Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 45

Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction

Western Americana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1078		Donner Party Relic. Glass vial about 1� inches high containing remnants of the foundation log from the Murphy cabin of the Donner Party. The vial has square sides and a round neck, which is sealed with red wax. Two tags are attached: an 1893 statement of authenticity from historian C.F. McGlashan, and McGlashan�s pledge that the proceeds of the sale would go towards a monument to the Donner Party. There were 5,000 vials to be sold at $1.00 each. Most of these vials are in museums. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 1079		[Edward S. Curtis] Jicarilla Matron. Portfolio Plate No. 23 from The North American Indian (1907-1930), vol. 1. 16½" x 12¼". "From Copyright Photograph 1904 by E.S. Custis, Photogravure by John Andrew & Son." Matted and framed to an overall size of 23½" x 19"; some damp staining at lower edge of matte, not affecting the plate. Custis' life work, The North American Indian, is contained in 20 volumes of text, with infomation on and photographs of some 80 western Native American tribes. Theodore Roosevelt wrote the foreword. The New York Herald called The North American Indian "the most gigantic undertaking in the making of books since the King James edition of the Bible". Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $900
Lot 1080		"Execution of the Thirty-Eight Sioux Indians at Mankato Minnesota December 26, 1862." By Hayes Litho Co., Buffalo, N.Y., "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1883 by John C. Wise in the Office of Librarian of Congress at Washington," 14½" x 18" (visible), matted and framed to 21" x 25¼". Very good; light toning and some soiling in the sky area, not affecting the scene depicted, except for one light, diagonal dark mark in the lower right quadrant. A penciled name and date, "Geo. E. Colby, Feby. 10th 1916" are in the lower right border. This was the largest mass execution ever to take place in the United States. Over 300 participants in the 1862 Dakota Conflict had been condemned, but President Lincoln intervened, saving 265 others. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1081		Photograph of Johnson Sides, Peacemaker. 9¼" x 7" bust portrait in uniform of the Indian who became known throughout the West as the "U.S. Peacemaker." According to information in "Pioneers of the Ponderosa," he was said to have been found abandoned or lost as a baby and adopted by the Sides family, who reared him as a member of their family. He was assumed to be a Paiute because he was supposedly found in central Nevada, where that tribe was located. In any event, he spent his life trying to reconcile Indians and white settlers. He traveled to Washington, D.C. and received a peace medal for his work, which he wore proudly.When he died in 1903, both whites and Indians attended his funeral and the newspaper announced that Johnson Sides, U.S. Peacemaker, "Was Buried Like A White Man." The photo has a crack that runs from the top edge down to Sides left cheek; there are numerous scratches and markings on the photo, and a few ink spots, all but one on the mount. Although not in great condition, this is a rare photo. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 1082		Sutro Tunnel Agreement, 1866, with Stewart et al to Construct A Tunnel and Cross the Comstock Lode. 1866 broadside of the original agreement for the construction of the Sutro Tunnel. A draft of this was signed by Sutro, William M. Stewart, Louis J. Anin and others. "The said tunnel shall commence in the foothills of Carson Valley, between Coral Canyon and Weber Canyon… and shall extend to, and cut and pass through, the Comstock Lode to its western wall…, at some point between the north line of the claim of the Ophir Silver Mining Comapny, and the south line of the Yellow Jacket Company, and at a depth of not less than one thousand eight hundred feet below the top of what is known as the Gould & Curry croppings." The agreement provided that if Suttro could not obtain $3 million in subscriptions or $300,000 in cash deposited for the construction of the Tunnel by August 1, 1867, that he would forfeit and sign over his right to the Sutro grant to Stewart et al. This is arguably one of the most important agreements in broadside form regarding the history of the Comstock. Sutro was successful in building and digging the tunnel, which was completed in 1877, but this and subsequent agreements with Comstock mine owners, led by Mackay & Fair, represented by Stewart, renegged on their contracts with Sutro when the Tunnel was finished. Sutro litigated, but lost to a loaded Court. He subsequently sold his stock in the Tunnel, and moved to San Francsico. Estimated Value $500 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,035
Lot 1083		Eight Stocks From 1891-1953. An assorted group, including: Old Colony Steamboat Company, 1891; Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company, 1912; Ahmeek Mining Company, 1922; New Cornelia Copper Company, 1926 and 1928; United Stores Corporation, 1941; and Phelps Dodge Corporation, 1952 and 1953. All have decorative borders and attractive vignettes at top, as well as cancellation marks and/or stamps. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold