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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Butte Lode Leasing Company Materials2408 - Butte Lode Leasing Company Materials
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. Includes letters to Golden West Plating Works and back. Four letters to John McClintock from John Taylor. Billhead. Mine report. (Ames C
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Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
Sold to r***6 for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co. Check w/ Yellow Aster RN Facsmilie2409 - Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co. Check w/ Yellow Aster RN Facsmilie
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare check issued Mar 31, 1898. Signed by John Singleton as president. Yellow aster RN facsimile. Upper left corner missing. (Prag Collection) City
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Tecopah Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate2410 - Tecopah Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate
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Rare. Location: Clark Mining District, San Bernardino County. No. 30, issued for 20 shares to William Willis on Oct. 12, 1876. San Bernardino dateline
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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John A. Roebling Catalog (Mining Rope & Wire)2411 - John A. Roebling Catalog (Mining Rope & Wire)
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John A. Roebling's Sons Company of California catalog of wire rope and wire. Hardbound, 233 pages, 3 1/2 x 6". City: San Francisco Sta...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Early New Almaden Mining Ephemera2412 - Early New Almaden Mining Ephemera
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Five pieces of early San Jose history including an 1867 deed to Rancho Agua Caliente, an 1886 railroad right of way by the Quicksilver Mining Company,
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Estimate : 250.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to i*********1 for (900.00 + 207.00BP) = 1,107.00
 
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Prospectus for Century Mining Company (Quicksilver)2413 - Prospectus for Century Mining Company (Quicksilver)
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Prospectus for this company which operated the Guadaloupe Quicksilver Mine located nine miles southwest of San Jose, adjacent to the New Almaden Quick
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Sierra County Mining Stock Certificate Group2414 - Sierra County Mining Stock Certificate Group
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Lot of nine. Includes: Sierra-California Gold Mining Co. (1922, not cxl, heavy soiling), Transierra Exploration Co. (1958, punch cxl), Sierra Trading
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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The Harlem Mining & Milling Company Stock Certificate2415 - The Harlem Mining & Milling Company Stock Certificate
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Location of works: Sierra County, California. Inc. in New York. No. A212, issued for 100 shares to the company secretary (Wm. Lord) on Feb, 6, 1882. A
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Three Different Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates2416 - Three Different Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates
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1) Uncas Mining Company. No. 22, issued for 5,000 shares to the company secretary (Gillett) in 1881. Also signed by Walker as president. Not cancelled
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Trio of Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates2417 - Trio of Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates
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Three different. 1) The Monte Cristo Mining Company. No. 139, issued for 100 shares Aug. 1, 1877 in Stockton. Signed by Buck (president) and Humphrey
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Two Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates2418 - Two Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates
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1) Alaska Mining Company. Location: Near Pike City, Sierra County, California. No. 1725, issued for 8 shares to P.H. Horn in 1886. Signed by the presi
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Tuolumne Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate2419 - Tuolumne Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate
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Number 305 for 5 shares. Signed by A nightingale, M Browne and (?). This company had offices in London and San Francisco. The superintendent was E.S.
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Mazeppa Gold Mining Company Prospectus2420 - Mazeppa Gold Mining Company Prospectus
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Very attractive four page prospectus with illustration of mine on front and color mining map inside. Mine located one mile from Stent. Describes how p
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (70.00 + 16.10BP) = 86.10
 
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Tuolumne County Mining Stock Certificates (8)2421 - Tuolumne County Mining Stock Certificates (8)
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Lot of eight stock certificates. 1) Pair of share warrant certificates for Tuolumne Gold Mining Co. both issued in 1870. Not cancelled. Very thin, del
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Yosemite Quartz Mining Company Stock Certificates2422 - Yosemite Quartz Mining Company Stock Certificates
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Three issued and two unissued stocks for the Yosemite Quartz Mining Company. Dateline Grass Valley, 1883 & 1884. No. 11, 18, and 19. Two are pen...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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"California Minerals" by William Phipps Blake with his inscriptions2423 - "California Minerals" by William Phipps Blake with his inscriptions
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RARE! What a wonderful historical booklet and a more fabulous historical document. "W. P. Blake, New Haven, Conn." is stamped on the front...
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Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
Sold to a****a for (140.00 + 32.20BP) = 172.20
 
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California Mining Photographs and Ribbon2424 - California Mining Photographs and Ribbon
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California photographs and ribbon. 1) Group of miners at the Old Eureka Mill & Mining Co., Sutter Creek, Cal., 6x8 mounted. 2) Group of miners r...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to C*****3 for (125.00 + 28.75BP) = 153.75
 
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California Dredging Companies Stock Certificates2425 - California Dredging Companies Stock Certificates
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Lot of eleven. Includes: Wilson Dredging & Mining Co. (1913 pen cxl and unissued, both with hydraulic mining vignette), Natomas Company (1937 &a...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to t****0 for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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California Mining Stock Certificates2426 - California Mining Stock Certificates
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Lot of 27 issued and unissued. Includes: Diamondville Blue Gravel Mining Co. (1870s uniss. pictorial), Marysville Tunnel & Quartz Mining Co. (18...
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Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 260.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Five Southern California Mining Stock Certificates2427 - Five Southern California Mining Stock Certificates
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Five different. 1) Auburn & Rock Creek Gold Mining Company. No. 57, issued for 1,000 shares on May 21, 1880. Not cancelled. Crisp. 2) The South ...
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Estimate : 260.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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