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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The Loud Gold Mines   (83324)5780 - The Loud Gold Mines (83324)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare 8 page newspaper format historical data and prospectus. History of Georgia gold. Some seam tears. Al Adams Collection. Date: c1933 State/Countr
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to c******u for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Jupiter Mountain Gold Mines Stock   (106219)5781 - Jupiter Mountain Gold Mines Stock (106219)
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I/U # 372 1909. Signed by President HJ Nickels. Date: 1909 State/Country: Idaho City/County: Boise Basin
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Last Chance Mining Company Bond & Stock Certificate   (107100)5782 - Last Chance Mining Company Bond & Stock Certificate (107100)
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Lot of 2. 1) Bond No. 930, issued for $10, January 2nd, 1896. Signed by the president (Happy?) and the secretary. Not cancelled. Green border and prin
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to H*****r for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Idaho Mining Stocks (3)   (105486)5783 - Idaho Mining Stocks (3) (105486)
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I/U Columbia and Beaver Silver Mining 1882, I/U Lucky Boy Gold and Silver Mining of Idaho 1882, unissued Eastern Idaho Mining and Water Ken Prag Coll
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6****A for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Taylorville Coal Company Stock Certificate   (104290)5784 - Taylorville Coal Company Stock Certificate (104290)
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Inc. March 1886. No. 66, issued for one share to J.H. Holben on March 10th, 1886. Signed by president W.W. Anderson and the secretary and treasurer (B
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 6****A for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Stock Certificates   (79070)5785 - Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Stock Certificates (79070)
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Cert. #676, issued at Henderson, Kentucky in 1884. Vignettes in green under print of telephone poles and a antique wall mount telephone at bottom righ
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Mountain View Mining Stock   (72056)5786 - Mountain View Mining Stock (72056)
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I/U #958 Seraphine Maspereau 100 shares 1889. Miner vignette, left .25" tear, creases, light foxing. Date: 1889 State/Country: Louisiana Cit...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Rosier Copper Company Stock Certificate   (103497)5787 - Rosier Copper Company Stock Certificate (103497)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mines at Brooksville, ME (printed under title). Inc. in Maine. Low number 3, issued for one share to company president BG Beau on July 25th, 1883. Sig
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Lot Withdrawn DO NOT BID5788 - Lot Withdrawn DO NOT BID
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Lot Withdrawn DO NOT BID
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 50.00
 
 
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Equipment Tag /Hill Mine / Michigan   (105055)5789 - Equipment Tag /Hill Mine / Michigan (105055)
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Here is an unusual mining artifact. It is an equipment tag embossed " Hill/ 759/ Mine". So, it could be from the Bunker Hill Mine, or the ...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Michigan Mining Stock Group   (88849)5790 - Michigan Mining Stock Group (88849)
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Three issued uncancelled mining stocks: Arizona and Michigan Mining Co, 1909; North Lake Mining Co, 1916; Adventure Consolidated MC, 1916. Ken Prag
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Michigan Mining Stocks (6)   (106334)5791 - Michigan Mining Stocks (6) (106334)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 issued Michigan stocks. Mohawk Mining-creased, Copper Country Printing-rough condition, Wisconsin investment Co-poor condition, 3 Copper Range Co st
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Mining Transfer Slip / Bundles of Copper Ingots   (105033)5792 - Mining Transfer Slip / Bundles of Copper Ingots (105033)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Holy Smoke !! A transfer receipt for 26, 072 copper ingots !! From the estate of P Hazden, Coming out of the Bloomfield station. Headed to New York ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Post Cards / Mining & Miscellaneous / 18 Items.   (105387)5793 - Post Cards / Mining & Miscellaneous / 18 Items. (105387)
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Here is the last of the postcards. 12 real nice mining cards: showing a giant copper nugget 8 tons, a drilling rig, guided underground tours, Mineral
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 30.00
 
 
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Raven Copper Company Stock Certificates   (104286)5794 - Raven Copper Company Stock Certificates (104286)
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Lot of 3. Inc. in Maine. Mining property at Butte, Montana. Two different varieties, all issued in 1910, not cancelled. Blue or brown borders with bal
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to w**********y for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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1905 Deer Lodge Placer Mining Maps/Patents   (50404)5795 - 1905 Deer Lodge Placer Mining Maps/Patents (50404)
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Two pages with color map of claims. 1905 certified copies of an 1880 Plat for Robert S. Kelley and company's claims in Deer Lodge County. 13&quo...
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Boston & Montana Smelter Decorative Plates   (87401)5796 - Boston & Montana Smelter Decorative Plates (87401)
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2 7.5" souvenir plates, 1 with goldish edge, non goldish one has 2 small chips on rear, not visible from front. "B & M Smelter, and t...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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American Sapphire Mining Company Stock Certificate   (107244)5797 - American Sapphire Mining Company Stock Certificate (107244)
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Inc. in New York. No. 839, issued for 100 shares to Frederick Victor Achelis on April 26th, 1906. Signed by the vice president and treasurer. Not canc
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to m****a for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Three Different Libby, Montana Mining Stock Certificates   (107112)5798 - Three Different Libby, Montana Mining Stock Certificates (107112)
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Lot of 3 different. 1) Glacier Silver-Lead Mining Company. Issued in 1933, cut and stamp cancelled. Multiple mining vignettes. Folds. 2) Illinois Gold
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l********a.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Blueprint of Herman Stoker's Property, Madison County Montana   (50351)5799 - Blueprint of Herman Stoker's Property, Madison County Montana (50351)
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37" x 28.25" blue print of various lodes on the property. c. 1940. There is edge damage on the left and right sides. Date: State/Count...
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Estimate : 25.00 - 100.00
Sold to r***6 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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