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Holabird-Kagin Americana
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THE GOLDEN WEST AUCTIONS
THE GOLDEN WEST AUCTIONS
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Auction Location
Each session will be held at different locations
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Sacramento
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California
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95815
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United States
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Auction Details
The Golden West Sale encompasses three sessions of auctions covering some of the most important historical western material from the Gold Rush periods of California, Nevada and Colorado. The material has been assembled from many of the great western collections, as well as original material handed down within Gold Rush families, held intact for over 100 years.
Session A of the Golden West Sale encompasses the annual WESTS (Western States Token Society) token auction. This year the highlight is clearly and unarguably the finest Western Indian Trader, Fort & Territorial collection ever assembled at public auction. The more than 500 lot sale contains dozens of R9 and R10 tokens, many of which have not seen the light of day in at least four decades. Some ephemera also is included from Indian Trader sites. Indian Trader tokens are an important form of money exchanged between Indians and Anglos in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Trading Posts were a way of life in the isolated outposts of the western plains and mountains, swapping furs, rugs, coats and other items for food stuffs and equipment. There has never been a sale of this magnitude and importance. The end of this sale will include a comprehensive collection of Naval tokens never before offered and with NO ESTIMATES or MINIMUM BID REQUIREMENTS, as this offering will set the pricing precedent for naval tokens.
Session B encompasses many of the popular collecting categories. It includes a strong photograph collection of American saloon interiors, saloon ephemera and Gold Rush region saloon tokens, also known as Pioneer Minor Coinage. Part of the saloon section includes a large collection of the ultra-rare Good-for mirrors, one of the rarest forms of money, many with pictorial representations of the fabulous “gay-90’s” saloon girls, as well as advertising mirrors. This is the largest mirror offering since the Rosa sale of 1988. Most of the mirrors are so rare that only one to three specimens of each are known. The session will be rounded out by a collection of So-called dollars and Hibler Kappen related material, $50 slug facsimiles, Chopmarked coins, Golden Gate International Exposition Medals and more. Much of this section is from the well-known Bill Weber Collection.
Session C The highlight of the sale is certainly the newly discovered Washington Nugget, a nearly 100 ounce nugget (and several others) found in an unmined section of the Omega-Malakoff Tertiary Channel in February, 2010 that made national news. The nuggets are accompanied by two large original nineteenth-century bullion scales (Christian Becker, New York; Henry Troemner, Philadelphia), It is accompanied in the sale by some masterful original Gold Rush art, inclusive of a spectacular and early rendition of a miner, several broadsides- a miner in lithographic form, panoramic views of mining communities, a number of original Currier & Ives prints of the Gold Rush and Salt Lake City, stage coach pieces, and the Alaska 1893 Yukon/Alaska Miners Union Banner.
A massive Gold Rush banking collection covers the 1850’s through 1860’s in California and Nevada, with what is probably the largest Gold Rush period banking collection ever offered publicly. It contains more than 100 different Bills of Exchange, a form of the first circulating currency on the West Coast. A wonderful and large collection of Gold Rush banking documents augments this fine collection, along with original leather gold pokes and money belts.
Some of the highlights of the Gold Rush Collection are documents from the original 1910 San Francisco sale of the estate of James King of William, documents signed by Adolph Sutro, California coiner F. D. Kohler, and others. A very rare letter book from Nevada mining and railroad magnate Hume Yerington from the mid-1860’s contains incredible information about his life prior to his railroad successes.
A large collection of US Mint ephemera is included, including rare bullion receipts, photographs, lithograph, gold coin and other coin bank bags, as well as rare Carson City gold and silver coins. Accompanying the Mint ephemera is a section of California Counters and rare California Gold Rush tokens.
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3454 -
Boise,ID - Ada County - 1947 - Rock Flat Gold & Gem Company Stock Certificate :
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Certificate No. 3, issued to Francis Glass for 100 shares valued at $1 each on April 12, 1947. Incorporated under the laws of Idaho. Certificate measu
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Boise,ID - Ada County - 1935 - Shirley Gold Mining Corporation Stock Certificate :
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Certificate No. 347 issued by The Shirley Gold Mining Corporation certifying that Irene H. Wagner is the owner of 48 shares, valued at $1 per share. I
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3456 -
Cassia County,ID - April 10, 1888 - Shoshone Gold Mining Company Stock :
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Incorporated in New York in 1882. Cert. # 773, issued to S. C. Whittier in 1888 for 100 shares. Signed by President S.L. Close and Secretary Chas. B.
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3457 -
Elmore County,ID - Black Warrior Mine Pamphlet :
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A pamphlet titled "The Black Warrior " regarding La Trinidad Mining Company's mine in Idaho. Approximately 10 pages including the illu...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
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3458 -
Elmore County,ID - 1901 - Central Idaho Gold Mining Company Prospectus :
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Rocky Bar district. The properties consist of 6 placer claims on Bear Creek, one on Steel Creek and 5 on Red Warrior Creek, each comprising 20 acres.
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Kellogg,ID - Shoshone County - 1923 - Patricia Mining Company Stock Certificate :
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Single Item Lot. Stock Certificate #18 issued by The Patricia Mining Company certifying that BL Haefal is the owner of 1,000 shares, valued at 10 cent
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3460 -
Leland,ID - Nez Perce County - c1905 - Idaho Wagon-Maker Photograph :
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Image measures 6-1/2 x 4-1/2,” brown single matte measures 8 x 6.” Contrast is good. Focus is sharp. Matte with multiple pin holes along top and botto
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Start Price : 38.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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3461 -
Mackay,ID - Custer County - 1906 - Mackay Photograph :
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Photograph of a man climbing a pole amid a crowd of well-dressed onlookers. Measures 6 1/2" x 4 1/2", mounted on a black matte measuring ...
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Osburn,ID - Shoshone County - 1928 - Sunrise Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate :
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Certificate No. 559 issued to Lindon P. Young for 500 shares of capital stock valued at 10 cents per share. At the time of issue the stock had a capit
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3463 -
Rathdrum,ID - Kootenai County - 1908 - Agricultural Center Photograph :
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Five people stand amongst their rows. Photograph measures 8”x 6”, black single matte 12”x10”, medium contrast—suffers from some yellowing and the ima
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
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3464 -
Bloomington,IL - McClean County - Liberty State Bank Mirror :
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Advertising | “Simple Mirror. There is a brown sheet that was originally placed on top of the glass mirror. There is small 3mm hole on the top so it c
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
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3465 -
Cairo,IL - Alexander County - Cairo Illinois Trolley Photographs :
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Lot of three trolley photographs originating from Cairo, IL. There are two photographs which measure 7” x 5” and one that measures 8” x 6”. All three
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Chicago,IL - Cook County - J. M. Brunswick & Balke Co. Envelope :
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Single light brown colored envelope. Vignette of a decorative pool table at the top center "The Monarch". On the left half are two lists o...
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3467 -
Chicago,IL - Cook County - 1893 - World's Columbian Exposition Handkerchief :
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Handkerchief commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Biege, approximately 10.5 x 10", with a picture of a U.S. Gov...
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3468 -
Joliet,IL - Will County - c1920 - Bates Steel Mule Tractor Photograph :
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Measures 9 1/4”x7 1/4”, brown single matte 13 3/4”x11 3/4”, high contrast, and focus is sharp. No photographer identified. Location not verified. J
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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3469 -
Various Midwest,IL - 1922-1941 - Railroad Time Tables :
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This is a Lot of Railroad Timetables from sundry railroad companies dating from 1922 until 1941. The lot includes time tables from 6 railroads. 1) Chi
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3470 -
Arkansas City,KS - Cowley County - March 1889 - Sherburne, J.H., Checks :
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Lot of two checks. The fist one (check no. 2768) reads Pay to the order of Lombard Mortgage & Co. for Forty Two Dollars and forty cents. The se...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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3471 -
KY - Ebner Brother Co. Letterhead :
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Full page, full color unused company letterhead advertising "Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors. Distributers of the famous ...
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Anderson County,KY - C1850s - Cedar Brook Whiskey Letterhead :
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"William Easton distributor for W.H. MCBrayer's Cedar Brook, The World's Finest Whiskey". Green and brown print on light yellow pa...
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3473 -
Lebanon,KY - Marion County - 1900 - Thomas Hill and Descendants :
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Written by Hill, John David. Hardcover, 200 pages including index and numerous genealogical tables. Published by The Press of John P. Morton and Compa
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
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