"Holabird's High-Grade": Mining, Numismatics, Railroadiana, & Americana (June 2023 Live Auction)

Lot of 2 different of a series by Belford, Middlebrook & Co., 1898. Part Thirteen and Part Fifteen. Spanish American War related. Full of black ...

2 old war silks. Green, Remember the Maine, 7x9.25". Red, white , blue flag with Union Jack, French flag and sort of US flag in center, 8x11&qu...

Very fine and Colorful! Red on white banner. With signal corps logo. 16"x16". Camp Crowder was a military installation in Newton and McDon...

c. 1919 US Soldiers album consisting of 100+ RPC's and original photos, about 3.5x5.25". Some have typed descriptions such as Vladivostock....

2 1973 Xmas gift plaques of Wells Fargo Genoa Fluming Co. checks on wood from Jack and Vera Streeter. Jack Streeter "was Nevada's most-deco...

This lot holds three RPCs with Adolph Hitler and German youths one corner stained, artillery, labor workers, as well as two photos for WW1 "thr...

Nice embossed red leather scrap book cover featuring a battleship, bomber, artillery and a US political theme. Scrap book has family photos, newspaper

2x World War 2 paper signs. Anaconda Copper Mining, We Are At War! 19x11" with verso repair of horizontal tear. He's up to his neck, too/bu...

6 WW 2 Air Force Coca Cola advertising signs. Martin PBM, Grumman Avenger, Lockheed P 38, Boeing B 17, North America A 36, Bell P 39. 14.5x12.5&quo...

c. 1942 US Government Printing Office WW 2 Christmas War Bond poster featuring Santa with his sleigh and reindeer. 60x40" in nice condition! D...

Original "Doing all you can, brother?/ BUY WAR BONDS" WW2 poster with head bandaged soldier. Nice condition, 40x28". Date: Countr...

WWII Poster based on the classic Spike Jones song in Der Fuehrer's Face. It is a second war loan poster to buy war bonds. Some damage along left...

2 US posters. Liberty Loan 28x21", several large tears. 1940 Census 35x25", edge wear and stain. Please inspect. Date: Country (if not ...

About 750 mostly original WW 2 b/w photos. Some 8x10', mostly smaller. Some loose, some in albums. Ships, mess, Naval shipyard San Francisco, bo...

Military photos and personal mementos from Mario Di Francesco of Illinois. Original b/w military 8x10" photos of WW 2 naval scenes and Pacific ...

This is a Viet Cong army chest magazine belt for the SKS. In like-new condition with room for ten mags with wood toggle closures. Part description in

This is a collection of Police shoulder patches largely from the state of California, but also from Washington state, Honolulu, Hi., and Texas. A tota

1931 Franklin D Roosevelt signed typewritten letter as Governor of New York on gold embossed printed letterhead. To Albert Ackerman, executive secreta

Lot of 2. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president from 1953 to 1961....

This is an 8 in. X 10 in. signed photograph of President Gerald Ford. An Official White House press release photo from 1974. Date: Country (if

Fabulous! "Famous for their razor sharp edges." Remington Arms Company, Catalog No. C36. Not dated, but based on the fashion depicted, loo...

This lot has a Gurkha knife with sheath at 14.5 in. and a 10 in. blade. It has light engraving need the guard both sides, and horn grips. Country of o

This is a lakonia sword with horn grips. The overall length is 22 in. with a 16.5 in. blade. The blade is made with fullers on both sides and held to

This powder horn was made to hold a days' supply of black powder. The tip is not present. The construction is cow horn made to be translucent so...

This lot includes the signed payroll slip to R. Chamberlin for his work in September of 1865 at C.F.A.M. Co. It includes the tax stamp for the U.S. I

This is the one bullet you cannot reload. It is a .45 cal. bullet in silver with the inscription "Lone Ranger" , and TLR Inc. on the case....

This collection of playing cards holds a three-pack of Operation Desert Storm Leaders and one sealed pack of Smith& Wesson cards. One of the Des...

Confederate Revolvers by William Gary may be the most complete book on the subject, 1987. pp. 175, hardcover, like new, no dust jacket, CS gold medall

This library of gun books is the reference material for both shooters and reloaders alike. Most books are long out of print. Handloading Ammunition b

Here are three issues of the Double Gun Journal; volume twelve issues 4, and 8 (2001), and volume fourteen issue 8 (2008). After 33 years of publishin

Bre-X Minerals, Ltd. stock certificate issued for one share in 1997 and uncancelled. The company announced in 1995 that they had discovered an enormou

Number 3 for 500 shares to Daniel Rude. Signed by H Wright and president EC Bodley. Dateline San Jose 1879. Incorporated April 23, 1879. Not cancelled

# 81 for 1000 shares to James Skeene. Signed by SH Brown and president Silas A George as president. Dateline Camden, New Jersey 1881. Location: Meyers

Very nice certificate #41 issued for 500 shares in 1905. The company incorporated in Arizona. The Christmas Gift Gold Mines Company owned and operated

Another rare Arizona stock certificate. Number 121 for 5000 shares issued to GH Whitacre. Signed by LA Davies and KL Hollister. They operated the Silv

Number 67 for 100 shares to Sarah O Ludborough. Signed by JC Johnson and JM Pattee. Vignette has been worked into the stock below the company name. Ni

Lot of 2 different. 1) Dripping Springs Mines Corporation. Inc. in Arizona. No. 5982, issued for 4,000 shares in 1924. Signed by president Bailey and

Issued June 22, 1880, Bodie Mining district. Incorporated in 1878. Cert. #1787, issued to Geo. T. Marye & Son, Trustees in 1880 for 100 shares. ...

Incorporated in 1863. Unnumbered, unissued stock certificate but signed by Leland Stanford as president. Yellow ground with pink underprint: $11,100 a

Very early Bodie mining piece! Issued 1864, No 387, $1,000 7% bond signed by Alonzo Child and Henry K Gates Secretary. Ornate border with three vignet

Early Bodie boom period. Inc. August 1878. Low number 11, issued just 5 days after incorporation for nearly 1/3 of the company (30,000 shares) to Fred

Incorporated 1877. Certificate No. 1851. Signed by secretary C. A Sankey and vice president Thomas Cole and issued to E.A. Richardson, Trustee for 100

1882. Incorporated March 14th, 1878. Bodie Mining District, California. Certificate #5003. Issued for 100 shares on Feb. 2, 1880 to G.B. Bayley, Trust

Dateline Columbia, May 25th, 1855. No. 97, issued for one share to David Alexander. Signed by president John G. Sparks and secretary O. Ronney. Not ca

No. 919, issued to James Mills for one share in Columbia on April 24th, 1854. Signed by president William H. Clark and secretary R. Robinson. Notation

Extra rare. Major and important Death Valley mine. Inc. in Arizona. No. 501, issued for 50 shares to C.T. Boyd on Jan. 23rd, 1913. Signed by vice pres

El Dorado County, California. Unissued for two shares, but signed by Jacob A Shorb as president and E.H. Cornwall as secretary in January 1853. Fold,

This is a fantastic piece. Not seen before by us. It tells an exceptionally rare and important story about the beginning of mining in Inyo County, Cal

Rare Combination Gold & Silver Mining Company cert printed in Red with yellow background. Incorporated Jul 24, 1861. Cert No 397 issued to B.F. ...

1880 Homer Mill & Mining stock. Inyo Development cover to H Yerington per W F and Co's Express, 1892 cover. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

Cert. #74, issued for 100 shares to James McHaffie Trustee in 1875. McHaffie signs as secretary and the president was Jno. Hanscom. Vignette of an Ind

Very early California Stock Certificate. No. 1776, issued for 100 shares to Theodore Walter in Philadelphia in 1852. Signed by secretary Solomon Alter

Incorporated in the State of California. Certificate No. 1205 issued for one share to J.C. Ham. No date listed, however most likely between 1852 and

Rare Gold Rush location: Mormon Island. No. 19, issued to company president Amos. Catlin for 20 shares in 1854 in Mormon Island. Signed by Catlin and

Rare. Inc. in States of Virginia & California. No. 347, issued for $500 to E. Lott in May 1857. Signed by treasurer Henry Malleson. Two vignette...

Pictorial $500 bond No. 309 issued in 1887 to Henry L. Dodge. Signed by Egbert Judson as President and the secretary (illegible). Beautiful bond with

The Desert King Mining and Milling Company was a mining company that was incorporated in California in 1914. The company was founded by a group of inv

Three scarce ones from Shasta County, California. Mining stocks from this locale are not seen very often. Included are 1) Afterthought Copper Company,

Very rare. "Location, Sonora, Tuolumne Co." (printed upper right). Inc. April 1863. No. 119, issued for 5 shares to CH Hitchcock on Nov. 1...

These are actually quite scarce. Issued for 100 shares in 1907. Inc. in Delaware in 1906. Signed by Frederick Buckhalter as president. The company&#...

Lot of 10 stocks issued 1912-13. All issued to Vera Frances Grousand. Signed by president Chas. Johnson and secretary Walton. Not cancelled. Black bor

Principal Offices at Animas Forks and Chicago. No. 160, issued for 5 shares to Silas Biglow in 1879. Signed by president Griswold and secretary Hunt.

Early! Incorporated Feb 5, 1866 by special charter. No. 90. Issued for two shares to George A. Wood in Philadelphia on April 25th, 1866. Signed by Wm.

Rare. "Mines at Creede, Colorado" (printed under title). Inc. in Colorado. No. 1083, issued for 100 shares to SW Decker in 1892. Signed by...

Cert. #2546, issued for 10 shares at Crested Butte in 1881. Crested Butte was founded in 1880 as a supply town for the hard rock mines in the surround

Rare Cripple Creek. Inc. in Colorado. No. 2982, issued for 1,000 shares to Henry Myar in 1901. Signed by president Edward Arkell and secretary Chas. B

Cert. #757, issued in 1900 at Cripple Creek, Colorado for 1000 shares to Tucker Ballard Co. Trustee. Signed by W.B. Pullin as vice president and W.G.

Lot of 8 different. Instant collection! Includes: The Findley Gold Mining Company (1899, punch cxl); The Favorite Gold Mining Company (1899, stamp and

Lot of 11. 1) Ela Helean, 1894, dateline Colorado Springs, 20,000 shares. Discovered by Billie Wanner; prospector, gold miner, developer and speculat

5 different Cripple Creek mining stocks in nice frames. Isabella Gold Mining 1897. Golden Cycle Mining 1915. Elkton Cons. Mining 1905. Stonewall Indep

3 different colorful varieties in nice frames of these mining stocks and 1 check. Frames are 12.5x16". Isabella Gold 1897. Golden Cycle Mining ...

2 different colorful varieties in nice frames of these mining stocks. Frames are 12.5x16". Rose Nichol Gold Mining 1901 and 1917. Red Spruce Go...

2 framed key Cripple Creek stocks. Elkton Cons. Mining 1915. Cripple Creek Central Railway 1917. Frames 12x16.5". Date: Country (if not USA)...

Lot of 8 different. Instant collection! Includes: The Union Gold Mining Company (1896, stamp and punch cancelled); The Reno Mining & Milling Co....

Lot of 2 different. 1) The Independence Town & Mining Company. Inc. in Colorado, 1894. No. 6042, issued for 500 shares to Lindley & Greenwoo...

Inc. in Illinois. No. 582, issued for 100 shares to James A. Bovelt in Chicago in 1882. Signed by president B. Raynee and secretary D. Jackson. Not ca

"Mines Gilpin County Colorado" (printed under vignette). Inc. in Colorado. No. 21, issued for 100 shares to John Meyer in 1892 in Denver. ...

Inc. in Maine. No. 98, issued for 50 shares to E Kurtz in Boston in 1902. Signed by vice president Edwin Rogers and treasurer Samuel Phillips. Not can

Lot of 2 different. Owned the Highland Chief, Highland Mary, and Robt. Burns on the summit of Breece Hill, California Mining District, 3.5 miles from

Lot of 6 different. 1) Colorado Mine Developing Company. Issued to FB Rice in 1880. Signed by president Humphreys and secretary Mathews. Not cancelled

Lot of 3 different. 1) Royal Mining, Smelting & Prospecting Co. of Leadville, Colorado. No. 164, issued for 500 shares to Stickley in 1882. Sign...

Lot of 6 different. 1) Iron Silver Mining Company. Issued to Parker in 1883. Signed by president Mason and asst. secretary Hoit. Stamp cancelled. Oran

Uncompahgre Mining District, San Juan County (printed under title). Inc. in Colorado in 1880. No. 78, issued for 1,000 shares to Emma Hunt in January

Iona Gold Mining Company stock issued in 1912. Inc. in Maine. Cert. #851, issued for 100 shares. The company operated at Smuggler, San Miguel County,

Inc. in New York. No. 182, issued for 500 shares to vice president Herbert Smith in 1882. Signed by Smith and secretary McKnight, stamp cancelled sign

Lot of 9 different. Includes: Little Mattie Mining, Milling & Power Co. (1906, Clear Creek County); Burns-Moore Mining & Tunnel Co. (1906, I...

Lot of 10 different. 1) COLORADO: Seven different stocks. Includes: Untied Rico Mines Company (1908); Golden Cycle Corporation (1939); Clear Creek Gol

Lot of 13. Duplication. Includes: Onondaga Copper Co. (five stocks, 1912-18); Calumet-Corbin Mines Co. (1915); The Oneota Iron Mining Company (1892, D

Cert. #17, issued for 1000 shares in 1895. Duluth, Minnesota is on the masthead. The company incorporated in 1892. Minnesota's Mesabi Range iron...

Cert. #174, issued for 200 shares to Gus Altheimer. Signed by A.H. Geisel as secretary and Edwards as president. Mines located at Argenta, Montana pri

Ultra-rare #2 issued; a special piece retained by MacKenzie and likely the earliest piece in circulation. No. 2, issued for 25 shares to Wolfgang Gier

Ultra low stock number 5; one of the early issues retained by MacKenzie. Issued to HC Dall for 50 shares in January 1881. Signed by WA Clark as presid

Stock A191 issued to CP Moorman for 100 shares. Not dated or endorsed. Signed by WA Clark as president. Clark was one of the Copper King mining millio

Lot of 3. Two different styles. WA Clark was one of the "Copper Kings," Montana mining millionaires, who also served as a US senator from ...

No. 10389, issued to Henry Clews & Co. for 400 shares in 1900. Possibly signed by Clews on reverse. Punch cancelled signatures. Black border and...

Cert. #9, issued for 25,000 shares to S.K. Knox. Signed by Chas. E. Knox as secretary and William McCoy as president. Inc. in Montana Territory in 188

About 20 better issued and unissued Montana mining stocks. Moulton Mining, River Press, Great Falls Water, Montana Fire Clay. Date: Country (if not

Very rare. "Location: Esmeralda" printed under vignette. Low certificate number 13, issued for 10 shares to Charles Schnaittacher on Janua...

"Esmeralda" printed at top center. Certificate #519 for one share to Alex Gamble. Signed by Jno. L. MacKenzie and President William Norris...

"Esmeralda" printed at top center. No. 732, issued for 5 shares to William Feast on April 23, 1863 in San Francisco. Signed by president A...