December Dreams Premier Auction: Western Americana, Mining, & Numismatics (December 2021)

Not only is this extremely rare with rare Nevada colorful vignette, it has an important signature! Number 1310 for 100 shares to unlisted. Signed by W

1) Goldfield Simmerone with Malcom McDonald. McDonald is credited with bringing the Telephone and Telegraph to southern Nevada. 2) Goldfield May Queen

Another Elmira stock certificate was offered for sale by Holabird Auctions a five years before this was purchased. Fred Holabird projected that this m

Mountain Wells Mining District. Uncancelled, no.110, issued to Francis W. Gove, 20 shares, signed by Samuel w. Pingree, President and Emmet Blair, Sec

Fresh off his Julian Petroleum fiasco (a huge money raiser but little oil), C.C. Julian proclaimed his Western Lead as his new baby. "A HUNDRED...

Every miner needed luck and in Manhattan that luck came in a Stray Dog named Bob! (See full story below.) This mining company was named for Bob. Stray

This is the most popular Bullfrog stock certificate by far with its ornate green border with large green bullfrog under printed at center. Green in ho

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The Liberty Silver Mine was the major producer in the San Antonio District in Nye County. [Reese River Reveille, J Ross Browne "Mineral Resourc...

Ultra rare territorial Nevada stock. Location printed at the top of the certificate: Minnesota Ledge, Blue Sulphur Spring District. Lyon County. Inc.

Blue Sulpher Springs MD. Incorporated March 24th, 1863. Dateline Virginia, N.T., July 6th, 1863. No. 198, issued for 10 shares to secretary M. Thomson

Ultra rare location. Smoky Valley Ledge, Smoky Valley Mining District, Lander County, N.T. (printed on certificate). Incorporated June 30th, 1863. Dat

Extra rare location; extremely rare format, extremely rare engraver! Location printed on certificate: Spring Valley, Devil's Gate District, Lyon...

Location: Star District, Humboldt County, Nevada Territory. This territorial stock certificate has a lot going for it. First, it was issued on Feb. 23

Byron is one of the three mining companies to have ledges in the Brown & Murphy District as reported by Mark Twain in a letter dated February 3,...

Green variety. Inc. in CA. No.C44773, issued for 100 shares to WA Tomplins on February 6,1888 in San Francisco. Signed by president Moritz Meyers and

Cert. #A131, issued for 100 shares. Stamped 1891 by the transfer agent, but date not filled in. Location: Tuscarora District, Elko County, Nev. printe

Location: Star District, Storey County (Lyon crossed out), N.T. (printed below logo). Incorporated April 3rd, 1863. No. 54, issued for 15 shares to E.

A very rare mining stock with wonderful ties to territorial Nevada history! Silver Star District (printed upper left), Storey County, N.T. (printed lo

This certificate represents a difficult period just after the discovery of the Comstock, when two highly skilled and educated men conned the father of

Ultra rare. Location: Virginia Mining District (printed at top). The stock actually says "On Mt. Davidson" which we haven't seen befor...

Virginia MD. Early Nevada territorial stock certificate. Not even Mary B. Ansari in her work on "Mines and Mills of the Comstock Region" l...

Surely UNIQUE! Smaller mining company during the heyday of Ward! This is stock number 1!!! It is written for the entire 100,000 shares at $100 each. N

# 2033 for 70 shares to James Coffin trustee. Signed by JJ Scorite(?) and president (?). Both names have been cancelled with a star punch. Underground

Desert District, N.T. (printed upper right). Dateline Virginia, N.T., January 15th, 1864. No. 22, issued for 25 shares to James Say. Signed by John Al

Location: Desert Mining District, Churchill County, N.T. (printed below logo). Incorporated December 29, 1863. Place of Business: Virginia. Dateline V

Cert. #16, issued for 8000 shares at Nashua, N.H. to Frances E. Downer and signed by Chester Downer as president. The co. was incorporated in New Hamp

Cert. #457, issued for 3 shares to Ellen P. Chase in 1884. Inc. in Connecticut. Signed by William R. Dunham as president and Geo W. Russell as treasur

Nice N.Y. gold mining company stock. The Bleecker Gold Mining Company, Amsterdam, New York was incorporated in New York in 1883. Location of works: F

Very early iron ore stock certificate. # 100 for 45 shares issued on September 1, 1868. 25c Certificate revenue stamp. Vignette of a hilly, barren cou

Cert. #152, issued for 100 shares in 1863. Industrial scene with train at top center and miners down the shaft at left. Black on creme. Ellenville, Ul

#9831 for 100 shares to John W Wilson. Signed by secretary and president Vignette of miners working in the mountains. Also two allegorical figures on

Inc. in New York and issued at New York City. Bucks County is located in Pennsylvania. Shares were issued for Purchase of Mining Property. Cert. #974,

Cert. #260, issued for 200 shares. Inc. in New Jersey and issued at Camden, N.J. Large industrial scene vignette. Incorporated in 1884. Issued to Jame

#685. Large mill with coal train vignette. Coupons 3-40 attached. Folds, very light discoloration, Very nice! Rare! Date: 1889 Country (if not USA):

1. Gate Vein Coal Company. Inc. in 1875. Issued at Pottsville, PA. in 1875. Cert. #11, issued for 18 shares. Ornate vignettes. Small capitalization an

The company operated in So. Carolina in the Appalachian Gold Belt. Cert. #25, issued for 250 shares in 1867 at New York. Three great vignettes and a r

1. Wando Mining & Manufacturing Company of South Carolina. #211, issued for 75 shares in 1874 at Charleston, S.C. Signed by Geo. E. Gibbon as pr...

# 1622 for 10,000 shares to R. Peterson. Two 50c and one 5C documentary stamps. Black and green on white with fancy brown facsimile RN underprint. Not

Whitewood Mining District. Incorporated in Dakota Territory in 1877. Cert #7971, issued to CC Merriman in 1897 for 100 shares. Signed by Lloyd Tevis,

Cert. #156, issued for 2500 shares in 1900 at Chicago, Illinois. Industrial and mining vignettes. Raised seal. Western Bank Note Co. Chicago. This is

# 753 for 1000 shares to FN Foote. Signed by president Totten and secretary McNaught. Vignette of small mine with a winch system for working a shaft.

Lot includes: Cheyenne Cons. Mining Company, 1881. Issued at New York. Location of Mines: Black Hills, Dakota Territory. Also, Great Eastern Gold Mini

This certificate is in Extremely Nice condition. #157 for 500 shares to Elijah Sells. Signed by Sells as president and Paddock as secretary. Small ore

Cert. #342, issued for 100 shares in 1881 at New York. Mines at Frisco, Utah printed on the header. Nice vignette of miners working underground at bot

Cert. #8, issued to Chas S. Hinchman (?) Esq., the company president for 10 shares and signed by him. Mines at Harrisburg District, Washington County,

Cert. #129, issued for 800 shares in 1871 at New York. Farm scene with smokestack and horses. Revenue stamps at left. The co. was incorporated in New

Number 14! $500. Two allegorical vignettes. Goldish under print $500. Signed by president Jonathon Bourne and secretary Herbert E Thompson. Brown, gre

Very attractive Wyoming Territory stock issued in 1884 at New York. Train, mining and oil vignettes. Rare. Not sure we have ever seen this one. Printe

Includes Wyoming Coal & Iron Company. Cert. #99 for 5 shares in 1856. Coal train vignette with Geo. Washington in the right corner. Inc. in Penn...

Lot of sixteen. Includes Amalgamated Silver Mines Company, 1920, financial report. Wheeler & Co. Bankers letters about Valley Queen, Keremeos, B...

Lot of six. 1) Moulton Mining, Montana, A549 issued in 1884, Underground mining vignette. W. A. Clark president signature. Cancelled. 2) Mineral Mount

1)Anaconda Gold Mining Company signed b president David Moffat. Moffat was one of Denver's most important financiers and industrialists in late ...

Lot of seven. Niagara Mining and Smelting, #877 issued in 1890. Has an actual silver dollar seal in silver. 2) Moultan Mining Company with financier W

Lot of three. 1) Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. #611 for 10 shares issued in 1895. Has both a coal and a railroad vignette. Two inch rip u

All three are scarce including two great ones from Alabama. 1) Fort Payne Coal & Iron (AL), issued at Fort Payne in 1890. Inc. in Alabama. Print...

Two nice early date coal mining stocks from the eastern U.S. 1) Westmoreland & New York Gas Coal Co. (PA) issued in 1865. Coal train vignette an...

Lot if six. Three United States Steel Corporation sinking fund debenture bonds. Coupons 33 to 40 attached. 1958. Three United Refectories Company firs

Cert. #A6, issued for 8680 shares in 1910. Nice vignette shows hydraulic mining nozzles blasting the hillside. Green on white. Printed by ABN. VF. Unc

Guantanamo, Cuba is home to some to the best iron deposits in the world. # 1684 for $100 (de cien pesos) in 1877. Cancelled. Railroad vignette. Right

The company was chartered in Maryland in 1844. On the masthead, it notes, "Formerly the Baltimore and Cuba Smelting & Mining Company."...

Beautiful stock certificate issued in 1902 from this famed Mexican copper deposit. Three fancy vignettes. Their mine office was at La Cananea, Arizpe,

Sonora Consolidated Mill & Mining Company. Altar District, State of Sonora, Mexico. Issued in 1883. Incorporated in New York. The Altar District...

# 106 issued in 1882. Homer Lee Bank Note Company Vignette of steam train in the countryside. All 80 coupons attached. Extremely nice condition. 210 m

Arizona Territory incorporation. #501 of 775 authorized, $1000 6% 30 year Second Mortgage Income bond due 1916. Issued Jan. 1, 1886. Signed T.S. Bul

#319 for 10 shares issued to a conglomerate of people. Signed by vice president Robert Watt. Nice green border with light orange under print of S. F.

Bond is signed by Annie Kline Rikert. Rikert Annie Kline Rikert was a Civil War spy, California mining pioneer and founder of the Women's Railro...

#123 (nice progression) issued in 1897. Signed by Lyman Robison as president. Manufacturing themed valley ñ no train??? Under print $1000. All

Lot of four. 1) Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe. #918 issued in 183. Vignette of passengers waiting to board a steam train. Large cut cancelled triangles

Outside of one fold, nearly pristine. $1,000 bond no. 3295 issued in 1890. All 100 coupons still attached. Vignette of railroad station and locomotive

Lot of five. 1) Charleston City Railway. #26 issued in 1890. Cancelled in 1897. Horse drawn trolly vignette. 2) Savannah and Northwestern. #A25 issued

Killer map vignette shows the route this line took from Chicago to Buffalo with a spur going to Hamilton, Canada. Other stops include Ft. Erie (actual

Lot of three. 1) Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central railway. #16209 issued in 1880. Cancelled. 2) Chicago and Eastern Illinois. #3040 in 1895. Canc

# 1113 for 300 shares to Gilbert Sinclair in 1906. Signed by Jean F Webb president and Jean F Webb Jr. secretary. Allegorical vignette. Gold seal. Gr

We have not seen this certificate before. # 550 issued in 1873. Coupons 4-60 attached. Rips at fold edges and some folding. 7% first mortgage gold bon

This 1873 bond is a Six Per Cent Consolidated Gold Bond of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Company and the Mississippi Centra...

Lot of four. 1) Peoria & Bureau Valley. The railroad of the Peoria and Bureau Valley is a single-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad, located ...

# 44 issued in 1873. Signed by president Hamilton and secretary James. Coupons 2-60 attached. Striking black and light purple on white with a

Signed by presidential candidate Samuel Tilden (S. J. Tilden). Samuel Jones Tilden was the 25th Governor of New York and the Democratic candidate for

# 62. Not cancelled. Issued in 1871. Vignette of steam train winding though the country side. Orange ë1000í underprint. Orange border.

Lot of seven. 1) Louisville Railway. # 1705. Street cars vignette. 1893. Preferred stock.2) Louisville Railway. # 3418. Street cars vignette. 1893. Co

Maysville & Lexington Rail Road. #72 for 10 shares issued in 1871. Stamp cancelled. Steam locomotive rambling thorough the countryside vignette....

# 291 issued on 1874, Signed by president Charles Wells and secretary Battell. $1,000 first mortgage gold bond. Three vignettes: mining, train and man

# 2300 issued in 1890. Two vignettes: Steam train and farmer with horse drawn plow. Heavy folds and top left corner is torn. Coupons 5 through 60 atta

1) Baltimore Consolidated. #A3093 in 1898. Cut cancelled. Street car vignette. 2) United Railways & Electric Company of Baltimore. #B459 in 1902...

Thirteen Pullman's Palace Car Company stocks. 6 orange and 7 gray. Vignettes of St. Francis Station of London with cars in front of station Vign...

$1000, 5% 1st Mtg. gold bond issued in 1897. Fifty-year bond due 1947. One hundred coupons attached. I/U. Two steam engines with allegorical figures o

Six nice, early and low numbered stocks. 1) Milwaukee and Northwestern Railway. NUMBER 9 issued in 1872. 2) Minneapolis Railway Terminal Company. # 18

# 409 for the First Mortgage bond. Signed by president Blake and secretary Manly. Coupons 32 to 60 included. Some edge discoloration and rips, but bon

#347 for 2 shares in 1892, Pen cancelled signatures. Left side has a detailed vignette of a harbor with trains, warehouses and various ships. Printed

Lot of five 1) Millville and Glassboro. #121 to Theophilus Treuchard. 1860. Pen cancelled. The 22-mile long Millville and Glassboro Railroad was built

Large vignette of steam train pulling out of a depot. Ships and manufacturing plants in the background. #923 for 5 shares. Brown on Brown safety paper

We do not see this bond very often. $1,000 Deming. Sierra Madre and Pacific Railroad bond with 6% 1st Mortgage Bond cert. #455 payable in gold coin Ju

Lot of eleven - Utica, Clinton & Binghamton Rail Road #933 1888, Montgomery and Erie Railway #378 1885,New York, Ontario and Western Railway #N3...

Early 1867 railroad stock with 25c revenue stamp. #112 for 5 shares. Signed by president C Vibbard and secretary Emerson Foote. Vignette of a fish pla

#3692 issued in 1884. Extremely large 45x18î and in extremely nice condition. Coupons 3-82 attached. Signed by president WC Andrews an importa

Number 80 issued in 1875. Very nice, complex vignette of trains, trestle and industries in a valley. All 52 coupons attached. Underprint $1000. Edge i

The Jamesville and Washington Railroad and Lumber Company was incorporated in 1869. By 1870, the first segment of a narrow-gauge railroad extended int

Raleigh and Gaston Rail Road Company. #756 for 10 shares issued to trustee Welton. President's name has been hole punch cancelled. Small vignett...

Early number certificate ñ 8! Issued December 31, 1888 to R Smith for one share! Fancy vignette, eagle, ship farming, etc. Edge issues top and