LOT OF 5 PIECES INCLUDING FOUR NICE ANTIQUE POSTERS RELATING TO THE OLD WEST.

LOT OF 5 PIECES INCLUDING FOUR NICE ANTIQUE POSTERS RELATING TO THE OLD WEST. 1) Large paper broad side promoting “The Most Charming and Instructed Book of the Year, the Great West and Pacific Coast”. This wonderful broad side in black and red letters touts the marketing of a book by James F. Rusling, Berevet Brigadier-General, U.S.V. It indicates “15 Miles by Stage Coach, Ambulance, Horseback, Railroad, and Steamer-Across the Continent and Along the Pacific Slope – Through the Rocky Mountains, Down the Columbia River. Over the Sierra Nevadas – Among Indians, Mormons, Miners, and Mexicans. By Order of the United States Government”. It goes on to indicate that it includes a colored map of the entire route, and eight full page engravings. This was produced by Crocker & Stickney, Boston, MA. The poster also has 4 wonderful engraved vignettes. The first a “big tree” which obviously illustrates a giant sequoia tree with a crack at the base. The tree is so large that two horseback riders are positioned inside the crack of the tree. Another image depicting Mt. Hood, another lovely engraved vintage of Yosemite Valley from the foot of Mariposa Trail and the last, titled “Plains Indian” depicting two Indians. 2) The second is a large paper broadside certificate for Members of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers. This beautiful Western Engraving announces “This Certified that who arrived in California 1849 is a member of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, etc. Various vignettes include a image of the capitol house, a steam locomotive with telegraph wires running alongside it, a farmer in the field plowing with haying operations in the back, a fort in the very center, with a miner to the left leaning on a tree with a shovel & pick axe, to the right a vineyard farmer with a cluster of grapes and sickle, before the vignette is a dead bear, musket and cornucopia. At the base of the poster is a panoramic scene depicting pioneers in a covered wagon, gold miners working along a creek, and horse wranglers & packmen in what appears to be Yosemite Valley. the poster is black on white and marked at the bottom “FERD. MAYER & SONS; GENERAL LITHOGRAPHERS, 96 & 98 FULTON ST. NEW YORK”. 3) This neat poster is promoting the railroad and its connections to various famous western sights including Leadville, Buena Vista, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, and all Points East. “Magnificent Trains!, Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. Luxurious Smoking-Room Coaches. Gorgeous Scenery! Take the Pike’s Peak Route for Leadville, Pueblo, Denver and Intermediate Points”. The poster was printed by the Herald Democrat Steam Printing House, Leadville, CO. and does not bear a date, but is probably from sometime in the late 19th century. Lettering is cobalt blue with an orange emblem in the background for the Midland Railway. The paper poster nicely mounted in a small wooden frame. SIZE: Poster only – 10-3/4″ x 26-3/4″ high, with frame 14″ x 33-1/3″. CONDITION: The poster is generally excellent. 4) A copy of the Las Vegas Daily Optic, April 23, 1881. The news included a report of sentence for David Rudabaugh who is currently attempting to appeal his sentence, “he was found guilty by the Grand Jury of San Miguel County in August of 1880 for the highest crime known to law that of a willful murder of a fellow being. In this case the crime as alleged was made if possible even more grave by the person killed being a public officer engaged in the performance of his duties.” There is a disputed story from around 1876 that Rudabaugh taught Doc Holliday to use a pistol while Doc taught him the finer points of playing cards. In 1877, Wyatt Earp was tracking Rudabaugh, Mike Roarke, and Dan Dement (the Trio) from Dodge City to Fort Griffin, Texas, in the hope of arresting them. He never caught up with them but befriended Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate while in Fort Griffin. The Trio eluded capture and built up their gang to six members, which was then known as the Rudabaugh-Roarke Gang, and set about attempting to rob trains. On April 5, 1880, in a failed attempt to liberate a fellow gang member from jail, Rudabaugh shot and killed deputy Antonio Lino Valdez. He fled to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where he eventually joined the gang led by Billy the Kid. At Stinking Springs (near present-day Taiban, New Mexico), On December 23, 1880 a posse led by Pat Garrett captured Rudabaugh, Billy the Kid, Billy Wilson, and other members of the gang. They were taken to Las Vegas, but the danger of a lynch mob prompted the officers to move them to Santa Fe. In February 1881,while in court, Rudabaugh pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison for several counts of mail robbery. He was then found guilty for the murder of Las Vegas deputy Lino Valdez and was sentenced to death by hanging. Another article talks about the editor leaving Vegas and going on an overland trip by horse with two friends where they encounter some Mexican’s who tell them about a hidden cave they just found. After visiting the cave and crawling in with candles, they discover pre-historic Aborigine utensils and markings on the wall. 5) Paper poster for Western theme performance “The Bandit King”, this large paper broadside now mounted on a canvas back paper announces in bold red letters “NIBLO’S GARDEN The Bandit King” two weeks only, commencing Monday, March 23, featuring the most wonderful animal actors on earth, Charger & Raider”. Apparently this was a performance on stage including actual live horses “Charger & Raider”. The poster has four engraved vignettes. One depicting a figure with the two famous horse, another titled “The Great Bowie Knife Fight on Horseback”, depicting a fringed buckskin clad westerner with a Bowie knife and his adversary appears to be wearing military garb. Another Vignette “The Ride to Death” depicts a western figure on horseback galloping up the side of a mounting with a prisoner on horseback behind him. The fourth vignette “The Leap for Life Through a Window”, depicts a western figure on horseback with just one hand holding adversaries at bay and a young maiden in his arms as his horse leaps out the window of the building. The poster does not bear a date, but it appears to be late 19th century, and includes a bunch more information, including a list of the characters, a synopsis of the play, etc., etc. SIZE: 2) 18-3/4″ w x 25″ h, it is nicely matted and framed in a molded gold frame, the frame itself measures 27″ w x 34″ h. 3) Poster only – 10-3/4″ x 26-3/4″ high, with frame 14″ x 33-1/3″. 4) Paper is approximately 15-1/2″ w x 20″ high. 5) Paper poster is approximately 14-1/2″ w x 41″ h. CONDITION: 1) Mounted on linen backing with creases from folds; some tight separations on folds, slightly soiled; strong color. 2) The paper broadside folded at one time with crease marks still evident, generally in outstanding condition. This is a very nice group of graphic western related broadsides. 3) The poster is generally excellent. 4) Consists of one sheet of generally of good condition. 5) Excellent with orig bright colors. 4-45089, 4-45611 JJ6 (12,500-15,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2460	$18,400.00	LOT OF 5 PIECES INCLUDING FOUR NICE ANTIQUE POSTERS RELATING TO THE OLD WEST. 1) Large paper broad side promoting “The Most Charming and Instructed Book of the Year, the Great West and Pacific Coast”. This wonderful broad side in black and red letters touts the marketing of a book by James F. Rusling, Berevet Brigadier-General, U.S.V. It indicates “15 Miles by Stage Coach, Ambulance, Horseback, Railroad, and Steamer-Across the Continent and Along the Pacific Slope – Through the Rocky Mountains, Down the Columbia River. Over the Sierra Nevadas – Among Indians, Mormons, Miners, and Mexicans. By Order of the United States Government”. It goes on to indicate that it includes a colored map of the entire route, and eight full page engravings. This was produced by Crocker & Stickney, Boston, MA. The poster also has 4 wonderful engraved vignettes. The first a “big tree” which obviously illustrates a giant sequoia tree with a crack at the base. The tree is so large that two horseback riders are positioned inside the crack of the tree. Another image depicting Mt. Hood, another lovely engraved vintage of Yosemite Valley from the foot of Mariposa Trail and the last, titled “Plains Indian” depicting two Indians. 2) The second is a large paper broadside certificate for Members of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers. This beautiful Western Engraving announces “This Certified that who arrived in California 1849 is a member of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, etc. Various vignettes include a image of the capitol house, a steam locomotive with telegraph wires running alongside it, a farmer in the field plowing with haying operations in the back, a fort in the very center, with a miner to the left leaning on a tree with a shovel & pick axe, to the right a vineyard farmer with a cluster of grapes and sickle, before the vignette is a dead bear, musket and cornucopia. At the base of the poster is a panoramic scene depicting pioneers in a covered wagon, gold miners working along a creek, and horse wranglers & packmen in what appears to be Yosemite Valley. the poster is black on white and marked at the bottom “FERD. MAYER & SONS; GENERAL LITHOGRAPHERS, 96 & 98 FULTON ST. NEW YORK”. 3) This neat poster is promoting the railroad and its connections to various famous western sights including Leadville, Buena Vista, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, and all Points East. “Magnificent Trains!, Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars. Luxurious Smoking-Room Coaches. Gorgeous Scenery! Take the Pike’s Peak Route for Leadville, Pueblo, Denver and Intermediate Points”. The poster was printed by the Herald Democrat Steam Printing House, Leadville, CO. and does not bear a date, but is probably from sometime in the late 19th century. Lettering is cobalt blue with an orange emblem in the background for the Midland Railway. The paper poster nicely mounted in a small wooden frame. SIZE: Poster only – 10-3/4″ x 26-3/4″ high, with frame 14″ x 33-1/3″. CONDITION: The poster is generally excellent. 4) A copy of the Las Vegas Daily Optic, April 23, 1881. The news included a report of sentence for David Rudabaugh who is currently attempting to appeal his sentence, “he was found guilty by the Grand Jury of San Miguel County in August of 1880 for the highest crime known to law that of a willful murder of a fellow being. In this case the crime as alleged was made if possible even more grave by the person killed being a public officer engaged in the performance of his duties.” There is a disputed story from around 1876 that Rudabaugh taught Doc Holliday to use a pistol while Doc taught him the finer points of playing cards. In 1877, Wyatt Earp was tracking Rudabaugh, Mike Roarke, and Dan Dement (the Trio) from Dodge City to Fort Griffin, Texas, in the hope of arresting them. He never caught up with them but befriended Doc Holliday and Big Nose Kate while in Fort Griffin. The Trio eluded capture and built up their gang to six members, which was then known as the Rudabaugh-Roarke Gang, and set about attempting to rob trains. On April 5, 1880, in a failed attempt to liberate a fellow gang member from jail, Rudabaugh shot and killed deputy Antonio Lino Valdez. He fled to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where he eventually joined the gang led by Billy the Kid. At Stinking Springs (near present-day Taiban, New Mexico), On December 23, 1880 a posse led by Pat Garrett captured Rudabaugh, Billy the Kid, Billy Wilson, and other members of the gang. They were taken to Las Vegas, but the danger of a lynch mob prompted the officers to move them to Santa Fe. In February 1881,while in court, Rudabaugh pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in prison for several counts of mail robbery. He was then found guilty for the murder of Las Vegas deputy Lino Valdez and was sentenced to death by hanging. Another article talks about the editor leaving Vegas and going on an overland trip by horse with two friends where they encounter some Mexican’s who tell them about a hidden cave they just found. After visiting the cave and crawling in with candles, they discover pre-historic Aborigine utensils and markings on the wall. 5) Paper poster for Western theme performance “The Bandit King”, this large paper broadside now mounted on a canvas back paper announces in bold red letters “NIBLO’S GARDEN The Bandit King” two weeks only, commencing Monday, March 23, featuring the most wonderful animal actors on earth, Charger & Raider”. Apparently this was a performance on stage including actual live horses “Charger & Raider”. The poster has four engraved vignettes. One depicting a figure with the two famous horse, another titled “The Great Bowie Knife Fight on Horseback”, depicting a fringed buckskin clad westerner with a Bowie knife and his adversary appears to be wearing military garb. Another Vignette “The Ride to Death” depicts a western figure on horseback galloping up the side of a mounting with a prisoner on horseback behind him. The fourth vignette “The Leap for Life Through a Window”, depicts a western figure on horseback with just one hand holding adversaries at bay and a young maiden in his arms as his horse leaps out the window of the building. The poster does not bear a date, but it appears to be late 19th century, and includes a bunch more information, including a list of the characters, a synopsis of the play, etc., etc. SIZE: 2) 18-3/4″ w x 25″ h, it is nicely matted and framed in a molded gold frame, the frame itself measures 27″ w x 34″ h. 3) Poster only – 10-3/4″ x 26-3/4″ high, with frame 14″ x 33-1/3″. 4) Paper is approximately 15-1/2″ w x 20″ high. 5) Paper poster is approximately 14-1/2″ w x 41″ h. CONDITION: 1) Mounted on linen backing with creases from folds; some tight separations on folds, slightly soiled; strong color. 2) The paper broadside folded at one time with crease marks still evident, generally in outstanding condition. This is a very nice group of graphic western related broadsides. 3) The poster is generally excellent. 4) Consists of one sheet of generally of good condition. 5) Excellent with orig bright colors. 4-45089, 4-45611 JJ6 (12,500-15,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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