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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Stereoview of Nevada's Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition3201 - Stereoview of Nevada's Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stereoview of Nevada's Exhibit, Agricultural Building, World's Columbian Exposition. Photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton,...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 St. Luis World's Fair) Purses and Medallion3202 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 St. Luis World's Fair) Purses and Medallion
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group 3 items from the Prag collection, including: 2 small purses with Palace of Electricity visible above The Louisiana Purchase Exposition/ St. Loui
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Pan-American Expo. Stock Certificate (1901, Buffalo)3204 - Pan-American Expo. Stock Certificate (1901, Buffalo)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rare stock certificate, no. 8853 was issued to Jack Schnell for one share in 1900 to raise money for the Pan-American World's Fair. Border ...
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Estimate : 160.00 - 360.00
Sold to d******0 for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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Pan. American Expo. Souvenir Hatchet (1901, Buffalo)3205 - Pan. American Expo. Souvenir Hatchet (1901, Buffalo)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
White porcelain native American "tomahawk" complete with scroll work. There is a colored and embossed native chief on the "blade"...
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 320.00
 
 
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1965 New York World's Fair & 1962 Seattle Ephemera3206 - 1965 New York World's Fair & 1962 Seattle Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. From the 1965 World's Fair in New York: illustrated 1964 cover, two copies of a booklet containing 14 official views (in color), and a...
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Centennial International Exhibition Tickets (1876, Philadelphia)3207 - Centennial International Exhibition Tickets (1876, Philadelphia)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four tickets good for one admission at Money Gates, void after November 10th, 1876. 2 1/2 x 4" printed both sides, by the Philadelphia Bank Not...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Centennial International Exhibition Stock Certificate3208 - Centennial International Exhibition Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
United States 1776-1876 Centennial stock certificate No. 1015, issued for 1 share to Joseph Richetts dated May 15, 1875 of capital stock of the Centen
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Exposition Memorabilia3209 - Exposition Memorabilia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 7 items from the Prag collection, including a 1894 exposition souvenir pin; a World's Fair St. Louis 1904 cigar case; a Greater AM Expo...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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California Lumber Stock Collection3210 - California Lumber Stock Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. Includes: Los Banos Lumber & Supply Company (four stocks, two issued 1928, pen cancelled and two unissued), Newark Lumber Company (19...
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Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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California Lumber Stock Collection 23211 - California Lumber Stock Collection 2
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Includes: Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber Company (two unissued 1870s, pictorial of lumber operation), Los Banos Lumber & Suppl...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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North American Lumber Company Stock Certificate (1839)3212 - North American Lumber Company Stock Certificate (1839)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare and very early! No. 660, issued to John Paine for 630 shares on May 20th, 1839 in New York. Signed by the company president and secretary. Pen ca
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Western Lumber Stocks (Nevada, Montana, Idaho, & Washington)3213 - Western Lumber Stocks (Nevada, Montana, Idaho, & Washington)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve. Includes: Holmes Planing Mill Company (NV, 1910, 1932, 1939, all pen cxl), Continental Timber Company (WA, two unissued 190-), Monarch
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Pulp & Paper Company Stock Certificates3214 - Pulp & Paper Company Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17. Includes: International Paper Company (three different with lumber vignettes, issued 1950-1957, punch cancelled), Crown Zellerbach Corporat
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to s**********r for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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Texas, Oklahoma & Missouri Lumber Stock Certificates3215 - Texas, Oklahoma & Missouri Lumber Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. Includes: Popular Bluff Lumber Company (Popular Bluff, Missouri, 1899, not cancelled, vignette of lumbermen), The Texas Yellow Pine Compa
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6****A for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Eastern Lumber Stock Certificates3216 - Eastern Lumber Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve pictorial. Includes: very early North American Lumber Co. (1838, pen cancelled), Bell Lumber Co. (Virginia, unissued), Holston River Lum
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to w*****s for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Mid-West Lumber Stock Certificates (Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota)3217 - Mid-West Lumber Stock Certificates (Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve. Ten stocks and two bonds. Stocks: B. Heinemann Lumber Co. (1920, not cxl), Liberty Lumber & Supply Co. (1919, not cxl), Delta Lan...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r******g for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Foreign Lumber Stock Certificates3218 - Foreign Lumber Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Includes: International Lumber Corporation (1965 & 1966, pen cancelled), International Lumber & Development Company (1912, not c...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company Bond3220 - Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unissued, but a fabulous piece. All coupons are intact! Stock #260. Honey Lake is North of Reno, Nevada just south of Susanville. (Prag Collection)
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t*******d for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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City & County of San Francisco Water Bond with Hetch Hetchy Vignette3221 - City & County of San Francisco Water Bond with Hetch Hetchy Vignette
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$1,000 bond issued 1910, punch cancelled. Green border and background. Vignette showing Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite. After the 1906 San Francisco earthqu
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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San Francisco Water Bonds3222 - San Francisco Water Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six water bonds. 1) Four different City & County of San Francisco bonds: three Hetch Hetchy Water Bonds (1925, vignette of reservoir, pun...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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