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Americana and Numismatics
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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
1661Adams & Company 25c tokensHolabird 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
1662Adams & Company 25c tokensHolabird 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
1663Fretz & Ralston Check and Intention of Payment piecesHolabird 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
1664Gold Rush Era Court Document to Pueblo de San JoseHolabird 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
1665Lot WithdrawnHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot Withdrawn
Start Price : 0.00
1666Lucas Turner & Company Bankers checkHolabird Western Americana Collections
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
1667McNulty Carothers & Co. Banking House CheckHolabird Western Americana Collections
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
1668Nath'l Winsor Jr.'s Line of Packets for San FranciscoHolabird Western Americana Collections
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
1669Oliver & Buckley blue bill headHolabird 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
1670Pacific Land Company Stock CertificateHolabird 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
1672Gold Rush-era Page, Bacon & Co. ExchangeHolabird Western Americana Collections
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
1675Two 1861 Warehouse receiptsHolabird Western Americana Collections
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
1676Washburn & Co. billheadHolabird 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
1677Account sheet of Captain R. GreenleeHolabird Western Americana Collections
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
1678Stanislaus Central Bridge Co. Stock Certificate (Bridge Collapse)Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
1679Suisun City Warehouse and Wharf receiptHolabird Western Americana Collections
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