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Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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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Nevada Territory & Statehood Autographs (107274)2190 - Nevada Territory & Statehood Autographs (107274)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 autographs for figures involved in the process of Nevada becoming a state. 1) U.S. Senator James R. Doolitle (Wisconsion). He introduced the
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New England States Postcards (105317)2191 - New England States Postcards (105317)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 40 postcards includes: Plymouth National Wax Museum, Massachusetts; Quaint Harbor, Damariscotta, Maine; Portland Head Light, Portland, Maine;
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Pierson‘s Newark City Directory for 1860-1, v26 (82848)2192 - Pierson‘s Newark City Directory for 1860-1, v26 (82848)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pierson, B. T., Pierson‘s Newark City Directory for 1860-1, volume 26. Published by A. Stephen Holbrook, 1860. This issue includes a folded, color-sha
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New Mexico (105094)2193 - New Mexico (105094)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
40 New Mexico postcards plus Indians of New Mexico postcard booklet. Pictures include many interesting geological formations, ovens, chili pepper a
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New Mexico towns. Univ of New Mexico (105095)2194 - New Mexico towns. Univ of New Mexico (105095)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 original and 11 duplicate postcards of New Mexico including cities of Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Gallup and Santa Fe. Date: State/Country: New
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El Capitan Land and Cattle Bond (105492)2195 - El Capitan Land and Cattle Bond (105492)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 i/u #94 Horace Thurber $1000 1885. Steers vignette. No Coupons, creases Ken Prag Collection Date: State/Country: New Mexico City/County: Lincol
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Aug. W. King, Banker & Mining Man, Ephemera (107344)2196 - Aug. W. King, Banker & Mining Man, Ephemera (107344)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 31. King went from banking in New York to mining interests in Cripple Creek and Nevada. His name appears in other pieces from the Heizer Estate
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Aurora Gold and Silver Company Stock (104006)2197 - Aurora Gold and Silver Company Stock (104006)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 39 for 500 shares to John Stagg & signed by John Stagg, President and E. B. Roberts secretary. Uncancelled. Allegorical vignette. Heavy folds ...
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Scrap Book / A Treasure Of Pictures (89579)2198 - Scrap Book / A Treasure Of Pictures (89579)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very interesting, and very early scrap book. It has pictures of pretty women, famous men, newspaper articles ,military people...you name it it's...
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Books / The Annuals of America / By Britannica (106252)2199 - Books / The Annuals of America / By Britannica (106252)
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Here is a really great item, from the " Old Days". It is a complete 18 volume set of " The Annals Of America ". It tells the com...
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