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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Stevenson Gear Co.   (89647)4300 - Stevenson Gear Co. (89647)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 shares of Stevenson Gear Co. cert. # 147 issued to R. P. True on Sept 8, 1920. Signed Thomas J. Stepheuson,pres. and Elmer D. Johnson. Raised gree
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Lomer Armored Tire Company of New England   (88437)4301 - Lomer Armored Tire Company of New England (88437)
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10 shares of cancelled (on May 12, 1929) Lomer Armored Tire Company of New England cert. # 254 issued to Thomas Saddler. Signed by Robert M. Heller,
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Lomer Armored Tire Company of New England   (88438)4302 - Lomer Armored Tire Company of New England (88438)
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Cancelled, not issued stock of Lomer Armored Tire Company of New England, cert. # 223, dated Sept 2, 1921. Gold seal. Inc. MA. Signed Robert M. Hel
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Tucker Corporation Stock Certificates & Ephemera   (107234)4303 - Tucker Corporation Stock Certificates & Ephemera (107234)
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Lot of 4. Two different issued stocks (both 1947) and 1952 reports to stock holders. Stocks have either green or brown border, with printed signatures
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Yellow & Checker Cab Company Specimen Stocks   (107300)4304 - Yellow & Checker Cab Company Specimen Stocks (107300)
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Lot of 6 different Specimen stocks. They all feature a great vignette of an early (1920s) taxi cab. Many different colored borders. Stamped Specimen a
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********h for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Yellow Cab Company Specimen Stock Certificates   (107299)4305 - Yellow Cab Company Specimen Stock Certificates (107299)
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Lot of two different Specimen stocks. 1) Yellow Cab Company. Inc. in Nevada. Green border, black print, and great vignette of early taxi cab. Security
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to w******o for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Woods Mobilette Co. Stocks & Bond w/ Car Vignettes   (107265)4306 - Woods Mobilette Co. Stocks & Bond w/ Car Vignettes (107265)
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Lot of 3 different with great car vignettes. 1) Stock No. 5813, issued in 1915 for 100 shares. Signed by the vice presidetn and secretary. Not cancell
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to s******n for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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ReVere Motor Car Corporation Stock Certificate   (104281)4307 - ReVere Motor Car Corporation Stock Certificate (104281)
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Inc. in Delaware. No. 9077, issued for 10 shares to Charles A. Nazam on Feb. 6th, 1920. Signed by president Newton Van Zandt and the secretary. Not ca
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********h for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Cole Motor Car Company Stock   (104008)4308 - Cole Motor Car Company Stock (104008)
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Two different certs. One issued and cancelled. # 115 in 1910. One issued and cancelled. The Cole Motor Car Company was an early automobile maker based
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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National Radiator Corp.   (89655)4309 - National Radiator Corp. (89655)
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40 cancelled shares of National Radiator Corp. cert. # C.O.375 dated May, 15, 1934, registered May 16 ,1934. issued to George R. Balph. Assigned Mar 2
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Needham Tire Company   (89662)4310 - Needham Tire Company (89662)
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10 shares @ $100 each of Needham Tire Co. cert. #117 issued to William Arthur Sallup on May 29, 1915. Green border and green background, raised compa
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Northway Motors Corp - Participation Trust Certificate   (89609)4311 - Northway Motors Corp - Participation Trust Certificate (89609)
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3 shares of Northway Motors Corp, Northway Motors Sales Co, Northway Guaranty and Discount Corp. Participation Trust Certificate #2329. Issued to Pat
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Northway Motors Stockholders Rights   (89610)4312 - Northway Motors Stockholders Rights (89610)
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Northway Motors Stockholders' Rights, cert. # 10361 to Patrick McLaughlin, Boston, MA, signed by A. G. Guinel, assistant treas. Dated Feb 2, 19...
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Owen Tire Company   (89728)4313 - Owen Tire Company (89728)
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4 shares of Owen Tire Co. cert. # 5 issued to Elizabeth C. Wilkinson on Nov 1, 1919. Signed by W R. D Owen, pres. and Abraham Palder, treas.Inc. MA.
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R & V Motors of New England   (89762)4314 - R & V Motors of New England (89762)
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10 shares of R & V Motors of New England cert. # 30 issued to Arthur B. McCarty on Feb 2, 1920. Inc. MA Brown border and company seal. This c...
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Regent Garage Company   (89779)4315 - Regent Garage Company (89779)
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10 shares of Regent Garage Company cert. #28 issued to Mary I. Courtenay on Oct. 13, 1920. Grey border, green background with green company seal. Vi
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Standard Tire Company, Inc   (89711)4316 - Standard Tire Company, Inc (89711)
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1 share of Standard Tire Co., Inc. cert #A 11466 issued to Edward G. Swift on Sept. 24, 1929. Signed by Sidney Goldstein, asst treas. Green border
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Standard Tire Company, Inc   (89713)4317 - Standard Tire Company, Inc (89713)
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70 shares of Standard Tire Co., Inc., Boston, MA cert #P731 issued to Lydia A. Ware on Sept.4, 1929. Signed by Leon Goldstein, treas and Harry Needle
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 120.00
 
 
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General Motors & Other Auto Stock Certificates   (104210)4318 - General Motors & Other Auto Stock Certificates (104210)
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Lot of 6 different. 1) General Motors Corporation. Three different stocks issued 1951-1974. Two have a car vignette. Plus one $1,000 bond issued in 19
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to s******n for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Hudson Motor Car Company Stock Certificates   (107312)4319 - Hudson Motor Car Company Stock Certificates (107312)
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Lot of 5 (four different). Issued 1930-1953. Orange, brown, green, or blue borders. Birds-eye vignette of factories. Printed by Hamilton Bank Note, Ne
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********h for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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