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Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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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Sports Badge Collection (79143)1760 - Sports Badge Collection (79143)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten medals and a track and field trading card. W.C. Robbins is featured on the card, produced by the Hassan cork tip cigarette company. Robbins was th
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St. Patricks Day Postcards (104619)1761 - St. Patricks Day Postcards (104619)
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Approx 40 St. Patrick's Day greeting postcards. Lot of green!Salvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Stars of Stage & Screen Postcard Collection (104969)1762 - Stars of Stage & Screen Postcard Collection (104969)
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Approx 200 postcards-Mick Jagger/Tina Turner 2 photos, signed Richard Moll, Patti Page, Willie Nelson, Robin Williams, Harry James, Jimmy Durante, Wil
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Office Erie Canal Company Stock (105723)1763 - Office Erie Canal Company Stock (105723)
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Stock cert. No. 318 in the amount of $13.08 signed by William Kelley, President. Many people have written on this certificate, some of the writing is
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Stocks and Bonds with Ship Vignettes (10) (105610)1764 - Stocks and Bonds with Ship Vignettes (10) (105610)
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Stocks-Union Navigation, Rotary Steamboat and Carriage, Plymouth Steamship, Boston Newport and NY Steamboat 1865-corner clip, Pioneer Steamship 1923,
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Straight Razors (5) and Sharpener (89346)1765 - Straight Razors (5) and Sharpener (89346)
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5 razors and Badger sharpener with original sleeve. Razors-Griffon in Salamander wedge box, Genco in Triumph box, A. See in Salamander wedge box, Lion
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Tex Ricard Scrap Book (106410)1766 - Tex Ricard Scrap Book (106410)
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9.5x13" scrap book in a check book hardcover. Approx 40 pages of mostly newspaper articles, some articles pulled by a subscription service. Pos...
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Three Early Catalogs (88204)1767 - Three Early Catalogs (88204)
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Lot of three: 1) Philadelphia 1915 "A Friendly Guide-book to the Wanamaker Store"; 40 pages, 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 2) 1925 Bell System Teleph...
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Tradecard Collection (Black American) (105721)1768 - Tradecard Collection (Black American) (105721)
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21 tradecards in this collection of 1900's black America. Example: Use Higgins' soap in de mornin, a washin of de winder, for wif good soap ...
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Vanderbilt Newspapers Stock (83275)1769 - Vanderbilt Newspapers Stock (83275)
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#1153 Bert Barclay .5 shares 1924 signed by President Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. Creases. "Cornelius Vanderbilt IV (April 30, 1898 – July 7, 1974...
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