Past Collections
View results and catalogs of our previous sales & consignments
In the Montana Frontier History Auction, our day one auction featured cowboy spurs, bits, Indian beadwork, turquoise jewelry, Navajo rugs, Indian artifacts, Chinese and Asian Objects, tokens, Coins, Montana photography and historical items and so much more. A highlight of our art portion is the addition of an original Rembrandt etching of Jan Lutma. Our day two auction featured our Military and Firearm Day. Including a 7th Cavalry Montana Campaign Hat, a Signal Corps Messenger Pigeon Cage, a Collection of Vietnam War Theater Made Patches and many more unique and historical items.
Day one includes a vast number of historical objects, Chinese antiques, jewelry, beer advertising, taxidermy, artwork, and coins. Day two is our traditional Military Auction. It has a large number of Military Artifacts including a WW1 1lb 37mm Cannon, Historic Firearms, Animal Traps, and much more.
Our Second Annual Big Chief Auction is a curated collection of unique museum-quality antiques and collectibles. This is a two-day online LIVE event that will be hosted on the 6th and 7th of November. Over $400,000 in estimated value. Some never before seen historic Native American Indian Items, Charles Manson Photos, High-Quality Instruments, Military Items, Many Early and Significant Firearms, the Best Northwest Coast Box ever offered on the open market.
This auction featured artworks from a wide variety of notable artists including Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, John Louis Clarke, Walter Hook, and Harry L. Lopp. A handful of antique Chinese objects including Paintings, Zisha Imperial Dragon Teapot, Qing Dynasty Altar Table and Pair of Official’s Hat Chairs. A brass scale collection, Japanese woodblock prints, Native American Beadwork and Jewelry. We are also proud to offer Robert Beaty’s person knife-making materials. The second half of the day exhibits our monthly military auction including reloading goods, firearms, surplus and a rare never before seen Civil War Prototype Billinghurst-Requa Volley Machine Gun.
Our two-day sale features an array of eclectic collectibles, the first portion of Dale Dye’s personal estate including exotic handmade bows. Fine artwork from John Louis Clarke, Betty Bierne Pierson, Taylor Lynde, fishing equipment, Indian artifacts, vintage clothing, firearms, military collectibles and historic memorabilia. Military featured items include Pilot’s Universal Geneve Dato-Compax Chronograph watch, Bo Foster’s General’s uniforms used when flying Goring to Nuremberg, a proclamation forming the German Film Academy signed by Hitler and Goebbels.
Our Montana Frontier Trading Post auction honored the true western outpost by featuring a large collection of furs, traps, native American beadwork and so much more! We offered part two of Gene Wensel’s, Brother’s of the Bow Collection, which included taxidermy from around the world and a signed collection. Also sold was a large Railroad and Toy Train Collection. On our second day, we featured our military extravaganza. We are continuing to sell the largest privately held Military collection in the world. We were proud to offer an Inert M40 Recoilless Rifle (one of only a small handful in private collections).
Our Fueling the American West auction started off with an outstanding gas and oil collection from a Montana Estate. All original items with no reproductions. This collection included large amounts of gas pump plates, license plate toppers, signs, oil cans, and gas globes. This day also featured a fully restored H. Earl Clack Heccoline Hi-Power Visible Gas Pump, a fully restored 1973 Airstream International Land Yacht Trailer and high-end gas globes including Husky, Litening, and Frontier. Day two followed with our Montana history and art showcase, featuring a painting by Ty Barhaug, Taylor Lynde, Anthony Barham, Jack King, and Ace Powell. Additionally, an array of Montana photography, collectibles, and Tag Heuer watches. Our last day featured a rare Spanish American War 1890 Mortar Cannon, Grover Cleveland’s Son USMC Uniform, and an original Bob Hope Vietnam War USO Tour Uniform.
For our Montana Masterpieces Auction, we were extremely proud to offer you the best of Montana from artists and photographers to knife makers and more. Day one started with an assortment of fine Chinese, Japanese and Asian antiques, western prints, famous bronzes and a museum-quality Montana beer collection. On day two we featured part one of Gene Wensel’s, Brothers of the Bow, hunting collection and “Montana Masterpieces” highlighting compositions by Joseph Henry Sharp, R.H. Mckay, Taylor Lynde, Ralph Earl DeCamp, Olaf Carl Seltzer, Harry L. Lopp, Rudy Ruana and many more. Day three concluded with a large assortment of rare military artifacts featuring an original ship’s wheel from the U.S.S ArizonaRare Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Relic For Auction by Davis Brothers.
In this auction, we featured one of the most phenomenal libraries offered to the public in years from Bob Borcherdt, a local Montana estate. Borcherdt’s library starred rare western first edition books, National Park surveys, and more. In addition, fine western art from artists such as Eanger Irving Couse, Bert Geer Phillips, and Ray Swanson was auctioned off. Day two featured the next edition of our ongoing military artifact extravaganza including relics from all wars and firearms.
This auction set the year off right with unique and beautiful finds from Northwest. The first day featured high-end clothing, western artwork, a wonderful library, Indigenous and tribal artifacts and Asain antiques. Day two featured the beginning of an extensive military auction filled with lots from all wars and Montana history.
Our Annual Black Friday Extravaganza features a range of antiques and collectibles. Day one highlights a large wildfowler decoy collection, Montana taxidermy, artwork from around the world, historical signs, a Third-Phase Chiefs Blanket, and an expansive collection of Missoula-made Bunyan Bug Fishing Flies. Day two stars an extravagant military collection, beautiful jewelry, gemstones, firearms, various knives, coin-operated machines and a few exceptional original Native American tomahawks.
A unique museum-quality auction featuring a local private collection is being offered for sale. Over $400,000 in estimated value. Some never before seen historic Montana photographs & Native American beadwork.
The Sam Audrain Collection is truly a special piece of history that featured one-of-a-kind skateboards and other rare memorabilia from skateboard history. In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Audrain led the initiative to make skateboarding what it is today. Audrain traveled the country to help bring a community out of empty swimming pools and into the mainstream skate parks you see today.