INTERNET AUCTION #25

MISSOURI-NATIVE AMERICAN

496. Missouri. Branson. Branson. Branson Landing Original Photo Postcard. Photo shows several open, flat-bottomed riverboats and some smaller craft docked at river's edge, with trees and a boathouse extending along the shore. Wooden piers or gangplanks extend across beachfront to boats. Cars in background look to be 1930's vintage, and the boathouse has a sign partially obscured by the trees which reads "...Boat Line." We think this could be located in Branson, Missouri, which today has a large redeveloped riverfront called Branson Landing. Est. $25-50

497. Missouri. Mining. Two Volumes on Missouri Geology. 1) Sand and Gravel Resources of Missouri, by C.L. Dake, 1918, Vol. XV, 2nd Series, by Missouri Bur. Of Geol. And Mines, Rolla, Missouri. Hard cover 274 pgs. Covers the nature, origin and properties of sand, methods of production and market conditions, uses of sand and gravel, distributions by geological formations and districts. 2) Bibliography of the Geology of Missouri, by Darling K. Greger, Vol. XXI, 2nd Series, by Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1945. Hard cover 285 pgs. Both fine cond. Est. $30-60

498. Montana. Ingots. Montana Souvenir Ingots. Lot of 4 different ingots. (1) Stamped with East Helena Plant on top. This smelter was purchased by ASARCO after the turn of the century and was in operation up to just a few years ago. Appears to be of lead. 2"long. (2) Zinc(?) ingot stamped with Anaconda on one side and Montana on the other. Two notches on top. 2.25" long. (3) Copper ingot stamped with Montana on each side, two notches on top. 2" long. (4) Copper ingot with Montana stamped on both sides. Do It Now stamped on top. Two notches. 2" long. A nice assortment of Montana metals. Very fine. Est. $100-200

499. Montana. Jefferson. Basin. Northwestern Metals Corp. Cert #B123. Incorporated in Montana. Incorporated in Montana. Issued to William S. Grant Jr for 100 shares in 1913. Signed by M. L. Hewett president and C .W. Mankoe secretary. No vignette. Blue border and underprint. Uncancelled. Printer - John A. Lowell. 8 x 11". Owned a 2/3 interest in the Bullion mine on Jack Mountain, 10 miles from Basin, in Jefferson County. The smelter was located on the site of the old Peck concentrator between Helena and East Helena. Owned the northwestern states patent for the Baker-Burwell process to treat zinc ores. (Copper Handbook, 1908, p.668-69). By 1916, the company had the following listing: "Shared the fate of all Marcus L. Hewitt promotions. Bankrupt. Entire property reported sold by court for $22,000, July, 1916." (Copper Handbook, 1916, p.871). Very fine. Est. $40-80

500. Montana. Lewis & Clark. Gloster. Boston & Montana Gold Mining Co Letterhead, 1882. Lot of 2 pcs. The first is a letterhead from the Boston & Montana GMC. The dateline has had Helena crossed out and Gloster Mine has been handwritten. A manuscript note states that the writer, Alex Swan, was unable to leave for Helena because of a snow storm. The second item is a partial lithograph of the Boston & Montana GMC Gloster Mine and Mill, near Helena, Montana. Artist - Horace F. Brown. The image has been mounted to matte board. The top portion of the image is now missing(?). On the reverse of the matte board is abundant scribbling from a child. The Gloster mine was discovered in 1880 and remained active through 1890. A small town arose around the mine in 1884-85, with several stores, two saloons, a blacksmith and Chinese laundry. Letterhead is very fine. Est. $100-200

501. Montana. Madison. Highland. Only Chance Co. Bond #6. $500 Bearer bond issued 1882. Signed by H. A. Richardson president and Robert F. Brooke secretary. No vignette. Black print. Uncancelled. Printer not noted. 8.5 x 14". The company had operations at Alder Gulch, near Highland, Madison County, Montana Territory. It is reported that there are no stock certificates of this company and it is the public mining company from the Highland area of Montana. Rare. Extremely fine. Est. $150-300

502. Montana. Mining. Cedar Creek Dredging Co. Bond #176. Incorporated in Montana in 1911. 6% Gold Bond issued in 1911. Signed by C. Stoefer, President, and (illegible), Treasurer, and E. D. Ellison, Secretary. Uncancelled. Embossed seal. Thumbnail profile of woman portrait at top for vignette over company name, brown border. Printed by the Union Bank Note Co., Kansas City, MO., 9.5 X 14, vertical. Strikingly vivid brown in border. Nine coupons fold-out from the right. Folded twice, clipped at bottom right. Very fine. Est. $50-100

503. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Butte City Manuscript Letters & Harmony Lodge No. 10 Letterhead, 1898. Two manuscript letters from Butte City, Montana, dated 1898, informing Mr. Demming that Mrs. John Pearce, writer of the letter, is paying her assessment. Letterhead of "Harmony Lodge No. 10, Independent Order, Daughters of St. George" , measuring 8 3/8" x 10 1/2", signed by Rachel Williams, the second on folded 7" x 9" paper, signed by Annie Pearce. Est. $50-100

504. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Merced Gold Mining Co. Cert #1347. No incorporation info. Issued to Patrick J. Maquire for 30 shares in 1896. Signed by C. H. Bissell asst president and Thomas Nelson secretary. Vignette of several miners underground. Gold border with green safety print. Uncancelled. Printer - not noted. 7 x 10". Datelined Boston, Mass. Based on Montana Secretary of State files, this company was operating near Butte. Probably one of Butte's last gold mining companies before copper became the principal product. Very fine. Est. $75-150

505. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Moulton Mining Co. Cert #A1508. Incorporated in Territory of Montana. Issued to W. A. Jennings for 100 shares in 1890. Signed by W. A. Clark president and John T. Hanna asst secretary. Vignette at top center of three miners underground. Vignette lower center of a miner with sledge over his shoulder and railline in background. Blue border and print. Cancelled by hole punches at left and rubber stamp. Printer - ABN. 7 x 11". Datelined New York. Originally from Pennsylvania, Clark arrived in Bannack, Montana Territory in 1863. Engaging in business, he expanded into freight lines, then began buying mining property in Butte in 1872. When the gold petered out and copper was discovered in its place, Clark became one of the famous Montana "Copper Kings". Among other things, Clark built the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad which created the town of Las Vegas in 1904. Five years later a grateful populace carved a new county out of southern Lincoln County and named it after the popular Montana Senator. This is a rare case where Clark's signature is unaffected by cancellation holes and stamps. Trimmed tight at left. Very fine. Est. $100-200

506. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. North Butte Mining Co Annual Report, 1914. Production for that year was 18.5 million tons of fine copper, 1.01 million ounces of silver and 1.1 million ounces of gold. 6 x 9". Some browning to cover. Very fine. Est. $25-50

507. Montana. Silver Bow. Butte. Utah & Montana Machinery Co Illustrated Lettersheet, 1888. Vignette at upper left of an industrial winch, perhaps used for lowering mine shaft buckets. At right of vignette is the mast head with "Utah & Montana Machinery Co, Successor to Parke, Lacy & Company, Importer of and Dealer in Air Compressors, Rock Drills, Steam Engines, Hoisting Engines, Boilers." Datelined Butte, Montana, 1888. Manuscript letter sent to the superintendent for the Bi Metallic MC. 8 x 10". Extremely fine. Est. $50-100

508. Montana. Silver Bow. Summit Valley. Vulcan Mining Co. Cert #119. Incorporated in New York. Issued to W. C. Child for 27,550 shares in 1882. Signed by T. M. Dunphy president, Charles S. Miller treasurer and Geo B. Child secretary. No vignette. Fancy title masthead. Black border and print. Uncancelled. Printer - F. C. Philbrick, Boston. 7 x 10". Datelined New York. "Location Summit Valley District, Butte, Montana" printed on certificate. Very fine. Rare. Est. $150-300

509. Native American. Alaska. Pair of Orange Velvet Muklucs, with Fur and Embroidery. Large-size soft boots with leather soles and rawhide laces. Body of boots is orange velvet sewn over heavy canvas-like material. Muklucs have rope drawstrings decorated with a ball of fur (fox or rabbit?) at the ends. Handsewn to shaft of boots is a 3" wide black velvet band with embroidered flowers in various colors and metallic gold. A narrower band of cotton tape is sewn below and that was originally decorated with reddish fox fur. Some now missing. Boots are machine made, lined in fabric, and have removable felt inner liners. They have been worn. Est. $150-250

510. Native American. Book. Photographs of Interesting and Outstanding Specimens of Indian Relics, 1937. From The Edward W. Payne Stone Age Collection at the Dickson Mounds, Lewistown, Illinois. Pub. Williamson Printing, Springfield, IL. Wonderful large black/white plates of specimens, and some text on E.W. Payne, and reprints of newspaper articles regarding the Payne collection and its sale, dated 1934 and 1935. 156 pgs. Hard cover, 9 x 11.5" size. Collection includes photos of the Payne Collection Museum at the Dickson Mound in Lewistown, of burial site, points, axes, hammers and celts, pottery, banners, discs, pipes, figures and ceremonials, projectiles, and more. An enormous collection, displayed in detail. Some water stains on interior pages. Est. $75-100

511. Native American. Books. Native American Publications. 1) Know the Navajo, by Sandford Hassell, 1949. Published by Vic Walker, Indian Trader, Estes Park, CO. 40 pgs. Of description of the Navajo people, their reservations and culture, with a few sketches. Paperback, 5 x 8. 2) The Little Indian Weaver, a children's book by Madeline Brandeis, 1928. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, New York. Hard cover, 134 pages. Contains real photographs of Navajo people and Bah, the little Indian weaver. Water stains on cover and interior pages at top. Out of print and unusual volumes. Et. $25-50

512. Native American. Butterfly Fur & Beaded Fetish. Handmade. Small, fur-covered with edging in yellow/green beads and dotted in center with yellow "flowers" and red or green centers. Has light fur on one side and dark fur on the reverse. 1.5" hanging loop of green/yellow beads is at top. 2.25" long. Est. $50-100

513. Native American. Coiled Bowl Basket with Brown Block Design. A tightly coiled basket about 8" across. Bottom of bowl is approximately 5.5" across. Sides flare outward only slightly for about 5 coils (1.5" vertically) and then rim begins to flare outward more distinctly for the next 5 coils to edge of basket. Brown rectangular blocks of color alternate with the natural fiber color on the uppermost 5 coils. Could be Apache. Well made. Est. $200-400

514. Native American. Coiled Food Basket, Plain, 11." Coil construction of plain, natural colored fiber, loosely wrapped around bundles of splints. Natural variation of shades but no design. 11" across, sloping sides on 5" base. About 3" tall. No tribal provenance or date. Est. $75-150

515. Native American. Comanche Chief Quanah Parker Framed Oil Painting. Painting is of head and shoulders of Quanah Parker, half-white Comanche chief. In bronze and gilt painted wooden frame, 2.75" wide. Painting on stretched canvas, 20 x 24." Canvas has been patched and re-colored in two places near left and right edges. Artist is R.L. (illegible). Quanah Parker was the last Chief of the Comanches and never lost a battle to the white man. His tribe roamed over the area where Pampas stands. He was never captured by the Army, but decided to surrender and lead his tribe into the white man's culture, only when he saw that there was no alternative. His was the last tribe in the Staked Plains to come into the reservation system. Quanah, meaning "fragrant," was born about 1850, son of Comanche Chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, a white girl taken captive during the 1836 raid on Parker's Fort, Texas. Cynthia Ann Parker was recaptured, along with her daughter, during an 1860 raid on the Pease River in northwest Texas. She had spent 24 years among the Comanche, however, and thus never readjusted to living with the whites again.

She died in Anderson County, Texas, in 1864 shortly after the death of her daughter, Prairie Flower. Ironically, Cynthia Ann's son would adjust remarkably well to living among the white men. But first he would lead a bloody war against them. Est. $100-300

516. Native American. Coral and Turquoise Man's Ring. Large-size heavy ring of silver with oblong piece of coral at top and round turquoise at bottom. A silver "leaf" and small silver ball separate the two stones. Sides are plain. Est. $50-100

517. Native American. Fur and Suede, Beaded Ceremonial Gauntlets. Pair of ceremonial fur mittens with long, 5-6" gauntlets. The "hands" have white rabbit fur on the back and suede palms. The long wrist gauntlets are made of coyote fur, with insides lined in fur as well. Around the wrists is a 2" wide strip of suede with a beaded design in colors of red/black/yellow/blue/white. Gloves are fairly small to fit a woman's hand. Very good condition. Est. $130-300

518. Native American. Handmade Adult Moccasins with Orange/White Beaded Design. Pair of handsewn moccasins made for an adult. Entire toe area is beaded in pattern of a stylized flower - yucca? - enclosed in a black/orange arch with white ground. Flower is in green/blue/clear/black/and orange beads. "Tongue" is cut in scallops. Have been worn. Est. $150-250

519. Native American. Handmade Man's Moccasins with Blue/White Beaded Design. Pair of handmade moccasins, large size. Scalloped overlayed flap around ankle is threaded with thong for tying. Entire toe area covered by beads: white ground edged in blue with blue/turquoise/red/orange/yellow stylized bird design in center. Worn. Est. $150-250

520. Native American. Handmade Moccasins with Beaded Corn Design. Pair of small handmade moccasins (a "4" is burned onto sole at heel). Never worn. Beaded design on top looks like a corn plant in brown/yellow/orange/white/green colors with "leaves" in blue/white/yellow/orange. Handcut leather fringe around ankle. Est. $100-200

521. Native American. Handmade Moccasins with Red/White/Blue Beaded Design. Pair of moccasins, handsewn with scalloped overlay of leather around ankle, through which runs a handcut strip for tying. Tie is missing on one. Beaded design on toe consists of blue/white strip of beads outlining the toe, within which is a blue/white and red thunderbird necklace design. Never worn. Est. $100-200

522. Native American. Ivory Totem Awl or Festish From Northwest Coast or Nez Perce People. Totem is carved in shape of a man with knees pulled up and arms folded across body. Bottom is pointed, suggesting use as an awl perhaps. 4.5" long overall. Thought to be made of walrus ivory, but unknown whether it is Northwest Coast provenance or possibly Nez Perce. Est. $50-100

523. Native American. Miscellaneous Jewelry, Mostly Native American Type. Lot of 8. 1) Man's stone ring, with silver band. Polished stone with black/white surface. 2) "Zuni Sunface" ring, colors of onyx, turquoise, shell and white set in silver. Stones are not look real. 3) 2 small turquoise stones with attached silver hangers for earrings or necklace, about 1/2" long. 4) 2 inlaid Zuni-type thunderbird earrings without wires. Stones are not real. Silver settings show copper underneath. 5) Ring is Indian-style design stamped "Sterling." Has thunderbird in silver, centered by a black stone, unknown. 7) Pair cufflinks set in silver metal with center 7-pointed star or flower made of shell-looking material. 3/4" diameter. Est. $50-100

524. Native American. Navajo-Style Multi-Colored Blanket. Woven in wool on thin brown string warp, the blanket has a zig-zag and diamond design in many bright colors, with navy blue and light blue border design. Meas. 22 x 63." Although Navajo in style, may not be Indian-made as construction is not of traditional fine, tight weave. Est. $100-200

525. Native American. Nest of Three Small Round Baskets, With Lids. Largest basket is 6" across, 3.25" tall and woven or twined of a thin grass-like fiber which has perhaps been split. Natural color with two bands of dyed green and red fibers encircling the basket. Largest basket design is quite faded on outside but clearly visible inside. Middle basket is 4.5" across and 2.5" tall. It has one design band in green interspersed with natural colored "openings" in the green band. Basket lid has red design around edge with another band of red/green/natural stitches encircling the top of lid. Smallest basket is 4" across and 2.25" tall. One green band interspersed with natural makes a "stitch" design around base, with another green band in same pattern around edge of lid and a similar red band around circumference of lid. All have the same short flat braided strap across the center for a handle. Unknown tribal provenance or age. Nicely made. Est. $100-300

526. Native American. Photograph. Photo of Beaded and Fringed Cradleboard with Baby. The photo shows the cradleboard on the mother's back--she is flanked by other Indian people--with a smiling baby looking out. The cradleboard is beautifully beaded and fringed. Ernie Mack, Reno, Nevada photograph. Black/white glossy, 8 x 10. Est. $50-100

527. Native American. Postcard. Native Son of Nevada Photo Postcard. Photo shows an Indian mother with plain blanket around her shoulders, turned away from camera, with a baby looking out of cradleboard on her back. Front wheel of an old automobile shows in background. #193 shows above caption on front. XF. Est. $50-100

528. Native American. Publication. Two Types of Southwestern Cliff Houses by J. Walter Fewkes, 1921. 7pps, illustrated, soft wrap. Discusses the cliff dwellings found in New Mexico and Arizona. Very fine. Rare. Est. $20-40

529. Native American. Round Covered Storage Basket with Lid. Coil construction of thin grass-like fiber wrapped around bundles of thin reeds. Lid fit over top of basket to a depth of 3 coils. Handle on lid is formed by two braided straps, 6-7" long, which cross over each other at center of lid. Meas. 10" diameter, with vertical sides. 4.5" tall. Lid has very faded star design in red, painted on, and sides show remnants of zig-zag red painted design. Two short streaks of scorching on lid. No tribal provenance, no date, but looks fairly old. Est. $150-300

530. Native American. Silver-Turquoise Man's Ring. Oval turquoise stone with matrix set at top of ring with 3 small silver balls and a silver feather below. Sides of ring are incised with line pattern. Large size. Est. $75-150

531. Native American. Two Beaded Necklaces. First is made of blue and green beads interspersed with clear/iridescent beads in alternating blocks of designs on 3/4" wide strips, joined together for several inches at the bottom. Unusually long, 28.5", with 2" looped fringe, Second consists of 1 1/4" bands of beadwork jointed together at lower, pointed, end with 2" single-strand fringe. Pattern is white bead ground with bright red and yellow flowers and green leaves. At upper end bands narrow to 1/2", with rawhide ties. 15" long excluding rawhide ties. No tribal indication, but possibly Apache or another southern Arizona/New Mexican tribe, probably for tourists. Good condition. Est. $100-200