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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Missouri First Flight Covers   (117111)3160 - Missouri First Flight Covers (117111)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 24. Includes: Flight Covers, 1929-1985; Missouri Air Derby, 1912-1932; Missouri State and National Air Tour, 1929-1930; Airport Dedication, 192
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Estimate : 100.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Missouri First Flight Covers (116693)3161 - Missouri First Flight Covers (116693)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7. Includes:" Lieut. Selfridge was killed in the Wright Brothers Plane Sept 17, 1908" This was America's First Aviation , Casua...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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First Flight Covers: Missouri  (116653)3162 - First Flight Covers: Missouri (116653)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 35 first flight covers from Missouri, c1926-1983, with many early covers. Includes cachet covers, a couple postmaster autographs, and major f
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Montana First Flight Covers  (117112)3163 - Montana First Flight Covers (117112)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. Includes: First Flight Covers, 1934-1997; Airport Dedication, 1934-1967. Please inspect. Provenance: John Reynolds Collection Country
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Montana First Flight Covers (116645)3164 - Montana First Flight Covers (116645)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 24 first flight covers from Montana, c1928-1954. Includes cachet covers, some pilot and postmaster autographs, and a number of small airports
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Estimate : 100.00 - 1,000.00
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Nebraska First Flight Covers  (117113)3165 - Nebraska First Flight Covers (117113)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19. First Flight Covers, 1929-1999; Airport Dedication, 1940-1985; Nebraska Air Show, 1946; Air our, 1929; Air Races, 1931-1934. Included is F
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First Flight Covers- Nebraska  (116642)3166 - First Flight Covers- Nebraska (116642)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 22 first flight covers from Oregon, c1927-1976, most from the 30's-40's. Includes cachet covers, and a number of small airports, as...
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Nevada Air Races, Dedications, & First Flight Covers  (116821)3167 - Nevada Air Races, Dedications, & First Flight Covers (116821)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21 first flight, air race, airport dedications covers from Nevada, c1926-1999. Includes 1927 Reno contract mail cat. 18E9, Reno to Elko, 1 of 2
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Nevada First Flight Covers  (116640)3168 - Nevada First Flight Covers (116640)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 20 first flight covers from Nevada, c1926-1962, most from the 20's-30's. Includes cachet covers, and two pilot autographs from firs...
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First Flight Covers- New Hampshire  (116643)3169 - First Flight Covers- New Hampshire (116643)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 first flight covers from New Hampshire, c1934-1951. Includes cachet covers, one pilot and one postmaster autograph, with first flights from L
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Air Tours Covers: New Hampshire and Maine  (116822)3170 - Air Tours Covers: New Hampshire and Maine (116822)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of five covers from New Hampshire and Maine. N.H. includes three air tour cachet covers: one from Concord, c. 1930, and two from Keene, c. 1930,
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Air Shows & Dedication Covers: New Jersey  (116823)3171 - Air Shows & Dedication Covers: New Jersey (116823)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17 first flight, air shows, meets and dedications covers from New Jersey, c1929-1955. Includes cachet covers, and a mayor's autograph. ...
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First Flight Covers New Jersey  (116638)3172 - First Flight Covers New Jersey (116638)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 17 first flight covers from New Jersey, c1919-1983, mostly from 1930's-40's. Authentic first flight cover Air Mail Service Eastern ...
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Air First Flights & Dedications Covers: New Mexico  (116824)3173 - Air First Flights & Dedications Covers: New Mexico (116824)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 18 first flight and dedication covers from New Mexico, c1929-1954. Includes cachet covers, and a pilot and postmaster autograph. Provenance:
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First Flight Covers- New Mexico  (116639)3174 - First Flight Covers- New Mexico (116639)
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Lot of 18 first flight covers from New Mexico, c1930-1950. Includes cachet covers, two postmaster autographs, and a number of small airports, as well
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International Air Mail First Day Covers  (116428)3175 - International Air Mail First Day Covers (116428)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These are first day air mail covers for transatlantic and other international destinations. Among the 26 covers included in this lot are samples from
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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East Coast First Flight Covers  (116430)3176 - East Coast First Flight Covers (116430)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a set of seven first flight covers including Niagara Falls, Brunswick, Ga., Wilkes-Barre Pa. and others. All are in good condition. Provenanc
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to d*******f for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Air Races, Shows, First Flights, & Dedications Covers: New York  (116830)3177 - Air Races, Shows, First Flights, & Dedications Covers: New York (116830)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 84 air mail and airport-related covers from New York, c1926-1984, with many from the 1920's. Includes cachet covers, some pilot and pos...
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First Flight Covers- New York  (116641)3178 - First Flight Covers- New York (116641)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 71 first flight covers from New York, c1926-1990, many international, most from the 30's and 40's. Includes cachet covers, such as ...
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Air Mail Week Covers  (116660)3179 - Air Mail Week Covers (116660)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A lot of 11 air mail covers celebrating National Air Mail Week. All postmarked within a week of each other, from May 15, 1938 to May 19, 1938. All are
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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