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Six day Auction, September 25, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 2015.
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Signed Will James Western2300 - Signed Will James Western
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Uncle Bill - A Tale of Two Kids and a Cowboy (autographed 1st Edition) 1932. City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: : 30817
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to m******x for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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South Central Montana Region Library - Bitterroot Valley & Beyond (10)2301 - South Central Montana Region Library - Bitterroot Valley & Beyond (10)
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Sketchbooks, pamphlets, great references, as well as an autographed edition of The Old Party in the Feather Shawl by Theresa Buckingham. Counties cov
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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South Eastern Montana Region Library (11)2302 - South Eastern Montana Region Library (11)
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Counties covered: Musselshell, Bighorn, Custer, Powder River, Rosebud, & Yellowstone. Note * includes two autographed titles - The Upper Mussels...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Southwestern Montana Region Library (18)2303 - Southwestern Montana Region Library (18)
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Montana history comes alive through this eclectic book collection. Focus is on Madison, Gallatin, Park & Beaverhead counties. note * Golden Tr...
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Step Back in Time ( 24 Montana Books)2304 - Step Back in Time ( 24 Montana Books)
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General Montana History Book Collection. Please inspect photo for details * City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: : 31278
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to p********n for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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That Girl in Montana Book Group (5)2305 - That Girl in Montana Book Group (5)
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Other book titles include: Told in the Hills (1st Edition 1891), The little Kingdom - Autographed by author Hughie Call, and The Shorn Lamb. City:
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The Great Anaconda Mining Co. Book Group (6)2306 - The Great Anaconda Mining Co. Book Group (6)
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Anaconda Copper Mining Co. Ledger (entries 1931-1934) 2.) Anaconda - Life of Marcus Daly " the copper king" 3,4,5) Anaconda by Isaac F...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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The Journal of John Work (Hudson Bay Co. Trader)2307 - The Journal of John Work (Hudson Bay Co. Trader)
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A chief-trader of the Hudson's Bay Co. during his expedition from Vancouver to the Flatheads and Blackfeet of the Pacific Northwest. Autographe...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to o*********k for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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Various books on Montana Mines & Regions (10)2308 - Various books on Montana Mines & Regions (10)
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From the Quarries of Last Chance Gulch to the Montana Gold Rush Diary of Kate Dunlap. Other Titles include: Inspector of Mines 1905, Geology &...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Montana Vigilante Book Group (5)2309 - Montana Vigilante Book Group (5)
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Vigilante Days and Ways - Vol. I & II ( 1st Editions 1890), plus three other editions, by N. P. Langford. City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: :...
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Montana Vigilante Books by Dimsdale (7)2310 - Montana Vigilante Books by Dimsdale (7)
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Six different editions of the Vigilantes of Montana. Please see photo. City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: : 30826
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Montana Vigilante Book Pair2311 - Montana Vigilante Book Pair
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Vigilantes - Signed by author Hoffman Birney and numbered 166/250 (1929) plus 1st public edition. City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: : 30831
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to e*****r for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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War Department Report (Montana Territory) 1876 w/ maps2312 - War Department Report (Montana Territory) 1876 w/ maps
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Reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the Upper Missouri to the Yellowstone National Park, and Return, made in the summer of 1875 - writt
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to o*********k for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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Western Autographed Group (5)2313 - Western Autographed Group (5)
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Titles Include: They were Good Men and Salty Cusses - signed by Bill Huntington, West to Rising Sun - signed by Julius W. Butler, Devil Man with a
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8*****l for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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Western Frontier Book Group (7)2314 - Western Frontier Book Group (7)
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Titles Include: The Sod House Frontier, Cattle Raising on the Plains (1900-1961), Cowboys & Cattlemen, The American West (Signed By both Auth...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Western Library (15)2315 - Western Library (15)
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Titles include: Homestead, Rambles in the Far West, The Majestic Land and Frontiers of the Northwest, to name a few. Please see photo for balance.
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Who's Who in Montana2316 - Who's Who in Montana
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Prominent Men of Montana - Cartoons and Caricatures 1911 ( spine partly taped), Montana's Twenty-first Legislative Assembly Who's Who - A V...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to i*********1 for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Will James Western Collection (12)2317 - Will James Western Collection (12)
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Classic Western Titles, such as Lone Cowboy and Smoky (many 1st Editions). City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: : 30816
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to i*********1 for (325.00 + 74.75BP) = 399.75
 
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Rare Yellowstone Park Book, 18792318 - Rare Yellowstone Park Book, 1879
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The Resources of Montana and of Yellowstone Park 1879 - Farming, Stock Raising, Mining, Lumbering, and other industries of Montana (Rebound - normal w
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to o*********k for (550.00 + 110.00BP) = 660.00
 
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Yellowstone Park Archive (26)2319 - Yellowstone Park Archive (26)
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Some real gems in this great Yellowstone Library: Yellowstone - Its Underworld (signed by author C. Max Bauer), Yellowstone Through the Ages (signed
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (650.00 + 149.50BP) = 799.50
 
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Montana Flora, Wildlife, Poetry, & Cookbook Group (18)2320 - Montana Flora, Wildlife, Poetry, & Cookbook Group (18)
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More great Montana resources & references. Please see photo for details. City: Montana State: Date: HWAC#: : 30847
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General Montana History Group (4)2321 - General Montana History Group (4)
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Titles include: Fort Union and its Neighbors on the Upper Missouri, The Journal of the House of Burgesses, Dreams Dust and Depression, and a cute l
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Golden Reflections Western Book Group (8)2322 - Golden Reflections Western Book Group (8)
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A great addition to one's Western library. Includes four 1st editions (The Grizzly Bear, The Great North Trail, For each a Women, and Strange Em...
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Books about the Montana Liquor Industry2323 - Books about the Montana Liquor Industry
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Titles include: Politicians in Business - A history of the Liquor control system in Montana, Names on the Face of Montana, and The Saloon on the Roc
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to p********n for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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Montana Medical Books2324 - Montana Medical Books
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Titles include: Doctors, Dynamite and Dogs, Fighting Spotted Fever in the Rockies (1948), A Minnesota Doctor's Home Remedies, and Medicine in ...
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Little Western Fiction Group (5)2325 - Little Western Fiction Group (5)
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Titles include: The Broncho Boys in Montana (100 year old paperback - missing back cover/front cover detached), The Proud Diggers, The Redhead from
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to i*********1 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Montana Railroad Book Group (3)2326 - Montana Railroad Book Group (3)
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Titles Include: The Construction of The Northern Pacific Railroad (Yellowstone Park Line), Ninth annual report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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State Arms of the Union2327 - State Arms of the Union
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Breathtaking colorful depictions of each state's Coat of Arms in the Union (1876). Fourty Five States Represented City: Montana State: Date: ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a****a for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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The American Fleet in Manila (Montana Military Book)2328 - The American Fleet in Manila (Montana Military Book)
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Campaigning in the Philippines by Karl Irving Faust (1899) * Illustrated 314 pages * A book within a book ( Official History of the Operations of the
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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Western Fiction Archive (over 50)2329 - Western Fiction Archive (over 50)
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Start your collection with this lot, or add these great classics to your library. A mix of hard/soft covered western fiction. * note - photo has boo
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Montana Silver Spoons2330 - Montana Silver Spoons
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Four sterling silver spoons: Last Chance Gulch, Helena; Livingston; Livingston-Yellowstone; Masonic Temple Lewiston. Nice group. City: Montana State
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Estimate : 260.00 - 400.00
Sold to F****e for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Scenic Glacier National Park Menus2331 - Scenic Glacier National Park Menus
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38 Menus from the Lake McDonald Hotel, Lake McDonald, Montana each with one of seven different scenic photographs of the Glacier National Park. Severa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****a for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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1860 Nebraska Territorial Warrant that went unpaid2332 - 1860 Nebraska Territorial Warrant that went unpaid
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#677. Warrant to pay Benjamin B. Thompson $100.00 on January 13, 1860. "Clerk to Code Commissioners in 1855 & 6." This would have been...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to a****a for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Nebraska, Illinois, and Kansas Calendars2333 - Nebraska, Illinois, and Kansas Calendars
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Includes: 5 Nebraska, 1 Illinois, and 1 Kansas calendar including O'Keefe Real Estate Company (Omaha, Nebraska 1919), The National Bank of Ponti...
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
 
 
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First Laws of the Territory of Nevada (Fulton Collection)2334 - First Laws of the Territory of Nevada (Fulton Collection)
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Published on January 15, 1862 by Orion Clemens, Secretary of the Territory. Laws of the Territory of Nevada passed at the first regular meeting of the
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to V********e for (1,200.00 + 276.00BP) = 1,476.00
 
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Bond of the Territory of Nevada (Governor Nye Signature)2335 - Bond of the Territory of Nevada (Governor Nye Signature)
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$1000 bond issued to Jonn Parrott, signed by James W. Nye. Hole Cancelled. In 1861, Nye was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Governor of the
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to F****e for (375.00 + 86.25BP) = 461.25
 
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Bond of the Territory of Nevada signed by Governor Nye2336 - Bond of the Territory of Nevada signed by Governor Nye
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Very nice, early Nevada document with governor's signature. Issued for $1,000 to Emanuel Revia (?) on March 15th, 1864. Signed by James W. Nye a...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d******0 for (350.00 + 80.50BP) = 430.50
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)2337 - Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)
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No. 247 for $187. Hole cancelled. Coupons 3-10 attached. Signed by Blasdel, governor. Henry Goode Blasdel (1825 – 1900) was an American politician and
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)2338 - Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)
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No. 202 for 331. Signed by Henry G. Blasdel, the first Governor of Nevada, serving during the American Civil War and the first years of the Reconstru
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)2339 - Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)
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Bond no. 220 for $218. Signed by the first Governor of Nevada Henry Blasdel and controller Nightingill. Lithograph by Britton & Co. San Francisc...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)2340 - Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)
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$1000. Signed by the first Governor of Nevada: H. G. Blasdel. Silver seal. Issued. Only one stamp remains. Cancelled. Date: 1867 Carson City NV. (Prag
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9***1 for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada2341 - Bond of the State of Nevada
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Number 210, for $100. Signed by W. H. Hobart, controller and Jerry Scholling, treasurer. Four stamps attached, cancelled. (Prag Collection) City: Ne
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9***1 for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)2342 - Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)
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Bond no. 353 for $500. Signed by the first Governor of Nevada: H. G. Blasdel. Issued. Stamp Nos. 16-20 attached. Hole cancelled. (Prag Collection) Ci
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)2343 - Bond of the State of Nevada (Governor Blasdel Signature)
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Signed by the first Governor of Nevada: H. G. Blasdel. Issued. Only one stamp remains. Cancelled. Date: 1867 Carson City NV. Large gold seal, beautifu
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to F****e for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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Bullion and Exchange Bank Ephemera2344 - Bullion and Exchange Bank Ephemera
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Collection includes: checks (one to Buffalo Brewing), notes, etc. (Prag Collection) City: Nevada State: Carson City Date: HWAC#: : 31521
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to D******a for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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Carson City Photo Postcard Collection2345 - Carson City Photo Postcard Collection
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Lot of 33 postcards with duplicates. Most are RPCs. Views of: Nevada State Prison (two different, one RPC), U.S. Indian School, Mark Twain Home (Frash
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to j***d for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Carson City Postcard Collection--Older Cards2346 - Carson City Postcard Collection--Older Cards
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Lot of 36 older postcards with duplicates. Places include: U.S. Mint (two different), Hank Monk's Grave, Capitol Building (many), Governor's...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j***d for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Carson City Postcard Collection--Later Cards2347 - Carson City Postcard Collection--Later Cards
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Lot of 45 later (1930s-1960s, chromes, linens, and printed) cards with duplicates. Views of Bowers Mansion, Capitol Building, Supreme Court, various i
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j***d for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Carson City Savings Bank Checks and a Stock Certificate2348 - Carson City Savings Bank Checks and a Stock Certificate
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One check made to "Ah Sam" a Chinese merchant, 1879. Other checks dated 1875, 76, and 1883. Four checks are signed by Geo. B. Hill and on...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Fancy State Warrants - including Governor signatures!2349 - Fancy State Warrants - including Governor signatures!
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13 different types. 1) 1871 General Fund to W. V. Tel. Co. Vignette of large eagle and a man with a flag exploring new land. 2) 1881 Legislative Fund
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to d******0 for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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