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Ultimate Virginia City Autograph Check Collection (Deidesheimer, Fair, Mackay, Yerington, and Bliss)
Currency:USD
Category:Collectibles / Mining
Start Price:200.00 USD
Estimated At:400.00 - 800.00 USD
SOLD
400.00USD+ (90.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 10 @ 15:25UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Five checks signed by five of the most important figures of the Comstock. These five men shaped the history of the city, and, ultimately, Nevada. This is a unique chance to purchase premium Virginia City checks in a single offering. 1) 1876 Gould & Curry Silver Mining check signed by Philip Deidesheimer. Deidesheimer was the brilliant German mining engineer who created the square-set timber system while working for the Ophir Mine in 1860. This design allowed the Comstock miners to open and support larger cavities and work bigger ore bodies in the soft Comstock rock. Deidesheimer refused to patent the invention. 2) 1880 Virginia & Truckee Railroad check signed by Henry Yerington. Yerington was one of the founding members of the railroad as well as the Carson & Colorado RR. He was also an early player in the lumber and fluming operations from Tahoe to Carson. Cut cancel. 3)1869 Agency of the Bank of California signed by John W. Mackay. Mackay was one of the 'big four" (opposite Fair, O'Brien and Flood) Comstock millionaires who discovered the Big Bonanza in 1873. He was known to be generous and fair to his employees and the community. This is earlier than most Mackay checks. Cut cancel. 4) 1871 Bacon Mill check signed by James G. Fair. Fair was partners with Mackay (and Flood & O'Brien). He later served as a U.S. Senator for Nevada. He also founded the South Pacific Coast Railroad. Unlike Mackay, he was not very well-liked. Nevada adhesive revenue attached left. Cut cancel. 5) 1878 Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company check signed by D.L. Bliss. Bliss was an early lumber figure who ensured that the Comstock would get the lumber it desperately needed. Later, when the Comstock was waning, Bliss had the foresight to see Lake Tahoe as a future tourist destination. He created a railroad from Tahoe City to Truckee, and bought up the steamers on the lake to form the Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company. Cut cancel. (Prag Collection)
City: Virginia City
State: Nevada,
Date: 1869-1880
FHWAC#: 24237
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3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States
Nevada State Sales Tax
Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| NSST |
7.75% |
Nevada Sales Tax |
Buyer's Premiums:
| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
22.5% |
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