Great American Treasure Hunt

Auction Details

Holabird’s Western Americana Collections Presents
The Great American Treasure Hunt
Western Americana & Numismatic Auction

PREVIEW
HWAC Office
3555 Airway Drive
Reno, NV 89511
Friday - September 12 - 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Sessions 1 & 2
LIVE AUCTION
Saturday, September 13, 2014 & Sunday, September 14, 2014
Starting Time: 9am PST, both days

Session 3
ABSENTEE AUCTION
Internet or phone bidding only.
Sept 15, 2014
Starting time: 9am monday

LOT PICKUP
Tuesday through Friday after the sale,
normal office hours or by appointment

AUCTION LOCATION
HWAC Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
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All items sold for their collectible value only; They have no securites whatsoever.
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Inyo Marble Works billhead400Inyo Marble Works billhead
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1896. Hard to find billhead for the Inyo Marble Works. To the Utica Mining Company for two white slabs. The Inyo Marble Works was created and by 1887
Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to i*****l for 143.40
John Taylor archive401John Taylor archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
190 John Taylor billheads for the Utica Mining Company for supplies. Here is a fabulous nearly complete record of what one mine bought from the John T
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 4,500.00
Justinian Caire: assayer402Justinian Caire: assayer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
28 billheads to the Utica Mining Company for materials used. Bills include Don Battersea Crucibles, cyanide, manganese, borax, potash, bone ash, colle
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 2,500.00
Murphys archive403Murphys archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
67 pieces. Includes letter post master. Billheads include Manuel & Garland general merchandise, Manuel lumber, Valente boots, Fisk groceries, Un...
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to t******2 for 358.50
Nice lot of two Lowenberg cigar advertising covers404Nice lot of two Lowenberg cigar advertising covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
LARGE advertising on back: "SMOKE VISTA de ORO CIGARS" and "THE RIGI, AMERICA'S GREATEST CIGAR." One comes with a bill to F....
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to 9*****H for 35.85
Pacific Coast Savings Society pamphlet405Pacific Coast Savings Society pamphlet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This Mutual Savings Bank pamphlet lists officers and directors. It is also an advertisement for why you should join. Located at 30 Montgomery Street.
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Pelton Water Wheel Co. pictorial billhead406Pelton Water Wheel Co. pictorial billhead
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1891. Picture shows the Gates Ore & Rock Crusher. To the Utica Mining Company. Includes a shipping receipt from the Southern Pacific Railroad. T...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d********9 for 95.60
San Francisco business cards407San Francisco business cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4: Crosett carpenters and mechanics, Williams Marvin boots and shoes, Pacific Hospital, and Murray & Ready employment agency. City:
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
San Francisco coffee/tea price list408San Francisco coffee/tea price list
Holabird Western Americana Collections
H. Huddleston & Company price list for Japanese, English, Indian, Ceylon and Gunpowder teas. Coffees include San Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Selby Smelting & Lead Company: assayer409Selby Smelting & Lead Company: assayer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes 8 assay sheets for the Hardenberg Mine and 45 bill heads for the Utica Mine. Bills are almost exclusively for rolled silver (after smelting).
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Six shipping documents including the Panama Rail Railroad410Six shipping documents including the Panama Rail Railroad
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1893 freight shipped on the Columbian steamer "City of Para" from New York to Colon, U. S. C. From there it would be shipped by steamer...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Southern Pacific Railroad Expense Bills411Southern Pacific Railroad Expense Bills
Holabird Western Americana Collections
49 pieces. Most to Mitchler and Lane. For cigars, whiskey, rum, beer, rails. Some to Martin at French Gulch. City: San Francisco
Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********e for 29.88
Southern Pacific Shipping Receipts with Billheads412Southern Pacific Shipping Receipts with Billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wonderful collection of 25 SP shipping receipts with San Francisco billheads. Includes one receipt from John Taylor, assayer. Companies include Pelton
Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********e for 227.05
Steamer shipping receipts413Steamer shipping receipts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
68 shipping receipts from the (1) California Navigation & Improvement Company, (2) California Transportation Company, and (3) Pacific Coast Stea...
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to m********e for 119.50
Two telegraph and telephone broadsides with pictorial billheads414Two telegraph and telephone broadsides with pictorial billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) John M. Klein's Electrical Works with a list of line materials and a full stock of Sunbeam Incandescent Lamps. Back is a bill for a Long Dist...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********e for 59.75
Woldberg Brothers smelters415Woldberg Brothers smelters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Smelting ore for Mr. A. E. Rau of Angels Camp. 3.43 troy ounces of gold. This is a smaller San Francisco refining company. Rau was a very important mi
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
4 Stockton business cards4164 Stockton business cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
W. C. Rumsey signed Stockton Business School, George Hornace real estate, Cary pianos and organs, and Aurora Flouring Mills. City: Stockt
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Standard Oil Company hand bill and billheads417Standard Oil Company hand bill and billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. One hand bill dated 1899 with prices including gas. Eight billheads - two different varieties. City: Stockton Count
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Ten Stockton covers418Ten Stockton covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
189- Sperry & Company, 2 unused J. Phelps, California Navigation & Improvement Co., 1919 Char. Haas with billhead, 1900 Stockton Woolen Mill...
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
Two nice Stockton covers with billheads419Two nice Stockton covers with billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Aurora Flouring Mills, 1902. Pictorial advertising cover with purple billhead. 2) John Quinn, 1894. Nice advertising corner cover. Both are address
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00