SAT, SEPT 13, 2025
Montana Fall Gatherin’ Auction
Trade Center, Lewistown, Montana
9 A.M. MDT
Large collection of Western Art & Memorabilia, Antiques & more!
AUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
ARTWORK
Clarence Cuts the Rope, C. R. Cheek, L. A. Huffman, F. B. Fiske, J. T. Chapman, Tucker Smith, Frank Cuts the Rope, Frank, Calvin Bohleen, James Alexander, James, Tony Chytka, Tony, Con Williams, S. Sanner, Joe Ricker, Hank Chopwood, Barbara East, Barbara, Gar Carter, Gary, Burt Dinius, William A. Weber, Dave Price, Joseph Bohler, Steve Aller, B.L. Conner, C. M. Russell
NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS
OUTSTANDING INDIAN ARTIFACT COLLECTION: Northern Plains fancy peace pipes, beaded bags & moccasins, tomahawks, stone & bone tools, 45 Riker trays of stone & bone Indian artifacts. Predominately found & collected in North Dakota and Montana.
WESTERN GEAR & COLLECTIBLES
WESTERN GEAR by Al Furstnow, Victor Ario, Heiser & Miles City Saddlery
BITS & SPURS by G. S. Garcia, E. Garcia, Fleming, Buermann, Crockett & Kelly

BOOKS
James, Will, Sand, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1929, near fine
James, Will, Lone Cowboy My Life Story, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1930, loose binding, good
James, Will, Sun Up, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1944, near fine
James, Will, Three Mustangeers, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1933, very good condition
James, Will, Scorpion A Good Bad Horse, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1936, loose binding, good condition
James, Will, The Will James Cowboy Book, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1938, fair
James, Will, In the Saddle with Uncle Bill, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1935, near fine
Beeler, Joe, Cowboys & Indians: Characters in Oil and Bronze, dj, ©1967
Newborn, Kent, Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce, dj, ©2005, pen sketch on the cover page
Ambrose, Stephen, Undaunted Courage: Lewis, Jefferson & Opening of West, dj,©1996
MacMillan Company, Audubons Birds of America, ©1950, 1st
Meyer, Roy W., The Village Indians of the Upper Missouri, The Mandans, Hidatsas and Arikaras, dj, ©1977
Dippie, Brian W., Looking at Russell, dj, ©1987
Burdick, Usher, Some of the Old-time Cowmen of the Great West, ©1957
Smith, G. Hubert, Like a Fishhook Willage and Fort Berthold, ©1972
Peterson, Larry Len, L.A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West, dj, ©2003
Weibert, Henry, Sixty-six Years in Custer's Shadow, #274/1000, inscribed by author, with map, ©1985
Weibert, Don, Four Days With Custer, inscribed by author, illustrated by J.K. Ralston, ©1959
Libby, O.G., The Arikara Narrative of the Campaign Against the Hostile Dakotas June 1876: N.D. Historical Collection Vol 6, ©1920
Marquis, Thomas, Custer, Calvary & Crows, The Story of William White as told to Thomas Marquis, Intro by Hugh Scott, Annotated by John Popovich, signed by Popovich, ©1975
Hutchins, James S., The Papers of Edward S. Curtis Relating to Custer's Battle, dj, fold out map, ©2000
Men at Arms Report, Guns at Little Bighorn" Weapons of Custer's Last Stand, soft cover, ©1988
Brust/Pohanka/Barnard, Where Custer Fell, Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and Now, ©2005
Hutchinson, Will, Artifacts of the Battle of Little Bighorn, ©2016
Horsted, Grafe & Nelson, Crossing the Plains with Custer (Companion Volume to Exploring with Custer), dj, ©2009, signed by authors
James, Will, Look See With Uncle Bill, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1938, clear dust jacket, very good condition
James, Will, Home Ranch, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1935, dust jacket, very good condition
James, Will, Horses I Have Known, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, very good condition
James, Will, The Dark Horse, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1939, very good condition
James, Will, Big Enough, 1st, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1931, very good condition
Peterson, Larry Len, L.A. Huffman: Photographer of the American West Revised, dj, ©2013
Allen, Gene & Bev, The Collotypes of L.A. Huffman Montana Frontier Photographer, dj, ©2014, signed by authors
Heski, Thomas M., The Little Shadow Catcher, ©1978
Peterson, Larry Len, The Call of the Mountains: The Artists of Glacier National Park, dj, ©2002
Schaldach, William J., Carl Rungius Big Game Painter - Fifty years with Brush and Rifle, #682 of limited edition, ©1993
Kelly, Fanny, My Captivity Amoung the Sioux, cracked binding, ©1871, 1st
McCoy, Dr. Ron, Sherwoods: Spirit of America 19th Century Native American Pipe stem and Bowl Collection, soft cover
Powers, Thomas, The Killing of Crazy Horse, dj, ©2010
Finerty, John F., War-Path and Bivouac or Conquest of the Sioux, fold out map, broken binding, ©1800, 1st
Stuart, Granville, Pioneering in Montana, edited by Paul Phillips, ©1965
Hansen, Emma I., Plains Indian Bufflao Cultures, Art from the Paul Kyk Collection, dj, ©2018
Lister & Bahn, Mammoths, dj, foreword by Jean Auel, ©1994
Polk, Frank, F-F-F-Frank Polk, An Uncommonly Frank Autobiography, foreword by Slim Pickins, illustrated by Joe Beeler, dj,©1978
Schiffer (Lyndes/Reynolds/Saye), Saddleries of Montana: Makers of Territorial Times to 1940, dj, ©2014
Sorenson, Lorin, Old Time Rodeo: The Way It Was, foreword by Monte Montana Jr., ©2008
Garcia, Andrew, Tough Trip through Paradise1878-1879, edited by Bennett Stein, ©1967, 1st
Bourke, Capt. John. C., Mackenzie's Last Fight with the Cheyennes, ©1970
Jacobson, Claes H., Rosebud Sioux: A Lakota People in Transition, dj, ©1970
Tilden, Freeman, Following the Frontier with F. Jay Haynes, dj, ©1964, 1st
Bowers, Alfred W., Mandan: Social and Ceremonial Organization, dj, 1950
Ambrose, Stephen, Undaunted Courage: Lewis, Jefferson & Opening of West, dj,©1996
Strahorn, Carrie Ardell, Fifteen Thousand Miles by Stage, intro and captions by Ludlow Griscom, ©1911, 1st
Montana Historical Society, Jay Haynes Photography, dj, ©1984
Scriver, Bob, The Blackfeet: Artists of the Plains, dj, ©1990, 1st, signed by author
College of Journalism & Mass Communications, Reflections on Little Bighorn 125 Years Later, soft cover
Fiske, Frank Bennett, Life and Death of Sitting Bull, rebound, signed, ©1933, 1st
National Custer Memorial Association, Custer Semi-Centennial Commemoration 1876-1926, soft cover, ©1988
Popovich, John, The Voice of the Curlew - J.K. Ralston's story of his life as told to John Popovich, dj, ©1986
Peterson, Larry Len, C.M. Russell Printed Rarities from Private Collection, soft cover, ©2008
James, Will, Smokey, blue cloth, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1926, near fine
James, Will, Smokey, green cloth, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1930, loose binding
(6) Will James Books, non firsts: The American Cowboy, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1943; Flint Spears, 1938; Flint Spears Cowboy Rodeo Contestant, 1944; Uncle Bill, Charles Scribner & Sons, 1936, Drifting Cowboy and Smokey