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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French Chateau and Castle Postcards   (105134)1400 - French Chateau and Castle Postcards (105134)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 100 castle and chateaux postcards from France, many RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: France City/County:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*******n for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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French Church Postcards   (105135)1401 - French Church Postcards (105135)
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Approx 85 French church postcards, about half RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: France City/County:
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to j******6 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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French Park and Monument Postcards   (105137)1402 - French Park and Monument Postcards (105137)
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Approx 125 French postcards of parks and monuments, many RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: France City/County:
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Henri Martin Signed Letter   (106482)1403 - Henri Martin Signed Letter (106482)
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Signed 1865 letter by Henri Martin in French to Mary Louise Booth, an American translator who had previously published a very good translation of his
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue Signed Letter   (106484)1404 - Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue Signed Letter (106484)
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Undated letter in French. "Jean-Baptiste Honoré Raymond Capefigue was a French historian and biographer. He was born in Marseille, France....
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Mountains of France Postcards   (105132)1405 - Mountains of France Postcards (105132)
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Approx 40 mountains of France postcards. Many RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: France City/County:
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
 
 
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South of France Postcard Collection   (105131)1406 - South of France Postcard Collection (105131)
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Approx 160 South of France postcards-Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Monte Carlo and more. Many RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: ...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 250.00
Sold to j******6 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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2 German Stock Certs (Joke Certs.)   (86834)1407 - 2 German Stock Certs (Joke Certs.) (86834)
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All written in German. No. 15877, No. 1184 shares, No. 64. Vignettes of caricature of scantily clad women. 8.5" x 12". Date: State/Cou...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
 
 
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German States & Old Towns (Postcards)   (105304)1408 - German States & Old Towns (Postcards) (105304)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 100 chromolitho's & RPC's of old towns & states in Germany; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Poland; Romania; Yugoslavia; Germany;...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to j******6 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Germany Postcards   (105274)1409 - Germany Postcards (105274)
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Approx 225 German postcards-chromolitho, modern a few RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Germany City/County:
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******n for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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WWI German "Anti Russian" Arm Band   (106227)1410 - WWI German "Anti Russian" Arm Band (106227)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black cloth with white skull WW I German Anti Russian Sons of Germany armband. They wanted Russians out of Germany before they destroyed the economy.
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Gibraltar Postcards   (105142)1411 - Gibraltar Postcards (105142)
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Approx 60 Gibraltar postcards. Seaport, The Rock, barracks, markets and more. Many RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Gi...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Great Britain, Ireland, Wales, Scotland Large Collection   (105237)1412 - Great Britain, Ireland, Wales, Scotland Large Collection (105237)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Too many cards to count, perhaps 1500? Britian, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Large assortment.Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Gr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d******0 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Oxford University Postcards (3)   (105436)1413 - Oxford University Postcards (3) (105436)
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3 different Oxford University oars, flags and arms postcardsSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Great Britain City/County:
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William Howitt Signed Letter   (106483)1414 - William Howitt Signed Letter (106483)
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Signed letter by William Howitt, 1862. requesting delivery?"William Howitt, was a prolific English writer on history and other subjects. Willi...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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India Postcards   (105210)1415 - India Postcards (105210)
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Approx 60 India postcards. Taj Mahal, Bombay, Calcutta, Agra, Dehli and more. Several RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: ...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to h********b.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Israel/Palestine Postcards   (105215)1416 - Israel/Palestine Postcards (105215)
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Approx 70 Palestine/Israel postcards, chromolitho and photo. Herodium, Jerusalem, Wailing Wall, Bethlehem and more.Salvatore Falcone Collection Date:
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold to b****1 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Israeli Bonds / 2 Items   (105019)1417 - Israeli Bonds / 2 Items (105019)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Item # 1 of 2: Very unusual Israeli bond, may have been used for travel purposes. Printed with a nice sage green border. Stock number # 58470. 10 Sha
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Italy Postcards   (91380)1418 - Italy Postcards (91380)
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Approx. 40 chromolitho's & RPC's in this lot of the city of Bologna. Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: c1900's State/Country: I...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to j******6 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Italy Postcards   (91379)1419 - Italy Postcards (91379)
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Approx. 30 postcards of Pompeii & ruins. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory ...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******n for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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