Best of the West: Antiques & Native American Auction November 12th, 2022

Featured in this lot we have a Montana Silversmiths sterling silver commemorative belt buckle for the Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive from 1989.

The lot features a sterling silver petit point turquoise Vintage Pawn Navajo bracelet. The piece is signed stamped "TO" nd shows a typical...

This lot includes a unique cowhide (also referred to to as cow hide, steerhide, steer hide) with a base cream white colour, light blue-grey shoulder c

Presented in this lot is a Japanese Cloisonné Gold Wire Floral Jar. A hybrid tea rose flower bush is the featured motif. The rim is in sterling...

Featured in this lot is this pair of premium patchwork cowhide pillows. The pillow shows a cowhide (also referred to as cow hide, steerhide, steer hid

Featured in this lot Navajo Old Crystal Dazzler Trading Post sampler rug circa 1950's by Navajo weaver Lulu Brown. The rug features a grey field...

Included in this lot is an Oushak Persian hand knotted wool runner rug originating from the 1930's. The rug features geometric floral patterns, ...

Featured in this lot is this wooden banded barrel butter churn circa 1890-1910. The butter churn is primarily constructed from wooden barrel planks th

Featured in this lot we have a wall display showing original Ford Model T car parts originating from the early 1900's. The piece features a orig...

For your consideration is an American coastal half round wooden lobster or fisherman's trap. This great rustic slatted wooden trap shows origina...

Featured in this lot is this original oil painting of Native men by Montana artist Ed Totten in an extra large size. The oil painting features a beaut

Featured in this lot is this original artist proof of a large bronze mounted on a hard wooden shield from Montana artists Ed Totten and David Lemon. T

Featured in this lot is this 3.09 carat trillion tanzanite diamond and 18k white gold ring with GGA paperwork. The ring features a wonderfully and pro

Featured in this lot is this gorgeous ruby diamond and 14k yellow gold bracelet with AIG paperwork. The bracelet features a wonderfully and profession

Featured in this lot is this Oak Home Junior #11 cast iron parlor wood stove circa early 1900's. This parlor wood stove, also referred to as a p...

Featured in this lot is this amethyst diamond and 14k yellow gold necklace with IAS paperwork. The necklace features a wonderfully and professionally

This is an excellent handwoven flat weave rug by master weaver Ricardo Garcia using 100% soft fine Wool yarns. 100% wool is a time-tested fiber that i

Featured in this lot is an extremely rare second printing of, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ticknor and Fields., 1863....

Featured in this lot is this 1928 first edition Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West. This is a book with a written biography of Kit Carson. T

Featured in the lot is this Antique 1903 Deering Harvester Company Wall Calendar, titled, "Ideals". This calendar was issued by the Deeri...

Featured in this lot we have a collection of metal Michigan state car license plate collection originating from the 1940's. The collection consi...

Featured in this lot is this pair of pottery vessels from Bavarian artist Zeh Scherzer circa 1880-1918. There are two pottery vessels that feature por

The lot features an early 1900's beaded Indian hide tomahawk drop with internal flat bag from the Sioux Indians. The piece is comprised of India...

For your consideration is a Precision Industries .22 Wildcat wire frame swivel breech loading rifle. This skeleton frame or wire frame rifle features

Featured in this lot we have a JW initialed percussion cap black powder rifle decorated with silver and brass and chambered in .38 gauge. The rifle di

Featured in this lot is this olla pottery vessel called "Apache Mountain Spirit Dance," by Zia Pueblo artist Sofia and Rafael Medina circa...

The lot features a handwoven wool rug by Navajo weaver Alice Anagal with a nice banded chinle Canyon de Chelly pattern. The rug is accompanied by a no

Offered in this lot is "Marvels of the New West", written by William M Thayer (1820-1898) and published in 1892. The book is a fantastic a...

Featured in this lot is this 1911 copy of "Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls: Or War on The White Slave Trade" by Ernest A. Bell. An exc...

Featured in this lot we have a collection of three American made glazed stoneware pottery whiskey jug and pottery crocks originating from the early 19

Featured in this lot is this olive drab climbing lion jadeite carved sculpture. The jadeite sculpture shows a wonderfully and professionally crafted j

For your consideration in this lot is a 1899 original photograph of "Sunrise On Mount Hood From Lost Lake" by Benjamin Gifford. Benjamin G...

Featured in this lot is this pair of rodeo pickup man leather kickpads circa 1950's. There are two kickpads in this pair that show heavy leather...

Featured in this lot is this brass wood fire stove cleaning utensils circa 1930's. The brass wood fire stove cleaning utensils are wonderfully a...

Featured in this lot we have a large granite mortar and pestle set. The set consists of a large bowl and hand pestle, both made of a black granite. Th

Featured in this lot we have a pair of Ecolite electric railroad lanterns manufactured by Dorco MFG company in the mid 1900's. The lanterns disp...

Featured in this lot is this Miriam Sowers "Eternal Builder," painting from 1973 from artist Miriam Sowers born 1922 and died 2008. The pa...

Featured in this lot is an Original Signed Armand American Horse Gorget style Alpaca Silver and Gold Copper Alloy Necklace. Armand American Horse (198

or your consideration is an Original Signed Santo Domingo Pueblo Sterling Silver Men's Ring, size 12, by noted artist Roderick Tenorio, Kewa. Re...

The lot features a set of sterling silver feather dangle earrings with two spots of Turquoise from a Navajo artist. The back is signed R. Sam Sterlin

This lot includes a Navajo Triple Strand Turquoise Sterling Silver Necklace, 925 and artist hallmark stamped. Barrel shaped turquoise stones make up t

The lot features a fantastic vintage circa 1970's bracelet cuff by Navajo artist Sisteks. The bracelet shows a split design with two rope silver...

Featured in this lot is this pair of squared diamond cluster and 14k white gold earrings. The earrings feature a wonderfully and professionally crafte

Featured in this lot is this brilliant VS2 diamond and 18k yellow gold ring with GGA paperwork. The ring features a wonderfully and professionally cra

The lot features a set of circa 1920's old pawn sterling silver earrings with a petit point Turquoise pattern from a Navajo artist from the Sund...

The lot features three sets of Kewa Santo Domingo Pueblo multi-stone earrings with a vintage age from the Sundog gallery. Each set has the original Su

Featured in this lot is a collection of stunning gemstones which includes three (3) sapphires of different cuts and colors as well as one (1) emerald.

Featured in this lot is a wonderful Hudson's Bay Heavy Wool Trade Blanket with bold black, yellow, red, and green stripes against a creamy white...

Featured in this lot we have a collection of metal Michigan state car license plate collection originating from the 1970's. The collection consi...

Featured in this lot is this Robinson Ransbottom 1 gallon stoneware crock circa 1920's. The crock features a wonderfully and professionally craf...

This lot includes an Original Butte Montana Trolley Bendix Broadside sign, circa 1937. Broadside says, "BENDIX automatic Home Laundry washes ri...

Offered in this lot is a Zimbabwean Nyami Nyami Hand Carved Wooden Walking stick with figural open work designs. In Africa as well as being walking ai

Included in this lot is "Frederic Remington's 'Buckskins' Portraits Of The Old West... The Original Folio Of Eight Color Prints Sub...

Presented in this lot is a unique and vintage Haynes Yellowstone Park Studio photograph of an armed posse, circa 1930. The 1920s and 1930s were a tim

Featured in this lot is this Navajo Two Grey Hills Klagetoh sampler rug circa 1950's. The rug features a tightly woven weave that shows a grey f...

Included in this lot is an Oushak Persian hand knotted wool runner rug originating from the 1930's. The rug features geometric floral patterns, ...

Featured in this lot is this eastern Anatolian medallion prayer kilim circa 1920's. The prayer kilim features a wonderfully and professionally c...

For your consideration is this first edition of "Following the Guidon" by Elizabeth Custer, published in 1890. The book provides a rivetin...

Featured in this lot is this first edition 1889 copy of “Cruising in the Cascades and Other Hunting Adventures”, by American writer

Featured in this lot is this enamel spongeware camping dish collection circa 20th century. There are a total of 22 dishes in this collection. The coll

For your consideration is an extremely rare Original 1938 RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Signed License Agreement for the Broadway Theatre in Butte, Montana

Featured in this lot is this collection of Montana printed rabbit hide taxidermy. There are three hides in this collection with varying colors of fur

Offered in this lot is a pair of of Spiny Oyster Alpaca Silver Dangle Earrings by Armand American Horse, a noted Lakota Sioux Indian silversmith artis

The lot features a sterling silver bracelet by Navajo artist Hebert Tsosie set with a beautiful Morenci Turquoise stone. The bracelet shows a triple s

The lot features a sterling silver bracelet set with White Buffalo Turquoise from Navajo artist Tom Taylor. The bracelet exhibits a double band with s

The lot features a bracelet and necklace in sterling silver with matching Black Onyx stone by Navajo artist Bernadine Begay Tsosie. The necklace is si

This is an original circa 1990's necklace by a Zuni silversmith, signed Teri and showing a sterling silver pendant with Royston Ribbon Turquoise...

Featured in this lot is this Masonic Scottish Rite Diamond and 14k yellow gold enamel ring circa 1940's. The ring features a 14k yellow gold con...

Featured in this lot is this 1.30 carats brilliant diamond and 18k white gold ring with EGL paperwork. The ring features a wonderfully and professiona

The lot features two hat pin insignia one marked USS with crossed arrows and the other 7 with cross cavalry sabers. The first shows a USS with crossed

Featured in this lot is this ledger art on The Marshall Daily Chronicle by Eierman K circa 1970's. This ledger art is wonderfully and profession...

Offered in this lot are an Italian Mariner Link Chain 14K Gold necklace and matching 14K Gold Mariner Link Chain bracelet. These are luxurious and sty

Featured in this lot is this Agate Basin Lanceolate point aged from the Transitional Paleo and from 10,200 - 8,500 B.P. The point is a long and large

Featured in this lot is this Cherokee portrait steatite pipe bowl circa 19th century. The pipe bowl features a wonderfully and professionally crafted

Featured in this lot is this Thunderbird totem pair from Squamish Nation artist Mathew Baker. There aren two totems in this collection. The first show

The lot features an Indian tanned hide pictorial painted model tipi from the Sioux Indians dating to circa early-to-mid-1900's. The model tipi s...

Featured in this lot is this rare Van Briggle Studios pottery vessel circa 1921. In 1899 Artus Van Briggle stepped off the train in Colorado Springs,

Featured in this lot we have a Native American style hand painted teepee display lamp. The lamp shows a wooden base with a light bulb at the center. T

Featured in this lot is this leather padded yolk mirror circa 19th century. The yolk mirror features a wonderfully and professionally crafted padded

For your consideration is this 1902 edition of copy of “Life of Daniel Boone The Founder of the State of Kentucky" by Cecil Hartley. This...

In this lot is a collection of four early 1900's hardback books about Adventure, Nature and Montana. The first book is "Dimsdale's Vigi...

The lot features a handmade pottery olla with geometric polychrome painted pattern and is signed by the artist Elizabeth Olguin of the Isleta Pueblo.

The lot features an original circa 1899-1901 Hamilton Rifle Company Number 7 wire frame swivel breech loading rifle in .22 caliber with a unique 8-inc

Featured in this lot we have a John Griffiths percussion cap 1881 rifle chambered in .51 gauge. The rifle was manufactured by John Griffiths in Cincin

Featured in this lot is an Antique Tohono O’odham Pima Indians Whirling Logs Basket, circa 1920s, a coiled flared bowl with multiple hooked e

Featured in this lot is this Hemphill projectile point circa middle to late Archaic period and from 4,500 - 3,000 B.P. The point features a medium tri

Featured in this lot is a Half-Globe Shelley Mosaic Tiffany-style Single Bulb Turned Oak and Brass Table Lamp. Handcrafted from 112 seashell, adorned

This is an original 1931 Peters Cartridge Company ring neck pheasant calendar. The calendar top shows a pair of pheasants, the male brightly colored.

Featured in this lot we have an original Hercules Power company 1943 war bonds calendar. The calendar was made for 1943 as a way to sell war bond for

For your consideration is this First Edition of, “Before Barbed Wire” by Mark H. Brown. This book is a gem of Montana history, with

Presented in this lot is the Rare, "The Yellowstone National Park" by Hiram Chittenden, copyright Hiram M. Chittenden 1912, Seventh Editio...

The lot features two original handmade sterling silver bracelet / cuffs by Navajo artist Starr Bird set with Turquoise. Both are in the same pattern w

For your consideration is this sterling silver eudialyte bracelet from Navajo artist Terry Tsosie. The bracelet features a wonderfully and professiona

Included in this lot is a Vintage Southwest Diné (Navajo) Sterling Silver Cuff Bracelet, circa 1950s-1960s, Signed S. E. Lee. Exceptional heavy...

Featured in this lot is this Navajo sand cast Old Pawn silver belt buckle circa 1930-1940's. The belt buckle shows a wonderfully and professiona...

Featured in this lot is this Navajo tooled sterling silver stud and clip earrings. There are two pairs of earrings in this collection. The first pair

Presented in this lot is a Montana Trophy Mule Deer Antler Mount on a fractal burned oak plaque. A very fine 5x5 point rack with great condition and c

Presented in this lot is an impressive Montana Trophy Mule Deer Antler Mount on a solid wood plaque, harvested from Ming Coulee in the Little Belt Mou

Featured in this lot is this heavy cowhide leather men's jacket circa 1970's. The jacket features a wonderfully and professionally crafted c...

For your consideration is this collection of Jones Glassworks Fused Copper & Glass Bowls, Seven (7), each 10.5" diameter. These are stunnin...