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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Books about Women and History  (115425)4560 - Books about Women and History (115425)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A collection of 21 books about Women's History - most are about the female perspective, encompasses Dames to Lawyers, topics such as love, roma...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to q******s for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Collection of General History Books  (115423)4561 - Collection of General History Books (115423)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 25 books-a dozen hardbacks and about a dozen softbacks; Time frame late 1700s to present -most Americana; Civil war era, conflicts - Massacre in
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to p********n for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Collection of General Literature Books  (115427)4562 - Collection of General Literature Books (115427)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 100 books; most are paperback -general literature, some adolescent, most softcovers; 4 boxes See online catalog for complete contents of this la
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to q******s for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Collection of Sporting Books and magazines  (115422)4563 - Collection of Sporting Books and magazines (115422)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Books for the sports fan. Approx a dozen books. One book is autographed. Five hardbound, rest are softcover and paperback publications. Includes bo
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to q******s for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Group of Leatherbound Diaries, most miniature 2"x 3"  (115720)4564 - Group of Leatherbound Diaries, most miniature 2"x 3" (115720)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
four small leather diaries -calendar books, Burgundy with gold lettering "General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Limited owner fr...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Six Antique Children's Literature Books,  Historical Finds - Chipboard books- The Stick Book  (4) an4565 - Six Antique Children's Literature Books, Historical Finds - Chipboard books- The Stick Book (4) an
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six antique childrens books: 4 Stick books, minature books with twine for binding, covers are boards with color images , many fairy tale stories; fou
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 4*******x for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Various autographed books   (115421)4566 - Various autographed books (115421)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 11 books, all autographed by authors; Most are about political leadership. Five are hardbound covers. Six books are softcovers. Few about sp
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to q******s for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Rare Place Name Trade Cards (4)  (116547)4567 - Rare Place Name Trade Cards (4) (116547)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Place Name Trade Cards - Druggist Round place name trade card: approx 6" diameter "Jacox Bros., Furniture, 920K. Sac." surroun...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to w*******n for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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California Drug Bottles  (115734)4568 - California Drug Bottles (115734)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 different. 1) Two paper label bottles from Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento. One marked "1 ounce essence bourbon artificial." Th...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 90.00
Sold to t********n.. for (55.00 + 12.10BP) = 67.10
 
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Modern Soda Bottle Collection  (115420)4569 - Modern Soda Bottle Collection (115420)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 25 modern soda bottles, about 18 are glass. Includes some commemorative bottles such as Route 66, Shirley Temple and others. some duplication. S
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Rare Reverse Glass  Whiskey_ D & J. McCallum's Scotch Whisky  (115396)4570 - Rare Reverse Glass Whiskey_ D & J. McCallum's Scotch Whisky (115396)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare reverse glass whiskey holder, round with image of The best perfection Scotch Whisky" gold colored background under glass with image of w...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to t********n.. for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Two Grain Sacks   (115701)4571 - Two Grain Sacks (115701)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two feed sacks from Fresno , One is for mash and measures 35"x 23", The other is of heavier gauge canvas and measures 34"x 17" a...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Two Books of Sacramento Checks  (115614)4572 - Two Books of Sacramento Checks (115614)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 books of unused checks. 1) The Fort Sutter National Bank of Sacramento. Vignette in the background of Old Fort Sutter. 75 pages with 3 unused
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to p********e for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Pan Pacific Exposition Birds-Eye View Map (Reproduction)  (115328)4573 - Pan Pacific Exposition Birds-Eye View Map (Reproduction) (115328)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Reproduction produced 1968 by First Savings and Loan Association from the original lithograph in the collection of the Society of California Pioneers.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to 4*******x for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Advertising Collectibles, Two Boxes  (117062)4574 - Advertising Collectibles, Two Boxes (117062)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two file boxes full of various advertisng colletibles of all sorts. Many from California. Wide variety- please see photos. Provenance: John Reynol
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to p********1 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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California Paper Collectibles  (117067)4575 - California Paper Collectibles (117067)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
File box full of hundreds or more pieces of paper collectiobles from all over California. Includes trade cards, post cards, pamphlets, booklets, all s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to d*******f for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Various Advertising Cards  (116687)4576 - Various Advertising Cards (116687)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A nice collection of advertising cards, brochures & fruit labels. this is a varied group, all kept in a photo folder. All very colorful and in g...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to R*******n for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Vintage Business Cards (Mostly California)  (113158)4577 - Vintage Business Cards (Mostly California) (113158)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 60+. 1) California: 30+ from Northern California (Sacramento, Stockton, Napa, etc); 16 from the Los Angeles area; and 12 from counties in the S
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to r****2 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Five Tickets to the Silver City, Nevada IOOF Ball  (113188)4578 - Five Tickets to the Silver City, Nevada IOOF Ball (113188)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 rare tickets to the Anniversary Ball of IOOF Lodge No. 2, Silver City, held at the Miners' Union Hall on April 26th, 1877. Blue and/or ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*****r for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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20 Territorial Virginia City, Nevada Checks signed by Charles Strong  (77516)4579 - 20 Territorial Virginia City, Nevada Checks signed by Charles Strong (77516)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 20 Stateler & Arrington checks signed by Charles Strong as superintendent for the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company. All are Virgin...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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