Holiday Treasures Auction- December 2019

9 total certificates. These were buy backs to strengthen the companies finances; all in good condition, some toning and discoloration; all signed by

1 total certificates. Unlisted in Cox; signed the president and treasurer, both illegible. In good condition, some discoloration. The Old Colony Ra

2 certificates total; 1 is from 1918 and the other is from 1916. Both are black and white with some staining/small tears. Printed by Goes. Both i/c

I/C #389 Chauncey C Depew 500 shares 1889. Signed by Chauncey Depew on rear. "Chauncey Mitchell Depew was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt&...

5 total certificates. Unlisted in Cox; 4 are signed and canceled, there is one that is NOT signed and cancelled; all in very good condition. Incorpo

incorporated Dec 5, 1868 State of Calif. Cert 3 110 for one share common stock @ $330 per share issued to N.H Spring May, 20,1869 signed Charles J. B

2 total certificates. Both are signed and cancelled by E.R. Edwards, president; in good condition; some discoloration. . State: City: Date: 1872

incorporated State of Calif. 1907. Bond #200 for $100 6% First Mortgage Sinking Fund Forty Year Gold Bearer Bond , issued January 1, 1908, due Januar

incorporated 1 January, 1948 City of San Francisco, State of California to build a railway from Watsonville via the Chettendon and San Juan to Hollis

incorporated State of Delaware June 8 1916. The Seattle, Renton and Southern Railway was reorganized into the Seattle and Rainier Railway Co in 1916

10 total certificates. All are signed and canceled; vignette of a horse drawn trolly car with a state building in the background. All are in good co

incorporated Sept 19, 1881 State of Calif. Cert #14 for 1099 shares of capital stock @ $100 per share issued to F. Weisenborn December 30 1881, sig

24 total certificates. All signed and cancelled by (illegible) as president and (illegible) treasurer, cancelled via hole punch; all in very good con

incorporated February 9, 1905 in the territory of New Mexico. #151, $1000, 30 year , First Mortgage 5% SCARCE Gold Bearer Bond Certificate issued M

incorporated State of California Sept 30, 1885. Bond #94, , First Mortgage, 6%, $1000 Gold bearer bond issue August 5, 1886, due Oct, 1906 signed Ia

13 total certificates. Two are number 1 shares; 10 are in numerical order, #9-14 preferred stock & #12-15 common stock; all signed and issued...

Northern Railroad (Mass); 8 total, 3 varieties. Four 1847-48, 3 are uncancelled, signed by Nesmith as president; two 1859 on blue paper, signed by Ste

incorporated in State of Washington. Certificate #228 for 50 shares common stock @ $100 per share, issued to Joseph B. Toplitz 15 Sept 1902, G. Milli

Rare. Brown #115 $1000 first mortgage 5% 30 year bond. Most coupons intact. Locomotive and tender vignette. 3 blue stamps on front. . State: City: D

2 stocks and 2 bonds for Georgetown Tunnel Transportation Company. 1) 70 shares of Georgetown Tunnel Transportation Co. cert # 559 issued to F. H. S

3 i/u issued to Elizabeth Fish #94 $150 1847?, #396 $150 1847, #596 $500 1847. "The Wabash and Erie Canal was a shipping canal that linked the ...

Here is a large, nice grouping of transportation stock certificates for the Railway / Railroad / Trains from Boston. Items # 1 & #2 of 108: Bos...

Bonds-Iron Steamship Co Of NJ $500 1902 x2, Elder Steel Steamship $500 1921. Stocks-Elder Steel Steamship 1920 x2 State: City: Date:

Merchants Dispatch Transportation unissued, Norwich & New York Transportation 1893-toning, Mason Seaman Transportation 1914,, Tabasco and Chapas...

2 metal truck warning placards with flip warnings: Poison, non flammable gas, oxidizer, dangerous, please drive safely, flammable, radioactive, flamma

Extremely rare air stock with a vignette of a Jules-Verne style aeroplane. Incorporated in 1896, issued June 4, 1897 to FW Thompson for one share, un

Lot of 7. Six different varieties. Five feature a vignette of an eagle perched on a shield with the map of the US on its face. Multiple different bord

Lot of 2 different. Inc. in Delaware. 1) No. JC4175, issued for 100 shares to Sarah Hodman Swift in 1945. Brown border. Not cancelled. 2) No. JF94, is

1-4) The same stock, different colors: dark green, bright green, purple and orange-brown. Stocks were issued from 1961 to 1976. One is a registered ce

#A5401 fir 50 shares to Grant Healy. Signed by Smith and vice president Newman. Dateline 1936. Not cancelled. A most unique airplane design vignette!

Cute 4 Red Baron biplane desk display and framed and matted Red Baron print with autographs. Frame 30.5x35.5". State: City: Date:

2 nice b/w photos of a 1926 Dodge with US Mail, Hamilton Freight front placard, family members in and around truck, 6x8" State: City: Date:

Made in Italy. Number 087 of 500. White car with gold accents. Made of porcelain ceramic. Lake Tahoe printed in gold on the license plate. Harrahs, La

Very collectible auto stock from this company with a pictorial vignette of the car. Issued to George Scripps and signed by John LAcy as President (sp?

636 shares of Gigante Mountain Tunnel & Railway Company cert. # 220 issued to N. B. Robinson on Nov. 9, 1911. Green border with gold company se...

Large, beautifully framed piece with the seal of The Great State of California Has the original frame (26" x 32.5") that hung in Sutro...

Here we have an interesting item. It is the Toulumne County , California Booklet. It consists of 112 pages , and numerous photos. I mean they have p

6 railroad hardcovers. Rails Around Gold Hill by Cafky, The Colorado Road by Wagner, Narrow Gauge to Central and Silver Plume by Hauck, Colorado Midla

Lot of 20 or so pieces. Most are 1948 letters typed on Virginia & Truckee Railway, Carson City, pictorial letterhead addressed to Nevada mining ...

#390 of 1000, I/C, $1000 7% First Mortgage gold bearer bond due 1907. Issued Sept 13, 1876 signed (first name obscured) Mills President, BLACK, go

Probable railroad shop vice, found in Virginia City, thought to come from the V&TRR shop. 40" long, 16' X 6". Heavy Duty. Torque c...

Three issued, uncancelled bonds, $1000 (orange), $500 (brown), $250 (green). Signed by John A. Cramer as president, issued 1908. Extremely fine. Stat

17 hardcover volumes of Engineering News. List engineering inventions including photography, explosives, viaduct, guns, bridges and thousands more.Als

By Henry Poor, cover and spine are detaching. 1055pp. State: City: Date:

By Henry Poor, 1439 pages, spine and rear cover are detached. State: City: Date:

By Henry Poor 1232 pages, front and rear covers are detaching. State: City: Date:

58" tall, 30" long, 13" wide; base 22" square. Modern art sculpture, no signature. a really neat collectible for the RR collecto...

These 2 vintage railroad lanterns are Adlake Kero embossed. Both have red globes, a beautiful cranberry color. Marked UP on the top and made by Adams

2 railroad lamps: 1) Antique Vintage Adlake Kero Railroad Lantern with Cast Red Globe. The color is a cranberry color; 2) Adlake Kero stamped 245, The

I/C #1 John Gardner 5 shares 1863. Steamer Metropolis vignette. Inc In MA. Signed by President Jabey? 25c revenue stamp. "The Bay State Steambo...

I/U #55 Byron Diman 5 shares 1820. We could not find much info on this early insurer. Established in 1648 probably in Bristol England. Signed by Presi

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Four choice large specimens of crystalline borate minerals from Death Valley. These were on display in Mining Engineer John Heizer's Lovelock Ne...

2 x 3" x 1/4" thick. Leaf and crystalline gold in quartz. The gold is not only seen on the surface of tis specimen, but occurs throughout...

beautiful well formed crystalline gold typical of the Eagle's Nest gold specimens. nice white quartz martix, 2 x 2 x 1.5" with gold wire an...

This is a nice specimen of native copper crystals growing on a base of the rock in which it was discovered. The dendritic crystals are approximately 1

Massive native copper specimen weighing in at 155 grams, approx. 4 x 2 x 1-1/2 inches in size, attributed to the Ojibway Mine between Mohawk and Phoen

Large, mounted specimen of red-orange realgar and yellowish orpiment, both arsenic sulfide minerals but with different crystal structures. The paper l

Four specimens from the Pershing Quicksilver Mine in the Antelope Springs District east of Lovelock, Nevada, approx 45 x 35 mm to 65 x 45 mm. Each pie

Four separate specimens of mercury ore from the Pershing Quicksilver Mine east of Lovelock, Nevada, each approximately 30 x 30 mm, and each with deep

Dyplomystus Fossil Fish from the Eocene epoch Green River Formation in southwest Wyoming. Slab is 23 x 20 inches and about 3/4 inch thick. The fish fo

This is a delightful display specimen of midnight-blue azurite crystals growing on a heavily oxidized breccia substrate. These sparkling blue crystals

10.3 g cut sample with polished face, possibly Goldfield, Nevada. Very high grade native gold. about 1" diameter. State: City: Date:

A beautiful display piece of massive druzy quartz on copper oxide ore bearing the beautiful green and blue shadings of malachite, azurite, and chrysoc

Nice group of six semi-precious stones from the John Heizer estate, Nevada Mining Engineer. Beautiful jade sample with 2 cut, polished edges; two eu

Gold nugget from the Atlin District, right over the border in Yukon from Skagway. Nugget weighs that magic mathematical number, "Pi". 3.1...

4.51 troy ounce gold nugget from the Atlin mining district, just east of Skagway in Yukon. measures about 2.5 x 1.5". a beauty! State: Alaska C...

Nice gold nugget, unknown western US provenance, 1.75" long, 0.75" wide, 1.87 troy ozs. State: City: Date:

Very heavy silver-lead ore specimen from the Elmquist Prospect near Battle Mountain, Nevada, approx 105 x 90 x 80 mm. Massive black sulfide assemblage

High-grade gold ore specimen from the Hat Lease in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 125 x 100 x 70 mm. Highly brecciated, silica-filled specimen with abundan

High-grade gold-bismuth ore from the January Mine near Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada, approx 75 x 85 x 45 mm. Massive quartzite piece with abund

High-grade gold-silver ore from the January Mine in Goldfield, Nye County, Nevada, approx 125 x 85 x 60 mm. Highly brecciated, quartz-filled, rhyolite

High-grade silver and gold ore specimen from the Jumbo Extension Mine in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 105 x 85 mm. Original collector identified argentit

High-grade fluorite-gold ore from the 200-foot level of the Thanksgiving Mine near Manhattan, Nye County, Nevada, approx 110 x 85 x 70 mm. Massive qua

This is a piece of refractory material coated with a thin layer of slag in which are incorporated small spherules of metallic gold and silver. The ori

Large, high-grade silver ore specimen from the Mizpah Vein, Mizpah Mine, Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, approx 160 x 65 x 40 mm. Massive quartzite with

Nice sized hand specimen of ore from the Consolidated Virginia Mine in the heart of the Comstock, Virginia City, Nevada. This ore specimen is a 1-1/2-

Grey sign with black lettering: "WARNING / Dangerous Condition / Only Authorized Personnel / Shall enter This / Mining Operation / Unauthorized...

This large wooden and leather bellows came from one of more than 300 abandoned mining operations in the vicinity of Hawthorne, Mineral County, Nevada.

This beautiful piece of fire-fighting history is an original Foamite Fire Extinguisher, Model CA, approx. 24-inches tall and 7-inches in diameter. All

Underground Scene with Utah Mine Bell Signal Sign. Signed and dated by Utah artist, Jerry Gardner. Measures 25" x 37". State: Utah City...

Group of eight Exide glass batteries with embossed aqua glass and all contents, as removed by permission from a mine in Utah. These rare early batteri

This lot includes several items from the Geff Pollack Collection including a 23x20-inch black wooden frame with four 7.25x9-inch black and white photo

Eight items from a Montana Collection. Two "superintendant" size/style carbide lamps (Justrite and Dewar), very nice large granite ware co...

This antique ore bucket measures 13 in. diameter X 15 in. high. Rivet cunstruction. C. 1900. It is with a short line and chain. State: City: Date:

Bodie Street Map, by Brill, 1955. About 43” x 35”, framed. Murray J. Brill, June 1955, 1” = 5‘. Shows all existing houses, many labeled. This is a sur

18 x 24" black ink on linen. "The Gracie Mine, Nevada City, Calif., scale 100 ft to the inch. Edw. C. Uren, ME, 1932" with a cross se...

Three published geologic maps and one proprietary geologic map (1938) from the old Newmont files from the Grass Valley Office. The 1938 map was made t

Framed hand colored sketch of mine buildings and water pipe system. "Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in diabase and granodiorite. The o...

14 x 23" black ink on linen, undated, no engineer shown. Four views of the W.Y.O.D. Mill and two views of the Penn Mill (Pennsylvania), 1"...

Four legal sized documents showing shipments, ores on hand, value of equipment, assay results from January 1, 1883 to January of 1884. Melrose good re

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

Impressive oak and glass shadow box displaying Rocklin Big Gun Quarry artifacts including 4 metal bits and chisels, 3 big chain links, Rocklin White a

Two beautiful posters from the San Francisco CALL. The first poster is of miners working near Angels Camp, 1840, reproduced from an old Daguerreotype.

Very rare. Selby took over for the Kellogg & Houston assay operation. Gold bullion deposit (grains) on June 29, 1882 by H. Severring. After melt...

Group of about three file folders containing documents related to the Kenebeck mine in Alpine County, 1917-1943. The Kenebeck Mine is located between

Preliminary Mineralogical and Geological Map of the State of California issued by the California State Mining Bureau, January 1st, 1891. This is a bea

3 postcards,(1 with note on back to person in Gardnerville, NV dated 1911); 1 Admission to 30th Anniversary of Society of California Pioneers program

CDV by Carl Meinerth of Thomas Lunt Hale who is not listed in Bancroft. Also, The Log of a Forty-Niner by Hale about his 1840's and 1850's j...