"Raise a Glass to Yesteryear" 2023 August Auction

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Day 1, Thursday, August 24th
Art & Artifacts from around the world (Lots 1000-1227)
Paintings, Prints, Native American Artifacts, Sculptures, Textiles, Boxwood Root Sculptures, Viewing Stones
Display Minerals & Fossils (Lots 1228 – 1340)
Calcite, Fluorite, Mineral Groups, Quartz, Fossils
Stocks & Bonds (Lots 1341 – 1499)
Mining, Railroad, Petroliana, Etc.

Day 2, Friday, August 25th
General Americana (Lots 2000 -2495)
Antiquarian Books, Transportation, Ephemera, Autographed, Photographs
Mining (Lots 2308-2491)
Ephemera, Ore Specimens, Mining Equipment
Tools (Lots 2492-2496)

Day 3, Saturday, August 26th
Bottles (Lots 3000-3124)
Saloon, Brewery & Beer Tray Collection (Lots 3125-3254)
Gaming (Lots 3255-3265)
Cowboy (Lots 3266-3281)
Railroadiana (Lots 3282-3291)
Military (Lots 3292-3310)
Firearms & Weaponry (Lots 3311-3330)
License Plates (Lots 3331-3346)
Signs (Lots 3347-3359)
General Collectibles (Lots 3360-3475)
Toys, Musical, Furnishings, Etc.


Day 4, Sunday, August 27th
Philatelic (Lots 4000-4099)
Postal History, Postcards, Stamps, Wells Fargo & Express
Numismatics (Lots 4100-4420)
Bullion, Coins, Potty Coins, US Mint Sets, Fractional Currency, Foreign Coins, Ingots & Assay, Medals
Tokens (Lots 4421-4539)
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Bivalve And Fossil Insects  [150857]1300 - Bivalve And Fossil Insects [150857]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. Two Bivales. Fossilized insect largest 6x5x2Ó China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalve And Fossil Insects  [150859]1301 - Bivalve And Fossil Insects [150859]
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Lot of. 12. One Bivalve, fossilized insects largest 3x4x1Ì China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalve And Fossil Insects  [162993]1302 - Bivalve And Fossil Insects [162993]
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Lot of 11. One Bivalve, Insect fossils largest is 5x5x1Ó. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalve And Fossilized Insects  [150869]1303 - Bivalve And Fossilized Insects [150869]
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Lot of 11. One Bivalve, Insect fossils largest is 5x5x1Ó. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalve, Magnitite, Fossilized insects  [150867]1304 - Bivalve, Magnitite, Fossilized insects [150867]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. Two boxes of magnitite, one bivalve, oh fossilized shell and insect fossils largest 5x4x1Ó China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalve, Magnitite, Insect Fossils  [150866]1305 - Bivalve, Magnitite, Insect Fossils [150866]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. One Bivalve, two magnitite, fossilized insects and shells.largest 5x6x1 China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [149402]1306 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [149402]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thick stalks and several crowns, 16 x 11 x 1.5 China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 140.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [150959]1307 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [150959]
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dense concentration of stalks. Large crown. 14 x 12 x 2 China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 140.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 360.00
 
 
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Crinoid Fossil Set of 5 on Matrix  [147888]1308 - Crinoid Fossil Set of 5 on Matrix [147888]
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Plates of dark gray silty limestone with crinoid impressions including several with branching crown: largest 12.0 x 7.0 x 0.75", others to 5.5 ...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Diplocercides  [159123]1309 - Diplocercides [159123]
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30x1x24. Fish pair Diplocercides. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Drepanura Trilobite Fossil Group - 21 Plates  [147881]1310 - Drepanura Trilobite Fossil Group - 21 Plates [147881]
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Drepanura trilobite fossil fragments and hash, on trimmed plates of siltstone ranging from 5.0 x 3.5 x 0.75" to 2.0 x 1.5 x 0.7". Some of...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province  [147880]1311 - Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province [147880]
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21 small slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 3.25 x 2.5 x 0.5" to 2.5 x 1.75 x 0.5". This species has a s...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province  [147891]1312 - Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province [147891]
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18 small slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 3.0 x 2.5 x 0.75" to 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.5". This species has a so...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province  [147892]1313 - Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province [147892]
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7 slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 7.0 x 7.0 x 1.0" to 5.75 x 2.75 x 0.5". This species has a soft bod...
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Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province  [147893]1314 - Drepanura Trilobite Fossils, Shandong Province [147893]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
11 slabs of Drepanura trilobite fossils from Shandong province, China, 7.5 x 6.0 x 0.5" to 6.0 x 3.0 x 0.5". This species has a soft body...
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Drepanura Trilobite Group on Matrix - 18  [147884]1315 - Drepanura Trilobite Group on Matrix - 18 [147884]
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Small plates each featuring a prominent partial Drepanura trilobite body, mostly incomplete, some with surrounding trilobite hash or fragments, sizes
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Fish Fossils from China  [147895]1316 - Fish Fossils from China [147895]
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Approximately 33 small slab, between 2 x 2" to 4 x 4" across and 1/4" to 1/2" thick with at least one fossilized fish visible fr...
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Estimate : 260.00 - 350.00
Sold to t********f for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Fossil coral  [150849]1317 - Fossil coral [150849]
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Fossil coral w large open area exposing the interior. 8x6x5Ó Very Nice China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Fossil Fish Slabs - 4  [147879]1318 - Fossil Fish Slabs - 4 [147879]
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4 individual fossil Sinamia fish in shale from Liaoning China, late Jurassic age, 11.0 x 6.0 x 0.5 to 9.5 x 5.75 x 0.5", complete fish, one bro...
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Fossil Leaf Imprints Variety - 3 Plates  [147894]1319 - Fossil Leaf Imprints Variety - 3 Plates [147894]
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One large specimen with needle-like plant fragments on siltstone, 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.0"; one specimen with bamboo-like leaves, 7.25 x 4.25 x 1.25&qu...
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Fossilized coral  [149091]1320 - Fossilized coral [149091]
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Fossilized coral w/base. 16x8x4 China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Fossilized Insects And Bivalves  [150832]1321 - Fossilized Insects And Bivalves [150832]
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Lot of 14. More insects and bivalves and two boxes of magnetite (rattlesnake eggs". China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Insect Fossils And  Bivavle  [162992]1322 - Insect Fossils And Bivavle [162992]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. One Bivalve, Insect fossils largest is 5x5x1Ó. China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Insect Fossils, Bivalve, Magnitite  [150865]1323 - Insect Fossils, Bivalve, Magnitite [150865]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. Two boxes of magnitite, one bivalve, insect fossils largest is 7x6x1Ó China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Magnetite, Bivalve And Insect Fossils  [150858]1324 - Magnetite, Bivalve And Insect Fossils [150858]
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Lot of 14. One Bivalve, two boxes of ÏRattlesnake EggsÓ, fossilized shell and insects largest 7x7x2 China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Magnetite, Bivalves And Insect Fossikla  [150860]1325 - Magnetite, Bivalves And Insect Fossikla [150860]
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Lot of 16. TRwo Bivalves, two boxes of Magnitit Ïrattlesnake eggsÓ, fossilized shell and insects largest 2x3Ó China Chunlin ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Magnitite, Bivalve, Insect Fossils  [150864]1326 - Magnitite, Bivalve, Insect Fossils [150864]
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Lot of 12. One bivalve, two boxes of Magnitite, fossilized insects largest 7x6x2Ó China Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalves  [150815]1327 - Bivalves [150815]
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lot of 3. Gray in color. Largest 12x6x5 ". approx. 20 lbs. Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Bivalves  [150816]1328 - Bivalves [150816]
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lot pf 4. Gray in color. Largest 12x6x5". Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to f*****E for (60.00 + 0.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Bivalves  [150846]1329 - Bivalves [150846]
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Lot of 2. Two large bivalves. Largest 12x8x6Ó, approx 30lbs Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Bivalves, Insects, Magnetite  [150823]1330 - Bivalves, Insects, Magnetite [150823]
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Lot 20. Fossilized insects, bivalves, includes one base, two boxes of magnetite (rattlesnake eggs". Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Coral And Bivalves  [150847]1331 - Coral And Bivalves [150847]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. Coral fossil 8x6x4Ó. Bivalve 8x7x6Ó. Heavy Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Coral Fossil  [150851]1332 - Coral Fossil [150851]
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Coral Fossil 12x7x5Ó Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Crinoid Plate  [150854]1333 - Crinoid Plate [150854]
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Crinoidea Plate 11x10x2Ó. Late Jurassic Early Cretaceous from Guizhou Province. Approx. 10lbs Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to p****s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Fossil Coral  [150848]1334 - Fossil Coral [150848]
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Lot of 2. Two fossil coral specimens : 9x8x6Ó and 8x6x5Ó. Approx. 10lbs Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Fossil Coral  [163992]1335 - Fossil Coral [163992]
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Nice cut piece of brown fossil coral. 7x8.5x4.5". 9 lbs. Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Fossil Coral And Magnetite (Rattlesnake Eggs).  [150810]1336 - Fossil Coral And Magnetite (Rattlesnake Eggs). [150810]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two pieces of fossilized coral : 8x6.5x4 and 7.5x5.5x5 ". Two boxes (gift style) of Rattle Snake Eggs (magnetite). Chunlin Zhu Colle...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Fossilized Insects/Bugs  [150818]1337 - Fossilized Insects/Bugs [150818]
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Lot of 13. Fossils are in 2x2" squares, one loose shell fossil. Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Magnetite, Fossil Insects  [150825]1338 - Magnetite, Fossil Insects [150825]
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Lot of 11. Fossilized insects. bivalve. Two bases includes. Two boxes of magnetite (rattlesnake eggs". Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Uncurated Crinoid  [159149]1339 - Uncurated Crinoid [159149]
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Lot of 5. Uncurated plates. Shows stems and crowns. 10x12 up to 19x12 ". Chunlin Zhu Collection
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Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 260.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bank of La Porte Checks (100)  [170318]1340 - Bank of La Porte Checks (100) [170318]
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Approximately 100 bank checks issued on the Bank of La Porte in Plumas County, CA,. They are signed by cashier David Wheeler or Barraban and have re
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to O*********n for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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El Paso National Bank Stock Certs in Ledger  [154712]1341 - El Paso National Bank Stock Certs in Ledger [154712]
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Original stock ledger book with 59 issued stocks still intact, 1900-1914, all cancelled, plus some additional stubs remaining in the book. These are s
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 2**m for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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First National Bank of Bozeman Stock  [168572]1342 - First National Bank of Bozeman Stock [168572]
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Issued 1876 #67, 10 shares to Geo. Fox Esq. Signed by Fox as President. 2 vertical creases, sharp edges. Bozeman Montana 1876
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******r for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Republic of Texas Certificate of Stock, $500, 1840, Issued to Edward Hall  [167067]1343 - Republic of Texas Certificate of Stock, $500, 1840, Issued to Edward Hall [167067]
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No. 1999, issued for $500 to Edward Hall in 1840. Signed by Charles DeMorse as Stock Commissioner and James B. Shaw as Comptroller. Endorsed on the ba
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d*******f for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Republic of Texas Government Bond, $100, 1840, Issued to WJ Hutchins  [167068]1344 - Republic of Texas Government Bond, $100, 1840, Issued to WJ Hutchins [167068]
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No. 192, issued for $100 to WJ Hutchins in 1840. Signed on the back by Hutchins. William J. was president and general manager of the Houston and Texa
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to j********c for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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American Pioneer Copper, Silver and Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate  [123655]1345 - American Pioneer Copper, Silver and Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate [123655]
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Incorporated August 1863. "Location Weaver District Arizona Territory" (printed at upper left). "Ledges Excelsior, Eagle Bird, Occide...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Rocky Bar Mining Co. Stock Certificate  [142895]1346 - Rocky Bar Mining Co. Stock Certificate [142895]
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Rocky Bar Mining Co. Stock certificate, issued to William J Harris for 20 shares on March 3, 1854, signed by President C. Sutterthwaite and secretary
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Start Price : 800.00 | Estimate : 1,600.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Addenda Silver & Gold Mining Company Stock  [123542]1347 - Addenda Silver & Gold Mining Company Stock [123542]
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Issued June 22, 1880, Bodie Mining district. Incorporated in 1878. Cert. #1787, issued to Geo. T. Marye & Son, Trustees in 1880 for 100 shares. ...
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Start Price : 160.00 | Estimate : 320.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Empire Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond, Bodie  [168001]1348 - Empire Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond, Bodie [168001]
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Very early Bodie mining piece! Issued 1864, No 387, $1,000 7% bond signed by Alonzo Child and Henry K Gates Secretary. Ornate border with three vignet
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Enterprise Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate  [155348]1349 - Enterprise Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate [155348]
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"Office at S. B. Pelton's House in White Oak Township" (printed to left of vignette). Pilot Knob, Mud Springs and Mound Springs Mining...
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