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Alaska postcards: Fort Yukon RPC's3450 - Alaska postcards: Fort Yukon RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. Nine RPC's. Fort Stephens, Native cemetery, Two main street views: old and new. One 1929 Fort Yukon postmark. (Prag collection) Cit...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 4*****W for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
 
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Alaska postcards: Yukon RPC's3451 - Alaska postcards: Yukon RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twenty-three. Hand-colored street scene in Dawson City. Looks like a small stereo view. WAY early postcard. Says Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. H
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 4*****W for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Alaska Postcard: Scenery RPCs3452 - Alaska Postcard: Scenery RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
75 real photo cards of rivers, mountains, airplanes, glaciers, Northern Lights, etc. Photographers: Robinson, Cann, Dempsey, Ordway, Roark, Dedman, Al
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 4*****W for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Alaska postcards: Depots and Railroad RPC's3453 - Alaska postcards: Depots and Railroad RPC's
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Lot of twenty-nine. Incredible (if light) Copper River Railway bucking snow! Fairbanks depot. Photograph of the Nome depot. Alaska RR, CR & NW R...
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Estimate : 280.00 - 400.00
Sold to 4*****W for (130.00 + 29.25BP) = 159.25
 
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Alaska postcards: Railroads3454 - Alaska postcards: Railroads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of fifty-seven. Mostly White Pass & Yukon railroad with plenty of shots of the unbelievable 297' steel bridge that they built in the ver...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 4*****W for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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Alaska postcards: Dogs & Sleds3455 - Alaska postcards: Dogs & Sleds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of thirty-five. Teams of Huskies (on the road, in Skagway, in the Yukon), winter mail arriving in Nome, Dawson Mail Team (PE Kern), Mail team leav
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 4*****W for (160.00 + 36.00BP) = 196.00
 
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Alaska postcards: Sled Dog RPC's3456 - Alaska postcards: Sled Dog RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ninety. Seven c1905-1915, fifty c1920-1940 and thirty-three c1940-1970. Plenty of cute; plenty of history. See all photos online! (Prag collect
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Estimate : 550.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 4*****W for (200.00 + 45.00BP) = 245.00
 
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Alaska postcards: Early Alaska ships3457 - Alaska postcards: Early Alaska ships
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of thirty-three. Includes SS Corwin and dog sled teams, Santa Clara, SS Ohio, SS Yucatan, White Horse, SS Victoria, SS Jefferson, SS Spokane, City
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 4*****W for (130.00 + 29.25BP) = 159.25
 
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Alaska postcards: early RPC scenery3458 - Alaska postcards: early RPC scenery
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eighteen. 1) 1910 F. E. Bagger photo of a rock being blown-up by a volcanic eruption. 2) Skagway in background from Rocky Point on the White Pa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 4*****W for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Alaska postcards: Fold out post cards3459 - Alaska postcards: Fold out post cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. 1) Double card of Ketchikan and Tongass Narrows. Ketchikan postmark. 2) Triple card of Juneau. Weak Juneau postmark. Winter & Pond,...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 4*****W for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Alaska postcards: General scenery (old Chrome)3460 - Alaska postcards: General scenery (old Chrome)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of sixty! Cars, horses rafts, mountains, valleys, rivers, glaciers, scenery, Midnight Sun, bays, mules, Valdez & Fairbanks Trail, Ketchikan ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 4*****W for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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Alaska postcards: Glaciers3461 - Alaska postcards: Glaciers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 Lot of 57. Three circa 1950-1910, twenty-five circa 1920-1940 and five circa 1940-1950. Twenty-nine RPC's. All the regulars are here. (Prag co...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 4*****W for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Alaska postcards: Hard to Find Aluminum3462 - Alaska postcards: Hard to Find Aluminum
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. Two each of Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, and Chief Ano-Tlosh of the Taku Tribe. One for you and one to sell! One of a totem in an Indian Cem
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Estimate : 90.00 - 270.00
Sold to 4*****W for (55.00 + 12.38BP) = 67.38
 
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Alaska postcards: Modern scenery3463 - Alaska postcards: Modern scenery
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ninety-three. Official Canadian-American opening of the Alaska Highway approved by the Northwest Services Command, US Army. Dog sled team in Ke
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Alaska Postcards: Native American3464 - Alaska Postcards: Native American
Holabird Western Americana Collections
150+ older chrome postcards with duplicates. Locations: Cape Prince of Wales, Siberia, Ketchikan, Keewalik, Howkan, Nome, etc. Totem poles, reindeer,
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Estimate : 900.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 4*****W for (450.00 + 101.25BP) = 551.25
 
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Alaska postcards: Native Americans3465 - Alaska postcards: Native Americans
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This lot includes forty-seven 1920's to 1940's, sixteen 1905-1910, and forty four 1940's to 1970's. One hundred and seven all togeth...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
Sold to 4*****W for (200.00 + 45.00BP) = 245.00
 
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Alaska postcards: Newer towns and buildings3466 - Alaska postcards: Newer towns and buildings
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Lot of 149. Airports, ships, bays, floods, fishing, Golden Gate Hotel, Nordale Hotel, Cushman Street Fairbanks, Red Dog Saloon, Sitka Hotel, schools,
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 4*****W for (120.00 + 27.00BP) = 147.00
 
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Alaska Postcards: Ship RPCs3467 - Alaska Postcards: Ship RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
20 white border real photo postcards, including duplicates, plus 4 others. Ships include: "Bear" in the Arctic, S.S. Yukon at Columbia, S....
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 4*****W for (65.00 + 14.63BP) = 79.63
 
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Alaska postcards: Small Town RPC's3468 - Alaska postcards: Small Town RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eighty. ten pre-1915. Includes 1) a photo that says 'City Water Supply.' The wagon is in front of a building that says 'Assay Off...
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Estimate : 850.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 4*****W for (350.00 + 78.75BP) = 428.75
 
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Alaska Postcards: Small Towns3469 - Alaska Postcards: Small Towns
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66 older cards from places such as Unalaska, Douglas, Valdez, Wrangell, Tanana, Douglas, and Metlakatla. Photographer: Lowman & Hanford, W.H. Ca...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 4*****W for (210.00 + 47.25BP) = 257.25
 
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Alaska postcards: snow, ice, and glaciers3470 - Alaska postcards: snow, ice, and glaciers
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Twenty-one cards. Includes a Lowman & Hanford Taku Glacier, a Winter & Pond Taku Inlet, a Winter & Pond Mendenhall, and a Case & Dra...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 4*****W for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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Alaska postcards: Wildlife RPC's3471 - Alaska postcards: Wildlife RPC's
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Lot of forty-six. Sixteen are chrome. Includes Lomen Bros. polar bear in swimming in the water, Ft. Liscom soldier and bear play fight over rifle, 191
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Estimate : 230.00 - 400.00
Sold to 4*****W for (90.00 + 20.25BP) = 110.25
 
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Alaska postcards: Balance of lot3472 - Alaska postcards: Balance of lot
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Seventy-five pieces. Some postal: 1938 Hope, 1951 Barrow via Air Mail, 1939 Livengood, 1944 Bettles passed by U. S. Censor. Some hand colored. Some ol
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to 1*****M for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Alaska Coast Fisheries Check Collection3473 - Alaska Coast Fisheries Check Collection
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Lot of 12 illustrated checks, all drawn on the First National Bank of Juneau. Six are from the Sitka Branch and 6 from Juneau. All date to 1939. Vigne
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to t******2 for (20.00 + 4.50BP) = 24.50
 
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Alaska Pocket Map, U.S.G.S. 19413474 - Alaska Pocket Map, U.S.G.S. 1941
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Alaska map measures 25 1/2" x 18 1/2". United States Dept. of the Interior Geological Survey map. VF. City: State: Alaska, Date:
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Map of Alaska 1927, Pacific Steamship Company3475 - Map of Alaska 1927, Pacific Steamship Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Alaska map measures 33" x 26 1/2". Published by Knoll Map Company, Seattle, Washington. City index on the back as well as an index of Alas...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to i*********1 for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Five Belt  Buckles including fancy Alaska Pipeline3476 - Five Belt Buckles including fancy Alaska Pipeline
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1) Hughes Tool Division, "Everyday we make drilling history." Men drilling for oil with an oil rig int he background. Beautif...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to c******5 for (100.00 + 22.50BP) = 122.50
 
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White Pass & Yukon Route Archive, c1902-19193477 - White Pass & Yukon Route Archive, c1902-1919
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice archive of a steamship line working Alaska and the gold regions. There are about 15 pieces of correspondence c 1902 on printed letterheads, and 4
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Panoramic Photograph of Nogales (Pancho Villa Era)3478 - Panoramic Photograph of Nogales (Pancho Villa Era)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mounted birds-eye view panorama titled "Nogales, Arizona and Mexico, 1909." Four locations identified in ink: 1) Residence of A.J. Millik...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sold to i*********1 for (275.00 + 61.88BP) = 336.88
 
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Arizona Check Collection3479 - Arizona Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fourteen checks drawn on various Arizona banks. Two checks drawn on L. M. Jacobs & Company, that later became Pima County Bank; four checks draw...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Silver Deputy Marshal Badge3480 - Silver Deputy Marshal Badge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five pointed silver badge made by the Lawman's Badge Co. Numbered 239. Says Deputy Marshal / Marshal's Office / City of Tombstone; Arizona s...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to a******i for (425.00 + 95.63BP) = 520.63
 
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Tombstone Booklets3481 - Tombstone Booklets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 3 Tombstone booklets, including: 1) A Pictorial Souvenir & Historical Sketch of Tombstone Arizona, "The Town Too Tough To Die.&quo...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Three Different Style Tombstone and Tucson Checks3482 - Three Different Style Tombstone and Tucson Checks
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Four checks, 3 different. 1) Two same-style checks from Pima County Bank, Tucson, 1881, RN-G1. 2) Two different style checks from the Cochise Bank in
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to m*****1 for (50.00 + 11.25BP) = 61.25
 
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Arizona Check Collection (incl. Tombstone & Mexican Silver)3483 - Arizona Check Collection (incl. Tombstone & Mexican Silver)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 Arizona checks. Includes: Pima County Bank, Tombstone, RN-G1 (1880 and 1881); Cochise County Bank, Tombstone (1884); Phoenix National Bank,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****S for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
 
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"Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona" by Sylvester Mowry (reprint)3484 - "Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona" by Sylvester Mowry (reprint)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Reprint from an 1857 book. Mowry (for whom Mowry, Arizona is named) was an early pioneer. He was arrested as a traitor during the Civil War and was a
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Estimate : 30.00 - 120.00
Sold to e*****r for (25.00 + 5.63BP) = 30.63
 
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Arizona 1880s Check Collection (Six Different)3485 - Arizona 1880s Check Collection (Six Different)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From Tombstone and Tucson. Lot of 6. Includes: Pima County Bank, Tombstone, 1880, RN-G1; blue Pima County Bank, Tombstone, 1881, RN-G1; Pima County Ba
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Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (75.00 + 16.88BP) = 91.88
 
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Rand, McNally & Co.'s Pocket Map of Arizona3486 - Rand, McNally & Co.'s Pocket Map of Arizona
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Indexed County and Township Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of Arizona, Accompanied by a New and Original Compilation and Ready Reference Index, ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Two Arizona Maps (1889 and 1903)3487 - Two Arizona Maps (1889 and 1903)
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1) Map of the Gila River Valley From Oatman Flats to the Colorado River Showing Arable Lands Under the Proposed Storage Dam. Measures 17" x 28....
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (150.00 + 33.75BP) = 183.75
 
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Prospectus for Southwestern Slate Co.3488 - Prospectus for Southwestern Slate Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One of the board of directors of the Southwestern Slate and Manufacturing Company discovered the slate deposits in 1897, and the report indicates ther
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Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to D*******o for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Angels Camp general merchandise archive3489 - Angels Camp general merchandise archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
130 pieces. Includes Robt. Rasmussen, JC Scribner, JP Peirano & Tyron, Peirano, Hauselt & Werly, M Arendt, Davis & Company, Please inspe...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to l****e for (140.00 + 31.50BP) = 171.50
 
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Demerest and Stickles unique billhead group (Utica Mine)3490 - Demerest and Stickles unique billhead group (Utica Mine)
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28 unique billheds from these two merchants in Angels Camp. Demerest are from Altaville and Angels Camp. See photo for this diverese group.. City
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Estimate : 60.00 - 240.00
Sold to 6*****b for (60.00 + 13.50BP) = 73.50
 
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Large Angels Camp billhead lot3491 - Large Angels Camp billhead lot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 40 different billheads including general merchandise, horse & carriage, and services. Names include Ellis Thomas, City Garage, Peachy &...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r***6 for (90.00 + 20.25BP) = 110.25
 
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Small Angels Camp archive3492 - Small Angels Camp archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
56 different billheads (10 additional pieces). Please inspect in person to see the content and magnitude of this collection. City: Angels Camp
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Estimate : 240.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r***6 for (80.00 + 18.00BP) = 98.00
 
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Tejon Ranch Map3493 - Tejon Ranch Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
While centered on Bakersfield and Kern County, the map features Rancho El Tejon, Rancho Castac, Rancho Los Alamos y Agua Caliente, Rancho La Liebre, R
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*****H for (225.00 + 50.63BP) = 275.63
 
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Bank Robbery Files3494 - Bank Robbery Files
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Four items relating to a bank robbery that took place in Berkeley in 1930. 1) Newspaper clipping showing bank employees who were present for hold-up.
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Bodie & Esmeralda stock orders3495 - Bodie & Esmeralda stock orders
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Latham King made a fortune in Virginia City in the 1860s while serving as the agent for Wells Fargo & Co., and relocated to San Francisco by the...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to p*******9 for (35.00 + 7.88BP) = 42.88
 
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Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph Co. Stock Certificate3496 - Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone and Telegraph Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. August 6, 1892. Dateline Bodie, California, Dec. 5, 1892. Certificate # 84, issued for ten shares to J.B. Vierra. Signed by Thos. H. Leggett as p
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*****l for (75.00 + 16.88BP) = 91.88
 
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Bodie and Mono County Ephemera3497 - Bodie and Mono County Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 16. From Bodie: seven Bodie Bank checks, all 1879, rough shape (rips, soiling); 1899 Bodie Miner's Union draft signed by Bell as presiden...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (130.00 + 29.25BP) = 159.25
 
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Bodie Bank Coded telegraph3498 - Bodie Bank Coded telegraph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Message from Nevada and California Telegraph Company to Bodie Bank, apparently in code. Sent sometime in the 1880s. From the Weber Telephone & T...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to p*******9 for (30.00 + 6.75BP) = 36.75
 
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Bullion and Exchange Bank ephemera3499 - Bullion and Exchange Bank ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
15 pieces, including documents for the Carson City bank with Bodie transactions, a Bodie banker letterhead and 2 guide books to the High Sierra from 1
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to F****e for (40.00 + 9.00BP) = 49.00
 
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