Auction Details
Americana and Numismatics
If you want to see an enlarged image, click on the thumbnail image in the lower left of the main image.
You can download a higher resolution image by clicking on the title below the enlarged image.
You can request extra images to be added by contacting HWAC at uwe@fhwac.com or by calling 775-851-1859
Choose Your Layout >
16501852 steamer loaded with flour bound for the Gold FieldsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Steamer Lucknow. Master Plumer. Nice vignette of a steamer. A. R. Guy, stationary, 130 State Street. Signed for William(?) Davis & Co.
City:
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c*********p for 110.25
1651Gold Rush steamer deliveryHolabird Western Americana Collections
Steamer Rambler. Delivering 213 bags of Corn. Signed by E J Weeks for Sanderson(?). Printed by Towne & Bacon, printers, 503 Clay Street.
City:
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*******d for 30.63
1652Page, Bacon & Company steamship checkHolabird Western Americana Collections
From the Nicaragua Steam Ship Company. C. K. Garrison agent. Garrison and William Ralston became acquainted on the Mississippi River and when Ralsto
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for 83.65
1653Lewis Pierce 1865 steamer receiptHolabird Western Americana Collections
Nice vignette of schooner Arrived on the P M Randall with wheat. Signed by Amos Hewitt.
City: San Francisco
State: California,
Date
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*******d for 30.63
1654Steamboat Helen Hensley receiptHolabird Western Americana Collections
Another California Steam Navigation Company steamboat. Delivering four from the Standard Mill. The Helen Hensley was built in 1853 in Stockton by Samu
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*******d for 30.63
1655Steamer Golden Light bound for San FranciscoHolabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Rush schooner left Boston on February 2, 1853. Master of the ship was a man named Winsor. Carrying 100 barrels of Codoris family flour. Vignette
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to c*********p for 42.88
1658Nice Steamer CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot five. 1) Stockton, 1869, Steamer Harriet. Haas & Crow steamship company. $212.13 for freight and passengers. From Henry Miller,of Miller and...
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to t*******d for 122.50
1659Steamboat Peyton delivering Barley and OatsHolabird Western Americana Collections
From Henry Pierce. Signed by H Hulbert. February 13, 1860. H. P. Hulbert is listed as living in the 1860 census in San Francisco and his occupation wa
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*******d for 30.63
1660Four nice 1850's certificates of deposit at Adams & Co.Holabird Western Americana Collections
From $60 from Alva Park to $500 from Gilricht(?) and Charles St. Clair. Adams & Company was incorporated on May 1, 1854. These deposits were mad...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a****y for 122.50
1661Adams & Company 25c tokensHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. One still adhered to paper. 1x1". These tokens were used as money in California during the Gold Rush as pocket change was almost no...
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to 2*****s for 79.63
1662Adams & Company 25c tokensHolabird Western Americana Collections
Block of four on glazed cardboard. 25c. These tokens were used as money in California during the Gold Rush as pocket change was almost non-existent. P
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 2*****l for 196.00
1663Fretz & Ralston Check and Intention of Payment piecesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) 1860 check signed by Morris A Cohen for $36.00 on Fretz & Ralston check. Small round vignette of lady luck on the left side. 2) I...
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for 73.50
1664Gold Rush Era Court Document to Pueblo de San JoseHolabird Western Americana Collections
Document datelined San Francisco July 31st, 1850. "Judge Richardson/ Please put the within enclosed papers on record...yours, Wm. L. Lewis.&quo...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****M for 61.25
1665Lot WithdrawnHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot Withdrawn
Start Price : 0.00
1666Lucas Turner & Company Bankers checkHolabird Western Americana Collections
Number 185 issued on August 4, 1855 for $600 to Mssr A. P. Bessey & Co. Signed by Pierce & Co. (Pierce was a receiving company so this was m...
Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****r for 49.00
1667McNulty Carothers & Co. Banking House CheckHolabird Western Americana Collections
RARE Gold Rush San Francisco Banking House. Check Number 22 issued to John Laraby for $34. Signed by Gregory Yale. Black and blue with fancy lettering
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*****r for 42.88
1668Nath'l Winsor Jr.'s Line of Packets for San FranciscoHolabird Western Americana Collections
Sixty kegs of cranberries and 400 hundred barrels of flour bound for San Francisco from Boston on the good ship Telegraph with captain K. Harlow. To M
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for 49.00
1669Oliver & Buckley blue bill headHolabird Western Americana Collections
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Paints, oils, glue, artist materials, etc. To H. W. C. (Henry Corbett of Portland, Oregon Territory). Nice Gold Rus
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to B*********g for 24.50
1670Pacific Land Company Stock CertificateHolabird Western Americana Collections
Number 165 for 1 share to Mary Parkes. Signed by E. White and J. Rowets(?). RARE and VERY FINE certificate from the Pacific Land Company issued in 186
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
1672Gold Rush-era Page, Bacon & Co. ExchangeHolabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Date Aug 15, 1854. Pay $500 to Mrs. A. N. Butterfield at sight. Three vignettes: building with carriages outside (left), steamer paddleship (top
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d********9 for 73.50
1675Two 1861 Warehouse receiptsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Pacific Warehouse on December 2, 1861. Cox, Francis & Co. Warehouse & Commission Merchants. Flour from the Lambard Mills to William Pierc...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for 36.75
1676Washburn & Co. billheadHolabird Western Americana Collections
A blue bill head of Washburn & Co., Merchants Exchange Building, Numbers 54 and 56 Front Street. Listed as Auction and Commission Merchants. Cro...
Estimate : 50.00 - 120.00
Sold to B*********g for 24.50
1677Account sheet of Captain R. GreenleeHolabird Western Americana Collections
Account of shipping balance due. A single page account sheet of money owed hand-written for Captain R. Greenlee. Shows first payment on sale of boat,
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 6*********2 for 245.00
1679Suisun City Warehouse and Wharf receiptHolabird Western Americana Collections
Grain and barley has arrived on the Henry Pru. Jackson & McComb are the proprietors. Schooners were constantly in Suisun Slough headed for San F...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for 30.63
1680James S. Meredith 1854 loan documentHolabird Western Americana Collections
To his brother Baker. November 1, 1854. James Sebastian Meredith arrived in Folsom in 1849 with his two brothers Baker and Hector. There was a J. S.
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c****n for 91.88
1681Funded Debt of Yuba CountyHolabird Western Americana Collections
Number 47 fro $500.00 to Arthur S. Barber. Signed by Charles Lindley and Henry (?). This is an early California bond that was issued in 1852. That was
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
1682California Gold Rush EphemeraHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lithograph of "Early California Mining" by R. S. Dogge showing three miners: panning, using a sluice box and an arrasta; a letter, and mor...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to T******1 for 110.25
1683El Dorado Mines Cross-Section SketchHolabird Western Americana Collections
Hand-sketched & colored diagram of a mine's cross-section, complete with drain tunnels, shafts, engine rooms, hoists, pump stations and cart...
Estimate : 600.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to d********9 for 306.25
1684Gold Rush-era Billheads and ReceiptsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. 1) Phoenix Iron Works billhead. San Francisco, April 19th, 1856. Jon. A. Kittredge, Fire-Proof Doors, Shutters, Vaults, Etc. One dozen rivet
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for 85.75
1685Nice group of unused Gold Rush documentsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21 items! 1) Golden Channel Mining Company stock certificate. The November 4, 1858 Sacramento Daily Union ran this article, "The Golden ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for 171.50
1686Two Gold Rush Area Wells, Fargo & Co. CoversHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Cover addressed to Knapp in Hawthorne, Nevada. Blue oval Wells Fargo stamp for Columbia. Green 3 cent printed postage. 2) Cover addressed to San Fr
Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to V********e for 49.00