Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

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Americana and Numismatics
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Four nice 1850's certificates of deposit at Adams & Co.1660Four nice 1850's certificates of deposit at Adams & Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From $60 from Alva Park to $500 from Gilricht(?) and Charles St. Clair. Adams & Company was incorporated on May 1, 1854. These deposits were mad...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a****y for (100.00 + 22.50BP) = 122.50
Adams & Company 25c tokens1661Adams & Company 25c tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. One still adhered to paper. 1x1". These tokens were used as money in California during the Gold Rush as pocket change was almost no...
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to 2*****s for (65.00 + 14.63BP) = 79.63
Adams & Company 25c tokens1662Adams & Company 25c tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Block of four on glazed cardboard. 25c. These tokens were used as money in California during the Gold Rush as pocket change was almost non-existent. P
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 2*****l for (160.00 + 36.00BP) = 196.00
Fretz & Ralston Check and Intention of Payment pieces1663Fretz & Ralston Check and Intention of Payment pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) 1860 check signed by Morris A Cohen for $36.00 on Fretz & Ralston check. Small round vignette of lady luck on the left side. 2) I...
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
Gold Rush Era Court Document to Pueblo de San Jose1664Gold Rush Era Court Document to Pueblo de San Jose
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Document datelined San Francisco July 31st, 1850. "Judge Richardson/ Please put the within enclosed papers on record...yours, Wm. L. Lewis.&quo...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****M for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
Lot Withdrawn1665Lot Withdrawn
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Lot Withdrawn
Start Price : 0.00
Lucas Turner & Company Bankers check1666Lucas Turner & Company Bankers check
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Number 185 issued on August 4, 1855 for $600 to Mssr A. P. Bessey & Co. Signed by Pierce & Co. (Pierce was a receiving company so this was m...
Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****r for (40.00 + 9.00BP) = 49.00
McNulty Carothers & Co. Banking House Check1667McNulty Carothers & Co. Banking House Check
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RARE Gold Rush San Francisco Banking House. Check Number 22 issued to John Laraby for $34. Signed by Gregory Yale. Black and blue with fancy lettering
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****r for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
Nath'l Winsor Jr.'s Line of Packets for San Francisco1668Nath'l Winsor Jr.'s Line of Packets for San Francisco
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Sixty kegs of cranberries and 400 hundred barrels of flour bound for San Francisco from Boston on the good ship Telegraph with captain K. Harlow. To M
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for (40.00 + 9.00BP) = 49.00
Oliver & Buckley blue bill head1669Oliver & Buckley blue bill head
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Paints, oils, glue, artist materials, etc. To H. W. C. (Henry Corbett of Portland, Oregon Territory). Nice Gold Rus
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to B*********g for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
Pacific Land Company Stock Certificate1670Pacific Land Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 165 for 1 share to Mary Parkes. Signed by E. White and J. Rowets(?). RARE and VERY FINE certificate from the Pacific Land Company issued in 186
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Pacific Steamship Company Bill of Lading, San Francisco bound for Panama1671Pacific Steamship Company Bill of Lading, San Francisco bound for Panama
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Pre-49er! Bill of Lading for Macondray & Co. Shipment of gold dust valued at $10,000 on the steamer Oregon, commanded by Patterson going from Sa...
Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to T******1 for (275.00 + 61.88BP) = 336.88
Gold Rush-era Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange1672Gold Rush-era Page, Bacon & Co. Exchange
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Rare. Date Aug 15, 1854. Pay $500 to Mrs. A. N. Butterfield at sight. Three vignettes: building with carriages outside (left), steamer paddleship (top
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d********9 for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
RARE California Territorial, San Francisco lot for sale in 18491673RARE California Territorial, San Francisco lot for sale in 1849
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Territory of California. Authorized by the town council and carried out by John W. Geary. Fifty vara lot for Henry M. Lewis on the northern side of Ty
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
RARE San Francisco, California Territorial Document from John Geary, First Alcalde1674RARE San Francisco, California Territorial Document from John Geary, First Alcalde
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Another Territory of California document! 1849. This is a very rare document announcing the sale at auction of a lot in San Francisco. The document, e
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 4,000.00
Two 1861 Warehouse receipts1675Two 1861 Warehouse receipts
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1) Pacific Warehouse on December 2, 1861. Cox, Francis & Co. Warehouse & Commission Merchants. Flour from the Lambard Mills to William Pierc...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
Washburn & Co. billhead1676Washburn & Co. billhead
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A blue bill head of Washburn & Co., Merchants Exchange Building, Numbers 54 and 56 Front Street. Listed as Auction and Commission Merchants. Cro...
Estimate : 50.00 - 120.00
Sold to B*********g for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
Account sheet of Captain R. Greenlee1677Account sheet of Captain R. Greenlee
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Account of shipping balance due. A single page account sheet of money owed hand-written for Captain R. Greenlee. Shows first payment on sale of boat,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 6*********2 for (200.00 + 45.00BP) = 245.00
Stanislaus Central Bridge Co. Stock Certificate (Bridge Collapse)1678Stanislaus Central Bridge Co. Stock Certificate (Bridge Collapse)
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Inc. in Oct. 1852. No. 190. One share. Dated March 4, 1853 and signed by Byrne (president) and Gunn (secretary), but not issued. Three vignettes: padd
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d********9 for (200.00 + 45.00BP) = 245.00
Suisun City Warehouse and Wharf receipt1679Suisun City Warehouse and Wharf receipt
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Grain and barley has arrived on the Henry Pru. Jackson & McComb are the proprietors. Schooners were constantly in Suisun Slough headed for San F...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63