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Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

Auction Details

Welcome to our Summer Sale!

The summer sale features everything good about summer collectors – mining artifacts – and all elements of western history.

Here’s some highlights!
More than a dozen ore cars!!
Great manuscript archives, including that of a Mormon family and their trials and tribulations over several decades, from Nauvoo to Salt Lake, and back to the East coast; a newly surfaced Adolph Sutro-Comstock Lode archive and documents; an amazing archive from Nevada engineer John Heizer; a scrap book from promoter Tex Rickard; early Arizona military letters; a pair of 1860’s maps showing the location of the original adobes in Los Angeles! Wow! And there’s lots more.
The western Art section is huge, with art in every category. One of my favorites is the ornately engraved presentation silver chalice from Grass Valley, a “must-have” for any mining or California collector
Antique bottles and marbles. Hundreds of lots of California and Nevada items accompanied by a marble collection. Some of my favorites (other than bottles, which are always fun and historical) are the ceramic series of cat house decanters. This rare set has been split up by region, making it even more fun. While we’ve had a few of these over the years, we’ve never seen this many different- ever!
Stocks and bonds. This is another “wow” offering from two or more collections. Some highlights: Chinese bond collection; Arizona material- Sopori (1850’s), Gold MC, Picacho (1860’s), and from California the Bear River piece that preceded the Tuolumne stock that features a killer mining vignette; and of course a huge offering of more from the famous Prag Collection
Numismatics has about a little of everything related to coins and currency. Lots of scrip, tokens, medals (make sure you make it all the way thru the catalog!), and two spectacular gold fakes of which one was unknown, and the other very well published. There’s also a great strong box to put it all in! Medal collectors, don’t miss the late July sale as well.
Speaking of gold, don’t miss the high grade ore specimens from two major collections, the Heizer collection and Pollock. Most of Heizer’s material is Nevada-Cal, while Pollock is Mostly Utah, Alaska.
With 4000 lots, you’ll have plenty of great material to look over.

Don’t forget the search box on the “Virtual Catalog” on our web site. It can help you find the things you want in a hurry. But there’s nothing like surfing through the catalog – you get to find all sorts of neat things you might never have thought about.

Full Schedule

Day 1 (Thur, July 11) Lots 1000-1776

Apparel
Jewelry
Art
Furnishings & Décor
Native Americana
General Foreign Collectibles
Sports
Entertainment Industry
Music Related
Political
Military
General Americana Part I
Advertising
Badges
Belt Buckles
Brewing & Tobacco
Circus
Fire related
Gold Rush
Licence Plates
Lock/Key
Microscope
Scale
Tools
Toys
Dolls
Misc Americana Collectibles


Day 2 (Fri, July 12) Lots 2000-2670

General Americana Part II
(Geographically Sorted)
Bottles
Brothel
Cowboy
Gaming
Saloon
Tokens
Numismatics
Weaponry
Marbles

Day 3 (Sat,July 13) Lots 3000-3855

Minerals
Mining Part I
(California-Nevada)

Day 4 (Sun, July 14) Lots 4000-4808

Mining Part I
(New Jersey-End)
Transportation
Railroadiana
Postal History
Wells Fargo & Express

Day 5 (Mon, July 15) Lots 5000-6487

Bargains & Dealer Specials
Art
Bottles
Civil War
General Americana
Mining
Native Americana
Numismatics
Railroadiana
Transportation

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St. Francois County Railroad and also Railway (105529)4513 - St. Francois County Railroad and also Railway (105529)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 bonds. Incorp 1904 Missouri. All are issued/cancelled, GREEN, some w/eagle vignette or none at all. 5% First Mortgage Gold bearer bonds. Issued f
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
Sold to 6****A for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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St. Francois County Railroad Co. (105528)4514 - St. Francois County Railroad Co. (105528)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two bonds. 1. #1 of 270 authorized, I/C, $1000 5%, 2 yr First Mortgage Gold Bearer bond. Issued July1. 1912. GREEN, embossed seal, no vignette. gre
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 140.00
Sold to 6****A for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105520)4515 - St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105520)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp. 1896 Missouri. Three bonds all I/C, printed seals, vignette top allegorical females on either side of company name. Receipts attached. Ameri
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to f***2 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105519)4516 - St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105519)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three bonds. Incorp. 1876 Missouri. All bonds I/C, printed seal, vignette Mercury l-r passing San Francisco. 4 1/2 % Second Mortgage Income Bonds
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to h*********d for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105517)4517 - St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105517)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 certificates in English, 2 in Dutch language and 18 coupons in Dutch. The St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (reporting mark SLSF), also known as the
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to h*********d for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105518)4518 - St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (105518)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 certificates. St. Louis–San Francisco Railway , also known as the Frisco, was a railroad that operated in the Midwest and South Central U.S. from
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to h*********d for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Montana ephemera (104631)4519 - Montana ephemera (104631)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two certificates. 1. The Helena Electric Railway Co. incorp March, 1890. #7, I/C, 50 shares @ $100 par issued Jan. 14, 1891. GREEN, embossed seal
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to h****y for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Helena Montana Stock Cert (104630)4520 - Helena Montana Stock Cert (104630)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two certificates. 1. The Helena and Red Mountain Railroad Co. incorp 1886 Montana. U/U stock @ $100 par, dated 18__ (front) and 188_ (reverse). BLA
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to h****y for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Montana Southern Railway Co. (104642)4521 - Montana Southern Railway Co. (104642)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three bonds . First incorporated in 1914, Montana. The railroad entered receivership in 1923 and was reorganized twice, first as the "Montana S...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 160.00
Sold to S*****3 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills Railroad Co. (103233)4522 - Omaha, Niobrara & Black Hills Railroad Co. (103233)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Omaha, Niobrara and Black Hills Railroad started operations in Nebraska in 1879 and stopped service in 1886 for a total period of operations of 7
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to p*******m for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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