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Welcome to our Summer Sale!
The summer sale features everything good about summer collectors – mining artifacts – and all elements of western history.
Here’s some highlights!
More than a dozen ore cars!!
Great manuscript archives, including that of a Mormon family and their trials and tribulations over several decades, from Nauvoo to Salt Lake, and back to the East coast; a newly surfaced Adolph Sutro-Comstock Lode archive and documents; an amazing archive from Nevada engineer John Heizer; a scrap book from promoter Tex Rickard; early Arizona military letters; a pair of 1860’s maps showing the location of the original adobes in Los Angeles! Wow! And there’s lots more.
The western Art section is huge, with art in every category. One of my favorites is the ornately engraved presentation silver chalice from Grass Valley, a “must-have” for any mining or California collector
Antique bottles and marbles. Hundreds of lots of California and Nevada items accompanied by a marble collection. Some of my favorites (other than bottles, which are always fun and historical) are the ceramic series of cat house decanters. This rare set has been split up by region, making it even more fun. While we’ve had a few of these over the years, we’ve never seen this many different- ever!
Stocks and bonds. This is another “wow” offering from two or more collections. Some highlights: Chinese bond collection; Arizona material- Sopori (1850’s), Gold MC, Picacho (1860’s), and from California the Bear River piece that preceded the Tuolumne stock that features a killer mining vignette; and of course a huge offering of more from the famous Prag Collection
Numismatics has about a little of everything related to coins and currency. Lots of scrip, tokens, medals (make sure you make it all the way thru the catalog!), and two spectacular gold fakes of which one was unknown, and the other very well published. There’s also a great strong box to put it all in! Medal collectors, don’t miss the late July sale as well.
Speaking of gold, don’t miss the high grade ore specimens from two major collections, the Heizer collection and Pollock. Most of Heizer’s material is Nevada-Cal, while Pollock is Mostly Utah, Alaska.
With 4000 lots, you’ll have plenty of great material to look over.
Don’t forget the search box on the “Virtual Catalog” on our web site. It can help you find the things you want in a hurry. But there’s nothing like surfing through the catalog – you get to find all sorts of neat things you might never have thought about.
Full Schedule
Day 1 (Thur, July 11) Lots 1000-1776
Apparel
Jewelry
Art
Furnishings & Décor
Native Americana
General Foreign Collectibles
Sports
Entertainment Industry
Music Related
Political
Military
General Americana Part I
Advertising
Badges
Belt Buckles
Brewing & Tobacco
Circus
Fire related
Gold Rush
Licence Plates
Lock/Key
Microscope
Scale
Tools
Toys
Dolls
Misc Americana Collectibles
Day 2 (Fri, July 12) Lots 2000-2670
General Americana Part II
(Geographically Sorted)
Bottles
Brothel
Cowboy
Gaming
Saloon
Tokens
Numismatics
Weaponry
Marbles
Day 3 (Sat,July 13) Lots 3000-3855
Minerals
Mining Part I
(California-Nevada)
Day 4 (Sun, July 14) Lots 4000-4808
Mining Part I
(New Jersey-End)
Transportation
Railroadiana
Postal History
Wells Fargo & Express
Day 5 (Mon, July 15) Lots 5000-6487
Bargains & Dealer Specials
Art
Bottles
Civil War
General Americana
Mining
Native Americana
Numismatics
Railroadiana
Transportation
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3752Stateline Suite, 1-4 Stock Certs. (108155)Holabird Western Americana Collections
State Line Gold Mining Company No. 1. I/U No. A1625 for 50 shares to D.F. Verdenal Trustee, signed by President (illegible signature);The Line Mining
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
3753Eureka Mining & Tunnel Stock Certificates (107016)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three, two different companies. 1) Eureka Tunnel and Mining Company. Inc. 1878. No. 1192, issued for 100 shares to ER Grant on Feb. 11, 1882 in
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
3754Hamburg Mining Company Stock Certificate (104459)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. May 26, 1875. No. 447, issued for 50 shares to E.A. Richardson on May 17th, 1878 in San Francisco. Signed by vice president Geo. F Bragg and secr
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to k*****o for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
3755Charter Tunnel & Mining Co. Stock Certificate (103502)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. June 12th, 1878. Location: Eureka County, Nevada (printed at bottom). Dateline Eureka, Nev. July 30th. No. 15, issued for 500 shares to JT Stewar
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
3756Fairview District Nevada Stock Cert. (108156)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fairview Silver King Mines Co. I/C No. 732 for 1000 shares to G.A. Webster signed by President (illegible signature).
Date: 1907
State/Country: Nev
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to V********e for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
3758Humboldt Smelting and Reduction Company (Stock Cert) (108158)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra Rare! Golconda, Nevada stock cert I/U No. 45 for 7500 shares to K. Haldorn(?) signed by President Whalbadie(?)
Date: 1904
State/Country: Neva
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to V********e for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
3761Five Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (107095)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 different. Included: C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co. (1912, ruby vignette, not cxl); Grapevine MC of Nevada (1905, mining vignettes, not cxl);
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c******1 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
3763Goldfield, Nevada Mining Checks & Ephemera (107392)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 29. 1) St. Ives Gold Mining & Milling Company. Eight pieces, 1905-06: vouchers/billheads to sheriff J Bradley (with check), Goldfield Mer...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c********r.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
3764Goldfield-Silver Pick Stock Cert. (1) (108157)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice Stock Cert. Goldfield-Silver Pick Mining and Milling Company, I/U No. 4747 for 1000 shares to G. Arthur Church signed by Vice-President L. Joan
Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to c****o for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
3765Ten Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (107092)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 different. Includes: Nevada Boy Goldfield MC (unissued); Montezuma Silver Mines Corp. (1917); Pittsburgh-Goldfield Core-Drilling & MC ...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to s***0 for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
3766Ten Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (107085)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 different. Includes: Codd Mines Co. (1914); Goldfield-Columbia MC (1906); Goldfield Grand Trunk MC (1906); Goldfield Coming Nation Gold Mine
Estimate : 160.00 - 200.00
Sold to c****o for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
3767Ten Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (107087)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 different. Included: Goldfield Comstock Mines Co. (1905); Goldfield Madonna MC (1907); Goldfield Dominion MC (190-); Goldfield Dusky Diamond
Estimate : 190.00 - 250.00
Sold to c******1 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
3768Ten Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (107094)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 different. Included: Goldfield Hummer GMC (stock number TWO, 1904); Goldfield Syndicate MC (1907); Grandma Cons. Mines Co. (1923); Goldfield
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to c****o for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
3769Ten Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (107093)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 different. Includes: Goldfield Hub Mining & Milling Co. (1906); Grandma Cons. Mines Co. (1929); Goldfield Vencendor MC (1908); Goldfie...
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8***1 for (130.00 + 28.60BP) = 158.60
3770Wingfield Receipt for Celebration dinner, 1906 (106464)Holabird Western Americana Collections
From the Ott Heizer mining papers, possibly given from Wingfield to Heizer. "Dinner given to Goldfield Mining Exchange when Mohawk reached $15 ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to f*****y for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50