August 2018 Auction

Auction Details

Day 1 Friday (Lots 1000-1740)
Gaming (1000-1014)
Saloon (1015-1028)
Bottles (1029-1150)
Numismatics (1151-1538)
Bank Bags (1151-1162)
Books (1163-1169)
Checks (1171-1202)
Coins (1203-1386)
Commemorative (1387-1422)
Ephemera (1423-1442)
Ingot (1443-1456)
Medals (1457-1482)
Mint/Proof Sets (1483-1492)
So-Called Dollars (1493-1494)
Scales (1495-1497)
Currency (1498-1532)
Scrip (1533-1538)
Tokens (1539-1740)

Day 2 Saturday (Lots 2000-2714)
Cowboy (2000-2112)
Firearms & Weaponry (2113-2177)
Military (2178-2241)
General Americana (2242-2694)
Advertising (2242-2254)
Bonds (2255-2261)
Books (2262-2300)
Entertainment Industry (2301-2318)
Glassware/Flatware Etc. (2319-2332)
Gold Rush (2333-2343)
Jewelry & Watches (2344-2347)
Lamp (2348-2352)
Sheet Music (2354-2356)
Tools (2357-2360)
Vintage Apparel (2361-2368)
Geographic Sorted (2369-2694)
General Foreign (2695-2714)


Day 3 Sunday (Lots 3000-3667)
Mining (3000-3260)
Minerals (3261-3280)
Railroadiana (3281-3327)
Wells Fargo & Express (3328-3343)
Postal History (3344-3355)
Political (3356-3371)
World’s Fair /Expositions (3372-3382)
Art (3383-3471)
Native Americana (3472-3539)
Bargains & Dealer Specials (3540-3667)
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Gambling Book Group (6)1000 - Gambling Book Group (6)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early edition of the classic Hoyles Games, I Want to Quit Winners by Smith, Poker by Wallace, What are the Odds, The Gambler's Bible by Fisk, Po...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Harold's Club Pinup Poster Calenders, 1954, 19561001 - Harold's Club Pinup Poster Calenders, 1954, 1956
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Two calendars, 10.75 x 15.5", both near mint from the famous Harold's Club. The first is unarguably the Number One Nevada Calendar, with th...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Rare Nevada Club Gaming and Branded Items1002 - Rare Nevada Club Gaming and Branded Items
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From the Fitzgerald's Hoard. A rare and large group of Nevada Club items. Small metal hinged box with oval Nevada Club cameo like top applicatio...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Casino Craps Table Chip Racks (2)1003 - Casino Craps Table Chip Racks (2)
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2 Craps Table Chip Racks, primarily for silver dollars. White color metal 9" x 15" x 6". Set of two Racks. Date: City: State: N...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Nevada Club/Nevada Lodge, NV Token Hoarde1004 - Nevada Club/Nevada Lodge, NV Token Hoarde
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Copper appearing metal tokens 1.5" wide. NEVADA CLUB RENO / NEVADA CLUB / NEVADA LODGE / NEVADA LODGE LAKE TAHOE / / REDEEMABLE BY / 1 TOKEN /...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Broken Cue Ball (Billiards) Used as Craps Game Marker1005 - Broken Cue Ball (Billiards) Used as Craps Game Marker
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This broken cue ball, cut in half, was used in Deer Lodge, Montana as a craps game marker. Comes in small jewelry box. 3.5" x 3" Date: c18...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to T******1 for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Brunswick-Balke Pool Table Slider1006 - Brunswick-Balke Pool Table Slider
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Embossed metal with "The Brunswick-Balke Pool Table Collender" 2.5" x 3.25" Date: early 1900's City: State: HWAC# 77920
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Cripple Creek Gaming Token Collection1007 - Cripple Creek Gaming Token Collection
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Collection of about 149 pieces of Cripple Creek modern-day gaming establishments. Most of the tokens are dollar sized, composed of brass or nickel, wi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to p***p for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Gaming Tokens & Counters (27,Foreign)1008 - Gaming Tokens & Counters (27,Foreign)
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Tokens from Great Britain, from imitation 1/2 Guinea to Imitation Guinea; Spiel Mark gaming token, head with crown that says "Liberty"; co...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Gaming Specific Adding Machine from Nevada Club1009 - Gaming Specific Adding Machine from Nevada Club
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An early adding machine from the Nevada Club in Reno. This adding machine is significantly different from other adding machines because it has buttons
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Collection of Gaming Punchboards1010 - Collection of Gaming Punchboards
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used in taverns and even soda fountains up until the 1950's. A metal stylus was used to "punch" out rolled pieces of paper with number...
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Estimate : 20.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Gaming Counters (Gold Rush Era)1011 - Gaming Counters (Gold Rush Era)
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1) Bronze, Spiel Marke Compositions//George Washington 1"; 2) Brass, In Unitate Fortitudo//George Washington 1/2". Date: City: State:...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Gaming Counters (Gold Rush Era, 2 count)1012 - Gaming Counters (Gold Rush Era, 2 count)
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1) br. gaming counter, 1.25" Louis Kossuth//United States of America, 2) 1856, City Hall New York//In Unitate Fortitudo, 1". Date: City...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Stacking Silver Dollar Tray for Gaming Table1013 - Stacking Silver Dollar Tray for Gaming Table
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Original stacking silver dollar tray for a craps table or card game, possibly dating to 1900-1920. Choice gaming artifact use for what today are the m
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to v*********m for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Uncut Sheet of Bicycle Playing Cards1014 - Uncut Sheet of Bicycle Playing Cards
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Full uncut sheet of Bicycle cards. With margins, red reverse. Date: City: State: HWAC# 76824
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Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to J********1 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Buffalo Brewing Co. Stock Certificates1015 - Buffalo Brewing Co. Stock Certificates
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Lot of 5: Unissued Buffalo Brewing Co. certificates, numbers 2102, 2011, and 2014 through 2016. Pristine condition, with #2012 having an embossed sea
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*****o for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Three Saloon Advertising Pieces: Cover, Business Card, Postcard1016 - Three Saloon Advertising Pieces: Cover, Business Card, Postcard
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Lot of 3. 1) Business card for Italian-Californian Wine Co., Wine & Liquor Merchants, 627 Vallejo Street, San Francisco. 2.75 x 4.5" 2) Cor...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Old Grand Dad Bar Bottle in Cradle1017 - Old Grand Dad Bar Bottle in Cradle
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This item came from the McGill Club in McGill, NV. c. 1965. Approx 1.75 Liter bottle with original contents and bottle tax seal. Bottle is unopened ho
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Seattle Brewing & Malting Co.Stock Cert.1018 - Seattle Brewing & Malting Co.Stock Cert.
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This stock cert.has a photo-vignette of the company's brewery. President of the company was Emil Sick who also owned the Seattle Rainiers Baseba...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6******n for (37.50 + 9.38BP) = 46.88
 
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Jetter Brewing Stein1019 - Jetter Brewing Stein
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Advertising top in ceramic from Jetter Brewing Company, South Omaha Nebraska. Excellent condition, choice of American brewing collectibles. HWAC# 7
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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"A Peep at Buffalo BIll's Wild West" Magazine1020 - "A Peep at Buffalo BIll's Wild West" Magazine
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10 x 12- 1/2 inches, 16 pages. Thick pictorial boards with 12 full color chromolithographed plates including front and back covers, and 8 other illust
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Advertising Beer Stein1021 - Advertising Beer Stein
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Advertising beer stein, appears to be three-quarter liter size, pewter top with ceramic advertising. Café Grunwald, B. Tushman Company. "G...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Colorful Cigar Box Labels (12)1022 - Colorful Cigar Box Labels (12)
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First Banner, 2 Red Cloud, 2 Covered Wagon, US Seal, 2 different First National, GEM, Legal Tender, Upper Ten, Eureka, Nuggets. Date: City: State
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Four Beer Steins1023 - Four Beer Steins
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Four steins: 1) Half liter shaped like a monk, short and stubby, "Made in Germany" on the bottom; 2) brown glazed open top beer mug; 3) b...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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High Admiral of Navies, King of Seas Cigar Box Label1024 - High Admiral of Navies, King of Seas Cigar Box Label
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Very colorful large cigar box label, framed, label approximately 7 x 13", frame 17 x 23". "High Admiral of Navies, King of Seas, Davi...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Moon Castle Whiskey Advertising, Oil on Canvas1025 - Moon Castle Whiskey Advertising, Oil on Canvas
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Moon Castle Whiskey advertising oil painting on canvas. At the bottom "now served here at Tombstone's own Birdcage Theater". Beautifu...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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No Liquor Served to Miners1026 - No Liquor Served to Miners
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Nice wood sign, contemporary construction, reads: "No Liquor Served to Miners". 16" x 37" framed wood, yellow-brown background, ...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6******n for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Prince Albert Charger1027 - Prince Albert Charger
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Prince Albert Charger, 24" diameter. "Prince Albert The National Joy Smoke" Original paint, black background, a few scattered small r...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to n********a.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Two Antique Steins1028 - Two Antique Steins
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Two antique steins. The first one is a gorgeous pressed clear glass stein with pewter top with a faceted glass gem at the top. 8" x 3.5" d...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to p***p for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Nice EC&M Aqua Insulator1029 - Nice EC&M Aqua Insulator
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EC&M CO / SF, glass, aqua color. Dates from period 1879-1881. Found along Nevada Central Ry grade near Ledlie, NV. Shallow base chip, normal wea...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Insulators & Bass Wood Dowels1030 - Insulators & Bass Wood Dowels
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Lot of assorted insulators. Hemingray #9,light green; AT&T American Telephone & Telegraph toll insulators (2); 1 Hemengray Beehive in green;...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Phoenix Bottling Works1031 - Phoenix Bottling Works
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Phoenix/ Bottling / Works / Mobile Ala. // Aqua, Hutchinson style soda, 6 1/2' tall, tooled top, 10 panels. fairly good condition, with general ...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Union Soda Works1032 - Union Soda Works
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Union Soda Works. Medium aqua, some whittle, no Pontil. Lip damage in the back. Clean and sparkling. Applied top. Union Soda Works got its start in To
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to F****e for (450.00 + 99.00BP) = 549.00
 
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Nashville Bottling Works1033 - Nashville Bottling Works
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Embossed on the front of the bottle, in an oval sulug plate is : Nashville ( au ) / Bottling / Works/ Nashville , Ark ( ad ) // Aqua, Hutchinson styl
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Estimate : 20.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Waldron Bottling Works1034 - Waldron Bottling Works
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Waldron Bottling ( au) / Works / Waldron , Ark( ad) // Clear, Hutchinson style soda. 6 3/ 8" tall. Fairly clean bottle. But, there are a few g...
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 20.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Artesian / Oakland Pioneer / Occidental ( lot of 3)1035 - Artesian / Oakland Pioneer / Occidental ( lot of 3)
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Lot#1 of 3: ( Embossed in an oval slug plate, on the front of the bottle is : Artesian ( au) / Bottling Works / Dublin, Ca.( ad) // Aqua, Hutchinson
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Estimate : 120.00 - 280.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Morimoto Soda Works Box with Bottles1036 - Morimoto Soda Works Box with Bottles
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Original soda box completely full of 24 aqua crown top sodas from the Morimoto Soda Works of Fresno. Each bottle embossed. The boxes marked on the sid
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to r*****5 for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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T. Hildebrand Soda Bottle1037 - T. Hildebrand Soda Bottle
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Embossed ; T. Hildebrand ( au ) / Gilroy // Base embossed : large letter " H" // Nice blue aqua, Hutchinson style bottle. 7" tall ,...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to s*****d for (37.50 + 9.38BP) = 46.88
 
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Pioneer & Los Gatos Soda Works1038 - Pioneer & Los Gatos Soda Works
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Item # 1 of 2 : Pioneer ( ( cu) / soda works / Gilroy ( ad ) // Pale aqua, crown top specimen,four piece mold, tooled top. 7 3/ 4" tall ....
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to r******w for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Hollister Soda Works ( 3 Items ).1039 - Hollister Soda Works ( 3 Items ).
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Item #1 of 3 : Hollister ( au) / Soda / Works / A. Mans ( ad) // Aqua , blob top soda . 7 1/2" tall, applied top. Fairly clean bottle, wit...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to l********g for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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P.E. Weaver / Soda Works.1040 - P.E. Weaver / Soda Works.
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P. E. Weaver ( au) / King City / Soda Works // Aqua, Hutchinson style soda. 6 5/8 ' tall, and a clean bottle. Four piece mold, with a few ni...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 350.00
Sold to s*****d for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Mayfield Soda Works1041 - Mayfield Soda Works
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Mayfield / Soda Works // Nice blue aqua, crown top specimen , tooled top. . 8 1/8 " tall , four piece mold. Clean and shiny, like a brand ...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Enterprise Soda Water Co.1042 - Enterprise Soda Water Co.
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Enterprise ( au ). / Soda Water Co. / Monterey // . Base embossed : # 329 / H ( laying on the rigfht side ! ( The ' H", stands for Holt Gl...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j****S for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Enterprize Soda Works (  3 Items )1043 - Enterprize Soda Works ( 3 Items )
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Item# 1 of 3 :Embossed on the front of the bottle, in an oval slug plate is : Enterprise ( au) / Soda Works / Monterey ( ad) / Net Contents ( at
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Monterey Soda Works1044 - Monterey Soda Works
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Property Of / Monterey ( au) / Soda Works ( ad) / Cal. // Base embossed : #51 B / laying to the left. // Aqua, hutchinson style soda. 6 3/4 &q...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to p***p for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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GHIRARDELLI BRANCH SODA BOTTLE1045 - GHIRARDELLI BRANCH SODA BOTTLE
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Ghirardelli's (au) / Branch Oakland // : 1863-1869: Light blue. Needs cleaning and polishing. Has a gigantic bubble, in the shape of a spoon,...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to F****e for (250.00 + 55.00BP) = 305.00
 
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GHIRARDELLI BRANCH SODA BOTTLE1046 - GHIRARDELLI BRANCH SODA BOTTLE
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Ghirardelli's / Branch / Oakland // : 1863-1869: Beautiful, deep cobalt blue. Need a little inside cleaning. 1/4" lip chip, and a 3/8'...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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C. & K. EAGLE WORKS SODA BOTTLE1047 - C. & K. EAGLE WORKS SODA BOTTLE
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C. & K. . / Eagle Works / Sac .City // : 1858--1866:Beautiful.. medium cobalt blue. Pro cleaned, looks great. Ultra minute wear around the base....
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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C. & K. EAGLE WORKS SODA BOTTLE1048 - C. & K. EAGLE WORKS SODA BOTTLE
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C. & K . / Eagle Works / Sac City // 1858-1866: Beautiful...light sky blue. Look Great, pro cleaned. Bold embossing. One tiny bruise, 1/16"...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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E. L. BILLING'S SODA BOTTLE1049 - E. L. BILLING'S SODA BOTTLE
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Geyser Soda ( au ) / Reverse: E. L Billings (au) / Sac City // : 1872-1879 ; Light teal blue. Clean and shiny. Has a 3/8" inside lip bruise. Ot...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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