Bits & Pieces

A very rare piece of American history. Very few original buffalo skinning outfits have survived. I say original because most of the rigs I have seen are more recent & then artificially aged. I money back guarantee this is original. it has some great skinning knives& the wood is almost petrified looking. I would date this 1865-1875. it is made out of a half of a log& is covered in leather. the leather is old and dry & cracked& the knives peek through. it probably had a shoulder strap at one time but this is missing, it has a hole for a sharpener but this is also missing. I have seen other set with 2 or3 knives that are very questionable sell for $3000.00 t0 $3500.00 this is a bargain. $2500.00

For all you old west buckaroos, here we have a great old west saddle. most so called old west saddles are anywhere from the 1950,s to the 1920,s at best. By that time the Indians were building casino's. this is a beauty, S.GALLUP, pueblo Colorado marked saddle circa 1885. It has the coop seat and the Cheyenne back roll. the saddle is in excellent plus condition. I comes with a Navajo weaved horse blanket which also dates pre-1900. a beautiful old rig.

here we have a very rare piece of Americana. A buffalo hide covered butcher block. this would have been carried in the wagons. the buffalo hunting outfits had the shooter, the skinner & the butcher as the meat was sold to nearby towns& the military posts. T his has 10 original knives plus a Tendo axe. very rare.

This is one of the rarest of all, a territorial marked western rig. Left handed Mexican single loop leather holster that fits a 5 1/2 in barrel Colt SA perfectly. It is in the open toe single loop stamped E. McDonald, Deadwood, E. Mcdonald Deadwood, Dakota Territory was listed in 1885. The money belt is marked Royal 23. From the Jim Holley collection. A very rare holster rig.

Wyoming marked 38/40 caliber holster and belt floral carved. Probably very early 20th century (1905-1910). $1,000.00

Very early cavalry rig. Dyer pouch still has all original lambs wool inside. Holster and cartridge pouch in near mint condition. Company B third cavalry carved into belt. $3,750.00

A great piece of history from the last gold rush. A coin operated Fortuna disc music box circa 1895-1905. It came out of one of the many brothels in the Fairbanks area around the turn of the century. It came out of the estate of a Mr. Hobart Hyatt, a long time Alaska collector. Mr. Hyatt was born in 1920 and died in 1999. Mr. Hyatt traveled all over the state of Alaska as a surveyor of homesteads, town sites, and native claims until his retirement in 1975. Many pieces of his collection have been purchased by museums and private collections. Fantastic sound with 6 original discs. Very few authentic pieces of the gold rush still exist.

This has nothing to do with guns or buffalo's, but I thought it was really cool so I bought it. A Columbian Wooly Mammoth leg bone. The Columbian was the largest of all the wooly mammoths. This one was found on the Nebraska / Wyoming border. A great conversation piece.