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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High-grade Ore Specimen from Eureka Hill Mine, Utah   (88607)3020 - High-grade Ore Specimen from Eureka Hill Mine, Utah (88607)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This 1.8-pound specimen is high-grade ore from the Eureka Hill Mine located near Mammoth, Utah. The Eureka Hill Mine was discovered in 1877 as a silve
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Estimate : 40.00 - 50.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Oxide Ores from the Mammoth Mine, Utah   (88610)3021 - Oxide Ores from the Mammoth Mine, Utah (88610)
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Approximately five pounds of oxide ores from the Mammoth Mine near Mammoth, Utah. All six specimens have prominent copper oxide mineralization includi
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Estimate : 30.00 - 45.00
Sold to R*********0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Pyrite Collection - Ten Pounds, from Ophir Hill Mining District, Utah   (88613)3022 - Pyrite Collection - Ten Pounds, from Ophir Hill Mining District, Utah (88613)
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This is a ten-pound collection of colorful pyrite specimens ranging from brassy yellow to shiny orange, possibly chalcopyrite. Specimen sizes vary fro
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Two Mammoth Mine rock specimens   (88601)3023 - Two Mammoth Mine rock specimens (88601)
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Lot contains two hefty rock specimens, approximately 2.2 and 5.0 pounds, that are attributed to the Mammoth Mine near Mammoth, Utah. This was a copper
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Deer Trail Mine High Grade   (88615)3024 - Deer Trail Mine High Grade (88615)
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This is a nearly 13-pound specimen of high-grade ore blasted from a working face of the Deer Trail Mine in the Mount Baldy District in the Tushar Moun
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Calcite Geodes, three pieces   (88609)3025 - Calcite Geodes, three pieces (88609)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two geodes filled with calcite crystals. One is sawn in half to reveal the beautiful crystals in both halves. The second geode has been broken open to
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Estimate : 30.00 - 45.00
Sold to j****2 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Deer Trail Mine, UT Specimen   (88606)3026 - Deer Trail Mine, UT Specimen (88606)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
High grade specimen from Deer Trail Mine, UT. 4x2.75" Date: State/Country: Utah City/County:
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Dogtooth Calcite from Ophir Hill   (88603)3027 - Dogtooth Calcite from Ophir Hill (88603)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an approximately 5.2 pound cluster of large dogtooth calcite crystals. The base is about 4x2-inches across and made of opaque white crystallin
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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High-grade Ore Specimens from Ophir Hill Mine, Utah   (88620)3028 - High-grade Ore Specimens from Ophir Hill Mine, Utah (88620)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five small hand samples of high-grade ore from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Utah. These all show prominent massive and crystalline pyrite, chalco
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Large Ore Specimens from Ophir Hill Mining District   (88628)3029 - Large Ore Specimens from Ophir Hill Mining District (88628)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here are four large pieces of high-grade ore material from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Tooele County, Utah. the largest is aoub 13.5 inches long
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 140.00
 
 
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Mineral Resources Utah 1905-1931   (86678)3030 - Mineral Resources Utah 1905-1931 (86678)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hardbound Xerox copies of 1905-1931 originals. Date: State/Country: Utah City/County:
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Ophir Mine District, Utah, High-grade Ore   (88616)3031 - Ophir Mine District, Utah, High-grade Ore (88616)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two massive high-grade specimens from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Utah, weighing approximately 11 pounds total. Prominent pyrite and possibly ch
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Ophir Mine District, Utah, High-grade Ore   (88617)3032 - Ophir Mine District, Utah, High-grade Ore (88617)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a splendid specimen of high-grade ore from the Ophir Hill Mining District in Utah. The massive 7.8-pound piece shows a thick layer of pyrite/c
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Potpourri of High-Grades Ore from Utah Mines   (88627)3033 - Potpourri of High-Grades Ore from Utah Mines (88627)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is nearly 7.5 pounds of high-grade ore specimens, short diamond drill cores, and other minerals collected in and around various Utah mines. Build
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to R*********0 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Mexican Florescent Purple Lace Agate Specimens   (105120)3034 - Mexican Florescent Purple Lace Agate Specimens (105120)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 11.5# of vivid greenish yellow agate, mostly sliced collected in Mexico Date: State/Country: Mexico City/County:
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to p********n for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Ore Specimens from Chihuahua, Mexico   (88623)3035 - Ore Specimens from Chihuahua, Mexico (88623)
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Five labeled ore specimens from the Upchurch Collection representing various locations in Chihuahua, Mexico. Total weight is about two pounds for the
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Witwatersrand Gold   (108024)3036 - Witwatersrand Gold (108024)
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Two hand specimens of visible native gold in quartz from South Africa's fabulous Witwatersrand gold deposit, from the Reeve Collection. Date: ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to a********s.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Apophylite Specimen Collection   (61330)3037 - Apophylite Specimen Collection (61330)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eighteen specimens, all about four inches square from numerous locales. Several are particularly nice, some containing other minor minerals. Crystal
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Bag of Golden Tiger Eye Specimens   (104591)3038 - Bag of Golden Tiger Eye Specimens (104591)
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A quart zip bag full of golden tiger eye sliced specimens Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Cut Agate Collection   (104593)3039 - Cut Agate Collection (104593)
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3 quart zip bags of cut slabbed agates Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to p********n for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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