Million Dollar Auction

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Six day Auction, September 25, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 2015.
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Wells Fargo & Co. Express tag for Gold Coins5483 - Wells Fargo & Co. Express tag for Gold Coins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From San Francisco, Cal. to Carson, Nevada, a tag for $2,000 in U.S. $20 gold coins. Rare. Carson City Nevada HWAC# 28137
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Rare Hamilton RN Checks5484 - Rare Hamilton RN Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Both unissued. 1) Eberhardt & Aurora Mining Co., Limited. White Pine County Bank. RN-G. c.1870s. Deep fold in bottom right corner. 2) First Nati...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to f*****2 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Comstock Checks with Adhesive Revenue Stamps5485 - Comstock Checks with Adhesive Revenue Stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. Best are pieces with Nevada 5 cent adhesives. Includes: two Gold Hill Bank of California drafts (both 1867) with 2 cent orange US IR stamps
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******0 for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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Fair and Mackay Signed Comstock Mill Check Pair (RN-E)5486 - Fair and Mackay Signed Comstock Mill Check Pair (RN-E)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Really attractive pair of Bank of California checks with RN-E revenue imprints and important signatures. 1) Bacon Mill, April 5, 1872. Issued to Derby
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to B*********g for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Virginia City Bank of California Revenue Check Collection (w/ sheet & Mackay signature)5487 - Virginia City Bank of California Revenue Check Collection (w/ sheet & Mackay signature)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eight items. 1) Uncut sheet of six Savage Mining Company checks c.1876. NV Bank of SF is crossed out and Bank of California is printed above. RN-G. Ra
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (95.00 + 21.85BP) = 116.85
 
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Virginia City Bank of California RN Check Collection (incl. Mackay)5488 - Virginia City Bank of California RN Check Collection (incl. Mackay)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six checks with revenue imprints and some famous signatures. 1) Belcher Silver Mining Company, Aug. 5th, 1873, RN-E, signed by William Hopkins (was al
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to c*********p for (95.00 + 19.00BP) = 114.00
 
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Virginia City Checks with Adhesive Revenue Stamps5489 - Virginia City Checks with Adhesive Revenue Stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1) Bank of California, Sept. 8th, 1874. Signed by James G. Fair. "Kelsey Mill" written in. Cut cancel and stains. 2 cent adhe...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to d******0 for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Nevada Bank & Trust Stock Certificates Group5490 - Nevada Bank & Trust Stock Certificates Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7: various Bank certificates, from all over the state. Cites such as Lovelock, Winnemucca, Las Vegas, Elko, Wells, Carson City and Goldfield ar
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to r****a for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Nevada RN Check Collection (Gold Hill, Austin, Virginia City)5491 - Nevada RN Check Collection (Gold Hill, Austin, Virginia City)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Two Bank of California Gold Hill drafts, RN-D, including "buff." 1875 and 1876 with cut cancels. 2) Two Savage Mining Company...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to d******0 for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Three Nevada Advertising Banks Plus One5492 - Three Nevada Advertising Banks Plus One
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ely National Bank, McGill Branch; Bank of Sparks, Sparks, Nev. with key; Ely National Bank; First State Bank Eubank, KY. Nevada HWAC# 32939
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to M*****4 for (325.00 + 74.75BP) = 399.75
 
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Three Nevada banking stock certificates5493 - Three Nevada banking stock certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) First State Bank of Las Vegas. Early #28 for 1 share to Hawkins. Signed by Parkes and Bracken. 1908. 2) Winnemucca State Bank & Trust. 1923. ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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Deposit Receipt for $5000 in Gold Coin5494 - Deposit Receipt for $5000 in Gold Coin
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Bankers' Association of Buffalo New York issued this deposit receipt in 1898. Punched paid six times. Buffalo New York 1898 HWAC# 28151
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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$3 Note Redemption Receipt from the U.S. Treasury5495 - $3 Note Redemption Receipt from the U.S. Treasury
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A receipt for the redemption of a $3 bill, including the rules established by the Treasury Department that govern the redemption of mutilated United S
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******0 for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
 
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2 Book Shaped Banks5496 - 2 Book Shaped Banks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two small book shaped banks: 1) Green, with "Bank of America National Association, California" wit sailing ship, engraved on the front; me...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Embossed Postcards with Gold & Silver Foil Coins5497 - Embossed Postcards with Gold & Silver Foil Coins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 different postcards with embossed foreign coins in varying denominations. Countries represented: Sweden, Mexico (two different), Germany (th
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********a.. for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Four Coin Banks5498 - Four Coin Banks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of four different coin advertising banks. Farmers and Merchants Savings Bank, Pecatonica Ill; Joliet National Bank, Joliet Ill; American Nationa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to o******s for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Georgian Gold Coin Toddy Ladle, Quarter Guinea5499 - Georgian Gold Coin Toddy Ladle, Quarter Guinea
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice toddy ladle with twisted whale baleen handle. Silver ladle made of hand hammered silver coin with 1762 George III quarter guinea in the center
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Humorous & Artistic Numismatic Postcards and Prints5500 - Humorous & Artistic Numismatic Postcards and Prints
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine postcards and prints that all feature coins. Includes: ad card for Chicago Stove Works (with 1890 gold coin), and four unused trade cards
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Mascerated Money Collectibles5501 - Mascerated Money Collectibles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of nine items. Four are art pieces of macerated currency: collectible pieces made by a company who bought the macerated currency from the Trea
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to c********a.. for (300.00 + 69.00BP) = 369.00
 
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National Bank Note Redemption Receipts (Durango, CO & Philadelphia, PA)5502 - National Bank Note Redemption Receipts (Durango, CO & Philadelphia, PA)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six receipts from the Treasury of the United States National Bank Redemption Agency. Four dated 1875, one 1882, one 1886. From the First National Bank
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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