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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South Carolina Central Rail Road Co   (106062)4630 - South Carolina Central Rail Road Co (106062)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The line had 243 miles of track and ran from Charleston, South Carolina, to Hamburg, South Carolina to Augusta, Georgia. #294, U/U, $500, 8% 25 yr. F
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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South Carolina Railway Co.   (106061)4631 - South Carolina Railway Co. (106061)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
On November 1, 1881, South Carolina Rail Road Company was sold in foreclosure to the organizers of The South Carolina Railway Company, which was incor
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Southern Pennsylvania Iron and RailRoad Co   (106093)4632 - Southern Pennsylvania Iron and RailRoad Co (106093)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp 1869 Pennsylvania and operated until 1872 when it became Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Mining Company. $38, I/U, $1000, 7%, Second Mort
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to f***2 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Springfield, Mount Vernon & Pittsburg Rail Road Co   (106091)4633 - Springfield, Mount Vernon & Pittsburg Rail Road Co (106091)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Started operations in 1852 and stopped service in 1867 and ran from Delaware, Ohio through Mt. Vernon to Millersburg and ultimately became part of the
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
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State Line and Sullivan Rail Road Co   (105554)4634 - State Line and Sullivan Rail Road Co (105554)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 certificates. Incorp Dec. 2, 1874 Pennsylvania. All are BLACK, I/C, $50 par shares, issued May 1. 1875. Embossed seal, vignettes: top 4-4-0 @ d
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Stony Creek Rail Road Co.   (105552)4635 - Stony Creek Rail Road Co. (105552)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp April 14, 1868 Pennsylvania. #371, I/C, 20 shares $50 par. Issued Oct. 10, 1881. Signed James Boyd President. BLACK, embossed seal. Vignette
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Sunbury and Erie Railroad Co   (106083)4636 - Sunbury and Erie Railroad Co (106083)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp. 1837 Pennsylvania. #59, I/U, 5 shares of common stock $10 par. Issued Feb 12, 1853. Signed Christopher Fallon President. BLACK, embossed s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r********-.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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The Selins Grove and North Branch RailRoad Co.   (106098)4637 - The Selins Grove and North Branch RailRoad Co. (106098)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp May, 1871 Pennsylvania. #400 of 1300 , I/U, $500, 6%, First Mortgage GOLD bearer bond. Due 1894. Issued July, 1, 1874. BLACK, embossed seal
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*****x for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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The Sharpsville RR, Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway Co   (106110)4638 - The Sharpsville RR, Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway Co (106110)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 bonds. 1. Shamokin and Edgewood Electric Railway Co. incorp.1900 Pennsylvania. #128 of 300, I/U, $1000, 5%, First Mortgage Gold 30 yr bearer bond d
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to f***2 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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The Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co. (2)   (106069)4639 - The Slate Belt Electric Street Railway Co. (2) (106069)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
26 November 1900 incorporated Pennsylvania. # 1295 of 200 authorized, I/U, $500, 4% Second Mortgage Gold Bearer Bond certificate issued Jan 2, 1912
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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