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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Sophie Tucker Silk Play Bill  (113161)1300 - Sophie Tucker Silk Play Bill (113161)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Silk play bill for the 29th Annual Entertainment of the Treasurers Club of America at the Hudson Theatre on May 5th, 1918. Second on the set-list is f
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to p******1 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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1870s Personal Scrapbook of Theatre Handbills  (115615)1301 - 1870s Personal Scrapbook of Theatre Handbills (115615)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Front of scrapbook has label, "Thomas Peaslee, Director." 35 or so pages, most with handbills glued to both sides of the page. Plays date ...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Four Vaudeville Pinbacks  (116382)1302 - Four Vaudeville Pinbacks (116382)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four Vaudeville pinbacks featuring two of Lady on a Swing-Charmion, Fan Dancer Rudith Williams and Baby Blanche Pickert. Provenance: John Reynolds C
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m******0 for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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New York City Directory Group, 1870's  (81179)1303 - New York City Directory Group, 1870's (81179)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Run of New York city directories from the 1870's. 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1879. All hardbound, all showing the effects of age, with weakness at ...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Rare Trade Card for Lion Coffee: Indians Attacking Wagon Train  (113149)1304 - Rare Trade Card for Lion Coffee: Indians Attacking Wagon Train (113149)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Color trade card / advertising toy for Lion Coffee showing Indians attacking a wagon train. "Indians on the War Path" is printed at bottom...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*********5 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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WANTED Poster - Murderer Sam Neeley  (86313)1305 - WANTED Poster - Murderer Sam Neeley (86313)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ornately framed WANTED poster offering, "$500 REWARD for Arrest and Detention in Any Jail of Sam Neeley. Wanted in Haskell County, Oklahoma for...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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LaGrande, Oregon Tourist Booklet With Advertising & Photos  (110350)1306 - LaGrande, Oregon Tourist Booklet With Advertising & Photos (110350)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Circa early 1900's. Published by the La Grande National Bank in Union County, Oregon. Great little booklet in tight shape has 71 pages. Includes...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Oregon Cave Brochures (4) + Postcards (2)  (116296)1307 - Oregon Cave Brochures (4) + Postcards (2) (116296)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Oregon Caves National Monument - U.S. Dept of Interior -1939 2) The Oregon Caves - Siskiyou National Forest, US. Dept. of Agriculture -1926 + 2 pos
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Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 180.00
 
 
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Oregon Postcards & Telegraph Ephemera  (113189)1308 - Oregon Postcards & Telegraph Ephemera (113189)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. 1) Nine different postcards of Florence, Oregon. All postally unused. Beach and logging scenes, plus one showing the town after a 1910 fire
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Brotherhood of America Enrollment Print  (85164)1309 - Brotherhood of America Enrollment Print (85164)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Brotherhood of America was a secret society formed in Philadelphia in the 1850's with membership of native born Americans. This is an unissu...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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1839 Bank Suspension Broadside  (115611)1310 - 1839 Bank Suspension Broadside (115611)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Broadside dated October 1839, Cumberland, Rhode Island, regarding suspension of banks in Rhode Island. Addressed to the Hon. General Assembly of the S
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to P******y for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Black American Memorabilia  (105940)1311 - Black American Memorabilia (105940)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) J. W. Johnson's 'Old Reliable' Virginia Minstrels. Example of stereotyping based on race, yet definitely part of American...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Texas State Fair & Dallas Exposition Ribbon  (113155)1312 - Texas State Fair & Dallas Exposition Ribbon (113155)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Second Premium by Committee of Awards, Ladies' Department ribbon from the Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition, Nov. 1st, 1892. Mrs. Sydney Sm...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*h for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Vaudeville Scrapbook Collection  (116052)1313 - Vaudeville Scrapbook Collection (116052)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 albums owned and constructed by Jack and June Alfred, who were Vaudeville performers that ran the show "Jack & June Alfred's C...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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Deed for Selling a Tract of Land in Early Vermont  (104492)1314 - Deed for Selling a Tract of Land in Early Vermont (104492)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From Henry Smith to Otis Leland. Describes as, "...being in Baltimore...on the south side of Luke Harris land on the right of Levi Webster....&...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Virginia Cave Brochures (5) + Postcards (12)  (116295)1315 - Virginia Cave Brochures (5) + Postcards (12) (116295)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Virginia Cave Brochures (5) + Postcards (12) 1) Shenandoah Caverns -1929 - (15 Pgs.) 2) Caverns of Luray - 1929 - (10 Pgs) + 8 Post cards 3) Skyline C
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to 6****A for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Everett, Washington Parade Panorama Photograph  (115314)1316 - Everett, Washington Parade Panorama Photograph (115314)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Panorama photograph of some sort of parade/political event in Everett, Washington. Flags are hanging and there appears to be a man on a podium in the
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Repro. Photos  (113166)1317 - Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition Repro. Photos (113166)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Two reproduction photos: view of busy street, "Pay Streak,"; and women walking around unusual building. 4.5 x 6.5" 2) Ea...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Four Wanted Poster From Missing to Murder  (117161)1318 - Four Wanted Poster From Missing to Murder (117161)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four wanted posters each seeking an individual for different reasons, with the ultimate crime being murder. One poster seeks two murderers in Washingt
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d*******f for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Washington State Railroad Pocket Map, Rand McNally, 1908  (111603)1319 - Washington State Railroad Pocket Map, Rand McNally, 1908 (111603)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rand McNally's Indexed County and Township Pocket Map, Shipper's Guide, Washington Entire Railroad System. Map has a few tears and small hol...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c**c for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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