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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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Odd Fellows' Savings Bank Stock Certificate (GT Brown Lith.) (104403)2060 - Odd Fellows' Savings Bank Stock Certificate (GT Brown Lith.) (104403)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare bank. Inc. Oct. 1866. Reorganized August 1878. Low number 11, issued for two shares to Isaac Bloch on Nov. 5th, 1878 in San Francisco. Signed by
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Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA Copper Key Fob (87111)2061 - Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA Copper Key Fob (87111)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Oval 2.5" polished copper key fob from this key San Francisco hotel. Very rare. "The original Palace Hotel was built by San Francisco bank...
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Public Exchange (Company) Stock Certificate (Stock Exchange) (104401)2062 - Public Exchange (Company) Stock Certificate (Stock Exchange) (104401)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare SF stock exchange stock certificate. Inc. July 1885. No. 33, issued for one share to WJ Houston on Aug. 10th, 1885 in San Francisco. Signed by pr
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Renters' Co-Operative Investment Co. Stock Certificates (104408)2063 - Renters' Co-Operative Investment Co. Stock Certificates (104408)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two different for the same company. Both issued to Charles A. Warren of San Francisco, 1893 and 1899. One is signed by president Frank Latson a
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Restaurant Menus & Photos (78342)2064 - Restaurant Menus & Photos (78342)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 Menus from Howe's Restaurant in San Francisco, 3 photos of the restaurant at that time with staff, both outside & the interior. Excellent ...
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Societe de Commerce de San-Francisco Stock Certificate (Gold Rush) (104421)2065 - Societe de Commerce de San-Francisco Stock Certificate (Gold Rush) (104421)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare--not seen by us before. According to Rush to Gold (Rohrbough, 2013), this was a French company formed to exclusively pursue trade during th
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Stereoscopic Photograph / Store / Early. (105363)2066 - Stereoscopic Photograph / Store / Early. (105363)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here is nice item. If you like early photos, or early gold rush ear stuff, this is for you. It is a 4 1/2" high x 7" long. It shows a buil...
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The New San Francisco Magazine (106558)2067 - The New San Francisco Magazine (106558)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 1, #1. Lots of earthquake damage photos. Spine and rear cover wear. Date: May, 1906 State/Country: California City/County: San Francisco
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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Three early unissued San Francisco Stocks (88171)2068 - Three early unissued San Francisco Stocks (88171)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco. Wharf vignette. LeCount & Strong by Britton & Rey printers. Tears bottom border. 185-. 2...
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Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
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San Jose, CA City Bonds, #1's (2) (88324)2069 - San Jose, CA City Bonds, #1's (2) (88324)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
San Jose, CA Street Improvement Bond Series 47 and Series 59, I/C #1. Coupons cut and included, bonds are trimmed. Date: 1930 State/Country: Califo
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Estimate : 100.00 - 160.00
Sold to c********r.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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