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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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Spread Eagle Copper Mining Company Stock, Saginaw District, Sacramento County (79720)3260 - Spread Eagle Copper Mining Company Stock, Saginaw District, Sacramento County (79720)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 55 for 20 shares to Richard Ireland. Datelined Sacramento 1863. Signed by secretary Chambers and president FA Park. Incorporated July 17, 1863. Unca
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 275.00 - 425.00
Sold to j******d for (135.00 + 33.75BP) = 168.75
 
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San Bernardino & Riverside Mining Stock Certificate Collection (107269)3261 - San Bernardino & Riverside Mining Stock Certificate Collection (107269)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9, most different. Included: Picacho Gold Mines Co. (1896, mining vignettes); Mojave Tungsten Company (San Bernardino Co., 4 stocks, three diff
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to A*******d for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Searles Lake Potash Mines Company Stock Certificate (107126)3262 - Searles Lake Potash Mines Company Stock Certificate (107126)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare. According to E&MJ Vol.98, 1914, the company's plant was to start operations in October. Their property at Searles Lake, San Bern...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to s*********1 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Advance Gold-Dredging Co. Stock Cert. (106637)3263 - Advance Gold-Dredging Co. Stock Cert. (106637)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U/ No. 32 for 1000 shares issued to Turnbow(?) Hutton & Williams & signed by George Gardner, President. This gold-dredging company was pro...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*******e for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Gold Rock Cons. Mining Company Stock Certificate (107020)3264 - Gold Rock Cons. Mining Company Stock Certificate (107020)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare. Great name! Location of Mines: Ogilby Mining District, San Diego Co., California (printed at upper left). Inc. in West Virginia. No. 130,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to w*****s for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Suburban Mining Company Stock, San Francisco Mining District (79701)3265 - Suburban Mining Company Stock, San Francisco Mining District (79701)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 51 for 3 shares to F Morrill. Datelined San Francisco 1863. Signed by John B Feltis(?) as president and secretary (?). incorporated July of 1863. To
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Start Price : 135.00 | Estimate : 275.00 - 425.00
 
 
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North America Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107217)3266 - North America Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107217)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fantastic hydraulic mining vignette! Incorporated on August 24, 1878. Certificate #87, issued for 1,000 shares to J. R. Lewis on Feb. 26, 1904. Signed
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Silver Creek Mining Co. Stock Certificates (Quicksilver) (107137)3267 - Silver Creek Mining Co. Stock Certificates (Quicksilver) (107137)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
We have never heard of this company! Inc. Dec. 22, 1899. Two different. No. 53, issued for 1,000 shares to H. Herrington on March 16th, 1900 in San Jo
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to C*****r for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Santa Rosa Coal Mining Company Stock Certificate (104419)3268 - Santa Rosa Coal Mining Company Stock Certificate (104419)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Inc. May 1873. No. 17, issued for 45 shares to Edward Galpen, trustee, on July 21st, 1873 in San Francisco. Signed by president HH Haight and se
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Shasta & Red Bluff Mining Stock Certificate Collection (107253)3269 - Shasta & Red Bluff Mining Stock Certificate Collection (107253)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19, most different. Included: Basler Mining & Development Co. (Red Bluff, chrome mining, 1905); Shasta Copper Co. (1907); Shasta Zinc &am...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
 
 
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