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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San Francisco Gold & Silver Mining Company stock, Golden Gate Ledge, San Bernardino   (79708)3180 - San Francisco Gold & Silver Mining Company stock, Golden Gate Ledge, San Bernardino (79708)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 44 for 31 shares to BF Mauldin. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by secretary Elmore and president Hof. Incorporated March 13, 1863, Location ...
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Estimate : 425.00 - 700.00
Sold to j******d for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Deadwood Gold Mining Company Stock   (88078)3181 - Deadwood Gold Mining Company Stock (88078)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 349 for 400 shares to William White. Signed by RB Symington and president George E Turner. Dateline Grass Valley 1879. Incorporated February 1877. L
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Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to 9***6 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Powning Gold and Silver Mining Stock Certificate   (105253)3182 - Powning Gold and Silver Mining Stock Certificate (105253)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued September 1899 to Henry P Walter for 500 shares in the Powning Gold and Silver Mining Stock Date: 1899 State/Country: California City/County
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Bullion Con Gold MC Stock   (108107)3183 - Bullion Con Gold MC Stock (108107)
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I/U #329 MA Burke 5623 shares 1878. Nice mine entrance vignette and 2 ingots for # and shares. Signed by president Burke Date: 1878 State/Country:
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Estimate : 120.00 - 160.00
Sold to m*****1 for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Cold Springs Gravel Mining Company Stock   (103595)3184 - Cold Springs Gravel Mining Company Stock (103595)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 144 for 100 shares to Charles Kingenspor. Signed by Rolfe as secretary (an original incorporator) and Isoard as president (also an original incorpor
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to b**********7 for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Gracie Mine Map, 1932   (106452)3185 - Gracie Mine Map, 1932 (106452)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
18 x 24" black ink on linen. "The Gracie Mine, Nevada City, Calif., scale 100 ft to the inch. Edw. C. Uren, ME, 1932" with a cross se...
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Grass Valley Mining Stock Certificate Collection   (104366)3186 - Grass Valley Mining Stock Certificate Collection (104366)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9, seven different mining companies. Included: Rocky Bar GMC (unissued 1870s); New York Hill GMC (two, one unissued, one issued in 1880); Penns
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Start Price : 180.00 | Estimate : 360.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Grass Valley Region Geologic Maps   (106453)3187 - Grass Valley Region Geologic Maps (106453)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three published geologic maps and one proprietary geologic map (1938) from the old Newmont files from the Grass Valley Office. The 1938 map was made t
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Map of the Rocky Bar Quartz Mine, 1887   (106450)3188 - Map of the Rocky Bar Quartz Mine, 1887 (106450)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 x 36 black ink on linen. Map showing underground works at the Rocky Bar Quartz Mine. Nevada County, CAl. July, 1887. 50 feet to the inch. W.F. Engl
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to M***b for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Mortar & Pestle from the Empire Mine   (106455)3189 - Mortar & Pestle from the Empire Mine (106455)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6" diameter, 7" tall odd shaped mortar and pestle from the Empire Mine at Grass Valley. This piece is from the old Newmont office in Grass...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********r.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Original Empire Mine Stamp Mill Drawings, 1914   (106454)3190 - Original Empire Mine Stamp Mill Drawings, 1914 (106454)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three Empire Mine Stamp Mill original black ink on linen drawings for engineering and construction purposes. 1914. Approx 2' x 2' each. 60 s...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to a****a for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Prescott Hill Mine Framed Sketch of Buildings and Water Pipe System   (106487)3191 - Prescott Hill Mine Framed Sketch of Buildings and Water Pipe System (106487)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed hand colored sketch of mine buildings and water pipe system. "Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in diabase and granodiorite. The o...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Three "Grass Valley" Mining Stock Certificates   (107302)3192 - Three "Grass Valley" Mining Stock Certificates (107302)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different with Grass Valley in the company name. 1) Grass Valley Exploration Company. Inc. in West Virginia. No. 109, issued for 3 shares in
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to w*****s for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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WYOD Mill Ink Drawing, c1890   (106451)3193 - WYOD Mill Ink Drawing, c1890 (106451)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
14 x 23" black ink on linen, undated, no engineer shown. Four views of the W.Y.O.D. Mill and two views of the Penn Mill (Pennsylvania), 1"...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Zeibright Mine Long Section with Reserves   (106457)3194 - Zeibright Mine Long Section with Reserves (106457)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 feet x 40", 1" =200', undated map, perhaps 1930's, showing reserve blocks in a long section. From the old Newmont office in Gras...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to S*****3 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Stock Certificate Collection   (107329)3195 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Stock Certificate Collection (107329)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different including a No. 1. Includes: Grass Valley Consolidated GMC (1904, not cxl); Mountaineer Mines, Consolidated (Nevada County, unissue
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to k**********y for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Stock Certificate Trio   (104377)3196 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Stock Certificate Trio (104377)
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Lot of 3 different. 1) South Idaho Consolidated Mining & Milling Company. No. 52, issued for 40 shares in 1893 in Grass Valley. Not cancelled. B...
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Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****s for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Powning Gold and Silver Mining Stock Ledger   (105255)3197 - Powning Gold and Silver Mining Stock Ledger (105255)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This original ledger for the Powning Gold and Silver Mining Company has receipts for 191 issued certificates, and over 200 unissued certificates. The
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to k**********y for (150.00 + 33.00BP) = 183.00
 
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Greenville, California Mining Stock Trio   (107129)3198 - Greenville, California Mining Stock Trio (107129)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 from two different companies. 1) Greenville-Pacific Development Company. Inc. in Nevada. Office in Carson City. Stocks number 2 and 3, issued
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to a********o for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Plumas National Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (107071)3199 - Plumas National Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107071)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Greenville, Plumas Co., Cal. (printed under title). Inc. in California. No. 381, issued for 500 shares to William A. Caldwell on May 21st, 1878. Signe
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to N*****7 for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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