Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

Auction Details

Day 1 (Thur, Jan 24) Lots 1000-1678

Bottles (1000-1077)
Dies (1078-1091)
Tokens (1092-1161)
Numismatics
Books (1162-1165)
Checks (1166)
Coins (1167-1184)
Currency (1185-1189)
Display Cases (1190-1192)
Ingot (1193)
Medals (1194-1207)
Scale (1208-1209)
General Numismatics (1210-1244)
So-Called Dollars (1245-1247)
General Americana (Various Categories)
Advertising (1248-1262)
Badges (1263-1268)
Books (1269-1380)
Comic Books (1381-1382)
Directories (1383-1497)
Brewing (1498-1501)
Chaps (1502)
Checks (1503-1520)
Cigar & Tobacco (1521-1523)
Circus (1524-1526)
Civil War (1527)
Dolls (1528-1529)
Entertainment Industry (1530-41)
Gold Rush (1542-1554)
Jewelry & Watches (1555-1566)
Ledger (1567-1571)
Maps (1572-1606)
Music (1608-1609)
Postcards (1615-1625)
Scales (1626-1627)
Silver & Flatware (1628-1633)
Sports (1634-1637)
Stereoviews (1641-1650)
Tools (1651-1656)
Toys (1657-1659)
Vintage Apparel (1660-1666)
World’s Fair/Expos (1667-1674)
Political (1675-1678)
Day 2 (Fri, Jan 25) Lots 2000-2698

Stock Certificates (2000-2065)
General Americana
Geographically Sorted (2066-2377)
Railroadiana (2378-2698)

Day 3 (Sat, Jan 26) Lots 3000-3716

Transportation (3000--3022)
Wells Fargo/Express (3023-3028)
Postal History (3029-3040)
Military (3041-3081)
Minerals (3082-3160)
Mining (3161-3416)
Art(3161-3168)
Artifacts (3169-3206)
Assay (3207-3221)
Bonds (3222-3223)
Books (3224-3348)
Explosives(3349-3364)
Hat (3365-3367)
Ingot, Jewelry, Fob (3368-70)
Map (3371-3377)
Lighting (3378-3424)
Minerals, Photos, Postcards (3425-33439)
Mining Stocks AZ-CO (3440-3716)

Day 4 (Sun, Jan 27) Lots 4000-4685

Mining Cont’d (4000-4446)
Stocks, D-WY & Foreign
General Mining Geographically sorted
Art (4369-4446)
Sculptures (4531-4542)
Native American (4543-4560)
General Foreign (4561-4605)
Cowboy (4606-4637)
Firearms (4638-4649)
Gaming (4650-4668)
Saloon (4669-4685)
Day 5 (Mon, Jan 28 ) Lots 5000-6192

Advertising (5000-5021)
Art (5022-5032)
Autograph (5033)
Badges (5034)
Belt Buckles (5038-5042)
Bonds (5043-5063)
Books (5064-5137)
Bottles (5038-5168)
Buffalo Bill & Wild West (5173-5174)
Business Cards (5175-5178)
Checks (5179-5183)
Chinese (5184-5186)
Civil War (5187-5196)
Cowboy (5197-5213)
Directory (5214)
Entertainment Industry (5215-5217)
Ephemera (5218-5307)
Fire Department (5308)
Firearms (5309-5314)
Gaming (5315-5322)
Grab Bags (5323-5324)
Jewelry (5325-5338)
Medals (5367-5369)
Medicines (5370-5371)
Military (5372-5382)
Minerals (5383-5384)
Mining & Mining Stocks (5385-5660)
Mirrors (5661-5662)
Newspapers (5663-5665)
Numismatics (5666-5784)Books (5682-5684)
Books (5682-5684)
Checks (5685-5693)
Coins (5694-5724)
Currency (5725-5729)
Dies (5730-5731)
Ingots (5732-5733)
Medals (5734-5781)
Scale (5782)
Scrip (5783)
So-Called Dollars (5784)
Oil Related (5785-5793)
Pen/Pencil (5794)
Philatelic (5795)
Photographs/Stereo-views (5796-5861)
Political (5862-5870)
Postal History (5871-5906)
Postcards (5907-5952)
Posters (5953)
Presidential (5954-5956)
Railroadiana (5957-6079)
Silver/Flatware (6080-6088)
Sports (6089)
Steamer (6090-6092)
Stock Certificates (6093-6114)
Tobacco Collection (6115)
Tokens (6116-6163)
Tools (6164-6165)
Toys (6166)
Trunk (6167)
Watches (6168-6169)
Wells/Fargo & Express (6170-6180)
World’s Fair & Expos (6181-6192)
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Vulcan Gold and Silver Mining Stock, Ouray- 1880  (41343)5419Vulcan Gold and Silver Mining Stock, Ouray- 1880 (41343)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cert. #18, issued to Shalor W. Eldridge for 200 shares in 1880. Incorporated in New York. Signed by Lewis Jones as president and Meredith L. Jones as
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Graphic Consolidated Mining & Milling Co. Bond, 1883  (60488)5420Graphic Consolidated Mining & Milling Co. Bond, 1883 (60488)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mine names printed on the left side of the certificate: Graphic, St. James, Windsor, Crown Point, Crown Point Tunnel, Savage, Belcher & Princton...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
2 1880's Mining Stocks  (65015)54212 1880's Mining Stocks (65015)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Probably Colorado mines. Both i/c. Trophy Mining, Brookland Mining with reverse map. State: Colorado City: Date:
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to a****y for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
Colorado Mining and Other Stocks(11)  (64010)5422Colorado Mining and Other Stocks(11) (64010)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
11 Colorado stocks-Parah Gold Mining, Bank of Manitou, Isabella Gold Mining,Midget Gold Mining,Carbonate Hill Gold Mining and more. State: Colorado
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
Colorado Mining Stocks (14)  (65078)5423Colorado Mining Stocks (14) (65078)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Colorado Milling and Elevator, Findley Gold Mining, London Gold Mines, Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling, Boulder Tungsten Production, Alma
Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to a****y for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
Lot Withdrawn5424Lot Withdrawn
Holabird Western Americana Collections
lot withdrawn
Start Price : 5.00 | Estimate : 10.00 - 5.00
Republican Mountain Silver Mines Ephemera  (37425)5425Republican Mountain Silver Mines Ephemera (37425)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) List of mining capital stock owners (one is Kit Carson) and some expenses for the Consolidated Republican Mountain Mining Co. 20 Abstract of record
Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
Two Different Colorado Mining Bonds  (67001)5426Two Different Colorado Mining Bonds (67001)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) London Mining Company. $500 bond, No. 448. Issued in 1882. Pen cancelled. Signed by president George Blanchard and secretary H.S. Comstock. Three c
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Ellsworth Silver Mining Company Stock Certificates  (60253)5427Ellsworth Silver Mining Company Stock Certificates (60253)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three stocks: numbers 78, 80, 81. Allissed to Emery N Moore of Boston for 50 shares. Signed by WH Harrington treasurer and Sam B Krogman president. In
Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
Findley Gold Mining Co of Georgia Stocks (2)  (85628)5428Findley Gold Mining Co of Georgia Stocks (2) (85628)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#3615 and # 3622 both I/U for 100 shares to Geo Codington in 1881. Signed by secretary Peabody and president DA Brody. 3615 has a tear and rough right
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d********r for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
By-Laws & List of Officers of the Oshkosh Cons. Mining Company  (34819)5429By-Laws & List of Officers of the Oshkosh Cons. Mining Company (34819)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 pages. Offices at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Organized in Maine. No date. Printed by Commercial Print, Bangor. As these are by-laws, there is
Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to 6*****b for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
Maine Mining Letters, Covers and Reports  (37421)5430Maine Mining Letters, Covers and Reports (37421)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Reports from: 2 reports from Tapley Copper Mine, 1880; 3 reports from Manhattan-Tapley Copper Mines, 1883; Small drawings of Tapley and Manhattan mine
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to m********y for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
2 Butte Annual Mine Reports   (40800)54312 Butte Annual Mine Reports (40800)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Annual mine reports for the Mountain View and East Colusa mines in Silver Bow County Montana. Pertains to the United States Census Office for Gold,
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Butte, Montana Postcard Collection  (54034)5432Butte, Montana Postcard Collection (54034)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. 6 black and white RPCs, 2 black and white, 1 color RPC, and 3 color. Include overviews, fish hatchery, Elk Horn Fence, Park Street and trol
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Letter to Heilbronner Co, Butte, Montana  (64226)5433Letter to Heilbronner Co, Butte, Montana (64226)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a letter from Nat. Boas of San Francisco, California, dated October 14th, 1913, addressed to Heilbronner Company, Butte, Montana, regarding a
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Parrot Silver & Copper Co. Stock Certificate Collection  (60020)5434Parrot Silver & Copper Co. Stock Certificate Collection (60020)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15 issued and cancelled stock certificates. All are identical design: black print on yellow background with parrot on copper ingot vignette. Al
Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 180.00 - 400.00
Montana Historical Docs- Gold and Oil  (88825)5435Montana Historical Docs- Gold and Oil (88825)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two documents from Montana: a gold dust receipt for Bank of Neihart, 1894 (see the Neihart mining maps in this sale) and a 1920 i/uc oil stock cert fo
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Montana Mining Certificates (9)  (56167)5436Montana Mining Certificates (9) (56167)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Butte Copper Mining & Smelting issued 1903 2) Middle Fork Mining u/i 3) North Butte Mining issued 1930 4) Big ox Mining issued 1896 5) Tolum...
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 0*******a for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Montana Mining Letters with Famous Montana Folks  (55556)5437Montana Mining Letters with Famous Montana Folks (55556)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) 1886 letter from Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co. to Henry Knippenberg, who was the general manager of the Hecla Mining ...
Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 70.00
Ophir Creek Mine Documents  (50341)5438Ophir Creek Mine Documents (50341)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A 1942 transcription of an 1887 map of Carpenters bar Montana. Silver City first discovery of silver letter. 1912 Ophir Creek letter book. 2 Large f
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Photo of Cable Mill  (57523)5439Photo of Cable Mill (57523)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photo of inside of Cable Mill Montana (1905). Most likely a gold coin mill. Photo of man standing in mill. Slight staining and slight warp.10" ...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Washington Silver Mining Co. Bond, Austin, 1867  (62856)5440Washington Silver Mining Co. Bond, Austin, 1867 (62856)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
First Mortgage Bond. $500. No. 538, issued to L.G. Bingham on June 1st, 1867. Blue 50 cent Conveyance Revenue stamp and 5 cent Internal Revenue Inl. E
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to b********t for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
Jumbo Extension Mining Stock Certificates (17)  (51948)5441Jumbo Extension Mining Stock Certificates (17) (51948)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
110 acres of patented land located in the Goldfield district, these seventeen certificates represent the property mostly worked by leasers. State: Ne
Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
Cash Boy Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certs.  (63960)5442Cash Boy Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certs. (63960)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. Cash Boy Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certs. State: Nevada City: Tonopah Date: 1916
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
MacNamara Crescent Development Company of Nevada Certificates  (52272)5443MacNamara Crescent Development Company of Nevada Certificates (52272)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 Issued and cancelled. Nye County, Nevada. Signed by president, 2 have small stains. Issued to Joseph Arshinowitz #105 1922 100 shares, Samson Wallac
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 0*******a for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
Tonopah Mining Stock Certificate Collection  (60495)5444Tonopah Mining Stock Certificate Collection (60495)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. Included: two different for Tonopah North Star Tunnel & Development Company (1916, 1923); two for Tonopah Divide Mining Company (1919 ...
Estimate : 55.00 - 110.00
Sold to 0*******a for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
Tonopah, NV-related Mining Stock Certificates  (64044)5445Tonopah, NV-related Mining Stock Certificates (64044)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately 38 pieces, including mining stock certificates related to mining operations in Tonopah, Nevada. Mines include Tonopah Crown Point Mining
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Tonopah and Goldfield Ephemera  (64351)5446Tonopah and Goldfield Ephemera (64351)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
West End Consolidated Mining time check, Bullfrog Bank cover, 2 Goldfield small claim maps, 6 billheads, Bacon's Smoke House, Nye County blank l...
Estimate : 35.00 - 70.00
Sold to t******2 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
Four Virginia City Mining Stock Certificates   (63970)5447Four Virginia City Mining Stock Certificates (63970)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock Certs. 1) Curtis Consolidated, No. 734, 100 shares;2) Comstock Tunnel Co. No. 21174, 100 shares; 3) Consolidated Virginia & Andes Corp. No...
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6****A for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
Gould and Curry Silver Mining Checks (4)  (59704)5448Gould and Curry Silver Mining Checks (4) (59704)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 checks from Gould and Curry Silver Mining with strong cancels on bank stamps. State: Nevada City: Virginia City Date: 1866-1871
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 2*****l for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
Mexican Gold & Silver Stock Certificates (40)  (51928)5449Mexican Gold & Silver Stock Certificates (40) (51928)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Mexican Gold & Silver Mining Company was located at the north end of the Comstock district and was a major producer gold & silver. The ...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Store-House Keeper's Daily Reports - Savage Mining Company  (60659)5450Store-House Keeper's Daily Reports - Savage Mining Company (60659)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten daily reports in September of 1876. What will you find? How many cords of wood and bushels of charcoal are on hand. Loads of car oil that h
Estimate : 180.00 - 360.00
Sold to t******2 for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
Surveys of Key Comstock Claims, 1869  (60656)5451Surveys of Key Comstock Claims, 1869 (60656)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The claims which these surveys represent are the Chollar-Potosi Mine, Bacon Mill, Central Silver Mining Company, Savage Mining Company. Then there is
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to m********y for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
45 Nevada Mining Stock Certificates (with some real treasures for sure!)  (99495)545245 Nevada Mining Stock Certificates (with some real treasures for sure!) (99495)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Some mines of note include the VERY EARLY Cherry Creek Mill & Mining of 1876, Kennedy Consolidated of 1908, Goldyke Reef of 1907, Nevada Alpine ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
Goldmountain Company Stock Certificates--Graham Hardy Fantasy Pieces  (53827)5453Goldmountain Company Stock Certificates--Graham Hardy Fantasy Pieces (53827)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A fabulous suite of four certificates sold by Graham Hardy in Virginia City in the early 1960s to stimulate the new collecting field of stock certific
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Of Virginia Bond  (54352)5454Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Of Virginia Bond (54352)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare certificate. Operated gold and silver mines in Nevada. #1766 50 pound Bond, includes vignette of Lincoln and a Queen. 15.5" x 13". S...
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to m**********3 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
Nevada Ephemera Collection   (60199)5455Nevada Ephemera Collection (60199)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 23. 1) Three Goldfield & Bullfrog mining prospectuses. Two copies of a 1906 prospectus for the Forward Mining Development Co. of Goldfie...
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to d******r for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Nevada Mining Certificates (7)  (56169)5456Nevada Mining Certificates (7) (56169)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Park Saddle Gold Mines issued 1917 2) Nixon-Nevada Mining issued 1918 3) Mt. Vernon Mining i/c 1929 4) Ely Consolidated Copper issued 1912 5) Seal
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 0*******a for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Nevada Mining Group  (88852)5457Nevada Mining Group (88852)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different mining stocks of the nineteenth century style. Argenta MS, Tuscarora, i/uc, 1887, Britton & Rey; Ruby Hill Tunnel & MC, i/uc...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Nevada Mining Post Cards  (86373)5458Nevada Mining Post Cards (86373)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 100 mining related post cards, most unused, but some with early post marks. Real photo cards from Ely, McGill, Ruth, Virginia City and others. S
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Nevada Mining Stocks and Exploring Booklets  (65040)5459Nevada Mining Stocks and Exploring Booklets (65040)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
14 1878-1879 Empire State Silver Mining issued stocks. 1908 Rawhide souvenir photo booklet, 1973 Prospector Country, NV, 1973 Covered Wagon Country NV
Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 320.00
Black Eagle Mine Real Photo Postcard  (63518)5460Black Eagle Mine Real Photo Postcard (63518)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Real photo card, c1910 of the Black Eagle Mine. Unused. Uneven contrast, otherwise fine. Two miners in front of mine entrance, mine identified in the
Estimate : 20.00 - 40.00
Sold to l******8 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
Glen Alden Coal Co. Brass Equipment Tags (8)  (64517)5461Glen Alden Coal Co. Brass Equipment Tags (8) (64517)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 brass 44mm tags. State: Pennsylvania City: Date:
Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to T********9 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
Statement from Climax Powder Manufacturing Co.  (64354)5462Statement from Climax Powder Manufacturing Co. (64354)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Climax Powder Manufacturing Co. Statement, c.1902, from Emporium, PA 6" x 7" State: Pennsylvania City: Date: 1902
Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to b******a for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
Kennecott Mines Promo Items and More  (64502)5463Kennecott Mines Promo Items and More (64502)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Kennecott baseball hats, unworn. Black logo ashtray with emblem. 2 Kennecott Powderman's Daily Reports, 1943 stock certificate, tie bar, 1959 ...
Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Anthracite Coal and Sulfur Specimens  (80832)5464Anthracite Coal and Sulfur Specimens (80832)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sulfur approx 2.5". Coal Approx 7" and 10". Likely from McGill, NV. State: Utah City: Date:
Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 40.00
Broken Hill South Limited Stock Certificates  (50028)5465Broken Hill South Limited Stock Certificates (50028)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Broken Hill South Ltd. mined silver, lead and zinc. The mine was opened in 1885 and closed in 1972. Approx 50 certificates and 2 National Tea Company
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Columbia Mining Company Stock Certificate (Mines in Columbia) 1887  (35421)5466Columbia Mining Company Stock Certificate (Mines in Columbia) 1887 (35421)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cert. #79, issued at New York in 1887 for 1500 shares. Mines in the Republic of Columbia printed at the top. Interestingly, incorporated in Kentucky.
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to a********n.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Freeport Nickel Mine at Moa Bay Cuba: Photographs  (37664)5467Freeport Nickel Mine at Moa Bay Cuba: Photographs (37664)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Important group of photographs from Freeport Nickel mine at Moa Bay, Cuba. This group of 11 x 16 photographs consisting of approximately 10 views show
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Pueblo Viejo Mine in the Dominican Republic Photographs  (37675)5468Pueblo Viejo Mine in the Dominican Republic Photographs (37675)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of about 10 photos of the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican republic about 1975. State: Dominican Republic City: Date: c1975
Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 35.00 - 70.00