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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President Teddy Roosevelt Postcard Collection  (113094)1400 - President Teddy Roosevelt Postcard Collection (113094)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 35 early postcards feat. Teddy Roosevelt or family, incl. a rare RPPC, a holographic card, and a ribbon (National Ribbon Co., Paterson, NJ). RP
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******r for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Rare Alton B. Parker Button  (50250)1401 - Rare Alton B. Parker Button (50250)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rare button measures 1.25". Featuring a Parker head illustration next to Uncle Sam adorned in red, white and blue tails featuring stars an...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Rare Bryan / Kern Presidential Ticket Postcard  (113103)1402 - Rare Bryan / Kern Presidential Ticket Postcard (113103)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scarce postcard advertising the Bryan/Kern presidential ticket for the 1908 election. William Jennings Bryan lost the election to Taft. Card shows ova
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Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to d*******f for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Cabinet Cards of President Garfield & His Wife  (113120)1403 - Cabinet Cards of President Garfield & His Wife (113120)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Cabinet card of President James A. Garfield. Lists his birthplace and death in 1881. No photographer or printer listed. 2) Cabinet card i
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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US Presidential Collectibles  (115725)1404 - US Presidential Collectibles (115725)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. Includes: Adlai Stevenson pen; Harry S. Truman birthplace pencil; Shirley Chisholm for President pin; oversized postcard for Teddy Roosevel
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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U.S. Political Library (40)  (115366)1405 - U.S. Political Library (40) (115366)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fourty pieces in all. Appear to be mostly 1990s & 2000s. About 14 hardcover most with dust jackets. Provenance: Country (if not USA): State...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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U.S. Presidential Histories & Essays  (115367)1406 - U.S. Presidential Histories & Essays (115367)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 30 items in all. Soft cover & hardcover & magazines included. A nice library on presidential history. Provenance: Country (if not ...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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English actors, actresses, politicians and personality autographs  (105938)1407 - English actors, actresses, politicians and personality autographs (105938)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large number of autographs. All were in an autograph book, some may have been removed. Many have become detached. Still a nine collection of 20th Cent
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Canada Directory  (108495)1408 - Canada Directory (108495)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Canada Directory Containing the names of the professional and business men of every description in the cities, towns, and pricipal villages of canada
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Phillips Bicycles Advertising Cardboard Piece  (115729)1409 - Phillips Bicycles Advertising Cardboard Piece (115729)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Color cardboard advertising piece for Phillips Bicycles, "Renowned the World Over." Features posing lion. Reverse has string to hand. Appr...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to k******X for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Midwest US Maps (8)  (63200)1410 - Midwest US Maps (8) (63200)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 maps featuring the Midwestern states. 1) Ohio by Counties with Railroads. Published by Geo. F. Cram, Chicago, IL. 1883. Approximately 14.5" x...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 450.00 - 800.00
 
 
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American Saw Mill Machinery Co. Catalogs  (112074)1411 - American Saw Mill Machinery Co. Catalogs (112074)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two: 1) well illustrated wood working machinery catalog No. AD55, 1914, 6 x 19 inches, 2-sided, 6-fold pamphlet; 2) Saw Mills and Wood Working
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to p********1 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Antique Corkscrews & Bottle Openers  (114838)1412 - Antique Corkscrews & Bottle Openers (114838)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten old devices: Appel's Wine Store of Amsterdam Avenue New York corkscrew; Old I. W. Harper corkscrew/bottle opener; bottle openers from...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Antique London Pewter Pieces, Etc.  (109766)1413 - Antique London Pewter Pieces, Etc. (109766)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Amazing antique collection. 1) Very large London R M pewter round platter. 18" diameter. 2) London pewter two-handled porridge bowl--2"h x...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Artistic Prints of Birds from Arthur Singer Paintings  (115727)1414 - Artistic Prints of Birds from Arthur Singer Paintings (115727)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four different sheets (No. 3,4,5,6) from a series of paintings by noted bird painter Arthur Singer. 12.5 x 9.25" Very colorful and detai...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to d*******f for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Binoculars 7x50 by Optex De Luxe  (114394)1415 - Binoculars 7x50 by Optex De Luxe (114394)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a pair of 7x50 binoculars by Optex De Luxe with double-coated optics and a 71-degree field of view (because it says so right there on the fron
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to R********a.. for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Cigarette Cases, Vintage Ladies Designer Items (Lot of 2)  (115167)1416 - Cigarette Cases, Vintage Ladies Designer Items (Lot of 2) (115167)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Beautiful Gold tone brass cigarette case beautifully decorated with inlaid butterfly and rose with red background. 4 1/4 x 2 x 1 1/2 detail and col
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Cigarette Photo Cards of Early Actresses  (115480)1417 - Cigarette Photo Cards of Early Actresses (115480)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 120 cards, most from Sweet Caporal, but also a few from Admiral Cigarettes. Names the actresses on the bottom. 2.75 x 1.5" Mixed condit...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to p********n for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Early issues of Playboy Magazine  (115171)1418 - Early issues of Playboy Magazine (115171)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of early Playboy magazine issues from April 1954 to August of 1961; a total of approximately 30 issues. Playboy magazine set a precedent
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Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Early movie ephemera and tokens  (109023)1419 - Early movie ephemera and tokens (109023)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These are cigarette paper photograph cards and tokens. The photo. cards included with cigarette papers of the JNDO Egyptian Cigarette Company are of s
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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