Eager bidders add to their collections at Holabird s 5-day Holiday sale
Letter-sheet from 1856 illustrating all the major types of gold mining done in California by 1855, published by James M. Hutchings and titled Methods of Mining, with twelve vignettes ($3,500).
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.- A portfolio of five aquatint etchings by the Chilean artist Sebastiàn Matta sold for $3,750, a pictorial letter-sheet from 1856 illustrating all the major types of gold mining done in California by 1855 brought $3,500, a monumental 12-volume railroad survey report published from 1855-1860 compiled to find the best rail route to the Pacific coast realized $3,125, and a pair of Chinese publishing company stock certificates from the 1920s fetched $2,125 at a five-day Holiday Auction held December 17th-21st by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC.