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.1660 - Four 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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a****y for (100.00 + 22.50BP) = 122.50
 
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Adams & Company 25c tokens1661 - Adams & Company 25c tokens
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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...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to 2*****s for (65.00 + 14.63BP) = 79.63
 
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Adams & Company 25c tokens1662 - Adams & 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
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 2*****l for (160.00 + 36.00BP) = 196.00
 
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Fretz & Ralston Check and Intention of Payment pieces1663 - Fretz & Ralston Check and Intention of Payment pieces
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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...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
 
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Gold Rush Era Court Document to Pueblo de San Jose1664 - Gold Rush Era Court Document to Pueblo de San Jose
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Document datelined San Francisco July 31st, 1850. "Judge Richardson/ Please put the within enclosed papers on record...yours, Wm. L. Lewis.&quo...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****M for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Lot Withdrawn1665 - Lot Withdrawn
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Lot Withdrawn
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Lucas Turner & Company Bankers check1666 - Lucas 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...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****r for (40.00 + 9.00BP) = 49.00
 
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McNulty Carothers & Co. Banking House Check1667 - McNulty 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
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****r for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Nath'l Winsor Jr.'s Line of Packets for San Francisco1668 - Nath'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
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for (40.00 + 9.00BP) = 49.00
 
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Oliver & Buckley blue bill head1669 - Oliver & Buckley blue bill head
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Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Paints, oils, glue, artist materials, etc. To H. W. C. (Henry Corbett of Portland, Oregon Territory). Nice Gold Rus
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to B*********g for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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