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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Randsburg Mining Ephemera3058 - Randsburg Mining Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. Includes pieces from Yellow Aster and other mining operations: two debit receipts from employees of the Yellow Aster to the Rand Mercantile
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Yellow Aster Mine Assay Reports (4)3059 - Yellow Aster Mine Assay Reports (4)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 assay reports, 1918 has a torn left side. Date: 1902-1918 City: Randsburg State: California HWAC# 571538
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Yellow Aster Mining Co. Ephemera Collection3060 - Yellow Aster Mining Co. Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Four Bullion Assay memorandums, 1902. Bars were all over 400 ounces but only .79 fineness in gold. All signed by WH McCombs as assayer. 4
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Checkbook for Western Mine & Mill Operation3061 - Checkbook for Western Mine & Mill Operation
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Checkbook has stubs and a few issued checks signed by Gillespy & Childs, and many unused Bank of California (San Francisco) checks. According to...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Hentsch & Berton Check (SS Central America Ingots)3062 - Hentsch & Berton Check (SS Central America Ingots)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hentsch & Berton were the successors in 1863 to Henry Hentsch's banking and assay business in San Francisco. Hentsch was born in Geneva in a...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Hentsch & Berton Revenue Imprinted Check (SS Central America Ingots)3063 - Hentsch & Berton Revenue Imprinted Check (SS Central America Ingots)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Different check for this San Francisco bank and assay firm with ties to the SS Central America. Also 1869, though this is a San Francisco dateline. RN
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Selby Smelting & Lead Co. Assay Memorandum for Placerville Placer Gold, 18993064 - Selby Smelting & Lead Co. Assay Memorandum for Placerville Placer Gold, 1899
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Selby Smelting & Lead Co. office in San Francisco taking in gold bullion deposited by A. Mierson of Placerville, Feb. 9, 1899. Marked "amal...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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W.C. Ralston Letters: Brereton Letter, Heard You Went Bust! (One Month Later)3065 - W.C. Ralston Letters: Brereton Letter, Heard You Went Bust! (One Month Later)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Looking at letter three, we see that English financiers are ready and willing to invest with the Bank of California and William Ralston. In the May 18
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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William Ralston Letters: 1872 English Engineer's Letter with Plans for Investments in California Lan3066 - William Ralston Letters: 1872 English Engineer's Letter with Plans for Investments in California Lan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
First of three historically significant letters written to Ralston, as President of the Bank of California, is dated September 13, 1872 and is from Ro
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Suisun City Hotel Company Stock Certificate3067 - Suisun City Hotel Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Solano County. Inc. Feb. 1st, 1889. No. 269, issued for 100 shares to Henry Carpenter on April 7th, 1889 in Suisun City. Signed by president RD Robbin
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6******n for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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