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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Columbia Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (107076)3590 - Columbia Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107076)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Idaho Territory (printed above the title). Later (1880s) stocks for this company have had the location printed as Saw Tooth District, Alturas County.
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Columbia Gold and Silver Mining Co, Idaho Territory Stock   (58906)3591 - Columbia Gold and Silver Mining Co, Idaho Territory Stock (58906)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Located in the Saw Tooth District, Alturas County, based on a different stock we have sold for this company that had the location printed on it. #120
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 480.00
 
 
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New York & Oro Fino Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (107077)3592 - New York & Oro Fino Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107077)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Owyhee County, Idaho (printed under title). Inc. in New York. No. 74, issued for 15 shares to Scott Harris on Nov. 3rd, 1865 in New York. Signed by pr
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to p*********r for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Morning Star Gold & Silver Tunnel Co. Stock Certificate   (107072)3593 - Morning Star Gold & Silver Tunnel Co. Stock Certificate (107072)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. Aug. 1864. Dateline Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory, Sept. 2nd, 1865. No. 407, issued for one share to RG Whitehouse. Signed by the p
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to p*********r for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Poorman Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond   (107078)3594 - Poorman Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond (107078)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
FH says this bond is a must for ingot collectors, as several ingots are known (of F. Blake) from the Poorman. Major Silver City mine. Bond no. 369, is
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Elkhorn Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (107073)3595 - Elkhorn Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107073)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued during the Boise Basin Gold Rush! Gorgeous and ultra rare certificate. Inc. Nov. 1864. Location printed at the top: Pioneer City, Boise Co., Id
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Great Cons. Boise River Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (107074)3596 - Great Cons. Boise River Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107074)
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Placer District, Idaho Territory (printer under title). Pioneer, Lancaster, & Landon Ledges (printed to the right of vignette). Ultra rare. No....
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Bonaparte Hill Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate   (107075)3597 - Bonaparte Hill Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107075)
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Inc. in New York. "Idaho" printed below title. No. 133, issued for 50 shares to company president Anson S. Brown on April 29th, 1868 in Ne...
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Bellevue Idaho MC Stock   (108101)3598 - Bellevue Idaho MC Stock (108101)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U #14 Chas Briggs 500 shares 1890. 3 vignettes. Creases Date: 1890 State/Country: Idaho City/County:
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to d********8 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Columbia Gold and Silver Mining Stock   (72050)3599 - Columbia Gold and Silver Mining Stock (72050)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U #118 John Gordon 1000 shares 1866. Signed by President Chesney. Probably located in Boise Basin, ID. creases and foxing. Date: 1866 State/Countr
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Estimate : 140.00 - 250.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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