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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Plumas Eureka Mines Co. Stock Certificates incl. #1 and #2   (107130)3210 - Plumas Eureka Mines Co. Stock Certificates incl. #1 and #2 (107130)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. Key mine! Stocks no. 1, 2, and 177. No. 1 and 2 are both issued to Julian McCarty Little. None cancelled. Black border and print, gold seal,
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********x.. for (350.00 + 77.00BP) = 427.00
 
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Kern & Madera Mining Stock Certificates   (107235)3211 - Kern & Madera Mining Stock Certificates (107235)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 different. 1) Kern River Mining & Power Company. Issued in 1908, not cancelled. Black border and print, photo vignette of miner dumping...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for (65.00 + 14.30BP) = 79.30
 
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Coast Range Mining Company Stock   (86152)3212 - Coast Range Mining Company Stock (86152)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 20 for 100 shares to WA Hutchinson. Signed by CB Weide and president RA Robinson. Dateline San Francisco 1877. Incorporated May 22, 1877. Location:
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Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
Sold to p********6 for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Two Marin County, California Mining Stock Certificates   (104466)3213 - Two Marin County, California Mining Stock Certificates (104466)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 different, both self-identified. Almost the same officers. 1) San Diego Gold & Silver Mining Company. No. 29, issued for 1,000 shares t...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to N****M for (500.00 + 125.00BP) = 625.00
 
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Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine Stocks (5)   (105588)3214 - Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine Stocks (5) (105588)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 i/u stocks. Undated but Gold Rush era. According to the company's description detailed on the reverse of each stock, this London based associa...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate   (107288)3215 - Quartz Rock Mariposa Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate (107288)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#21 in ink on top. Issued for ten shares (10971 to 10980). Signed by secretary J Waddell and directors Thomas Kelley and Erskine. Incorporated in Lond
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Philadelphia and California Mining Stock   (105584)3216 - Philadelphia and California Mining Stock (105584)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/C #2048 Theodore Walker 100 shares 1852. Signed by Pearson Servill (president) and L. Alter (secretary). Great mining vignette at top: miners workin
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Buckeye Petroleum Mining Company, Mattole District, Humboldt County   (79710)3217 - Buckeye Petroleum Mining Company, Mattole District, Humboldt County (79710)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early number 20 for 10 shares to S Whipple. datelined Eureka, Humboldt Co. 1865. Signed by secretary S Whipple and president JE Wyman(?). Incorpo
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Estimate : 275.00 - 550.00
Sold to m********r for (135.00 + 33.75BP) = 168.75
 
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Fonner Farm Oil Company, Mattole District, Humboldt County   (79717)3218 - Fonner Farm Oil Company, Mattole District, Humboldt County (79717)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 88 for 5 shares to H Heeser. Datelined a rare Mattole 1866. Signed by secretary A Heeser and president F Stansbury. Incorporated October 1865. Print
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 425.00
 
 
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Lyon Petroleum Company Stock, Mattole District, Humboldt County   (79716)3219 - Lyon Petroleum Company Stock, Mattole District, Humboldt County (79716)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 24 for 5 shares to HC Howard. Datelined San Francisco 1865. Signed by secretary James Monroe and president HC Howard. 25c Power of Atty Revenue stam
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 425.00
 
 
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