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Million Dollar Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview is Thursday September 24 at our offices in Reno or by prior appointment.

Auction Details

Six day Auction, September 25, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 2015.
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Assay Receipt from US Assay Office for dust, Framed Montana *Territorial*3170Assay Receipt from US Assay Office for dust, Framed Montana *Territorial*
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the United States Assay Office, No. 547, at Helena, M.T., the 11th day of October, 1883, by P. V. Jackson. &...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
Marvelous 1881 letter from the US Assay Office to PV Jackson3171Marvelous 1881 letter from the US Assay Office to PV Jackson
Holabird Western Americana Collections
RB Harrison, assayer in charge, writes to tell Jackson of Sterling, Montana that returns and cash for $381.36 for a gold deposit is enclosed. Just inc
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
Carson City Warrant Issued to Comstock Assayer3172Carson City Warrant Issued to Comstock Assayer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Illustrated State Controller's Warrant issued on Feb. 10, 1886 to F.E. Fielding for $150 for "salary as assayer" during Nov.-Dec. 1885...
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to G*****N for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
Three Comstock Assayer Checks--Payoff for a Scandal at the Carson City Mint?3173Three Comstock Assayer Checks--Payoff for a Scandal at the Carson City Mint?
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These three Bullion & Exchange Bank checks are a very interesting find. All three are issued to (and endorsed by) Gold Hill assayer W.S. James. ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to v*********m for (425.00 + 97.75BP) = 522.75
Syracuse Smelting Works Ingot3174Syracuse Smelting Works Ingot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ingot reads: Syracuse Smelting Works on top and the bottom is stamped with "Government Genuine," "Alloyed Under the Stanley Process,&...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*********1 for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
Early Taylor Gold Mould3175Early Taylor Gold Mould
Holabird Western Americana Collections
250 ounce gold mould from John Taylor & Co. of San Francisco. embossed on the lip with the size and name. Very fine. Sharp cornered base with ro...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9*****F for (275.00 + 55.00BP) = 330.00
Original Touchstone Needles for assaying, RARE3176Original Touchstone Needles for assaying, RARE
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is the first set we ave ever offered for auction. Needles are numbered 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14,1 6,1 8, and 20. A simpler method for determining gold
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 9*****F for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
Prospecting and Assaying Kits3177Prospecting and Assaying Kits
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three items, an assaying kit in a wood box with 2 boxes of chemicals (untouched), and two ultraviolet lights from the 1950's for prospecting. Th...
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9*****F for (170.00 + 34.00BP) = 204.00
California Miner's Scale3178California Miner's Scale
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A complete, old California miner's scale used to weigh out gold. The outside box has been warn down where words cannot be made out, however the...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8*****l for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
Two Miners Scales (Gold Rush)3179Two Miners Scales (Gold Rush)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A Maigis 50g balance scale in a wooden box, and a Braun-knecht-Heimann Company (BKH) miners scale in a tin box from San Francisco from the Gold Rush p
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*****3 for (160.00 + 36.80BP) = 196.80