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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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V&T Railroad and E&P Railroad Ephemera (91488)6135 - V&T Railroad and E&P Railroad Ephemera (91488)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1982 Virginia City Balloon Race button. 1879 Daily Nevada State Journal, 5 Eureka and Palisade RR expense bills 1887-1904, approx 12 V&T RR frei...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to 9***6 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Peterborough Railroad Stock (84250)6136 - Peterborough Railroad Stock (84250)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U #195 Emily Yates 3 shares 1873 signed by President Scott. Prag Collection. Date: 1873 State/Country: New Hampshire City/County:
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Legigh Valley Railroad Co of New Jersey Stock, #3 (84963)6137 - Legigh Valley Railroad Co of New Jersey Stock, #3 (84963)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/C #3 Henry Drinker 5 shares 1903 signed by President Thomas. Tattered bottom. Ken Prag Collection Date: 1903 State/Country: New Jersey City/Cou
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
 
 
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Mine Hill Railroad Stock, #9 (85104)6138 - Mine Hill Railroad Stock, #9 (85104)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare variety. I/C #9 Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad 100 shares 1897. Signed by President illegible. Coal hauling railroad. Ken Prag Collection Da
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to f***2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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The New York and Boston Rapid Transit Co (87073)6139 - The New York and Boston Rapid Transit Co (87073)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorporated 1886/7 State of New Jersey. Two I/U stock $50 par, vignettes of train on top, signed W.M Thuyn president. One black on blue stock #158
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Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to N*******r for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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West New Jersey Railroad stock (5) (86964)6140 - West New Jersey Railroad stock (5) (86964)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1. West Jersey and Seashore railroad Co. Three I/C , two green, one orange. Vignette of train l-r in rectangular box, green (#24692 & A3269) ...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co (proof) (86965)6141 - West Shore and Ontario Terminal Co (proof) (86965)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
SP #250, brown, $100 per share, odd, "188_" printed, "SHARES $100 EACH" brown box underprint, vignette harbor w/ many ships, pr...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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New York & Oswego Midland Railroad Co (87059)6142 - New York & Oswego Midland Railroad Co (87059)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
part of a series of bonds issued by townships to help construct the New York & Oswego Midland Railroad Co. I/C #19 for $500 (Blue underprint)...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co. Stock Certificates (107378)6143 - Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co. Stock Certificates (107378)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12, 3 each of four varieties. Issued 1944-1950, punch cancelled. Red, green, purple, or blue borders. Great vignette of train with Hudson River
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Burrows Train Control Co. Stock Certificate (107376)6144 - Burrows Train Control Co. Stock Certificate (107376)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Delaware. No. 4049, issued for 20 shares to Frederick Jaeger on May 12th, 1928. Signed by vice president AR Berkander and secretary J. Clair.
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
 
 
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