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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Three Different Sonoma Mining Stock Certificates   (107283)3290 - Three Different Sonoma Mining Stock Certificates (107283)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different. 1) Sonoma Consolidated Quicksilver Company. Issued in 1907. Not cancelled. Black border and print, green background and seal, eagl
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to C*****r for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Mariposa & Sonora Area Mining Stock Certificates   (107276)3291 - Mariposa & Sonora Area Mining Stock Certificates (107276)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different. Included: Sugar Pine Mining & Development Co. (Sonora, 1931, 3 mining vignettes); Sugarman Mines, Inc. (Sonora, 1930, very p...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p******n for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Trinity County Mining Stock Certificate Collection   (107254)3292 - Trinity County Mining Stock Certificate Collection (107254)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 18, mostly different. Mostly for Trinity River gold. This area was the Northern Gold Region in the 1850s, and the site of very rich placers. In
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Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***1 for (130.00 + 28.60BP) = 158.60
 
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Crystal Consolidated Mining Company Stock   (87906)3293 - Crystal Consolidated Mining Company Stock (87906)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 80 for 10,000 shares to Peter Malloch. Signed by A Beattie and LA Johnson president. Dateline Visalia 1881. Incorporated December 13, 1879. Location
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Estimate : 85.00 - 150.00
Sold to A*******d for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Mark Twain Mining Company Stock Certificate & Ephemera   (107145)3294 - Mark Twain Mining Company Stock Certificate & Ephemera (107145)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Location of mine: Jackass Hill, Tuttletown, Tuolumne County, California (printed on letterhead). Stock certificate plus two typed letters from the com
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to f*****E for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Tuolumne County, California Mining Stock Collection   (107222)3295 - Tuolumne County, California Mining Stock Collection (107222)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9, mostly different. Included: United Mines Corp. (1912, mining vignette); Karnac Mining & Milling Co. (unissued); Goldwin MC (1904, mini...
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Estimate : 160.00 - 200.00
Sold to p******n for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Tuolumne Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Stock Certificate & Bond   (104405)3296 - Tuolumne Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Stock Certificate & Bond (104405)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two different for this British funded Tuolumne County mining company. 1) Stock No. 165, issued for ten shares in 1870. Signed by two directors
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Fifty-One Union Mining Company Stock, Virginia, Placer County   (79704)3297 - Fifty-One Union Mining Company Stock, Virginia, Placer County (79704)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 121 for 25 shares to George D Aldrick. datelined Virginia, California 1863. Signed by secretary William H Hunt and president Geo. Glass. Incorporate
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 425.00
 
 
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Rock=Creek Mining Company, Virginia, Placer County   (79703)3298 - Rock=Creek Mining Company, Virginia, Placer County (79703)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 54 for 100 shares to DZ Moore. Datelined a rare Virginia, Cal. in 1863. Signed by president Josiah Howell and secretary Everts(?). Incorporated
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Estimate : 200.00 - 425.00
Sold to 2*****s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Open Cut Fluming Company Stock Certificate   (107031)3299 - Open Cut Fluming Company Stock Certificate (107031)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ultra-rare Volcano stock! No. 58, issued for one share. Dateline Volcano, October 30th, 1857. Signed by president S. Hale and secretary H.R. Elwell. N
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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