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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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Mountain Lion Consolidated Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107118)3270 - Mountain Lion Consolidated Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107118)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare. Inc. in California. Low number 2, issued for 200 shares to JP Stauley on Aug. 12th, 1914. Signed by president Geo. H. Sarkin and secretary
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Owl Copper Mining Company Stock Certificate (107279)3271 - Owl Copper Mining Company Stock Certificate (107279)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Never seen by us before. Inc. in Arizona, 1907. No. 232, issued for 1,000 shares to Clara K. Awadarasz on May 8th, 1908. Signed by president A.A. Leon
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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"Sierra" California Mining Stock Certificates (107134)3272 - "Sierra" California Mining Stock Certificates (107134)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7: 6 different stocks plus one letterhead. All California mining companies with "Sierra" in their name, likely Sierra County locati...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********o for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Three Different Sierra County, California Mining Stocks (107219)3273 - Three Different Sierra County, California Mining Stocks (107219)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different: Gibsonville. La Porte, and Port Wine. 1) Sierra Nevada Mining Corporation. La Porte. Issued in 1937, not cancelled. Green border a
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to a********o for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Twenty-One Gold Quartz Mining Company Stock, Sierra County (79707)3274 - Twenty-One Gold Quartz Mining Company Stock, Sierra County (79707)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early # 56 for 50 shares to C Wheeler. Datelined Sacramento City 1864. Signed by secretary (?) and president FW Clute. Incorporated Sept. 7, 1863. 25c
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Estimate : 275.00 - 550.00
Sold to a********o for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Two Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates (104417)3275 - Two Sierra County Mining Stock Certificates (104417)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two different, both self-identified. 1) Adella Gold Mining Company. Location of Mine: Rock Creek, Sierra Co., Cal. Inc. April 1868. No. 22, iss
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Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to a********o for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Orinelia Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (108002)3276 - Orinelia Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (108002)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Possibly a Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens related document. Very rare. Only two others currently known to us. The Orinelia Consolidated Gold & Silve...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Magnolia Gold & Silver Mining Co. (106645)3277 - Magnolia Gold & Silver Mining Co. (106645)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Lists 10 claims, date lined Gold Hill. Issued to Gold Hill Banker, H.H. Flagg on certificate #13 for 25 shares to H.H. Flagg, & signed by ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to i*****l for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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The People's Gold & Silver Mining Company, Monitor District, Amador County (108000)3278 - The People's Gold & Silver Mining Company, Monitor District, Amador County (108000)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 1587 for two shares to Rosa A. Heammony. Datelined San Francisco June 30, 1865. Signed by secretary Herb Reau and president J. Patter. Incorpor
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Eureka Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock (106536)3279 - Eureka Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock (106536)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 45 for 10 shares to Frank Cooper. Signed by JW Clark and FJ Owens(?). Dateline San Francisco August 19th, 1863. Incorporated August 3, 1863. Calif
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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