Million Dollar Auction

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Six day Auction, September 25, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 2015.
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Adams Express Company Bag3489Adams Express Company Bag
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Old Adams Express bag, approx. 14" x 7.5". In 1839, Alvin Adams, a produce merchant ruined by the Panic of 1837, began carrying letters, s...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to T******1 for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
Adams Express Company Collection (Covers and Receipts)3490Adams Express Company Collection (Covers and Receipts)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection includes: Adams Express Official Gazette; two covers; note; 18 receipts: 1845 early receipt with vignette of train crossing bridge, 1849--t
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to L*****8 for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
Adams Express Company Photo3491Adams Express Company Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven horsemen dressed in uniforms with feathered hats in front of the Adams Express Office. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 32123
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to T******1 for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
American Express Co. Meeting Pictures3492American Express Co. Meeting Pictures
Holabird Western Americana Collections
American Express Co. meeting of Gen. Supt. Hughes and Staff at the Colonial Hotel Cleveland, Ohio 1904. Includes 2 group photos and 1 photo of R.E.M.
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
American Express Co. Passes (12)3493American Express Co. Passes (12)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twelve passes. The early passes are on cardstock, while the others are on thin paper. Years included: 1910, two for 1913, 1914, two for 1915, four for
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
American Express Collection (Bags and Receipt Book)3494American Express Collection (Bags and Receipt Book)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection includes: Receipt book blank except for first page; two bags, Property of American Express Co. City: State: Date: HWAC#: : 31648
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to T******1 for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
American Express Collection 2 (Receipts and Covers)3495American Express Collection 2 (Receipts and Covers)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early 1850 American Express (Wells, Butterfield & Co.) receipt for $2991; 1853, American Express receipt; other receipts: 1855, (2), 1856, 1865,...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to L*****8 for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
American Express Company Pass Collection (10)3496American Express Company Pass Collection (10)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten package passes: early 1891 pass (blue with dog and key vignette), 1905 (issued to D.T. Mervine, supt. of Wells Fargo Express), 1910, two from 1911
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to a**********5 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
Early American Express Company Stock Certificate, 1857 (Fargo, Butterfield, Holland Signatures)3497Early American Express Company Stock Certificate, 1857 (Fargo, Butterfield, Holland Signatures)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#3073 for 5 shares to William B Conant on December 19, 1857. This is our earliest certificate. Nice clean certificate. City: State: Date: 1857 HWA
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to c*********p for (350.00 + 80.50BP) = 430.50
American Express Company Stock Certificate (Wells, Fargo, Holland Signatures)3498American Express Company Stock Certificate (Wells, Fargo, Holland Signatures)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early certificate with nice steam engine vignette. Signed by Timothy H Loomis (Springfield, Massachusetts) on November 25, 1858. (Prag collection) C
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00