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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Austin Gold Mining Company Stock   (79744)3420 - Austin Gold Mining Company Stock (79744)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early # 12 for 875 shares to Isaac D Guyen. Datelined New York 1865. Signed by secretary WE Parish and president Laman(?). Organized June 7, 1865
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Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
Sold to b****3 for (175.00 + 43.75BP) = 218.75
 
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Cook Gold Mining Company of Colorado Stock   (79742)3421 - Cook Gold Mining Company of Colorado Stock (79742)
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We have never seen this one! Number 27 for 50 shares t RP Smith. Datelined Boston 1864. Signed by treasurer Joseph Hayden and president Bay. Not cance
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Nye Gold Mining Company Stock   (79743)3422 - Nye Gold Mining Company Stock (79743)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
We have seen this stock certificate once before and were unsure of its place in history. That has not changed! #178 for 500 shares to CC Allen. Dateli
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Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
Sold to 6****A for (175.00 + 43.75BP) = 218.75
 
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Reynolds Gold Mining Company of the city of New York Stock   (79746)3423 - Reynolds Gold Mining Company of the city of New York Stock (79746)
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# 159 for 500 shares to Charles Hill. Signed by secretary Charles Hill and president AZ Huggins. Datelined New York 1867. "Property located in ...
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Benton Gold Mining Company of Colorado   (104691)3424 - Benton Gold Mining Company of Colorado (104691)
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Stock Certificate from the Benton GMC of Colorado. Incorporated in April 1864 in New York. Certificate number 40 issued in April 13, 1864 at New York
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Central Mining Company of Colorado   (104693)3425 - Central Mining Company of Colorado (104693)
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Stock Certificate from the Central MC of Colorado. Incorporated in New York. Located in Gilpin County. Certificate number 235, issued in 1864 at New Y
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Eagle Gold Company   (104699)3426 - Eagle Gold Company (104699)
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Stock Certificate from the Eagle Gold Co. Certificate number 280 issued in 1864 to HL Fearing. Signed by president and secretary. Overall nice conditi
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Hope Gold Company   (104723)3427 - Hope Gold Company (104723)
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Stock Certificate from the Hope Gold Co. Certificate number 605 issued in 1866, at New York to T.L. Swan & Co. Signed by president Wally E. Lask...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rockdale Gold Mining Company   (104710)3428 - Rockdale Gold Mining Company (104710)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Do not confuse this certificate with the large number of unissued certs. This is a rare early issued cert! Stock Certificate from the Rockdale GMC. In
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gilpin County, Colorado Mining Stock Certificates   (104274)3429 - Gilpin County, Colorado Mining Stock Certificates (104274)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different "Gilpin" mining companies. Includes: Gilpin Eureka Cons. Mines, Inc. (1934, not cxl, mining vignettes); Gilpin Hurrican...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8***1 for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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