Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

1) Stock # 99 for 30,000 shares to Stephen Parrish. Signed by trustees Balbach, Day and Norman. Dateline New York 1897. Incorporated 1896. Location: C

1) Extra rare. Not in Filer or Holabird indexes. "Arizona Territory" printed to the left of vignette. Inc. in Connecticut, 1880. No. 142, ...

1) Crocker Mining Company Stock- # 3003 for 50 shares to Cullmann & Company trustees. Signed by Aug. Waterman and WS Lyle president. Dateline Sa...

Certificate issued at Chicago, Illinois in 1907. Fancy vignette of an allegorical figure and flowers on the masthead. This company possibly operated t

Cert. #91, issued for 100 shares in 1881 to M.L. Earls, the company secretary. Inc. in New York. Mines located in the Santo Domingo district, Pima Cou

Uncancelled $100 1st Mortgage bond cert #369 with 2 coupons from Specie Basis Mining Co issued in 1866. Gray ornate border. Vignette of mill along si

Inc. in Arizona, issued at Chicago, Illinois. Nice vignette of an elk at the top. We could find no references to this company or it's operations...

Includes Mitchell Mining Company issued in 1906 at Prescott, Arizona and White Horse Mining Company issued in 1901. Both VG-VF and uncanceled. Date:

Amador County, California (printed at left). Inc. Dec. 7th, 1863. No. 174, issued for 50 shares to D. Van Vleck (an artist and lithographer) on Feb. 1

Fantastic unissued stock with President Leland Stanford signature. Vignette shows mountain with shaft depths superimposed: Cumberland 600', Bunk...

Never seen by us. This company operated on Poor Man's Ledge near Spanishtown (now Yankee Hill) in Butte County in 1857. A July 31, 1857 Daily Al...

# 8 - VERY EARLY. 20 shares to William Keith. Datelined San Francisco July 11, 1865 (one week after incorporation) . Signed by secretary WL Kirby and

Very nice looking cert. Black on off white with large red underprint "Capital Stock $660,000. Early # 38 for 50 shares to MW Smith on July 9, 1...

1) Location at Garden Valley Mining District, El Dorado Co. (printed under title). FH notes that Garden Valley is known for its fabulous native gold.

Cert. #67, issued in 1903 and cert. #81, issued in 1905. The 1903 certificate is signed by president Stephen Roberts, while the 1905 certificate is si

Very attractive mining certificate #263 issued in 1905 for 2500 preferred shares. The Landecker Gold Mining Company was one of the largest producers i

Number 1 for 10 shares to John A Gwin. Signed by Silas B Smith and William Henson. Daterline 1863 Placerville. Incorporated October 15, 1863. A notice

Cancelled $4,000 (@ $100 ea) American River Water & Mining Co. cert. # 471, dated Sept. 7, 1859. Assigned. Signed C.T.H. Palmer, secy, a 49&...

Rare. $500 bond. Low number 4, issued to the Banking House of B.F. Hastings & Co. of Sacramento City on December 24th, 1860. Signed by president...

The American River Water and Mining Company was formed in 1854 to build a ditch to divert water from the North Fork of the American River providing wa

Eureka Quartz Mining Company stock certificate, No. 97, for five shares of capital stock. Issued to William Jenkins of Baltimore. Dateline 24 January

Certificate #71, issued in 1890 to J. Asher and signed by B.M. Denison as secretary. Location of Works: Kern County, California printed at the top. Wh

5 i/u stocks. Undated but Gold Rush era. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of each stock, this London based associa...

Blue version! Certificate for the Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mining Association. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of ea...

#62, issued for 1000 shares in 1907. Signed as president by Amos P. Brown. Brown was a noted figure in the geology and mineralogy fields and was the a

Very early California Stock Certificate. # 2060 for 100 shares to Theodore Waller. Signed by Solomon Alter and president Parson Sewill. Dateline Phila

Although not rare, this is an important early California stock certificate. But what makes this one special is the reference on the certificate to Joh

I/C #2048 Theodore Walker 100 shares 1852. Signed by Pearson Servill (president) and L. Alter (secretary). Great mining vignette at top: miners workin

Rare and early. Dateline Nevada City, April 20th, 1863. Low No. 8, issued for one share to H.B. Hosmer. Signed by Wm. W. Cozzins, president and secret

Consolidated St. Gothard Gold Mining Company stock issued at San Francisco in 1906.The company inc. in 1888. " Nevada County, Cal. Adjoining t...

Saginaw District, Sacramento Co. (printed under logo). Inc. July 17, 1863. Dateline Sacramento, August 3, 1863. No. 53, issued for 20 shares to Richar

Issued to Edward P. Carpenter, Feb. 19th, 1877, twenty shares of National Prospecting and Mining Company. Britten & Rey lithographers. Lower rig...

Large, square certificate #4, issued in 1904. After the holder deposited $80 for this investment certificate, it would later be exchanged for $130 in

Cert. #1715, issued for 25 shares in 1906. The Black Oak mine was located one mile west of Soulsbyville in Tuolumne County, California. The date is fa

Two certificates from the Experimental Mining Company issued in 1899. Located NNW of Yankee Hill and 3.1 km (1.9 miles) NNE of Columbia, along Experim

Location: Sugar Pine District, Tuolumne Co., California (printed at top center). No. 110, issued for 100 shares to Robert Solefree on Nov. 19th, 1866

1) # 130 for 120 shares to WH Wasson trustee. SIgned by John DeW Allen and vice president Joseph D Redding. 2) Olive, Ben Franklin, Lady Franklin, and

1) Low Divide District, Del Norte County, Cal. (printed on the top and bottom left). Inc. July 24th, 1863. No. 95, issued for 50 shares to George Robi

1) Place of Business: Sacramento City, Sacramento County, Cal. No. 115, issued for 10 shares to Philip Steiner on Oct. 2nd, 1899. Signed by the presid

1) # 15 for 1 share to S Rosenberger & Son. Signed by George Redway and president AF Keys. Not cancelled. Dateline 1897 Pasadena. Vertical folds...

1) This company is a mystery to us. Not in Filer, Browne, or other Holabird indexes. No reference could be found online including CDNC and newspapers.

1) Temp. cert. No. 12, issued for 5 shares to Miss W.C. Waller on Aug, 28th, 1891 in San Francisco. Signed by president M. Cooney and secretary J.O. J

1) # 2367 for 1/2 share to William and George Warren. Signed by R Williams and president Habbick. Dateline Pasadena 1887. Not cancelled. 2) Located in

1) Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine. N;s 16221 to 16230. 1851. 2) Anglo Californian Bank Limited. # 343. 1872. Cancelled. Both have edge issues. 3) Placer M

1) Carson Mineral Rubber Co. Stock Certificate Signed by Comstock Assayer Balch. 2. Pacific Jute Manufacturing Company Stock. 3) Bituminous Lime Rock

1. # 50 for 20 shares to Sophia D Folsom. Signed by Josiah Hewes president and secretary (?). Dateline 1863 San Francisco. Incorporated July 28, 1863.

A certificate for stock in the Philadelphia and California Mining Company, completed on Sept. 28, 1852, granting Theodore Walter 100 shares in the ven

Two issued California mining stocks includes the Canada Hill Gold Mining Company stock issued in 1899 and the Gold Mound Mining & Milling Compan...

Inc. in Illinois. Mine located in the Queen Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 3 miles from Georgetown on Brown and Sherman Mountains. Acc

Lot of two. Both 1878. Both to City National Bank. Both signed by AS Webster. One for 52.39 ounces of gold for $821.43. The second for 16.77 ounces fo