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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Mae West Autographed Check Plus Photos (116075)1140 - Mae West Autographed Check Plus Photos (116075)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot includes a check autographed by actress Mae West, as well as photos (one with a pre-printed autograph only). The check is #8303 for $44.83 to
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to d*******f for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Movie Star Photo Packet  (117152)1141 - Movie Star Photo Packet (117152)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Movie star packet featuring what appear to be magazine covers, photos and a poem in tribute to Rudolph Valentino. Others featured are Antonio Moreno (
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to d*******f for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Silent Star Black & White Photo Collection  (117261)1142 - Silent Star Black & White Photo Collection (117261)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of nine Hollywood photos, featuring silent screen stars like Mary Fuller, Alice Joyce,Lillian Walker and others. Also included is a deck of
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Stan Laurel Autographed Photo  (116685)1143 - Stan Laurel Autographed Photo (116685)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an 8"x 10" black & White autographed photo of comedian Stan Laurel posing at the Hal Roach lot in 1923. While Laurel would lat...
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Estimate : 350.00 - 600.00
Sold to d*******f for (550.00 + 137.50BP) = 687.50
 
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19th Century Iron Door Used in Hollywood  (115653)1144 - 19th Century Iron Door Used in Hollywood (115653)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A real find for the movie fanatic. This is an iron door that, after it outlived its use in some old California mining town, escaped to Hollywood, wher
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Movie Props- Gold Bonds and Financial Documents  (116471)1145 - Movie Props- Gold Bonds and Financial Documents (116471)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 35 Hollywood financial documents that were for used for movies! Stocks, bonds, mortgages, depositions, summons, ID cards, and two gold bonds. The
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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May Day Celebration Pennant  (115705)1146 - May Day Celebration Pennant (115705)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a 24" stenciled pennant for the May Day celebration of 1911.It's faded a bit but still looks nice. Provenance: John Reynolds Coll...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
Sold to y******e for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Livermore Enterprise Newspaper with Mark Twain Temperance Article  (115618)1147 - Livermore Enterprise Newspaper with Mark Twain Temperance Article (115618)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issue Vol. 1, No. 3. Dateline Livermore, Alameda Co., Cal, May 30, 1874. Front page article reprints a letter from Mark Twain printed in the London St
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m******3 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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"Los Angeles and Vicinity" View Book  (115603)1148 - "Los Angeles and Vicinity" View Book (115603)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Book of views published by Cardinell-Vincent Company. 25 pages of color views of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Mt. Lowe, etc. Softcover with st
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to t********n.. for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Disney & Disneyland Ephemera  (113126)1149 - Disney & Disneyland Ephemera (113126)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. 1) Colorful and illustrated Mickey Mouse poetry book, with 11 rhyming stories. No. 973. Copyright 1937. Linen-like finish. 12.5 x 10"...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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GAR Ribbon Group  (117260)1150 - GAR Ribbon Group (117260)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eleven ribbon pin backs from various GAR events and gatherings from 1903 to 1926. All are in good condition and very colorful. Provenance: John Rey
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Corrida De Toros Carnival Ribbon  (117257)1151 - Corrida De Toros Carnival Ribbon (117257)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A beautiful pin back ribbon with jingle bells, celebrating a Mexican festival of the bulls in Madera during September, 1901. Very festive and in good
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Madera County Sheriff's Posse Badge  (116489)1152 - Madera County Sheriff's Posse Badge (116489)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six pointed star badge with blue enamel : "Sheriff's Posse/ Madera County / California / 92. Also 4 business cards "Our Daddy Needs Yo...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to r**********r for (170.00 + 42.50BP) = 212.50
 
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Cabinet Photo of Northern Cal Citrus Fair, Marysville, 1891  (111600)1153 - Cabinet Photo of Northern Cal Citrus Fair, Marysville, 1891 (111600)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
H.J. Godfrey, photographer backstamp. Godfrey was a Portrait and View Artist, Live Oak, Cal. Photo No. 307. Shows what looks like a parade float with
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Corpse Waybill and Related Documents - Mendocino Outlaws  (86319)1154 - Corpse Waybill and Related Documents - Mendocino Outlaws (86319)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Mendocino Outlaws were a group of convicts who carried out a series of robberies and murders during exploits they planned during their time in San
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,800.00
 
 
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North Bloomfield Postmaster Appointment Certificate  (115604)1155 - North Bloomfield Postmaster Appointment Certificate (115604)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Post Office Department appointment certificate for William Montgomery to be Postmaster at North Bloomfield, Nevada County on August 5th, 1870. Signed
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Oakland Civic Auditorium  (117153)1156 - Oakland Civic Auditorium (117153)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A booklet giving the history of The Oakland Civic Auditorium & Opera House. It was billed as "A California Million dollar Amusement and Rec...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Oakland Ephemera  (113170)1157 - Oakland Ephemera (113170)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) 1912 mounted photograph of school children taken by Hugo Weitz, Fruitvale and Oakland. Photo is 4.5 x 7.5" on 7 x 10" mount. ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Oakland Whiskey Business Card  (113003)1158 - Oakland Whiskey Business Card (113003)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Attractive color business card for George Kraft, prop. of Kraft's Exchange, 859 Washington Street in Oakland. "Pure Old Kentucky Whiskey&qu...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to y******e for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Three California Ribbons  (117154)1159 - Three California Ribbons (117154)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three event ribbons from California, including a fraternal ribbon from Ventura, an ALACSD ribbon from San Francisco and a GAR Ribbon from Pasadena. P
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
 
 
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