Sandon token fetches $610 at auction
The cachet associated with the ghost town of Sandon probably drove up the auction price of a trade token from the Hotel Reco.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 25, 2021
- 13 min
Letters from the End of Track
Five envelopes mailed in 1885 by a CPR camp cook working near present-day Revelstoke have sold at auction for nearly $7,000.
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Greg Nesteroff
- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Tales old envelopes tell
Several envelopes that sold at auction have intriguing connections to West Kootenay Japanese-Canadian, Chinese Canadian, and mining history.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 15, 2020
- 1 min
Cascade City cover sells for $240
An amazing envelope from Cascade City has sold on eBay.
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Greg Nesteroff
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
Rare Kootenay cancel fetches $375
A rare postal cancellation from the Kootenay post office, dated August 1884, sold at auction last month for $375 Cdn. The envelope was...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2 min
Smelter slag souvenir
Below is one of the strangest souvenirs ever made of our area, courtesy of the Greenwood Centennial Committee. The committee was first...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 10, 2019
- 2 min
Ainsworth becomes Ainsworth Hot Springs
Fifty-five years ago today, the Ainsworth post office ceased to exist. The following day, it was reborn as Ainsworth Hot Springs. The...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 6, 2019
- 1 min
1862 Fort Shepherd envelope nets $1,600
An envelope mailed from London to Fort Shepherd in January 1862 sold today for $1,600 Cdn. The piece was part of the Gerald Wellburn gold...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 23, 2018
- 3 min
Silverton’s oldest piece of mail?
A terrific cover from Silverton, postmarked July 28, 1894, sold for $192.50 Cdn yesterday on eBay. It was sent from Hunter & McKinnon,...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Dec 2, 2018
- 1 min
First Nations faces in Rossland
An amazing cabinet card sold on eBay last week for $181.50 US ($240 Cdn), showing two First Nations people in a studio portrait by...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Nov 13, 2018
- 2 min
Greenwood memorabilia
Three noteworthy bits of Greenwood memorabilia (Greewoodiana?) have sold on eBay in the last few months. On Aug. 4, a dry-mount photo of...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Oct 18, 2018
- 2 min
First Nations postcards
While quite a few postcards show First Nations scenes in East Kootenay, not many exist from West Kootenay. At least, there are only a few...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min
I am not a bank robber
The postcard below of an old bridge across the Cascade canyon at Christina Lake sold online today. It’s a nice enough image, but it’s the...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jun 26, 2018
- 4 min
Consolidated Mining and Smelting meets Krag the Kootenay Ram
There are two curious things about the stock certificate seen below, issued by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of British...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Feb 18, 2018
- 1 min
Sandon Paystreak envelope sells for $241
A neat item sold this afternoon on eBay for $192 US (which is $241 Cdn): an envelope from the Sandon Paystreak newspaper. It was...
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Greg Nesteroff
- Jan 18, 2018
- 1 min
Rossland/Greenwood syphon nets $1,700
A clear syphon from the Lion Bottling Works of Rossland and Greenwood (pictured below) sold on eBay this afternoon for $1,382 US, which...
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