Million Dollar Auction

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Six day Auction, September 25, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 2015.
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Gold Nuggets and Crystalline Gold Specimens3199 - Gold Nuggets and Crystalline Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.17 troy ounces total: 0.98 is in small gold nuggets. 0.19 in crystalline specimens ("pocket gold"). City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 28622
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to 9*****H for (1,800.00 + 360.00BP) = 2,160.00
 
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Vial of Placer Gold3200 - Vial of Placer Gold
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately .03 troy ounces of old placer gold in a glass vial with metal top. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 28506
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*********5 for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Specimens of Amethyst, Petrified Wood, and Agate3201 - Specimens of Amethyst, Petrified Wood, and Agate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 very good specimens of beautiful minerals. 1 agate piece that is oddly shaped and mostly smooth and a very light yellow in color, 1 large piece of p
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Mineral Collection Made by the Colorado Assaying Co.3202 - Mineral Collection Made by the Colorado Assaying Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One hundred specimen mineral collection is a custom box labeled on top in depressed silver lettering "Mineral Collection selected by The Colora...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to i*********1 for (350.00 + 80.50BP) = 430.50
 
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Alaska Vintage Dredging Photos Package3203 - Alaska Vintage Dredging Photos Package
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11: approx. 8x10 B&W photos of various dredging operations and their equipment and personnel. Great shots of the rigs and their crews, th...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********a.. for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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Arizona Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate3204 - Arizona Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock No. 116 iissued to Elizabeth S. Williams for 10 shares at $100 each. Signed by L. W. Sapp, president and H. R. Calkins, secretary. Imprinted sta
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 1*****c for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Monolith Portland Cement Co. Stock Issued to Sutro & Co.3205 - Monolith Portland Cement Co. Stock Issued to Sutro & Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Nevada. No. 2852, punch cancelled. Issued for 10 shares to Sutro & Co. on Nov. 28, 1950. Signed by the company president and secretary (...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Five Amador County Mining Stock Certificates3206 - Five Amador County Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Hancock Gold & Silver Mining Company. Unissued. 2) South Spring Hill Gold Mining Company #114 for 100 shares to WH Porter. Signed by GF Morse...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Two Auburn Area Mining Stock Certificates3207 - Two Auburn Area Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Pemberton Gold Mining Company #200 for 375 shares to Peter French in 1879. Signed by JR Crandall and Samuel Phillips. Located in the Forest Hill Di
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to k**********y for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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Bodie Consolidated Letterhead and Virginia Wells Fargo Express3208 - Bodie Consolidated Letterhead and Virginia Wells Fargo Express
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two Comstock items. 1) Bodie Consolidated Mining Company letterhead. San Francisco dateline. Addressed to Captain Thomas G. Taylor of the Yello
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 6*****b for (325.00 + 74.75BP) = 399.75
 
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California/Nevada Desert Area Mining Stock Certificates (including Bodie)3209 - California/Nevada Desert Area Mining Stock Certificates (including Bodie)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. 1) Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph #38 for 20 shares to Thomas Cain(?). Signed by RL McCarty and Thomas Leggett. 2) South Pac
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to p********n for (140.00 + 28.00BP) = 168.00
 
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Butte and Yuba County Mining Stock Certificates3210 - Butte and Yuba County Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7. All unissued. Includes the two Woodland (186-), Turner Gold, Marysville Tunnel & Quartz, Diamondville Blue Gravel Mining Company, Midd...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Acme Mines and Mill Stock Certificates3211 - Acme Mines and Mill Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six. Five green and one orange. 1927-1931. Signed by BC Austin. Acme Mines and Mill Inc, own several mines in California. Including the Oat Hil
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Tecopah Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate3212 - Tecopah Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock no. 17 issued to William Mills Trustee on May 11, 1876 for 100 shares. It was incorporated on February 12, 1875 and located in the Clark Mining
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to i*****l for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Death Valley Mining Postcard Collection3213 - Death Valley Mining Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twenty Mule Team cards and more. 15 RPC's, 6 early PC's, 20 post-1940 PC's. (Prag Collection) City: Death Valley State: California Date...
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Estimate : 170.00 - 300.00
Sold to S*****3 for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Two Low-Numbered Fresno Mining Stock Certificates3214 - Two Low-Numbered Fresno Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Wade Mining Company certificate number 2 for ten shares to GS Keevey in 1880. Signed by WH Allen and W Myers. Hard to find California stock certifi
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Start Price : 110.00 | Estimate : 220.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Two Empire Mine Photographs3215 - Two Empire Mine Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two classic matted photos from the famous Empire mine at Grass Valley, the largest single mine gold producer in California in historical times (pre-WW
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to l****e for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Two Photos of the Stamp Batteries of the Empire Mine (?)3216 - Two Photos of the Stamp Batteries of the Empire Mine (?)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two original photographs of the stamp batteries inside a mill building (the same one). One view is the top of the batteries (11 x 14", Fryer Ph...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to p********n for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Stereoview of Quicksilver Mine Boarding House by R. E. Wood3217 - Stereoview of Quicksilver Mine Boarding House by R. E. Wood
Holabird Western Americana Collections
View of boarding house for the Redington Quicksilver Company Mining Company, Knoxville, Calif. In 1861 mercury ("quicksilver") in its cinn...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c*********p for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Mariposa Land & Mining Company Stock Certificate3218 - Mariposa Land & Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#A458 for 24 shares to Charles H King in 1880. Signed by Robert Crawford and Mark (?). Vignette of allegorical woman. Endorsed by King in back. The Ma
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to p********n for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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