The Big Bonanza Auction: Mining, Philatelic, Numismatics, Americana (March 2023)

Auction Details

Welcome to The Big Bonanza Auction!
 
This is our first live sale since the world-record breaking second (and final) SS Central America Shipwreck Artifacts Auction, which took place on March 4th & 5th, 2023. Virtual catalogs for the SSCA sales are still available on our website and include numerous research essays and articles. We’d sincerely like to thank all who participated and contributed to these historic two auctions!
 
Out of the ocean and back onto land, we’re pleased to present the phenomenal Big Bonanza Auction! This is a 4-day sale encompassing over 2,000 lots in over a dozen collecting categories.
 
Since this auction features Part I of the best Comstock mining collection ever to hit the market, we chose an auction name that honors the “Big Bonanza” ore discovery of 1873 in Virginia City, Nevada!
 
In addition to the Comstock collection, this sale is supplemented by rarities from the Gary Bracken Collection; the Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining Museum Collection; the Joe Elcano Nevada Collection; the Chunlin Zhu Mineral Collection; as well as others.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
 
*The Comstock Collection, Part I*
We’re honored to have been chosen to sell this lifetime Nevada and Comstock Collection. This collection will be sold in multiple parts. Part I, in this sale, focuses on mining stock certificates, ore specimens, ephemera, and publications. Each of these groups includes spectacular items!
 
Within the group of ephemera are pieces dating back to very beginning of the Comstock mining rush. This includes an 1859 mining deed for the Ophir claim, signed by Judge Walsh and mentioning the original discovers. We’re calling this the “Comstock Founding Fathers” mining deed (Lot 4204), and it is truly worthy of the most advanced private or institutional collection. Or see the 1860 illustrated “Wash-Oh!” lettersheet (Lot 4205) with a spectacular cartoon highlighting the dangers of mining stock speculation! Or an 1859 letter (Lot 4206) mentioning some of the first ore Comstock assays!
 
This collection also features hundreds of Comstock checks with great rarities, revenue types, and key autographs represented. Included in this group is the Chollar-Potosi RN check with violet stamp (Lot 4151), the rarest of all Nevada revenue checks!
 
The ore collection includes high grade gold and silver specimens from key Comstock mines, including the Crown Point, Chollar, California, Gould & Curry, Hale & Norcross, and Ophir. Many are from the famous Gottschalk Ore Collection, with original labels.
 
The stock certificate section is phenomenal, with key autograph pieces and dozens of territorial pieces including perhaps the earliest Comstock mining stock ever issued! It also features 1870s-80s stocks from the key major mines, which can sometimes be even rarer than territorial pieces.
 
Part I will grab the attention of the Comstock and Nevada mining collecting community worldwide. And stay tuned for more items from this collection in different categories coming up in future sales!
 
*The Gary Bracken Collection, Part V*
We’re thrilled to offer more great collectibles from the lifetime collection of Oklahoma lawyer Gary Bracken. This auction features a large Philatelic offering, including US and foreign covers and lettersheets, ultra rare stamps, and express covers. Also from the Bracken Collection: rare items from the famous 101 Ranch including a beaded gun belt (Lot 4017) and original advertising posters; a Buffalo Bill CDV (Lot 4020); Colorado bottles, stocks, and ephemera including a fantastic Baby Doe Tabor Archive (Lot 1238); Native American pottery, and more.
 
*The Jim & Barbara Sherman Private Western Mining Museum Collection*
A new round of rarities from this fantastic Arizona collection. This sale includes: artifacts from Western forts in Arizona, New Mexico, Montana, and Wyoming; rare 19th-century ammunition and antique firearms incl. a Confederate revolver and Winchester rifles; and Civil War militaria.
 
*Railroadiana*
A brand new batch of railroad and steamer passes from a private collection. Many feature great vignettes. These are always a huge hit with our collectors; this is a robust collecting community! A key piece is a Central Pacific pass signed by Collis P. Huntington (Lot 1009), one of the “Big Four.” And if you have a collection of passes you’re ready to sell, please consider our auction house; we’re setting records!
 
*Numismatics*
This section includes a new group of very rare Nevada national banknotes (Elko, Ely, Reno); liberty war bonds; US gold coins and coin collections; California and Nevada medals; and more.

*American Bank Note Co. (& Other Engravers) Printers Plate Collection*
The start of a major offering, this sale features rare printers plates from the American Bank Note Company and other engravers. These plates were used for currency and stocks/bonds. Plates are lotted in both the Stock & Currency Sections in the catalog. This collection has not come to market before and should generate huge excitement with our numismatic & stock collectors!
 
*Native Americana*
The Native Americana section in this sale is strong! In addition to pottery from the Bracken Collection, this section has arrowheads, beadwork and clothing, Sioux peace pipes, cradleboards, and jewelry.
 
*Mining & Minerals*
This category is dominated by the previously-mentioned Comstock Collection, but also includes California assay ephemera, mining documents from Colorado and Montana, mineral and fossil specimens from the Chunlin Zhu Collection, and mining artifacts.
 
*General Americana*
A nice group of ephemera from Western states (particularly California, Colorado, Montana, and Nevada) incl. rare West Coast directories and Gold Rush checks & exchanges; plus sub-categories such as art, jewelry, gaming, political collectibles, and sports. The sports category includes historic letters from baseball legend Connie Mack! And much more…
 
Please be sure to use the Keyword Search Tool on our website (holabirdamericana.com) to search for items in your collecting categories.
 
*Timed Auctions*
There is a new auction format we have been experimenting with since last December: special weekend timed auctions. These sales are a mix of both new and old material, and they are where we will now run our lower-priced and/or dealer lots. We have always believed the collectors—you—set the market value. With that philosophy in mind, we’ve set very low start prices (usually just $10) on all lots in the timed auctions. The timed auctions have been a huge hit with our bidders and are a fun format we will be continuing to use in the future. (We just had one this last weekend!) Please check our website or subscribe to our email list to be notified of these internet-only auctions hosted exclusively on iCollector, our preferred auction platform.
 
Ready to sell your collection? We’re always looking for high-quality consignments in many categories, including Mining, Railroadiana, Native Americana, Numismatics, Bottles, Firearms, Stocks, and more.
 
If you would like to know more about consigning, or if you have any questions or comments about this sale, please give our office a call at 775-851-1859. 
 
Our friendly staff is ready to help you continue to build your collection. We’ve created an astonishing community of customers around the world, including private collectors, institutions, and dealers. Remember, your collection could set the next world-record!
 
Thanks again for your continued interest in our auctions. And as we like to say, bid early and bid often!
 
--The Holabird Team-- 


Auction Schedule

Thursday, March 30th, 2023, Lots 1000-1552

Railroadiana & Steamship (1000-1126)

Railroad & Steamer Passes

Transportation Ephemera

General Americana (1127-1502)

Geo. Sort

Political

Jewelry

Musical Instruments

Tobacco & Gaming

Sports

Miscellaneous

Bottles, Brewing, Saloon (1503-1552)



Friday, March 31st, 2023, Lots 2000-2548

Art (2000-2062)

Militaria & Firearms (2063-2192)

Stocks & Bonds (2193-2548)

Mining feat. the Comstock Collection

Railroad

Miscellaneous



Saturday, April 1st, 2023, Lots 3000-3531

Native Americana (3000-3148)

Numismatics feat. Nevada Banknotes (3149-3285)

Philatelic (3286-3531)

Express & US Covers

US Stamps

Foreign Stamps & Covers



Sunday, April 2nd, 2023, Lots 4000-4400

Cowboy & Old West feat. 101 Ranch Group (4000-4026)

Mining feat. the Comstock Ore & Ephemera Collection (4027-4400)

Ephemera & Ore

Minerals, Fossils, Viewing Stones

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Two Mining Letters Connected to James F. Reed, Donner Party  [164333]4115 - Two Mining Letters Connected to James F. Reed, Donner Party [164333]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two letters with content about mining in Nevada and its ties to money from Philadelphia. One appears to have been sent to James F. Reed when he
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to a********y for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Santiago Mining Company Deed, Ormsby County, NV 1867 [164488]4116 - Santiago Mining Company Deed, Ormsby County, NV 1867 [164488]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Deed between Nancy Burke and the Santiago Mining Company, January 9th, 1867. $1,000 in gold coin. East Mount Diablo Meridian. Rare red $1 Nevada adhes
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to m********r for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Gold Quartz Ore, Goldfield, Nevada, 29.7 grams [162673]4117 - Gold Quartz Ore, Goldfield, Nevada, 29.7 grams [162673]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cut and polished slab of gold-in-quartz ore from Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1.625 x 1.375 x 0.375 inches, 29.7 grams. At the turn of the 20t
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Estimate : 1,800.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to n*******g for (1,800.00 + 450.00BP) = 2,250.00
 
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Gold Quartz Ore, Goldfield, Nevada, 51.4 grams [162674]4118 - Gold Quartz Ore, Goldfield, Nevada, 51.4 grams [162674]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cut and polished slab of gold-in-quartz ore from Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 2.5 x 1.5 x 0.375 inches, 51.4 grams. At the turn of the 20th ce
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to n*******g for (2,800.00 + 700.00BP) = 3,500.00
 
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Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164465]4119 - Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164465]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold silver ore specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Attached cardboard label reads: "Gold + Argentite + Polybasite + Pyrite. "...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to n*******g for (850.00 + 212.50BP) = 1,062.50
 
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Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164456]4120 - Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164456]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large cut specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Cardboard label reads: "Bonanza Gold-Silver Ore. Gold + Argentite + auriferous chalco...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r********e.. for (1,100.00 + 275.00BP) = 1,375.00
 
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Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164451]4121 - Crown Point Bonanza Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164451]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Specimen attached to cardboard identification label that makes this out of the famous Gottschalk Collection. "Bonanza Gold-Silver Ore, Crown Po...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to n*******g for (1,000.00 + 250.00BP) = 1,250.00
 
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Crown Point Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164461]4122 - Crown Point Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Gold Hill, Nevada [164461]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large cut specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Cardboard label reads: "Argentite + Pyrargyrite + Stephanite. Crown Point Mine. Comst...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8***1 for (1,250.00 + 275.00BP) = 1,525.00
 
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California Mine Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164457]4123 - California Mine Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164457]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ore specimen from the famous California Mine, adjacent to the Con. Virginia, the site of the Big Bonanza discovery in 1873. It was a fabulously rich m
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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California Mine Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164450]4124 - California Mine Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164450]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice looking cut specimen from the famous California Mine, adjacent to the Con. Virginia, the site of the Big Bonanza discovery in 1873. Attached to c
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to m********y for (600.00 + 150.00BP) = 750.00
 
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California Mine Surface Workings Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164459]4125 - California Mine Surface Workings Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164459]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Attached to cardboard label that reads: "Surface workings of the California Mine-Comstock Lode....
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Chollar Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164464]4126 - Chollar Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164464]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Silver ore cut specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Attached cardboard label reads: "Gold-Silver Ore + manganese oxides Chollar...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to x**********u for (900.00 + 225.00BP) = 1,125.00
 
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Chollar Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164458]4127 - Chollar Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164458]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ore specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Attached to cardboard label that reads: "13 Gold-Silver (Kustelite in vug) "Chollar&qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (500.00 + 125.00BP) = 625.00
 
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Chollar Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164455]4128 - Chollar Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164455]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fabulous specimen out of the famous Gottschalk Collection. Cardboard label reads: Cerargyrite + Argentite + Pyralgyrite. 80ft level. Cholar[sic.] Mine
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to m********y for (1,050.00 + 262.50BP) = 1,312.50
 
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Chollar Potosi Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164452]4129 - Chollar Potosi Silver Gold Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164452]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Comstock mineral specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Cardboard label identifies this as: "Silver-Gold Ore, Chollar-Potosi Claims, N...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to m********y for (500.00 + 125.00BP) = 625.00
 
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Con-Chollar Mine High Grade Silver Ore Specimen [159944]4130 - Con-Chollar Mine High Grade Silver Ore Specimen [159944]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Con-Chollar Mine High Grade Silver Ore Specimen from the Gottschalk Collection. 3.5 x 1.5 x 0,75" mounted on card with label: "Bonanza Gol...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
Sold to m********y for (950.00 + 237.50BP) = 1,187.50
 
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Gould & Curry High Grade Gold & Silver Specimen [164454]4131 - Gould & Curry High Grade Gold & Silver Specimen [164454]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 x 1.25" Extreme high grade specimen. This specimen contains intense mineralization. Most of this rock is made of silver sulfides in quartz. W...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********l.. for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Hale & Norcross Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164462]4132 - Hale & Norcross Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164462]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold silver ore specimen from the famous Gottschalk Collection. Attached cardboard label reads: "Gold-Silver ore Hale-Norcross Mine Comstock Lo...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to x**********u for (650.00 + 162.50BP) = 812.50
 
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Hale & Norcross High Grade Gold-Silver Ore Specimen [159945]4133 - Hale & Norcross High Grade Gold-Silver Ore Specimen [159945]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hale & Norcross High Grade Gold-Silver Ore Specimen on card with label "Gold-silver ore, 580 level, Hale & Norcross Mine, Comstock Lode...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
Sold to m********y for (1,000.00 + 250.00BP) = 1,250.00
 
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Mexican Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, w/ Native Silver [164453]4134 - Mexican Mine Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, w/ Native Silver [164453]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small but fantastic cut ore specimen with visible native silver! Attached to cardboard label which makes it out of the famous Gottschalk Collection. L
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to k*****o for (650.00 + 162.50BP) = 812.50
 
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Mexican Mine High Grade Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164460]4135 - Mexican Mine High Grade Gold Silver Ore Specimen, Virginia City, Nevada [164460]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2.75" square slab. 57.6g. This extreme high grade specimen is one intensely altered and mineralized rock. It is a brecciated, recemented vein. ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to x**********u for (550.00 + 137.50BP) = 687.50
 
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Ophir Bonanza Ore Extreme High Grade Gold Silver Specimen [164463]4136 - Ophir Bonanza Ore Extreme High Grade Gold Silver Specimen [164463]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5" cut slab. 185.1g. DOUBLE WOW! This rock is loaded throughout almost the entire cut faces with silver mineralization. It too looks like it ma...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to C******n for (800.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,000.00
 
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Comstock High-Grade Ore, 55-pound Specimen [159494]4137 - Comstock High-Grade Ore, 55-pound Specimen [159494]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This 55-pound boulder of Comstock silver-gold ore was reportedly found in the basement of the Virginia City Bonanza Club in the 1980's by Spence...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 6,000.00
Sold to t********l.. for (3,500.00 + 875.00BP) = 4,375.00
 
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Letter to Early Comstocker Vignot With Reference to Ormsby [164487]4138 - Letter to Early Comstocker Vignot With Reference to Ormsby [164487]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letter datelined San Francisco, January 23rd, 1860. Addressed to Jean Vignot in Gold Hill, Utah Territory, from notary public E. Dupree. Mentions prom
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to f*****E for (550.00 + 0.00BP) = 550.00
 
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Sheriff's Sale of Gold Hill Mining Claim, Signed by JC Clark [164495]4139 - Sheriff's Sale of Gold Hill Mining Claim, Signed by JC Clark [164495]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sheriff's Certificate of Sale Under Execution for Nov. 24th, 1865, in favor of Maynard (Gold Hill banker) against CW Newman. Property is mining ...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to c********l.. for (800.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,000.00
 
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Uncle Sam Senior & Gold Canon Silver Lodes Reports, Gold Hill, NV [164485]4140 - Uncle Sam Senior & Gold Canon Silver Lodes Reports, Gold Hill, NV [164485]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 different. 1) Prospectus, 1865. Gold Hill, Nevada, Storey County. Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, NY, 1865. Pink cover with black print....
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Bank of California, Gold Hill Checks with 3 Different NV Adhesive Revenue Stamps [163892]4141 - Bank of California, Gold Hill Checks with 3 Different NV Adhesive Revenue Stamps [163892]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. Each has a different Nevada adhesive revenue stamp: 2 cent, 4 cent (extremely rare), and 5 cent. 1) 1865 draft to Leet & Co. for $111....
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d******r for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Bank of California, Gold Hill, NV RN Check to Major SF Whiskey Merchant [163890]4142 - Bank of California, Gold Hill, NV RN Check to Major SF Whiskey Merchant [163890]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bank of California, Gold Hill, Nevada, 1876, issued to Spruance Stanley & Co. for $466.25. Signed by WH Blauvelt. Endorsed on the reverse. RN-D ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to f*****E for (40.00 + 0.00BP) = 40.00
 
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Gold Hill, Bank of California Revenue Check to be paid in Trade Dollars [155517]4143 - Gold Hill, Bank of California Revenue Check to be paid in Trade Dollars [155517]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bank of California, Gold Hill, 1876, issued to Maynard for $134 in "Trade Dollars." Signed by Blauvelt. "Trade Dollars" written ...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to c********e for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Gold Hill, Nevada Check Collection incl. Territorial Items [163908]4144 - Gold Hill, Nevada Check Collection incl. Territorial Items [163908]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company. Two different checks: 1888 issued to the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co., RN-G; and 1897 issued...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******r for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Three Scarce Gold Hill, Nevada Checks [163891]4145 - Three Scarce Gold Hill, Nevada Checks [163891]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different. 1) Rare pictorial check for HH Flagg, Banker, 1868. Issued to Mason & Huff for $1,912.25. Signed by Flagg. Rare green 5 cent...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to f*****E for (100.00 + 0.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Bacon Mill Check Collection, All Signed by Mackay or Fair, Virginia City, Nevada [155491]4146 - Bacon Mill Check Collection, All Signed by Mackay or Fair, Virginia City, Nevada [155491]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6: 2 Mackay signatures and 4 Fair signatures. The Bacon Mill was located in Silver City at the intersection of Gold Canyon and American Ravine.
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to B*********g for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Best & Belcher Mining Company Check Group, Virginia City, Nevada [155502]4147 - Best & Belcher Mining Company Check Group, Virginia City, Nevada [155502]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. The Best & Belcher was located in Virginia City and staked in 1859. The name is for the two men who purchased the claim from Henry Com...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to B*********g for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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California Mill Revenue Checks Signed by Mackay & Fair, Virginia City, Nevada [163917]4148 - California Mill Revenue Checks Signed by Mackay & Fair, Virginia City, Nevada [163917]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. Bank of California, RN-D imprinted revenue. Blue print, on form for Consolidated Mill, with "California" written in ink. The Cal...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to c*********p for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Carson & Tahoe Fluming Co. Check Group (Mine Lumber for the Comstock) [155504]4149 - Carson & Tahoe Fluming Co. Check Group (Mine Lumber for the Comstock) [155504]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company was owned and operated by D.L. Bliss, Henry Yerington, D.O. Mills, and J.A. Rigby. Founded i
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to e******n for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Co. Check Trio, Virginia City, Nevada [163905]4150 - Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Co. Check Trio, Virginia City, Nevada [163905]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) Bank of California. Dateline Virginia, Nev. No. 1494, issued in 1877. Signed by famous mine supt. Isaac Requa. RN-G imprinted revenue. Pu
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to e******n for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Rarest Nevada Revenue Check: Chollar Potosi Mining Co. w/ Violet Nevada Stamp [155499]4151 - Rarest Nevada Revenue Check: Chollar Potosi Mining Co. w/ Violet Nevada Stamp [155499]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is the Holy Grail for Nevada check and RN collectors! Chollar Potosi Mining Company Check, Virginia City, Nevada with RN-B17d, the rarest of the
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to e******n for (1,500.00 + 375.00BP) = 1,875.00
 
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Chollar Potosi Mining Company Revenue Check, Virginia City, Nevada [155500]4152 - Chollar Potosi Mining Company Revenue Check, Virginia City, Nevada [155500]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Bank of California, dateline Virginia, Nev., July 2, 1875. Issued to N. Frederick for $120. Signed by noted mining superintendent Isaac Requa. R
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to B*********g for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Consolidated California & Virginia Mining Company Check Group [155501]4153 - Consolidated California & Virginia Mining Company Check Group [155501]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. The California and Con. Virginia mines, located in Virginia City, were the first and second largest producers on the Comstock Lode. Fair, Ma
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to c*********p for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Consolidated Mill Revenue Check Group, Mackay & Fair [155494]4154 - Consolidated Mill Revenue Check Group, Mackay & Fair [155494]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. All 3 are the same form, Bank of California, blue print, and RN-D imprinted revenue. The Consolidated (Virginia) Mill was a large reduction
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to e******n for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Eagle Salt Works Revenue Check Pair, Virginia City, Nevada, incl. Fair Signature [155518]4155 - Eagle Salt Works Revenue Check Pair, Virginia City, Nevada, incl. Fair Signature [155518]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. Rare. The Eagle Salt Works deposits were discovered in 1869 by B.F. Leete in Churchill County, Nevada, 15 miles east of Wadsworth. Salt was
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to g****v for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Virginia City, Nevada Territory Empire Mining Co. Check Issued to SH Marlette [163894]4156 - Virginia City, Nevada Territory Empire Mining Co. Check Issued to SH Marlette [163894]
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Green print Wells Fargo & Co. check issued in 1862 to SH Marlette by the Empire Mill & Mining Co., RN Graves supt. Stamped paid. SH Marlette...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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Genoa Fluming Company Revenue Check (Comstock Lumber) [163919]4157 - Genoa Fluming Company Revenue Check (Comstock Lumber) [163919]
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Wells Fargo Bank. Check #323 issued for $111.49 in 1876 to Jos. O'Keefe. Signed for the company by JMH. RN-D imprinted revenue. According to the...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Signed by Deidesheimer [155506]4158 - Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Signed by Deidesheimer [155506]
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One of the most sought-after Comstock autographs. Bank of California check with green print, RN-B imprinted revenue (center) and green 2 cent NV stamp
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to n*****9 for (900.00 + 225.00BP) = 1,125.00
 
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Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Check Pair, Mackay & Fair, "Buff" RNs [163909]4159 - Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Check Pair, Mackay & Fair, "Buff" RNs [163909]
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Lot of 2. Both are Bank of California checks with "buff" RN-D imprinted revenue stamps, a rarer variety. 1) No. 2510, issued in 1874 to Wm...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company Check Collection [155507]4160 - Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company Check Collection [155507]
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Lot of 16. This very impressive group covers many different superintendents (incl. Mackay and Fair), check types, and imprinted revenues. It would tak
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Estimate : 400.00 - 900.00
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Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Co. Check issued to Assayer Leopold Kuh, Virginia City [155509]4161 - Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Co. Check issued to Assayer Leopold Kuh, Virginia City [155509]
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Very rare! Dateline Virginia, Nev., March 2nd, 1867. No. 1390. Pay $24 to L. Kuh. Signed by C.C. Thomas as superintendent. Orange Nevada and US IR sta
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
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Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Co. Check Group, Virginia City, Nevada [155508]4162 - Hale & Norcross Silver Mining Co. Check Group, Virginia City, Nevada [155508]
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Lot of 3 different. The Hale & Norcross Mine was staked in 1859 and located between the Savage and Chollar Mines. In the early 1860s, a 3 compar...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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Hoosier State Mill Check Pair, Virginia City, Nevada [155493]4163 - Hoosier State Mill Check Pair, Virginia City, Nevada [155493]
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Lot of 2 different. The Hoosier State Mill was located in Virginia City on Silver Street between G and H Streets and built in 1862. In the early 1870s
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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Imperial Silver Mining Company Check Group, Comstock [155505]4164 - Imperial Silver Mining Company Check Group, Comstock [155505]
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Lot of 4. The Imperial Mine was a productive Gold Hill property located between the Challenge and Rice mines. Up to 1876, it had produced 232,000 tons
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Sold to e******n for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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