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Big Tent Auction: Philatelic, Americana, Mining, Numismatics--April 2020

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview

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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Railroad Mixed States (116943)4750 - Railroad Mixed States (116943)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All across the US! 1) Two copies of General Mortgage 30 year 6% Gold Bond - principal due October, 1948. Numbers M1674 and M1576. 2) Cancelled tem
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Rock Island and Eastern Illinois Railway Co. (114546)4751 - Rock Island and Eastern Illinois Railway Co. (114546)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 total certificates. Started operations in 1896 and stopped service in 1900 for a total period of operations of 4 years. Renamed in 1900 to Davenpo
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Southeastern States RR stocks (114639)4752 - Southeastern States RR stocks (114639)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 certificates. 1. Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad Co.result of three railroads the articles of consolidation were filed in Arkansas Oct
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 110.00 - 180.00
Sold to b****5 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Stocks/Bonds Massachusetts RR (115834)4753 - Stocks/Bonds Massachusetts RR (115834)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 certificates 1. Nine certs. New Bedford Railroad Co. Incorp 1873. I/C, issued 1874-76, no vignette. Embossed seal. Signed Solomon H. Howe P
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Texas, Montana and South Dakota RR stock (114868)4754 - Texas, Montana and South Dakota RR stock (114868)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 certificates. 1. The Chicago, Rock Island & Texas Railway Co. incorp. 1892 operated until 1902. #18, 1 shares @ $100 ea. issued April 1, ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 140.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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The Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. (114508)4755 - The Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. (114508)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 certificates. The company was incorporated on November 10, 1852, as the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada to build a railway line between Montre
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*******h for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Rail Road Co (114646)4756 - Utica, Clinton and Binghamton Rail Road Co (114646)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 certificates. Incorp March 25, 1868 New York. 1. Two Black on Blue paper, $100 par. #469, I/U, 35 shares issued Deb 23, 1942. vignette train l-
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Various RR stocks and bonds (114915)4757 - Various RR stocks and bonds (114915)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 certificates. ARIZONA: Insular Transportation Co. I/U, Issued 1906, Green 2 revenue stamps. CALIF: Corona and Santa Fe Railway Co, U/U, dateline 1
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 140.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Various states RR (114666)4758 - Various states RR (114666)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
11 certificates. 1. Union Iron Pavement & Street Railway Co. Charted 1848 New York #52, I/U, 150 shares @ $10 ea. issued June 1, 1857. H.P....
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 180.00
Sold to p******n for (750.00 + 187.50BP) = 937.50
 
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Various states RR Stocks (114917)4759 - Various states RR Stocks (114917)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 certificates. NEW YORK: New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad Co. Specimen/cancelled, $100 bond, Green, dateline 1953, coupons attached. #8
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 160.00
Sold to c****o for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Western Pacific Railroad Bond (115807)4760 - Western Pacific Railroad Bond (115807)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Formed in 1862 Central Pacific Railroad assigned all the rights of the Pacific Railway Acts of 1862 and 1864 to the Western Pacific for the route bet
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Wisconsin, Utah and Ohio RR stocks (114532)4761 - Wisconsin, Utah and Ohio RR stocks (114532)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 certificates. 1. Wisconsin: Green Bay & Minnesota Rail road Co. U/U. not numbered, receipt attached, dateline 187_, Black, The Hatch Litho ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to b****5 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Boats and Autos RPC Pioneer International Postcards, Covers and Souvenirs (116628)4762 - Boats and Autos RPC Pioneer International Postcards, Covers and Souvenirs (116628)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 16 pieces of memorabilia with boat and auto themes. Lot includes 10 pioneer postcards and four U.S. Navy covers postmarked in the 30's. S...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Transportation and Boat Related Stocks & Bond Grab Bag (116479)4763 - Transportation and Boat Related Stocks & Bond Grab Bag (116479)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Merchants Dispatch Transportation unissued. 2) Norwich & New York Transportation 1893-toning. 3) Mason Seaman Transportation 1914. 4) Tabasco...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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