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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Jefferson County, MT Ledgers (5)   (69007)5280 - Jefferson County, MT Ledgers (5) (69007)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 Jefferson County, MT 1878 ledgers Date: 1878 State/Country: Montana City/County:
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Montana and S.Dakota Glass Slides (7)   (76821)5281 - Montana and S.Dakota Glass Slides (7) (76821)
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C. early 20th century glass slides. Sentinle Butte, a church, tornado damage Wessington Springs, Bad Lands, town gathering, valley of James River, Jam
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Montana Assay Sheets (3) and 2 Photographs   (50266)5282 - Montana Assay Sheets (3) and 2 Photographs (50266)
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Assay Certificate, Pony Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, dated 1904. Receipt from Washoe Copper Co. Sampling Works, Butte, dated 1906. Montana L
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Montana Big Sky Photographs (11)   (45329)5283 - Montana Big Sky Photographs (11) (45329)
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Lot of 11 photographs from Big Sky Country! 8 of the photographs were taken in an area south of Miles City and show various farming and ranch images.
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Montana Education Booklets- a Plea for Fairness and more   (40622)5284 - Montana Education Booklets- a Plea for Fairness and more (40622)
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Included: University of Montana President's Report, 1898; Biennial report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Montana, 1938, Helena;...
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Montana Pamphlet Group   (50272)5285 - Montana Pamphlet Group (50272)
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Includes C. D. Edwards Manufacturing Company road building catalog with pasted in cartoon drawings of "Alec and A'l". Pamphlet, A Tri...
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Posters of Missoula Flood (3 maps)   (91364)5286 - Posters of Missoula Flood (3 maps) (91364)
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36" x 24". Map of the "Ice Age Flood"; Uniformitarianism vs. catastrophic geologic events. Interesting lot. 3 Maps. Date: Sta...
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Souvenir Booklets from Helena, Montana 1930-1960   (50273)5287 - Souvenir Booklets from Helena, Montana 1930-1960 (50273)
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Placer Hotel and Arbuckle's advertising items. Montana Deaconess School at Helena showing students and grounds.163 Infantry Journal. Helena Wat...
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Two Electric Lighting Company Stocks   (87953)5288 - Two Electric Lighting Company Stocks (87953)
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1) Boston and Great Falls Electric Light and Power Company. # 481 for 100 shares to Mrs. Caroline Russell. Signed by George L Nelson and president AS
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Two National Boston Montana Mines Corporation  Stock Certificates   (52519)5289 - Two National Boston Montana Mines Corporation Stock Certificates (52519)
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Incorporated in Montana, green border, signed in 1933 and 1936; signed by Secretary of Trustees. We could not find any info on this company in our lib
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Teachers Certs. Diplomas, Cabinet Card   (84404)5290 - Teachers Certs. Diplomas, Cabinet Card (84404)
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2 Generations of Teachers from the Jameson Family. From the Salvatore Falcone Collection. Date: 1925 State/Country: Nebraska City/County: Fremont
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Carson City Savings Bank Stock Certificate & Ephemera   (107391)5291 - Carson City Savings Bank Stock Certificate & Ephemera (107391)
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Lot of 5. 1) Rare stock certificate, unissued as is most often seen. Copper border and print, eagle vignette. Krebs Lithographing Co. 8.25 x 10.75&q...
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Veto Messages from Governor John Sparks   (77662)5292 - Veto Messages from Governor John Sparks (77662)
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Veto Messages of His Excellency John Sparks, Governor of the State of Nevada, Legislature of 1903. Also, Proposed Constitutional Amendments. Compiled
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Leach Bros. Co. Receipts and Money Order Forms    (86375)5293 - Leach Bros. Co. Receipts and Money Order Forms (86375)
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Lot of about 100 pieces of ephemera from Cherry Creek Nevada. Date: State/Country: Nevada City/County: Cherry Creek
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Eureka County Bank Stock Certificate   (74077)5294 - Eureka County Bank Stock Certificate (74077)
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Issued to Charles Lautenschlager, a brewer in Eureka for five shares in the Eureka County Bank. Dated December 11th, 1897, the certificate is 10 x 5 i
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Eureka County Bank Stock Certificate   (54368)5295 - Eureka County Bank Stock Certificate (54368)
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I/C 1886/1889 to WE Griffin who was the exclusive Wells Fargo agent for Eureka and his signature is on the back. #9, 10 shares. Date: State/Country
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Senator Warren Williams Correspondence Group   (107402)5296 - Senator Warren Williams Correspondence Group (107402)
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Lot of 15. Thirteen pieces are correspondence to Williams in Fallon: Eagle Salt Works, Reno, billhead (1907) and fabulous letterhead (1907); Fred Stra
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C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Stock, Goldfield, NV w. Glowing Ruby 1913   (51238)5297 - C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Stock, Goldfield, NV w. Glowing Ruby 1913 (51238)
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Cert. #4954, issued at Goldfield, NV. For 100 shares to David Pfeiffer. Incorporated in 1908. This company was a merger of the Goldfield C.O.D. and th
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Evening Goldfield News Edition (Newspapers)   (105741)5298 - Evening Goldfield News Edition (Newspapers) (105741)
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Goldfield Nevada newspaper, with "Another Gould to Take on Royal Husband"; "Companies Save By Reduced Freight" to mention only ...
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Goldfield Deep Mines of Nevada Sales Sheets (40)   (89809)5299 - Goldfield Deep Mines of Nevada Sales Sheets (40) (89809)
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Approx 40 mine illustrated sales sheets. 3 folded pp Date: State/Country: Nevada City/County: Goldfield
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