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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Seven Different Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates    (104211)3400 - Seven Different Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates (104211)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7 different, all identified in Hills. Included: Little Cut Diamond Cons. Gold Mining Co. (1902, not cxl); Bonnie Nell Merger GMC (1906, stamp c
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to a****y for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Six Different Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates   (104243)3401 - Six Different Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates (104243)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different, all listed in Hills. One of them is signed by CC millionaire Warren Woods. Includes: Gold Bullion Mining & Milling Co. (1901...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********e.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Six Different Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates   (104240)3402 - Six Different Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates (104240)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different, all listed in Hills' Cripple Creek Manual. Included: Volcano GMC (1905, not cxl); Oriole GMC (two different, one unissued, t...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********e.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Specimen Gold Mining & Milling Co. Stock Certificate   (104192)3403 - Specimen Gold Mining & Milling Co. Stock Certificate (104192)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Colorado. No. 2834, issued for 1,000 shares to Tucker, Ballard & Co. on May 3, 1900 in Colorado Springs. Signed by vice-president D. Chi...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********e.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Sunflower Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate   (104338)3404 - Sunflower Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate (104338)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wow! Cripple Creek has some of the best pictorial mining stocks, and this is a great example. Inc. in Colorado. No. 25, issued for 100 shares to vice-
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to a********e.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Three Different Bull Hill Mining Stock Certificates, Cripple Creek, CO   (59095)3405 - Three Different Bull Hill Mining Stock Certificates, Cripple Creek, CO (59095)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Bull Hill Gold Tunnel Company. No. 1295, issued for 5,000 shares to HA McIntrye on Oct. 24th, 1896. Signed by president Griffith and secretary Robi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 240.00 - 320.00
Sold to a********e.. for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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Three Good Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates   (104202)3406 - Three Good Cripple Creek Mining Stock Certificates (104202)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different self-identified. 1) Cannon Ball Gold Mining Company. One of the most sought-after Cripple Creek stocks! Issued in 1901 to company s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8***1 for (90.00 + 19.80BP) = 109.80
 
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Two Anaconda Gold Mining Co. Stocks signed by David Moffat   (107154)3407 - Two Anaconda Gold Mining Co. Stocks signed by David Moffat (107154)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. Both signed by Colorado railroad and mining tycoon D(avid) H Moffat as president and RH Reid as secretary. Signatures are punch cancelled. G
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********e.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Vindicator Cons. Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate   (104227)3408 - Vindicator Cons. Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate (104227)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Colorado. "Cripple Creek Gold Mining District" (underprint). No. 3103, issued for 100 shares to William Banks on Feb. 3, 1906 in D...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***1 for (950.00 + 237.50BP) = 1,187.50
 
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Gold Bullion Deposit Receipt   (89362)3409 - Gold Bullion Deposit Receipt (89362)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold bullion deposit receipt from Denver Mint 1878. $419.12 gold, $7.60 silver. City National Bank. Date: 1878 State/Country: Colorado City/County:
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Estimate : 140.00 - 275.00
Sold to x*****m for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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