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"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 308, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

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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Peterson & TriniU.S. ' Assay Office Memorandum 1856 [158075]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
Riehn, Hemme & Co Assay Office - Gold Receipt, rec'd from W.F. & Co. 1865 [163554]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
S. Molitor & Co. - Gold Receipts (2), rec'd from W.F. c/o C.T.H. Palmer 1863, 1864 [169254]3134S. Molitor & Co. - Gold Receipts (2), rec'd from W.F. c/o C.T.H. Palmer 1863, 1864 [169254]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Memorandums of Gold Bullion deposited at the Assay Office of S. Molitor & Co. Both from C.T.H. Palmer one dated March 10, 1863, the other Fe...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Thomas Price & Son - Assay Receipt, rec'd from San Domingo Gold Mining Co. 1899 [163566]3135Thomas Price & Son - Assay Receipt, rec'd from San Domingo Gold Mining Co. 1899 [163566]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thomas Price & Son, Assayers & Refiners, San Francisco, CA, 12-May 1899 - No. 788 Deposit of ìUnretorted Amalgam, Very Dirtyî Made...
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Thomas Price's Assay Office - Gold Bullion Receipt, rec'd from Bank of California 1877 [163564]3136Thomas Price's Assay Office - Gold Bullion Receipt, rec'd from Bank of California 1877 [163564]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thomas Priceís Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, San Francisco, CA, December 22, 1877 - Memorandum #3389 of Bullion deposited for Assay of ...
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Thomas Price's Assay Office - Gold Bullion Receipt, rec'd from W.F. & Co. 1881 [163565]3137Thomas Price's Assay Office - Gold Bullion Receipt, rec'd from W.F. & Co. 1881 [163565]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thomas Price Analytical Chemist, Assayer and Bullion Melter ñ Chemical Laboratory, Assay Offices, Bullion Rooms & Ore Floors ñ Dated S...
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Thomas Price's Assay Office & Chem. Lab. - BU.S. iness Card c1870-80s [163562]3138Thomas Price's Assay Office & Chem. Lab. - BU.S. iness Card c1870-80s [163562]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thomas Priceís Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, San Francisco Business Card- Located at 524 Sacramento St. in San Francisco. Shows Rates f...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Thomas Price's Assay Office & Chem. Lab. - Cert. of Assay 1878 [163561]3139Thomas Price's Assay Office & Chem. Lab. - Cert. of Assay 1878 [163561]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thomas Priceís Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, San Francisco, CA, November 6, 1878. Certificate of Assay of sulphurets deposited by Mr. W...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
U.S. Assay Office SF 1853 Rare Gold Dust deposit [169408]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
John Hewston Letter From & To Wells Fargo & Co c1857 [160133]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
Rare Solid Silver G&S Mining Company, 1878, Stock 1878 [173879]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
Triangular Copper Ingot, Triangle Saloon "Good for $5" [173786]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
C. Wiegand & Co. Ore-Assay Report for the JU.S. tice Mine 1873 [164688]3144C. Wiegand & Co. Ore-Assay Report for the JU.S. tice Mine 1873 [164688]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
In addition to being extremely rare (possibly unique), this assay certificate tells an interesting story. It is for a deposit of low grade ore from th
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
C. Wiegand & Company Assay Certificate for the Summit Mill 1868 [164686]3145C. Wiegand & Company Assay Certificate for the Summit Mill 1868 [164686]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extremely rare; only known example of this assay document. Assay certificate dated Sept. 22nd, 1868, for a deposit by OS Carville for the Summit Mill.
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Franklin Mint: Official Bicentennial Ingots [169869]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
Picture of largest engraved ingot in existence [173309]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
Stagecoach Robbery Letter, Silver Bars stolen, 1872 c1872 [169386]3148Stagecoach Robbery Letter, Silver Bars stolen, 1872 c1872 [169386]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada Austin. Stagecoach Robbery Letter, Silver Bars stolen.– One page letter on the Manhattan Silver Min
Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,750.00
Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, 1881 1881 [163234]3149Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, 1881 1881 [163234]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy: at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Ass
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
John J. Ford, Jr. and The "Franklin Hoard" [168603]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
San Francisco Mechanics Institute Silver Medal 1868 [173538]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