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Greg Nesteroff
Nov 144 min read
Slocan City Miners’ Union ribbon sells for $1,003
The Western Federation of Miners had at least 22 locals in the Kootenay-Boundary, whose ribbons are highly coveted by collectors.
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Greg Nesteroff
Jul 212 min read
Crown Point Hotel envelope nets $625
A rare Christmas seal inflated the price of an envelope from a Trail hotel.
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Greg Nesteroff
May 133 min read
Crawford Bay Canning and Preserving
The story of a rare jam tin from an obscure company that operated on the East Shore of Kootenay Lake in 1909.
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Greg Nesteroff
Apr 153 min read
New Denver envelope fetches $1,046
An envelope that sold on eBay for an eye-popping price has a connection to a man convicted of bank robbery and embezzlement.
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 44 min read
Castlegar and Robson by train, plane, auto, and ferry
Three images sold online tell the story of transportation in the area.
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Greg Nesteroff
Dec 4, 20223 min read
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, 202113 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20201 min read
Cascade City cover sells for $240
An amazing envelope from Cascade City has sold on eBay.
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Greg Nesteroff
Mar 6, 20201 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20191 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20181 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20182 min read
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, 20184 min read
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, 20181 min read
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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