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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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Harper's Magazine - Three Volumes on California (80264)2090 - Harper's Magazine - Three Volumes on California (80264)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 27, June to November 1863, has an article on New Almaden and another on a gold operation. Volume 32, December 1865 to May 1866 includes an arti
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Native Sons of the Gold West Business Cards (106016)2091 - Native Sons of the Gold West Business Cards (106016)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 terrific Native Sons of the Gold West Business cards namely: 1) J.A. Rutherford, V.P. ; George E. Miller, Marshal; 3) Jonathan Peel; 4) J.A. Rutherf
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Spectacular California Oil Stocks Groups (5) (108118)2092 - Spectacular California Oil Stocks Groups (5) (108118)
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Really nice oil vignettes. Grand Pacific Oil 1901, Oil Creek Petroleum, Sedalia and California Oil 1902, Morro Bay Oil 1908-.33" tear, Potomac ...
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Stereoviews of a Variety of Scenes (25) (78355)2093 - Stereoviews of a Variety of Scenes (25) (78355)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 25 stereoviews of trains, landscapes, ladies in styles of the Era, mountains, waterfalls & much more. Date: 1800's State/Country:...
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Truckee/Lake Tahoe Postcards (105348)2094 - Truckee/Lake Tahoe Postcards (105348)
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10 postcards from Lake Tahoe/Truckee area, several RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: California City/County:
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Boulder CO. Stereoviews (3 count) (53245)2095 - Boulder CO. Stereoviews (3 count) (53245)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 stereoviews; four views. Football players in the street near Walnut House by uncredited photographer, horse and carriage. Boulder Falls and Boulder
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Two Early Boulder, Colorado Stock Certificates (Non-Mining) (104350)2096 - Two Early Boulder, Colorado Stock Certificates (Non-Mining) (104350)
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Lot of 2 different. 1) Boulder County Industrial Association. No. 61, issued for one share to TR Owen in Boulder in 1885. Multi-colored stock, not can
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Major Butte and Helena, CO Check Collection (89805)2097 - Major Butte and Helena, CO Check Collection (89805)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 40 Butte and Helena, CO checks from 1881-1916. Helena National Bank, Butte City Bank, North Butte Mining, Daly Bank and Trust of Butte, State S
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Estimate : 140.00 - 350.00
Sold to s********x for (70.00 + 15.40BP) = 85.40
 
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El Paso County Horse & Bicycle Association Stock Certificate (104348)2098 - El Paso County Horse & Bicycle Association Stock Certificate (104348)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare 19th-century bicycle stock. Inc. in Colorado. No. 193, issued to NB Stratton for 250 shares on April 4th, 1896. Signed by president Ehrich and se
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Sold to r********n for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Colorado Springs/Pike's Peak Postcards (105069)2099 - Colorado Springs/Pike's Peak Postcards (105069)
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Approx 50 Colorado Springs/Pike's Peak, Colorado postcards, mostly chromolithoSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Colorado Cit...
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Start Price : 55.00 | Estimate : 110.00 - 200.00
 
 
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