Big Tent Auction: Philatelic, Americana, Mining, Numismatics--April 2020

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Auction Details

Day 1, April 16th, 2020 (Lots 1000-1754)
Native Americana
Art
General Americana
Books

Day 2, April 17th, 2020 (Lots 2000-2753)
Mining Equipment
Minerals
Mining Artifacts & Ephemera
Stocks & Bonds
Mining
Other
Railroad
Transportation
Sports
Firearms & Weaponry
Military

Day 3, April 18th, 2020 (Lots 3000-3764)
Philatelic & Postal History
Ephemera
First Day
First Flight
Airships
Philatelic Covers & Postal History
Postcards

Day 4, April 19th, 2020 (Lots 4000-4763)
Tokens
Numismatics
Cowboy
Bargains & Dealer Specials

Welcome to our April Sale!

Covid-19
There’s a lot going on out there, and we’ve strived to find a way to keep operating in a safe and responsible manner. We incorporate all of the WHO recommendations, and then some. Our offices are cleaner and more sanitary than ever before, with sanitization cleanings up to four times per day! While most employees work at home, we also keep the 6-10 foot rule in place at the office. The result so far has been excellent, with a very healthy staff. Others around the country are not as lucky, and we strongly encourage following the WHO recommendations. We’ve been looking at a month, rather than 2 weeks. If it takes more, we’re “all in”.

This Auction!
This auction has another wide variety of outstanding collectibles in perhaps 30 collecting categories. Wow! Last sale we started with the John Reynolds Collection of California tokens, medals, shell cards and other Exonumia. This sale features more Reynolds tokens and his fabulous Aviation Mail (and California) Postal History Collection of more than 10,000 covers! As part of this collection, we offer his Pioneer Post Card Collection, a specialty of the earliest “picture post cards.”
Reynolds also had a major collection of Circus and Side Show photography and ephemera. We only split out some of it, such as the tokens, medals and scrip into individual lots. The bulk of the collection is so good, and of such excellent quality, inclusive of the personal collection of Nicu DeBarcsy (the most famous of the late 19th – early 20th dwarves), that we feel the collection needs to stay together as a whole – with thousands of photographs (CDV, Cabinet card, photo post cards) collected since the early 1960s, ending in about 1995 or so.
We continue with the marvelous Ken Prag Collection, and not to be outdone, we offer the Geoff Pollock Utah Mining Stock Certificate Collection in tact! More than 2000 pieces. It took Geoff more than thirty years to collect these pieces, highlighted by the fantastic 1864 Jordan Mining Co. stock signed by General Patrick Connor.
Our Art Department is ever-expanding, with this auction features a collection of wonderful Nevada artists plus many more.
The mining goods are also excellent, across the board, including part of the contents of a 1930’s assay lab! …and a mining library as a “unit” from a formerly producing mining company. And more large mining equipment from CMR Co.
A huge selection of costume jewelry is present from a southern California costume jewelry store that gave us their goods upon retiring. We remind everybody that our company is a great way to sell your inventories – the bigger the better!

Finding Your Collectibles
You’ll have fun perusing this catalog. There are great rarities in every section. As usual, we welcome calls and questions about lots. Need a better description? Just call or email us. Need help navigating? Just call! We’ve got simple ways of finding things, but sometimes we all need a little help to learn “the tricks.”

Consignments
Here at Holabird, we are, in a way, your partners in Collecting. We bring you some of the most exciting collections to hit the market every year.
Many of these collections are life-long projects, painstakingly put together by careful collectors – like you. When its time to sell, consider us! We bring more to the marketplace than any other company. Imagine this- five live internet bidding platforms in use for most auctions, all carefully picked. In fact, we work with several of these advanced forums to help make them, us, and the auction experience better for you. We bring new collectors to the table each and every auction.
Buying on the internet is at an all time high, and we understand how and why – that’s why we do so much with our internet bidding platform “partners”. Even though we are under Covid-19 WHO and Nevada guidelines, we work to make the internet sale a successful experience. And that includes shipping – we sanitize the packages before they go out.

While we work our way through the pandemic, it is important to realize we can assist. Our internet doors remain open, and we provide a huge platform from which to sell collections. If its time to sell your treasured items, let us know. If you’re home cleaning out the house and storeroom, and forgot about Grandpa’s collection, and need revenue, call us! If you run a chain of stores, such as pawn shops or thrift stores, we can easily generate that much needed revenue. Our processing is fast – we process about 3,000 lots of all forms of antiques and collectibles every 60 days. Nobody in America can match this. Our sales performance is also unequalled. Give us a call today. We have representatives in many parts of the USA. If the collection warrants, I’ll come myself and help you evaluate and discuss how we can assist.
--Fred Holabird--


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Group of 4 CDV's Include Expo Includes 2 from International Peace Jubilee, Boston  (111612)1240 - Group of 4 CDV's Include Expo Includes 2 from International Peace Jubilee, Boston (111612)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two cdv's from the expo plus one from Palace of Industry, Holland. Last view is of University Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan (backstamped Watson &...
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Minneapolis Fireman Cabinet Card  (113163)1241 - Minneapolis Fireman Cabinet Card (113163)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cabinet card by Miller of Minneapolis showing a fire department member in uniform. Minor wear. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State: Minnesot
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to p********w.. for (35.00 + 7.70BP) = 42.70
 
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1839 Announcement of the Re-Opening of Jefferson College  (116041)1242 - 1839 Announcement of the Re-Opening of Jefferson College (116041)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Address to the Public announcing that Jefferson College at Washington, Mississippi is "now prepared for the reception of Students" after r...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to l*******c for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory  (80279)1243 - Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory (80279)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1888 to 1889, Volume six, R. L. Polk and Company. 1620 pages plus advertisements, front board nearly de
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Kid Curry Wanted Poster  (117157)1244 - Kid Curry Wanted Poster (117157)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A great find! This is a wanted poster issued by The Pinkerton Detective Agency for the capture of Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry, member of the famous
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to V******l for (6,750.00 + 1,485.00BP) = 8,235.00
 
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Custer's Last Stand News  (62157)1245 - Custer's Last Stand News (62157)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of Six newspapers, 4 NY tribune, 1 Philadelphia Times, one New York Sun; 7/12, 7/21, 7/28, 8/2, 8/4, 9/19 1876 discussing the Little Big Horn ba
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Pioneer Fire Company Silk Ribbon  (117159)1246 - Pioneer Fire Company Silk Ribbon (117159)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Silk ribbon (2 1/2" x 11") from the Pioneer Hook & Ladder Co. No.1, for their 32nd annual convention. Provenance: John Reynolds Col...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to y******e for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Lincoln Directory for the year commencing June 1st  (108483)1247 - Lincoln Directory for the year commencing June 1st (108483)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume II. Compiled by Luther E. Fitch & Co. Residential and business directory. Advertisements on covers and throughout book. Lists officers of...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to d*******f for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Proclamation--James W. Nye  (112914)1248 - Proclamation--James W. Nye (112914)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot includes a handwritten proclamation of "an act to organize the 'Territory of Nevada' affirmed March 2, 1861." The proclam...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********w.. for (250.00 + 55.00BP) = 305.00
 
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Virginia and Truckee Railroad Passenger Way-bills  (115181)1249 - Virginia and Truckee Railroad Passenger Way-bills (115181)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of Virginia and Truckee Railroad (V & T RR) passenger way-bills; a total of six receipts dated from 1880 delivered between G.H. (G...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to t********n.. for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
 
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Virginia and Truckee Railroad passenger way-bills 1880  (115182)1250 - Virginia and Truckee Railroad passenger way-bills 1880 (115182)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of Virginia and Truckee Rail Road (V&T RR) way-bills from 1880. The route is marked from Virginia City to Carson City. A to...
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BP Hazeltine Billhead, Dayton, Nevada Territory  (113185)1251 - BP Hazeltine Billhead, Dayton, Nevada Territory (113185)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dateline Dayton, N.T. BP Hazeltine, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries, Provisions, Liquors, Hardware. Brick store, junction Main and Pike Stree
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to D******a for (55.00 + 12.10BP) = 67.10
 
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Group of 1860s Dayton, Nevada Billheads incl. Druggist  (113194)1252 - Group of 1860s Dayton, Nevada Billheads incl. Druggist (113194)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. All issued to the F&AM Masonic lodge in Dayton or Silver City. Includes: WT Harned Druggist (1867, pictorial); M. Meyer (Groceries &am...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c********l for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Three Different Billheads for the Lyon County Sentinel  (113186)1253 - Three Different Billheads for the Lyon County Sentinel (113186)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different for this Dayton newspaper. "Job Printing of Every Description Executed in the Best Manner." All issued to the masonic l...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********l for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Dayton, Nevada Masonic Archive  (113205)1254 - Dayton, Nevada Masonic Archive (113205)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This archive is a new discovery. It came with other pieces associated with masonic lodges in Virginia City, Gold Hill, and Silver City, which we have
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to c********l for (475.00 + 118.75BP) = 593.75
 
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Lyon County, Nevada Masonic Archive (Post-1900)  (112635)1255 - Lyon County, Nevada Masonic Archive (Post-1900) (112635)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A bankers box of material related to the other masonic archives we are offering in this sale. This is the later group of material, clustered around th
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******u for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Masons Membership Application for Ft. Churchill, NV  (113192)1256 - Masons Membership Application for Ft. Churchill, NV (113192)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare location. Application for Membership addressed to the Valley Lodge No. 9 of the F&AM (at Dayton). TJ Jennings, 37, would like to join the l...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to p********e for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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"Arrowhead D" Ranch Photo Collection (Pyramid Lake)  (116030)1257 - "Arrowhead D" Ranch Photo Collection (Pyramid Lake) (116030)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17 photos, most cutout of a photo album. The "Arrowhead D" Ranch was owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Shepherd Dana of New York. Dana ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to j***d for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Original Negative from "The Misfits" at Pyramid Lake Plus Bonus  (116035)1258 - Original Negative from "The Misfits" at Pyramid Lake Plus Bonus (116035)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Original 2.25" camera negative from the 1961 film The Misfits, showing Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe laying down on the shores of...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Pyramid Lake Press Photographs  (115746)1259 - Pyramid Lake Press Photographs (115746)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Set of 3 "Then & Now" 8x10" views, one from 1970 and two from 1984, all press photos. 2) Press photo of Catherine Dale Owens f...
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