Auction Details
Christmas is coming early to our Collectors this year! Welcome to our Holabird's 2023 Christmas Chronicles, our biggest sale of the year!
The Christmas Chronicles December Auction is our Grand Finale of 2023 and we've included every collecting category as a Christmas Thank-You for our valued customers.
December is loaded with BRAND NEW ITEMS featuring collectibles from the Robert Coelln Western Collection, The Jan Garvis Mining Collection, The Franklin Collection, The Herzog Collection, The Chunlin Zhu Natural Wonders Collection, The Gary Bracken General Store Collection, plus many others!
No matter what you collect we encourage you to browse the entire online catalog for the DECEMBER LIVE AUCTION as hidden rarities are scattered throughout the sale! While our December's Sale includes an incredible selection of RARE Antique Photographs, you will also find photographs peppered in almost every other section, like the never-before-offered original, antique photograph of Doc Holiday and Big-Nose Kate you will find listed in our Cowboy section!
We've worked hard this fall to clear out our warehouses and list another big group of MINERAL DISPLAY SPECIMENS from the Chunlin Zhu Collection! Many of you have purchased massive specimens from this collection for incredible prices and dealers have made huge profits in this category since our premier sale over a year ago. We are proud to offer another BRAND-NEW GROUP of spectacular display specimens, as we are reaching the last of the Chinese pieces. This may be one of your last chances to purchase pieces like this well below wholesale -- just in time for the 2024 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show! We recommend pick-up for the larger pieces as shipping prices on some of these rocks are restrictive but this has offered an unbelievable opportunity for nearby customers willing to make a trip to Reno. And while you are in the neighborhood, don't miss the General Store items from Bracken, another collection that is coming to a close. For Dealers who enjoy a winter vacation in Reno/Tahoe, picking up from our year-end sale will definitely give you a leg up on your 2024 profit margin!
If you aren't within driving distance of Reno, no worries! December has an incredible variety of ephemera, coins, jewelry, and other easy-to-ship items for you to cross off your wish list this Christmas and if you won in our Black Friday Weekend Timed auction and your shipment did not go out early, we will combine your items and ship both orders together to save you money on your shipping invoice.
Thank you and happy bidding!
Day 1
Art (1000-1051)
Photography (1052-1138)
Native American Art (1139-1162)
Imported Collectibles (1163-1201)
Home (1202-1215)
Souvenir Plates (1216-1225)
Silverware (1226-1230)
Jewelry (1231-1241)
Native American Artifacts (1242-1392)
Maps (1393-1418)
Books (1419-1535)
Entertainment (1536-1551)
Musical Instruments (1552-1555)
Day 2
Minerals (2000-2052)
Mining (2053-2400)
Cowboy (2401-2438)
Tobacciana (2439-2452)
Bottles (2453-2476)
Saloon (2477-2492)
Gaming (2493-2501)
Firearms-Weapons (2501-2509)
Military (2510-2552)
Political (2553-2587)
Day 3
Sports (3000-3009)
Tokens (3010-3023)
Badges (3024-3037)
Numismatics (3038-3181)
Coins (3039-3056)
Currency (3057-3083)
Ephemera (3084-3112)
Ingots (3113-3149)
Exonumia & Medals (3150-3182)
SS Central America (3183-3213)
Transportation (3214-3300)
General Collectibles (3301-3332)
Tools (3333-3334)
General Store (3335-3411)
Ephemera,
Geographically Sorted (3412-3593)
Day 4
Stocks & Bonds (4000-4429)
Including mining, railroad, etc
Philatelic - Postal History (4430-4465)
Postcards (4466-4486)
Stamps – USA (4487-4521)
Stamps – Worldwide (4522-4528)
Wells Fargo & Express (4529-4576)
Firefighting Memorabilia (4577-4579)
Fraternal Organizations (4580-4582)
Shipping is billed separately. Pay your auction invoice early as purchases are packed in the order payments are received. Pick-up must be scheduled 24 hours in advance when you receive your shipping preference email after the auction. Invoices will go out immediately after the auction ends.
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3103Named Coin Collection Catalogs, 12 [167466]Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 named coin collection catalogs. Boyd, Brand & Ryder, Russel Patterson, Kensington, Ebenezer Milton Saunders, Ezra Cole, Wyatt, Hoke S Green e...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
3104Numismatic Libraries (3) [167951]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ted Craige Library by Kolbe, Olla Podrida Catalogue III by Kolbe, Katen Numismatic Library 1994-96 by Johnson.
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 60.00
3105Sotheby's High Relief St. Gaudens Auction Catalogs [167593]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two catalogues from the June, 1995 Sotheby's New York auctions of the famous collection of High Relief St. Gaudens $20 gold pieces. Prices real...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
3106Territorial Gold References, 3 [167958]Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 rare references Mormon Money by McGarry, 2 different. California Gold by Lee.
Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to y*****5 for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
3107U.S. Coinage Law Books, 3, 1792-1912 [167456]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hardcover Coinage Laws of the United States1792-1894, 1894 printing by GPO, 847pp with foldout. Laws of the United States Related to the Coinage, 1904
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******1 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
3108U.S. Colonial Coin References, 7 [167956]Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 colonial coin references. Copper Coins of Vermont, Struck Copies of Early American Coins, Colonial Coins and Tokens, Silver Coinage of Massachusetts
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to y*****5 for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
3111Thurnauer & Zinn Gold Rush Era Tokens [173787]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2x Liberty head Spiel Marke store cards from Thurnauer & Zinn importers of baskets, toys and fancy goods. San Francisco California
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
3112Counters Resembling U.S. $10 Gold Coins [173730]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 different U.S. $10 spiel markes. Obverse varieties: 1025, 1035, 1045, 1055, 1065.
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to w**********e for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
3113Arizona Silver Ingot: A. F. E. 1882 [175817]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Button shaped silver ingot marked: Arizona / A. F. E. / 1882. 21 mm in diameter; 7 mm thick; 20.3 grams. Arizona
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to b*********L for (10,500.00 + 2,625.00BP) = 13,125.00
3119Duncan, Sherman, & Co. and Alsop & Co. - Gold Receipt, rec'd from W.F. c/o C.T.H. Palmer - w/IridiumHolabird Western Americana Collections
Duncan, Sherman & Co. and Alsop & Co., Assay Office and Gold and Silver Refinery, San Francisco, CA, 1-Mar-1860. No. 8 Memorandum of Gold Bu...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
3125Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office Memorandum 1865 [158073]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare; possibly unique. Ex. John J. Ford Jr. Collection. Memorandum of Gold Bullion deposited at Hentsch & Berton's Assay Office. Dateli...
Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
3129Kellogg & Humbert, Assay House Suite, c1856-1870 [170600]Holabird Western Americana Collections
A marvelous colecion of assay receipts for gold for the monster assayer building built for Kellogg & Humbert at 416 Montgomery Street, and so cl...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
3132Peterson & TriniU.S. ' Assay Office Memorandum 1856 [158075]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extremely rare. Memorandum of Gold Bullion Deposited at Peterson & Trinius' Assay Office, No. 124 Sacramento Street. Dateline San Francisco,...
Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
3133Riehn, Hemme & Co Assay Office - Gold Receipt, rec'd from W.F. & Co. 1865 [163554]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Riehn, Hemme & Co., Assay Office, San Francisco, CA, Jan 4, 1865 - No. 1735 Assay Receipt. for gold bullion bar deposited by Wells Fargo and Com...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
3140U.S. Assay Office SF 1853 Rare Gold Dust deposit [169408]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Curtis, Perry & Ward Memoranda of Gold Bullion, San Francisco, 1853. Exceptionally rare. No. 4400. Deposit by ZS Almy(?) in Sept. 1853. Deposit ...
Start Price : 3,000.00 | Estimate : 6,000.00 - 12,000.00
3141John Hewston Letter From & To Wells Fargo & Co c1857 [160133]Holabird Western Americana Collections
In 3 pieces. Correspondence on letterhead of John Hewston, Analytical chemist and Metn interesting set in that it the first document is datelined Colu
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
3142Rare Solid Silver G&S Mining Company, 1878, Stock 1878 [173879]Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is tied Virginia City, the motherlode of silver ingots! Rare Solid Silver Gold & Silver (G&S) Mining Company stock certificate No. 281 ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to S********e for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
3143Triangular Copper Ingot, Triangle Saloon "Good for $5" [173786]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Triangular piece of copper, 1/4 inch think, with punched letters" Triangle 5 Soloon (sic) 5// 5 Rawhide, Nev.// One 5 Bet 5// 5 Five Dollars 2...
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to m**********s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
3146Franklin Mint: Official Bicentennial Ingots [169869]Holabird Western Americana Collections
First Edition sterling silver proofs in specially-postmarked commemorative cachets with stamps, postmarked from 1973 through 1981. It took eight years
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
3147Picture of largest engraved ingot in existence [173309]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Picture of the largest engraved Gold Ingot in existence, from the 25TH TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE AT DENVER, CO. 1892. Original ingot sold by Holabird.
Engra
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to m**********s for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
3150John J. Ford, Jr. and The "Franklin Hoard" [168603]Holabird Western Americana Collections
"John J. Ford, Jr. and the "Franklin Hoard," by Karl V. Moulton; 2013, hardcover, 903 pages. A well documented insight into John J. F...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to H****3 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
3151San Francisco Mechanics Institute Silver Medal 1868 [173538]Holabird Western Americana Collections
Designed by the famous Nahl Brothers. Dies executed by Albrecht Kuner. Very rare. Obv: Progress / Genius / Inventio; Rev.: Awarded / By The / Mechan
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to b*********L for (650.00 + 162.50BP) = 812.50