May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

Approx 65 label, brandies, whiskies and more. They appear to be unused. HWAC# 57962 Date: c. 1875-1935 Location:

US billheads and letter heads, many pictorial. HWAC# 57957 Date: c. 1880-1916 Location:

About 15 books of general Americana, mostly for resale includes a five volume set of exclusive printing of Louis l'Amour, general books on the w...

Approx 35 catalogs of stock and Western Americana from Holabird auction of the past including Filer, and 3 Garabini Arizona stock books. (Potter Col

The Official Rules of Card Games book, Hoyle up-to-date c. 1924 pp. 240; The Goren Point Count Method of Contract Bridge Bidding pp.20; Auction Bridg

Mostly cabinet cards without identification. 1 stereoview. HWAC# 57272 Date: c. 1890-1910 Location:

Three color scenes: Vicksburg (2) and Gettysburg. A color citizens Bank of Louisiana reprint. Confederate Chieftains, Union Generals, Jefferson Davis

100 Custer Channel Wing stocks, i/c c. 1959 HWAC# 61825 Date: Location:

Deck of cards with trains, & scenery from Mission Dolores, San Francisco & Carmel Mission & many more. Good condition. HWAC# 59658 ...

General Americana, Earth history library. 14 volumes. About half are hardbound. Includes books on space, the earth, the genesis of the earth, meteorol

75 checks. All imprinted Revenues. At least 15 different revenue imprints and variations. Checks from the Northern N. H. Railroad (nice steam engine v

Mostly Eastern. Many Different. No RN's. No adhesive revenues. Over 40! (Potter Collection) HWAC# 59451 Date: 1869-1911 Location:

Open Channel Hydraulics by Chow, The Field Engineer by Shunk, Rock Slope Engineering by Bray, The Aggregate Handbook, An Intro to Engineering, Track D

Approx 40 fantasy metal belt buckles made in the 1960's by California dealers to be sold to tourists in shops. Approx sizes 2.5" x 4"...

Lot of six old photos of firefighters in action, or old fire trucks, Santa Monica and Wisconsin locales. Three are sepia toned, two of the b/w ones ha

Reads "Mail Agents / Pony Express / Ten Days to San Francisco". Mirror of Cowboy Express Rider on horse. 23" x 18.5". Nice cond...

1) Framed picture in black & white of five men posing in attractive attire for the day. The five men are Harry Longabaugh "The Sundance Kid...

RPC Bingham Canyon shows the road through the canyon and the railroad trestle. 3 Views of Fort Laramie-2 RPC's: Officer's Quarters & Sut...

Misc. grab bag of Rio Grand Southern Railroad passes,; an 1862 Virginia Treasure Note is a souvenir Jamestown Exposition for $100, it is post marked 1

Grab Bag. Quartz crystal rods, baseball cards (approx 25); Books, How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon;U.S. First Day Covers & Special Covers; All A...

16# of unsorted US ephemera including books, philatelics, gaming, broadsides advertising pieces, newspaper, promotional playing cards, postcards and

Good for coupons Worcester Salt Company's United Profit Sharing Coupon, Sheffield Condensed Milk Co. coupons, Lucky Strike Certificate, the Amer...

Greeting cards from the early to mid 1900's. Christmas greeting, birthdays, & birth announcements. HWAC# 59662 Date: early to mid 190...

8 $25 IRS retail liquor certificates, unissued c. 1870's. HWAC# 50034 Date: Location:

3 unissued documents c. 1880's. HWAC# 50042 Date: Location:

20 cardboard indoor baseball tickets, location unknown. Several tickets are stained, fair condition overall. HWAC# 57948 Date: c. 1923 Locatio

Interesting lot with a Reader's Digest from 1945; a pamphlet of Literature entitled "Progress Issued monthly by The University Association&...

Approx. 100 pieces of "Naughty photo's, pictures, & programs". Entertaining lot consisting of Menu from Coppa's Restaurant; U....

Over a dozen examples of military payment certificates, a collecting specialty in its own right! HWAC# 61952 Date: Location:

Wells Fargo broadside reprint, various stock certificates: Pyramid Oil Company,(4), Mokelumne and Campo Seco Canal and Mining Co.; Tuolumne County Wa

Old insurance policies and other documents from from Suffolk County Mutual 1899, Niagara Fire Insurance 1871, Continental Insurance, Prussian Nation

Sixteen pieces of engraved mother of pearl, probably used as gaming markers. HWAC# 61919 Date: Location:

Lot of 3. None identified. One shows a group standing in front of a Maple Restaurant (4.25 x 6.5" on 7 x 9" mount); another shows four wor...

Lot of 11 mounted photographs of early business interiors. Only one is identified (a plumbing store in Sausalito). See early cash registers, postcard

Lot of 4. 1) 1939 photo of interior of Universal Electric Appliance Co. in San Francisco (identified bottom right). 5 x 7 on 7 x 9". 2) Interio...

Lot of 9. Four mounted photographs of early farming scenes, one identified as Kansas. Largest is 5x7 on 8x10" mount. Five other pieces of farmi...

Hardcovers. Encyclopedia of Western Gun-Fighters by O'Neal, Badmen of the West by Elman (Potter Collection) HWAC# 63144 Date: Location:

Mix Americana lot, approx. 50 pieces. HWAC# 62007 Date: early1900's Location:

No.1106/2000,by Michael Ricker. Nice condition. 1979 pewter decorative plate with child on sled & holly on border. 7.5" round. 2) Pewter N...

Misc. Insurance documents, chromolithos, post cards, many old photos (origin unknown) from the 1800's. 1 of burned out hotel with fireman & ...

Lot of Forty. Fourteen pictorial. Thirteen revenue imprinted. Ten revenue stamps. 1) One Kentucky. 1851 Covington. See photo. 2) Eleven Virginia. Incl

Stationery from SS Celtic (9), American Line (4), Deutchland (3), Cooks Steamship (12), USMS New York (11), USMS Philadelphia (3). Most are 5 x 7.5...

This map of a steamer trip was kept by one of the passengers. The trip of 3,122 miles was completed from March 24, 1886 to April 1, 1886. Map is writt

Stock Certificates, some are issued & punch canceled, some are not issued. Various certs from New York, Kansas, Nevada & many more. HWAC#...

Approx. 100 Stock Certs. Issued & punch cancelled. Signed by President Custer. 12" x 8". HWAC# 59654 Date: 1960's Location:

Stock Certs from Goldfield; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; E.J. Korvette,Inc.; Gardner-Denver Company; just to name a few. Issued/punch canceled. HW

Hardcover and slip case, 1948 reprint, 316pp. Fishing for pike, carp and more. HWAC# 63311 Date: 1948 Location:

The Confederate Mail Carrier or From Missouri to Arkansas by James Bradley. 275 pages.front internal binding is starting to separate. HWAC# 50524

Includes Jayne's Medial Almanca 1856, two Gargling Oil Almanacs 1879 and 1883, Burdock Blood Bitters Almanac 1886, Ayer's Malaria and Ague C...

Hardcovers-Historic Western Churches by Florin, "That All May Be One" by Avella. HWAC# 57204 Date: Location:

Lot of 7 books on guns: 1) Great Weapons of World War I. 2) A Shooters Bible Publication: Black Powder Guide. 3) Western Memorabilia: Collectibles of

Rare references-Criswell's Price List Extravaganza 1987, Catalog of Union Civil War Patriotic Covers by Weiss, Handbook of Check Collecting by ...

The look of the Western Town cannot be denied. Horses, buggies, and cowboy hats are everywhere. Moore & Dalton store (Rhinoceros Lunch Co.) is i...

1) Sheet of four First National Bank checks from Negaunee, Michigan. 187-. 2) Sheet of four Iron Cliffs Company checks (Land Agents Office), Negaunee,

85 checks, all with adhesive revenue stamps. Mostly Eastern checks issued 1860s-1870s, a few 1890s. Many from New York state; also: Pennsylvania, Mass

Lot of 20 from California, New York, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Iowa, and Illinois. 1) Nevada: Two different Gould & Curry Silver Mining ch...

Lot of nineteen. Twelve Arizona includes MI Jacobs 1875 Tucson, James S Duncan 1889 Chino, Navaho Apache Bank, 1912 Winston, Wickenburg, Pima, Lowell.

Dozens of old and some rare checks, many 19th Century. NJ, NV, SF, CA, PA, MN, TX, NY and more. HWAC# 57244 Date: 1864-1938 Location:

16 Sterling silver spoons. 9 approx teaspoon size-2 Brooklyn Bridge, Salt Lake, Milwaukee, Virginia, Atlanta, Oregon, Colorado, Louisville, KY. 7 smal

Villians and Vigilantes, The Fabulous Story of James King of William by Coblenz. Vigilantes in Gold Rush San Francisco by Senkewicz. (Potter Collect

Five vintage calendars. 1) Cos-Mo Club Cafe; Wells, Nevada, 1955; pin-up girls, only July and November missing. 2) City Club Choice Liquors and Wines

Approx. 150 miniature advertising cards, most for WD & HO Wills and John Player & Sons. One wrapped set of 50 showing different breeds of do...

Lot of nineteen. Seventeen different views. Includes a Donald Stuart painting turned into a postcard, robbery, Mail wagon at Bullfrog Nevada, Wagon on

Lot of eleven brass watch fobs made in the 1960s for antique and curio shops. None are original. Six are Roosevelt Dam; one Colt Mfg. Co.; one Dixie K

Features sewing machines, fever remedies, Chinese, cylinder oil, fruit salt, Amer the Hatter, Back American, McLane's Liver Pills, toilet powder...

Eight western/cowboy books: Golden Tales of Our America; Bar 8 Buckaroos; Mason Bar X Ranch; The Ranchman; The First Texas Ranger; Westward Ho!; Lones

15 hard and soft cover Western history books. Oxford History of the American West, Voice in the West by Ashton, Western Sheriffs and Marshall by Penfi

Unused color paper fruit labels. Gold Rush Brand, Gold Dredger, Wagon Train Brand, 4 x Yakima Chief Apples, 4 x Stagecoach Orchards, 9x Uncle Sam Ya

Cowboys, Indian both from Bison Books. Time-Life volumes- Miners. Pioneers, Soldiers, Expressmen, Railroaders, Indians, Great Chiefs, Gunfighters, Fo

Lot of eight. Alabama stock certificates are rare. This paid includes numbers 32 to 43. All are issued to Thomas Fitch for 25 shares and signed by Jo

1) Signed by president, issued in 1910, orange border. We could not find any info on this company in our library. 7.25" x 11.25". 2) Unite...

4 certificates. Oatman, AZ. Producer of high grade gold and silver. Signed by president. Issued to E. M.Cherry(1" tear on bottom) #18593 46 sh...

9 certificates, nice ship vignette. All i/u 1902, some have crease tears and creases. (Al Adams Gold Rush Memorabilia Collection) HWAC# 58929 D

2 certificates. Arizona copper. Issued 1918 to Jennie Kingston #A335 1000 shares, Herbert Stewart #A1153 1000 shares. Signed by president. 8.25&quo...

1 each from United Easter Miners Corporation issued 1929, Kay Copper Company issued 1923, Sonora Smelting & Ore Purchasing Company not issued, R...

One each from Consolidated Arizona Mines issued 1930, Palmilla District Mines Consolidation issued in 1927, Kay Copper Company issued 1923, Gold Bond

Lot of Eleven. Mostly Arizona or Arizona Incorporated. 1) Tuolumne Copper Mining Company. Number B40422 in 1923. 2 Globe Dominion Copper Company. 1919

Here is a nice crossover between mining and minting gold coins. Four stock certificates addressed to Edward F Grose. They are numbers 14, 16, 21, and

Group of 80-plus unissued, mint condition stocks for the Porter G&S MC out of Butte Co. Lithography by Drouaillet, SF. Mine specific vignette. ...

Original book of stock certificates for this mine in Butte County, less some we sold in March and a few kept by the owner. about 20 issued pieces and

Group of 28 unissued Porter G&S MC stock certificates for their mine in Butte Co., California. Vignette of the mine itself at center, which is s...

Group of eight issued certificates, all cancelled. Lithography by Drouaillet, SF. Choice, unfolded. The mines in Butte County were generally centered

5 certs. issued and not canceled. Green border, signed by President. 5" x 10.5". The property was located 3.5 miles north of Milton and in...

Deadwood Gold Mining Co. stock, Willow Valley District, Nevada County. Incorporated 1877, datelined Nevada City, July 3 1879, issued to William R. Kni

1) Gold Flat Mining Company. #74 for 200 shares issued to Elam Biggs in 1892. Signed by secretary H Mitchell and president John Glasson. Dog ear lower

Numbers 21 through 218. Issued in 1905 and 1907. Signatures by JS Moore, HS Manning, TH Lackey, and GM Cording(?), and J Gilbert. Issued to AB Liles

3 Selby Smelting and Lead Co. smelting reports from 1990 on a Placerville, CA mine. Gold and silver found. (Potter Collection) HWAC# 58951 Date

1 gold bond $1,000. First Mortgage at 7%. No. 37, with 10 coupons attached. Signed by President Edward F. Cadle. 9.5" x 14.5". HWAC# 5...

Lot of five. All for Kruse & Euler. Ranging from a value of $1013.13 to $386.19. Kruse & Euler of San Francisco acted as agents for miners a...

Shasta County, CA. 6 Issued to Thomas Treanor 1924, #780-785. Signed by vice president. 7.25" x 10.5" HWAC# 51760 Date: 1924 Loca...

31 Van Mining Company Stock certs. orange border, not issued. Appears to be water staining, and several of them have condition issues with curling, fo

30" x 63" drawing of Natoma #4 dredge dated 1915. Detailed mechanical drawing of the dredge with some hand written notes. Six copies. H...

Calaveras Water and Mining i/c 1881, Odd Fellows Hall Assoc. i/c 1871, Scadden Flat Gold Mining i/c 1879, 2 Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber u/...

Fairmont Hotel i/c 1947, United Water and Power Co i/c 1907 2, Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields i/c 1923, Minarets Mining i/c 1919, San Domingo Gold Mi

Murchie Extension Gold Mining u/i, Major Gold Mining i/u 1914, 2 Grenoble Mining Co i/u 1887, Tuolumine County Water Co i/u 1850, Calaveras Water and

Grenoble Mining #499 i/u ER Grant 1887 100 shares, Fairmont Hotel #1276 i/c Mrs Robert Vernet 1944 5 shares, West Coast Distillery #355 u/i(toning),

There are some nice stocks in here. 1) Tuolumne County Water Company. Columbia. 1860. Gold Rush! One share to AE Hooker. Signed by Chesney and Joseph

1) This $100 bond was issued in 1867 and signed by secretary Armitage and president Tucker. Number 113. EARLY! 18 x 16". Excellent condition! I...

1) Apache Gold Mining #429 i/u to Robert Brown 1896, 1000 shares, signed by president, incorporated in CO 2) Old Gold Mining -on Beacon Hill and Strau