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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

SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Silver Medals (106523)2580 - Silver Medals (106523)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five: 1) Apollo 11; serial number 576, .999 fine silver; 2) Walter Reed / 1851-1902; serial number 947, Medallic Art Co., .999 pure silver; 3)
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Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to j****2 for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Three Pair of Medal Dies (63627)2581 - Three Pair of Medal Dies (63627)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three pair of medal dies from a 1986 pressing of five ounce silver medals. Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Two 2.75" Medals: French George Washington and Abe Lincoln (104485)2582 - Two 2.75" Medals: French George Washington and Abe Lincoln (104485)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Comitia Americana, George Washington. '1970, BR.' stamped on side. Slightly smaller than 2.75". Reverse shows 1776 battle scene. Ver...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to n**********x for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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US Mint Medals (85534)2583 - US Mint Medals (85534)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five bronze medals, 38 mm. Four from the San Francisco Mint 1874-1937, and one from Philadelphia, August 14, 1969. Date: State/Country: C
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Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to H*****r for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Washington Inaugural Centennial Medals (106524)2584 - Washington Inaugural Centennial Medals (106524)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two: 1) obv.: Washington / Harrison / 1789-1889; Rev.: Centennial of the Inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United Sta
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to n**********x for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Western Electric and Telephone Medals (3) (89835)2585 - Western Electric and Telephone Medals (3) (89835)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 medals, 63-68mm. Copper 1926 Western Electric. 1976 and 1983 Bell brass or bronze medals Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
Sold to c********r.. for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Western States Medals (106522)2586 - Western States Medals (106522)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine: 1 & 2) HK 542, Colorado Rush to the Rockies Centennial, 1959, silver, two pieces; 3) Prescott Arizona Centennial, 1964, copper, 35...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to G********_.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Kellogg & Humbert, Three Bullion Assays, 1859 (88842)2587 - Kellogg & Humbert, Three Bullion Assays, 1859 (88842)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three bullion assay sheets from this famous San Francisco gold rush assayer firm made famous lately by the SS Central America Treasure. The forms are
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold to l*****p for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Kellogg & Humbert, Two Different Bullion Assay Forms (88841)2588 - Kellogg & Humbert, Two Different Bullion Assay Forms (88841)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different forms from the famous assay firm of Kellogg & Humbert, well known to collectors because of the more than 300 gold ingots bearing t...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 275.00
Sold to s****c for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Silver State Insurance Co. Stock Certificate w/ Morgan Dollar Vignettes (104312)2589 - Silver State Insurance Co. Stock Certificate w/ Morgan Dollar Vignettes (104312)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Colorado. No. 18, issued for 20 shares to S.S. Griswold, trustee, on Feb. 17th, 1888 in Denver, Colorado. Signed by president Andrew Whithevel
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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