with slight condition. A Turkmen rug is a type fraying at fringe. Please inspect. Est. of handmade floor-covering textile $240-400 HWAC# 85801 traditionally originating in Central Asia. It is useful to distinguish between the original Turkmen tribal rugs & the rugs produced in large numbers for export mainly in Lot# 5059 , Post Pakistan and Iran today. The original Turkmen rugs were produced by WWII Rug Caucasian the Turkmen tribes who are the main ethnic group in Turkmenistan & are also found in Afghanistan & Iran. They are used for various Armenian 3’3” x 4’10” purposes, including tent rugs, door hangings and bags of various sizes. Prayer Rug. Bright colors, in excellent (Wikipedia) 2’6” x 4’5”. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection of condition. Est. $500- Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 83503 1000 HWAC# 83533 Lot# 5067 , 1900 Turkish Kayseri Mat This Mat is in beautiful condition. Colors are bright. Antique Turkish Kayseri Rugs – The Turkish Lot# 5060 , cEarly 1900’s Rug Hand Kayseri rugs originate from the town of “Kayseri” Knotted 32” x 46”, colors are burnt which is located in central orange,red, cream, & green. Has wear, please inspect. Est. $200-400 HWAC# Turkey. The Turkish 84475 rugs from this town are commonly either made out of a combination of cotton & wool or out of pure silk. Because Kayseri was located on the silk trading rout, many of the influences on the rugs’ designs & patterns come from Iran & other regions that Kayseri traded with. 3”4’ x 2’ From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection Lot# 5061 , Post WWII Rug, of Ontario, Canada. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 83504 (Unknown Origin) Hand made wool rug. 65” x 31”, beautiful colors. Has been hung on wall. Good condition. Lot# 5068 , 1890-1900 Turkish Est. $300-500 HWAC# 83532 Kula Prayer Rug Kula carpet, floor covering handwoven in Kula, Lot# 5062 , 1900’s Rug, Decorative a town east of İzmir, in western Turkey. Kula prayer rugs of European Village Scene of were produced throughout the 19th European castle with motes & century and into the 20th and have turrets. This rug has slight damage been favorites among collectors. (unraveling at left bottom side approx Usually the arch (to indicate the 7” length) 39” x 19.5”. Est. $100- 200 HWAC# 83512 direction of Mecca, the holy city) is low & straight-sided; the columnar Lot# 5063 , 1900’s Rug, Native sides of the prayer niche may appear as broad, ribbon-like pendant forms. Central motifs are sometimes highly elaborate. In one late 19th- American (Southwest) This century type, there are rows of scenes, with trees and small buildings; beautiful rug is a real “eye dazzler” this rug, at times called a “cemetery carpet,” is said to be used at for color. Has vivid red, gray, cream funerals. (From Encyclopedia Britannica). This prayer rug is 4’ x 5’ & & black. Has bright colors on either side. 29” x 59”. Est. $100-400 HWAC# is very old. Has very slight 3” x 1” wear at bottom left, please inspect. 83513 From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 82072 Lot# 5064 , c-1880’s Rug, Runner Lot# 5069 , c1900 (Wool) Possibly Buhkara. Bukhara Turkish Mat Beautiful Region is a region of Uzbekistan & dense mat (2’5” x located in the southwest of the 2’10”) beautiful multi- country. The Kyzyl Kum desert takes color. This is reinforced up a large portion of its territory. This at the back with strips runner is 36” x 11’3”. Has some unraveling at bottom, please inspect. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 83526 of leather. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze collection of Ontario, Lot# 5065 , c1880’s Rug, Wool 6’ x 14’6”, wool rug, possibly Persian(?) Canada. Est. $300-500 Heavily used, uneven colors & some HWAC# 82073 holes. Please inspect. Red base color with cream, blue & orange. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 83554 262 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Native Americana Lot# 5070 , c1900 Turkish Yuruk Lot# 5074 , Alaska Inuit Marble Sculpture of Soumak Rug Soumak is a tapestry Eskimo Stunning Inuit sculpture of an Eskimo- technique of weaving strong and -driving a sled. Signed on the bottom by artist. decorative textiles used as rugs and Several small bruises. 10” x 8.5” x 3.5”. The domestic bags. Baks used for bedding sculpture is made out of a gorgeous black marble are known as Soumak Mafrash. stone imported from Northern Quebec. Est. $600- Yuruk rugs, more than any other 1800 HWAC# 50815 type, exemplify the great nomadic tradition of Turkish carpet weaving (Yuruk means nomad in Turkish). Yuruks were produced in Eastern Anatolia, so at times they appear closely related to the rugs of the nearby Caucasus. This rug has been hung on wall. 4’ 10” x 3’. From the Lot# 5075 , Arctic Regions Canada Goose Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 Inuit Sculpture Elegant, graceful Inuit HWAC# 82077 sculpture of Canada Goose in sleeping position. Unsigned, 6.25” x 7” x 5”. Est. Lot# 5071 , $250-450 HWAC# 50566 1900’s Turkoman (Atshan) Gorgeous rug. This rug has been used for wall covering decoration. In near perfect Lot# 5076 , Arctic Regions c.1980 Eskimo Battling condition. 5’x 4’ A Polar Bear, Lucassie Echalook Impressive few centuries back, sculpture of an Eskimo battling a ferocious bear. almost all Turkmen Sculpture attributed to Inuit artist, Lucassie rugs were produced Echalook who was born in 1942. Missing spear by nomadic tribes in this mortal battle. Several small bruises in the almost entirely with tail area. 11” x 7” x 9”. Echalook’s sculpture is locally obtained usually a solid mass with few open spaces; his materials, wool narrative scenes are compact, as if part of a single from the herds and form. “An unusual feature of his sculpture is that vegetable dyes, or he often aligns details, such as hands or faces, other natural dyes from the land. They used geometrical designs that along the foreground edge, and his figures’ anatomical features are varied from tribe to tribe. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 82079 distorted into angular planes that converge abruptly, creating an effect that implies movement” (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1997). Moreover, Echalook’s faces can often be distinguished by their Lot# 5072 , c1900 Turkoman “almond-shaped eyes, broad noses, and wide mouths”. His sculptures (Atshan) Bag (Soumak) In 1990 and are highly-polished, except for their bases. Est. $600-900 HWAC# shortly thereafter, when the borders 50571 of Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia Lot# 5077 , Arctic Regions Standing Seal opened, a good number of old Sculpture Soapstone or serpentine sculpture Caucasian soumak pieces appeared in of a standing seal is simply carved with etched the international markets. Now these flippers and eyes. Nice color variations, 7.25” x supplies have been nearly exhausted, 3.5” x 6.5”. Signed, but unreadable. Est. $400- & once again it has become difficult 800 HWAC# 50552 to locate good early examples. (By Marla Mallett) Has some wear, please inspect. 4’ x 2’.6”. From the Ben-Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 82078 Lot# 5073 , Alaska mid-1900’s Lot# 5078 , Arctic Regions Stylized Inuit Henry Speck Alaska Art Haida Sculpture This fabulous Inuit sculpture is (4) Lot of 4 beautiful prints. Chief soapstone or serpentine. Leaning forward, arms Henry Speck (1901 - 1971) is one of the great Pacific Northwest behind his back, the man has a frowning face. coast Native artists (Kwakwak’awkw), Speck was a master carver Sculpture is unsigned, stylized by the artist. 11” x and knowledgeable traditionalist, who is remembered for his unique 9” x 6.5”. Est. $800-2800 HWAC# 50546 approach to painting. He was very active in traditional feast system & his work has influenced generations of Northwest Native artists. Henry Speck was a Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chief and artist who died in 1971. He was born in the village of Kalugawis on Turnour Island off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. He was known for his dancing & singing & for traditional Kwakwak’wakw works such Lot# 5079 Hopi, Arizona c1935 as totem poles and house-posts. His hereditary name was Udzi’stalis Vintage Hopi Vase Hopi vase, (pronounced oodgee staalis). This lot contains: Raven = Gura We na.; sometimes called a “Tulip Vase”, Beaver Tsow; Frog =Wo-Kes; Otter = Khwum de. All signed pieces by black and red on cream--feather Chief Henry Speck. All are matted & framed 14.5” x 17.5”, Framed 21” x and geometric design--somewhat 24”. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 83506 faded. Unsigned, 8.25” x 4” diameter. Small chip on rim.Vertical crack (unrepaired) the full length of the vase. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 49376 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 263

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Native Americana Lot# 5080 Stewart, Ormsby, Nevada Lot# 5086 , Utah Utah Shoshone Original Case of Points from the Coarse Weave Basket Very old style Stewart Indian School Museum coarse cross-weave basket from the Includes background notes on the Utah Pollock Collection. 5’ x 8”. Est. school. Worth a visit even to this day $200-400 HWAC# 84863 as it probably the best preserved Indian school in the West. Although the school’s focus was helping Native American children fit into a white world, in later years the Stewart Indian School Museum was dedicated to preserving Native American culture. These arrowheads were purchased from the museum when it was closing. They are in the Lot# 5087 , Mexico Mexican original display case: number 21. Each point is identified with a code Blackware Blackware bowl, 3.25” h like XV a 59 or VIII b 59 or XI b59. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 99465 x 8.25” diameter. Rounded base. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 49464 Lot# 5081 , Northern Plains Beaded Belt Newer beaded belt, 36” long, not including ties. Great condition, geometric design. Est. $120-260 HWAC# 49466 Lot# 5088 , 1900’s Basket (Weaved) from Pacific Northwest Reed & chord Lot# 5082 , Oregon 1880’s 1900 ( or construction. Beautiful condition. Red color earlier ) Arrow Beautiful collection of on base. 11” x 11.75”. Est. $100-300 HWAC# Indian arrow heads , all different sizes, as 83552 well as scrapers and hide cutters... and a beaded necklace. 67 Pieces, which includes a big 4/1/2” center scraper. Black, brown and smokey grey obsidian. From the Great Basin area of the United states. Very Nicely framed in an octagon case ( 19” in diameter ), and is ready to hang on the wall, or lay Lot# 5089 , early 1900’s Basket flat of a “ Man Cave” display table !! Very (Weaved) Papago Vintage Pima desirable. ( RH ). Est. $400-500 HWAC# 61451 Papago Indian Basket is in excellent condition. Woven with natural grasses, unknown artisan. The rim Lot# 5083 , Oregon 1880-1900 is very slightly unraveled. Please inspect. This Vintage Pima Papago (Or Earlier ) Indian Arrow head Indian Basket is one of a kind! 15” round x 9” tall. Est. $150-300 collection / Great basin Area HWAC# 83550 Dynamite display, of Indian Arrow heads, all different sizes and shapes. This collection also includes scrapers Lot# 5090 , Basket, (weaved) Pacific , and a big one in the center, 6” long x Northwest Pacific Northwest weaved basket, 2” high !! Black, brown, and smokey with lid. Beautiful condition, bright colors. 7” x grey obsidian. Plus, one piece made of petrified wood !! ( No, I am not 7.5”. Est. $100-300 HWAC# 83548 kidding! ) Two of the pieces are chert: cream color and a darker grey colorization. 61 pieces in all, from the Great Basin area , in the United States. Displayed very nicely, in a oblong, octagon case. 13” high x 26” long. Ready to hang on the wall, in a “ Man Cave”, or lay flat, on a table display area. Very desirable item. ( RH ). Est. $300-400 HWAC# 61452 Lot# 5084 , Utah Utah Shoshone Basket Utah Shoshone Basket, 2.25” Lot# 5091 , early 1900’s Baskets From the Micmac Tribe 1 basket with tall, 5.75” diameter, centric pattern weave in the bottom. Polychrome lid, 5” x 5.5” Splint Ash Sweet Grass, arrowheads pointing down in red, small sewing basket(?); 1 larger basket ocre and black. Colors fading, typical without lid 11” x 12”. Both baskets in of the genre. Provenance: Pollock nice condition. Est. $80-120 HWAC# Collection, Utah. Est. $200-400 83557 HWAC# 84860 Lot# 5085 , Utah Utah Shoshone Basket 4.4” tall, 8.5” diameter. Red Lot# 5092 , Beaded War Club chevrons with black tips encircle the This is a 23” hand beaded war club, basket. Centric start in the bottom. with vintage feel and look (late Provenance: Pollock Utah Collection. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 84862 19th Century), It has a large stone head, trade cloth woven wrist loop and a fur adornment on the head. Great addition to any Native peoples collection. . Est. $250-450 HWAC# 56406 264 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Native Americana Lot# 5093 , Blackfeet Indian, A Lot# 5102 , Native American Silver & Brief Historical Sketch of the Tribe Turquoise Bolo Tie Stunning silver & Sketches by V.A. Mayne of Blackfeet turquoise bolo tie, 6 blue turquoise stones, Native Americans. Approx. 20 sketches. Bright colors. Big Face Chief, (largest being 1” x .75”) leather strap. Little Plume, Jim Blood, Lazy Boy, & many more. 9” x 12”. From the Stamped “J.W.” Weight is 3.1” oz. Beautiful Salvatore Falcone Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 84402 workmanship. 19.5” length. Est. $200-500 HWAC# 82055 Lot# 5094 , early 1900’s Bowl Made from Gourd & Paint Beautiful gourde bowl,leather handle. This bowl has a crack at the top, please inspect. 10” x 11”. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83553 Lot# 5103 , Native American War Club/Hawk This is a Native American war club/hawk. It has a stone head, wrapped in fur, feather adornments and trade yarn wrapped handle. A major weapon that should make a great addition to any Lot# 5095 , Central California American Indian collection. There is a newer leather thong attached Tray “Basket” Six inch diameter, for display purposes. Est. $250-400 HWAC# 56404 polychrome flat “tray” with patterns typical of Yokut influence. Heavily Lot# 5104 , North American damaged on one side, the other Library (11) Twilight of Empire, good for display. Intricate color Tales of the Northwest, North patters difficult to make out. Pollock American Indians, Through Indian Country to California, Indians of Collection Est. $90-150 HWAC# 84864 the Western Range, Indian Travel Guide, French and Indian Wars, That Wilder Image, The New World, American Heritage, The Indians. Mostly Lot# 5096 , 1900’s Ceremonial hardcover Est. $100-200 HWAC# 86437 Dance Feathers Used for Native American ceremonies. Has 11 Lot# 5105 , Old Basket, Possible feathers, multi color, with leather handle. 13” length, delicate. Est. Southern California made, c1920’s. $50-100 HWAC# 83518 5” high, ten inch diameter, footed basket with separations made at the Lot# 5097 , Large Flat Indian second rod for decorative purposes. Grinding Stone Large flat grinding Rough green lightning patterns all stone with two flat stones. From around. Pollock Collection. Est. Herman Pollock, c1925, who owned hundreds of acres in southern $200-400 HWAC# 84861 Utah. Passed down to his grandson. This stone is a beauty, worthy of any great collection. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 84853 Lot# 5106 , Polychrome Beaded Bottle Lot# 5098 , Native American Spectacular beaded bottle by Violet Lowrey, 16.5” Accounts Books (4) Memoirs of tall, 8” diameter, with fitted top- also beaded. Chief Red Fox, Black Elk Speaks by geometric designs, 8 colors, probably ten thousand Neilhardt, Chief Pocatelo by Madsen, Walkara. Est. $60-100 HWAC# beads! 20th Century Est. $700-1000 HWAC# 84859 86221 Lot# 5099 , Native American Beaded Deerskin Shirt Native American beaded deerskin shirt. Almost new, probably made for Pow Wow dances. Men’s size. Beautifully made and beaded with small fur hides (rabbit) hanging from beaded area. Est. $1000-1600 HWAC# 48567 Lot# 5107 , 1900’s Saddle Blanket (Native American) 30” x 30” square., multi color with brown & black border. Lot# 5100 , Native American Geometric design. Looks to be Southwest Zapotec(?). Handmade. Attractive blanket. Carvings Hand carved stone pipe Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83507 with frog on the end, 8” long, 3” high carved in some form of greenstone, very handsome. Two neckalces, one with greenstone beads and small shell (20”) and the other with red coral (15”). Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83204 Lot# 5101 , Native American Lot# 5108 , 1900’s Signed Sterling Massacre Books (6) The Silver/Necklace with Green Boodstained Field by Moore, Turquoise & Coral Gorgeous Navajo Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre by Madsen, Massacres signed piece by silversmith Kakiki, faux bear claw turquoise & coral or the Mountains by Dunn, Wild Frontier by Osborn, Camp Grant Massacre by Arnold, Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee by Winton Est. squash blossom pendant feather necklace, weight 5.2 oz. approx. 18” $100-200 HWAC# 86436 length, bottom pendant is 4.5” length. 7 stones, largest center piece stone is 1.5” x 1”. Incredible & breathtakingly beautiful work! Est. $500-1500 HWAC# 82054 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 265

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Native Americana / Jewelry / Watches Lot# 5109 , Turtle Shell with Shaker 15.5” x 6.75” turtle shell with elongated neck and head. Shaker material is inside shell. Possible snapping turtle. Est. $250-550 HWAC# 49904 Lot# 5110 , Vintage Pine Needle Baskets Three vintage pine needle baskets--1) hot pad, beaded rim, good condition. 6” diameter. 2) small basket with lid, pine needle with pink dyed willow. Good condition, 4” diameter. 3) Small lidded pine needle basket with three feet, 2.5” h x 3.75” diameter. Est. $60-140 HWAC# 50744 Lot# 5114 , Edward Rouse Augusta Pocket Watch Edward Rouse Jr. Augusta vintage silver pocket watch, key wind. Probably a local Lot# 5111 , France 1773 Napoleon jeweler. Est. $120-300 HWAC# 58809 I / Porcelain “Love Letter” Box Well, here is a great piece of history !! Discovered in the 1970’s, in San Lot# 5115 , Ladies Bulova Francisco , California. This is a Diamond Watch Bulova exceptional, French Napoleonic , love “Highbridge” ladies’ round diamond letter box. It is porcelain, and made stainless steel 2-tone bracelet watch. in France. The overall colorization is Round dial, white, mother-of-pearl, a deep burgundy wine color, know diamond markers dot hour markers; goldtone sticks at 6 and 9. Total to have been used only by Marie Antoinette only...on an exclusive carat weight: .12ct, round 1mm diamonds. Not working, but could be basis . It is highlighted with gold filigree work, and other striking repaired. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 57878 ornamentations. This piece is crowned with several large letter “ N’s Lot# 5116 Hollywood, California ,surrounded with laurel wreaths, and the skinny eagles of that period. 1982 Hollywood Stars- Major The inside of the box is white porcelain, with a pink rose design Autograph Piece Signed by Stars Most of the letter boxes of this period , featured french noblemen or of Republic Created in 1935 by Herbert J. Yates, Republic was initially royal ladies. However, this one is highly unusual, because it features formed by Yates’ acquisition of six smaller independent Poverty Row Napoleon himself , receiving a last minute message , during a battle studios. During the early years Republic was itself sometimes labelled with his troops. The extensive design work on this piece, gives it a a “Poverty Row” company, as its primary products were B movies jewel like quality. 8 sided, 4” high x 11 long x 7 1/2” wide . Made by and serials. The heart of the company was its westerns, and its many command of Napoleon 1 , for presentation... and said to have been western-film leads — among them John Wayne, Gene Autry. Rex Allen owned by Marie Antoinette, and latter given to her lady in waiting( and Roy Rogers — became recognizable stars at Republic. Republic Chamber maid). It was in the same family, since then...and passed was located in Studio City, now is CBS Consolidated Film Industries. down from the great, great , great grand mother, to my mothers friend. this is numbered 367/1200. The Certificate of Authenticity entitled My mother received the item , in payment for services rendered, to The Stars of Republic Pictures Personally signed by Rex Allen, Kirk the 94 year old survivor ( In 1970). This item is identified by William Alyn, Don”Red” Barry, Spencer Gordon Bennett, Adrian Booth, Rod Chaffers.... in his 1974 book entitled “ Marks & Monograms on Pottery Cameron, Yakima Canutt, including Roy Rogers, Slim Pickens & many & Porcelain “. Page #273...from the Faubourg factory, St. Antoine, rue more. Yakima Canutt was a stunt actor 1967 – Academy Honorary de la Roquette...( Street name)....1773. Outstanding, item, and the only Award for achievements as a stunt man and for developing safety one know to me, at this time.Do you like great things?...here it is...!! ( RH). Est. $6000-5000 HWAC# 40607 devices to protect stunt men everywhere. This is limited Edition number 367 of Authorized signed prints in an Edition of 1200. Est. Lot# 5112 , Italy Bertolucci $1000-2000 HWAC# 76965 Pulchra Wrist Watch Men’s gold- Lot# 5117 Los Angeles, California tone and stainless steel 35mm 1977 35mm Film Print - “A Mouse Bertolucci Pulchra quartz watch and His Child” 35mm Theatrical with smooth bezel, tan dial, index Release Print of the 1977 animated movie “A Mouse and His Child.” hour markers, luminous hands, two Two original Goldberg film cans containing five 2000 ft. Goldberg subdials, link bracelet and deployant reels, processed by Deluxe Film Labs. Also includes the original Press closure. “Bertolucci imposes a distinctive style by bringing a unique Book with newspaper ad art. This 83 minute film stars the voices of association of Italian Inspiration & Swiss Know-how into watch- making”. Watch is not working, may be repairable. Est. $300-600 Peter Ustinov, Cloris Leachman, Sally Kellerman, and Andy Devine. HWAC# 58801 Est. $400-800 HWAC# 85200 Lot# 5118 San Francisco, California Lot# 5113 , 14 carat Gold Rings Lot 1931 Hermann Sons of San of two 14K gold rings. One weighs 6.5 grams, the other 8.6 grams. Est. $80- Francisco Masquerade Ball 2 160 HWAC# 78270 programs for “Grand Entertainment, Masquerade Ball at Dreamland Auditorium” for 1931 & 1933. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 84403 266 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Furnishings Lot# 5119 San Francisco, California Lot# 5125 , Child’s Rocking Chair 1918 Madge Kennedy, Strand Oak and leather construction, in Theatre Broadside Nice approx 11” the style of Stickley, all original, no x 21” 2 sided cardboard broadside makers label. Overall width 18�, overall height 24�, from the Strand Theatre on Market overall depth 18�. Excellent condition. Est. $100-300 HWAC# Street in San Francisco, CA. Sept. 75217 29, 1918 showing of The Kingdom of Youth starring Madge Kennedy. Lot# 5126 , Custom Oak Display “Madge Kennedy (April 19, 1891 – June 9, 1987) was a stage, film and Case Custom oak display case from TV actress whose career began in the silent era. In 1921, journalist the James Mackie Collection of Grass Heywood Broun described her as “the best farce actress in New York”. Valley. 7’ long, 18” deep, 32” high, She had a long film career including “in the late 1950s, she combined three panel glass front with doors at TV work with roles in movies like The Catered Affair (1956), Lust both sides; 3” deep glass covered flat for Life (1956),[2] Houseboat (1958), A Nice Little Bank That Should display at top. This case is a beauty, Be Robbed (1958), Plunderers of Painted Flats (1959), and North by used by Mackie for at least a decade. Est. $800-2000 HWAC# 80059 Northwest (1959).[2] She has an uncredited part as a secretary in the Lot# 5127 , Early American Wood Marilyn Monroe film Let’s Make Love (1960). Her film career endured Chest Early American wood chest into the 1970s with roles in They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969), from the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze The Baby Maker (1970), The Day of the Locust (1975), and Marathon Collection of Ontario, Canada. Square nail construction. 43” long, 24” Man (1976).” from wikipedia. She also played Aunt Martha on Leave high, 22.5” wide. Appears oak or maple. Choice. Est. $400-1000 it to Beaver. Reverse has ink bleedthru for Sunday Aug 25, The Still Alarm. Approx 14 nail holes. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85139 HWAC# 84854 Lot# 5120 , 1900’s Fred Astaire & Lot# 5128 , early 1900’s Lamps (2 Ginger Rogers Autographed Pieces Vintage Brass) Lot of 2 beautiful brass lamps in working order. 6” x Beautiful black & white photo of 27”. 1 of the lamps (accent lamp) has a beautiful hunter green glass Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers on the dance floor with their original lamp shade. 5” x 18”. Est. $50-200 HWAC# 64430 certified signatures. The signatures are 2 cut squares with certificate of Authenticity. Framed, 31” x 21.5”. Est. $500-900 HWAC# 76963 Lot# 5129 , Tall Floor Standing Lot# 5121 , 2005 Little House on Clock British made by the Enfield Clock Company, London. the Prairie (Oil) Zivic Beautiful Wood constructed, oak finish exterior, tall and skinny with carved Michael Landon original oil, matted, gingerbread, the tall and skinny lines reminiscent of Macintosh style. framed, signed by artist, W T Zivic ’05 Tucson. Bottom left reads “Little Overall height 48” overall with 9 ½” overall depth 6 ½”. Appears in House on the Prairie” Tombstone 2005, Your friend Bill Zivic. On excellent condition but we don’t know if it’s in working condition at matting appears a little house on a prairie. William T. Zivic has painted the present time. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 75233 throughout the world to a variety of collectors including Private Collections: John Wayne, Bob Hope, James Garner, Wayne Gretzky, Lot# 5130 , Brass Nautical Lamp James Caan, Roy Rogers, to mention only a few. With matting 13.5” x Decorative nautical light with two 15.5”, w/o matting is 7.75” x 9.5”. This painting if from the James Clark Collection. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 76960 clear, one teal, and one red curve glass lens. Brass. 8” diameter at the base 12” Lot# 5122 , 1953 Marilyn Monroe high plus handles. Uses candle in base Ink Signature & Payroll Card with locking mechanism. Attractive. From 20th Century Fox Rare find, Circa 1950 to 1970. Est. $80-160 Certificate of Authenticity of Ink Signature Document & Payroll Card HWAC# 64460 from 20th Century Fox. This lot is a beautiful black & white photo matted with Marilyn’s original signature and the Employees Starting Card. Photo is 9” x 7.25”, with frame is 30.5”. Black velvet backing in black frame. Marilyn’s large signature is clear, 3.5” x 1.5”. Est. $2000- 4000 HWAC# 76961 Lot# 5123 , 1956 Marilyn Monroe Lot# 5131 , Two Standing Brass Lamps One Original Page from her Personal antique, one modern. Both approximately 5 feet tall. Script Original page from Marilyn’s Antique piece has green marbled plastic sections in personal script for the 1956 movie “Bus Stop”. This is a Limited the stand, ornate base, ornate green cloth shade with Edition: 47 of 124. This is placed with the original document & a gold friends. Approximately 16 inches in diameter. beautiful black& white photo (7.5” x 9”) of Marilyn sitting & smiling in Est. $50-100 HWAC# 75235 fish net stockings. The Certificate of Authenticity explains the framed script page is an original page from one of Marilyn Monroe’s used scripts, and was obtained from her 1999 Christie’s estate sale. The page is from the 1956 film Bus Stop, a classic among Marilyn films. Framed photo, script page, & plaque is 22.5” x 18.5”. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 76962 Lot# 5132 , Wall Hat Rack Constructed with the mirror at center, Lot# 5124 , Rose Marie Movie geometric pattern. Quite different. Pasteup Unused pasteup. Taylors 32” across, 17.5” deep with molded wire portions for fitted hats and Printers, Wombwell, Yorks. Strong coats. No makers name on the back, circa 1920 to 40. Est. $60-100 color. 19 x 39” Est. $100-150 HWAC# 85172 HWAC# 75234 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 267

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Sculptures Lot# 5133 , Alaska Sculpture Made Lot# 5139 , Alaska Serpentine Native of Dark Porous Rock Unknown artist, Alaskan Sculpture Native Alaskan unsigned, low polish, dark porous rock. serpentine stone carving of Eskimo Inuit man struggling with 2 seals on the ice. kneeling down. Very dense, dark green, Very pretty piece. Canadian Eskimo Art. 8” rock. Smooth, beautifully detailed face. x 6.5”, 6.6 lbs. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 83543 Signed by artist, tribal signature, no. E5294. 12.4 Lbs., 8.5” x 9.5”. From the Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $1500-3000 HWAC# 83537 Lot# 5134 , Alaska Sculpture Native Alaskan Lot# 5140 , Alaska Serpentine Native Alaskan Beautiful serpentine rock sculpture of Native Sculpture This sculpture is a man that appears Alaskan kneeling over an ice hole pulling out to be carrying a fish, has a smile on his face. This a seal from the depths. This is signed at base, sculpture is somewhat rough, crude (possibly there are some light dings (chips). “Canada unfinished, or conversely, very old.) It presents Eskimo Art” 16.3 Lbs., 7.75” x 9.5”. From the with striations on shoulders & back. Interesting Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, piece. Please inspect. Weight 11.8 Lbs., 11.25” x Canada. Est. $600-1200 HWAC# 83540 6.5”. Est. $1500-3000 HWAC# 83538 Lot# 5135 , Alaska c1981 Sculpture Lot# 5141 , Alaska Serpentine Native Native Alaskan Made of soapstone, Alaskan Sculpture Native Alaskan tribal signature & numbered E91109. serpentine stone carving with owl on top Inuit art refers to artwork produced of head that is grimacing. Very dense, dark by Inuit people, that is, the people green, serpentine. Beautiful work of art. of the Arctic previously known as Smooth, detailed feathers on owl. This Eskimos, a term that is now often carved stone has tribal writing & numbers considered offensive outside Alaska. at bottom of base on underside. Beautiful Historically, their preferred medium was walrus ivory, but since the piece. 15.4 LBS., 7” x 8.5”. Est. $1500- establishment of southern markets for Inuit art in 1945, prints and 3000 HWAC# 83536 figurative works carved in relatively soft stone such as soapstone, serpentinite, or argillite have also become popular. (Wikipedia) 7.75” x 11.5”. Weight 7.2 Lbs. Est. $400-800 HWAC# 83541 Lot# 5136 , Alaska Sculpture of PolarBear Signed sculpture in syllabic, tribal writing. Made of greenstone. Smooth to the touch. Polar bear is “tackling” other animal below it. 7” x 4.75”. 3 lbs. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 83544 Lot# 5137 , Alaska Sculpture of Two Seals (Native Alaskan) Beautiful sculpture made of black steatite. 2 seals appear to be resting on the ice above the exit hole in the ice(?) This is hand carved, signed & numbered. 5.6 Lbs., 8” x 4”. From the Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $400-900 HWAC# 83539 Lot# 5142 Prescott, Arizona Unknown Bronze Sculpture/ “ Polar Lot# 5138 , Alaska Serpentine & Black Marble Escape” / By Todd. A. Swaim Very beautiful, and elaborate bronze Sculpture Native Alaskan This piece was done in a sculpture. This piece shows a Polar Bear who just missed two seals sophisticated (and difficult) technique of combining while hunting. It was cast from an original wood carving , by Todd A. at the base, black marble, attached to a serpentine Swain, a famous wild life wood carver, and bronze sculptor. Todd is top. Looks to be Native Alaskan walking, carrying well known for carving his detailed originals from wood rather than food(?) Hides(?). Smooth surface, beautiful piece. clay. The artist does his own welding, chasing and patina. Todd’s work Signed by KOMA, No. 5523-6, Canadian Eskimo Art. has been featured in Wild Life Art magazine and has won numerous 11.5 lbs. 9.5” x 9.5”. From the Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $2000-4000 “Best of Show” and “Presidents Choice Awards. Source: Marco HWAC# 83542 Balzano. Done using the bronze lost wax method (not cold cast). In excellent condition. 19”x 16.5” x 10”, 51.3 lbs. Revolves on pedestal for different angle viewing. Mounted on marble, wood base, & brass name plate. Beautiful piece! #3 of 35 known, very early piece. Previously selling for $4,400.00. Here is a chance to get a great item at a fantastic price. Don’t miss it! Est. $2000-3000 HWAC# 80068 268 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art / Sculptures Lot# 5143 , California Lady Liberty Ship Aftcastle Casting Large 81 x 41” half-round early casting from a wood original of what may be an aftcastle for a clipper ship. The original, based upon the 28 stars present, would date to 1845-1846, thus correlative with the California Gold Rush. The piece appears to be about 1900, but could easily have been made for a display at the Pan-Pacific Expo in San Francisco in 1915. It appears to have been made to hang from a wall, possibly above the header, which would thus mark a “grand entrance.” We were unable to find any marks on the back of the piece, and it came out of a building in San Francisco,. Lady Justice at left, the Eureka figure at right, Clearly a California piece. Est. $3000-5000 HWAC# 84845 Lot# 5144 , Montana 1984 Bronze Lot# 5147 , Abraham Lincoln Bust Sculpture/”Fallen Stone”/ By Abraham Lincoln bronze on alabaster. Terry J. Murphy Outstanding bronze Lincoln portrait around the time of the sculpture. This great sculpture depicts 3 Stone Rams jumping a rock start of the Civil War. Base 6” tall, bust crevice, and the aging Ram missing the jump & falling. This sculpture 16” tall. Artist unknown. Some light was made by Terry J Murphy. He is still active & lives in Montana today. white streaks on face. Est. $600-1000 He is also well known for all of his wild life animal sculptures. It is 20” HWAC# 86212 x 22.5 “ x 8” & weighs 30.4 lbs . It is mounted on a walnut pedestal. It is signed by the artist on the back & also stated it is #17/24 cast. It was cast in 1984. Also included with this sculpture is a letter of Authenticity dated January 1, 1986. Wonderful piece of Western American Art. Est. $1500-2500 HWAC# 80070 Lot# 5145 , Utah Framed Collection of Clay Sculptures This is a collection of clay figurines and other artifacts mounted in a glass- fronted pine box approximately 28 inches wide and 16 inches tall. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 85706 Lot# 5146 , 1984 “Bedded Dahl Rams” Bronze by Terry Murphy This lovely bronze by Terry Murphy is named “Bedded Dahls”. It is approximately 15 x 23 x 9”, approx. 55lbs. #3/24. Also Lot# 5148 , Alabaster included with this sculpture is a “ Fine Polar Bear Alabaster Arts Certificate of authenticity “ , dated stylized polar bear March 7, 1984. Est. $2000-3000 HWAC# 80064 looking to his left, 10 x 14 x 16”. Artist mark is undecipherable. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 86214 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 269

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art / Sculptures Lot# 5149 , Bald Eagle Bronze Lot# 5153 , Carved Tooth from Wall Relief Bald eagle bronze wall Southern Star Clipper, c 1860-1861 relief, 14 x 42”. Est. $400-700 HWAC# Reproduction or fantasy Carved tooth with 86213 a detailed engraving of the “Southern Star”, a whaling ship, and of “President Lincoln” Lot# 5150 , 1869-1937 Bronze Sculpture on the other side. We could find nothing (17.75”) by Suzor Cote ”Scottsman”(?) on this ship. It has been cut off at the base, bronze. Holes on bottom indicate this was perhaps to remove significant damage. the meant for stone mount base. Stamped at base bottom of the word “Star” is cut off. 7” long. with abbreviations “R.B.W. INC., N.Y.” (Roman The material is a dense plastic, not bone or Bronze Works, Inc.) This appears to be late ivory, made to look “real”. Est. $100-200 stage bronze due to abbreviations, not spelled HWAC# 84842 out. 7” x 17.75”. Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor- Coté (April 6, 1869 – January 29, 1937) was Lot# 5154 , Degas Study of Little Dancer of 14 Years a French Canadian painter & sculptor. He was ”Study for the Little Dancer of 14 Years”. 38” tall bronze one of the first native-born Canadian artists with beautiful green patina, signed “ED” at the base whose works were directly influenced by the adjacent to the cross foot. The Degas series of the Little Old World’s Impressionism of the 1860s. He Dancer are known world-wide. Much is written on the was born in Arthabaska, Quebec in 1869. His series, nearly all of which were made after his death. father was an artist. He studied at the Collège Little was found of this specific piece, other than the du Sacré-Coeur, Arthabaska. He was a baritone, original held in the Copenhagen Museum, which has a who studied music at the Conservatory of bronze rectangular footing. The bronze is not marked by a Music in Paris in 1890. He studied painting foundry, thus is not a Hebrard second state Degas bronze. and sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Est. $2500-5000 HWAC# 84802 Paris with Léon Bonnat during the 1890s. He studied painting & sculpture at the Julian & Lot# 5155 , 1982 F. Remington Colarossi Academies. He exhibited his works “Norther” Bronze 1982 Collectors in 1894 at the Salon des Artistes Français. His “Death of Archimedes” West Inc. bronze of Remington’s won the Grand Prize at the Paris Salon. After his return to Quebec in Norther. Depicts a cowboy on his 1908, he established a studio in Montreal with classic interpretations horse braving the elements. This of Canadian landscapes. He produced many impressionist paintings was Remington’s first bronze essay of the Quebec landscape, as well as portraits, nudes, historical in lost wax which he described as paintings and later sculptures. He was also interested in the play of a “cowboy on horseback in a storm. light on snow and water. Suzor-Coté was made a member of the Royal Severe wind blowing from the rear. Canadian Academy of Arts. Suzor-Coté became paralyzed in 1927. In Both man and horse are almost 1929, Suzor-Côté moved to Daytona Beach, Florida, where he died on frozen”. Grey marble base approx 29 January 1937. (Wikipedia) Est. $2000-4000 HWAC# 83535 9 x 16”, bronze approx 23 x 19 x 9”. Additional shipping charge will Lot# 5151 , 1920 Bronze Sculpture apply. Est. $2000-3000 HWAC# (25” Tall) by A.S. Collectors Charles 84804 M. Russell, 1920, by A.S. Collectors, bronze sculpture of man trying to control his horse by grabbing the reins & horse looks to be falling backward. Lots of fluidity & action in this sculpture. Gorgeous! 25” tall. Weight is 54 Lbs., local pickup is preferred. If shipped, additional charge for weight. From the Ben- Lot# 5156 , F. Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $1000-2000 Remington “Wicked HWAC# 83510 Pony” Bronze A non Lot# 5152 , Caradassi Signed Art original Wicked Pony Frederic Remington Nouveau Bronze Nude Vittorio Caradassi bronze on green marble (1861-1909) Italian sculptor perhaps best base. A cowboy is known for striking alabaster sculptures bucked off his horse of beautiful women with flowing patters. and is holding onto the This two tone bronze is simply signed “V horses head while on Caradassi” at the base, with absolutely the ground. Remington no other foundry marks, especially those was inspired by an event foundry marks seen on most of the he witnessed during a reproductions shown on the web. We do Western trip when he not know if this is an original, and cannot watched a cowboy who represent it as such. 24” tall bronze on an 11” diameter greenstone base. Est. $2500- had been thrown from 5000 HWAC# 84803 his horse try to wrestle the horse to the ground. The horse responded by brutally kicking and killing the rider.Base 19 x 10”, bronze 21 x 20 x 8”. Base has small chip on side bottom. Additional shipping charges will apply. Est. $2500-4000 HWAC# 86211 270 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art / Sculptures Lot# 5157 , Inscribed Ivory Tooth from the Pacific Northwest, 1913 14” walrus tooth, etched on two sides and made into a scoring board. The large end has a sterling silver cap engraved”J.D. Fredricks to A. E. MacNaughton, Vancouver, BC, Xmas, 1913” We were unable to find any reference to either of these two men. The back side has bears climbing up on an ice sheet with Eskimos. No jeweler’s name shown on the silver cap. Clearly an antique of the Alaska-Yukon gold rush era. Est. $500- 1000 HWAC# 84840 Lot# 5158 , Oriental Bone Incense Burner, Engraved Antique 15” long ornately engraved with hand colored sections incense burner. the incense portion made of stamped metal is detached. Ebony cap on Lot# 5161 , Remington Bronze, “Coming Through the Rye” One of the large end. Inscription the alltime classic Frederick Remington bronze sculptures, “Coming on the small end. Circa Through the Rye” in the proper size, 20 x 30.5 x 30” on a dark green/ 1900, but may be fifty black greenstone base. Signed on top of the bronze base at the front years older than that! right corner, with the #22/100 on the side of the bronze base below. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 84841 No foundry stamps found along the center back or anywhere else. The piece comes with a wood pedestal (meant to be covered) 12” Lot# 5159 , high, x 22 x 34”. This specimen is better in appearance than the more Oriental Carved modern copies seen on line, though this piece appears not to be cast Bone Instrument by Roman Bronze works or the other bronze factories associated with the Remington estate prior to WW2. Further, there is no “second 7.5” long, signed signature” near the “Remington”. The sculpture depicts the illustration ornately carved of the same content published by Remington in Century and Harper’s bone with shells and human figure. Comes Magazine in 1888-1889. Est. $4000-6000 HWAC# 84857 with carved bone cigarette holder. Date Lot# 5162 , Rodin unknown, but appears Style Alabaster very old. Est. $100- 400 HWAC# 84843 Danaide Female Nude Alabaster female nude made in the style of Rodin’s Danaide of a female lying down. Soft features. 7 x 7 x 13” Est. $500-800 HWAC# 86215 Lot# 5163 , 1908 Sculpture (Bronze) Remington Modern Immitation ”Savage” Copyright by Frederic Remington, marble base. Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 Lot# 5160 , Ornate Signed Oriental Figurines Eight finely carved – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, and engraved figurines, 2-3”. All appear antique, with carved and illustrator, sculptor, & writer who specialized in ornate flat bases with the signatures or markings of the maker on the depictions of the American Old West, specifically base. Please inspect. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 84844 concentrating on scenes from the last quarter of the 19th century in the Western United States & featuring images of cowboys, American Indians, and the U.S. Cavalry, among other figures from Western culture. (Wikipedia)5.5” x 12.5”. 7.4 lbs. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 83549 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 271

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art / Sculptures Lot# 5164 , Sculpture by Harold Sampson Lot# 5168 , California 4 Tennis Pfeiffer Harold Sampson Pfeiffer 1908-1997. Themed Prints Vintage Gary After the war, Harold taught crafts at McGill Patterson print, tennis them: Match University. During the mid-1950s, he became an Point, Ace, Net Play, And Out. Each occupational therapist at hospitals in Quebec is matted 16” x 20”and three are City and Edmonton. In 1954, he made his first framed, 17.75” x 21.75”. Circa 1970- portrait of a Native Northerner, young Ilya, a 1973. Gary Robert Patterson (born patient at Parc Savard hospital. The friendships 1941) is an American cartoonist made with patients gave him a valuable entrée known for his distinctive works that humorously depict the potential to northern communities, and his teaching of pitfalls inherent in sports, the daily dramas that occur at the weaving, carving, and other art forms made a workplace, and hilarious portraits of pets - all in predicaments that contribution to the northern Native art industry help people appreciate and laugh at the lighter side of life. (wikipedia). of the present day. Also in 1954, Harold made Est. $50-100 HWAC# 61573 his first journey north on the patrol ship C.D. Howe, as an x-ray assistant, liaison officer, and Lot# 5169 Nevada, Dayton, Lyon sculptor—the first of several northern tours. In Jeff Nicholson 1984 watercolor 1956 he joined the National Museum of Man, mainly as an organizer of Dayton, Nevada Jeff Nicholson is of exhibitions, but continued his sculpture. In 1967, the Riveredge known for his paintings of the high desert of the west, particularly of Foundation of Calgary purchased several of Harold’s bronze portraits Nevada. He celebrates, through his paintings, the boom and bust of of aboriginal people and commissioned him to do more. On one trip, man’s tenure on the land, as well as the primal beauty of untouched he met the then Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Stuart places. He is fluent in both oils and watercolors. Jeff has a strong Hodgson; the meeting resulted in a friendship and several assignments Nevada following for his paintings of the Silver State’s landscape. His to portray aboriginal people around the polar world.””Harold was a works are in the permanent collections of the Nevada Museum of Art, member of the Ottawa Arctic Circle and often entertained in his house, the University of Nevada, Reno, the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City, amid a plethora of bronzes, carvings, and paintings. During recent and many other public and private collections throughout the west. He years, he worried about the disposition of his remaining busts and is a past recipient of a Nevada State Arts Council/National Endowment carvings, and was saddened by the theft of some of his works and the grant and has twice been honored with one-man shows at the Nevada deaths, in India, of some of his young fellow passengers on a cruise Museum of Art. [Stremmel Gallery] Est. $300-600 HWAC# 99577 ship. He was happy, however, to know that his memoirs would be Lot# 5170 Hohen, Germany 1890’s 1900. published: The Man Who Makes Heads with His Hands.”(by Keith J. Hand Painted Pitcher, Hohenzollern China Crowe) Signature on back of piece. Black marble base. 5.5” x 10.5”. 11 lbs. Est. $700-1200 HWAC# 83547 Germany Beautiful, hand painted , milk pitcher. Made in Germany, and embellished with fine Lot# 5165 , c1980 Sculpture, Bronze colors . Gold painted handle and rim. From the family of kings and queens, down the ages from Bucking Bronco with cowboy in chaps, on Germany to Prussian, etc. High quality piece. soapstone base. Signed BT, 13” x 7.75”, 13 lbs. Est. $600-1200 HWAC# 83546 marked on the base: Hohenzollern ( cu) / China / Germany// ( RH ) Est. $120-240 HWAC# 54861 Lot# 5171 , Hungary 1890-1980 “ Pallet Nudes “ Very beautiful and desirable self portrait of Mr. Vicici , fantasizing and painting seven different types of nudes before him. He was born in Hungary in 1890. Later, he immigrated to the U.S. A, and lived in New York. He had previously studied at the Budapest School of Fine Art, as well as The Arts Student league. He exhibited at many places, such as the Society of Independent Artists in New York. from 1930-1931, and the Salons of America in 1934, just to name a few. !! Lot# 5166 , Young Boy and Girl Plaster At one time, he was also listed in “ Who’s Who in American Art,” at Sculptures Young boy and girl sculptures. He Salons of America. Exciting, Oil / Canvas / Backed. Framed size...29 is carrying a basket of fish and a lobster; she is 3/4” Wide x 39 3/4” High. RESTORED. Circa 1915. This painting carrying a chicken and her apron is full of fruit. previous sold for $8,000.00 in 2011, but who knows what it will bring French style, beautiful cast plaster, with bronze today ? (RH ). Est. $5000-7000 HWAC# 78802 finish. Some chipping. Very charming pair. Approx. 25” high, 9” wide x 7” deep. Est. $120- Lot# 5172 Chicago, Illinois c1880- 200 HWAC# 52758 1890 Victorian Art Print Roy and Co. Importers and Designers of Fine Millinery // Masonic Temple, 874 Madison St, Chicago. Small calendar Lot# 5167 , Alabama c1888 4 Flour Large missing. Poor condition, sold as is. Est. Advertising Labels, 2 Different 4 16” paper $100-150 HWAC# 85160 labels. 2 LL Rogers Eagle Flour 2” tears, tattered edge. 2 Crown Milling Co. Eagle Flour, rough edges. Printed by Morgan and Hamilton, Nashville. Est. $80-150 HWAC# 85170 272 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art Lot# 5173 Helena, Montana 1996 Lot# 5177 San Antonio, Nye, Nevada New Gold Miner Intaglio Print George Carter Painting (1) with Titled “The Era of Silver and Gold.” Original Magazine of San Antonio Miners diligently panning for gold Station George Carter was a Nevada artist in the 1950’s and 1960’s. near Helena, Montana. The vignette He was actually quite successful wining second place in a regional (miscellaneous die #195471-3) is art exhibit in 1962. He was, however, known for having trouble with based on an old photograph in the alcohol. He would paint in his hotel room often trading paintings for Allan G. Hooper Collection. It was room, board, and drinks. He is quite famous for taking his drawings designed by Peter Cocci, engraved by from Nevada magazines. This particular drawing comes the 1960 No. Thomas R Hipschen, with lettering 2 issue of Nevada Highways and Parks. It is actually the front cover. by Dixie O. March. Presented at the Sixth International Philatelic San Antonio was a small stage stop built around a group of springs. Exhibition in 1966. There are two plates that were done by plate It became a major stop on the line between Belmont and Middlegate printer Tom Spiewak. They are signed and numbered 33 and 45. in the 1860’s. More background notes on San Antonio and more Includes various supporting material. Est. $160-240 HWAC# 57449 information on George Carter is included. Painting is 24 x 36” without the frame. Frame certainly looks period. 1960 Nevada Highways and Parks is included with the original photograph. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 99449 Lot# 5178 , New York c1885 Niagara Falls Print Tourist ship approaching Niagara Falls. Bt Kurz and Allison. 22 x 28”. Edge has 3x 1” tears and creases. Sold as is. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85161 Lot# 5179 , Pennsylvania 1870 Philadelphia & Gray’s Ferry Stock I/C #369 DC Levy 1870 20 shares. Prag Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 84268 Lot# 5180 , Russia c1900 Russian Neoclassical Carved Swan Chairs (7) 6 dining room side chairs 34.25” Lot# 5174 , Montana 1953 Oil Painting (Signed Original W. tall x 18” width x 16” depth. Gorgeous burled maple wood or possibly Hoffman) Beautiful River landscape, oil on canvas, signed W. mahogany(?) with 2 carved swans on back. These chairs have been Hoffman, lower right, overall (with frame): 48”w. x 38”h. Frame has professionally restored/re-upholstered; 1 Russian vintage mahogany been professionally restored. This original oil glows with beautiful gooseneck rocker (restored & re-upholstered.) 45.5” tall x 22” width x yellows, golds, greens with shimmering river running through the 34” depth. From the historic Ben-Tchavtchavadze collection of Ontario, landscape. W. Hoffman was raised in Montana, & worked cattle Canada. Est. $800-1200 HWAC# 84456 ranches throughout the state. Following high school, he thought he might settle down on a ranch near Choteau, but the Marine Corps had Lot# 5181 Nevada, Smoke Creek other ideas, which included island hopping in the Pacific for three days Desert, Washoe Unique Smoke during WWII. After the war, Bill enjoyed life, wandering through three Creek Desert Painting from a colleges. The various curricula included three majors and two minors, Smoke Creek Painter Painting is by Emily Garaventa. Her husband but never an art course. To this day, he remains completely self-taught. owns a ranch in the Smoke Creek Desert north of Reno and adjacent to In 1964, as regional manager for ASCAP, Bill attended a convention the more famous Black Rock Desert. This is an oil landscape painting in San Francisco and somehow bumbled into an art gallery. “I’d (framed size: 11.25” H x 13.25” With warm desert colors at the never seen one before, and I was stunned to learn that artists didn’t edge of Smoke Creek Desert just past Sand Pass. A self-taught artist, necessarily always starve.” (AskArt.com) W. Hoffman 1924-1995. Emily Garaventa is an oil painter and a member of the Nevada Art Known for western genre, seascape, landscape. Est. $3000-6000 Association. Her works have won her several awards. Has a personal HWAC# 85810 note to the original purchaser with her first name signature. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 99583 Lot# 5175 Fort Churchill, Lyon, Nevada George Carter Painting Lot# 5182 Ashwood, Tennessee (2) with Original Magazine of San c1888 Label Printed by Morgan & Hamilton Grouping of 5 large Antonio Station Maybe? This painting has the same look and feel as labels, 16” round. Printed on delicate cream color paper with beautiful the one above. But Jack Bacon of Jack Bacon & Company Art Gallery vignettes of town & comet. 16” round. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 84448 of Reno identifies this painting as Fort Churchill. They were asking $550.00. The hills in the background and the slope of the buildings Lot# 5183 Ashland, Wisconsin look like Fort Churchill. But the brick and the trees look like those Early 20th Century Calendar Art in the previous painting. Perhaps it is even a compilation of the two. Collection of 6 calendars ranging Painting is Est. $300-500 HWAC# 99887 from 1916 to 1928. From Wisconsin, Lafayette, Indiana. Beautiful scenes of waterfalls, woman & child, Native Americans on horseback Lot# 5176 Reno, Nevada early under waterfalls, hunting dogs. Very nice condition. Ready for frames. 1900’s Wood Carved Statue Rare Est. $150-250 HWAC# 84439 Find! “Big Bertha” from the now closed, Comstock Casino, Reno, NV. Carved from wood, hand painted. Has patina, some chipping due to age, & crack at base of thumb area. Please inspect. 14” W. x 62” H. x 15” D. Est. $1500-2500 HWAC# 85808 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 273

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art Lot# 5184 Green Bay, Wisconsin Lot# 5189 , China The Devil God Original abstract mid-29th Century Calendar Art two-color print signed N.D. Chenjung-Gi. We could Approx. 6 in this lot. Art of animals, find no information on this artist. But, we do know landscapes, 1 sheet music, “You Tell Me Your Dream, I’ll Tell you Mine”. that it is very rare and desirable. Very nicely framed Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84442 35” x 28”. Print no. 55/110. (RH). Est. $250-500 HWAC# 76677 Lot# 5185 Ontario, Canada Autumn landscape Autumn landscape, oil on canvas. Signed by the artist, M .Mc C. Lot# 5190 , France Daum Nancy Art and dated 1899 in bottom right corner. Nouveau Vase Daum Nancy, France. No information found on artist. Black Spectacular art nouveau glass vase. wood frame, 12 x 11 inches, includes 7”diameter x 11” high x 4” mouth. Carved original backing. Provenance: From the historical Ben-Tcahvtchavadze black Oriental poppy design on the exterior. Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. This is a classic cased vase. The base has $200-400 HWAC# 56000 violet and magenta colors. The central portion has blue and rose colors, backed the gorgeous Lot# 5186 ontario, Canada Hampden Oriental poppies. The top with blue, pink Hills Oil on canvas, signed by the and orange underneath the engraved black artist, Jordan. Framed in blue tinted designs. Marked Daum Nancy in the classic wood, 11.5 x 10”. Painting depicts early fashion, circa 1900 on lower side. This idyllic scene from small hillside with vase may be one of the all-time classics. As a handmade, three-part large tree in foreground, overlooking a constructed glass art vessel, it easily exceeds in beauty any of the small row of houses. Painter identified examples seen today on the web. It’s deserving of close inspection. as Lena E. Jordan. Original label “Glassware marked Daum Nancy is credited to Auguste and Antonin on reverse states the painting was Daum. These brothers took over a glass factory owned by their father exhibited at the Springfield Artists’ Jean Daum located in Nancy, France during the 1870s. The Daum Guild Fourteenth Special Exhibition factory produced watch crystals and utilitarian glassware until the of Oil Paintings, Nov. 12 to Nov 27, 1932. Label reveals the painter’s 1890s. The brothers began experimenting with art glass beginning in address, price and medium. Provenance: From the historical Ben- the 1890s and continued into the early 20th century. They introduced Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $350-550 HWAC# their cameo glass wares at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893.” 56004 (Courtesy thesprucecrafts.com) Back-Lit Photo used. Est. $5000- 10000 HWAC# 75567 Lot# 5187 Ontario, Canada Mountain Lot# 5191 , Japan 1966 “Bizen” Woodblock Print landscape Oil on Kiyoshi Saito (Japanese, 1907-1997). BIZEN, Ink and canvas painting of color woodcut print on paper, signed, matted, and snowy mountain framed, no. 17/5034.5” x 27.5”. Image of beautifully range with trees in balanced Bizen ceramic sitting on table. Kiyoshi Saito foreground. Signed was a notable member of the Japanese Sosaku Hanga by the artist, Otto movement, which stated that art must begin and end Reinhold Jacobi, with self-expression. In keeping with this philosophy, and dated 1877 (5). Saito’s woodblock prints are handmade and his Brass frame, 8.5 x 11 paints self-mixed. He studied this technique over many years while he inches. Jacobi was worked as a sign painter and in a newspaper office. Saito came to the born in Konigsberg in world’s attention in 1951 at the Sao Paulo Art Biennial, when one of 1812. In 1837 he was his woodcuts received a prestigious prize. A culturally reverent artist, appointed as the Court Painter to the Duchess of Nassau in Wiesbaden, Kiyoshi Saito paints in a style that represents scenes from Japanese Germany. Jacobi emigrated to Canada in the 1860s where he was life in a flattened perspective, which is rich in contrast and filled with consigned to paint a presentation gift for the Prince of Wales; he societal references. As his career progressed, his works became more never returned to Europe, choosing to remain in Canada. Jacobi was stylized, drawing from Western influences and implementing modern associated with the Dusseldorf School of Painting, the Ontario Society techniques to forge a unique vision. (courtesy Invaluable)( RH). Est. of Artists, and a charter member of the Royal Academy of Artists. He $500-1000 HWAC# 76676 relocated to Ardoch, North Dakota, where he was residing at the time of this death in February 1901. Provenance: From the historical Ben- Lot# 5192 , Russia Russian Cannons Print, Tcahvtchavadze Collection of Ontario, Canada. Est. $800-1800 HWAC# 56003 1922 12 x 15” framed print by Dakuzhinsky from 1922. The print is of a charcoal sketch of cannon displayed in front of a possible Lot# 5188 Three Rivers, Canada government building. The cannon display 1810 Engraving of Three Rivers, is notable because of the types of cannon Ontario Beautiful framed engraving present, which includes the classic dolphin of Three Rivers. Matted and framed, handled bronze cannon of the 1600’s, cannon 11 x 14”, print 4.5 x 7.5”, in excellent of the 18700’s and the very large short very condition. By J. Lambert, Del.t. stubby cannon. cannon. Provenance: Ben-Tschavtschavadze collection (Delta, Ontario). Provenance: Ben- of Ontario. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 56867 Tschavtschavadze collection of Ontario. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 56868 Lot# 5193 , Spain Pair of decorative brass shoes Pair of decorative brass shoes. Double standing scalloped design. Spanish style. No writing embossed. Est. $40-100 HWAC# 80561 274 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art Lot# 5194 , “A Gentleman’s Lot# 5200 , 1890’s 1900. Carnival Foursome”, signed, numbered Glass/ Coach or Car Vases Very framed print by Arnold Friberg See beautiful, and super rare, carnival the story under “Winners and Losers” for the story on Friberg. 21 x glass coach , or car vases ( Matching pair !! ). Marigold colorization,and 35” image, in 31 x 45” gold frame. The foursome refers to two players winding vine pattern.Complete with mounting brackets. 7 1/4” in at the billiard table playing on horseback in the saloon. 1349/1500. a height. Very early and ornate. If you are a carnival glass collector, these classic!! Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 78435 are for you!! ( RH). Est. $80-150 HWAC# 80076 Lot# 5201 , 1901 Chas. Schreyvogel Lot# 5195 , Silver Business Card Holder circa “How Kola” Painting Beautiful 1885 silver plate business card holder, fancy signed painting 19.5” x 14” framed engraving, no personal identification. Rare. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 85757 27.5” x 22”. Lots of color & action in this painting. Wood Framed. Charles Schreyvogel (January 4, 1861 - January 27, 1912) was an American painter of Western subject matter in the days of the disappearing frontier. Schreyvogel was especially interested in military life. Est. $1500-3000 HWAC# 835545 Lot# 5202 , 1800’s Curio Cabinet (Antique) Beautiful antique Curio Cabinet, rich dark brown wood with Mahogany wood inlay, Lot# 5196 , “Two Ore Cars” Oil brass toned trim. Has key for door, is wired Painting by Gardner, 1996 24 x 36” for lights. Has damask (?) interior. Beautiful original oil painting by Utah artist mauve & cream color marble top, has 3 glass Jerry Gardner, signed and date 1996. Framed. Est. $500-900 HWAC# shelves, Bombay glass front door. The electric 84826 cord has been spliced & taped. Please inspect. A beautiful addition to your home. 24”W. x Lot# 5197 , (1913-2010) “Winners 64”H. x 12” D. From the Ben-Tchavtchavadze and Losers” Signed, numbered collection of Ontario, Canada. Additional print by Arnold Friberg Friberg shipping costs will apply due to weight. Est. was an American artist and member of the Royal Society of Arts. A $400-1000 HWAC# 83566 longtime Utah resident, Friberg painted on commission for many influential Americans. In 1977, he was commissioned by the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas to make a series of saloon related paintings. This signed (right corner) and numbered (795/1500 at left) print is beautifully framed. The image is 25 x 33”, the frame 34 x 43”. Highly colorful with a wide array of characters in a western saloon Lot# 5203 , 1924 Florentine setting. A classic gaming piece!! Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 78434 Roseville bowl. Vintage Roseville art pottery bowl in the Florentine Lot# 5198 , c1914 2 Art Calendars pattern. Nice vintage condition. Small chip on bottom rim. Measures 14” x 11” calendar backing w/o about 8.5” in diameter. Signed on the the bottom with the R Roseville calendar of a woman with roses. mark. This was made in the 1920’s. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84416 1914 Santa Fe Railroad calendar by JW Black with Native American- tears, poor condition. Sold as is. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 85169 Lot# 5204 , early 1900’s Horse (Wooden Carousel) Beautiful vintage full size carousel horse. Has been refurbished/ restored. Beautiful color, hand painted. Horse has expected chips & patina due to age. Has cracking in neck & tail area. Please inspect. 12” W. x 54” H. x 45” D. Horse rests on brass pedestal, on oak stand. Delightful addition to any child’s room or for display. Est. $1200-1800 HWAC# 85807 Lot# 5205 , 1900’s Lithograph (Lithograph of Native American) Lot# 5199 , Andrew Putnam Hill Gouache Nude Framed gouache Framed original 34.5” x 32”. by Andrew Putnam Hill from the Jim Mackie Collection of Grass Valley, Professionally Framed, double matted, Native American (tribe a collector and dealer in fine Americana. Original work about 11 x undetermined). Vibrant, bright colors. Please inspect. This piece is 22”, 17 x 29” gold leaf fame. Reclined nude woman. Appears unsigned signed by the artist at lower right, & embossed at lower left. Est. within view, labeled on the reverse. Est. $4000-7500 HWAC# 78425 $800-1000 HWAC# 85811 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 275

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art Lot# 5206 , Nick Eggenhofer Lot# 5210 , late 1800’s Oil Painting Western Town Fire Charcoal by Chas. Schreyvogel “My Bunkie” Original framed and matted charcoal Signed,bottom right corner. Wood of a Western town fire with a bucket brigade, an excited fireman and framed, has proof mark at left lower corner, Copyright/1900/By/ a choking woman. A stage coach is riding on top of the smoke. White Chs. Schreyvogel. Charles Schreyvogel (1861–1912) “My Bunkie” was accent marks rising from burning buildings. “Nicholas Eggenhofer finished 1899, Oil on canvas. Schreyvogel, like Remington, based his was born December 5, 1897 in Gauting, Germany, in Southern Bavaria. portrayals of cowboys and cavalrymen on a combination of firsthand His father and mother were Benedict and Margaret Eggenhofer. Nick experience & masculine escapist fantasy. Between 1893 & 1905 he was the oldest of four children. After hearing his father describe a made frequent visits to the western states and territories, collecting visit to the Buffalo Bill Cody Wild West Show, Nick began a lifelong Indian & military artifacts for the authentically detailed paintings he enthusiasm for the American Wild West. His family immigrated produced in his Hoboken, New Jersey, studio. “My Bunkie” portrays to America in 1913. They lived in a tenement house at 126 Main an event described to Schreyvogel by a veteran frontier trooper Street in Union, New Jersey. Nick’s father was an ice hauler at the he met in Colorado. In the heat of a violent conflict on the plains, local ice plant. In 1916 Nick moved to New York City and worked a soldier heroically rescues a bunkmate who has lost his mount in as a lithographer in the American Lithographic Printing Company, a skirmish with unseen Indians. Two other cavalrymen continue while he studied art in night classes at Cooper Union for several their fire, protecting and covering for their fellow soldiers. When the years. In 1920 he sold his first pulp magazine illustrations to Street painting was exhibited in New York in 1900, it elicited comparisons & Smith’s Western Story. In 1923 he received his first pulp magazine to Remington’s “Wounded Bunkie” 19.25” x 13.25” Framed: 27.25” x cover assignment, which was for the June 25th issue of Doubleday’s 21.5”. Est. $1500-3000 HWAC# 83516 Short Stories. He was soon creating covers for other pulps, but he is most renowned for drawing interior story illustrations for Ace-High, Lot# 5211 , Ore Car Under Action Stories, Cowboy Stories, Dime Western, Fifteen Western Tales, Loading Station by Gardner, 1996 West, and Western Story. In 1925 Nick Eggenhofer married his wife, 24 x 49” framed original oil painting Louise, who had been born and raised in Wyoming. They had their of an underground scene with an ore car under a loading station. Jerry honeymoon in Santa Fe, NM, where Nick was finally able to explore Gardner, Utah artist, studied at Catalina Island in southern California the real Western landscape of his dreams. The Eggenhofers moved to under Roger Upton for 4 years. In an article written on Gardner, said: West Milford, New Jersey and lived in a log cabin that was hand-made “A collapse in one shaft trapped Gardner for a week until he could dig by the artist. He was an avid collector of all Western artifacts. He even himself out- but he finished the painting he was working on.” Est. made lifelike scale models of stagecoaches, ox-carts, buggies, and $700-1500 HWAC# 84825 Conestoga wagons that were realistic in every detail. In the 1950s he Lot# 5212 , 1958 Painting of Native worked for the men’s adventure magazines Argosy and True. In 1961 American, signed by Winnie Wells he wrote and illustrated his own book, “Wagons, Mules, and Men: How Beautiful painting of Native American the Frontier Moved West.” The Eggenhofers retired to Cody Wyoming with dolls & vase. Soft color. Signed by Winnie Wells, dated 1958, 30” x in 1962, where Louise’s family was from, and where Nick was able 23” framed. Est. $300-400 HWAC# 83511 to visit the Buffalo Bill Cody Historical Center as often as he pleased. Nick Eggenhofer died at age 87 in March 1985.” from pulparists.com. Lot# 5213 , Print of 11.5x10.5”, frame 18x16.5” Est. $800-1500 HWAC# 86220 Yellow Tabby Cat Sweet Lot# 5207 , c1900’s Oil Painting (Original) print from a painting of a yellow tabby cat sitting Late 20th-Century oil landscape painting on canvas by G. Heston. Framed, 28” x 31.5”. Est. on a bookshelf. Signture $1000-1500 HWAC# 85812 is D. D. Print is 17” x 15.5”. Incredible mat and frame, 27.5” x 25.5”. Frame has some corner damage. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 61570 Lot# 5208 , 1900’s Oil Painting (Original) 24.5” x 17”. Original oil painting (unsigned) night scene of ship ablaze & sinking. It appears to be between 1900 & 1905. Frame has a little wear, please inspect. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 85813 Lot# 5209 , late 1800’s Oil Painting Lot# 5214 , 1900’s Russian by Chas. Schreyvogel Chas. Influence Wood Barrel Hand painted Schreyvogel was born in New York wooden barrel shape with lid. Has City and grew up in a poor family of German immigrant shopkeepers cracked lid, but is still in tact. Please on the Lower East Side of New York. He also spent part of his inspect. 7.5” x 11” tall. Russian childhood in Hoboken, New Jersey. Schreyvogel was unable to afford Influence. Est. $80-120 HWAC# 83551 art classes and he taught himself to draw. In 1901, his painting My Bunkie was awarded the Thomas Clarke Prize at the annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design. He suddenly became recognized and earned what seemed like overnight fame. Schreyvogel did much of his work in his studio (or its rooftop) in decidedly non-Western Hoboken. He died in Hoboken in 1912 and is buried in Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen, New Jersey. (Wikipedia). When Remington died in 1909, Schreyvogel wore the mantle of premier Western artist for the brief remainder of his life. Wood framed, has proof mark at left lower corner, Copyright/1900/By/Chs. Schreyvogel. 14” x 19.75”, framed is 21” x 26.5”. Est. $1500-3000 HWAC# 83515 276 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art Lot# 5215 , Thanatopsis By Richard A. Myer, Lot# 5221 , Underground Scene a member of the American Indian and Cowboy with Utah Mine Bell Signal Sign by Artists. Bronze on marble base, H 10.5” W GArdner 25 x 37 original oil painting 7.5” D 5.5” “Thanatopsis” is a poem by the signed and dated by Jerry Gardner, Utah artist. Framed. Est. $700- American poet William Cullen Bryant. Meaning ‘a 1200 HWAC# 84830 consideration of death’, the word is derived from the Greek ‘thanatos’ (death) and ‘opsis’ (view, Lot# 5222 , West Wind Native sight). It is considered a milestone in American American Print by Forbes 55/1000 poetry and here has been given a Western theme. West Wind print signed by B. Foley. The final stanza reads: 28 x 22”. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 85600 So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Est. $400-600 HWAC# 86348 Lot# 5216 , The Poker Table, signed, numbered print by Arnold Friberg 29 x 41, unmatted, no glass. Signed and numbered at lower right, 71/500. Please wee the description for the “Winners and Losers” for info on Friberg. One of the all-time great artistic western gaming pieces. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 78436 Lot# 5217 , early 1900’s Travel- Related Poster One of the earliest travel or travel-related posters ever Lot# 5223 , Western Oil, “Ye Ole Rein Maker” Choice western created & also the wellspring of all future American travel images. An painting by Rudy Hermann. Undated, with an artist gallery tag on allegorical figure leads trains, covered wagons, coaches & prospectors the reverse from Pinedale, Wyoming. 22.5 x 27”, western framed, six across America. The image is based on the 1872 painting, American inches larger all around. The title, “Lil Ole Rein Maker” is carefully and Progress by John Gast. Shortly after the painting was created, George artfully hand punched and made, possibly by the man subject of the Crofutt made a chromolithograph of the image which was widely painting. The construct is of heavy oils applied with thick pallet knife circulated. To sell his print, he described the image as follows: “a reminiscent of Van Gough style. Est. $2000-3000 HWAC# 84858 diaphanously and precariously clad America floats westward through the air with the ‘Star of Empire’ on her forehead. She has left the Lot# 5224 , c1950 Western Print cities of the East behind and the wide Mississippi, & still her course Color print by Walter Haskell Hinton is Westward. In her right hand she carries a school book testimonial of a stagecoach and a covered wagon of the national enlightenment, while with her left, she trails the with a chasing dog. 16 x 24”. 3 creased corners. Est. $100-150 HWAC# slender wires of the telegraph that will bind the nation. Fleeing her 85166 approach are Indians, buffalo, wild horses, bears and other game, disappearing into the storm and waves of the Pacific coast. They flee Lot# 5225 , White Fishing Huts the wondrous vision-the star is too much for them.” This incredible by Gutié Artist Gutié’s (possibly poster of American Manifest Destiny is a woodblock, based upon the Spanish or Mexican) watercolor chromolithograph after the painting. By Barry Lawrence Ruderman, or acrylic painting of fishing huts, Antique Maps, Inc. 36.5 x 27” Still very vivid color, but has been taped boats in foreground. Double matted on the back. (From the James Mackie Collection.) Est. $600-1000 HWAC# 83558 and framed--27.5” x 35”. Beautiful painting. Est. $250-500 HWAC# 76678 Lot# 5218 , Ukraine and Surrounds Map c1720 Ukrania quae et Teira Cosaccorum loh Baptista Hermanno, Noribergae cum Vicini Wala Chiae, Moldavae, Minoris, Lot# 5226 , William Putnam Hill Tartariae, Provinciis. Published by Homanno, the best map maker in Cupid and Woman Original William Germany, and undoubtedly one of the best in the world at the time. Putnam Hill in pastel colors, framed Undated, the piece is thought to have been published in 1720. 19 x 23”, 24 x 34”, 16.5 x 26” in gold leaf frame. matted w glass, but no frame. Est. $900-1500 HWAC# 84866 Provenance: Jim Mackie Collection of Grass Valley, well known Americana Lot# 5219 , Underground Mine collector and dealer. This spectacular by Gardner 19.5 x 22.5” original oil work on board was the proud painting by Utah artist Jerry Gardner, possession of well known western 1996. Est. $400-800 HWAC# 84828 collector Jim Mackie for decades. Hill (1853-1922 was a landscape and portraiture painter. Most of his Lot# 5220 , Underground Mining career was spent in San Jose, where a high school was named in his Scene Oil Painting by Gardner Oil honor. His art won medals at many major exhibitions, including Calif. painting by Utah artist Jerry Gardner, State Fair, St. Louis World’s Fair and others. The allegorical use of 20 x 16”, signed. Framed. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 84829 Cupid is showing a protectionary kiss. The piece appears unsigned on the obverse, and is labeled on the reverse. Est. $5000-10000 HWAC# 78424 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 277

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Art / Railroadiana Lot# 5227 , early 1900’s Wooden Lot# 5230 , Nevada Copper Belt Folk Art Made of Wood Folk Art of Railroad 1910 Pass Pass issued Greek influence, made of walnut(?). 1910, the first year of service! No. This is of St. George “St. George slays the dragon. Georgian Fresco”. 280, issued to J. Tehan, wife & son (agent in Yerington). Signed by The legend of Saint George & the Dragon is first recorded in the 11th W.C. Orem as president. Printed on blue cardstock with light soiling. century, in a Georgian source. It reaches Europe in the 12th century. In The Nevada Copper Belt Railroad operated from 1909 to 1947 and The Golden Legend, by 13th-century Archbishop of Genoa Jacobus da ran a “J” shaped line from Wabuska, Nevada to Ludwig, Nevada, a Varagine, George’s death is at the hands of Dacian, and about the year distance of 41 miles. It was created primarily to service the copper 287. Interesting lot. Good condition.18.5” x 27”. mines. Construction began in 1909 and on January 14, 1910, the first passenger train arrived in Yerington. The tracks reached Ludwig in October 1911. (Earliest Pass offered from the Prag Collection and first Est. $80-130 HWAC# 83555 year of operation) Est. $150-250 HWAC# 99624 Lot# 5228 , Las Vegas & Tonopah Lot# 5231 , Nevada-California- Railroad 1907 Pass This is a rare Oregon Railroad 1897 Pass Early and important Nevada railroad pass. pass No. 48, issued to CC McNeil (Gen. Pass No. 169, issued for the 1907 year to M.F. Van Horn (Pennsylvania Supt. of M & P& S.R. Valley Road). Signed by Erasmus Gest as manager. Lines West). Signed by J. Ross Clark as President. Endorsed on the Printed on cardstock with some soiling. The NCO was organized in reverse by Van Horn. Printed on blue cardstock. Some toning around 1880 with the plan of connecting Reno, Nevada with the Columbia edges, light soiling. The Las Vegas & Tonopah Railroad began when River in Oregon. Track in Reno started in 1881. The farthest north they Montana “Copper King” William A. Clark, J. Ross’s brother, decided to reached was Lakeview, Oregon by 1912. The company was known for go back on a promise to “Borax” Smith about building a railroad from its corruption. A board meeting in Reno actually ended in a gunfight Las Vegas to Smith’s operation at Lila C. Clark decided that he wanted between two members! Est. $400-600 HWAC# 99623 to use the 12 miles of grade the Smith’s men had completed. This led Smith to create a rival railroad, the Tonopah & Tidewater. The Las Lot# 5232 , Tonopah & Goldfield Vegas & Tonopah RR was incorporated in 1905. It took until November Railroad 1929 Pass This pass is 1907 to complete the 198 mile track from Vegas to Goldfield. The signed by M. B. Cutter, President. He entire line was abandoned by 1919. J. Ross Clark was an important was appointed President in 1909 when the railroad was experiencing figure in Montana, California and Nevada histories. He followed his difficulties. He immediately downsized the operations (fewer daily brother to Montana where William became one of the three Montana trains, sell surplus stock, sold spur lines and unused depots, etc.). One “Copper Kings.” For health reasons, Ross left Montana and moved to of the great advantages to this was he built up a large cash reserve Los Angeles in 1892. There, he became involved in railroading and for a rainy day. By 1911 the railroad had turned profitable under his sugar beet farming. With his brother (and E.H. Harriman), he formed leadership. But things began to look gloomy in 1923. A long downward the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake City Railroad in 1902 in an spiral would lead to his resignation in 1930. This pass (hand effort to connect Montana and Los Angeles. The railroad went through numbered 169) is for section workman C. R. Graham. Since it has been the future site of Las Vegas (then a ranch), and tried to control the cancelled, I assume he left the employ of the Tonopah & Goldfield water rights in the area to curb further development. In 1905, Ross before the end of the year. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 99627 was there to auction off 600 plats of land that would become the Lot# 5233 , Tonopah & Tidewater future city. One last interesting note: Ross’s son, Walter, and daughter- Railroad 1908 Pass Very rare in-law Virginia collided with history when they were on-board the early pass (earliest from the Prag Titanic for its maiden voyage. Virginia survived; Walter perished on the ship. Est. $1000-1500 HWAC# 99626 Collection). The railroad was completed only a year before in 1907. Pass No. 252, issued in 1908 to F.W. Thompson (Rock Island-Frisco Lot# 5229 , Nevada Central Lines). Signed by W.R. Alberger (traffic manager). Toning on reverse. Railroad 1881 Pass Ultra rare and The “Nevada Short Line” operated between Ludlow, California and early pass. No. 73, issued for the Beatty/Tonopah/Goldfield, Nevada. It was originally conceived of 1881 year to W.W. Walker, esq, vice president and superintendent for by “Borax” Smith as a way to transport borax from his mines to the St. Louis, Hannibal & Keokuk Railroad. Signed by John Hoollett (?) market. From 1908-1914 (and after 1918), the Bullfrog Goldfield as president. Printed on pink cardstock by J.M. W. Jones Co., Chicago. Railroad was combined with the T&T. The line operated until 1940. Upper right corner has been repaired. Minor soiling. This railroad ran Est. $250-400 HWAC# 99625 93 miles from Austin, Nevada to Battle Mountain. Its completion is Lot# 5234 LaSalle, Illinois 1865 a classic Western story. M.J. Farrell, state senator for Lander County, Northern Illinois Coal and Iron was also deeply connected to the Manhattan Silver Mining Company Company Stock # 91 for 250 shares to of Austin. Like many of Nevada’s remote mining towns, Austin needed ED Taylor. Signed by president Taylor and a way to gets its ore to the national railroad system. Farrell used his secretary George H Locry(?). Dateline power as a state senator to have the legislature approve a $200,000 1865. Incorporated Feb 18, 1857. Not bond to complete a railroad in 1875 (overriding a veto from the Cancelled. Two 25c Revenue stamps: governor). The only catch? The project had to be completed within five life insurance and power of att’y. Fragile years or they would forfeit the money. Jump to exactly five years later, onion skin. Taped on back and bled on the eve of the expiration of the bond, and the railroad was 2 miles through front. Dog ears, rips and tears. short of reaching Austin’s city limits. The town called an emergency Foxing. Still, most of the stock is in good late night meeting and solved the problem ingeniously: they redrew condition. Burley & Company of Chicago printer. By the fall of 1856 the the city boundaries to intersect the railroad 2 miles out! The last parts Northern Illinois had opened a mine in the LaSalle area. [Worthen]. of the track were finished minutes before midnight and the county got to keep the money. First full year of operation. Est. $600-1000 HWAC# Signed by and issued to Colonel ED Taylor who is considered the 99622 Father of the present day Greenback. He is also the only person to ever defeat Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois 1832 state legislature election. Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 81954 278 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5235 , Blue Ridge Railroad Lot# 5240 , Alabama and Vicksburg Company Cancelled Blue Ridge Railway Company Alabama and Vicksburg Railroad Company Mortgage Loan Railway Capital Company stock 1) Unissued $1,000 Gold 7% interest Bond dated cancelled stock, number 292. 2) Three shares June 16, 1870 with coupons. Ken Prag of cancelled stock number 382. Cancelled Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# March 21, 1913. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag 83104 Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 81532 Lot# 5236 , Agricultural Branch Rail Road Lot# 5241 , Alabama and Companystock Unissued guaranteed stock for Vicksburg Railway Company Second Agricultural Branch Railroad. The railroad began Mortgage Bond 1000 Alabama service on December 1, 1855 in Massachusetts and Vicksburg Railway Co. Second being incorporated on April 26, 1847. It connected Mortgage Bond specimen. Interest the cities of Framingham and Northborough. Payable in 1921. Number 0000. Service began on December 1, 1855. Unlisted in Established in May 1889. Nick named Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# the “Queen & Crescent System.” 81534 Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 81538 Lot# 5237 , Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co - 9 certificates Nine cancelled shares of Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company. 1) 100 shares for J. N. Russell & Co. Inc. Nov 24, 1961 Number AC1959; 2 100 shares for C.A. England & Co March 31, 1944 Number NC11; 3) 100 shares for Lot# 5242 , Alabama, Tennessee C.A. England & Co March 31, 1944 and Northern Railroad Corp 1) Two Number NP11; 4) 100 shares for copies of General Mortgage 30 year William M. Bassett October 4, 1954 number NP510); 5) 29 shares 6% Gold Bond - principal due October, shares for Rudolph E. and Evelyn M. Schroeder February 21, 1962, 1948. Numbers M1674 and M1576. Number AC04623); 6) 259 shares for Martha P Hanson February 2) Cancelled temporary bond General 6, 1964, Number NCU16; 7) Ten shares for Estate of Laura Le Beau, Mortgage Bond Series A 4-1/2% income. decreased, March 2, 1955, Number AP03103, revenue stamps; 8) Principal due January 1,1992. Alabama, Ten shares for Max Sandler, March 29, 1944, Number AP0366 March Tennessee and Northern Railroad was 29, 1944; 9) Five shares for Shepard & Com, March 7, 1947, Number a short line railroad founded in 1897. NC0692. Founded in 1907 in Ohio. Printed by “Hamilton Bank Note - New York 1907. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 81535 In 1971 it merged with the St. Louis– San Francisco Railway. “Columbian Band Note Company. Ken Prag Collection Est. $120-200 HWAC# 81533 Lot# 5238 , Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad Company Lot# 5243 , Alabama, Tennessee 1,000 8% Second Mortgage Trustee’s and Northern Railroad Corp Certificate, Sinking Fund Bond General Mortgage Trustee’s Number 1711 with coupons, signed Certificate for 30-year 6% $1,000 Gold Bond with coupons. Principal by D. A. Stanton, president. Principal due October 1, 1948. Number M1571. Railroad ran through Alabama payable January 1, 1889. Alabama & from 1897 - 1971. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-70 Chattanooga Railroad, was formerly HWAC# 81537 known as the Wills Valley Railroad running through Jones Valley and chartered in 1852. Unlisted in Cox. Lot# 5244 , Alaska Anthracite Rail Road Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 81536 Company Bond and Stock for Alaska Anthracite Rail Road Company. 1) Four shares of capital Lot# 5239 , Alabama and Vicksburg stock for F. F. Evans, number 153, dated December Railway Company Alabama and Vicksburg 9, 1919 with revenue stamps, signed by John Railway Company specimen 1) 100 shares Campbell, president. 2) Certificate of Deposit of capital stock. 2) First Mortgage Gold for 1st Mortgage 6%, 20-year Sinking Fund Gold Bond Series A for 5% due May 1, 1974. Bonds, number 140, signed November 13, 1924 American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag by Clarence L. Lewis, Asst. Trust Officer. Alaska Collection. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 81531 Anthracite Railroad Company was formed around 1907 to attempt to take advantage of the Bering River coal fields. A big winter storm destroyed the Copper River and Northwestern Railway in Katalla area curtailing their access to the Palm Point area and the Bering River coal fields, which had to be replaced. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 83643 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 279

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5245 , Alaska Central Railway Company Twenty shares of Lot# 5249 , Albany Northern Railroad$1,000 Alaska Central Railway Company, number 64, dated May 15, 1902 Bond A $1,000 bond from Albany Northern Railroad issued to and assigned dated March 1, 1852, number 357. The coupons by Arthur P. Allen, assured payment of interest of $35 twice a year. signed by G. Dickerson, The Albany and Northern Railway started on a 35- president, printed by mile track in 1895 from Cordele to Albany, Georgia. Standard Printing Co, Signed by John Townsend (ca. 1608–1668) with revenue stamps. among others. He was born in England but moved to The Alaska Central the colonies about 1630. Townsend was a signatory Railway Company was to the Flushing Remonstrance, what later was put started in 1903 after in the Bill of Rights for religious freedoms. He and selling bonds and stock most of his family settled in Oyster Bay. Not listed in Cox. Ken Prag to raise money. Before Collection. Est. $300-600 HWAC# 81526 the end of 1906, all tunnels except one was Lot# 5250 , Albany Railroad completed and some Mortgage Bond of 1893 Cancelled bridges were built. Albany Railway $500 Mortgage Bond There were delays of 1893, No 17 paying 7% interest. on bridge construction because of a lack of lumber. When lumber Principal redeemable May 1, 1893. shipments resumed in June 1907, tracked was laid up to mile 50. Cancelled January 17, 1895. Unlisted Work continued and trains were able to carry workers and material to in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. the end of the line as building continued. Even at this point the stock $200-400 HWAC# 81528 did not pay any dividends. More financial problems remained and Lot# 5251 , Albany Railway 1) Albany the railroad filed for bankruptcy in 1908. By 1910 they reorganized Railway unissued $100 shares. Number 1924. as the Alaska Northern Railway Company. Printer: Standard Printing Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $400-1000 HWAC# 83644 2) Seventy capital shares of Albany Railway, number 26 for Joseph T. Rice issued March 7, 1872. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection Est. Lot# 5246 , Alaska Midland Railway Company $100-150 HWAC# 81529 Two stock certificates from the Alaska Midland Railway Company, Printed by: The Broun- Green Co. for J. P. Eldridge, signed by J. L. Hogan, president. 1) Twenty shares of preferred capital stock, number 20 dated August 3, 1911. 2) Lot# 5252 , Alberene Railroad Fifteen shares of common capital stock, number 23. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# Company Cancelled two Capital 83642 Stock shares of Alberene Railroad Company for D. J Garroll number 10 dated, June 18, 1897. Unlisted Lot# 5247 , Albany and railroad in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Schentectady Rail Road Company Est. $150-250 HWAC# 81530 Albany and Schenectady Rail Road Company cancelled note with coupons that it owes Mr. De Graff $500 signed June 15, 1848. Lot# 5253 , Alexandria, Londonn Originally called the Mohawk & and Hampshire Railroad Co Four Hudson Railroad. First railroad built shares of Alexandria, Londonn, in the State of New York and one and Hampshire Railroad Company of the earliest in the United States. stock. Owner Willliam Beverley Connection between the Mohawk signed on December 2, 1856. no River at Schenectady and the Hudson River at Albany. The railroad 175. The Alexandria, Loudonn & was incorporated on April 17, 1826 as the Mohawk & Hudson Company. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# Hampshire was built to compete 81525 with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It transported products coming Lot# 5248 , Albany and from the north part of Virginia bringing them to Alexandria, Virginia. Susquehanna Railroad Company Started in 1847 but not completed until 1855.Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Bonds Two bonds from the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad. 1) $1,000 first mortgage , 3-1/2% Forty year Gold Bonds. Unissued. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 81523 No 983. Bond extended to April 7, Lot# 5254 , Algiers Railway & 1921. 2) 4-1/2% General Mortgage Lighting Company Ten Preferred Bond due July 1,1975. Albany and shares of the capital stock of Algiers Susquehanna Railroad was a 6 ft Railway and Lighting Company, broad-gauge railroad that connected signed by Leigh Carroll, president. Albany to Binghamton, New York. It operated from 1851 to 1870. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $40-60 HWAC# 81527 Number P102. Tear on certificate. Unlisted in Cox. J Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 81524 280 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5255 , Allegany Central Railroad Co Lot# 5261 Second Mortgage Gold Bond Allegany Central , American Railroad Company, $100 Second Mortgage 6% Locomotive Company Gold Bond. Principal due 1922. Signed J. Smith, Four stock certificates president. Only four coupons missing. Unlisted for American in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $70-100 HWAC# Locomotive Company, 81521 American Bank Note Co. signed by Dev Fraser, president 1) 100 shares of Lot# 5256 , Allegheny and Kinzua Railroad Co cancelled stock for Orvis Brothers & Co., Gold Bond Allegheny Kinzua Railroad Company dated Aug 16, 1951. $1,000 First Mortgage 5% Gold Bond. Number Number C70955. 2) 20 shares of cancelled stock for Mrs. Eulalia A 205. Paid in part. Signed by S S Bullis, president. Bailey dated August 12, 1952, Number C096521. 3) Ten shares of Unlisted by Cox. Ken Prag Collection Est. $70- uncancelled stock for Lyle Chapin dated September 27, 1943, number 100 HWAC# 81522 C09455. Eight shares of cancelled stock for Jacob L. Gissy dated Sept 15, 1943, Number C04286. Built and sold steam locomotives, diesel-electric locomotives, diesel engines and generators. The American Locomotive Company was formed in 1901 by the merger of Schenectady Locomotive Engine Manufactory of Schenectady, New Lot# 5257 , Allegheny and Western Railway York. Name changed to Alco Products in 1955. Bought by Worthington Corporation in 1964. Company closed in 1969. Ken Prag Collection. Co. Stock Two cancelled capital stocks from the Est. $100-150 HWAC# 75870 Allegheny and Western Railway Company Stock: 1) Forty shares for Cobb & Co, number A3374 cancelled July 21, 1938. 2) One Hundred shares Lot# 5262 , American Railways Corp. Scrip for Hebard & Co number 1322 cancelled March 24, 1960. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-70 Certificate American Railways Corporation, $30 HWAC# 81519 Scrip Certificate Representing Rights in Respect of 4-1/2% Debentures. Number T. 243 signed by T.L. Taylor, Assistant Secretary dated October 1, 1933. Columbian Bank Note Co. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Lot# 5258 , Allegheny Improvement Company Prag Collection. Est. $80-150 HWAC# 75871 Collateral Trust Note Allegheny Improvement Company $1,000, 5% Collateral Trust Note. Principal due 1911, number 2119. Two coupons remaining. Signed by president, John Scullin. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 Lot# 5263 , American St Railway HWAC# 81520 Paving & Improvement Co Twenty- five shares of American Street Railway Paving and Improvement Company issued on No. 216 to James Levins Rake on November 28, 1905. Lot# 5259 , Allentown Rail-Road / Signed by W. P. Wood. Ken Prag Allentown & Lehigh Valley Traction Collection. Est. $80-100 HWAC# 1) Cancelled fifty shares of Capital 75872 Stock of the Allentown and Lehigh Valley Traction Co.on March 18, 1985, Lot# 5264 , Androscoggin and Kennebec owned by John K. Page. Number 167. Rail Road Co Androscoggin and Kennebec Rail 2) Ten shares of Capital Stock of the Road Company Loan $350,000. Certificate for Allentown Rail Road Co.on July 28, 1959, owned by John D. Stites of $500 to James G. McCobb No. 62. Taken up Allentown. Number 520. The Allentown Railroad was started in the December 1852. Loan made February 1, 1849 1850’s that was originally planned to connect the Central Railroad with cancelled coupons. The Androscoggin and of New Jersey at Allentown to the Pennsylvania Railroad’s main line Kennebec Railroad Co. chartered on March 28, across the Allegheny Mountains. Project stopped by the Panic of 1847. On October 28, 1862, the A&K and P&K 1857. In 1859 the Allentown Railroad’s proposal was canceled due to merged to form the Maine Central Railroad. already laid tracks, so it was never fully completed. The small amount Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag collection. Est. $150- of track was owned by the Allentown Railroad. Ken Prag Collection. 250 HWAC# 75873 Est. $60-100 HWAC# 75865 Lot# 5260 , American Elevated Lot# 5265 , Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad Co Two Hundred Railroad Company One hundred shares of Androscoggin and Kennebec shares of American Elevated Railroad Railroad Company stock bond, Company common stock, number number 69. Ken Prag Collection. Est. 541. Company seal. Signed July 12, $60-100 HWAC# 75874 1902 by Osborn Congelton, president. International Bank Note Co N.Y. Cancelled July 23, 1902 by Osborn Congelton. Good condition. Ken Prag Collection Est. $90-150 HWAC# 75869 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 281

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5266 , Ann Arbor Railroad Lot# 5272 , Atchison & Nebraska Company Cancelled 10 shares of Rail Road Company Fifty Shares preferred stock from Ann Arbor Cancelled Atchison & Nebraska Rail Railroad Company Certificate No. Road Company. Certificate Number 1013 dated February 2, 1880. A3002. Signed March 31, 1922 and Atchison and Nebraska Railroad operated in Kansas and Nebraska April 1, 1922. beginning in December, 1865. Building started mid-year 1869 and it was completed in 1871. After combining with the Atchison, Lincoln and Columbus Railroad was finished in 1872. In February, 1908 The railroad company was chartered property transferred to Burlington. Ken Prag Collection Est. $200- September 21, 1895 as successor to the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North 400 HWAC# 75861 Michigan Railway.] The Ann Arbor Railroad went bankrupt. The railroad shut down on April 1, 1976. On October 7, 1988 a new Ann Lot# 5273 , Atlanta, Birmingham Arbor Railroad began operating. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $40-60 & Atlantic Railway Co. 1) HWAC# 75875 Uncancelled one hundred shares of Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Lot# 5267 , 1937 Apache Railroad Co Bond Railway Company issued January 13, Unissued $1000 5% bond. Prag Collection. Est. 1926. Number N.Y.8805. Created $100-200 HWAC# 83219 in 1914 as a reorganization of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad. The railroad went into receivership in 1921 and was acquired by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in 1926. 2) Cancelled on April 7, 1900, one hundred shares of The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Railway Company certificate no. 588 due to reorganization of the Atlanta & Richmond Air-Line Railway which occurred in 1877. In 1881 the A&CAL was leased to the Richmond & Danville Railroad and part of Southern Railway in Lot# 5268 , Arkansas Central 1894. 3) Unissued stock from Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern Railway Railway Company Gold Bond Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 75863 Arkansas Central Railway Company $1,000 Second Mortgage Gold Bond Lot# 5274 , Atlantic & St. Lawrence with all but one coupon. Signed by H. Railroad Company Cancelled Atlantic & St Johnson, president. Possible unlisted. Lawrence Railroad Company: 1) One share Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 of stock number 9490 to Mary G. Hobart, HWAC# 75876 incorporated February 10, 1845, transferred to Canadian National Realties Limited of Lot# 5269 , Arkansas Northwest Railroad Co Montreal, P.Q. on November 12, 1940 with Arkansas Northwestern Railroad Company $500 revenue stamps. Printed Staples. 2 (100 shares Series A, First Mortgage 6%, 20 year bonds with all sterling, number 490 with coupons to William coupons No 70. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 Kingsford. The St. Lawrence and Atlantic HWAC# 75877 Railroad operated between Portland, Maine and Montreal, Quebec. It crossed the Canada–US border at Norton, Vermont and Stanhope, Quebec. being owned by Genesee & Wyoming. .Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 81539 Lot# 5275 , Atlantic & Suburban Railway Lot# 5270 , Arkansas Southern Company Atlantic & Suburban Railway Company Railroad Company One share of stock. 1) Unissued stock certificate, number 84. Uncancelled Arkansas Southern 2) Cancelled on June 6, 1910 certificate number Railroad Company Capital stock for A. 8. Low certificate number possible founder. Ken E. Sweet, number 278, dated October Prag Collection . Est. $80-100 HWAC# 81825 23, 1905, signed N. L Tunsman, president. Arkansas Southern Railroad Company started in 1892 and became the Rock Island, Arkansas & Texas Railroad in 1905. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 75878 Lot# 5276 , Atlantic and Danville Railway Co Bond/Stock 1) Uncancelled fifty shares of Atlantic Lot# 5271 , Arlington & Fairfax Railway and Danville Railway Company common stock, Co. 25-Year Gold Bond Arlington and certificate number 2743 dated November 11, 1960 Fairfax Railway Company Second Lien signed by L. D. Curtis, president. 2) Uncancelled Mortgage Six Percent Gold Bond. No C71 two hundred fifty shares of second mortgage bond, Principal due October 1, 1952. W.F. Roberts Atlantic and Danville Railway Company, 3%, number Co Washington D.C. Unlisted in Cox. Ken K3, with coupons, payable July 1, 1999. Atlantic Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# and Danville Railway, founded in 1882, operated in 75879 Virginia and North Carolina. in 1890 the line between Portsmouth, Virginia and Danville, Virginia opened. In 1962, Norfolk and Western Railway purchased and changed the name to the Norfolk, Franklin and Danville Railway. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 75864 282 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5277 , Big Coal Railroad Lot# 5283 , Bleecker St & Fulton Company Cancelled one share of Ferry Rail Road Co One share of Big Coal Railroad Company for E. C. uncancelled Bleecker St & Fulton Colcard, number 6 dated October Ferry Rail Road Company Capital 1, 1902. Southern Stamp & Statry Stock. Registered July 14, 1925. Co. Not listed in Cox. Ken Prag No 1728. The Bleecker Street and Collection. Est. $500-100 HWAC# Fulton Ferry Railroad was chartered 83121 December 12, 1864. Operations began in April 1865. Service was terminated on July 26, 1917. Ken Lot# 5278 , Big Sandy Raileay HWAC# 83101 Prager Collection. Est. $100-200 Company of Virginia Big Sandy Railway Company of Virginia 1) 494 Lot# 5284 cancelled shares of stock, number 7 , Bloomsburg on April 14, 1902. 2) First Mortgage & Sullivan 4% Gold Bond for $1,000, number Railroad Co. 267 due 1944, revenue stamps. One hundred Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. uncancelled Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83120 shares Lot# 5279 , 1893, 1896, 1901 Bloomsburg & Biographical Directory of Railway Sullivan Rail Road Co. dated Officials of America, 3 Vols 3 February 15, hardcovers. 1893 Railway age and 1922. Number northwestern railroader. 1896 355. The Railway age and northwestern railroader. 1901 The railway age. Est. charter for the $200-400 HWAC# 81514 Bloomsburg and Sullivan Railroad was granted in November 1883. In 1886 Charles R. Buckalew became president. The railroad was Lot# 5280 , Birmingham & completed in 1888, and service began on November 30. The first Northwest Railway Company freight shipped on June 21, 1887; first passenger train on the railroad ran in September 1887. By 1915, six passenger trains and several Cancelled 500 shares Capital Stock freight trains were running on the railroad each day. The railroad of Birmingham & Northwestern went bankrupt in 1928. Freight service stopped in 1969. Unlisted in Railway Company, number 20 issued Cox. Ken Prag collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83102 to I. B. Tigrett dated December 28, 1912. The crossing point of three important rail lines which kept the community healthy started another Lot# 5285 , Bloomsburg Rail rail company. .When the line began Road Iron Company Unissued and operations in 1912 its’ president cancelled stock dated June 29, 1841. was I. B. Tigrett, a prominent Jackson banker, his first venture Possible specimen. Printed by John C. Clark. Ken Prag Collection. Est. into railroads. The major reason for his entry into this endeavor $100-200 HWAC# 83103 was because his bank held most of the bonds and they wanted an Lot# 5286 , Blue Ridge Rail-Road experienced banker in charge. Not listed in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83118 Co in So Carolina Five shares of stock Dated, April 1, 1857, No 342 Lot# 5281 , Birmingham & Est. $300-600 HWAC# 83105 Southeastern Railway Co. 1st Mortgage Bonds Paid Birmingham & Southeastern Railway Company Trustee’s Certificates, First Mortgage 50-Year 6% Gold Bond. Printed by Globe Litho with coupons. 1) $1,000 Lot# 5287 , Blue Principal due May 1, 1961. Number Ridge Traction 51. 2) $100 Principal due May 1, Company Ten 1961. Railroad in the Birmingham, shares of Blue Ridge Alabama area stopped operating in 2012. It was acquired by Watco Traction Company, Companies’ Birmingham Terminal Railway. Not listed in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 83119 number 109 for Robert Lichty Lot# 5282 , Birmingham, Ensley and Bessemer dated September 27, 1903. Signed Railroad Company Trustee Certificate for $1,000 by PM Snyder, Vice First Mortgage, 5% Thirty Year Gold Bond with President. Possibly coupons Payment due March 1, 1941. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# unique. Taped 83117 certificate repair. Cancelled Sept 24, 1938. Unlisted line . Ken Praq collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83106 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 283

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5288 , Boston & Main Railroad/ Boston Lot# 5292 , Boston and Albany & NY Air Line Two Fifty year gold bonds Similar Rail Road Company Three shares of graphics possible same companies at one time, Boston and Albany Rail Road Company both traveling in the northeast section of United Stock . 1) 100 shares, number C4709 States. Printed by American Bank Note Company. issued to Greene & Brock on March 1) Cancelled $5,000 registered First Mortgage 22, 1948, cancelled April 20, 1948. 4% Fifty-year Gold Bond Due August 1, 1955, No Revenue stamps. 2) Ten shares, 290. Paid to Yale University, New Haven, CT issued number B46811 issued to Carolyn on February 23, 1934. Signed by Succeeou. 2) Lana. Cancelled February 10, 1941. Unissued, 3% Fifty Year Gold Bond. Principal due 3) Unissued 100 shares, number 1950, number A68. Boston & Maine Railroad was C5970. Unissued oston and Albany chartered to continue the route to Portland. Merger In 1842 of the Bond Railroad Company $1.000 Terminal Bonk with all coupons. Due Boston & Portland Railroad in Massachusetts and the Boston & Maine Juanuary 1, 1951 3-1/2 center interest.bond, number 1419. Railroad Railroad in New Hampshire becoming the Boston & Maine Railroad.. connected Boston to Albany. Still being used my Amtrak. American The Boston & Maine served northern New England until 1983 when it Bank Note, printer. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83107 was purchased by Guilford Transportation Industries. Unlisted in Cox. Printed American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60- Lot# 5293 , Boston and Chelsea 100 HWAC# 83114 Railroad Company Six shares of preferred Boston and Chelsea Lot# 5289 , Boston and Main Railroad 10- Railroad Company, certificate Year Mortgage Bond Unissued Boston and Maine Number 71 signed by W. W. Railroad 500 Series F 6% 10-year Mortgage Bond Wheildon, president on July 15, due June, 1930 with stamps number 820. Chartered 1850.. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag in New Hampshire on June 27, 1835. The railroad Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# opened in 1840 to Exeter, New Hampshire. Unlisted 83108 in Cox. Printed American Bank Note. Ken Prag collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83110 Lot# 5294 , Boston and Maine Railroad 1) Cancelled five shares of Prior Preference Stock, number 012918 on July 9, 1931 for Joseph Lot# 5290 , Boston & W. Brackett. Cancelled July 11, Maine Railroad Preferred 1946. Printed Hamilton Bank Note Stock Two cancelled stock Company. 2) Cancelled five shares certificates for Boston & of First Preference Stock Class A, Maine Railroad. Amerian number 014087 on July 19, 1944 Bank Note Company, for B.W. Pizzini & Co. Inc.. Printed Hamilton Bank Note Company. 3) printer. 1) One hundred Cancelled 100 shares of First Preferred Stock Class D number 1050 on shares of Preferred Stock Jun 28, 1946. Printed Hamilton Bank Note Company. 4) Cancelled 100 for Mrs. Elizabeth M. shares of First Preferred Stock Class A, number NA1251 on July 16, Barrett Number E760. 1946. Printed Hamilton Bank Note Company. Cancelled July 30, 1946. Signed by J. J. Hobb on Revenue stamps. 5) Cancelled 12 shares of Common Stock for Paine, January 18, 1917. 2) Ten Webber, Jackson & Curtis, number B04171 on July 3, 1946. Printed shares of Preferred Stock Hamilton Bank Note Company.. 6) Cancelled 100 shares of Common for Maria H. Dehon Polk, Stock (can be transferred), for Robert B. Baron and Leonard Baron signed by J.J. Hobb on number NY/C9104. dated October 5, 1955. Cancelled March 23, 1956. May 21, 1917, number Printed American Bank Note Company. Boston and Maine Railroad C1423 cancelled April 10, expanded with the growth of the mill towns in the late 19th and early 1941. Boston and Maine 20th centuries. There were still financial problems and J. P. Morgan Corporation began as a U.S. took over around 1910. Not listed in Cox. Ken Prag Collection Est. Class I railroad located in New England. In 1983 it became what is now $60-100 HWAC# 83112 the Pan Am Railways network. Unlisted in Cox. Printed American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83113 Lot# 5295 , Boston and Maine Railroad Preferred stock Four Lot# 5291 , Boston & New York cancelled preferred stocks from Central Rail Road Company Boston and Maine Railroad.1) 25 Mortgage Bond Unissued, $1,000 shares to Charles Stetson, signed Boston & New York Central Rail by N. J. Hobbe, Vice-president. Road Company bond with coupons, Cancelled January 19, 1942. Printed number 1030, dated January 1, Hamilton Bank. 2) 100 shares to 1854, due January 1, 1874. Railroad Lyndon Institute Inc (Folsom Fund”) formed by combining Norfolk County, on August 18, 1938. Cancelled Southbridge and Blackstone and February 8, 1944. Printed Hamilton Bank. 3) 25 shares to Louis Norwich and Worcester Rail Roads. P. Mott & Company on May 20, 1943, number 01926. Cancelled It opened In 1855. It as in debt and November 2, 1944. printed Hamilton Bank. 4) 100 shares to Baker, bought by. Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company in 1863. Weeks & Company, number NY/P 1626 on March 22, 1955 . Printed Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83116 American Bank Note Co. Boston and Maine Railroad ran in New England and in 1983 became part of the Pan Am Railways. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83109 284 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5296 , Boston and Maine Railroad Lot# 5300 , Boston and Providence Preferred stock Three cancelled stocks from Railroad Corporation Cancelled Boston and Boston and Maine Railroad signed by W. J. Hobbe. Providence Railroad Corporation bonds with Printed by American Bank Note. 1) 3 shares of first coupons. Payable January 1, 1865. The Boston preferred stock with revenue stamps for William E. and Providence Railroad was incorporated Bixby on October 3, 1925. Cancelled Dec 31, 1942. June 21, 1831 to build a railroad between 2) 2 shares of preferred stock for Howard R. Smith Boston and Providence, Rhode Island. Printed on September 23, 1924 canceled March 6, 1945. 3) 5 by Eastburn’s Press. Ken Prag Collection. Est. shares of first preferred stock for Clara C. Hapgood $100-200 HWAC# 83138 signed by W. J. Hobbe. The Boston and Maine Railroad started its’ first section of rail in 1840. In 1842 it merged with the Maine, New Hampshire & Massachusetts and Lot# 5301 , Boston and Worcester Boston & Portland. Not listed in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50- Rail Road Corporation Cancelled 100 HWAC# 83111 eleven capital shares of Boston and Worcester Rail Road Corporation, Number 1768. Signed by Nathan Hale (not of Revolution War fame), Lot# 5297 , Boston president on July 3, 1840. Shipping and Providence Rail milk by rail was started after the Road Corporation opening of the Boston & Worcester Twenty-Five shares line. Milk cars were attached to of stock for John Gray, passenger trains. Railroad and dairy farmers continued their joint number 54 on March venture into the 20th century. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 8, 1835. The Boston HWAC# 83134 and Providence Railroad was an early Lot# 5302 , Boston and Worcester Rail-Road US Railroad in New Corporation Twenty cancelled England. Today it shares of stock for Boston is part of Amtrak’s and Worchester Rail-Road Northeast Corridor. Corporation capital stock owned by George Shattuck dated August 13, 1846. Signed by Nathan Engraved by S. Stiles & Co. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83137 Hale, president. Charted in 1831 and stared the line in 1835 from Boston to Worcester with branches into local towns. Lot# 5298 , Boston and Printed by Dutton & Wentworth Providence Railroad One stock Printers. Possible unlisted in certificate / two Gold Debenture Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. Bonds for Boston and Providence $100-150 HWAC# 83135 Railroad. Printed American Bank Note Company. 1) Cancelled 46 shares of capital stock for R. L. Day Lot# 5303 , Boston Clinton & dated January 14, 1930, number Fitchburg Railroad Co bond 31751. Printed by American Bank Two cancelled matching bonds for Note Company. 2) Cancelled $1,000 Boston Clinton & Fitchburg Railroad Five Year 6% Gold Debenture Bond, number 1064. Payable July 1, Company. 1) $1,000 6% interest 1923. Printed by American Bank Note Company. 3) $10,000 15-Year from October 1, 1877 to be paid 5% Gold Debenture Bond, Number X M91. The Boston and Providence October 1, 1883. Number 95. Printed Railroad was in the states of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It was by J. B. Buffords Lith. 2) $500 6% interest from October 1, 1877 one of the original rail lines in the United States. The line became part dated October 1, 1873 Number 95. Printed by J. B. Buffords Lith. On of the Penn Central system in 1969; Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 September 10, 1881, the Framingham and Lowell Railroad was sold HWAC# 83136 to the Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg, and New Bedford Railroad. The new Lot# 5299 , Boston and name was changed to the Lowell and Framingham Railroad Company. Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83132 Providence Railroad & Transportation Co Boston and Lot# 5304 , Boston Consolidated Providence Railroad and Transportation Company capital stock. 1) Street Railway Co One cancelled Ten shares of Boston and Providence Railroad and Transportation and one non-issued stock for Boston Company in Rhode Island to Mr. Comstock Dated December 23, Consolidated Street Railway Company. 1834. 2) Unissued stock of Boston and Providence Railroad and 1) Non-issued stock for Boston Transportation Company. Boston and Providence Railroad was Consolidated Street Railway Company, possibly one of the first commuter railroads in country. It ran from number 1338. 2) Cancelled on October 1834 - 1888 Bought by Old Colony Railroad in 1888. Railroad became 1, 1887 for conversion to preferred part of the Penn Central in 1969. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 stock. Three shares, number 1209 HWAC# 83115 signed August 2, 1887. In 1887 railroad was absorbed into the West End Street Railway, Metropolitan and South Boston Railroads and Cambridge Railroad. Printed by American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 83616 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 285

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5305 , Boston Elevated Lot# 5308 , Boston Railroad Railway Company Eight cancelled Holding Company Twenty shares of stock certificates for Boston Elevated Boston Railroad Holding Company Railway Company. 1)100 shares of stock, certificate number B1174. Boston Elevated Railway Company, Issued to Llewelyn Sherman Adams number 738 for J.P. Morgan & (January 8, 1899 – October 27, 1986). Company. Cancelled October 14, Adams was President Dwight D. 1803. Printed American Bank Note Eisenhower’s chief of staff. During Company, dated January 14, 1937. the six years he served in that 2) 100 shares of Boston Elevated position handled many important Railway Company, number A1097 for Moors & Cabot. Cancelled March issues for the President. He had previously been governor of New 15, 1937. Printed E. A. Wright Bank Note Company. 3) 50 shares of Hampshire. Printer by American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Boston Elevated Railway Company, number 87223dated June 4, 1931 Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 81827 for Elmer H. Bright & Company. Cancelled June 10, 1931. Printed John A. Lowell Bank Note Company. 4) 26 shares of Boston Elevated Lot# 5309 , Boston Terminal Company Railway Company, number 12985 dated October 10, 1830 for Boston 3-1/2% Gold Bond Boston Terminal Company Safe Deposit & Trust Company. Cancelled January 17, 1930. Printed cancelled $1,000 Two-Year Coupon Bond with John A. Lowell Bank Note Company. 5) 20 shares of Boston Elevated two coupons number A1032. .American Bank Railway Company, number 4911 dated June 21, 1922 for John H. Note Company Incorporated in 1896. A single Payne. Cancelled January 12, 1929. Printed John A. Lowell Bank terminal for all railroad lines entering Boston Note Company. 6) 5 shares of Boston Elevated Railway Company, from the South. Companies were 1) Boston number 14455 dated March 10, 1937 for Paine, Webber & Company. and Albany Railroad 2)New England Railroad Cancelled April 16, 1937. Printed E.A. Wright Bank Note Company. Company, 3) Boston and Providence Railroad, 4) 7) 4 shares of Boston Elevated Railway Company, number 6015 for Old Colony Railroad, 5) New York, New Haven, benefit Marion Newell. Cancelled October 14, 1803. Printed American and Hartford Railroad. Building completed in Bank Note Company. 8) 1 shares of Boston Elevated Railway Company, 1899. Became of the busiest station in nation. Unlisted in Cox. Printed number 59168 for Mary E. O’Connell. Cancelled February 26, 1921. American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 Printed John A. Lowell Bank Note Company. In 1894 the state of HWAC# 83122 Massachusetts authorized the Boston Elevated Railway. First area open in 1901, between Sullivan Square in Charlestown and Dudley Lot# 5310 , Boston Terminal Company Square in Roxbury. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100- Bonds Three cancelled coupon bonds for 200 HWAC# 83126 Boston Terminal Company Bonds. Printed American Bank Note Company. 1) $1,000 Lot# 5306 , Boston Elevated trustee coupon bond 3-1/2 cent interest Railway Company Receipt Cancelled due 1947 with coupons. 2) $1,000 two-year on January 29, 1900 receipt number coupon bond, number 79. Principal due 2353 dated January 18, 1898 for 1898 with coupons. 3) Cancelled Registered purchase of two share of Boston bond 3-1/2 cent interest. Principal due Elevated Railway Company by Mrs. 1947, number 11811 Ken Prag Collection. Lucy A. Drew. Printed by American Est. $100-150 HWAC# 83144 Bank Note Company. Streetcar and railroad founded in 1894, above and Lot# 5311 , Boston, Clinton and below and on the streets of Boston. Fitchburg Railroad Co Uncancelled Ken Prag Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83127 10 shares of Boston, Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad Company stock, Lot# 5307 , Boston number 75 with revenue stamp for Railroad Holding Alonzo Davis dated Sept 30, 1867. Company Boston Most of the tracks are still used today, Railroad Holding by CSX, but it no longer extends to Company - cancelled; Fitchburg but ends in Leominster. 1) 100 shares for The CSX hauls products including lumber, corn syrup and scrap metal. New York New Haven Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83130 & Hartford Railroad Lot# 5312 , Boston, Clinton, Company dated April Fitchburg New Bedroad Railroad 29, 1910, certificate Co Uncancelled 55 capital shares of number A193. 2) Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New 100 preferred shares Bedford Railroad Company. Stock for Parkinson & Burr number 39 on June 2, 1876. Signed dated December 20, 1920 certificate BA793. 3) Not issued. Printed by Solomon H Howe, president. by American Bank Note Company. A court in Massachusetts allowed Railroad was formed on June 1, incorporation due to the stock of the Boston and Main Railroad being 1876, with combining of the Boston, contested. Minority shareholders contested the sale due to sale Clinton and Fitchburg Railroad and illegal under Massachusetts law. The federal court decided verdict for minority shareholders. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# the New Bedford Railroad. The New Bedford Railroad linked it with 81826 Framingham which was a key deep-water port. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83129 286 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5313 , Boston, Clinton, Lot# 5318 , Boynton Bicycle Fitchburg New Bedroad Railroad Electric Railway Company One Co Three stocks from Boston, Clinton, share of Boynton Bicycle Electric Fitchburg, New Bedford Railroad Railway Company issued February Company. 1) 36 cancelled shares for 10, 1896 to Hattie A. Beveton, Edward Howland of New Bedford, number 403. Printed by Hosford & number 23 dated February 12, 1878. Sons. Boynton Bicycle Railroad was a 2) Unissued stock number 481 monorail on Long Island in New York. 3) Unissued stock number 1614. It was designed by E. Moody Boynton. On August 22, 1998, the Surface It ran on a single load-bearing rail at Transportation Board approved a ground level There was a wooden overhead stabilizing rail. Was in use buyout and the Norfolk Southern for only two years, but was later used in other places. Unlisted in Cox. took over the Boston, Clinton, Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83142 Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad network. Ken Prag Collection. Est. Lot# 5319 , Boynton Bicycle $60-100 HWAC# 83131 Electric Railway Company Fifty shares of Capital Stock for Boynton Bicycle Electric Railway Company, Lot# 5314 , Boston, Haartford number 159 dated March 31, & Erie Railroad Co ertificate of 1908. Signed by E Moody Boynton, Indebtedness Bond ‘’71 Black President and Treasurer. Boynton Cancelled Boston, Hartford & Erie Bicycle Railroad was a monorail on Railroad Company $1,000 Receivers’ Long Island, New York developed to run on a single rail. Ken Prag Certificate of Indebtedness, number Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83143 122 dated January 20, 1871. Incorporated by Boston investors Lot# 5320 , Bradford, Eldred and to connectithe Erie Rail Road and Cuba Railroad Company $1,000 the Hudson River with Boston and First Mortgage Bond, 6% Interest, Hartford. Rail lines purchased but number 387 with coupons. Principal little track was laid. Books written on how the treasury was looted due 1932. Printed by Franklin Bank and how Commodore Vanderbilt tried to take over the railroad, but Note Company. Unlisted in Cox. Ken he also betrayed. The company went bankrupt in 1870. In 1875 it Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 became the New York and New England Railroad. Unlisted in Cox. Ken HWAC# 83141 Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83123 Lot# 5315 , Boston, Hartford Lot# 5321 , Brandenburg Under- and Erie Railroad Company Car Electric Railway Co Two One hundred shares of Boston, Hundred Fifty Capital shares of Hartford and Erie Railroad Company Brandenburg Under-Car Electric for W. Dobson number B1583. Railway Company, number 182, dated Countersigned on May 1, 1881. New September 25, 1896 for C.F. Griffing. York and New England Railroad Signed by George Branderburg, was a major railroad connecting Secretary and George W. Van Zandt, the southern part of New York with President. Printed by Western Bank Hartford, Providence, and Boston. It operated from 1873 to 1893. Note Company. Ken Prag Collection. Prior to that time it was the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad . That Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83140 had been established by combining several smaller railroads dating back to 1846. It went into bankruptcy in 1893 and the New York and Lot# 5322 , Brashears Parlor New England Railroad were combined forming the Boston, Hartford and Sleeping Car Company and Erie Railroad Company.. Printed by Charles E. Ketcham. Ken Prag One hundred shares of capital Collection. Est. $120-200 HWAC# 83125 stock in the Brashears Parlor and Lot# 5316 , Boston, Hartford, Sleeping Car Company to Jno Jos Cellinaun, number 366, issued & Erie Rail Road Company July 9th 1887. Signed by Shipley Uncancelled fifty shares of Boston, Brashears, Secretary and G. V Crook, Hartford, & Erie Rail Road Company Vice President. Lith by A. Hoen & by Edward R. Richardson, number Company. Rare. Ken Prag Collection. 2972 on September 23, 1868. Great Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83139 Eye Appeal. Revenue Stamp. Printed by John H. Bufford’s Lith. Appears Lot# 5323 , 1875 Brighton & Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag Collection. Onondaga Valley RR Co. Certificate Est. $300-600 HWAC# 83124 #10 4 $50 shares Cptl. Stock. 4.5”x8.3” Very good condition, slight Lot# 5317 , 1866 Boston, Newport staining on top edge and lower right. and New York Steamboat Co Stock Rare. Syracuse, New York. Prag I/c #523 Emily Walker 3 shares 1866 Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# signed by President Ames. Choice 83164 steamer vignette. 25c revenue stamp. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 83364 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 287

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5324 , 1934 Broadway & Seventh Ave. Lot# 5329 , 1896 Brooklyn and Brighton RR Co. Certificate # R466 $22,000 Gold Bond. Beach RR Bond Uncancelled Gold Bond Uncancelled. Olive. Fair condition, .6” tear at #297. Maroon. Very Good condition, slight fold, .2” tear upper right, pinholes. Stamped to discoloration and wrinkling on outer fold. All indicate issued by the Manufactures Trust Co. as the coupons attached except the first. New York. The successor to the original New York Guaranty and B&BBRR opened in 1887 with the main focus Indemnity Co. Stamp on upper left face indicating a of transporting people from the city to Brighton court decision to pay bearer $2093.96. Sold to the Beach for vacation and recreational activities. It New York Railways Corp. The B&SARR operated operated until 1940. Prag Collection. Est. $150- streetcars in Manhattan starting in 1864. Prag 250 HWAC# 83159 Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 83163 Lot# 5330 , Brooklyn Elevated Lot# 5325 , 1912 Broadway & Seventh Railway Company Three hundred Ave. RR Co. Certificate # 1378, 12 $100 shares of Brooklyn Elevated Railway shares Capt. Stock.New York. Cancelled. Company, number 360 issued to and No color. Good condition, some creasing, signed by company president, W. pinholes and punches, very small stain in Fontaine Bruff. on January 30, 1880. upper right. Sold to Investment Firm A. The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad M. Kidder & Co. The B&SARR operated was an elevated railroad located in streetcars in Manhattan starting in 1864. Brooklyn. It ran from 1885 until Est. $40-60 HWAC# 83160 1899, then merged into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83157 Lot# 5326 , 1884, 1893, 1924 Broadway Lot# 5331 , Brooklyn Rapid & Seventh Ave. RR Co. Lot of three Transit stock Four stock certificates certificates. New York. for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. 1) Cancelled 100 shares on January 26, 1922, issued to #38, Mortgage Bond $1000. Cancelled. Hornblower & Weeks, number 69904, Fair condition. One revenue stamp affixed printed Franklin Lee Bank Note, 2) to top right. No coupons. Punched, some Cancelled 30 shares on February creasing. Black ink with blue seal and 2, 1915, issued to De Coppet & “$1000” in blue. 1884. #09591, Gold Company, number A79397. 3) Bond. $1000. Uncancelled, coupons Cancelled one share issued to David H. Valentine, number 20, Printed stamped “partly paid”. Good condition, coupons 73 - 100 attached, by Albert B. King Co. 4) 5interim certificate of shares issued on May 3, with tape on back of 73/74 (hidden), slight wrinkling. Green w/ gold 1899 to James McGuire number 349.Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company seal. 1893. #1722, 15 $100 shares Cptl. Stock. Cancelled. Green. Semi-fair condition. Punched and creased, stapled, two .5” tears at top. was incorporated in 1896. In 1912 The New York Consolidated 1924. Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 83162 Railroad was formed to operate the rapid transit lines. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83154 Lot# 5327 , 1884, 1885 Broadway Lot# 5332 , Brooklyn Union Surface RR Co. Two Mortgage Elevated Railroad Co stock Bond Certificates. New York. #108, Cancelled on August 9, 1913, 14 $1000. Cancelled. Fair condition, shares of Common Stock of the punched, no coupons, some creasing. Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Black w/ Green stamp. 1885. #258, Company, number A1066. Issued $1000. Uncancelled, but stamped April 26, 1899. The Brooklyn paid. Good condition, no coupons, Elevated Railroad was in Brooklyn, creased. Black with “$1000” printed New York City. It ran between 1885 in red. 1884. Starting in 1885, the and 1899, then merged into the BSRR ran streetcars in Manhattan. It was owned by the same people Brooklyn Rapid Transit. Co. Printed American Bank Note Company. as the Broadway and Seventh Ave RR, and designed to run where that Rare. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $80-150 HWAC# 83153 company couldn’t due to Union issues. Prag Collection. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 83161 Lot# 5333 , Lot# 5328 , 1929 Brooklyn & Brooklyn, Flatbush & Coney Island Queens Transit Corp Lot of four Railway Co Ten stock certificates, all from New York. shares of uncancelled #762, 100 shares Pref. Stock. capital stock of Cancelled. Temporary Certificate, Brooklyn, Flatbush orange. good condition, some and Coney Island wrinkling and pinholes. Purchased Railway Company, by major securities firm Hayden number 262, signed Stone & Co. 1929 #1544, 3 shares by James N. Smith, Comm. Stock. Uncancelled. Temp. president. Henry certificate, red. Fair condition, some creases. Purchased by Agnes Seibert & Bros Lith. Godfrey Gay, the poet and author. 1929. #P0159, 10 shares Pref. The Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway was a steam railroad Stock. Cancelled. Green, Fair condition, creasing and wrinkling, operating in Brooklyn, incorporated in 1877. Ken Prag Collection. Est. small ink stain on upper right edge. 1930. #P4570, 100 shares Pref. $150-250 HWAC# 83156 Stock. Cancelled. Orange, good condition. Pinholes and a very slight discoloration in upper left corner. 1940. The B&QT operated streetcars in New York City beginning in 1929 and lasting until 1940. Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 83158 288 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5334 , Brooklyn-Manhattan Lot# 5339 , Buffalo and Lake Erie Transfer Corporation Five stocks Traction Company Three shares for Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit of Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Corporation. 1) Cancelled Fifty shares Company stock, two unlisted. Printed of preferred stock issued to Carl M. by American Bank Note Company. Loeb & Company on June 30, 1936, 1 )two shares number B152 dated number FP23963. Printed Quayle September 18, 1907 2) 100 shares & Son. 2) Cancelled Ten shares of number A259, dated September 17, common stock issued to Post & Flagg 1907 3) 100 shares number C506, on June 10, 1937, number FC51237. dated September 17, 1907. The Buffalo & Lake Erie Traction Co. Printed Quayle & Son. 3) Cancelled was the owner of several lines including the Buffalo & Lackawanna 100 shares of common stock issued to Parrish & Company on April Traction Co. and Hamburg Railway serving the Buffalo, NY area. 13, 1928, number 25352. Printed by American Bank Note Company. Printed by American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Collection. Est. 4) Cancelled 100 shares of common stock on July 25, 1939 issued $150-300 HWAC# 83149 to H. Hentz & Company on July 21, 1989. signed by W. S. Nieuden, president. Printed by Quayle & Son. 5) Temporary certificate for three Lot# 5340 , Buffalo and shares, number TCO 2997 to Gertrude B. Hutchings on September Susquehanna Railway Co Issued 21, 1928. Printed by American Bank Note Company. Brooklyn– and uncancelled 20 shares of Buffalo Manhattan Transit Corporation took over assets of the Brooklyn Rapid and Susquehanna Railway Company, Transit Company in 1923 following their bankruptcy. The city forced number A864 issued to James Nelson the sale of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transfer Corp to the city in the late Vance, dated September 13, 1904. 1930’s. It was sold to the city on June 1, 1940. Ken Prag Collection. Operated in western and north Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83155 central Pennsylvania and western New York. The joining of logging Lot# 5335 , Buffalo & New York railroads around 1893 lead to its’ City Railroad Co. Three shares of creation. In 1929 purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Buffalo & New York City Railroad Nice condition. Printed by American Bank Note Company. Ken Prag Company, number 921 to Charles Collection. Est. $80-200 HWAC# 83146 H. Carroll on December 27, 1853. Printed by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch Lot# 5341 , Buffalo Corning and New & Edison. Unlisted in Cox. Ken Prag York Rail Road Co $1,000 Bond to Daniel S. Collection.. Est. $150-200 HWAC# 83148 Miller and Miles P. Lampson, number 417 with coupons. Signed by M. P Lampson, trustee. Lot# 5336 , Buffalo & State Line Printed by Snyder & Black. Payable June 1, 1853. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $120-200 Rail Road Company Six shares of HWAC# 83145 cancelled Buffalo & State Line Rail Road Company stock, number 835, dated February 5, 1857. Turned in for exchange on July 3rd, 1867. Buffalo and State Line Railroad Lot# 5342 , 1910, 1940 Buffalo Creek RR Co. Two started service in 1848 and stopped Non-issued Bond certificates. $1000 Gold bond. in 1867 running for 19 years in the Orange-red, with all coupons attached. Probable state of New York. Printed by Toppan specimen, all coupons and signature lines punched. Co., Ken Prag Collection. Est. $80-120 HWAC# 83147 Fine condition, slight browning at edges. 1910. New Lot# 5337 , Buffalo and Erie York. $25,000 bond. Stamped Specimen and punched at signature an number lines. Temporary Certificate Railway Company Gold Bonds Two w/o coupons. Good Condition, some creasing and .2” Unlisted Buffalo and Erie Railway tear at top. Brown. 1940. New York. The BCRR was Company First Mortgage Trustee founded in 1868, and primarily served industrial Certificate 6-1/2%, 30-year Sinking plants along Buffalo Creek. Prag Collection Est. $100- Fund Gold Bond due July 1, 1954. 200 HWAC# 83169 The Erie Railway originally ran between New York City and Buffalo moving west. Printed by Hamilton Bank Note Co, Probably specimens. 1) $1,000 2) $500. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-300 HWAC# 83150 Lot# 5343 , 187_ Buffalo Erie Lot# 5338 , Buffalo and Erie Railway Company Basin RR Co. Non-issued certificate, $100 shares. Possible Specimen, as Gold Bonds Unlisted First Mortgage - 6/12%, 30- punched at signature lines. Not listed year Sinking Fund Gold Bond number M503, due in Cox, 1stEd. Very good Condition. July 1, 1954 with coupons. On April 14, 1832 the 4.8”x9.1” Black ink. New York. Prag Buffalo and Erie Railroad, was incorporated tor Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 83168 run from Buffalo, NY to the Pennsylvania state line. The Panic of 1837 caused the demise before any track was laid. Printed Hamilton Bank Note Co., Ken Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83151 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 289

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5344 , 1900 Buffalo, Hamburg & Aurora Lot# 5350 , 1876 Burlington & Ry. Co. Two Certificate for bond. #245 $1000 Gold, Northwestern Ry. Co. Cert. #45, one and #396 $500. Uncancelled. Green and black ink. $100 share cptl. stock. Uncancelled. Good Condition, $25 coupons 5 - 49 attached. some Black ink w/ Orange seal. Good staining along outer fold. condition, some creasing and wrinkling, pinholes at right edge. Iowa. Prag Collection. Est. $60-150 #396 $500. Uncancelled. Green and black ink. HWAC# 83177 Good Condition, $12.50 coupons 5 - 49 attached. some staining along outer fold. New York. Prag Collection Est. $200-300 HWAC# 83167 Lot# 5351 , 1891 Burlington Electric Ry. Co. Cert. #217 $500 Gold Bond. Cancelled. Orange. Lot# 5345 , 1881 Buffalo, New York & Good condition. Coupons 8-40 attached, punched. Philadelphia RR Co. Certificate #4510 $1000 Punched at signature lines, stamped on cover. Bond, payable in Gold Coin. Black ink. Semi- Iowa. Prag Collection. Est. $50-80 HWAC# 83174 fair condition, .2” hole in upper center at image, staple marks, very small tears at folds, wrinkling. Stamped interest paid on outer cover, $30 coupons 8 - 80 attached, coupon 7 pinned on. New York/ Pennsylvania. Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83166 Lot# 5352 , 1914 Burlington South Chicago Terminal RR Co. Founder’s Lot# 5346 , 1885 Buffalo, Pittsburg Share. Certificate #2, 1 - $100 share & General RR (German) Certificate Cptl. Stock. Cancelled. Green. Issued #0227 Bond $1000. Uncancelled. to company President Hale Holden. Written in German. Black ink Issue receipt affixed to left side. Later on Green paper. Good Condition, transferred with a Bill of Sale affixed creasing, stamped “Interest Paid” to the back. Fair condition. Punched (also in German). New York. Unlisted and wrinkled. Small tear at top. Two in Cox 1stEd. Prag Collection Est. revenue stamps on back. Illinois. Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 $60-150 HWAC# 83165 HWAC# 83170 Lot# 5347 , c1880’s Buffalo, Lot# 5353 , Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway 187-, 19--, 1925 Stock U/C #26, punch cancelled. 2 Burlington, train vignettes. .3” edge tear. Prag Cedar Rapids Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# & Northern 83255 Ry. Co. Lot of four certificates. #C20149, Non- Lot# 5348 , 1841 Burlington & Missouri River issued, $100 shares Cptl. RR Co. Lot of two certificates. #105, 90 - $100 stock. Black ink. shares Pref. stock. Cancelled. Black ink, pink Good condition, background. Good cond., punched and stamped, receipt still creased. $0.25 revenue stamp affixed to front. attached, pinholes. Pre-signed by Treasurer. 187_. #A2356, Non- #2737, non-issued, $100 shares cptl. stock. Black ink, green background, w/ receipt attached. Fine issued, 100 - $100 shares Cptl. stock. Brown. Fine condition. 19__. #B4907, Non-issued, $100 shares Cptl. stock. Green. Fine condition. condition, small tears at receipt edge. The B&MR incorporated in Iowa. Prag Collection. Est. 19__. #B4730, 2 $100 shares Cptl. stock. Cancelled. Green. Good $100-150 HWAC# 83178 condition, punched, creased. 1925. Iowa. The BCR&N began service in 1876, operating between Iowa and Minnesota, it’s mainline would later become part of the famous Zephyr Rocket run. Prag Collection Lot# 5349 , 1871, 1878 Burlington & Missouri Est. $120-200 HWAC# 83175 River RR Co. in Nebraska Two certifcates. #1139, 100 - $100 shares cptl. stock. Cancelled. Black Lot# 5354 , 1944 Burlington, ink, tan background. Good cond., punched and Muscatine & Northwestern Ry. stamped, slight creasing. Two 25cent revenue Co. Certificate #23, 166 2/3 - $100 stamps affixed, one front, one back. 1871. #183, shares Cptl. Stock. Uncancelled. This is a typed document with no 100 - $100 shares cptl. stock. Cancelled. Brown. adornment, except a gold stamp at bottom right with company seal. Very good cond., punched/stamped, faint creasing. Fair condition, wrinkled at top with residue of adhesive on back, three Sold to the Merchants National Bank of Boston. hole punched at left. 1944 Iowa. Cert. #38, 60 - $100 shares Cptl. 1878. The company was incorporated in Nebraska stock. Cancelled. Green. Fair condition, wrinkled, punched, Bill of in 1869, as a sub-branch of the Iowa based Burlington & Missouri River RR Co. Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 Sale stapled to back with $3 revenue stamp. 1944. Iowa. The BM&N HWAC# 83179 incorporated in Iowa in 1925. Not listed in Cox 1stEd. Prag Collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 83173 290 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5355 , Burlinton, Misc. Railroads Lot# 5359 , Carson & Colorado Lot of five certificates from various Time Rolls (1898) Individual time railroads around a Burlington. Not listed sheets for stations include Wabuska, in Cox 1stEd. Burlington Northern Inc. Candelaria, Luning, Soda Springs, Belleville, Dayton, Mound House, Certificate #6869, $1000 Equipment Summit Station, Schurz, Cleaves Station, Washout Station, Dayton, and trust. Cancelled. Purple. Good condition. Sodaville. Many of these are hard to find stations. Agent or foreman Coupons 2 - 14 attached. Punched. 1975. is listed for each stop. Washout lists Foreman Williams Higgins and New York. Burlington Northern Sante Fe unnamed China Labor. Dayton agent is WW Coffin. Also receiving Corp. Cert. #049289, 16 - $0.01 shares pay was mail carrier WW Coffin. Belleville had Chinese and Indian Comm. stock. Uncancelled. Olive. Good laborers. Ten time sheets total. All different. All Nevada. Also an 1882 condition, creased. 1995. New York/ time table. End of the line for this time table was only Belleville, it had Delaware. Burlington, Peoria & Toledo RR Co. Non-issued certificate not reached the Summit, let alone Keeler. Includes a short history of $100 Cptl. stocks. Black ink. Fine condition, receipt still attached. the C&C. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 99401 18__. Illinois/ Indiana/ Ohio. Burlington, Muscatine & Northwestern Ry. Co. Non-issued cert. #71, $100 shares Cptl. stock. Green. Very Lot# 5360 , 1895, 1900 Central of Fine condition. 192_. Iowa. Burlington South Chicago Terminal RR Co. Georgia Railway Company Bonds Non-issued cert. # 50, $100 Cptl. stock. Green Very good condition, 1) Number 3442. Coupons 22 to 50 some creasing at upper right. Receipt attached, staple marks. 19__. attached. Seriously hole punch cancelled. Illinois. Prag Collection. Est. $100-120 HWAC# 83172 Brown. 2) Green. Number 43 to Robert F Fleming (through executrix Mary E Lot# 5356 , 1925, 1928 Burrows Train Control Fleming. No coupons. 1900. Names heavily hole punched. Edge issues. The Co. Two Certificates. #1807, 2000 - $1 shares Central Rail Road & Canal Company Comm. Stock. Uncancelled. Brown, bronze seal. was organized in 1833 by a group Fair condition. Creased and two .8” tears at the top. of Savannah businessmen who were 1925. concerned that Charleston’s new railroad to Augusta would bring a loss of Central of shipping business for their port. its name was quickly changed to Central of Georgia Railway. It continued to grow through #1186, 200 - $1 shares Pref. Stock. Uncancelled. acquisition and by 1890 owned 2,300 miles of track. [railraods of Orange, gold seal. Good condition, creased, small Georgia online] Est. $80-120 HWAC# 58270 tears in upper left corner. 1928. Delaware. Prag collection. Est. $100-150 HWAC# 83171 Lot# 5361 , Central Pacific & The Southern Lot# 5357 , Bush Terminal Company Pacific Railroads by Beebe Rare. Hardcover centennial edition 1963, 121 photos by Richard Eight cancelled stock certificates for Bush Steinheimer and hundreds more. Great pictorial Terminal Company printed by Quayle & Son. reference. 631pp. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 84978 1) 100 shares for Frederic B. Studwell dated October 26, 1937. Certificate number 16152. 2) 100 shares for Max Friedman dated May 29, 1940. Certificate number 6521. 3) 50 shares for Amos W. Frishkorn dated December 21, 1938. Certificate number 1799. 4) 10 shares for Joseph A. Farley dated May 9, 1932. Lot# 5362 , Central Pacific Railroad Certificate number 11434 5) 5 shares for Baggage Tag Very rare, circa 1868-1879. DeCoppet & Doremus dated June 9, 1936. Certificate number 14354. Reads “Cent. Pac. RR.Co / 28703. 35 x 41 mm. 6) 5 shares for Jacquelin & Deooppet dated Feb 3, 1937. Certificate Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83924 number 037740. 7) 2 shares for Marie Biornstad dated April 7, 1939. Certificate number 871. 8) 1 shares for Mary Cramer dated July 2, 1932. Certificate number 032537. Bush Terminal is named after its founder Irving T. Bush. In 1895, he obtained six warehouses and a pier started a terminal that would handle freight. ]Ken Prag Collection. Est. $70-100 HWAC# 83100 Lot# 5363 , 1871-1876 Central Pacific Railroad Ephemera (2) Lot# 5358 , 1919 California, 1871 billhead and 1876 expense bill Arizona and Santa Fe Railway for book cases. Est. $80-100 HWAC# Stock I/C #12 UT Clotfelter 1 82579 share 1919 signed by VP Illegible. “The California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway was a non-operating Lot# 5364 , City of Brownsville subsidiary (paper railroad) of Rail Road Bonds Unlisted $500 City Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe of Brownsville Rail Road Bonds, No. Railway (ATSF). It was incorporated 44 with revenue stamps and coupons, in 1911, and was merged into the dated July 1, 1879. Issued on February ATSF in 1963. California, Arizona and 8, 1870. Lith.by Strobridge & Co. Ken Santa Fe would ultimately be absorbed by Burlington Northern Santa Prag Collection. Est. $500-1000 HWAC# Fe Railway.” from wikipedia. Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83152 83470 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 291

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5365 , 1937 City Railway Lot# 5369 , Council City & Stock I/U #1684 Samuel Markham Solomon River Railroad Company 3 shares 1937 signed by VP illegible. One hundred shares of Council City Punch holes. Prag Collection. Est. & Solomon River Railroad Company, $200-400 HWAC# 83258 number 341, issued to Alexander Gilbert, signed October 5, 1905. Registered October 6, 1905. Council City and Solomon River Railroad is abandoned railroad in Alaska. The name refers to the Solomon River Lot# 5366 , 1885 Cleveland, and the city of Council. The railway operated from 1903 to 1907. Columbus, Cincinnati & Printed: American Bank Note Co. Ken Prag Collection. Est. $80-120 Indianapolis Railway Stock I/C HWAC# 83636 #1927 Henry Clews and Co 100 shares 1885 signed by President Lot# 5370 , 1906 Denver and Rio illegible. Henry Clews signature Grande Co Stock I/U #60209 1906 on rear.”He was born in August 14, 10 shares signed by President White? 1834[ in Staffordshire, England, Mountain vignette.”Formerly the and emigrated to the United States Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. The in 1853. His first job was at a pottery import business, working as a railroad started as a 3 ft (914 mm) junior clerk. In 1859 he co-founded Livermore, Clews, and Company, narrow-gauge line running south what was then the second largest marketer of federal bonds during the from Denver, Colorado in 1870. It United States Civil War. He split away and started Clews and Company served mainly as a transcontinental in 1877. Henry Clews organized the “Committee of 70,” which deposed bridge line between Denver, and the corrupt ring associated with William M. Tweed in New York City, Salt Lake City, Utah. The Rio Grande was also a major origin of coal and he served as an economic consultant to President Ulysses Grant. and mineral traffic. The Rio Grande was the epitome of mountain He married Lucy Madison Worthington, who was a relative of US railroading, with a motto of Through the Rockies, not around them President James Madison and a descendent of American Revolutionary and later Main line through the Rockies, both referring to the Rocky War brigadier general Andrew Lewis; they had two children: Elsie Mountains. The D&RGW operated the highest mainline rail line in Worthington Clews, an anthropologist, and Henry Clews Jr. (1876– the United States, over the 10,240 feet (3,120 m) Tennessee Pass in 1937), an artist. Towards the end of his life he wrote one of the most Colorado, and the famed routes through the Moffat Tunnel and the famous classics about life on Wall Street entitled “Fifty Years in Wall Royal Gorge. At its height in the mid-1880s, the D&RG had the largest Street”. He died of bronchitis in New York City, New York on January narrow-gauge railroad network in North America with 2,783 miles 31, 1923.” from wikpedia. Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 HWAC# (4,479 km) of track interconnecting the states of Colorado, New 83254 Mexico, and Utah.” from wikipedia. Pin holes and rear ink stain. Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83260 Lot# 5367 , Colorado Railroad Hardcovers (6) 6 railroad hardcovers. Lot# 5371 , 1898 Rails Around Gold Hill by Cafky, The Denver and Rio Colorado Road by Wagner, Narrow Gauge Grande Co Stock to Central and Silver Plume by Hauck, I/C #2759 Hubrect, Colorado Midland by Cafky, Florence and Van Harencarspel Cripple Creek RR Annual No 13, Rio Grande & Vas Visser 100 by Beebe & Clegg. Nice Colorado rail group. shares 1883 signed Est. $300-600 HWAC# 85634 by President illegible. Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# Lot# 5368 , 1877-1898 Comstock 84130 Railroad Ephemera: Carson & Colorado and Virginia & Truckee Lot of 6. 1) Virginia & Truckee Railroad: a) 1879 way- bill for the transport of coal from Carson City to Ophir. Ophir is a rare Washoe Valley location! b) 1877 V&T voucher with two documents attached for rebates on wood shipped for the Bullion Mining Company. c) two V&T bond coupons. 2) Carson & Colorado Railroad: a) 1885 company Lot# 5372 , Elko, Nevada Street paycheck for Wm. Merwood for 3 days worked as a laborer under JW Scene Welcoming the WPRR Haynie. Signed by both. Not common. b) 1898 company payroll listing Photograph. December 23, 1908. five firemen working for the railroad! Folds, toning, some separation. The inscription on the photograph reads, “ELKO BAND GIVING THE Est. $100-200 HWAC# 78651 W.P.R.R. A HEARTY WELCOME”. The WPRR was built in the early part of the 20th century. It was known for its scenic routes in California, Nevada, and Utah. Finished in 1910, the railroad survived as the WPRR until 1982 when it merged with Union Pacific. The railroad was known worldwide as an authentic western experience. The band, welcoming the WPRR, can be seen standing on the left of the photograph. Swift’s Pride Soap and Washing Powder store is behind the band. Horse and wagons are coming down the street on the right. Photograph by Atherton and Son. Includes history of Elko and the Western Pacific Railroad from 1908 to 1912. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 99340 292 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5373 , 186- Fancy Proof Lot# 5379 , 1869 Germantown Speciman Stock Certificate for the Passenger Rail Way Stock I/C #273 Frankfort Gold Mining Company William Fisher 100 shares 1869 Take a good look at how the shares signed by President Warthman. and number are to be written. Fancy Philadelphia are railway.Vignettes scroll work around the location of of eagle, 2 different women, men the United States Revenue stamp. with horses. 25c revenue stamp. Pin Incorporated in New York. One holes, 2 dogears. Prag Collection. Est. crease mark runs along the right side. $300-500 HWAC# 83243 Otherwise in excellent condition. Doing a quick search, we could find Lot# 5380 , 1902 Grand Canyon no reference to this company. Perhaps no stock certificate was ever Railway Co. Extra rare! I/C #50 ER issued??? Vignettes of placer mining, eagle, and allegorical women in Morse 20 shares 1902 signed by front of a steam train and steamer. Est. $130-240 HWAC# 57310 President illegible. Punch cancelled. “In 1901, the Atchison, Topeka and Lot# 5374 , 1872 Flint and Pere Santa Fe Railway completed a branch Marquette Railway Stock I/U line from Williams to Grand Canyon #129 EB Ward 100 shares 1872 Village at the South Rim. The first signed by President EB Ward. 25c scheduled train to carry paying revenue stamp. Nice condition. Prag passengers of the Grand Canyon Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# Railway arrived from Williams on September 17 of that year. The 64- 83246 mile (103-kilometer) long trip cost $3.95, and naturalist John Muir later commended the railroad for its limited environmental impact. To accommodate travelers, the Santa Fe designed and built the El Tovar Lot# 5375 , 1868 Flint and Pere Hotel, located just 20 feet (6.1 meters) from the Canyon Rim. El Tovar Marquette Railway Stock Issued opened its doors in January 1905.” from wikipedia. Prag Collection. cut cancelled #112 Samuel Farrell Est. $500-1000 HWAC# 83471 100 shares 1868 signed by President Lot# 5381 , 1853 Grand Junction Rail Road Farrell. 25c revenue stamp. Left toning. Prag collection. Est. $150- and Depot Co Bond #8 $1000 6% bond. Signed 300 HWAC# 83247 by Thomas Hopkinson, William Whiting, Isaac Livermore, treasurer Robinson and President illegible. “The railroad was chartered April 24, Lot# 5376 , 1872 Flint and Pere 1847, to connect the railroads entering Boston from the north and west with its wharves in East Marquette Railway Stock I/U #187 Boston. This was a rechartering of the Chelsea Tho Knowles 500 shares 1872 signed Branch Railroad, incorporated April 10, 1846. by President illegible. “The Flint and The first section to open was from East Boston Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM) is to the Boston and Maine Railroad in Somerville, a defunct railroad which operated in opened in 1849. It began at a huge waterfront yard complex on Boston the U.S. state of Michigan between Harbor, occupying the space east of the Eastern Railroad terminal and 1857 and 1899. It was one of the west of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad terminal. ...The three companies which merged to line was reorganized as the East Boston Freight Railroad in 1862, and become the Pere Marquette Railway.” the Boston and Albany bought the property in 1869. It passed with from wikipedia. 25c revenue stamp. Creases, ink bleed thru, pin holes. Prag Collection. Est. $150-300 HWAC# 83248 the B&A into larger companies - the New York Central Railroad, Penn Central and Conrail. On February 28, 1955, the counterweight fell off Lot# 5377 , 1875 Frankfort and the Chelsea Creek drawbridge, taking the bridge permanently out of service; subsequently B&A trains reached East Boston from Chelsea Elion Rail Road Stock Very rare. using B&M trackage rights via Revere. B&A service to East Boston I/U no # James Stewart 1 share ended around 1972. A small footnote is the Union Railroad, which was 1875 signed by president illegible. Street train vignette. Pinholes and incorporated May 10, 1848, for the same purpose, and was authorized lower toning, please inspect. Prag to merge with the Grand Junction February 25, 1854.” from wikipedia. Collection. Est. $300-500 HWAC# Small ship vignette and great large ships and train vignette. Prag 83245 Collection. Est. $1000-2000 HWAC# 83239 Lot# 5378 , 1880 Galena & Lot# 5382 , 1852 Grand Junction Wisconsin Railroad Stock Issued Rail Road and Depot Co Bond transferred #82 Wm Bell 4 shares I/U $1000 #48 signed by President 1880 signed by President Stahl. “The illegible. 1852. “The Grand Junction Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad is an 8.55-mile (13.76 km) long railroad in the Boston, Railroad Company (G&SWRR) Massachusetts, area, connecting the existed as a functioning 3 ft (914 railroads heading west and north mm) narrow gauge railroad from 1874 to 1880, when it was bought from Boston. Most of it is still in by the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). Originally it use, carrying scrap either inbound had connections between Galena, Illinois and Platteville, Wisconsin, or outbound to the Schnitzer scrap yard on the Everett waterfront with later additions reaching up to Monfort Junction, Wisconsin, or freight to the Chelsea Produce Market,[2] and non-revenue near Montfort, Wisconsin, where it ran west to Fennimore, WI, and transfers of Amtrak and MBTA passenger equipment between the connected to the Chicago and Tomah Railroad.” from wikipedia. 1 pin lines terminating at North Station and South Station. The line is also hole. Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83242 notable for its railroad bridge over the Charles River that passes under the Boston University Bridge between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.” from wikipedia. 1 small hole. Prag Collection. Est. $300-500 HWAC# 83244 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 293

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5383 , 1855 Grand Rapids & Lot# 5386 , Indiana Rail Road Stock I/U #25 1853 Greenville E Weir 48 shares 1855 signed by & Columbia President Loman. “The Grand Rapids Railroad Stock and Indiana Railroad at its height I/U #1507 5 provided passenger and freight shares 1853 signed railroad services between Cincinnati, by President Ohio and the Straits of Mackinac in O’Neall. “The line Michigan, USA. The company was traces its history formed on January 18, 1854. After back to 1845, grappling with financial difficulties when Greenville, for many years, the company opened service between Bridge Street South Carolina- in Grand Rapids to Cedar Springs, Michigan, on December 25, 1867, a area leaders distance of about 20 miles (32 km). The gross earnings of the railroad Benjamin Perry, in 1867 were about $22,700. In July 1868 it had 2 engines in service: Waddy Thompson Jr., John T. Coleman and Joel Poinsett called a the Pioneer and the Muskegon. At that time the company also utilized public meeting, this one presided over by Vardry McBee. The goal a single passenger coach and single baggage car, six box cars, 24 flat was to create enthusiasm and collect subscriptions for a rail line to cars and five hand cars. By 1869 the railroad was again in trouble with the northern and southern parts of the state. With a committee of 30 its creditors, and the courts appointed a receiver, Jesse L. Williams potential subscribers, they agreed to seek a preliminary charter for a of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to control the company. Under Williams’ Greenville and Columbia Railroad, with the understanding that they direction the Continental Improvement Company was hired on May raise at least $300,000 in subscriptions within a year. 1, 1869 to complete the line between Fort Wayne and Little Traverse Unsuccessful, the group renewed their charter the following year. Bay in Michigan. Fifty-one days later, on June 21, 1869, the Continental The plan was to build a 109-mile line up the east side of the Saluda Improvement Company had laid the last rail connecting Cedar Springs River through Newberry, South Carolina, and Laurens, South Carolina, to Morley, Michigan. Williams was discharged as receiver on June 20, to Greenville. The 30 commissioners sought subscribers from 1871.” from wikpedia. Left chip, pin holes. Prag collection. Est. $200- Columbia, South Carolina, and all the surrounding counties. They 400 HWAC# 83240 were successful but when stockholders met in May 1847 in Columbia, those from the capital city and from the Abbeville and Anderson Lot# 5384 , ra Green Bay, Winona and St. Paul districts, urged by local property owner and famed politician John C. Railroad Bond #628 $1000 4% second mortgage Calhoun, who wanted a different route, voted to build a 147-mile line income bond signed by President Sloan. Train on the west side of the river with its terminus in Anderson. Greenville and Native American vignettes. Prag Collection. stockholders, and especially McBee, the largest single subscriber, cried Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83266 foul. They wanted their money back, but the majority stockholders refused. So the Greenville contingent chartered the Greenville Railroad Co. and threatened to build a railroad from “Dr. Brown’s place,” near modern-day Belton, South Carolina, directly to Greenville, to shift freight and passengers away from Anderson. McBee also put up $50,000 of his own money to make the subscription possible. The Lot# 5385 , 1890 other stockholders reluctantly agreed. McBee’s hand-picked candidate, Greensburgh and John Belton O’Neall, was elected president of the line.” from wikipedia. Foxing, left toning. .3” seam tear3 dogears. Prag Collection. Est. $300- Hempfield Electric 500 HWAC# 83241 Street Railroad Bond I/U #41 $500 6% bond Lot# 5387 , Gulf & Ship Island Railroad signed by President Co Bond Large I/C #21 $100 signed by Jamison. Most coupons Supervisor illegible.”The Gulf and Ship intact. 2 horse Island Railroad was constructed in the state vignette. Operating of Mississippi, USA, at the turn of the 20th outside Pittsburg, century to open a vast expanse of southern the Greensburg & yellow pine forests for commercial harvest. In Hempfield Electric spite of economic uncertainty, entrepreneurs Street Railway with William H. Hardy and Joseph T. Jones single-truck cars successfully completed railroad construction. made their debut in The railroad resulted in the development the fall of 1890. Prag of a seaport and expansion of cities along its route. he Gulf and Ship Collection. Est. $300- 500 HWAC# 83262 Island Railroad was developed under three charters provided by the Mississippi State Legislature. The first charter was given in 1850, followed by a second in 1856. The second charter expired and lapsed for 31 years, because of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The state legislature validated a third charter in 1887.” from wikipedia. Some red ink transfer. Prag Collection. Est. $150-250 HWAC# 83238 View High Resolution Images, Register, Place Bids, See Current Opening Bids Visit the online catalog at FHWAC.com 294 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5388 , 1853 Hartford, Lot# 5392 , 1917 Indian Valley Providence and Fishkill Railroad Railroad Stock I/U #9 Standard Bond #1135 $1000 7% bond. Turquoise Realty Development 240 shares 1917 seal. Signed by President illegible. The signed by VP illegible. Staple holes. corridor from Providence, Rhode Island Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 west into New York was originally HWAC# 83218 chartered as three companies. The Providence and Plainfield Railroad, chartered in June 1846, would run from Providence to the Rhode Island/ Connecticut state line. The Hartford and Lot# 5393 , 1905 Indian Valley Providence Railroad, incorporated in May 1847, would continue west Railway Stock I/C #8 N Yard 10 to Hartford, Connecticut, and the New York and Hartford Railroad, shares 1905 signed by President chartered and incorporated in May 1845, would continue to the New illegible. “The Indian Valley Railroad York and Harlem Railroad at Brewster, New York. In 1849, the two was a shortline railroad that was Connecticut companies merged to form the Hartford, Providence and constructed from the Engels Copper Fishkill Railroad.” from wikipedia. 3 coupons attached. Locomotive, Mine to a connection with the tender and 2 car vignette. Prag Collection. Est. $300-500 HWAC# Western Pacific Railroad at Paxton, 83234 in Plumas County, northeastern Lot# 5389 , 1897-1908 Holman California. The Western Pacific line Locomotive Speeding Truck Co was completed through Paxton in 1909. The IV was incorporated on June 30, 1916 and grading commenced a month later.” from wikipedia. Stocks (2) #8921 L Johnson 1 share Bald eagle and Native American vignettes. Toning and dogears. Prag 1897, #1366 John Stein 10 shares Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 83220 1908. Both signed by President WJ Holman. This company was a scam. “ Lot# 5394 , 1857 Iowa The first locomotive appeared in 1887, Central Air Line Railroad designed by the Holman Locomotive Co Stock I/C #739 B Hark Speeding Truck Company. The wheels 2 shares 1857. Signed by were placed atop 2 sets of extra wheels President Jones. “The Iowa and rollers, but the company claimed Central Air Line Rail Road, it increased speed and would be the locomotive of the future. The also derisively known as the design shows no gearing that would notably increase speed, but did Calico Railroad, is a historic cause heavy slippage and increased top heaviness. It was immediately railroad that operated in assailed by practical railroad men. The engine was run a few trips on a Iowa. The railroad operated straight railroad in New Jersey, which was used merely as a stimulant from Lyons, Iowa to Council to stock selling. Unfortunately many people with limited savings Bluffs, Iowa and was were allured, into investing their hard earned money in this swindle. organized in 1853. Iowa The company attempted to raise $10 million by selling fake shares of residents purchased stock stock at $25 per share. Many people fell for the swindle and lost their and Iowa counties voted hard-earned money when the inventors as well as the locomotive bonds to help build the road. disappeared.” from reddit.com. Vignette of the multi wheeled Early in 1854 work on the locomotive. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83235 track between Lyons and Lot# 5390 , 1862 Huntingdon & Iowa City was begun and progressed rapidly. The funds, however, were inadequate and some were misappropriated. As a result, work was Broad Top Mountain Rail Road stopped in June and engineers, contractors and laborers, involving & Coal Co Stock I/C #16 S Morris some 2,000 persons in all, were left without their pay and without Nal? 11830 shares 1862 signed work. The Iowa counties, however, were compelled to redeem their by President illegible. 4 vignettes- bonds. The railroad company had a store at Lyons, and the goods Washington, miner with pick, dogs, (including a supply of calico) were distributed in partial payment to train on river bridge. Prag Collection. the workers; hence the nickname.”From wikipedia.com. Blacksmith Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83236 and train vignettes. Left toning. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# Lot# 5391 , 1863 Huntingdon & 83233 Broad Top Mountain Rail Road & Coal Co Stock I/C #1141 S Stewart Lot# 5395 , 18-- Iowa RR Misc. Stocks 50 shares 1863 signed by President Two Non-issued certificates from Iowa, with Hatton? “A former short line railroad receipts attached. Burlington, Cedar Rapids and company operating passenger and Minnesota Ry. Co. $100 shares cptl. stock. Black freight service on standard gauge ink. Very good cond, slight wrinkling, tears along track in south central Pennsylvania. receipt edge. 18__. Burlington & Western Ry. Co. Operational headquarters were in $100 shares cptl. stock. Black ink. Good cond., Huntingdon, and Saxton, with financial and business offices located torn along receipt edge. 18__. Prag Collection in Philadelphia. The primary shop facilities were located in Saxton; Est. $60-100 HWAC# 83176 auxiliary car shop facilities were at Huntington. Turntables were located at Huntingdon, Saxton, and Mount Dallas, Pennsylvania.” from wikipedia. 25c revenue stamp. 3 vignettes, most interesting is bare chested man tending a furnace. Toning, pin hole, creases. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83237 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 295

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5396 , 1917 Jackson and Lot# 5400 , 1854 La Crosse and Eastern Railway Co. Stock I/C #6 Milwaukee Rail Road Stock I/U #92 CW Sch? 1 share 1917 signed by Jacob Hoover 1 share 1854 signed President illegible. “The Jackson & by President illegible. Farmers with Eastern Railway was incorporated wheat vignette. Prag Collection Est. in Mississippi on January 24, 1916, $240-400 HWAC# 85102 for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from Union to Jackson, Mississippi, about 72 miles. The date of organization was January 26, 1916. Construction began at Lot# 5401 , 1883 La Crosse, Iowa and Union, where the line connected with the Meridian & Memphis, and Southwestern Railway Bond #3838 $1000 6% was completed as far as Sebastopol, Mississippi, 13.513 miles, when bond signed by president illegible. Operated from the road opened for operation in November 1916. This portion of the MN to IA. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# line was built by Sam A. Neville, then president and general manager 85101 of the road. Authorized capital stock was $100,000 of which $99,700 was issued to S. A. Neville in part payment for construction of the railroad.” from msrailroads.com. 2 bottom tears, left damage, sold as is. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83229 Lot# 5397 , 1891 Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co I/C #2069 $1000 4% bond signed by President Lot# 5402 , 1873 La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington Railroad Bucke. Trainyard vignette. All coupons attached. “The Kanawha & Michigan was incorporated under Stock Unlisted in 1st edition. I/U the general laws of the States of Ohio and West #175 John Samuel 1 share 1873 Virginia, the articles of incorporation being filed in signed by President Earl. Fair those States on April 24, 1890, and April 25, 1890, condition. Prag Collection. Est. $100- respectively; for the stated purpose of acquiring, 200 HWAC# 84976 completing, maintaining, and operating the property and franchises of The Kanawha and Ohio Railway Company. The Kanawha & Michigan subsequently acquired the property, rights, and franchises of one other railroad Lot# 5403 , 1928 Lackawanna corporation. The Kanawha & Michigan, itself, and that corporation, and Wyoming Valley Railroad together with their predecessors, total eight different corporations, Gold Debentures (2 specimens) and comprise the line of corporate succession culminating in the 2 punched specimens $1000, $500. Kanawha & Michigan as at present constituted.” from wikipedia. Prag Prag Collection Est. $100-150 Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 83230 HWAC# 84970 Lot# 5398 , 1857 La Crosse and Lot# 5404 , 1928 Lackawanna and Wyoming Milwaukee Rail Road Bond, #1 #1 $500 Valley Railroad Stocks (2) I/U #48 John Culp 8% bond signed by President Kilborn. .5” seam tear. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 124 shares signed by President Stevens. I/U # HWAC# 85127 26 John Culp 160 shares signed by President Stevens. Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 84971 Lot# 5399 , 1856-1857 La Crosse Lot# 5405 , 1937-1940 Lackawanna and and Milwaukee Rail Road Bonds, Wyoming Valley Railroad Stocks (2) Unlisted 3 Different 3 unlisted bonds. #385 in 1st edition. 2 I/U. #140 Louis Berger 50 $1000 8% 1857 signed by President shares 1937 signed by President Stevens- Kilborn. #784 $1000 7% signed by creases. #145 Abbott. Proctor & Paine 100 President Kilborn, rear tap, small shares 1940. “The Lackawanna & Wyoming crease tears. #57 $1000 7% signed Valley Railroad, more commonly known as by President Kilborn. “As a result of the Laurel Line, was a Pennsylvania third the financial panic of 1857, the M&M rail electric interurban streetcar line which went into receivership in 1859, and operated commuter train service from 1903 was purchased by the Milwaukee to 1952, and freight service until 1976.’ from and Prairie du Chien in 1861. In 1867, Alexander Mitchell combined wikipedia. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# 84972 the M&PdC with the Milwaukee and St. Paul (formerly the LaCrosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company) under the name Milwaukee and St. Lot# 5406 , 1903 Lackawanna and Paul. Critical to the development and financing of the railroad was the Wyoming Valley Rapid Transit acquisition of significant land grants. Prominent individual investors Cert Unissued punched #88 cert of in the line included Alexander Mitchell, Russell Sage, Jeremiah indebtedness. Prag Collection Est. Milbank and William Rockefeller.” from wikipedia. Please inspect. Prag $50-800 HWAC# 84973 Collection. Est. $600-1000 HWAC# 85128 296 December 2018

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5407 , 1855 Lackawanna Rail Lot# 5413 , 1887 Lake Erie, Alliance and Southern Road Bond #407 $500 7% signed by Railway Bond #732 $1000 6% gold bond 1887. President Jessup. Prag Collection Est. Operated 1887-1893. Signed by President Griffin. $200-300 HWAC# 85126 Prag Collection Est. $150-250 HWAC# 85122 Lot# 5408 , 1856 Lackawanna Rail Road Lot# 5414 , 1911 Lake Erie, Stocks, 2 Different #821 $1000 red print Bowling Green and Napoleon 7% signed by President Jessup-several crease Railway Cert of Deposit Unlisted. tears. Thick parchment like paper #963 $1000 #42 State Bank $4000. Creases, red print signed by President Jessup, Wall corner missing, tears, rear tape St. printer address-rear tape repair, center repair. Poor condition, sold as is. Prag hole, small cease tears. Please inspect. Prag Collection. Est. $100-200 HWAC# Collection Est. $400-800 HWAC# 85125 85120 Lot# 5409 , Lackawanna Tunnel Lot# 5415 , Lake Erie, Youngstown & Southern Railroad Stock Stock Unlisted. Unissued/canceled Unissued #171. Prag Collection Est. #98. Prag Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 85124 $50-100 HWAC# 85119 Lot# 5410 , LaGrange Connecting Lot# 5416 , Lake Huron and Railroad Stock Unissued, punched Northern Ontario Railway Stock #39. Prag Collection Est. $50-80 Unissued #1002. Prag Collection Est. HWAC# 84975 $30-50 HWAC# 85118 Lot# 5411 , 1875 Lake Erie and Lot# 5417 , 1871 Lake Ontario Shore Rail Road Bond I/C #30 $100 Louisville Railway Bond #1080 7% Norman Titus 1871. Signed by Titus gold bond, orange underprint signed by and 2 other illegible. Prag Collection Rawson. Consolidation of the Fremont, Est. $150-300 HWAC# 85116 Lima, and Union and the Lake Erie and Pacific Railroads. Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 85121 Lot# 5418 , 1871 Lake Ontario Shore Rail Road Bonds (2) 2 I/C bonds. #856 red $100, Lot# 5412 , Lake signed by Smith, Doolittle and Fort, red seal, 5c Erie, Alliance revenue stamp-creases, toning, holes. #294 blue & Wheeling $500 signed by Smith, Doolittle and Fort, red Railroad seal-.5” tear.”The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Stock Unlisted. was a short-lived common carrier railroad Unissued/ in New York that was absorbed by the Rome, cancelled. #71. Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad.” Toning. Prag Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 85117 Collection Est. $50-100 HWAC# 85123 Bid online at FHWAC.com or call 775-851-1859 297

DAY 5 Sunday, Dec 9th Railroadiana Lot# 5419 , 1872 Lake Ontario Lot# 5425 , 1880 Lancaster and Shore Rail Road Stock Unlisted in Reading Narrow Gauge RR Stock I/U 1st edition. I/U #83 J Brown 1 share #278 CM Hess 10 shares 1880. Signed 1872 signed by President Mollison. by President illegible. “The Lancaster Nice red seal and 25c revenue & Reading Narrow Gauge Railroad was stamp. Train on bridge with eagle chartered in 1871 to build a narrow overlooking vignette. “The Lake gauge network between Safe Harbor Ontario Shore Railroad was a short- and Reading via Lancaster including a lived common carrier railroad in New branch to Quarryville, competing directly York that was absorbed by the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg with the neighboring Reading Company Railroad. from wikipedia. Prag Collection Est. $400-600 HWAC# 85115 subsidiary the Reading & Columbia. Before construction commenced it was decided to build the line to Lot# 5420 , Lake Shore and standard gauge instead, but the Panic of 1873 quickly stalled progress. Michigan Southern Railway Falling into financial distress, the Lancaster & Reading Narrow Gauge Stocks, 3 Different Unissued/ Railroad was ironically leased to the Reading Company becoming an canceled purple #109 $50000, brown extension of its Lancaster Branch, part of the R&C.” from michaelfroio. #1060-rough condition, black #89 com. Creases and dogear. Prag Collection Est. $100-200 HWAC# 85109 $50000-toning and stains. “The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Lot# 5426 , Lancaster, PA Railroad Stocks (2) Railway, established in 1833 and Unlisted brown unissued Lancaster and Hamden sometimes referred to as the Lake Railway #313 c. 1880’s. Unissued Lancaster and Shore, was a major part of the New Reading Narrow Gauge RR. Prag Collection Est. York Central Railroad’s Water Level Route from Buffalo, New York, $60-150 HWAC# 85110 to Chicago, Illinois, primarily along the south shore of Lake Erie and across northern Indiana.” from wikipedia. Prag Collection Est. $150- 300 HWAC# 85114 Lot# 5421 , 1903 Lake Shore Electric Railway Bond #5698 $1000 5% gold bond signed by President illegible. Poor condition, coupons are Lot# 5427 , 1911 Lasalle County Electric taped. Prag Collection. Est. $60-100 HWAC# 85113 Railroad Bond #1705 $500 5% 30 year bond. Signed by President Dredge. Prag Collection. Est. $50-100 HWAC# 84974 Lot# 5422 , 1869 Lake Shore Railway Stocks (2) Unissued#480. I/C #252 Fred Dennis 100 shares 1869 signed by President illegible. 25c Lot# 5428 , c1880’s Lawrence and revenue stamp-toning and pin hole. Nice trains Emporia Railway Stock Unissued vignette. “a railway which ran from Cleveland, #100. Prag Collection Est. $60-100 Ohio, to the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Founded HWAC# 85108 in 1848, the line opened in 1852. The railroad completed the rail link between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago, Illinois.’ from wikipedia. Prag Collection Est. $100-150 HWAC# 85112 Lot# 5423 , 1915 Lake Superior Lot# 5429 , 1867 Lebanon Springs Rail Road Southern Railway Company Bonds (2) #3157 $1000 7% 1867 signed by Collateral Trust Note I/U #41 1915 President Baxter. #2324 $1000 7% 1867 signed signed by President McPhillips. 2 by President Clark. “The Lebanon Springs red 10c stamps. Prag Collection. Est. Railroad : completing the most direct route $100-200 HWAC# 83263 from New York to Montreal and the Canadas, by way of The Harlem Railroad, Lebanon Springs, Bennington, Rutland, and Burlington.” from catalog.hathitrust.org. Prag Collection Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85107 Lot# 5424 , Lake Superior Lot# 5430 , 1897 Lefler Electro Southern Railway Stock and Magnetic Railway Stock Unlisted. Bond Unissued/canceled stock c. I/C #937 Wm Darrough 1 share 1880’s. Interim bond #33 signed 1897 signed by President Leffler. by President Phillips 1906. Prag Leffler made the magnetic propulsion Collection Est. $60-120 HWAC# 85111 system, not the rail cars. The quiet, efficient design of the Leffler system was based on a series of magnets embedded between tracks. Creases and toning. Prag Collection. Est. $200-400 HWAC# 85106 298 December 2018