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A Collector's New Year: Philatelic, Americana, & Dealer Auction TIMED

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Auction Details

A Special Two-Day Auction Event Featuring

*Featuring Both Old & New Items from the Gary Bracken Collection, Ken Prag Collection, Stuart MacKenzie Collection, & Others

~Over 1,500 Lots~

Including Civil War, Indian Territory, Kansas, & Missouri Covers from the Bracken Collection and California & Oregon Postcards from the Prag Collection

*General Americana *Stocks *Philatelic *Books *Mining *Sports

*Bargain & Dealer Lots including Colorado & Montana Billhead & Mining Archives from the Gary Bracken Collection and Stuart MacKenzie Collection

*Reduced opening prices on EVERY lot in the sale!

Welcome, collectors, to a new year of exciting auctions!

Our 2023 New Year's resolution is to continue to bring fantastic history at auction to collectors, dealers, and institutions around the world. And we hope you have resolved to keep building your collections and/or dealer inventories!

As a big thank you for an incredible 2022 year of auctions, we've created a special "auto-pilot" auction with reduced start prices and a whole bunch of great material for our beginning to intermediate collectors and/or Americana dealers.

You'll find a mix of new and old items, including new philatelic goodies from the Bracken Collection and Prag Collection, and new collections of books and historical resources. You'll also find tons of Americana including Montana and Colorado paper and check archives from the Stuart MacKenzie Collection and Bracken Collection.

This is an "auto-pilot" auction, so there won't be an auctioneer or audio/video feed. But you will be able to log into an auction console, place live bids, and watch the progression of the auction, just like in our other sales.

If you have any questions or need help placing an absentee bid, please call our office at 775-851-1859

Everyone at Holabird's wishes you a safe and Happy New Year!

And stay tuned because many more exciting items are coming to the collecting market in 2023!

--The Holabird Team--

So how does our auto-pilot auction work?

*Just like normal, you can start bidding absentee right now on iCollector. We can also help you register and place absentee bids for you. Give our office a call at 775-851-1859.

*On the day of the auction (January 7th and 8th), you'll be able to join the live auction console, place bids, and watch the lots progress. (But there won't be an audio/video feed or person on a podium).

*Once a lot opens, there will be a 20 second countdown.

*If a bid is placed during this countdown, the timer is reset to 20 seconds. Each live bid resets the timer!

*Once the countdown runs out, the lot will be sold, and the next lot will come up with the same settings.

It's up to you--the bidders--to keep the action going! But we'll be watching and cheering you on!


Auction Schedule

Session 1, January 7th, 2023, Lots 1000-1751
General Americana (1000-1455)
Geo. Sort (1000-1403)
Jewelry (1404-1420)
Sports (1421-1455)
Mining (1456-1564)
General Books (1565-1751)

Session 2, January 8th, 2023, Lots 2000-2774
Philatelic (2000-2480)
Covers & Stamps feat. Indian Territory, Kansas, & Missouri Covers from Bracken Collection (2000-2197)
Postcards feat. Foreign, California, & Oregon from Prag Collection (2198-2481)
Stocks & Bonds (2481-2774)
Mining (2481-2608)
Railroad (2609-2629)
Misc. (2630-2774)
SHIPPING & HANDLING: The customer is responsible for all shipping and packaging charges. We offer shipping service as a convenience to our buyers. Items are not shipped until the invoice and shipping charges are completely paid. Shipping costs will be calculated and billed separately after your items have been paid for. Purchases will be shipped via our approved, insured carriers: FedEx, UPS, USPS or DHL. Pick up is available from our Reno office, once you have received your invoice post auction
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Prospector Letter to Home as he is on the move to Turquoise, AZ, 1894 [136609]1460 - Prospector Letter to Home as he is on the move to Turquoise, AZ, 1894 [136609]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Handwritten letter from James Baskin to his mother in 1894 on N. A. Gilman's People's Market printed letterhead, a possible place of tempor...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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State of Arizona U.S.G.S.. Professional Paper Publ. (2) [157672]1461 - State of Arizona U.S.G.S.. Professional Paper Publ. (2) [157672]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "The Copper Deposits of the Clifton-Morenci District", PP-12, by Waldemar Lindgren, 1905 ~ 25 plates, (one geological map In pocket), ...
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
 
 
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1860s Colorado River Mining Companies Prospectus [132614]1462 - 1860s Colorado River Mining Companies Prospectus [132614]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare prospectus detailing Colorado River prospecting and mining companies. Dated San Francisco, Sept. 9th, 1863. One page, 8 x 11 inches. William
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Arizona Bureau of Mines (A.B.M.) Publ. (3) [157968]1463 - Arizona Bureau of Mines (A.B.M.) Publ. (3) [157968]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bulletin 143, Geology & Ore deposits of the Tombstone Dist. Arizona, by Butler, Wilson & Rasor, 1938 ~ (6"x 9" booklet, 26 plates...
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Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Arizona Mining Ephemera & Stereo Views (5) [131519]1464 - Arizona Mining Ephemera & Stereo Views (5) [131519]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five pieces including three stereoviews, a stock from Tombstone and an 1876 letter from Smith District. The letter sender notes he "send by bea...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Arizona: Its Resources and Prospects 1865 [125495]1465 - Arizona: Its Resources and Prospects 1865 [125495]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1968 reprint of 1865 Arizona letter to the Editor of the New York Tribune by Hon. Richard C. McCormick. He outlines the advantage of the counties and
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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U.S.G.S.. Arizona Mining Publications (4) [157973]1466 - U.S.G.S.. Arizona Mining Publications (4) [157973]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Bulletin 1027-F, Copper Deposits of part of Helvetia Mining District, Pima Co., AZ, by Creasey & Quick, 1955 ~ (6" x 9" booklet, 5 ...
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Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Two California Mining Letters , 1894 [157890]1467 - Two California Mining Letters , 1894 [157890]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two letters sent by C.A. Holland to his cousin. Holland was the superintendent of the Buchanan Gold Mining and Milling Co. in Buchanan, California. Wr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Grass Valley Mining District Map, c. 1890s [157891]1468 - Grass Valley Mining District Map, c. 1890s [157891]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Map of the Grass Valley Mining District, Nevada County, California, Showing the Locations of the Principal Mines Compiled for the State Mining Bureau
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Maryland Gold Quartz Mining Co. Correspondence [128008]1469 - Maryland Gold Quartz Mining Co. Correspondence [128008]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten pages of minutes of the 12th annual meeting outlining officers duties, expenditure reports, 1889, bills 1889, receipts, annual reports. . All
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Gold Tunnel Mine 10 page description. [157744]1470 - Gold Tunnel Mine 10 page description. [157744]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The letter talks about the mine first worked in 1851. Seems to be an effort to revitalize the mine in 1874 or later. 10 legal sized pages that (withou
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nevada City Mining Archive [152481]1471 - Nevada City Mining Archive [152481]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice Nevada City archive including assay reports, You Bet Mine, claim on unspecified name claim, 2X Selby Smelting gold bullion deposit slips, Wells F
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Nevada City Mining Correspondence [157746]1472 - Nevada City Mining Correspondence [157746]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) Notice of location by J.. Holland in 1891. Location at Grass Valley Mining District. 1000' x 600'. 2) Purchase of (?) at Bo...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to u********y.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Appraisal of a Mining Estate in Nevada County, 1856 [157704]1473 - Appraisal of a Mining Estate in Nevada County, 1856 [157704]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Appraisal of the estate of Andrew McCoy in San Juan, Nevada County, California. This estate involved mining properties and other assets in Nevada Coun
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Red Dog Ledger and Letter [157895]1474 - Red Dog Ledger and Letter [157895]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ledger and letter from Red Dog, a California gold rush mining town in Nevada County. The ledger is a time book from Red Dog Mine showing a list of min
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Gold Bullion Assay Receipts [127958]1475 - Gold Bullion Assay Receipts [127958]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two: 1) 1877 Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at the Mint of the United States at San Francisco, red ink; 2) Memorandum of Gold Bullion dep
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Report on Golden Gate Hydraulic Gold Mine [157745]1476 - Report on Golden Gate Hydraulic Gold Mine [157745]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1884. Mine located near Smartsville. Smartsville located 15 miles from Marysville. Located at Sucker Flat. In 1884 the state of California forbad all
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Contention Mine Report and Map, 1909 [157703]1477 - Contention Mine Report and Map, 1909 [157703]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Report and map of the Contention Mining Property in Knights Creek, Tuolumne County, California. Report includes information about the mine including l
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Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
Sold to S***6 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Washington, Cal. Court Docs Sieze Grissel Properties, 1869 [128837]1478 - Washington, Cal. Court Docs Sieze Grissel Properties, 1869 [128837]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two court documents from Washington, California, writs of attachment to Conrad Grissel. regarding 8 lots and mining claims at Washington City, Nevada
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Resolution of Supervisor Wood Regarding Yuba River, 1882 [157232]1479 - Resolution of Supervisor Wood Regarding Yuba River, 1882 [157232]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 page handwritten document directing and instructing the District Attorney to prosecute persons, companies or corporations who engage in hydraulic mi
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
 
 
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