Archives International Auctions Auction 106 September 24, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 106 100 September 24, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Lottery Tickets Tennessee 465 465 TN. North American Land and Cattle Company, 1884 I/U Lottery Ticket. Tennessee, 1884, North American Land and Cattle Company, $2.00 lottery ticket (Series A), No. 81,223; printed in black and red with an ornate border, large denomination counters, and a vivid red overprint seal featuring a steer’s head; left vignette shows farm and ranch scenes with horses, wagons, and early agricultural activity, reflecting the firm’s late-19th-century effort to raise funds for large-scale ranching through public lotteries and subscriptions; The back has very small text printed in green listing the conditions for the lottery, incorporated under Tennessee law during the peak cattle-boom years, when promoters consolidated land holdings and herds and marketed securities nationwide; hand-signed by the treasurer and dated October 1, 1884; VG with evidence of considerable handling. ������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $40-80 Ephemera - Middle Age Books & Art Europe 466 466 Original Illuminated Manuscript Leaves Trio, 1490 to 1530, Handwritten & Decorated Vellum Pages Europe......, 1470-1530. Lot of 3 original illuminated manuscript leaves, each richly decorated and likely dating from the medieval to early Renaissance period. These pages are written by hand on vellum (animal parchment) and feature illuminated initials, marginal embellishments, and script in Latin. Left markings feature intricate floral borders with gold accents, Text is in blackletter style script which was common in European manuscripts from the 12th to 17th centuries, All three feature Rubrication - Red and Blue capital letters used to highlight different sections. XF to AU condition. (3). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $300-600 Ephemera - Mining - Alaska Alaska & Canada 467 467 Alaska. Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Co., 1905 to 1915, Ephemera and Stock Certificate Assortment. Alaska and Canada, 1905-15. Lot of 13 mining related documents of the Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Co. Ltd., Includes: 2 I/U Stock Certificates with river dredging ship, several shareholder receipts, a printed promotional letter from the Klondike Promotion Company, a blue envelope, a telegram related to Yukon Basin operations, and numerous typed or signed correspondence items on company letterhead dated between 1905 and 1910. Documents range from VF to AU condition. (13). Sold “AS IS” no returns accepted. �������������������������������������������������� Est. $180-250 Ephemera - Mining - Colorado Colorado 468 468 Aspen, Colorado Gold Mining And Refining Documents and Assay Reports, ca.1902-1922 Aspen, Colorado Gold Mining And Refining Documents and Assay Reports, ca.1902-1922, includes assay reports from Richmond Hill Mining, Milling & Leasing Co., including notes and related documents. Also includes stamped envelope with 1 cent Franklin stamp dated 1903 with Manitou, Colorado postmark, Fine to XF condition. (Over 20 documents) ������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $160-280