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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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3842 -
New York,NY - New York County - 1860-1880 - New York City Bank Checks :
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Lot of six checks from New York banks. All checks date from the late 1800’s and are in good condition. Checks are as follows: 1 and 2) 2 Checks from t
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m*****1 for
(25.00 + 4.38BP) =
29.38
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3843 -
New York,NY - New York County - 1947 - Touchstone, Publication :
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By Lillian Janet, 346 pps.
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Start Price : 5.00 | Estimate : 10.00 - 20.00
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3844 -
New York City,NY - 1888 - Class of 1878, School of Mines, Columbia College, Decennial Report :
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Compiled by the Permanent Secretary in 1888. Follows the Class of 1878 from the School of Mines, Columbia College. The college, now part of Columbia U
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Start Price : 38.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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3845 -
New York City,NY - 1889 - Comstock Tunnel Company First Mortgage Income Bond :
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From the remnants of the defunct and bankrupt Sutro Tunnel Company, a new company, the Comstock Tunnel Company, formed in New York City in 1889, and i
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 3***3 for
(60.00 + 10.50BP) =
70.50
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3846 -
New York City,NY - New York County - 1866 - Harpers Magazine Vol. 33 :
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Harper’s New Monthly Magazine Volume 33 June to November, 1866 compilation of periodicals by various authors. Harper’s is the second oldest magazine p
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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3847 -
New York City,NY - July 14, 1921 - Letter mentioning Tex Rickard :
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A handwritten letter of about 9 pages signed by J.K. Jevison and addressed to Ben, written on the letterhead of the Rocky Mountain Club of New York, l
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
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3848 -
New York City,NY - 1865 - Lincoln's funeral Stereoview :
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A wonderful view of the funeral procession, with casket and mounted riders, moving down a New York City street. Taken from a roof looking down on the
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
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3849 -
New York City,NY - 1856 - Seven Years Street Preaching in San Francisco, Book :
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Seven Years Street Preaching in San Francisco, California; Embracing Incidents, Triumphant Death Scenes, Ect. By Rev. William Taylor, of the Californi
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
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3850 -
Niagara Falls,NY - Niagara County - 1893 - Menominee Indian and His Pony: "Amos the Deer Slayer" Ste
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The photo shows a man mounted on a horse and holding a rifle across his lap. They stand in snow in front of a crude log cabin. To the right of the pho
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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3851 -
Akron,OH - Summit County - 1878 - Counterfeit Coin Detector :
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US made. Dial coin tester. Patented April 30th 1878. H. Maranville. Akron Ohio for US gold and silver. Steel.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to e***b for
(250.00 + 43.75BP) =
293.75
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3852 -
Clinton,OH - Summit County - Jan. 18, 1857 - Counterfeit Detector :
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Multi purpose counterfeit detector. Covers US gold, foreign gold, and silver. Made by E. Staples, Worcester, Mass. IOOF insignia brass.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to H****c for
(600.00 + 105.00BP) =
705.00
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3853 -
Guymon,OK - Texas County - 1971 - Indian Bead Collection :
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Lot of six assorted Indian beads from the Cheyenne tribe of the Oklahoma pan handle. The beads are arranged on strands and necklaces and are comprised
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8***8 for
(38.00 + 6.65BP) =
44.65
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3854 -
Pawnee,OK - Pawnee County - c1907 - Statehood Celebration Photographs :
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Two views of the "Celebration-To-Statehood-Of-Oklahoma-And-Indian Territory-Dec. 21-1907," as hand written along the top border. The top p...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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3855 -
OR - 1942 - Crater Lake, Oregon Geology Report :
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Volume is titled: The Geology of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, With a Reconnaissance of the Cascade Range Southweard to Mount Shasta, by Howel Wi
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to 9***1 for
(38.00 + 6.65BP) =
44.65
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3856 -
OR - Ship Under Construction Photograph :
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Large wooden ship under construction at dry dock photograph. Unmatted images measures 9-1/2 x 7-1/2”. Focus and contrast are good. There are minimal w
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Start Price : 38.00 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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3857 -
OR - 1992-1996 - Western Settlement and Mining Camp Publications :
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Lot of seven Western Places by Patera, Alan H., editor. 1) Volume 1, No. 2, June 1992 covers several settlements in CA and NV, including the "B...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to 9***6 for
(38.00 + 6.65BP) =
44.65
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3858 -
Albany,OR - Linn - 1890 - Flood Photograph :
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Photograph measures 7 ¾’’x 4 ¼’’ and 8’’x 5’’ on white matte. Medium contrast and focus is sharp. Bottom caption reads “Flood of Feb. 4’...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***4 for
(100.00 + 17.50BP) =
117.50
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3859 -
Albany,OR - Linn & Lane Counties - 1890 - Flood Photograph :
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Willamette River flooding with semi-submerged building. Cabinet card image measures 7-3/4 x 4-1/4” with overall size of 8 x 5." Matte card is o...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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3860 -
Albany,OR - Linn County - c1891 - Steam Engines with Car Under Repair Photograph :
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This photograph shows a derailed or otherwise damaged train car apparently undergoing repairs with two steam engines and a group of men waiting. Loca
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***4 for
(50.00 + 8.75BP) =
58.75
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3862 -
Baker City,OR - Baker County - July 5, 1899 - Virtue Consolidated Mines Stock :
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Virtue District. Incorporated in Oregon. Cert. # 649, issued to Paul Galibert in 1869 for 1000 shares. Signed by A. Gault, President and by the secret
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6*****H for
(100.00 + 17.50BP) =
117.50
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