Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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Two Different Grass Valley Mining Stock Certificates2386 - Two Different Grass Valley Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) New York Hill Gold Mining Company. No. 1135, issued in San Francisco to R. Finnie for 200 shares in 1880. Punch cancelled through signatures of the
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to k**********y for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Two Large Grass Valley Mining Scene Photographs2387 - Two Large Grass Valley Mining Scene Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) North Star Gold Mine power house under construction. Pipe has been covered and the wheel and compressor are in place. 7.75 x 9.75". Light co...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********n.. for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Two Large Mounted Mining Photographs (Hoist House & Underground Pumping Station)2388 - Two Large Mounted Mining Photographs (Hoist House & Underground Pumping Station)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Moore photograph of the Idaho-Maryland Mine. Inside the hoist house. 8 x 10". 2) Underground pumping station of the Allison Ranch Mine. Unid...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to h*******2 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Washington Mining Company Stock Certificate Pair2389 - Washington Mining Company Stock Certificate Pair
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different. Location: Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California. 1) 1878 issued stock No. 166 to Henry Noritzky. Signed by H. Uphoft
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Four Different Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Stocks2390 - Four Different Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Washington Mining Co. Grass Valley. Issued 1882 to the secretary (Fletcher). Also signed by Wm. Terman (president). Pen cancelled. No vignette. Rip
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Check Collection (18)2391 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Mining Check Collection (18)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 18. Six different types of checks. 1) North Star Gold Mining Company, Bank of California: five, issued 1877-1878, all with a single adhesive re
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to c*********p for (45.00 + 10.35BP) = 55.35
 
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Greenwater Mining Stock Certificates (Ghost Town)2392 - Greenwater Mining Stock Certificates (Ghost Town)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Greenwater Red Boy #129 for 1,000 shares to William Israel in 1906. Signed by Robert Todd and H. Bragdon. 2) Greenwater Bimetallic Copper Mining Co
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to t*******d for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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South Greenwater Copper Company Stock, Death Valley 19062393 - South Greenwater Copper Company Stock, Death Valley 1906
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cert. #19, issued to John S. Hills, Trustee for H.G. Fard for 15,000 shares. Signed by John Hills as president and R.C. Moore as secretary. Tasker Od
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Tahoe Treasure Mining Company Stock Certificates (4)- Lake Tahoe2394 - Tahoe Treasure Mining Company Stock Certificates (4)- Lake Tahoe
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of four certificates from this mining company which operated near the west shore of Lake Tahoe at Homewood. All issued to Anna E. Fox or R.H.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 6******n for (190.00 + 43.70BP) = 233.70
 
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Defiance Mining Company Stock Certificate (Coso Mining District)2395 - Defiance Mining Company Stock Certificate (Coso Mining District)
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Rare! Number 249 for 26,561 shares to P Reddy in 1875. Signed by Hughes & Holland(?)  This is a hard to find GT Brown, African American, li...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Ione Copper Mining Company Stock Certificate (Amador County)2396 - Ione Copper Mining Company Stock Certificate (Amador County)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorporated in 1863. Cert. #38, issued to John Edwards for one share. Signed by Geo. Withington, president, and Joseph Bowen, secretary. Vignette at
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to j******d for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Argonaut Mill & Mining Company Stock Certificate2397 - Argonaut Mill & Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 116 for 100 shares to Trustee John Sproston(?) in 1880. Has an oar and sail vignette. Signed. Not cancelled. Located in Jackson. Operated 1850-
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****l for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Kennedy Mine Fire Postcards2398 - Kennedy Mine Fire Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 5 showing the Kennedy Mine Fire, Jackson, Calif. The Kennedy Mine was originally discovered in the 1850s and was once the deepest gold mine
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to 6******n for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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Kennedy Mine Postcards2399 - Kennedy Mine Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 11 from the Prag collection from the Kennedy Mine & Milling Co., Jackson, Calif. "Over a Mile Deep, the deepest gold mine in the U...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to p*********t for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Mojave Mining Postcards2400 - Mojave Mining Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 10, including: 6 from the Golden Queen, 2 from the Tropico Gold Mine, and 2 of "Exposed Treasure Mine near Mojave, Cal." (Prag ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to i*********1 for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Homer Mill & Mining Company Stock Certificate2401 - Homer Mill & Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#248 for 25 shares to F Luty trustee in 1879. Issued 27 days after incorporation. Signed by Luty as secreatry and vice president Atkinson. Excellent c
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Nevada County Mining Deeds (incl. Governor Signature)2402 - Nevada County Mining Deeds (incl. Governor Signature)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six documents. Most are pertaining to James Davies. 1) 1872 deed of land signed by California's eleventh governor Newton Booth. Booth wen...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Three Nevada County Mining Stock Certificates2403 - Three Nevada County Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) The Arctic Trustees of Los Angeles. Mines and Power Plant in Washington, Nevada County. Two stocks issued 1922 and 1923. Signed by the president an
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to d********9 for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Golden Sheaf Mining Company Prospectuses2405 - Golden Sheaf Mining Company Prospectuses
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Location: Michigan Bluff, Placer County. Main office in Sacramento. This lot includes two copies of a prospectus most likely c.1910. Full of many blac
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Placer County Mining Stock Certificates (4)2406 - Placer County Mining Stock Certificates (4)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. 1) Golden Eagle Mining Company. Location: Ophir Mining District. No. 275, issued for 10 shares in 1873. Signed by the president (Warren
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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