Yee Haw! Old Western Strongboxes
Wells Fargo lock box, cast iron, “W.F. & Co. St. Louis” on top, 8 1/2 in. h. by13 1/2 in. w. by 9 1/2 in., $3,143.
All kinds of Western items are always popular with collectors. Battered “Old West” strongboxes attracted attention in a recent sale at Bonhams Los Angeles that featured a single owner’s collection of 19th-century “Early West” items. Included was an 1879 Wells Fargo & Co. strongbox that sold for $10,200, the top price for a strongbox in […]