"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

This is a choice collection of 35 postcards with 27 RPPC and 8 early printed cards. Views of mines, mills, groups of miners, birds-eyes and more. Some

Lot of 21. Nineteen are RPPCs; two are early printed cards. One is Gold Hill; rest are VC. Many 19th-century views (published in the 1930s). Includes:

Lot of 19 RPPC. No dupes. Views of famous structures on the Comstock, including: Fourth Ward Schoolhouse, International Hotel (standing and ruins), St

Lot of 16. No duplicates. These are mostly 19th-century views, published in the 1930s. Views include: horse team hauling supplies, 1887; pioneer stage

This is a lot of 19 real photo postcards. These postcards feature trains, buildings, and people located in multiple cities throughout Nevada, such as

Lot of 5 different. Includes: A Peep at Washoe, Washoe Revisited, J. Ross Browne, 1959 hardcover; The Saga of the Comstock Lode, George D. Lyman, 1934

Lot of 9. 1) Comstock Tunnel Company stock issued in 1889, signed by Theodore Sutro, brother to Adolph. 2) Washoe Wood & Fluming Company stock, ...

Lot of 18. Mostly all Comstock documents used by mining companies in their daily operations. includes checks, billheads, assay, and reports. Includes:

Lot of 22. Mostly Comstock, with 6 pieces of other Western ephemera included. Includes: Hale & Norcross Mining reports; Pacific Mill & Minin...

Lot of 4. 1) Articles of Incorporation for the Crown Point Gold & Silver Mining Company. 1879 copy of the 1861 document. Signed by president Wel...

Lot of 11 different. Key mines included: Mexican, Overman, Silver Hill, Con. Imperial, Chollar, Yellow Jacket, New York, Champion, Belcher, Union Cons

Lot of 26. Most of these are assessments or stock sale receipts for Comstock mines. Includes: Best & Belcher (1885, 1886); Caledonia (1902); Oph...

Lot of 4. All items related to lumber being milled mostly in the Tahoe region and then shipped to the Comstock mines. 1-2) Sierra Nevada Wood &...

Lot of 2 different. 1) Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company check. 1870. Issued to DA Bender for $50. Signed by DL Bliss, Tahoe lumber ma...

Lot of 6 different checks from the Comstock, 1860s and 70s, including autograph pieces. Includes: Woodworth Mill signed by James G. Fair; HM Yerington

Lot of 27 RN checks. 1) Seven signed HM Yerington with RN-D in buff. Yerington was supt. of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. 2) Nine Woodworth M...

Lot of 3 different. Key figures in the history of the Comstock. 1) 1870 Trench Mill Virginia City check signed by "Bonanza King" mining mi...

Great group of 5 different checks with 5 different Comstock autographs. 1) 1876 Virginia & Truckee Railroad check to Huntington, Hopkins & C...

Lot of 3 different. 1)Unusual 1862 handwritten draft, payable at the Wells Fargo Bank in Carson City, signed by Governor James W. Nye. Information on

Lot of 3 different signed by James G. Fair. Fair was one the four "Bonanza Kings", mining millionaires on the Comstock. He also served as ...

Lot of 3 different. James G. Fair and John Mackay were two of the most important mining figures on the Comstock, part of the "Bonanza Firm"...

The most sought-after Comstock autograph! No. 7702, issued on May 3, 1870 to Walter Noy for $110. Signed by Phillip Deidesheimer as superintendent. RN

Lot of 2. Very rare imprinted revenue! 1) Check issued in 1870 to E. Dickman & Co. Signed by "Bonanza King" mining millionaire/US sena...

Lot of 16 different. Includes: very early 1861 Wells Fargo Gould & Curry signed by Charles Strong; 1862 Stateler & Arrington G&C signed ...

Lot of 44. Nearly all are for the Gould & Curry Mine. This group spans 1863-1884. Includes: 30 territorial Stateler & Arrington checks, 1863...

Lot of 6 different. 1) Sierra Nevada Mexican and Union Shaft Company. 1880 check to Virginia Telephone Exchange. Signed by supt. Rooney. RN-G. Rare! 2

Group of 4 different RNs on Comstock companies. Includes: Woodworth Mill signed by James G. Fair, HM Yerington signed by Yerington, Gould & Curr...

Lot of 2 checks totaling $100 to Frank Soule and his brother 1864. Soule was the author of Annals of SF published in 1855. These checks will make a fu

Lot of 15 different. Wow! Territorial, imprinted revenue, adhesive stamps. Includes: 1861 Wells Fargo signed by Charles Strong for the Gould & C...

Lot of twenty Bank of California checks issued 1865-66 for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. Signed by either Charles Bonner or Louis Janin as ...

Lot of 8 checks with bold cancels on the revenue stamps. These cancels were done when the stamps were on sheets and are not tied to the document. All

Lot of 3 different types, with 3 different superintendents. 1) Early 1864 Bank of California check, Dec. 1864 (two months after that branch was founde

Lot of 5. These checks popped out to us because of the large amounts (vs. the miner paychecks). The mill for the G&C had started operation in 18...

Lot of 6 Stateler & Arrington checks issued by the Gould & Curry to non-miners at the company, including: RA Young (alderman, weigher & ...

Rare RN check on Woodworth Mill to the Birdsall Mill. 1872. RN-E. Signed by "Bonanza King"/US Senator James G. Fair. F. Birdsall created t...

Lot of 3 crisp Woodworth Mill, Virginia City, Nevada checks signed by Bonanza King mining millionaire/ US Senator James G. Fair. RN-B. The Woodworth M

Lot of 9. Three each of three types. 1) Three Woodworth Mill checks signed by James G. Fair, RN-E. 2) Three Isaac Requa signed Gould & Curry Min...

Lot of 16 different, a great representation of the different check types present in this massive check archive we have been selling. Three mining comp

Lot of 5. The red NV imprint is the scarcest revenue variety. These five checks are Bank of California Gould & Curry checks issued in 1870 with ...

1871 Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. check issued to TD Parkinson for $100. Signed by CC Batterman as supt. Signed on the back by Parkinson. RN-...

Lot of 4 Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company revenue checks. Fun group issued to people with famous names related to this mining district (but w...

Lot of 27. Includes territorial varieties, as well as scarce imprinted revenues. Most are Gould & Curry related. TERRITORIAL: five 1864 Wells Fa...

Lot of 54. Includes: 20 Stateler & Arrington checks, 1863-64, signed by either Charles Strong or Charles Bonner for the Gould & Curry; two W...

Lot of 28 1) Nevada: 21 pieces. Best is Ophir Mine paycheck issued when Fair was supt., 1878. Numerous other Comstock checks (mostly Savage Mine). Als

Lot of 2. One Book U.S. Geological Survey 1969 on The Water Supply For The Comstock, 55 pgs.. photos and maps.55 pgs., maps and tables. 2. Ultra rare

Two operational corporate seals and one brass seal single. 1.) Seal is from Kawich consol mining co 1906. Kawich was a gold camp. Half of the district

Lot of 10. Includes: Goldfield Mascot MC prospectus, 1906; Goldfield Deep Mines Co. of Nevada prospectus, 1920; January 1st, 1907 edition of Goldfield

Ephemera from Eureka and Virginia City. From these two famous mining camps that includes original knights templar card from Nevada governor Rynhold Sa

Lot of 20. 1) Five issued Bodie stocks, 1879, for the Tiger Gold & Silver Mining Company. 2) Five Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. checks wit...

Rare; we've only sold a couple of these before. Danger Unsafe Mine Stay Out Stay Alive. Commission on Mineral Resources, Division of Minerals, C...