August 2018 Auction

Auction Details

Day 1 Friday (Lots 1000-1740)
Gaming (1000-1014)
Saloon (1015-1028)
Bottles (1029-1150)
Numismatics (1151-1538)
Bank Bags (1151-1162)
Books (1163-1169)
Checks (1171-1202)
Coins (1203-1386)
Commemorative (1387-1422)
Ephemera (1423-1442)
Ingot (1443-1456)
Medals (1457-1482)
Mint/Proof Sets (1483-1492)
So-Called Dollars (1493-1494)
Scales (1495-1497)
Currency (1498-1532)
Scrip (1533-1538)
Tokens (1539-1740)

Day 2 Saturday (Lots 2000-2714)
Cowboy (2000-2112)
Firearms & Weaponry (2113-2177)
Military (2178-2241)
General Americana (2242-2694)
Advertising (2242-2254)
Bonds (2255-2261)
Books (2262-2300)
Entertainment Industry (2301-2318)
Glassware/Flatware Etc. (2319-2332)
Gold Rush (2333-2343)
Jewelry & Watches (2344-2347)
Lamp (2348-2352)
Sheet Music (2354-2356)
Tools (2357-2360)
Vintage Apparel (2361-2368)
Geographic Sorted (2369-2694)
General Foreign (2695-2714)


Day 3 Sunday (Lots 3000-3667)
Mining (3000-3260)
Minerals (3261-3280)
Railroadiana (3281-3327)
Wells Fargo & Express (3328-3343)
Postal History (3344-3355)
Political (3356-3371)
World’s Fair /Expositions (3372-3382)
Art (3383-3471)
Native Americana (3472-3539)
Bargains & Dealer Specials (3540-3667)
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c.1909 Print of Mines at Pioneer, Nevada3178c.1909 Print of Mines at Pioneer, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare town. Shows the headframe and at the Pioneer Shaft with the Rickard Shaft and Indiana Shaft in the background. Text at the bottom says "Al...
Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to c********e for 137.50
Rawhide Mining Stock Certificates & Ephemera3179Rawhide Mining Stock Certificates & Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 pieces. Rawhide, Regent District, Mineral County. 1) Rawhide Mining Company. Stock certificate No. 4005, issued for 100 shares in 1911. Signe
Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
Divide / Gold Mountain Mining Stock Certificates & Ephemera3180Divide / Gold Mountain Mining Stock Certificates & Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County. Lot of 10. 1) 1920 letter from the office of George Wingfield in Reno to secretary Erickson of the To
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to N*****7 for 75.00
Six Different Tonopah Mining Stock Certificates3181Six Different Tonopah Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different. 1) Jim Butler Tonopah Mining Company. No. A720 issued for 96 shares in 1904. Not canceled. Orange border and underground drilling
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6****A for 112.50
Two Different Gold Mountain Mining Stock Certificates (Divide)3182Two Different Gold Mountain Mining Stock Certificates (Divide)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 for mining companies located on Gold Mountain (the Divide) near Tonopah. 1) Tonopah Gold Mountain Mining Company. No. 792, issued for 500 sha
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to i*****l for 50.00
Found Treasure Mining Co. Assessment Receipt, Tuscarora, 18883183Found Treasure Mining Co. Assessment Receipt, Tuscarora, 1888
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Assessment No. 4 to TR Hofer in Carson City, Dec. 1st, 1888, for the Found Treasure Mining Company (Syndicate crossed out). Issued from the San Franci
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to c********e for 12.50
1869 Gould & Curry Stock Certificate31841869 Gould & Curry Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here is a special Comstock stock certificate. Number 6414 for 8 shares on December 28, 1969. Issued to Chaumond (?) trustee and signed by president Al
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Comstock Tunnel Stock3185Comstock Tunnel Stock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed Comstock Tunnel stock, #30601 i/u Herbert Carlebach, signed by president Falconer. Successor to Sutro Tunnel. Frame has wear. Date: 1915 City
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Framed Comstock Tunnel Company Stock Certificate (Sutro Tunnel)3186Framed Comstock Tunnel Company Stock Certificate (Sutro Tunnel)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nicely framed and matted. This company was the successor to the Sutro Tunnel Company.No. 30602, issued for 100 shares in 1915 to Herbert Carlebach. Si
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to l******8 for 93.75
Gould & Curry Assay Receipts including Jonathan Dalls3187Gould & Curry Assay Receipts including Jonathan Dalls
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Great lot! 1) Nevada Territory teamster's receipt for 13,070 pounds of ore. O. Whalen teamster. Signed by Jonathan Atchison of the Atchison Mill...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to b*****s for 62.50
Isaac Requa, Wells Fargo, Gould & Curry Item3188Isaac Requa, Wells Fargo, Gould & Curry Item
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Wells Fargo receipt sent by Isaac Requa superintendent to Alpheus Ball president of the Gould & Curry. For seven bars valued at $13,32...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*****s for 100.00
Letter form the president of the Gould & Curry to H. M. Yerington3189Letter form the president of the Gould & Curry to H. M. Yerington
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letter from Lawton, president of the Gould & Curry, to H. M. Yerington, of soon to be Virginia & Truckee Railroad fame. Letter addresses the...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*****s for 68.75
Mackay Gold & Silver Mining Stock3190Mackay Gold & Silver Mining Stock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. I/U RM Daggett #2 100 shares. Signed by President Daggett. .5" crease teat, small tears on other crease edges. Date: 1896 City: Virgini...
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d**********3 for 468.75
Queen Mining Co. Stock Certificate (G.T. Brown Lithograph)3191Queen Mining Co. Stock Certificate (G.T. Brown Lithograph)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Location: Flowery District, Comstock Lode, Storey County. Nevada. Inc. Dec. 6th, 1875. No. 832, issued for 400 shares to William McClintock (company s
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Lot Withdrawn3192Lot Withdrawn
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot Withdrawn
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Savage Mining Company 1882 Stock Certificate3193Savage Mining Company 1882 Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 37653 for 20 shares to Martin Bacon trustee. Signed by secretary and president. PASS-Co graded FINE. Another very rare major Comstock mine stoc
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Savage Mining Company Collection: assays, billhead, court appearance, etc.3194Savage Mining Company Collection: assays, billhead, court appearance, etc.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1) Savage Mining Company Billhead. 1868. United States and 2c Nevada Revenue stamps. Payment to Fox & Company for Tallow. 2) Van Wy...
Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to b*****s for 75.00
Two Different Van Wyck Assay Memorandums, Virginia City, Nevada, 18653195Two Different Van Wyck Assay Memorandums, Virginia City, Nevada, 1865
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Memorandums of Assay of Bullion deposited at Van Wyck & Co. Assay Office by the Savage Mining Company thru two different mills, the Mariposa...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*****s for 125.00
Mine Superintendent Batterman Moves to Tombstone3196Mine Superintendent Batterman Moves to Tombstone
Holabird Western Americana Collections
V&T RR receipt for furniture and house items sent by former Comstock dignitary C.C. Batterman to Tombstone, where he took on a new job. Batterm...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*****s for 875.00
Wellington Goldfield Mining Co. Stock Cert.3197Wellington Goldfield Mining Co. Stock Cert.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare stock cert. Goldfield, No. 237 for 100 shares. I/U, several vignettes of minders working & posing, signed by president. 1" tear at bot...
Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to g********w.. for 56.25