2417 - Blasting Caps: California CompanyHolabird Western Americana Collections
California Company duplicate round tins. Six. Four are different. State: City: HWAC#: 46871 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********r.. for (60.00 + 14.40BP) = 74.40
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2419 - Canadian Blasters' HandbookHolabird Western Americana Collections
Issued by Canadian Industries Limited. 4 x 7 inches, 219 pages. State: City: HWAC#: 47459 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6******n for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
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2420 - E. I. Dupont De Nemours Explosives LabelHolabird Western Americana Collections
Unused label from the company established in 1802, Wilmington, Delaware. Manufacturers of explosives of every kind. Patent date on label 1908. Five an
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********r.. for (85.00 + 20.40BP) = 105.40
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2421 - Blasting Caps: DuPont Tin CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of DuPont blasting cap tins. 11 different pieces, including some rare tins. Includes the round tin with paper label, blue tin, embossed tin
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to m********y for (275.00 + 66.00BP) = 341.00
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2422 - Blasting Caps: Four Different DuPont TinsHolabird Western Americana Collections
The four different square orange DuPont blasting cap tins. This is the successive generation of different cap tins that look the same but are all diff
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for (80.00 + 16.80BP) = 96.80
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2423 - Blasting Caps: DuPont in Orgininal BoxHolabird Western Americana Collections
Original box with original content of 10 blasting cap cardboard boxes. DuPont. Nice condition. State: City: HWAC#: 46878 Date:
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Sold to b*******g for (65.00 + 13.65BP) = 78.65
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2424 - Three DuPont Explosives 25 Pound Wood BoxesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three different DuPont 25 pound boxes. Red Cross extra, GELOBEL, special gelatin. All three same size, 9.5 x 7 x 13.5", tongue and groove wood,...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*******g for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
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2425 - Eight Different DuPont Explosives Wood BoxesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Eight different wood DuPont explosive boxes. Contains a number of different types of explosives from special gelatin to extra dynamite, blasting caps,
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*******g for (200.00 + 48.00BP) = 248.00
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2426 - DuPont Blasters' HandbooksHolabird Western Americana Collections
Four hardback volumes of DuPont's "Blasters' Handbook". Editions of 1930, 1949, 1953, 1958. First two are 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Last t...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
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2427 - Blasters' Handbooks and DuPont ProductsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Five items concerning explosives. Two copies of "Blasters' Handbook" copyright 1932 and 1938; hardcover, 279 pages, 4 1/2 x 7 inches....
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*******g for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
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2428 - DuPont Blasting CatalogsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Four DuPont brochures "Blasting Ice"; "High Explosives"(1921); "Ditching with Dynamite"; " Explosives for Qu...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to g******M for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
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2429 - Farmers' Handbook of Explosives (DuPont)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Softcover, copyright 1925 by DuPont, 6 x 9 inches, 101 pages, with photographs and drawings explaining uses for explosives by farmers. State: Ci
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
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2430 - DuPont High Explosives BookHolabird Western Americana Collections
Softcover, 172 page, 6 x 9 inch book with many photographs of the use of explosives including demolition of buildings and its use in oil wells. Dynami
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
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2431 - Two Gold Medal Explosives BoxesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two choice Gold Medal wood explosives boxes for 50 pounds. Classic red and black print. Nail construction. State: City: HWAC#: 46453 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
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2432 - Hercules Powder Co. Letter OpenerHolabird Western Americana Collections
Original Hercules Powder Co letter opener, possibly silver plated brass. "Du Pont Explosives" on die struck handle, "Hercules Powder...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********r.. for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
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2433 - Hercules Powder Co. EphemeraHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three pieces: 1922 letter from Hercules Powder in the Chronicle Building in San Francisco with with six pictorical vignettes showing uses for their po
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (65.00 + 15.60BP) = 80.60
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2434 - Hercules Explosives 25 Pound BoxHolabird Western Americana Collections
A rare 25 pound box for explosives. 9.5 x 7 x 13.5 would tongue and groove. State: City: HWAC#: 46445 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to g******M for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
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2435 - Three Different Hercules Explosives BoxesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three different wood Hercules blasting boxes. All different sizes. Blasting caps, etc. Please inspect. State: City: HWAC#: 46446 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*******g for (65.00 + 15.60BP) = 80.60
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2439 - Blasting Caps: Hercules CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Small collection of Hercules cap tins. Seven different. Includes the rare number eight top on a mismatch number six bottom. Please see photo. Nice col
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (200.00 + 48.00BP) = 248.00
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2440 - Blasting Caps: Hercules and DuPontHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three small tins. Two Hercules and one DuPont. Scarce in the small sizes. State: City: HWAC#: 46854 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (120.00 + 28.80BP) = 148.80
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2441 - Blasting Caps: Hercules & NobelHolabird Western Americana Collections
Small collection of scarce blasting cap tins. 1) Hercules 25 count small round. 2) Hercules 100 count brown round. 3) Nobel 100 count blue rectangle.
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to c********r.. for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
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2442 - Blasting Caps: Illinois Powder Co.Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two rectangular blasting caps for the Illinois Powder Company. A tall and a shorter box excellent condition. State: City: HWAC#: 46858 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to g*****9 for (30.00 + 6.30BP) = 36.30
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2446 - Blasting Caps: Nobel (4 Different)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four different Nobel cap tins. The best is a mint condition blue paint square tin, followed by three different cardboard tins, red, blue, and white. N
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to g******M for (60.00 + 14.40BP) = 74.40
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2447 - Red Diamond Explosives Powder BoxHolabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Red Diamond explosives blasting powder box. Tongue and groove construction, wood, 50 pound box. State: City: HWAC#: 46452 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6******n for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
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2448 - Blasting Caps: Repauno Chemical Co.Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two embossed early blasting caps for the Repauno Chemical Company. Scarce. State: City: HWAC#: 46861 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (850.00 + 204.00BP) = 1,054.00
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2449 - Trojan Explosives Box plus One OtherHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two blasting powder boxes, one of vertical Trojan powder box for 50 pounds, the other an unmarked company box. State: City: HWAC#: 46454 Date
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to g******M for (40.00 + 9.60BP) = 49.60
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2451 - Blasting Caps: Variety CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Six different blasting cap tins from seven different companies. MC, Gold Medal, Hercules, Brown, Illinois, Nobel, Atlas. All nice. State: City:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to r********a.. for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
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2453 - Blasting Caps: 10 Different TinsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Nice collection of 10 different tins. Collection includes six round tins, three rectangular, and one cardboard. Excellent condition, please inspect.
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to g******M for (550.00 + 132.00BP) = 682.00
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2454 - Seven Blasting Cap TinsHolabird Western Americana Collections
The most interesting tin is the 1.25" diameter "100 Primers, No.2.' From the U. C. C. Company. 2) Hercules #8 Blasting caps in a large...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****3 for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
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2456 - Coal Mining Explosives TextbookHolabird Western Americana Collections
"Colliery Explosions and Recovery Work" By J.W. Whitaker, c.1946, hardback, 230 pages, 5 1/2 x 9 inches. Textbook in the Mining Certifica...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to g******M for (55.00 + 13.20BP) = 68.20
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2457 - Explosives AdvertisingHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three old advertising pieces for explosives: 1) "Explosives for Blasting: How to use them what they will do" a brochure by Arthur Kirk &am...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
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2458 - Underground Mining EphemeraHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two dynamite boxes, one DuPont tamping bag, and two Justrite Lamps. State: City: HWAC#: 47272 Date:
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to b*******g for (60.00 + 12.60BP) = 72.60
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2459 - Explosives EphemeraHolabird Western Americana Collections
Five pieces of explosives brochures. Atlas Powder Company, Dallas, Texas pamphlets "Prevention of accidents in the use of explosives." &qu...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to g******M for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
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2460 - Library of Publications on ExplosivesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Seven publications on explosives. 1) Copy of Alfred Nobel's patent application for dynamite. 2) Tennessee Copper Company's "Electric Bl...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
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2461 - "Manufacture of Explosives" Book (1909)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hardcover, 6 x 9 inches, 84 pages. "Manufacture of Explosives Twenty Years' Progress" by Oscar Guttmann. Copyright 1909, formerly in ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m********y for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
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2462 - "The Explosives Engineer" MagazinesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three issues of "The Explosives Engineer Magazine" "A Magazine for users of explosives" or "Fore-runner of progress in mini...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
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2464 - Two Nevada City Assay Sheets by OttHolabird Western Americana Collections
These are both for Roy King in 1924 and 1931. Gold Values are high in 1924 - highest being $153 per ton. In 1931 there was no value. Signed by Emil J.
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Sold to p********n for (100.00 + 21.00BP) = 121.00
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