Auction Details
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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3209Exposition MemorabiliaHolabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 7 items from the Prag collection, including a 1894 exposition souvenir pin; a World's Fair St. Louis 1904 cigar case; a Greater AM Expo...
Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for 84.00
3210California Lumber Stock CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. Includes: Los Banos Lumber & Supply Company (four stocks, two issued 1928, pen cancelled and two unissued), Newark Lumber Company (19...
Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for 86.10
3211California Lumber Stock Collection 2Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Includes: Santa Clara Valley Mill & Lumber Company (two unissued 1870s, pictorial of lumber operation), Los Banos Lumber & Suppl...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for 73.80
3212North American Lumber Company Stock Certificate (1839)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare and very early! No. 660, issued to John Paine for 630 shares on May 20th, 1839 in New York. Signed by the company president and secretary. Pen ca
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for 55.35
3213Western Lumber Stocks (Nevada, Montana, Idaho, & Washington)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve. Includes: Holmes Planing Mill Company (NV, 1910, 1932, 1939, all pen cxl), Continental Timber Company (WA, two unissued 190-), Monarch
Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for 49.20
3214Pulp & Paper Company Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17. Includes: International Paper Company (three different with lumber vignettes, issued 1950-1957, punch cancelled), Crown Zellerbach Corporat
Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to s**********r for 30.00
3215Texas, Oklahoma & Missouri Lumber Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. Includes: Popular Bluff Lumber Company (Popular Bluff, Missouri, 1899, not cancelled, vignette of lumbermen), The Texas Yellow Pine Compa
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6****A for 72.00
3216Eastern Lumber Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve pictorial. Includes: very early North American Lumber Co. (1838, pen cancelled), Bell Lumber Co. (Virginia, unissued), Holston River Lum
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to w*****s for 90.00
3218Foreign Lumber Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Includes: International Lumber Corporation (1965 & 1966, pen cancelled), International Lumber & Development Company (1912, not c...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
3220Honey Lake Valley Land and Water Company BondHolabird Western Americana Collections
Unissued, but a fabulous piece. All coupons are intact! Stock #260. Honey Lake is North of Reno, Nevada just south of Susanville. (Prag Collection)
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t*******d for 48.00
3222San Francisco Water BondsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six water bonds. 1) Four different City & County of San Francisco bonds: three Hetch Hetchy Water Bonds (1925, vignette of reservoir, pun...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for 123.00
3223Santa Cruz Area Water Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six stock certificates for the Felton Water Company (Felton, CA, near Santa Cruz). Three are issued: two 1889, one 1891, all pen cancelled. One
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
3225California Water Company Stocks (7)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A nice group of water company stock certificates from California. Included are Pleasant Valley Land and Water Company, 188X, San Diego County, Calaver
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for 36.90
3226California Land & Water Company Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. Best is an issued 1921 stock for Promontory Ranch Company. Signed by William Henry Crocker as president (Crocker was also president of C
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
3227Southern California Water Company Stock Certificate & BondsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six pieces. Includes: Perris Irrigation District (San Diego & San Bernardino) $500 bond (issued 1891, not cancelled, large irrigation vig...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
3229California Water Company Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eleven. Rarest is 1856 Tuolumne County Water Company, though it has deep folds and stains. Also: Grass Valley Water Company (1880s unissued pic
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for 98.40
3230Choice California Water Company Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1) A pair of gorgeous certificates for the Tuolumne County Water Company (Columbia), issued 1862 and 1864, pen and cut cancelled. Stunnin
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to h*******2 for 108.00
3231Colorado Water Company Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six. Four different companies. Includes: Brookside Water Company (3, 1901-21, stamp cancelled), The Central Colorado Power Company (1910, not c
Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to j*********t for 72.00
3232Connecticut & Massachusetts Water Company Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven early certificates. 1) Six for Norwich Water Power Company. Connecticut. Five issued 1864-1871, plus one unissued. Three not cancelled, t
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
3233Georgia Water Company BondsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. Athens City Water Works Company. Two $1,000 first mortgage gold bonds issued 1891. Signed by Cowell (president( and Church (secretary). No
Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Sold to i*********1 for 86.10
3234Idaho Water Company BondsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1) Idaho Irrigation Company. Four different bonds: $100 (green 1913), $100 (brown 1913), $500 (red 1913), and $1,000 (blue 1913). None ar
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
3235New York Water Company Stocks & Bonds Group 1Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. Bonds: Rochester Water Works ($1,000, 1869, not cancelled, 37 coupons attached, red seal, no vignette), specimen $1,000 bond for Adirond
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for 67.65
3236New York Water Company Stocks & Bonds Group 2Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve. Stocks: very early certificate for The Washington Water Gas Company (1859, not cancelled) and seven certificates for the Consolidated W
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to d******0 for 92.25
3237Pennsylvania Water Company Bonds & Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. Stocks: The Diamond Water Company (Hazelton, three issued 1896-1897, all cancelled, nice vignette of waterfall), St. Lawrence Water Compa
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for 73.80
3238Texas Water Company Stocks & BondHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. 1) Gorgeous 1884 $1,000 bond for The Lampasas Water Company. Not cancelled. Green border, gold seal, and allegorical vignette. Thirty cou
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
3239Western Water Company Stocks (AZ, OR, UT, MT, WA and NV)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six. Includes: Puget Sound Commercial Company( unissued 18--, gorgeous vignettes of town beside sea), Bannock Ditch & Mining Company (uni...
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for 49.20
3240Water & Power Related Stock CertificatesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. Fair condition. Includes: United Water & Power Co. of California (1911, not cxl, mining vignettes), Universal Tide Power Co. (MS, 1...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d******0 for 61.50
3241Midwest & Eastern Water Company Bonds & StocksHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve. Stocks: The American Water Works Company (New Jersey, four issued, two types, all 1892, not cancelled, vignette of water facility, blac
Estimate : 340.00 - 600.00
Sold to t******2 for 73.80
3244Pleasant A Chalfant Business CardHolabird Western Americana Collections
Chalfant was an important citizen of Bishop as he as the owner and editor of the Inyo Register. Chalfant was a member of the "San Francisco Par...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
3246Bodie Fire Department Award CertificateHolabird Western Americana Collections
Framed copy of original certificate, 16" x 20". Beautiful vignettes of firefighters, their tools, and the town of Bodie. Five year award f...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r***6 for 120.00
3247Bodie Miner and Bodie Fire DepartmentHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) No. 11, March 2, 1907. List of rates for the Bodie, Mono Lake & Lundy Stage Line. Big Boom in Yerington. Goldfield population now 18,000. 190...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for 61.50
3248George Delury Collection: Bodie, Masonic, BridgeportHolabird Western Americana Collections
Delury arrived in Bodie in 1882. He bought the Temple Saloon (yes, the famous Bodie token) in the late 1880's. In 1898 he moved to Bridgeport wh...
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 2,000.00
3249Bodie / Aurora CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1-4) c1927 Bodie Photographs attributed to Ned Johnson (Nevada's premier photographer in the early 1900's). 5) Bodie, California 1...
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d******0 for 276.75
3250Rare Bodie Stock Issued to Kuhlman Bros. (Bodie Druggist)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unique stock for The Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone Company. Issued for 25 shares to Kuhlman Bros., a noted Bodie druggist (and prized Bodie bottle). S
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to e*****r for 120.00
3252Cyanotype of Stagecoach CrashHolabird Western Americana Collections
Nice cyanotype photo of wrecked stagecoach--Summer Stage. Mounted, board messy, but photo is good. City: Colfax State: California Date: hwac
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
3253"Badwater" Watercolor by Thaleia GeorgiadesHolabird Western Americana Collections
The lowest point in the United States (279 ft (85 m) below sea level), Badwater" in Death Valley National Park is the scene of this beautiful w...
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to u**********v for 240.00
3254Reward Poster from Folsom PrisonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Framed poster, 14.5" x 11.5". $50 Reward for the arrest and detention of James Morton who escaped from the State Prison at Folsom, Califor...
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for 110.70
3255Grass Valley Cabinet Cards identified by PhotographerHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. LA Sprague, Beatty, WA Clinch. Children, babies, ladies and men. A few names are identified. One is dated 1889. City: Grass Valley State
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
3256Grass Valley Miner's Picnic PhotographsHolabird Western Americana Collections
All photographs were taken by Moore of Grass Valley. 1) Men at the picnic. 2) Women around the kettle at a picnic. 3) Men and women getting ready to s
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
3258Hydraulic Parlor, NSGW in Parade PhotoHolabird Western Americana Collections
Hydraulic Parlor #58, Native Sons of the Golden West passing through arch on Main St. near Mill. Photo is by V. L. Dorsey, Grass Valley, California. N
Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
Sold to r******h for 84.00
3259Miner's Tent Photograph (Grass Valley)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Handwritten "Grass Valley" on back. Photo shows 14 men and 2 women in front of tent structure with wood boards lying on the side. Saloon? ...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00