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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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4801 - Early 1861 Nevada Wells Fargo Check (83300)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early Wells Fargo check issued to Wells Fargo signed by agent Wm. Graves in 1861! Small hole and left side tear. These checks were used in both Carson
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to h*********d for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
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4803 - Wells Fargo First of Exchanges (2) (67030)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Both are printed Salt Lake City datelines. Issued in 1868 for $100 in currency and 1869 for $70. The 1869 piece's ink has largely faded. ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 140.00
Sold to h*********d for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
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4804 - Wells Fargo First of Exchanges (2) (67031)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Both are printed Salt Lake City datelines. Both issued in 1869 for $50 and $108. The ink has largely faded on both. Both signed by Theo. F. Tra
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 75.00 - 140.00
Sold to R******d for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
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4805 - American Express Co. Stock (106325)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cancelled 10 shares @ $100 each of American Express Co. #34764, issued on March 4, 1871 to Mary L. Woodhouse of Burlington, VT. Signed by president
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
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4806 - Merchants Union Express Co. Stock (106311)Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 shares of Merchants Union Express Co.@ $ 100 each cert. # 168 issued July 17, 1867 signed by president and secretary. Organized under laws of New
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to D******a for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
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