Sam Short Estate Auction

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Two-Day estate auction featuring an exceptional collection of Western Art, Indian Artifacts, Cowboy Collectibles, Antiques & more! Sam Short was a long-time collector, with many friends in Montana and South Dakota. ***NOTE: There is a large volume of merchandise that is not included in the online auction catalog. We will be selling open lots after the catalog each day. There is some excellent quality that is not included online. Please consider joining us on-site in Lewistown for the weekend! -- Jayson & Kyle Shobe, Auctioneers
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Obsidian 5" knife and 1 ½" point611 - Obsidian 5" knife and 1 ½" point
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Obsidian 5" knife and 1 ½" point
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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(2) pcs: Rare 5" stone point w/corner knotches and 5" knife612 - (2) pcs: Rare 5" stone point w/corner knotches and 5" knife
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(2) pcs: Rare 5" stone point w/corner knotches and 5" knife
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Quantity : 1
Sold to D******D for (225.00 + 40.50BP) = 265.50
 
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15 pcs of Indian tools, stone points & drills, 2 small613 - 15 pcs of Indian tools, stone points & drills, 2 small
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15 pcs of Indian tools, stone points & drills, 2 small
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Quantity : 1
Sold to s*******e for (275.00 + 49.50BP) = 324.50
 
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Vigilant RR brass lantern, glass globe, 21" h x 14" diameter614 - Vigilant RR brass lantern, glass globe, 21" h x 14" diameter
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Vigilant RR brass lantern, glass globe, 21" h x 14" diameter
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (550.00) = 550.00
 
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Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 3 gal. jug, Great Falls, MT, few minor chips615 - Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 3 gal. jug, Great Falls, MT, few minor chips
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Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 3 gal. jug, Great Falls, MT, few minor chips
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (900.00) = 900.00
 
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Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 1/2 gal jug, Great Falls, MT, minor chips615A - Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 1/2 gal jug, Great Falls, MT, minor chips
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Joe Matteucci Wholesale Liquors 1/2 gal jug, Great Falls, MT, minor chips
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (1,000.00) = 1,000.00
 
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Harry A. Vagg 1 gal jug, Saco, MT, minor chipping and a few hairline cracks615B - Harry A. Vagg 1 gal jug, Saco, MT, minor chipping and a few hairline cracks
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Harry A. Vagg 1 gal jug, Saco, MT, minor chipping and a few hairline cracks
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Quantity : 1
Sold to t*********4 for (2,200.00 + 396.00BP) = 2,596.00
 
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Luteys 1/2 gal jug, Butte, MT, paper label, minor chips615C - Luteys 1/2 gal jug, Butte, MT, paper label, minor chips
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Luteys 1/2 gal jug, Butte, MT, paper label, minor chips
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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S. R. Buford & Co. a gal jug, Virginia City, MT, paper label, minor chipping615D - S. R. Buford & Co. a gal jug, Virginia City, MT, paper label, minor chipping
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S. R. Buford & Co. a gal jug, Virginia City, MT, paper label, minor chipping
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (450.00) = 450.00
 
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Wells Fargo model stagecoach, wood/leather, 20" x 12" x 14"616 - Wells Fargo model stagecoach, wood/leather, 20" x 12" x 14"
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Wells Fargo model stagecoach, wood/leather, 20" x 12" x 14"
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (500.00) = 500.00
 
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Anheuser Busch wooden beer bottle case, 16" x 24 " x 13", ca. 1912617 - Anheuser Busch wooden beer bottle case, 16" x 24 " x 13", ca. 1912
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Anheuser Busch wooden beer bottle case, 16" x 24 " x 13", ca. 1912
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (225.00) = 225.00
 
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Burbank, E. A. artist proof, Stinking Bear, Sioux, print, 1899618 - Burbank, E. A. artist proof, Stinking Bear, Sioux, print, 1899
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Burbank, E. A. artist proof, Stinking Bear, Sioux, print, 1899
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Quantity : 1
Sold to J*********y for (125.00 + 22.50BP) = 147.50
 
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2 pcs:  Visalia Stock Saddle Co. leather cuffs with tooled borders and tooled cartridge belt621 - 2 pcs: Visalia Stock Saddle Co. leather cuffs with tooled borders and tooled cartridge belt
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Visalia Stock Saddle Co. leather cuffs with tooled borders and tooled cartridge belt
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to H****e for (200.00 + 36.00BP) = 236.00
 
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R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, studded leather cuffs622 - R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, studded leather cuffs
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R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, studded leather cuffs
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, leather cuffs, border tooled622A - R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, leather cuffs, border tooled
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R. S. Giles, Virginia City, Mont. Terr, leather cuffs, border tooled
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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(2) Navajo weavings:  45" l x 33" w and 82" x 45", both show wear623 - (2) Navajo weavings: 45" l x 33" w and 82" x 45", both show wear
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(2) Navajo weavings: 45" l x 33" w and 82" x 45", both show wear
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (375.00) = 375.00
 
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Navajo weaving, 36" l x 18" &  Navajo saddle blanket, 60" x 29"624 - Navajo weaving, 36" l x 18" & Navajo saddle blanket, 60" x 29"
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Navajo weaving, 36" l x 18" & Navajo saddle blanket, 60" x 29"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to m********m for (250.00 + 45.00BP) = 295.00
 
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(2) Navajo style weavings: 50" x 24", white border625 - (2) Navajo style weavings: 50" x 24", white border
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(2) Navajo style weavings: 50" x 24", white border
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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Navajo style weaving, 36" x 20"626 - Navajo style weaving, 36" x 20"
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Navajo style weaving, 36" x 20"
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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(3) Navajo-style weavings:  green 19" x 13", red 42" x 9, brown 18" x 22"627 - (3) Navajo-style weavings: green 19" x 13", red 42" x 9, brown 18" x 22"
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(3) Navajo-style weavings: green 19" x 13", red 42" x 9, brown 18" x 22"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Newer Navajo style weaving,  60" x 30"628 - Newer Navajo style weaving, 60" x 30"
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Newer Navajo style weaving, 60" x 30"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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(2) pcs: Indian stone hatchet,  5 ½" w/15" rawhide bound handle & 8" war club w/16" handle629 - (2) pcs: Indian stone hatchet, 5 ½" w/15" rawhide bound handle & 8" war club w/16" handle
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(2) pcs: Indian stone hatchet, 5 ½" w/15" rawhide bound handle & 8" war club w/16" handle
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to H*****t for (200.00 + 36.00BP) = 236.00
 
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(2) braided horsehair quirts: 13" and 16"630 - (2) braided horsehair quirts: 13" and 16"
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(2) braided horsehair quirts: 13" and 16"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (225.00) = 225.00
 
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Indian 42" bow in 31" rawhide quiver, horse hair and feather trimmed, very old631 - Indian 42" bow in 31" rawhide quiver, horse hair and feather trimmed, very old
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Indian 42" bow in 31" rawhide quiver, horse hair and feather trimmed, very old
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to s*******e for (800.00 + 144.00BP) = 944.00
 
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Stone blank, 9" x 4 ½", source stone for points and knives632 - Stone blank, 9" x 4 ½", source stone for points and knives
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Stone blank, 9" x 4 ½", source stone for points and knives
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to s*******e for (20.00 + 3.60BP) = 23.60
 
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Antler handled 14" hide scraper w/iron blade633 - Antler handled 14" hide scraper w/iron blade
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Antler handled 14" hide scraper w/iron blade
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to H*****t for (500.00 + 90.00BP) = 590.00
 
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Indian stone tool/ pointed shaft, 18"634 - Indian stone tool/ pointed shaft, 18"
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Indian stone tool/ pointed shaft, 18"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to H*****t for (200.00 + 36.00BP) = 236.00
 
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Indian war club replica, 18"635 - Indian war club replica, 18"
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Indian war club replica, 18"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to m********o.. for (50.00 + 9.00BP) = 59.00
 
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Iron pestle w/flat branding iron636 - Iron pestle w/flat branding iron
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Iron pestle w/flat branding iron
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Oak arm chair, quarter sawn, blue velvet upholstry637 - Oak arm chair, quarter sawn, blue velvet upholstry
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Oak arm chair, quarter sawn, blue velvet upholstry
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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Oak file cabinet, 6 drawer, vertical, 50" h x 18" w x 20" d, Wagenmaker marked, drawer are 6 ½" x 16638 - Oak file cabinet, 6 drawer, vertical, 50" h x 18" w x 20" d, Wagenmaker marked, drawer are 6 ½" x 16
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Oak file cabinet, 6 drawer, vertical, 50" h x 18" w x 20" d, Wagenmaker marked, drawer are 6 ½" x 16 ½" w
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Glass lamp w/chimney and hand ptd. globe640 - Glass lamp w/chimney and hand ptd. globe
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Glass lamp w/chimney and hand ptd. globe
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (210.00) = 210.00
 
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MT buckle collection, 3 brass ltd. Edition, Prospector, Cowboy and 1989 MT Centennial641 - MT buckle collection, 3 brass ltd. Edition, Prospector, Cowboy and 1989 MT Centennial
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MT buckle collection, 3 brass ltd. Edition, Prospector, Cowboy and 1989 MT Centennial
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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Red Wing Crock, 12 gallon, double wire/wood handles, 2 ½" wing, some hairline cracks642 - Red Wing Crock, 12 gallon, double wire/wood handles, 2 ½" wing, some hairline cracks
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Red Wing Crock, 12 gallon, double wire/wood handles, 2 ½" wing, some hairline cracks
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (200.00) = 200.00
 
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Red Wing Crock, 12 gallon, double wire/wood handles, 6" wing, excellent condition642A - Red Wing Crock, 12 gallon, double wire/wood handles, 6" wing, excellent condition
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Red Wing Crock, 12 gallon, double wire/wood handles, 6" wing, excellent condition
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (400.00) = 400.00
 
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Red Wing Crock, 5 gallon, 4" wing, excellent condition643 - Red Wing Crock, 5 gallon, 4" wing, excellent condition
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Red Wing Crock, 5 gallon, 4" wing, excellent condition
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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2 pcs: 1936 Butte, MT rodeo poster, 15" x 44" & hand painted Butte Rodeo logo, 13" x 16"644 - 2 pcs: 1936 Butte, MT rodeo poster, 15" x 44" & hand painted Butte Rodeo logo, 13" x 16"
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2 pcs: 1936 Butte, MT rodeo poster, 15" x 44" & hand painted Butte Rodeo logo, 13" x 16"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to C******1 for (180.00 + 32.40BP) = 212.40
 
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5 pcs: (2) Belle Fourche, SD Tri-State Rodeo posters; (2) 2000 Blackhills Stock Show and Rodeo poste645 - 5 pcs: (2) Belle Fourche, SD Tri-State Rodeo posters; (2) 2000 Blackhills Stock Show and Rodeo poste
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5 pcs: (2) Belle Fourche, SD Tri-State Rodeo posters; (2) 2000 Blackhills Stock Show and Rodeo posters, both signed by Flint Rasmussen' "Pa...
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to n********a.. for (500.00 + 90.00BP) = 590.00
 
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1923 Calgary, The Stampede Canadian Championship poster646 - 1923 Calgary, The Stampede Canadian Championship poster
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1923 Calgary, The Stampede Canadian Championship poster
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to k**l for (300.00 + 54.00BP) = 354.00
 
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Vintage Malta, MT Fall Roundup & Rodeo poster, framed, 18" x 24"647 - Vintage Malta, MT Fall Roundup & Rodeo poster, framed, 18" x 24"
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Vintage Malta, MT Fall Roundup & Rodeo poster, framed, 18" x 24"
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to R*********y for (350.00 + 63.00BP) = 413.00
 
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Assorted Casey Tibbs memoralbilia including (2) autographed pieces, a check from the Fort Pierre Nat648 - Assorted Casey Tibbs memoralbilia including (2) autographed pieces, a check from the Fort Pierre Nat
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Assorted Casey Tibbs memoralbilia including (2) autographed pieces, a check from the Fort Pierre National Bank with his image on it, a photo of Tibbs
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (175.00) = 175.00
 
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Casey Tibbs portrait, B&W, 8" x 10", framed649 - Casey Tibbs portrait, B&W, 8" x 10", framed
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Casey Tibbs portrait, B&W, 8" x 10", framed
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Vintage Fergus County, Montana fair ribbons, 1893-1894, 2 blues, 1 red, 1 First Prize650 - Vintage Fergus County, Montana fair ribbons, 1893-1894, 2 blues, 1 red, 1 First Prize
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Vintage Fergus County, Montana fair ribbons, 1893-1894, 2 blues, 1 red, 1 First Prize
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to A*******6 for (200.00 + 36.00BP) = 236.00
 
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(2) Union Pacific brass spittoons651 - (2) Union Pacific brass spittoons
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(2) Union Pacific brass spittoons
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (350.00) = 350.00
 
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Central Pacific R.R. brass chamber pot651A - Central Pacific R.R. brass chamber pot
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Central Pacific R.R. brass chamber pot
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to 6*****e for (425.00 + 76.50BP) = 501.50
 
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Montana Magazine of Western History, near complete set652 - Montana Magazine of Western History, near complete set
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Montana Magazine of Western History, near complete set
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (800.00) = 800.00
 
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Persimmon Hill (Nat. Cowboy Hall of Fame) Western Heritage Center653 - Persimmon Hill (Nat. Cowboy Hall of Fame) Western Heritage Center
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Persimmon Hill (Nat. Cowboy Hall of Fame) Western Heritage Center
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Antique poker set, clay chips w/carrier654 - Antique poker set, clay chips w/carrier
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Antique poker set, clay chips w/carrier
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (125.00) = 125.00
 
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Vintage snowshoes, wood & rawhide, 10X56, made in USA656 - Vintage snowshoes, wood & rawhide, 10X56, made in USA
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Vintage snowshoes, wood & rawhide, 10x56, made in USA
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Torpedo Snowshoes, wood and rawhide, 14x42B, made in Canada656A - Torpedo Snowshoes, wood and rawhide, 14x42B, made in Canada
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Torpedo Snowshoes, wood and rawhide, 14x42B, made in Canada
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Quantity : 1
Sold to floor for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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