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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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1905 Deer Lodge Placer Mining Maps/Patents (50404)5795 - 1905 Deer Lodge Placer Mining Maps/Patents (50404)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two pages with color map of claims. 1905 certified copies of an 1880 Plat for Robert S. Kelley and company's claims in Deer Lodge County. 13&quo...
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Boston & Montana Smelter Decorative Plates (87401)5796 - Boston & Montana Smelter Decorative Plates (87401)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 7.5" souvenir plates, 1 with goldish edge, non goldish one has 2 small chips on rear, not visible from front. "B & M Smelter, and t...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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American Sapphire Mining Company Stock Certificate (107244)5797 - American Sapphire Mining Company Stock Certificate (107244)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in New York. No. 839, issued for 100 shares to Frederick Victor Achelis on April 26th, 1906. Signed by the vice president and treasurer. Not canc
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to m****a for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Three Different Libby, Montana Mining Stock Certificates (107112)5798 - Three Different Libby, Montana Mining Stock Certificates (107112)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different. 1) Glacier Silver-Lead Mining Company. Issued in 1933, cut and stamp cancelled. Multiple mining vignettes. Folds. 2) Illinois Gold
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l********a.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Blueprint of Herman Stoker's Property, Madison County Montana (50351)5799 - Blueprint of Herman Stoker's Property, Madison County Montana (50351)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
37" x 28.25" blue print of various lodes on the property. c. 1940. There is edge damage on the left and right sides. Date: State/Count...
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Estimate : 25.00 - 100.00
Sold to r***6 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Missoula-area, Montana Mining Stock Certificates (107114)5800 - Missoula-area, Montana Mining Stock Certificates (107114)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 different. Included: Deer Creek Gold Mining & Milling Co. (1906. St. Regis District); Clark's Fork Gold Mining Co. (1903); Missoula...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to f***2 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Five Different Montana Silver Mining Stock Certificates (107245)5801 - Five Different Montana Silver Mining Stock Certificates (107245)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 different. Included: Argenta Mining Company (Dillon, 1931, mining vignettes); Red Mountain Hydraulic Mining Company (1924, mining vignettes);
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to f***2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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License Receipts for Expressmen Occupation, Montana 1884 (50631)5802 - License Receipts for Expressmen Occupation, Montana 1884 (50631)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1884 license receipt issued 1884 in Dillon to Utah & Northern Railroad Expressman. 2) 1889 license receipt for Omnibus & Expressman in Bo...
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. Pictorial Letterhead & Cover (50621)5803 - Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. Pictorial Letterhead & Cover (50621)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1899 letter and cover from the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Co. (Racine, Wisconsin) sent to S.R. Buford & Co. in Virginia City, Montana. Re: order...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to H*****r for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Montana Gold Mining Company Map (51501)5804 - Montana Gold Mining Company Map (51501)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Map of several mines including January, Dewey, Last Chance, Mabel Beal, Alma, Siberia Placer. Clare Jergens and more. Date: State/Country: Montana
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r***6 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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