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NV - Lyon County,October 26, 1877 - South End Mining Company Stock Certificate - Gil Schmidtmann Col

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
NV - Lyon County,October 26, 1877 - South End Mining Company Stock Certificate - Gil Schmidtmann Col
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Devil’s Gate District. Incorporated in 1876. Cert. #284, issued to John B. McGee for 100 shares. Signed by Edw. F. James, president, and J.W. Clark, secretary. Great vignette of a miner standing with a pick and shovel over his shoulder. Black border and print. U/C., Datelined San Francisco. Lithographer: G.T. Brown, S.F. Meas. 4 x 9.” African-American lithographer G.T. Brown was a famous San Francisco artist. To quote distinguished Nevada professor and artist Jim McCormick: Grafton Tyler Brown(1841-1918) was born of free parentage in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In all likelihood, he had the distinction of being the first professional African-American artist to venture into Nevada. In the 1860s, Brown created numerous hand-drawn black and white lithographs of communities and buildings around northern Nevada, notably in the celebrated Comstock mining district [www.onlinenevada.org/grafton_brown:_lithography].