Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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Illinois Central Railroad Passes (83)3519 - Illinois Central Railroad Passes (83)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eighty-three passes!! Earliest pass is from 1855 with seven more in the 1880s-1890s. The rest spread from 1909-1960 (with missing years). Prag Collect
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 800.00
Sold to t******2 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Passes (27)3520 - Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway Passes (27)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twenty-seven passes spanning from 1904 to 1970 with missing years but no duplicates. Prag Collecion City: State: Kansas Date: hwac# 23224
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to j*********t for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway System Passes (48)3521 - Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railway System Passes (48)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 48 passes: 1924 (2), 1925 (2), 1926 (2), 1927, 1928 (3), 1929 (3), 1930 (4), 1931 (2), 1932 (2), 1933 (2), 1934 (4), 1935 (3), 1936, 1937 (3),
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to d******0 for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes Duplicates (44)3522 - Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes Duplicates (44)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Forty-four passes with duplicates. Span 1920-1957 with years missing from sequence. Prag Collection City: State: Kentucky Date: hwac# 22304
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to y********t for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes (33)3523 - Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. Passes (33)
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Thirty-three passes that span from 1912-1957. Years missing in the sequence. Prag Collection City: State: Kentucky Date: hwac# 22303
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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New Orleans Railroad Passes from Four Companies (12)3524 - New Orleans Railroad Passes from Four Companies (12)
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Twelve passes from four companies: New Orleans and Mobile Railroad (1877 and 1880); New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Co. (1915); New Orleans &...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******e for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Ferrocarril Inter-California Passes (24)3525 - Ferrocarril Inter-California Passes (24)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twenty-four passes, including an 1889 Ferrocarril Internacional Mexicano pass. 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 (2), 1932 (2), 1933 (2), 1934
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*********t for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Passes (3)3526 - Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Passes (3)
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Three passes: 1912, 1914, and 1915. Prag Collection City: State: Michigan Date: hwac# 23273
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.45BP) = 18.45
 
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Michigan Railroad Passes from Three Different Companies3527 - Michigan Railroad Passes from Three Different Companies
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Lot of 5 passes total. The Kanawha & Michigan Railway Co. pass from 1912; Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette and Marquette & Western Railroad...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to j*********t for (45.00 + 9.00BP) = 54.00
 
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Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway Co. Passes (5)3528 - Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway Co. Passes (5)
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Five passes: 1914, 1917 (2), 1918, and 1935-36. Prag Collection City: State: Michigan Date: hwac# 23249
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Michigan Central Railroad Passes (9)3529 - Michigan Central Railroad Passes (9)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nine different passes: 1889, 1893, 1897, 1898, 1906, 1907, 1912, 1913, and 1917. Prag Collection City: State: Michigan Date: hwac# 22306
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Passes (31)3530 - Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Passes (31)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty-one passes with duplicates: 1905, 1908-1924, 1926-1931, 1937-1940,1949-1952. Prag Collection City: State: Minnesota Date: hwac# 22309
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
Sold to j*********t for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Co. 1914 Pass3531 - Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Co. 1914 Pass
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B1013 issued to Mr. M. F. Van Horn, district passenger agent for the lines West of Pittsburgh. The pass was good for the 1914 year. The ink is smudged
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to e*****r for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
 
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1924 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass3532 - 1924 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pass no. B 64 issued to Mr. M. F. Van Horn, District Passenger Rep. for the Pennsylvania System. It has some wear including marks and three round hole
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to y********t for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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1927 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass3533 - 1927 Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pass no. B 548 issued to Mr. J. H. R. Parsons, Retired Pasgr. Tfc. Mgr., Southern Pacific Co. The piece has very little wear. City: Tonopah Stat
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to y********t for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Lackawanna Railroad Passes (15)3534 - Lackawanna Railroad Passes (15)
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Fifteen with only one duplicate year: 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935 (2 diff.), 1937, 1939, 1940, and 1958-59. Prag Collec
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (25)3535 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (25)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twenty five passes for the following years: 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1920-1925, and 1927-1951. Multiple colors. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.45BP) = 18.45
 
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (18)3536 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (18)
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Eighteen passes including duplicates: 1914 (5 w/ 3 diff. colors), 1916 (2), 1918 (3), 1920, 1922 (2), 1923, 1924 (2), 1928, and 1929. Prag Collection
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.45BP) = 18.45
 
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (37)3537 - Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Passes (37)
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Lot of 37 passes, including many duplicates, for dates spanning from 1930 to 1942. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Date: hwac# 23256
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Passes (19)3538 - Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Passes (19)
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Nineteen passes with some duplicate years: 1911 (2), 1912 (3), 1913 (3), 1914 (6), 1915 (2), and 1917 (3). Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Da
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (22)3539 - Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (22)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twenty-two passes: 1902, 1903, 1907, 1913, 1920-1929, 1931,1932 (2), 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1938. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. Passes (37)3540 - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. Passes (37)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty-seven passes total: 24 different, 13 duplicates. 1894, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920, and 1922-1934. Prag Co
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (40)3541 - Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Passes (40)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Forty passes! Span 1920-1937 with some duplicates and years missing. Prag Collection City: State: Ohio Date: hwac# 23264
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Oregon & California Railroad Pass, 18803542 - Oregon & California Railroad Pass, 1880
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 279 issued to George J. Ainsworth Esq. 4 x 2 1/2". City: State: Oregon Date: 1880 hwac# 35118
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******8 for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Clinchfield Railroad Passes (15)3543 - Clinchfield Railroad Passes (15)
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Lot of 15 passes: 1925 (2 different), 1927 (2), 1928 (2 different), 1929 (1), 1930 (1), 1931 (2 different), 1932 (1), 1934-35 (1), 1936-37 (1), 1940-4
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 260.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Texas Railroad Passes from Four Lines (12)3544 - Texas Railroad Passes from Four Lines (12)
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Twelve passes total from four companies: Texas Midland Railroad (1912); Texas Mexican Railway Co. (1913 and 1918); Sunset (and Sunset Central) Lines (
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Texas and Pacific Railway Co. Passes (52)3545 - Texas and Pacific Railway Co. Passes (52)
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Fifty-two passes including duplicate years: 1910, 1913 (2), 1914 (3), 1916 (3), 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925 (3), 1926, 1927, 1928 (2), 1929 (2)
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Norfolk & Western Railway Passes (71)3546 - Norfolk & Western Railway Passes (71)
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Seventy-one passes! Spans 1914-1967 with duplicates and missing years. Prag Collection City: State: Virginia Date: hwac# 22315
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 600.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (180.00 + 36.00BP) = 216.00
 
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Northern Pacific Railway Passes (49)3547 - Northern Pacific Railway Passes (49)
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Forty-nine passes, spanning 1916-1955, with duplicates and missing years. Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 22317
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Gulf Railroad Passes from Two Companies (14)3548 - Gulf Railroad Passes from Two Companies (14)
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Fourteen passes from two different Gulf companies. Gulf Coast Lines: 1916, 1918, 1923 (2), 1928, and 1929. From Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co.: 1
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes 1920s-40s3549 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes 1920s-40s
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The balance lot of Western Union passes: 1922 (collect and regular), 1927 (collect), 1928 (2), 1929, 1932 (2), 1933, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1946 (2),
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (28)3550 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (28)
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Lot of 28 passes. 1920-1949, with only 1943 missing! Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 23237
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (10)3551 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (10)
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Lot of ten passes. Complete set: 1910-1919. Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 23235
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (15)3552 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (15)
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Lot of 15 passes including duplicates: 1900, 1901 (2), 1902, 1904 (3), 1906, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1916 (2), 1917, and 1918. Union Pacific, Great Northern
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to y********t for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. 1/2 Rate Passes (11)3553 - Western Union Telegraph Co. 1/2 Rate Passes (11)
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Lot of 11: 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914. Prag Collection City: State: United States Date: hwac# 2323
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 400.00
Sold to y********t for (85.00 + 19.55BP) = 104.55
 
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Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (11)3554 - Western Union Telegraph Co. Passes (11)
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Lot of 11. 1898, and then 1900-1909. For Great Northern Railway, Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co., and Penn. Lines. Prag Collection City: S...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9*********8 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Order of Railroad Telegraphers Membership Cards (103)3555 - Order of Railroad Telegraphers Membership Cards (103)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
103 pieces!!! Eighty-nine membership cards: span 1905-1966, with duplicates and missing years. Two Representatives Certificates (1900 and 1901). Nine
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to D*B for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Alabama Railroad Stock Collection (25)3556 - Alabama Railroad Stock Collection (25)
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Lot of 25. 1) Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company: ten stocks plus 3 certificates of deposit (issued pieces dating from 1872-1899 plus early unissued). 2
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******g for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company Collection (9)3557 - Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company Collection (9)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nine stocks and bonds representing a nice variety. Originally conceived in 1837, the first tracks were in use in 1852. The line suffered heavy damage
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****1 for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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White Pass & Yukon Photographs and Promotional Materials3558 - White Pass & Yukon Photographs and Promotional Materials
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fourteen pieces.Photographs include Deer Lake, Rocky Point, and snow scene. 1951 letter. Three Hand Book of Vacation Trip in Alaska and the Yukon. Bag
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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Arizona & Swansea Railroad Company Stock Certificate3559 - Arizona & Swansea Railroad Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Inc. in the Territory of Arizona. No. 357, issued for one share to B.A. Weyl on Oct. 23rd, 1931. Signed by the president and secretary. Not canc
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Arizona & Swansea Railroad Company Stock Certificate 23560 - Arizona & Swansea Railroad Company Stock Certificate 2
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. No. 362, issued for 1,000 shares to W.J. Palethorpe on March 30th, 1932. Signed by the company presid
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Arkansas Railroad Bonds & Stock Certificates (8)3561 - Arkansas Railroad Bonds & Stock Certificates (8)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. Bonds: Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad Company ($5,000, 1933, punch cancelled), Arkansas Midland Railroad Company ($1,000, 1889
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad Company Bond Signed by Governor & Civil War General Clayton3562 - Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad Company Bond Signed by Governor & Civil War General Clayton
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very ornate bond issued by the state of Arkansas to the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad for $1,000. Not cancelled. Signed clearly by Powell Cl...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 600.00
Sold to l*******c for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway Bond3563 - Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very attractive second mortgage bond, $1,000, issued in 1881. Not cancelled. No. 526. Large vignette of locomotive. Very ornate border. Signatures of
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Saratoga & Almaden Railroad Co. $500 Gold Bond3564 - Saratoga & Almaden Railroad Co. $500 Gold Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued Sept. 23, 1885. Twenty years Gold Bond per 6 cent. Full sheet of coupons (40) still attached. Blue/grey border. No vignette, but ornamental log
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Estimate : 70.00 - 250.00
Sold to t****0 for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
 
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Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Company Bond3565 - Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Railway Company Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 1495. $1,000 bond issued 1892. Signed by the company president, MH Sherman, and secretary, F. McDonald. Stamp cancelled. Fifty-three coupons attac
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to t*******d for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Nevada County Railroad Ephemera3566 - Nevada County Railroad Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nine pieces for the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad. Includes: two billheads (Nevada City, 1884 and Grass Valley 1924), a real photo postcard mail
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 5.75BP) = 30.75
 
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Randsburg Railway Company collection (8): letterheads, receipts, voucher3567 - Randsburg Railway Company collection (8): letterheads, receipts, voucher
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. Three 1898-1902 letterheads. One voucher for the audit of February, 1902. (Poor condition). One Santa Fe Route letterhead to Randsburg R
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****0 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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East Shore & Suburban Railway Company Stock Certificate3568 - East Shore & Suburban Railway Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. December 1904. No. 37, issued for 15 shares on Sept. 17, 1906. Signed by the president and secretary. Pen cancelled. Maroon border and electric t
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to t*******d for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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