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Americana and Numismatics
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1500Comstock Mine Broker Correspondence CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 70+ pieces. Includes Western Union Telegraph receipts written in code! Perhaps you can decipher "Haunted cavern axle fin." Many pie...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for 171.50
1501Comstock Superintendents Paying Themselves (incl. Mackay)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five checks where five different mining superintendents are paying themselves. 1) Agency of the Bank of California. Dec. 22, 1870. John W. Mack
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to v********o.. for 122.50
1502Eagle Salt Works Co. DocumentsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Various accounts payable, vouchers/receipts for supplies, transportation of merchandise, payroll, etc. Heavy soiling.
City: Virginia City
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for 98.00
1503Gould & Curry "Buff" RN-D Check with Fair SignatureHolabird Western Americana Collections
Agency of The Bank of California, Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. July 3rd, 1874. Rare "buff" RN-D with James G. Fair's signa...
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to i*****l for 55.13
1504Gould & Curry Check issued for tailings processingHolabird Western Americana Collections
Bank of California, RN-B17c. Virginia, Dec. 17, 1869. Issued to Parke & Douglass for $6,324.35. Signed by Issac Requa as superintendent. Cut can...
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to i*****l for 73.50
1505Gould & Curry Check Signed by Philip DeidesheimerHolabird Western Americana Collections
No. 7747. Agency of The Bank of California, Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. Virginia, May 3, 1870. RN-B and imprinted NV 2 cent on left ed...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6****A for 275.63
1506Irish Miners on the Comstock: Virginia City Check LotHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine Gould & Curry, Bank of California checks made out to Irish miners. All are from 1866, signed by Louis Janin Jr. as superintendent, a...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to v********o.. for 122.50
1507Monte Christo Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock CertificateHolabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. 1866. Issued to Alphonso Thill for 25 shares on Nov. 5th, 1868 in Philadelphia office. Three blue ten-cent revenue stamps lined up next to each o
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*****l for 147.00
1509Rare Fair Signed Check for Mill SluiceHolabird Western Americana Collections
Clean Pacific Mill and Mining Company check issued for $4,120 to California Mill Sluice on July 1, 1876. RN-G. Signed by James G. Fair. While payments
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to p********n for 95.60