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Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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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Comstock Lode Compressed Mine Timber (106495)3730 - Comstock Lode Compressed Mine Timber (106495)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very Rare sawn section of Comstock Lode compressed timber. Presented by John A Fulton, President of UNR, to Ott Heizer, a mining geologist. On wood pl
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to B********m for (550.00 + 137.50BP) = 687.50
 
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Comstock Mining Stocks (2) (108114)3731 - Comstock Mining Stocks (2) (108114)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Con. Imperial MC 1881, Curtis Con MC 1880 Date: State/Country: Nevada City/County: Virginia City
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Croton Gold & Silver MC Stock (106605)3732 - Croton Gold & Silver MC Stock (106605)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Comstock. I/U #83 Octavius Knight 5 shares, Signed by Moore as secretary, and Pattee as president. RN stamp Date: 1866 State/Country: Nevada
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Framed Potosi and Chollar Mines Extraction Shafts Print (106488)3733 - Framed Potosi and Chollar Mines Extraction Shafts Print (106488)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed below surface view of transverse section through the extraction shafts of the Potos and Chollar Mines. Drawn by RH Stretch, 1864. With its rich
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to A*****0 for (600.00 + 150.00BP) = 750.00
 
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Goodman Gold and Silver Mining Stock (105499)3734 - Goodman Gold and Silver Mining Stock (105499)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U Goodman Gold and Silver Mining #65 LH YOrk 300 shares 1874. Signed by Miles Goodman and illegible Ken Prag Collection Date: State/Country: Nev
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*******m for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Adolph Sutro Archive (107393)3735 - Adolph Sutro Archive (107393)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21 pieces. An important discovery, this group of material came for a long-time collection in Dayton. It highlights Sutro's mining and pol...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (700.00 + 175.00BP) = 875.00
 
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Virginia City Miner's Union Documents (107395)3736 - Virginia City Miner's Union Documents (107395)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. Rare to find material from the Virginia City Miner's Union. 1) 1877 handwritten document announcing trustees elected at the annual mee...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******r for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Gould & Curry Mine vs. North Potosi Mine--1864 Court Publication (107396)3737 - Gould & Curry Mine vs. North Potosi Mine--1864 Court Publication (107396)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ultra rare but with serious condition issues. Opinion of Referee, August 22, 1864, in the case of Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co., plaintiff, vs...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to A*****0 for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Virginia City, Nevada Territory Letters from the Scorpion Mine About Supt.'s Death (107394)3738 - Virginia City, Nevada Territory Letters from the Scorpion Mine About Supt.'s Death (107394)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 with good content. According to Ansari, the Scorpion Mine was located in Sevenmile Canyon near the old Catholic Cemetery. It was staked in 18
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d******0 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Wells Fargo Virginia City, Nevada Gould & Curry Bullion Receipt & Two Checks (107404)3739 - Wells Fargo Virginia City, Nevada Gould & Curry Bullion Receipt & Two Checks (107404)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) Best is an 1870 Wells, Fargo & Company Express receipt for 5 bars of bullion valued at $11,861.28. Sent by supt. CC Batterman to Go...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to s****a for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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