Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

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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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Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Connellsville Railroad Stock   (84901)6215 - Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Connellsville Railroad Stock (84901)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/C #14 Chas Knight 100 shares 1901 signed by President illegible. $2 and 50c doc stamps. Ken Prag Collection Date: 1901 State/Country: Pennsylva
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Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to D*B for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad Stock   (83273)6216 - Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Youghiogheny Railroad Stock (83273)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/C #89 P Knox 100 shares 1883 signed on rear by Cornelius Vanderbilt as acting secretary. The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie originally entered the Con...
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 140.00
 
 
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Stony Creek Rail Road Co.   (105553)6217 - Stony Creek Rail Road Co. (105553)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp 1868 Pennsylvania. #654, I/C, 3 shares $50 par. Issued Dec. 26, 1930. BLACK, embossed seal, vignette top 4-4-2 loco #330 l-r w/ cars. Rever
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Two Pennsylvania RR's   (88769)6218 - Two Pennsylvania RR's (88769)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1. The Wilmington and Northern RailRoad Co. I/C, #64 for 2 shares @ $50 par issued April 2, 1877 to William Betts, signed Robert Frazer President. Bl
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to f***2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Union Railroad Co Certificates (20)   (86900)6219 - Union Railroad Co Certificates (20) (86900)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
20 certificates total : 5 The Union Passenger Railway Company of Philadelphia, 3 different size certificates all with black border, signed/cancelled,
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
 
 
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various Pennsylvania Railroad stock   (106121)6220 - various Pennsylvania Railroad stock (106121)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 certificates. 1. Frankford & Southwark Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Co incorp 1858. Five, I/C, common stock issued 1878-1901. One G...
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Various Pennsylvania RR stocks   (106120)6221 - Various Pennsylvania RR stocks (106120)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
19 certificates. 1. Five The Citizens Passenger Railway Co. incorp 1858. I/C, common stock, BLACK, embossed seal w/trolley center, issued1866-1934, V
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway Co. bond   (86973)6222 - West Chester, Kennett and Wilmington Electric Railway Co. bond (86973)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp. 1905 State of Pennsylvania. I/U #343 First Mortgage, 5% , 30 yr, $1000 bearer bond. Issued May 25, 1905, signed Geo. Kissler president, dark
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to f***2 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad Co.   (88750)6223 - Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad Co. (88750)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#340 i/c. 5% 50 yr First Mortgage Gold Bearer Coupon Bond, issued June 1, 1892. President signature obscured. Green vertical format, embossed corp se
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold to D*B for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas   (104663)6224 - Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas (104663)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three stocks. 1. Haines ' Brackett, Fort Clark & Rio Grande Railroad. Incorp Texas. #79, 1/2 shares @ $100 par. Issued April 29, 1890. B...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to f***2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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