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Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

Auction Details

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

SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Baird California Gold Rush Lettersheet Proof (104293)1620 - Baird California Gold Rush Lettersheet Proof (104293)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a text-only proof version of the famous Miners' Ten Commandments lettersheet printed by Hutchings in 1853 (Baird 167). On the published ...
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California Gold Rush Books (5) (106371)1621 - California Gold Rush Books (5) (106371)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 hard and 2 soft covers. California Called Them, The California Gold Rush, Here Lived The Californians, Gold Rush Country, California-The Golden Stat
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Voyages of Nicholas Ball from 1838-1853 (89325)1622 - Voyages of Nicholas Ball from 1838-1853 (89325)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hardcover travel log of Nicholas Ball including journey to California in 1849. 38pp. Boards detaching, some foxing. Mackie Collection Date: 1895 Sta
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Sold to d******0 for 125.00
 
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Ghost Towns of the West Books (5) (106382)1623 - Ghost Towns of the West Books (5) (106382)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Death Valley Ghost Towns, Mother Lode Album, Ghost Towns of the West, Gold Guns and Ghost Towns, Gold Rush Album Date: State/Country: City/County
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to b*********r for 50.00
 
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Gold Rush Era Leather Poke (72063)1624 - Gold Rush Era Leather Poke (72063)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 5" leather poke with drawstring. .5" hole on 1 side. Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Sold to b***o for 62.50
 
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Auto License Plates / Commercial / Michigan. (105008)1625 - Auto License Plates / Commercial / Michigan. (105008)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here are a nice pair of items. They are a matching pair of commercial license plates from Michigan. They are beige in color, with black lettering. an
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to w********r.. for 37.50
 
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Auto License Plates / Michigan / 3 Items (105009)1626 - Auto License Plates / Michigan / 3 Items (105009)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Item # 1 of 3: MCH 21 / License Plate # 447-966. Black background, with white lettering ( Restored ). Very good condition, with only minute amount ru
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to w********r.. for 62.50
 
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Auto License Plates / Michigan / 3 Items. (105007)1627 - Auto License Plates / Michigan / 3 Items. (105007)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Item #1 of 3 : MCH 20 / # 242-225. Orange colored plate , with black lettering .Minor oxidation, with minute paint loss on letters, otherwise very ni
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License Plate / Michigan . (105039)1628 - License Plate / Michigan . (105039)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here is a very unusual license plate. Embossed, and has attached aluminum state seal tag. !! Mich/ 1917/ Plate # A 3985. Black back ground, with p
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License Plates / Michigan / 2 Items. (105010)1629 - License Plates / Michigan / 2 Items. (105010)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Item # 1 of 2: Embossed : 1938...Michigan / K ...4772 ( Private Plate ). Light sage green colored plate , with black lettering. 5/1'2" hi...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******6 for 43.75
 
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