HOLABIRD NOVEMBER 2024 SELECTIONS

 

Lot 3147: Gold Medal of Merit
Gold medal of merit; 7.1 grams of 14 carat gold; 20 x 30 mm, with loop. Engraved on reverse: "From / R. Marie J. C. / 1923 /to / M. V. Brennan." Stamped at bottom Dieges & Clust. Dieges & Clust were jewellers established in New York in 1898 by Col. Charles Joseph Dieges and Prosper Clust.

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Gold Medal of Merit [187144] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Gold-Medal-of-Merit-187144_i54642998)

 

Lot 3367: Check Signed by Madame Le Tang
Check signed by Madame Le Tang, Tombstone Whorehouse Madam. Drawn on the Pima County Bank, 1881. LeTang was a professional and beautiful French Madame known as Blond Marie in Tombstone. She ran the best prostitution house in the city. Deposit is for $1,000 - a rather large amount. Must represent a portion of the cash flow that this prominent Madame had collected. Signed twice by Letang. Also signed by PW Smith the Manager of the bank. [ Tombstone Arizona

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Tombstone Whorehouse Madame LeTang Autograph-Rare! [182138] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Tombstone-Whorehouse-Madame-LeTang-Autograph-Rare-182138_i54643217)

 

Lot 4240: Early California Counters by Fauver
Rare Complete set of 7 Volumes of "Early California Counters" by L. B. Fauver, Oak Grove Publications, 1990. [ Fred Holabird Collection

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Complete Set of Early California Counter by Fauver [181025] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Complete-Set-of-Early-California-Counter-by-Fauver-181025_i54643563)

 

Lot 4248: Raffle Ticket for an Ingot of Gold
Original raffle ticket 2" x 3 1/4", No. 4685, "Tickets $1, Mammoth Ingot of Gold Raffle to be decided in the Chinese Sales room on July 5, 1853. 2,400 prizes, value $65,000"_x000D_

This raffle was held by Tobin & Duncan of San Francisco at Long's Wharf, where they regularly advertised their Chinese Sales Room. The firm had a significant success, having sold more than 64,000 tickets for the raffle, giving away 2,237 prizes. The sale of tickets went so well that the company continued to sell them until July 11, six days after the original announced drawing date. The winning ticket was drawn July 13th, and the Mammoth gold ingot, of which no description was ever published, went to ticket number 23633. A list of all the winners was posted in the Alta California newspaper. There were reports of other ticket numbers winning the ingot, but the number used here was from the full winners list. This piece is a choice reminder of just how popular the California Gold Rush gold bars were to the average person. No wonder the 560-plus gold bars found on the SS Central America remain popular today!

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Raffle Ticket for an Ingot of Gold, San Francisco, 1853 [179364] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Raffle-Ticket-for-an-Ingot-of-Gold-San-Francisco-1853-179364_i54643571)

 

Lot 4308: Olympics Participation Medal
Rare official participation medal for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. 68 mm. [ Los Angeles California Salvatore Falcone Collection

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4308 Olympics Participation Medal 1932 [179165] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Olympics-Participation-Medal-1932-179165_i54643631)

 

Lot 4340: Louisiana Purchase Expo Medal
In original case: Universal Exposition 1904 Saint Louis. Obv.: Gold Medal / Louisiana Purchase / Exposition; Reverse: Universal Exposition St. Louis United States of America / MCMIV. Bronze, triangular shape, 71 x 71 mm; 145 grams. [ 1904 Salvatore Falcone Collection

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition Award Medal 1904 [179262] (https://holabirdamericana.liveauctiongroup.com/Louisiana-Purchase-Exposition-Award-Medal-1904-179262_i54643663)

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