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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1897 Birthday Celebration of the Empress Dowager of China to Commander Farenholt   (104486)1360 - 1897 Birthday Celebration of the Empress Dowager of China to Commander Farenholt (104486)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1897 printed invitation card to a Ball celebrating the Birthday of her Imperial Majesty, the Empress Dowager of China, on the 10th day of the 10th moo
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27th Year Gold Loan Bonds, Three Denominations, 1938   (106477)1361 - 27th Year Gold Loan Bonds, Three Denominations, 1938 (106477)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three denominations of the 27th year gold bonds in US Dollars. $5, $10, $50. Each has a PASCO certificate of authenticity. Date: State/Country: Ch
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 425.00 - 850.00
 
 
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China 29th Year Military  Supply Bond Suite   (106479)1362 - China 29th Year Military Supply Bond Suite (106479)
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Three different bonds: Three of the Military Bond suite, $10, $100, $1000, all 1940. Each with a PASCO certificate of authenticity. Date: State/Co
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Start Price : 325.00 | Estimate : 650.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Bond Group   (106579)1363 - Chinese Bond Group (106579)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five Chinese bonds. $5 and $10 Liberty bonds, 1937 with PAsco Certs; Reconstruction bond, 29th year, 1940 with PASCO cert; Tienstin-Pukow RR bond, vo
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 850.00
 
 
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Chinese Bonds, Ten Different   (106572)1364 - Chinese Bonds, Ten Different (106572)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten different Chinese bonds of varying dates. Please refer to the photographs of the bonds, as six are all in a Chinese dialect. Includes a Hong Kong
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 1,050.00
 
 
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Chinese Gold Loan Bonds for Russian Rubles and French Francs   (106578)1365 - Chinese Gold Loan Bonds for Russian Rubles and French Francs (106578)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Chinese Govt 5% Gold ZLoan Bond for 189.4 Russian Roubles 1913; Chinese Government 5% reorg gold loan bond, 1913. Date: State/Country: China City
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Start Price : 135.00 | Estimate : 275.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Chinese Government $20, $100 Gold Loan Bonds, 1912   (106475)1366 - Chinese Government $20, $100 Gold Loan Bonds, 1912 (106475)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pair of Chinese Gold Bonds, 1912. The $100 bond has a PACSO certificate D16201. 5% Gold Loan of 1912 series. excellent condition. Date: State/Count
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Chinese Government Bond   (108048)1367 - Chinese Government Bond (108048)
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Bond No. 829213 Five Per Cent Reorganization Gold Loan of 1913. Bond For £100 Sterling. Hongkong and Shanghai Corporation in London. Dated May ...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Chinese Government Bond   (106529)1368 - Chinese Government Bond (106529)
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Bond No. 0026769. The Chinese Government. £1,000 Sterling Bond Bearing 8% Interest. Issued under an agreement dated November 14, 1922 and a sup...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Chinese Government Treasury Note   (108052)1369 - Chinese Government Treasury Note (108052)
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Government of the Chinese Republic Treasury Not No. 3727 for £100 Sterling. 8% 10 Year Treasury Notes 1925/1929." Issue of £1,803,200...
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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