RR Auction: Old West, Outlaws, Lawmen, and Gangsters, 720, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 22, 2025 - May 22, 2025
Page Size: 107 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8001 Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone Autograph Document Signed

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 23,746.00
8002 Sam Houston

Sam Houston Document Signed as Governor of Tennessee

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,385.00
8003 Sam Houston

Sam Houston Document Signed, One of His Last as Governor of Texas (March 1861)

1861 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,886.00
8004 David Crockett

David Crockett Signature, Certified by His Son

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 11,364.00
8005 Phineas Jenks Mahan

Texas Revolution: Phineas Jenks Mahan Handwritten Petition for Release from a Matamoros Prison (The Battle of San Patricio)

USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
8006

1854 Map of the U.S. - Mexico Boundary Survey under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo including Commissioner John R. Bartlett Signature

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
8009 John Coffee

John Coffee Hays Rare Signed Check

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
8011 Brigham Young

Brigham Young Document Signed as Governor of Utah Territory, Announcing "an Act to Regulate Surveyors & Surveying"

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
8013

Gadsden Purchase: Johnson & Browning's 'California, Territories of New Mexico, and Utah' Hand-Colored Map (1861)

1861 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 656.00
8015 George A. Custer

George A. Custer Signed Photograph - CDV by Mathew Brady

USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 42,969.00
8016 Hiram Berdan

Hiram Berdan Autograph Letter Signed on aEUoethe Bolt GunaEU aEU" Pushing for His Type 3 Trapdoor Design Amidst the Breechloading Arms Race

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
8017 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody (4) Signed Ticket to 'Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World'

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 12,680.00
8018 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Original Promotional Lithograph - aEU~Buffalo BillaEUs Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the WorldaEU (Ca. 1893)

Ca. 1893 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 14,999.00
8019 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Autograph Letter Signed: "In traveling as we do, we have to travel light"

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,306.00
8020 William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Signed Postcard

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 894.00
8021

Fort Apache Original Photograph by Ben Wittick (1884)

1884 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 303.00
8022

Texas Land Grant Signed by Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1889)

1889 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 250.00
8024 Bret Harte

Bret Harte Autograph Manuscript Signed for The Youngest Prospector in Calaveras

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
8027

[Samuel Colt] Proceedings at the Dedication of Charter Oak Hall Upon the South Meadow Grounds of Col. Samuel Colt (1856)

1856 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 688.00
8028

[Samuel Colt] Benjamin McCulloch (2) Autograph Letters Signed to Samuel Colt with Rare Civil War-era Colt Model 1860 Army Revolver - One of the Original Handguns Purchased for the Southern War Effort

2 USD 50,000.00 - 70,000.00 USD 62,501.00
8029

[Samuel Colt] Benjamin McCulloch Autograph Letter Signed on the Purchase of "300 pistols" for Alabama Armament (July 9, 1860)

1860 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
8030

Samuel Colt's Twice-Signed Copy of Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861

USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
8031

[Samuel Colt] Armsmear: The Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt: A Memorial - Rare First Edition Book (1866)

1866 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
8038

Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Financial Report (1882) - Intended for the Board of Directors

1882 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,110.00
8040 Robert Ford

[Jesse James] Robert Ford Autograph Letter Signed, Pawning His Watch, Pin, and Gun: "I will also give you my shot gun which is worth the amount I want"

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 10,478.00
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