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"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

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

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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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Stereoview of Underground Drilling for Copper Underwood & Underwood Photo. c.1903 [169200]2110 - Stereoview of Underground Drilling for Copper Underwood & Underwood Photo. c.1903 [169200]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot has two stereoviews of miners one mile underground in the Wilson Mine in Metcalf, Arizona, C.1903. On the left edge "Underwood & U...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to j********g for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Stereoview Where Copper is King Clifton, AZ by Woodward & Woodward c.1903 [168252]2111 - Stereoview Where Copper is King Clifton, AZ by Woodward & Woodward c.1903 [168252]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This stereoview is by photographers Woodward & Woodward on a grey curved mount, c. 1903, marked "Woodward & Woodward Publishers New Yor...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Angels Camp, California Assay & Ore Report Collection 1899-1902 [166970]2112 - Angels Camp, California Assay & Ore Report Collection 1899-1902 [166970]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. All appear to be from the Utica Mining Company. Includes: 1-2) Two memorandums of gold bullion, 1899 and 1900. 3) Smaller 1901 receipt for
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to S*****8 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Lisbon Point Mining Supply Receipt 1859 1859 [170321]2113 - Lisbon Point Mining Supply Receipt 1859 1859 [170321]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A receipt dated 1859 for O.N. May & Company for mine construction supplies. The company declares that they have "lumber of all descriptions...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to y*****5 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Bodie /Carson City Ephemera Assortment (11) 1902-2000s [172972]2114 - Bodie /Carson City Ephemera Assortment (11) 1902-2000s [172972]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bodie/Carson City ephemera collection (11), including bank receipts to J.S. Cain Company from The State Bank & Trust Company of Carson City (2),...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 240.00 - 350.00
Sold to y*****5 for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Bodie Ephemera Collection (12) 1800s-1900s [171514]2115 - Bodie Ephemera Collection (12) 1800s-1900s [171514]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bodie ephemera collection including a Mono County Tax Collector bill, handwritten letter from Bodie resident seeking the interest payment on her accou
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
Sold to y*****5 for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Clinton to Bodie Mono County Check 1882 [173323]2116 - Clinton to Bodie Mono County Check 1882 [173323]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
RARE check from the town of Clinton, California, dated June 28, 1882 and made out to Matt Young to Harvey Boone of Bodie, California. Clinton is, like
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to y*****5 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Densmore Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Assay Ephemera 1901-1903 [166986]2117 - Densmore Consolidated Gold Mining Co. Assay Ephemera 1901-1903 [166986]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. The Densmore Mine contains 59 acres extending southeastward from Stanislaus River up the steep east slope of the canyon to the
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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James Mills & Company Third of Exchange - brother of and partner with D. O. Mills 1853 [126749]2118 - James Mills & Company Third of Exchange - brother of and partner with D. O. Mills 1853 [126749]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Possibly unique. James Mills and brother Edgar arrived in California first. Darius Ogden Mills followed. In 1850 the company was listed as Auction and
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 800.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to j******n for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Maxwell Creek Group of Mines Prospectus [173862]2119 - Maxwell Creek Group of Mines Prospectus [173862]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare 1879 prospectus from Maxwell Creek Group of Mines in Coulterville, Mariposa County in the Mother Lode near Pinon Blanco. Over 100 mines yielding
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to g******k for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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