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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Washoe Gold & Silver Mining Company No. 1 Stock Certificate  (116707)2260 - Washoe Gold & Silver Mining Company No. 1 Stock Certificate (116707)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This extremely rare stock was issued at the beginning of Nevada Territory (established March 1861). Incorporated June 11th, 1860. No. 79, issued for t
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to V********e for (800.00 + 176.00BP) = 976.00
 
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Humboldt River Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate  (107737)2261 - Humboldt River Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (107737)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Situated in Sierra Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada" (printed under vignette). Inc. in New York. No. 576, issued for three shares...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 2*****l for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Batavia & Humboldt Gold & Silver MC Stock  (108103)2262 - Batavia & Humboldt Gold & Silver MC Stock (108103)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U #152 Flora Lewis 339 shares 1869 signed by president illegible. Mine in Unionville Starr City area. RN stamps, great vignette of workers, horses a
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Start Price : 190.00 | Estimate : 375.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Atlantic & Pacific Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock  (91909)2263 - Atlantic & Pacific Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock (91909)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 453 for 100 shares to NH Lyon Jr. signed by J Sewell and Preston Hodges. Dateline New York 1866. 25c Power of Att'y revenue stamp. Not cancell...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to V********e for (200.00 + 44.00BP) = 244.00
 
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16 Nevada Mining Stocks incl. 1860s  (116971)2264 - 16 Nevada Mining Stocks incl. 1860s (116971)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 16. 1) Union Mining Company. # 262 for 50 shares to George Hammersley. Signed by HB Leach and president Strickland Kneurs(?). Dateline Novem
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Seven Nevada Mining Stocks (Comstock, Elko, Goldfield, Humboldt)  (116965)2265 - Seven Nevada Mining Stocks (Comstock, Elko, Goldfield, Humboldt) (116965)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7. 1) C.O.D. Mining and Leasing Company. No. 970, issued for 1,000 shares in 1907, not cancelled. Three mining vignettes. Heavy folds, tonin
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Nevada Mining Stocks incl. Comstock Tunnel, CC Julian, & 1860s Humboldt County  (116967)2266 - Nevada Mining Stocks incl. Comstock Tunnel, CC Julian, & 1860s Humboldt County (116967)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. 1) Humboldt River Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate. Rare! "Situated in Sierra Mining District Humboldt County Nevada...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Nevada Mining Stocks including a Territorial (116969)2267 - Nevada Mining Stocks including a Territorial (116969)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. 1) Butte Gold and Silver Mining Company. Nevada Territorial. Early number 17 to AK Stearns for 10 shares, Signed by James L Pond and pr
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Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8***1 for (190.00 + 41.80BP) = 231.80
 
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10 Nevada Mining Stocks, Various Locations incl. Comstock & Aurora  (116968)2268 - 10 Nevada Mining Stocks, Various Locations incl. Comstock & Aurora (116968)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. 1) California Mining Company. Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada (printed under title). No. 96517, issued for 5 shares to E
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Eight Nevada Mining Stocks Various Locations (Comstock, Austin, Lincoln County)  (116970)2269 - Eight Nevada Mining Stocks Various Locations (Comstock, Austin, Lincoln County) (116970)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) El Dorado North Mining Co. Philadelphia Mining District, Belmont, Nye Co., Nevada (printed above dateline). Inc. 1872. No. 36, issued
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Nevada Mining Stocks & Bond Plus One Early California (116966)2270 - Nevada Mining Stocks & Bond Plus One Early California (116966)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. 1) Nevada Freehold Properties Trust Bond--British Scam. Mining scams were not uncommon in Nevada, but this scam is for woodland properti
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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The Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company.  (115794)2271 - The Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company. (115794)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp 1881 Maine. The Plymouth Rock Mining Company merged with the Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company to become the Massachuset
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Estimate : 140.00 - 250.00
Sold to a****y for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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New Mexico Mining and Industral Stocks (2)  (116949)2272 - New Mexico Mining and Industral Stocks (2) (116949)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 1) Emperor Mining & Milling Company Stock. # 24 for 1000 shares to Lambert Eliel. Signed by Levi A Eliel and president James W Dunca...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Eagle Gold Co. (Black Hawk, Colorado) (110840)2273 - Eagle Gold Co. (Black Hawk, Colorado) (110840)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black Hawk, CO. Computer sorted it out of place. Incorp New York. Extremely rare. #340, I/U, 250 shares issued Jan 16, 1865. Signed R. Emmett White
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Vanderburg Mining Company Stock Certificate  (107708)2274 - Vanderburg Mining Company Stock Certificate (107708)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in New York. No. 249, issued to J. Elnathan Smith for 600 shares on Feb. 3rd, 1854. Signed by president William Furnils and secretary Jno. Bordma
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Oregon Mining Stocks & Bonds including 1860s  (116950)2275 - Oregon Mining Stocks & Bonds including 1860s (116950)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Josephine Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock . # 24 for 100 shares to HP Stephens. Signed by Edward F Albright and WH Harris. Datel
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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South Dakota Mining Stocks  (116951)2276 - South Dakota Mining Stocks (116951)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Gorgeous $500 bond No. 346, issued July 1st, 1879. Punch cancelled through signatures. Green border and background. Three mining vignettes: undergr
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Start Price : 160.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Texas Non-Mining Stocks  (116960)2277 - Texas Non-Mining Stocks (116960)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Rio Grande Ice Company Stock Certificate. No. 10, issued for one share to B.O. Hicks on April 3rd, 1880 in Brownsville, Texas. Signed
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Estimate : 280.00 - 400.00
Sold to j*********t for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Utah Mining Stock Certificate Collection, 2000 pieces  (116718)2278 - Utah Mining Stock Certificate Collection, 2000 pieces (116718)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Major collection of Utah mining collector Geff Pollock. This collection took more than forty years to assemble and is comprised of 2,086 pieces. There
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Start Price : 55,000.00 | Estimate : 70,000.00 - 90,000.00
 
 
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Ten Different Washington Mining Stock Certificates  (116959)2279 - Ten Different Washington Mining Stock Certificates (116959)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. Included: Blue Jacket Cons. GMC (1897, not cxl, 3 mining vignettes); Blue Bird MC (1897, not cxl, mining vignette); Gertrude GMC (1899, not
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***1 for (110.00 + 24.20BP) = 134.20
 
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