Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

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"Nevada: Fifty Years Asleep! Awakening 1915" Booklet4425 - "Nevada: Fifty Years Asleep! Awakening 1915" Booklet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Charles A. Norcross. Cover advertises: "Least in Population and Wealth! First in Virgin Opportunities! Agriculture! Livestock! Mining!"...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Carson & Tahoe Lumber Telegraph Collection4426 - Carson & Tahoe Lumber Telegraph Collection
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Lot of six. All are telegraph billheads for the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. 1) Four Western Union Telegraph Co. Billed to: Bliss Bro...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to B*********g for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Carson City Certificates of Deposit4427 - Carson City Certificates of Deposit
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Lot of 114. Includes: 112 certificates of deposit from The Bullion & Exchange Bank, 1891, signed by T.R. Hofer as cashier. Hofer was also once s...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Carson City Ephemera (incl. Wells Fargo and Virginia & Truckee items)4428 - Carson City Ephemera (incl. Wells Fargo and Virginia & Truckee items)
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50+ items. Includes: four Wells, Fargo & Co. Express Consignee Receipts for goods delivered to Reno, San Francisco, and Virginia City (1890-1901...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Five Different Nevada Newspapers (8 copies total)4429 - Five Different Nevada Newspapers (8 copies total)
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Four different papers from Carson City: The Daily State Register (two from 1872), Morning Appeal (1880), The National Tribune (two from 1875), and Car
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to r*******0 for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Very Early Nevada Statehood Deed4430 - Very Early Nevada Statehood Deed
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On the first day of Nevada Statehood, November 1, 1864, this deed was executed. Stephen Haydon of Carson City was selling Charles Laird of Sonoma righ
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to V********e for (85.00 + 19.13BP) = 104.13
 
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Rare Color and Denomination State of Nevada Bond4431 - Rare Color and Denomination State of Nevada Bond
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Purple $1000, Number 133. Signed by Governor Bradley, treasurer Schooling and controller Hobart.. 16 of the 30 stamps still attached. Folds and large
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
 
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Three Early CDV's by Photographer F. G. Ludlow4432 - Three Early CDV's by Photographer F. G. Ludlow
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1-2) F. G. Ludlow stamp on back of CDV's. Two different stamps. 3)Unknown photographer. Ludlow worked in Carson City from 1860 to 1872 making hi...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to V********e for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Wells Fargo & Co. Check signed by James W. Nye4433 - Wells Fargo & Co. Check signed by James W. Nye
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Check written for cash by James W. Nye for $50.00 on a Wells Fargo Bank account during the period he was Nevada's governor. Nevada's only te...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (170.00 + 38.25BP) = 208.25
 
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Adams & Co. Express check/ Dayton Nevada I.O.O.F. Lodge Report4434 - Adams & Co. Express check/ Dayton Nevada I.O.O.F. Lodge Report
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An unwritten check from 185_ from the Adams & Co.'s Express, light blue paper, 12 x 4". A Semi Annual Report of membership in the Dayt...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to h*******2 for (15.00 + 3.38BP) = 18.38
 
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