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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City of Great Falls Special Improvement District Bonds [140043]2680 - City of Great Falls Special Improvement District Bonds [140043]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five special improvement district coupon bonds from the city of Great Falls. Early bond numbers 2-4, with each bond for a different district. S
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
 
 
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City of Great Falls Special Improvement District Coupon Bond Certificates [140054]2681 - City of Great Falls Special Improvement District Coupon Bond Certificates [140054]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight special improvement bonds, each for a different district. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Great Falls Provenance:
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lucky Seven Great Falls Bond Certificates [140044]2682 - Lucky Seven Great Falls Bond Certificates [140044]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four special improvement district coupon bonds from the City of Great Falls Montana, all with the number seven in the bond number. Date: Cou
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Yellowstone Fair Association Stock, 1893, Montana [123950]2683 - Yellowstone Fair Association Stock, 1893, Montana [123950]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 183 for 1 share to WH Clanton. Dateline Billings July 7, 1893. Signed by president ID O'Donnell and Alex Graham. The central figure in th...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 110.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Montana "Name" Collection of Corporate Stock Certificates (20) [143568]2684 - Montana "Name" Collection of Corporate Stock Certificates (20) [143568]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 20 Montana corporate stock certificates of companies named after the founder. Earliest issued was from Christie & Leys Co, issued 1904, ...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 80.00
Sold to s**********1 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Montana Power Companies Stock Collection [129645]2685 - Montana Power Companies Stock Collection [129645]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 different. Included: Flint Creek Power Co. (#1, 1934); Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. (two diff. Specimen bonds and a Specimen stock); Madison
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Estimate : 110.00 - 500.00
Sold to s**********1 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Montana Publishing Stock Certificate Group [127591]2686 - Montana Publishing Stock Certificate Group [127591]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4, all unissued. 1) The Montana Free Press. Unissued stocks no. 4 and 7, green border and seal, black print, allegorical vignette. Independent
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Montana Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock Certificates [126377]2687 - Montana Regional Telephone & Telegraph Stock Certificates [126377]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different. Included: Bee Line Telephone Company (1919); Chinook-Cleveland Telephone Co. (1904); Continental Telegraph Company (1908, #4); Cot
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Estimate : 70.00 - 400.00
Sold to m****y for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Bank Club of Ely, Inc. Stock Certificate [109325]2688 - Bank Club of Ely, Inc. Stock Certificate [109325]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unissued but punch cancelled. Inc. in Nevada. Blue border and background, black print, and bald eagle vignette. 6.75 x 10" Pen notations. The B...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to m****y for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Nevada Livestock Stock Certificates [124562]2689 - Nevada Livestock Stock Certificates [124562]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four stock certificates from various Nevada livestock concerns. Included are The Steptoe Live Stock Company (issued, grazing cattle vignette), Carson
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Estimate : 30.00 - 150.00
Sold to d****9 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Stock Cert. Issued to Buffalo Bill Business Partner [127419]2690 - Stock Cert. Issued to Buffalo Bill Business Partner [127419]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock certificate issued by Western Pneumatic Horse Collar Company for 2,500 shares at $1 per to Nate R. Salsbury, former producer and manager of Buff
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Arcola Oil Co. Stock Book, issued & cancelled [141133]2691 - Arcola Oil Co. Stock Book, issued & cancelled [141133]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here's a bonanza for an oil stock researcher of Nevada fields, or perhaps a Nevada incorporation for a California oil field. Is it Railroad Vall...
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Estimate : 190.00 - 500.00
Sold to m****y for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Atlantic Journal Publishing Company Stock Certificate [126278]2692 - Atlantic Journal Publishing Company Stock Certificate [126278]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in New Jersey. No 47, issued to AS Giles for one share in 189_ in Atlantic City. Signed by president Charles R. Myers. Not signed by the treasure
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 300.00
Sold to d****9 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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American Trotter and Pacer Stock, Horse Racing, 1922 [128822]2693 - American Trotter and Pacer Stock, Horse Racing, 1922 [128822]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare certificate from this horse racing related company. Cert. #30, issued for 2 shares in 1922. Inc. in New Jersey. VF. Uncanceled. Date: Country
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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New Jersey Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates [126266]2694 - New Jersey Printing & Publishing Stock Certificates [126266]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8 different. Included: News Publishing Company (two diff, 1926); Peoples Home Journal, Inc. (1928); Echo Publishing, Inspecting & Adjusti...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Sold to d****9 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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The United States Book Company Stock Certificate [126271]2695 - The United States Book Company Stock Certificate [126271]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in New Jersey. No. 40, issued to Ralph W. Ellis for 20 shares in 1890. Signed by president Chamber and the treasurer. Not cancelled. Brown border
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Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Sold to d****9 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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United States Lines Company Stock Certificate Group [134628]2696 - United States Lines Company Stock Certificate Group [134628]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 45 issued certificates. All but one are issued to Vincent Astor in 1943. Vincent Astor was the oldest son of John Jacob Astor, who died on the
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
 
 
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New York Light  Company 1870's Stock Certificate [127455]2697 - New York Light Company 1870's Stock Certificate [127455]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Interesting early stock cert issued by The Nassau Gas Light Company of Brooklyn, New York. It is issued to Mary Mullhollan for a $700 interest in the
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Estimate : 70.00 - 400.00
Sold to b****5 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Paul Weidmann Brewing Company Stock  - colorful! [123267]2698 - Paul Weidmann Brewing Company Stock - colorful! [123267]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black on orange safety paper. Fancy underprint "Shares one hundred dollars each." Large gold seal. Number 94 for 100 shares. Signed by pre...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 200.00
Sold to B****x for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Briggs National Bank of Clyde, NY Stock Certificate--Number 1 [125890]2699 - Briggs National Bank of Clyde, NY Stock Certificate--Number 1 [125890]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock certificate number 1, issued to LH Palmer for 50 shares on April 27th, 1880, in Clyde, NY. Signed by SH Briggs as president and the Cashier (ill
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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