Auction Details
Holabird’s Western Americana Collections Presents
The Great American Treasure Hunt
Western Americana & Numismatic Auction
PREVIEW
HWAC Office
3555 Airway Drive
Reno, NV 89511
Friday - September 12 - 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment
Sessions 1 & 2
LIVE AUCTION
Saturday, September 13, 2014 & Sunday, September 14, 2014
Starting Time: 9am PST, both days
Session 3
ABSENTEE AUCTION
Internet or phone bidding only.
Sept 15, 2014
Starting time: 9am monday
LOT PICKUP
Tuesday through Friday after the sale,
normal office hours or by appointment
AUCTION LOCATION
HWAC Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
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1400Elko Railroad Post CardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Image of engine no. 2401 stopped at the station. The photo was produced by Atherton and Son, and it is dated 1908. 2) Engine no. 407 of t
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
1401Eureka Nevada Railway Company stockHolabird Western Americana Collections
The Eureka Nevada Railway Company was the successor of the Eureka & Palisade Railroad. George Whittell (Lake Tahoe fame) saved the railroad, ren...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to m********e for 179.25
1402Sparks Railroad GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of 8 post cards featuring various views of the railroad around Sparks. Three of the post cards show the train depot. Two of the post car
Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
1403Las Vegas Railroad Post Card GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of 9 post cards featuring various views of the train depots and railroads in early Las Vegas. There are two very early post cards in thi
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
1404Las Vegas Railroad Yards Color Post Cards QuartetHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two colorized & two B&W photo cards of railroad yards and depots around "Los Vegas," as the cards read. There is the Salt Lake Dep...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
1405The Southern Pacific Depot in LovelockHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a set of identical post cards is from Lovelock overlooking the railroad depot. Several signs for business can be read in the photos including,
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
1406Southern Pacific Railroad in Reno Post CardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of 10 post cards centering around the early presence of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Reno. Two of the post cards feature engines eit
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to m******3 for 83.65
1407The N-C-O Railway Post Card GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of 5 post cards centered around the railroad station that was located on 4th street in Reno. 2 of the post cards are RPC's while t...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
1408Rhyolite Railroad Depot Post CardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
The mining town of Rhyolite rose almost as fast as it fell. Once poised to be the next big mining town, it soon fell victim to exhausted mines and a s
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
1409Bank of California Check from V&THolabird Western Americana Collections
Check from the agency of The Bank of California, Virginia, NV. Company seal on the left side of the check. Check numbered 11344. Red postage stamp on
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********e for 107.55
1410V&T checksHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Signed by H M (Henry) Yerington. Has a small design with Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co. on left side. 2) Signed by A J Ralston. En...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to m******3 for 155.35
1411V & T Railroad Stock Certificate, 1869Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a wonderfully clean and rare William Sharon signed Virginia & Truckee Railroad stock certificate! No. 22 for 500 shares issued to Thoma...
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to e*****r for 687.13
1412V & T Sharon Signed GOLD BONDHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a very rare gold bond for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company, signed by its president, silver-baron William Sharon. It is issued to...
Start Price : 950.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
14131869 Virginia and Truckee Bond Issued to and Signed by SharonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Incorporated in 1868 in Nevada. VERY EARLY No. 66 issued to William Sharon for 500 shares by F.A. Tritte, secretary, and Wm Sharon, president, on 23 N
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
1414Virginia & Truckee Railroad Bond CertificateHolabird Western Americana Collections
Bond certificate issued by Virginia & Truckee Rail Road Company to Thomas Bell. Bond is in the amount of $1000. It is signed by company secretar...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1418Virginia and Truckee Railroad Checks and PaychecksHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. Great variety of checks and paychecks. 1) 1876 Virginia, Nevada. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co. check (Bank of California) to Trucke...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m******3 for 179.25
1419Virginia and Truckee Railroad Document Collection 1Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15. Nice group that shows a variety of typical expenses for the railroad. 1) 1880. V&T way-bill for transport of barley from Reno to Cars...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00