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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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Biographical Directory of Railway Officials of America, 3 Vols (81514)4700 - Biographical Directory of Railway Officials of America, 3 Vols (81514)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 hardcovers. 1893 Railway age and northwestern railroader. 1896 Railway age and northwestern railroader. 1901 The railway age. Date: 1893, 1896, 19
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Blue Ridge Rail-Road Co in So Carolina (83105)4701 - Blue Ridge Rail-Road Co in So Carolina (83105)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five shares of stock Dated, April 1, 1857, No 342 Date: State/Country: City/County:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
Sold to R******d for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Boston, Hartford, & Erie Rail Road Company (83124)4702 - Boston, Hartford, & Erie Rail Road Company (83124)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Uncancelled fifty shares of Boston, Hartford, & Erie Rail Road Company by Edward R. Richardson, number 2972 on September 23, 1868. Great Eye ...
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Buffalo and Erie Railway Company Gold Bonds (83151)4703 - Buffalo and Erie Railway Company Gold Bonds (83151)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unlisted First Mortgage - 6/12%, 30-year Sinking Fund Gold Bond number M503, due July 1, 1954 with coupons. On April 14, 1832 the Buffalo and Erie Ra
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to f***2 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Central Pacific Railroad Box Cover (105257)4704 - Central Pacific Railroad Box Cover (105257)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed and mounted on red velvet. Brass plate states " Central Pacific Railroad freight car journal box cover recovered from a CPRR wrick site...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to m******3 for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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City of Brownsville Rail Road Bonds (83152)4705 - City of Brownsville Rail Road Bonds (83152)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unlisted $500 City of Brownsville Rail Road Bonds, No. 44 with revenue stamps and coupons, dated July 1, 1879. Issued on February 8, 1870. Lith.by St
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to i***y for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Cochran & Southern Logging Railroad Co. (82215)4706 - Cochran & Southern Logging Railroad Co. (82215)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Certificate #1 for 249 1/2 shares of Capital stock, issued on Oct. 17, 1924 to Company President J. O. Elrod. Uncancelled. Unlisted in Cox. Green s
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Connecticut Railroad bonds & stocks (105700)4707 - Connecticut Railroad bonds & stocks (105700)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 Bond and 3 stock certificates for Connecticut railroads. Cancelled $500 7% Mortgage Bond for New Haven and Derby Railroad payable Feb 1, 1900. Tr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Ferro Monte Rail Road Company stock (75849)4708 - Ferro Monte Rail Road Company stock (75849)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sixty shares of Ferro Monte Rail Road Company stock to Jacob Vanatta with revenue stamp. Founder's share for president, certificate #2. Signed...
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Estimate : 130.00 - 250.00
Sold to S*****3 for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Fitchburg & Worrester Rail Road Co. Stock (75844)4709 - Fitchburg & Worrester Rail Road Co. Stock (75844)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Non-issue stock for Fitchburg & Worrester Rail Road Company stock. 100 shares on certificate 278. The Fitchburg and Worcester Railroad was a ra...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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