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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Penn Central Corp Stocks and Bonds, 6 Different   (84232)5570 - Penn Central Corp Stocks and Bonds, 6 Different (84232)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown 1978, olive , brown 1970, blue 1969, purple 1971, mauve 1971. Prag Collecton Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
 
 
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People on Postcards   (105271)5571 - People on Postcards (105271)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 200 postcards with people, all RPC's. Families, couples etcSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Philadelphia Dealer Lot   (105178)5572 - Philadelphia Dealer Lot (105178)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
43 total stock certificates for Philadelphia Traction Co , Philadelphia City Passenger Railroad Co and Philadelphia & Gray's Ferry Passenger...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to v*g for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Philadelphia Gold Mining Tunnel & Reduction Co.   (76253)5573 - Philadelphia Gold Mining Tunnel & Reduction Co. (76253)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 112, for 100 shares, I/U, vignette of miners working working in tunnel. Signed by Isaac Van Deuseu (?) President. Date: 1898 State/Country: C
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Estimate : 20.00 - 30.00
Sold to r***6 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Photos (3) Christian Church Tabernacle   (83570)5574 - Photos (3) Christian Church Tabernacle (83570)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 mounted photos, with the men of the congregation posing for photo, in the other photo are men, women, & children in period dress & styles ...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 140.00
Sold to d*******f for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Pictorial Ink Blotter Group (6)   (86408)5575 - Pictorial Ink Blotter Group (6) (86408)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Honolulu Hotels postcard, 2 Mentholatum, USCO Ballroom, Carter's Fountain Pen Ink. Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 55.00
 
 
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Picturesque America or the Land We Live In Booklets (4)   (86430)5576 - Picturesque America or the Land We Live In Booklets (4) (86430)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 booklets from 1894 Parts 1, 4, 18, 21. Illustrated with woodcut US outdoor scenes. Date: 1894 State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Poems and Prayers Postcards   (104972)5577 - Poems and Prayers Postcards (104972)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 50 American poems and prayers postcards with a few RPC'sSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to B*********r for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Postal Cards, & Encyclopedia of Women's History in America   (77959)5578 - Postal Cards, & Encyclopedia of Women's History in America (77959)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 hardback books 1) Encyclopedia of Women's History in America, pp.295; The Presidency and Women, by Janet Martin; pp.338; Women in the A...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to B*********r for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Postcards with Ad's   (105440)5579 - Postcards with Ad's (105440)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 40 postcards with ads-TWA, Hababa Cigars, opera houses, Buffalo Bill, ring sizer and moreSalvatore Falcone Collection Date: State/Country:
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to B*********r for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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