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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Petersburg, Alaska RPC's (2)   (105294)5010 - Petersburg, Alaska RPC's (2) (105294)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Petersburg, AK waterfront RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Alaska City/County: Petersburg
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
 
 
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"The Bay of Sitka" Stereoview c., Large Size- Yellow Mount   (79076)5011 - "The Bay of Sitka" Stereoview c., Large Size- Yellow Mount (79076)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scarce early Alaska stereoview of Sitka Bay, Alaska. Great shot from above the shoreline looking towards the bay. A steamer is moored and a sailing sh
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 55.00 - 110.00
 
 
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Real Photo Postcards from Wrangell, Alaska   (44211)5012 - Real Photo Postcards from Wrangell, Alaska (44211)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 photographic post cards from Wrangell. All have album residue on reverse and are unwritten. View from across the bay, birdseye, and on the shoreline
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Estimate : 20.00 - 50.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Alaska Literature Books (2)   (55768)5013 - Alaska Literature Books (2) (55768)
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Hardcovers. The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf, 40 Short Stories by Jack London. The Best of Robert Service by Running Press. Date: Sta
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Sailing Sheltered Seas to the Land of the Midnight Sun Booklet   (106561)5014 - Sailing Sheltered Seas to the Land of the Midnight Sun Booklet (106561)
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Illustrated booklet by Alaska Steamship Co. Missing pocket map. 10.75x7.75" Date: State/Country: Alaska City/County:
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Holbrook, Ft. Apache Stage Line Way Bill, 1905   (84878)5015 - Holbrook, Ft. Apache Stage Line Way Bill, 1905 (84878)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1905 way bill for three passengers and a letter from Ft Apache to Holbrook (on the est side of Arizona). Two of the riders appear to be soldiers/offi
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 110.00
 
 
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Hot Springs, Arizona Ephemera   (107343)5016 - Hot Springs, Arizona Ephemera (107343)
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Lot of 7 pieces. Included: two unused pictorial letterheads for the Bar Nothing Ranch; 1936 luncheon menu for the Castle Hot Springs Hotel; c.1920s un
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to o******s for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Salero Mining & Manufacturing Stock   (76503)5017 - Salero Mining & Manufacturing Stock (76503)
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c. 1880's, u/i. Nice stagecoach vignette. Date: State/Country: Arizona City/County: Pima
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Estimate : 40.00 - 50.00
Sold to j******d for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Arizona Ephemera including Legal Docs   (89810)5018 - Arizona Ephemera including Legal Docs (89810)
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1895 criminal complaint for assault Graham County, 1895 unlawful imprisonment in Graham county, 1895 attempted rape in Duncan, misdemeanor in Solomonv
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Arizona Postcards   (105438)5019 - Arizona Postcards (105438)
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Approx 35 modern Arizona postcards-Grand Canyon, Tucson, Sedona and moreSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: Arizona City/County:
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to b*******n for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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