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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Vintage Tire Signs  (117050)1440 - Vintage Tire Signs (117050)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two vintage tire signs. "Goodrich Delux Silvertowns", 33 x 19", top portion of the sign only, cardboard, discolored. Thorobread The W...
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Western Photographer Photography Group (3)  (110348)1441 - Western Photographer Photography Group (3) (110348)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes a cdv size from Taber, San Francisco and another from Dames & Butler, San Francisco. Also a larger cabinet photo from Denver Galleries,...
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 20.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Western Photos  (115184)1442 - Western Photos (115184)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of old Western photos, c.1900. Some studio portraits, some open street photos, some of ranch life. About twenty photos in all. Pl
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Western Themed Collectibles  (116470)1443 - Western Themed Collectibles (116470)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Desktop Western-themed Collectibles. Very fine original, c1880, desktop cast iron (copper plated), 11 x 12”, held a large sized men’
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Mining Tobacco Card Set  (115158)1444 - Mining Tobacco Card Set (115158)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A bit of history as reflected in W.D.& Wills Bristol & London 1916 Cigarette Mining Tobacco cards complete set of 50. Good condition Proven...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6*******d for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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U.S. Stamp and Asian Art Early Postcards  (116491)1445 - U.S. Stamp and Asian Art Early Postcards (116491)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven early postcards including "Perforating Postage Stamps, Washington D. C."1911 postmark. Asian art cards with postage stamps as...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d*******f for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Camera and Camera Equipment Grab Bag  (108534)1446 - Camera and Camera Equipment Grab Bag (108534)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large grab bag of cameras and camera equipment. see the photo to see all the goodies. antique cameras, various equipment. Provenance: Country (if n
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to k**********p for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Photo Equipment Grab Bag  (116189)1447 - Photo Equipment Grab Bag (116189)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Canon AF35M SureShot camera (uses 126 film cartridges) with pop-up flash (not tested with film, so condition unknown) with original box; Canon Snappy
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Vintage Kodak Retina 11c and 111c Cameras and accessories  (114447)1448 - Vintage Kodak Retina 11c and 111c Cameras and accessories (114447)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of three Kodak Retina series cameras. The first is a Retina 11c S/N 548479 built in Germany between 1954-1957 in excellent condition, un
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Two Historical Chinese Stereoviews  (115600)1449 - Two Historical Chinese Stereoviews (115600)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Imperial Series stereoview of General Baron Kurold at headquaters in Manchuria. Copyright 1905 by HC White Co. 2) Underwood & Under...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to d*******f for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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CDV of German Royalty  (113095)1450 - CDV of German Royalty (113095)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
CDV photo composite of Wilheim I and five others incl. Prince Friedrich Carl and Friedrich Wilheim. Wilheim I was from the House of Hohenzollern and w
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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c.1950s/60s Japanese Movie Stills  (113096)1451 - c.1950s/60s Japanese Movie Stills (113096)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of thirty-one 3.5 x 5" B&W photos of Japanese movie stills. The photos are stamped "Made in Japan" on the reverse, but no oth...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to d*******f for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Three Russian Royalty Cabinet Cards of Czar and Family  (116335)1452 - Three Russian Royalty Cabinet Cards of Czar and Family (116335)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three cabinet cards in excellent condition feature Russian Czar Nicolaus II, his empress Alexandra Feodorovna and one other royal family member. Prov
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Four Vintage Quilts  (109348)1453 - Four Vintage Quilts (109348)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four: 1) Floral pattern on one side, floral squares stitched over yellow background on reverse. 83 x 68 inches. Circa 1940s. 2) Yellow solid pa
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Floral Design Area Rug  (116072)1454 - Floral Design Area Rug (116072)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a beautiful 5'5" x 7' area Asian designed rug in very good condition and ready for your den. It has stitched edges with a fray ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Antique Carpet / Possibly Herize Serapi Tribal Carpet  (102100)1455 - Antique Carpet / Possibly Herize Serapi Tribal Carpet (102100)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here is a very beautiful, and intricate Persian carpet. Judging by the colorization of the blue border, and the central medallion design, it is most l
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Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Antique Carpet / Possibly Herize Serapi Tribal Carpet  (102102)1456 - Antique Carpet / Possibly Herize Serapi Tribal Carpet (102102)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here is another, very beautiful, and and highly detailed Persian carpet. It is the brother to the other one in this sale . Also, possibly a Herize Ser
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Start Price : 280.00 | Estimate : 560.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Asian Indian Rug  (82074)1457 - Asian Indian Rug (82074)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful Asian Indian Rug, has "pinkish" field". Has wear at left margin of rug, please inspect. 2'8"x 5'2". Prov...
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Start Price : 280.00 | Estimate : 560.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Caucasian Armenian Karachov Kazak Rug  (82076)1458 - Caucasian Armenian Karachov Kazak Rug (82076)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Karachov Kazak: A quite famous and seldom-found design type, usually attributed to the Armenian weavers of the high Caucasus Mountains. The best of th
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (800.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,000.00
 
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Indo Kerman Carpet  (82070)1459 - Indo Kerman Carpet (82070)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kerman carpets (sometimes "Kirman") are one of the traditional classifications of Persian carpets. They are named after Kerman, which is b...
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Start Price : 1,050.00 | Estimate : 2,100.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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