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 Salida, Colorado Mining Stock Certificates   (104196)3520 - Seven Salida, Colorado Mining Stock Certificates (104196)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7 (with 6 different). All are self-identified as Salida. Includes: Salida Copper Co. (1912); Salida Mines Co. (1924); Salida Granite Co. (1912)
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to S****2 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Gold King Consolidated Mines Co. Stock Certificate   (103499)3521 - Gold King Consolidated Mines Co. Stock Certificate (103499)
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"Properties in San Juan and La Plata Counties, Colorado" (printed under title). Inc. in Maine. No. 2406, issued for 100 shares to Andrew S...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to b*******g for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Tuttles Peak Mining Co   (106207)3522 - Tuttles Peak Mining Co (106207)
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50 shares @ $10 each of Tuttles Peak Mining Co. in Uncompahgre Mining District, San Juan County, CO issued to E. A. Hunt, Trustee on January 28, 1881
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Colorado Mining & Land Company Stock Certificate   (104469)3523 - Colorado Mining & Land Company Stock Certificate (104469)
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Inc. in New York. No. 1740, issued for one share to company president Chas. McIntyre on March 9th, 1876 in Buffalo. Signed by McIntyre and secretary J
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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San Juan & New Jersey Discovery & Mining Co. Stock Certificate    (104464)3524 - San Juan & New Jersey Discovery & Mining Co. Stock Certificate (104464)
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Inc. in New Jersey, April 1880. No. 179, issued for 1,000 shares to A.T. Jennings on March 17th, 1885. Signed by president B.A. Vail and secretary Joh
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Serrano Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate   (104298)3525 - Serrano Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (104298)
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"of the Uncompahgre Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado" (printed under title). Inc. in New York. Low number 4, issued for 17 share...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*****d for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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Silver Crown Mining Company Stock Certificate   (104317)3526 - Silver Crown Mining Company Stock Certificate (104317)
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San Juan County, State of Colorado (printed below title). Inc. in New York, 1880. No. 397, issued for 100 shares to EP Safford on Oct. 14th, 1882 in N
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Solid Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (104321)3527 - Solid Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (104321)
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"Red Mountain Mining District" (printed at top center). Inc. in Colorado. Issued for 50 shares to Samuel T. Richards. Signed by president ...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Southern Colorado Bismuth & Silver Mining & Smelting Co. Stock Certificate   (104322)3528 - Southern Colorado Bismuth & Silver Mining & Smelting Co. Stock Certificate (104322)
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Fantastic! "Eureka Mining District, Bonita Mountain" printed at bottom center. "San Juan Co., Silverton, Col." Inc. in Colorado....
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*****d for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Silver Cliff and Gold Rock Mining Company   (87947)3529 - Silver Cliff and Gold Rock Mining Company (87947)
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# 511 for 1000 shares to AB Kinman. Signed by HH Child and president BG Noble. Dateline New York, 1879. "Location, Custer Co., Colorado. 28 min...
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Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
 
 
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