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6th Annual Montana Big Chief Auction - Day 2
Day 2: Highlights Include: Montana Studio Pottery Collection including Rudy Autio, David Shaner, Peter Voulkos, and Jay Rummell. Alan Shepard Apollo 14 Lunar Flown American Flag, Daguerreotype Photos of Dogs, 1883 New Orleans Louisiana Carriage License Plate, Edward Curtis Photogravure Collection, Historic Photography, Virginia City Montana History including signs and ephemera, Hamilton Montana Chevrolet Dealership Sign, John Deer Implements Terry Montana Sign, Monte Dolack Originals including Paintings and Pottery, Walter Hook painting collection, NASA Apollo Mission Signed Photos, Historic Montana Signs, Montana Documents, Yellowstone National Park Items, Felt Pennant Collection, 1946 Wyoming Brand Book, Frontier and Western History.
Auction lots (1,195)
Paul Klee Masterpieces to Live With
Only 3 of 6 prints. 14" by 17"
Walter Hook Homan Sign Positive Painting
Title is Homan Sign Positive. 10" by 12" unframed. 11 5/8" by 14" framed. Oil on Board. Walter Hook (1919 - 1989) was...
Castle Ghost Town Montana Hand Tinted Photo
12" by 15" framed. The ghost town of Castle is one of many towns created and ruined by the silver rush in the late 1800s. The...
Arizona Wranglers Hollywood Cowboy Band Photo
9" by 11" framed. Signed on the back. The Arizona Wranglers were formed in the late 1920s in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1930, they were...
Charles Lehman Apples Lewistown Montana Photo
13" by 24 3/4" framed. Lehman Bros warehouse at 423 W. Broadway, Lewistown, MT. A freight team is pulling 3 wagons loaded with...
Centennial Brewery Butte Montana Wagon Photo
Photo shows the Schmidt and Gamer Delivery Wagon. 11" by 13" framed.
E.S. Paxson Missoula Montana Artist Studio Photo
Rare image. 7 3/4" by 9 5/8" framed.
Missoula Montana Fairgrounds Fire RPPC Postcards
Grandstand Fire August 21st 1941.
Sapulpa Oklahoma Oil Well on Fire RPPC Postcard
Image taken by Hull & Weber.
Gold Miner Burial in Forest RPPC Postcard
Unusual image. Men appear to be burying a man in the forest in a makeshift coffin.
Cheyenne Frontier Days Cowgirls RPPC Postcard
Donna Card Glover, Lorena Tricky, Mabel Strickland with Indian Friends, approx. 1920. Photo by Ralph Doubleday. Note that Lorena...
Monzell Hudkins Monte Reger RPPC Postcard
Buffalo Oklahoma. Signed. Monte H. Reger of Buffalo, Oklahoma owned and trained the steer. They performed in hundreds of rodeos...
Art Acord Cowboy Silent Film Star Postcard
Arthemus Ward "Art" Acord (April 17, 1890 January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. After his film...
Francis Bushman Silent Movie Cowboy Postcard
Francis Xavier Bushman (January 10, 1883 August 23, 1966) was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol...
Western Police Sheriff and Deputies RPPC Postcard
Quite a rowdy looking bunch.
1942 Missoula Montana Yandts Fire RPPC Postcard
This dramatic photo, taken on New Year's Day in 1942 by legendary Montana photographer R. H. McKay, shows firemen combatting a...
1942 Fifteen Below Zero Missoula Montana Postcard
This dramatic photo, taken on New Year's Day in 1942 by legendary Montana photographer R. H. McKay, shows firemen combatting a...
New Jersey Identified African American Man Photo
4 1/4" by 6 1/2".
Oregon State Penitentiary Criminal Mug Shot
Identified as George Wilson serving 3 years for burglary. 3 5/8" by 6"
Black Americana Haynes Yellowstone Park Postcard
Interesting image. Titled A Native Sugar Mill. 6 3/4" by 10 3/4"
Black Americana African American Tintype Photo
3 5/8" by 5 1/2" in frame.
Black Americana Christopher Bass Postcard
Reverend Christopher Bass age 12 Farmville Virginia.
Missoula Montana Wanted Prisoner Mugshot
Frank Thurman escaped from Missoula County Jail. Serving time for burglary. 3" by 6 1/4"
Haze Lyons Virginia City Montana Hanging Photo
Photo Negative of Haze Lyons Grave. 3 1/2" by 5 5/8"Haze Lyons was hung on Jan 14th 1864 for the crime of arson. He was one of...
African American Family Tintype Photos
Husband, Wife and both daughters. All taken in the same studio. 2 3/8" by 3 1/2".
African American Women Cabinet Photos
Nice grouping. Largest is 4 3/4" by 6 3/4"
St Etna California Gold Miner Cowboy Photo
Man appears to have a bucking roll on his shoulder. 4 1/4" by 6 1/2"
Metcalf Diamond City Montana Territory CDV Photos
Rare images of ghost town settlers.
Garnier Cigar Co Livingston Montana Cabinet Photo
7" by 9". Home of the Montana Sport Cigar.
Missoula Montana Saloon Interior Photo
Ace Woods Photographer. Old Faithful beer register sign and beer tray, Bozeman Beer neon sign. I am guessing it is the Interior...
African American Sailors Boxing RPPC Postcard
Taken in Cuba in 1911.
Diamond City Montana Territory Resident Photos
Very nice grouping. All individuals were residents at Diamond City Montana Territory. It is now a Ghost Town.
Rocky Mountain Beer Montana Cabinet Photo
Men appear to be employees of Rocky Mountain Brewery at Anaconda Montana. Imperial Studio Anaconda Montana Photographer. 10" by...
Wyoming Cowboy in Fake Snow Storm Photo
Carbon Wyoming. 2 1/2" by 4"
Identified San Francisco California Cabinet Photo
Identified on back. 4 1/4" by 6 1/2"
Identified Cabinet Photo
Subject identified as A.W. Dodger. 4 1/4" by 6 1/2"
Identified African American Free Man Tintype Photo
Written name is poorly done, the man may have been an escaped slave. 4 3/4" by 5 5/8" in matte.
Famous Reprinted Montana Photos
The Pioneer Hotel, and Jack Connolly Saddlery. Both are reprints.
Bozeman Montana Dry Creek Ranch Photo
Nice early image. Men branding a cow. 10 1/4" by 12 1/2"
Divide Pump Station Montana Photo
11" by 13". A booming population and huge industrial demand meant that Butte needed imaginative solutions to the problem of water...
Missoula Montana Fairgrounds Fire RPPC Postcard
Scarce image with Tipis burning.
Nick Kessler Kessler Brewing Montana Engraving
Made by E.G. Williams & Brothers. 12" by 16"
Old Faithful Yellowstone Park Tape Measure
Nice old celluloid tape measure. 1 3/8" diameter.
Eastern Montana Celluloid Pocket Mirror
View of the Badlands Eastern Montana. 1 3/4" by 2 3/4"
Mystic Lake Bozeman Montana Celluloid Mirror
Nice early pocket mirror. 2 1/8" diameter.
Bozeman Montana College Celluloid Pocket Mirror
Montana Agricultural College. 2 1/8" diameter.
Great Falls Montana Celluloid Button
Greatest Available Water Power on the Continent.
Collection of Virginia City Montana Billheads
All are related to S.R. Buford & Company.