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

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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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Assay List of Eagle Group of Mines of Montana [140154]1510 - Assay List of Eagle Group of Mines of Montana [140154]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Assay list of Eagle Group of Mines Tesla Claim, followed by a report on the prospects for the venture. Also five pages of maps to the properties. Dat
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to S****2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Montana Stock Ledger-Copper King Mining Company [145359]1511 - Montana Stock Ledger-Copper King Mining Company [145359]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock ledger book, approx. 8.5 x 14 inches, recording the names of shareholders and the dates of their stock transactions. Earliest year found is 1900
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Montana U.S.G.S. Publications (2) [143829]1512 - Montana U.S.G.S. Publications (2) [143829]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Geology & Ore Deposits of the Elkhorn Mining District Jefferson Co., 22nd Ann. Report, Part II, by Walter H. Weed 21 plates, (2 in pocket), 7...
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Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Montana Mining Archive [145569]1513 - Montana Mining Archive [145569]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miscellaneous Montana mining lot. Mining and Scientific Press newspaper 1894; The Electrical Engineer (Harnessing the Missouri River near Helena) 1898
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to O*********n for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Montana Mining Document Assortment [146267]1514 - Montana Mining Document Assortment [146267]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 40 assorted Montana mining documents from Elkhorn Mining, Alice Gold and Silver, Gold Hill Milling, Block P, Helena Mining, Flathead Lake Club,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Montana Mining Letters with Famous Montana Folks [55556]1515 - Montana Mining Letters with Famous Montana Folks [55556]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) 1886 letter from Omaha & Grant Smelting & Refining Co. to Henry Knippenberg, who was the general manager of the Hecla Mining ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 20.00 - 70.00
Sold to P*****8 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Montana Mining Publications Collection (15) [150134]1516 - Montana Mining Publications Collection (15) [150134]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15 publications related to Montana mining. Collection includes 8 US Geological Survey journals dated 1905 - 1914, plus 1966, describing survey
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Tiny Mining Camps, Ranches & Outposts Correspondence [141140]1517 - Tiny Mining Camps, Ranches & Outposts Correspondence [141140]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 100 or more pieces of correspondence datelined from about 50 different places in Montana that did not have post offices, such that we could easi
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Montana and Illinois Mining Maps [148107]1518 - Montana and Illinois Mining Maps [148107]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two maps of mines in Montana and Illinois. Both maps are original pen and ink maps. A) Map of an unnamed mine in Silver Bow County, Montana sur
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Montana Mining Books [146808]1519 - Montana Mining Books [146808]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
61 Montana mining books, mostly hardcover. Mine Exam Questions and Answers Pt2 by Beard, Letter from the Secretary 1881 by Burchard-missing both board
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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