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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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Magenta Gold and Silver Ledge Company Stock 1864 [173834]4180 - Magenta Gold and Silver Ledge Company Stock 1864 [173834]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare to have a "LEDGE" company and not a "MINING" company. Number 78 for 5 shares to GT Keys. Datelined Stockton 1864. Sign...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Monitor Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock 1864 [173853]4181 - Monitor Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock 1864 [173853]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Territorial. Number 84 for 3 1/2 shares to Williams. Datelined San Francisco 1864. Signed by secretary Drinkhouse and president Asaph Gray(?). Incorpo
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i***y for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Rare Reese River Mining Stock, 1863/64 [173774]4182 - Rare Reese River Mining Stock, 1863/64 [173774]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1. Leeke Gold & Silver Stock with rare T. C. Boyd lithographed: Reese River District, Lander County, N.T. (printed to the left of vignette). Inc...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Reese River District MC, 1863/64 1863 [173837]4183 - Reese River District MC, 1863/64 1863 [173837]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 stock for Reese River district, datelined in Austin. Includes 1)Hobart Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock. This is a certificate with q...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Rare Churchill Co. Mining Stock, 1865 1865 [173869]4184 - Rare Churchill Co. Mining Stock, 1865 1865 [173869]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Connecticut & Nevada SMC Stock, located at the rare mining camp of Averill AND signed by president Averill!!! The mine owned the mining camp ...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to g****v for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Philadelphia Silver MC of Nevada w/ Unique Vignette 1868 [173815]4185 - Philadelphia Silver MC of Nevada w/ Unique Vignette 1868 [173815]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a WOW cert with both the good and the bad. The good is the vignette. It is entitled, "Discovery Tunnel of the Phila. Sil. Min. Co. of N...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6****A for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining Stocks, 10 [171462]4186 - Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining Stocks, 10 [171462]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 rare issued Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining stocks, c. 1905-06. Mine in Nevada, incorporated in Arizona Territory. 2 issued to Elijah Harris, prob
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to f*****E for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Bullfrog Mining District stock, 1900s [173192]4187 - Bullfrog Mining District stock, 1900s [173192]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five stock certificates from the popular and famous Bullfrog Mining District, discovered in 1905 in Nye County, Nevada. The Original Bullfrog Mines
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to u********r.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Niagara Cons. Gold & Silver Mining Stock, Rare Locale [173287]4188 - Niagara Cons. Gold & Silver Mining Stock, Rare Locale [173287]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued 1863 Niagara Cons. Gold & Silver Mining stock from a rare locale in Clark County: Eldorado Canon-Colorado District. Niagara and Red Lodes...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
Sold to f*****E for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Emma Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock NV Territorial 1863 [163668]4189 - Emma Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock NV Territorial 1863 [163668]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Emma Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock, Dayton, Lyon County, Nevada Territory. Cert. #26 dated Feb. 14, 1863, issued to J. H. Kinkead, a future gov
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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MC stock, 1875-1906, Dayton/Wilson Canyons [173317]4190 - MC stock, 1875-1906, Dayton/Wilson Canyons [173317]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3x Stock Certificates of Mining Companies in Nevada, near the Dayton/ Wilson Canyon area, 1. Nevada- Commonwealth Mining and Milling Company, incor
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 260.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Athens Gold and Silver Mining Company 1865 [163644]4191 - Athens Gold and Silver Mining Company 1865 [163644]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Athens Gold and Silver Mining Co. – Eastern Slope Mining District, Nevada Territory - No. 211 issued on April 10, 1865, to James Fraser for 2
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Cumberland Coal MC Stock - a rare Nevada coal company 1864 [173824]4192 - Cumberland Coal MC Stock - a rare Nevada coal company 1864 [173824]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Nevada Territory coal mining stock for property without much coal! Eldorado Canon, Ormsby County (printed at left). Inc. March 8th, 1864. No. 38,
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Eastern Nevada MC, 1869, 1870, John Paxton [173308]4193 - Eastern Nevada MC, 1869, 1870, John Paxton [173308]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two mining company certificates from the Elko area of Nevada, including signatures by Alfred K. Durbrow and John A. Paxton. Includes mining letter e
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Kentucky Gold & Silver Mining Stock [173350]4194 - Kentucky Gold & Silver Mining Stock [173350]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued early 1872 stock, Kentucky Gold & Silver Mining. "Established in 1868 as a gold-mining camp and probably named for John Ely, a minin...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Rare Stock Certificates, 1872/78 [173441]4195 - Rare Stock Certificates, 1872/78 [173441]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1. Spring Mount Mining Company, incorporated 1871, located in Ely Mining District, Lincoln Country, Nevada. Cert. No. 670, issued 200 shares to J.H. B
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 450.00 - 700.00
Sold to f*****E for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Antelope Silver Mining Co. Stock [173284]4196 - Antelope Silver Mining Co. Stock [173284]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued Antelope Silver Mining Co. stock. Dateline San Francisco 1864. According to the Sacramento Daily Union an Antelope Silver Mining Company of San
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Stateline Gold Mining Co., 1881, Stock , Rarely Seen Together [173778]4197 - Stateline Gold Mining Co., 1881, Stock , Rarely Seen Together [173778]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All 4 certificate iterations from Stateline Gold Mining Company #1, Stateline Gold Mining Company #2, Stateline Gold Mining Company #3, and Stateline
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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MC stock, Eureka/Elko, Nevada, 1869-1889 [173307]4198 - MC stock, Eureka/Elko, Nevada, 1869-1889 [173307]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3x mining company stock from Eastern Nevada in the Eureka and Elko Mining Districts. 1. Eureka Consolidated Mining Company stock certificate No. A12
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
Sold to p******n for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Alabama Mining Co 1876 [163711]4199 - Alabama Mining Co 1876 [163711]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Alabama Mining Co. Stock Certificate – Flowery Mining District, Storey County, Nevada – G.T. Brown Design - Certificate No. 1229 for
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to f*****E for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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