Minerals Galore and Western Americana Auction

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Day 1 Lots 1000-1633
Bargains & Dealer 1000-1155
Military (Civil War, WWI, WWII) 1156-1260
Firearms/Weaponry 1261-1272
General Americana
Geographically Sorted Ephemera 1273-1473
Toys 1474-1486
Collectibles 1487-1521
Foreign Collectibles 1522-1584
Art 1585-1601
Native Americana 1602-1633

Day 2 Lots 2000-2565
Entertainment Industry 2000-2093
Autographs 2000-2076
Misc. Entertainment related 2077-2082
Music 2083-2093
Sports 2094-2100
Black American 2101-2106
Cowboy 2107-2121
Fraternal Organizations 2122-2127
Gaming 2128-2134
Model Railroading 2135-2141
Political 2142-2151
Tobacco, Saloon, Beer & Liquor 2152-2160
Bottles & Marbles 2161-2171
Tools 2172-2180
World's Fairs 2181-2187
Jewelry & Watches 2188-2230
Philatelic 2231-
Postcards 2231-2475
Revenue Stamps 2476-2488
Stamps 2489-2504
Postal History 2508-2526
Photography 2527-2565

Day 3 Lots 3000-3634
Furnishings & Décor 3000-3073
Minerals 3074-3358
Display minerals 3074-3338
Fossils 3339-
Gold/Ore 3355-3358
Mining Lots 3359
Ephemera 3359-3445
Equipment 3446-3450
Numismatics 3451-
Badges 3451-3465
Bullion 3466-3468
Coins 3469-3518
Currency 3519-3526
Ephemera 3527-3534
Exonumia 3535-3540
Foreign 3541-3590
Medals 3592-3616
Tokens 3617-3634

Day 4 Lots 4000-4570
Books 4000-4281
Maps 4282-4291
Stocks & Bonds 4292
Mining 4340-4466
Railroad 4467-4502
Transportation (Stagecoach, Ships, Railroad) 4503-4570

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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [149393]3350 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [149393]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
thick stalks, several crowns, 16 x 12 x 1.5" State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [149402]3351 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [149402]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thick stalks and several crowns, 16 x 11 x 1.5 State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Start Price : 140.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [150959]3352 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [150959]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
dense concentration of stalks. Large crown. 14 x 12 x 2 State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Start Price : 140.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 360.00
 
 
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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [149401]3353 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [149401]
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Thick stalk with huge feathery crowns 14 x 13 x 1.5 State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
Sold to f*****E for (140.00 + 0.00BP) = 140.00
 
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Crinoid Fossil Plate  [149392]3354 - Crinoid Fossil Plate [149392]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
really dense accumulation of stalks, several crowns 17 x 16 x 1.5 State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8***1 for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Beryl v. Aquamarine from Namibia  [53047]3355 - Beryl v. Aquamarine from Namibia [53047]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An unusually greenish-blue aquamarine crystal cluster on feldspar matrix from Erongo Mountain, Namibia. Typically the aquamarine found in the many gem
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,750.00
Sold to s********l for (1,400.00 + 350.00BP) = 1,750.00
 
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Blue Sapphires  [140172]3356 - Blue Sapphires [140172]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Container of about 30 tiny blue sapphires, all less than 2 mm. State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to J********l.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Gold and Silver Amalgam  [136191]3357 - Gold and Silver Amalgam [136191]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Round container of 21.2 grams of gold and silver amalgam. State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rubies  [140173]3358 - Rubies [140173]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Container of about 40 rubies, all less than 2 mm. State: City: Date: Provenance:
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9****J for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Montreal Mining Company Enamel Sign  [150111]3359 - Montreal Mining Company Enamel Sign [150111]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Blue enamel sign with white lettering; 14 x 28 inches. The / Montreal Mining Company / Cage Signals / All Men are Forbidden to Ride on Skips/ During R
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to c********o.. for (650.00 + 143.00BP) = 793.00
 
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Mining Gold from British Columbia to Mexico in Photos  [140389]3360 - Mining Gold from British Columbia to Mexico in Photos [140389]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot contains three photos depicting the mining processes: "Washing god" in Vancouver, British Columbia, the backside of the matted ph...
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gold Rush Contract between Aurora Gold & Silver Mining Co. and Bay State Quartz Mill  [123751]3361 - Gold Rush Contract between Aurora Gold & Silver Mining Co. and Bay State Quartz Mill [123751]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mines located at American Bar, Middle Fork of the American River, Placer County, CA around Oct. 20th 1857. Breakout of charges for refining ore at 10
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Estimate : 320.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Bodie and Esmeralda (Aurora) Early Mining Districts Pamphlet  [123547]3362 - Bodie and Esmeralda (Aurora) Early Mining Districts Pamphlet [123547]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Joseph Wasson, San Francisco. Spaulding, Barto & Co. Steam Book and Job Printers, San Francisco, 1878. 60 pp. With 2 folding maps of mining c...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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Bodie Stereoview-Freight Wagon on Main St, Exceptionally Rare  [123544]3363 - Bodie Stereoview-Freight Wagon on Main St, Exceptionally Rare [123544]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photo by R. E. Wood, who was a traveling a landscape stereo photographer from Santa Cruz active from 1875-1905. Each photo measures 3"x 4"...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to r******r for (500.00 + 125.00BP) = 625.00
 
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Houseworth Stereoviews of Hydraulic Mining In Columbia, Tuolumne, California  [123693]3364 - Houseworth Stereoviews of Hydraulic Mining In Columbia, Tuolumne, California [123693]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Views show mining at the very rich Columbia area - now a state park near Sonoma on the south end of the Mother Lode. Notice the lifting wheel in each
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to C*****r for (200.00 + 44.00BP) = 244.00
 
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James Mills & Company Third of Exchange - brother of and partner with D. O. Mills  [126749]3365 - James Mills & Company Third of Exchange - brother of and partner with D. O. Mills [126749]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Possibly unique. James Mills and brother Edgar arrived in California first. Darius Ogden Mills followed. In 1850 the company was listed as Auction and
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Pearce Turret Furnace Photographs (3)  [139325]3366 - Pearce Turret Furnace Photographs (3) [139325]
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Lot of three 12 x 10-inch photographs of the furnace invented in 1892 by Richard Pearce and manufactured by Stearns-Roger Manufacturing of Denver. Som
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Handwritten Incorporation Paper and two Wells Fargo Express documents, 1850's  [123736]3367 - Handwritten Incorporation Paper and two Wells Fargo Express documents, 1850's [123736]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) A draft of the Forest Hill Slope Company's stock options: for tunnel mining, $28,000, 10 years, 56 shares, seven trustees named. Unique and O...
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Start Price : 240.00 | Estimate : 480.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hallidie & Co Lettersheet, Wire Rope Mfgrs  [142896]3368 - Hallidie & Co Lettersheet, Wire Rope Mfgrs [142896]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
California gold rush lettersheet in the form of a 4pp, blue wove paper introductory first page, testimonials and list of prices on the second page, fo
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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Joshua Hendy Iron Works Collection  [148939]3369 - Joshua Hendy Iron Works Collection [148939]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice good of Hendy's. 1.8x4.8" curved plate, 2x8" flat plate, 3.75" cat face, 2.6x4.4" paper weight, 5x7.25" lady smoki...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to c********o.. for (500.00 + 110.00BP) = 610.00
 
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R. J. Kohler's Reduction and Refining Works Broadside San Francisco  [126746]3370 - R. J. Kohler's Reduction and Refining Works Broadside San Francisco [126746]
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Established in 1874 at Damon's Landing, on the San Leandro Creek, at an outlay of about one hundred thousand dollars. The broadside advertises t...
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Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
Sold to 6*****b for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Smartsville Flume, Yuba County- a Houseworth Stereoview  [123694]3371 - Smartsville Flume, Yuba County- a Houseworth Stereoview [123694]
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The water flume would have been to provide water for elevated gravels. Smartsville is near Timbuctoo and just south of the Yuba River. During the Cali
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Estimate : 320.00 - 600.00
Sold to b*******n for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Mains & Shippy Stereoview - Scenes in California - Blue Gravel Mine at Sucker Flat  [123699]3372 - Mains & Shippy Stereoview - Scenes in California - Blue Gravel Mine at Sucker Flat [123699]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1871. Yuba County. This stereoview shows the Blue Lead (lowest, richest of the 7 gravel units as defined by Whitney. It was taken after a major robber
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to b*******n for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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American River Water & Mining Co. Letter mention  [148917]3373 - American River Water & Mining Co. Letter mention [148917]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Piece of correspondence addressed to A.P. Caitlin concerning the American River Water & Mining Company. This letter is about damages done by the...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m******3 for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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California Mining Ephemera  [148700]3374 - California Mining Ephemera [148700]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stocks-Feather River Canal, Gallivan Mining, Honest Gold & Silver Mining, Wade Mining, Gold Valley Main Tunnel. Receipts- James Ott Assay, 3x Am...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to C*****r for (400.00 + 88.00BP) = 488.00
 
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Houseworth Stereoview of a Classic Multi-Stage Long Tom  [123692]3375 - Houseworth Stereoview of a Classic Multi-Stage Long Tom [123692]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The long tom is a small sluice that uses less water than a regular sluice. It consists of a sloping trough 12 feet long, 15 to 20 inches wide at the u
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Aspen Assay Receipts - Rare! (2)  [123615]3376 - Aspen Assay Receipts - Rare! (2) [123615]
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Lot of 2. 1) Taylor & Brunton Sampling Works Company assay memorandum. Dateline Aspen, Colorado, Nov. 7, 1894. This piece has two important thin...
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Boston and Colorado Smelting Company Assay Reports, Boulder  [123574]3377 - Boston and Colorado Smelting Company Assay Reports, Boulder [123574]
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Lot of 4 assay memorandums, 3 different styles, for the Boulder Agency of the Boston & Colorado & Smelting Co. Reports for mines are in Suns...
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Brownsville Mining Camp Stereoview  [123607]3378 - Brownsville Mining Camp Stereoview [123607]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stereoview by Underwood and Underwood. C. Bierstadt, Publisher. Sharp and contrast and clear photographs. Titled "Brownsville Mining Camp on th...
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Central City Bird's-eye View Stereoviews-Choice! (2)  [123611]3379 - Central City Bird's-eye View Stereoviews-Choice! (2) [123611]
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Lot of 2 different. 1) Reed & McKenney. Incredibly sharp overview of town. 3.25 x 7" 2) WG Chamberlain (label and description on back). Rea...
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Start Price : 240.00 | Estimate : 480.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Cripple Creek Assay Collection: Assays and Billheads  [123622]3380 - Cripple Creek Assay Collection: Assays and Billheads [123622]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7 1) Brodie Gold Reduction Company. For Wilson & Fryer. 1896. Gross value $293.16. 2) EC Woodward, assayer and chemist. Sold assay soluti...
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Start Price : 95.00 | Estimate : 190.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Cripple Creek Sampling and Ore Company Assays  [123619]3381 - Cripple Creek Sampling and Ore Company Assays [123619]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) 1897 results for the Colorado Springs M&L Co., Roy Gold Crater Mining Company. SP Duff was treasurer of the Pride of the Rockie...
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Burlingame Assay Receipt Group, Denver  [123572]3382 - Burlingame Assay Receipt Group, Denver [123572]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. EE Burlingame's office was located at 219 Sixteenth Street opposite the Inter Ocean hotel in Denver, CO. Burlingame was involved as on...
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Colorado Gold Assay Group, Denver  [126725]3383 - Colorado Gold Assay Group, Denver [126725]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) Von Schulz & Low, Chemists and Assayers billhead. Analysis of Cyanide lot. 1910. To Goldfield Cons. Mines Co. 2) Very rare corn...
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Estimate : 190.00 - 500.00
Sold to 6*****b for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Denver Assay Collection (11)  [123638]3384 - Denver Assay Collection (11) [123638]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. 1) A particularly excellent business card for R. R. Waitz, fire assays, electro-lixiviation, chemical analysis, etc. 2) Omaha Grant and Sme
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Von Schulz & Low Assay Collection (5)  [123637]3385 - Von Schulz & Low Assay Collection (5) [123637]
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Lot of 5. 1-2) 1887 assays. One for Hodges with five samples. Best had 0.20% gold and 0.24% silver. Company stamp. Second to Gregory Bowre. Five sampl
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Georgetown Assay Receipt Collection (4)  [123639]3386 - Georgetown Assay Receipt Collection (4) [123639]
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Lot of 4. Three different Georgetown assay works. 1) Rarest piece is 1872 Colorado Assay Office. Assay report for the Silver Wing in the Snake River D
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Start Price : 110.00 | Estimate : 220.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Georgetown Bird's-Eye View Cabinet Card by Jackson  [123597]3387 - Georgetown Bird's-Eye View Cabinet Card by Jackson [123597]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c. 1885. No. 1814. "Georgetown from Green Lake Road." High to medium contrast. Suffers from minor yellowing, but the focus is sharp. There...
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Start Price : 160.00 | Estimate : 320.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Georgetown Bird's-Eye View Cabinet Card by Martin  [123567]3388 - Georgetown Bird's-Eye View Cabinet Card by Martin [123567]
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A great shot looking down the expansive Clear Creek Canyon showing the difficult terrain surrounding Clear Creek Valley. Cabinet card photograph measu
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Georgetown Cabinet Card by  McKirahan & Whitter  [123598]3389 - Georgetown Cabinet Card by McKirahan & Whitter [123598]
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Cabinet card photo of three miners, their stone cabin, and six fully loaded pack mules in the snow. Some discoloration. Crisp details. Revere has prin
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Georgetown, Colorado Stereoviews (3)  [123610]3390 - Georgetown, Colorado Stereoviews (3) [123610]
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Lot of 3 different. 1) Kilburn Bros. No. 4401. Looking down a main street. Nice contrast. 2) W. H. Jackson, Denver. No. 1720. Clear Creek Series. Ove
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Start Price : 240.00 | Estimate : 480.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Idaho Springs Assay Collection (7)  [123640]3391 - Idaho Springs Assay Collection (7) [123640]
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Lot of 7. 1) J. J. Elliott Assay report with 18 lines. Although this is unused, it might be the most interesting for rarity. 1880s. 2) JJ Elliott blu
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Claims Report for the Eldorado Lode, Colorado Territory, 1865  [123573]3392 - Claims Report for the Eldorado Lode, Colorado Territory, 1865 [123573]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare territorial claim document for Lake County dated July 18, 1865. Charles L. Wall discovery claim. Eldorado Lode. La Plata District. Lists 8 c
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Arkansas Valley Smelting Company Assays, Leadville, Colorado  [123635]3393 - Arkansas Valley Smelting Company Assays, Leadville, Colorado [123635]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) 1896. #2681. For the Silver Cord Mining Company (Royalty in Yak M&M). Net value $310.36. Signed by Ferree. 2) 1897. #933. For the Y...
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Leadville Assay Ephemera Collection  [123569]3394 - Leadville Assay Ephemera Collection [123569]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 18. Includes assayers 1) Low & Chanute assayers and chemists. Billhead 1881. Charge for three assays for gold and silver. 2) Ibex Mining...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b******a for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Leadville, Colorado Stereoviews (2)  [123608]3395 - Leadville, Colorado Stereoviews (2) [123608]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 different. 1)J. Thurlow Photo, Manitou, Col. No. 188. "Chestnut street, looking west." Fantastic early view with easily readable ...
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Start Price : 240.00 | Estimate : 480.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Colorado Assay Receipts -SCARCE (2)  [123634]3396 - Colorado Assay Receipts -SCARCE (2) [123634]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two different receipts from scarce Colorado assayers. 1) Colorado Smelting Company. South Pueblo, Colorado. Assayer A. Wright, For the D. Wood
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Silver Cliff Stereoview by Charles E. Emery  [123602]3397 - Silver Cliff Stereoview by Charles E. Emery [123602]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1882. "Silver Cliff looking South" printed at bottom. Purple stamp for "Charles E. Emery, Portrait and Landscape Photographer, Silve...
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Victor, Colorado Assay Office Photograph  [123571]3398 - Victor, Colorado Assay Office Photograph [123571]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Shortly after gold was discovered in the Cripple Creek area, Victor was born. Although poorly processed, this 6.5 x 4.25" photograph clearly sh...
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Colorado Letter/letterhead Grant Smelting Co.   [130553]3399 - Colorado Letter/letterhead Grant Smelting Co. [130553]
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Dated Feb. 10, 1883. The Captain has spoiled the author's chances in Virginia. It seems he wasn't willing to write a letter of support. The ...
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