Cornucopia of Collectibles- 2018 October Auction

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A Five Day Marathon including practically every Collecting Category that we have ever covered.
DAY 1 Thursday Oct 18

Native Americana 1000-1012
Posters 1013-1024
Entertainment Industry 1025-1040
Bronze Sculptures1041-1053
Furniture & related Items 1054-1077
Art 1078-1166
Bottles 1167-1215
Saloon 1216-1221
Taxidermy 1222-1223
Gaming 1224-1230
Political 1231-1238
Bargains & Dealer Specials of all sorts! 1239-1659

Day 2 Friday October 19

Badges 2000-2025
Belt Buckles 2027-2055
Numismatics 2056-2390
Ingots 2056-2068
Coins 2069-2191
Currency& Scrip 2192-2201
Medals 2202-2369
Scales 2370-2381
Misc 2382-2390
Jewelry 2391-2409
Tokens 2410-2590
Dies 2591-2658
Minerals 2659-2678


Day 3 Saturday October 20

Mining
Geographical Sorted 3000-3691
Military 3682 - 3741


Day 4 Sunday October 21

Firearms & Weaponry 4000-4023
Cowboy 4024-4035
Tools 4037-4045
Toys 4046-4047
Automotive Stocks 4048-4201
Checks 4202-4245
Directories 4246-4401
Gold Rush 4402-4411
Pens & Pencils 4412-4428
Spoons 4429-4466
World’s Fairs & Expositions 4467-4508
Locks & Keys 4509-4511
General Americana, Miscellaneous 4513-4567

Day 5 Monday October 22

General Americana, Geographically Sorted 5000-5378
Foreign 5379-5383
Railroadiana etc 5384-5686
Wells Fargo & Express 5687-5691
Postal History 5692-5702
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Manhattan RPC of a Miner's Cabin5250 - Manhattan RPC of a Miner's Cabin
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early! c1910. One of the most important, and yet least recognized, group of people in the formation of Nevada were the surveyors. But the surveyor we
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Rare JJ Tognoni View of Manhattan Flood5251 - Rare JJ Tognoni View of Manhattan Flood
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Printed 1919. Written August 24, 1913. Photo by JJ Tognoni. Shows flood waters racing down main street. Car and people wading through the street. Back
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to t********n.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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RPC of a Girls Foot Race in Manhattan5252 - RPC of a Girls Foot Race in Manhattan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This comes with history uncovered. From the clues of 1) address to Mrs. J. N. Bishop, 2) from Bertha, and 3) one girl named Amy we find a marvelous st
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to r****3 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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Rare early McGill, Nevada RPC of Main Street5253 - Rare early McGill, Nevada RPC of Main Street
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1911. This early McGill photo clearly shows Ford's Drug Store, Nye Bros. Outfitters, Campton Commercial Co., McGill Meat Works, McGill Drugs, t...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to r****3 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Company Strong Box5254 - Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Company Strong Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1910. 7 x 15 x 11". The company ran the smelter in McGill from 1906 to 1914 when the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company absorbed them. The com...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Extremely Rare Bankers Receipt from a Very Hard to Research Nevada Ghost Town, Millville, Nevada Ter5255 - Extremely Rare Bankers Receipt from a Very Hard to Research Nevada Ghost Town, Millville, Nevada Ter
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unused, 186-. Nevada Territorial. I could find no references to Millville in the library, online, or the State Historical Society. This unused check h
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to H*****r for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Main Street National Real Photo Postcard with 'National Bar Club' Identified5256 - Main Street National Real Photo Postcard with 'National Bar Club' Identified
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Matches the photo in Stan Paher's book on "Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps." Dark but good contrast. City: National, Humboldt Sta...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r****3 for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Nevada Hills Mine and Mill Photograph Collection (Hugh Shamberger)5257 - Nevada Hills Mine and Mill Photograph Collection (Hugh Shamberger)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five photos. c1912. Largest is postcard size. All courtesy of Norman C Brundage.1) One clearly shows the wires for an aerial tramway. 2) Note
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Eldorado Wood & Flume Company Stock5258 - Eldorado Wood & Flume Company Stock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a fabulous stock. It is a very early stock number - # 6. It is issued to the founder of the company H, M. Yerington. It is signed by president
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Early Photographs5259 - Early Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three 5 1/2 x 3 inch, black and white photographs of the Palisade and Southern Pacific Railroad and the Balast Mine in Humboldt County. Possibly taken
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Unique Pickhandle Gulch Photograph (Hugh Shamberger)5260 - Unique Pickhandle Gulch Photograph (Hugh Shamberger)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This copy of the Pickhandle Gulch photograph appears on page 38 of the Shamberger book on Candelaria. Identified is the W. A. Jones boarding house and
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********r.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Paperweight / Rare / Hodges-Cook.5261 - Paperweight / Rare / Hodges-Cook.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful, light sun colored amethyst, paper weight. 3" square. Embossed inside is : You dont trust to luck ( au) / when you order / Embossed...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to C******0 for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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1873 Journey to Pioche Detailed Diary - A Discovery Piece5262 - 1873 Journey to Pioche Detailed Diary - A Discovery Piece
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an important historical find. The diary was a school project by Lincoln Fowler when as a young man accompanied his father on a journey from Sa
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 6*****b for (475.00 + 118.75BP) = 593.75
 
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Lot Withdrawn5263 - Lot Withdrawn
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Lot Withdrawn
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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1780's Ragtown, Nevada Lake Scene5264 - 1780's Ragtown, Nevada Lake Scene
Holabird Western Americana Collections
U. S. Geological 40th Parallel Expedition. c1870. Plate XXVI titled Desert Lake Near Ragtown, Nevada. Shows three heavily armed men on the rim of the
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to g****v for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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"Native Sons, Rawhide, Nev., Apr 8, 1908, No. 20" RPC5265 - "Native Sons, Rawhide, Nev., Apr 8, 1908, No. 20" RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Shows two Native Americans on donkeys in the middle of the street. One building can be identified as Ryans. Cancel is excellent, but the stamp has bee
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to g****v for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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"Rawhide & Its Gold" by Cradelbaugh5266 - "Rawhide & Its Gold" by Cradelbaugh
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9.5 x 6.5". Seven pages. Five 1/2 to 2/3 page photographs. Nevada's newest treasure city. Written for Sunset Magazine. City: Rawhide, Chur...
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Estimate : 20.00 - 40.00
Sold to 8***1 for (10.00 + 2.20BP) = 12.20
 
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Automobiles in Rawhide - a Rare Scene5267 - Automobiles in Rawhide - a Rare Scene
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This RPC shows two automobiles on the streets of Rawhide. Because of the angle of the camera shot, most buildings can't be identified. The excep...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Contract for Actor Nat Goodwin to Buy some major Rawhide Mines5268 - Contract for Actor Nat Goodwin to Buy some major Rawhide Mines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1908. Nat Goodwin was a world class actor and in 1906 he attended the Gans-Nelson fight in Goldfield. Not only did he see a mammoth battle, he was inf
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 9***6 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Desert Christian Missionaries John & Paul Rule RPC5269 - Desert Christian Missionaries John & Paul Rule RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two young children riding mules with the caption. Rule started his ministry in Ketchikan, Alaska where he opened the first church. He was in Rawhide f
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******r for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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First Bank of Rawhide5270 - First Bank of Rawhide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) A bank book belonging to stationary store owner George L. Lewis, Unused, but very RARE! Staining on front and one 'V' shaped ...
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Five photographs of the Rawhide fire5271 - Five photographs of the Rawhide fire
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All were taken from Grutt Hill. 1) Top of Nevada Street looking toward the center of town. 2) Grutt Hill looking at Nevada Street. 3) Grutt Hill looki
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to 6*****b for (325.00 + 81.25BP) = 406.25
 
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Full Page Freighting Receipts for Rawhide5272 - Full Page Freighting Receipts for Rawhide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1908. Although the automobile was around, most (if not all) of the freighting into the city was carried on by wagon. These 17 receipts are all from Wa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to g****v for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Letters about Freighting at Rawhide, Nevada5273 - Letters about Freighting at Rawhide, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1909. Three full page letters and one note. 1) From the HC Company with a long list of items needed for their store: overalls, shirts, steel blankets
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to u********y.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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N. E. Johnson Rawhide Town Overview RPC with Rawhide Postmark5274 - N. E. Johnson Rawhide Town Overview RPC with Rawhide Postmark
Holabird Western Americana Collections
RPC of Rawhide attributed to N. E. Johnson in pencil. Overview. Darker, but strong contrast. Rawhide postmark April 2, 1908. Top half of postmark is v
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Osborne Rawhide RPC's (2)5275 - Osborne Rawhide RPC's (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two views of the city. One is labeled looking west, April 28, 1908 and the other also is looking west, but just says 1908. Both have written in red ...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for (130.00 + 28.60BP) = 158.60
 
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Postcard addressed to Murphy's Well, Rawhide, Nevada5276 - Postcard addressed to Murphy's Well, Rawhide, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1909. You may never see any ephemera from Murphy's Well again! Postcard sent from Mr. T. T. Lambert, Murphy's Well, Rawhide, Nevada. This i...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to g****v for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Rare Original N. E. Johnson Rawhide Photograph5277 - Rare Original N. E. Johnson Rawhide Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
You may have seen this view before on postcards, books, etc., but here is an original! Taken January 1, 1908. 6x8". Heavy folds affect the phot...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to 9***6 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Rare Snow Scene RPC, Rawhide, Nevada5278 - Rare Snow Scene RPC, Rawhide, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Author has drawn an arrow to himself standing in the snow in front of George Lewis's Stationary Store. Other buildings that can be identified ar...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Rawhide Ephemera Collection5279 - Rawhide Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1 909. Lot of eight. Includes Wonder Lumber Company, Rawhide Coalition Mines leasing information on letterhead, McKinley-Hawkins Leasing Company lett
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to i**b for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Rawhide Ephemera Group5280 - Rawhide Ephemera Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eleven. 1) 1908 Goldfield postcard with the poem Rawhide by William Tomkins. 2) Grutt Hill view RPC, Rawhide, Nev., Apr 8, 08, No. 27. 3) Rawhi
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r*****r for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Rawhide Full Page Newspaper Promotions (2)5281 - Rawhide Full Page Newspaper Promotions (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) San Francisco Chronicle, April 19, 1908. Rawhide Coalition full page promotional advertising article. Four pages of the newspaper total. 2) A one p
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to g****v for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Rawhide Mining Ephemera5282 - Rawhide Mining Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 14. 1909-1920. Includes fancy rope script Rawhide Mining letterhead signed by AA Codd, Nevada Silver Company letterhead, Seminole-Regent letter
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to H*****r for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Rawhide Mining Related Postcards (2)5283 - Rawhide Mining Related Postcards (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Six men in an underground photograph. Taken by Osburn for the G & K Drug Company of Rawhide. Provenance points to Rawhide. 2) Miners (investo...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Rawhide Original Print Plates (7)5284 - Rawhide Original Print Plates (7)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 Rawhide print plates the largest being 8" x 5.75", Rawhide, Nevada 1908; the smallest being 6" x 4". One of the print plates h...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to b********t.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Rawhide Postmark on RPC of Long Lines at the Rawhide Post Office.5285 - Rawhide Postmark on RPC of Long Lines at the Rawhide Post Office.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rawhide cancel (Rarity-2, 'RAWHIDE' is very strong, four bar) on an RPC showing extremely long lines (in both directions) at the Rawhide pos...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Rawhide RPC: Lumber Hauling Wagons to a Bustling City5286 - Rawhide RPC: Lumber Hauling Wagons to a Bustling City
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This RPC shows two scenes. The top is identified as September 1907.This would be very early in Rawhide's life. It shows a wagon hauling lumber f...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Rawhide RPC's of George Lewis's Stationary Store (2)5287 - Rawhide RPC's of George Lewis's Stationary Store (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Rawhide RPC's from George L Lewis. Biography and history of Lewis is included. One postmarked Rawhide (poor) and one Schurz (very strong). O...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to s*****l for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Rawhide RPC's of Town Buildings (2)5288 - Rawhide RPC's of Town Buildings (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) One can find the Bank of Rawhide, Townsite Company and the Post Office. There are about 50 men lined up to get inside. The 'RAWHIDE' in t...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to r****3 for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Rawhide RPC's Showing an Overview of the Town (3)5289 - Rawhide RPC's Showing an Overview of the Town (3)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three Rawhide RPC overviews. One with a nearly perfect Rawhide, 1908 postmark. Additional statistics of the town included. [Don't forget to chec...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to f*****E for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Rawhide Telegraph and Telephone Company Stock Certificate5290 - Rawhide Telegraph and Telephone Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued in 1909 for 11 shares to Charles Grutt. Signed by president Fred Grutt. These are two of the Grutt brothers for whom the very rich Grutt Hill w
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9***6 for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Rawhide Town Overview RPC5291 - Rawhide Town Overview RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Schurz postmark (excellent strike). Rawhide town overview RPC. Schurz was the post office that the residents of Rawhide used before Rawhide was grant
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to r****3 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Rawhide, Nevada Winter Real Photo Postcard5292 - Rawhide, Nevada Winter Real Photo Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rawhide is covered in white in the photo. Only the 'Montezuma' can be identified in this overview photo. From a hillside looking down. The c...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to D****7 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Stacy & Pine Yellowstone Bar Token5293 - Stacy & Pine Yellowstone Bar Token
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rawhide, Nevada. Obverse is in very good condition and reverse is in good condition. GF 12 1/2c. [Don't forget to check out the paper label Nort...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8***9 for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Stingaree Gulch and its influence on Nevada5294 - Stingaree Gulch and its influence on Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These tokens are actually for a Reno fair. Families welcome! But the beer tent was in the part of the fair where families were not so welcome. Adults
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to m******0 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Very Interesting Rawhide RPC about Squatters5295 - Very Interesting Rawhide RPC about Squatters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Postcard says, "Trying to remove a squatter from a lot. Great doings in Rawhide." Must be great doings because there is a regular throng o...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to u********y.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Photo of "Head Chief of Bannock Tribe"5296 - Photo of "Head Chief of Bannock Tribe"
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photo of Head Chief of Bannock Tribe "Jim Cummings". Has feather, holding hat, wearing Native American apparel, & beads. When the Nor...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j***d for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Rare Reno Medical Group Stock5297 - Rare Reno Medical Group Stock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare issued 1905 500 shares, #75. Toning on top. City: Reno State: Nevada Date: 1905 HWAC# 79334
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to H*****r for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Blueprints from Prominent Nevada Architect Frederick DeLongchamps5298 - Blueprints from Prominent Nevada Architect Frederick DeLongchamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five blueprints for the store and building of Mr. A. A. Brundage done by architect Frederick J. DeLongchamps. DeLongchamps (1882-1969) graduated from
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to p*********a for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Cattlemen Come to Reno: Russell & Bradley5299 - Cattlemen Come to Reno: Russell & Bradley
Holabird Western Americana Collections
George Russell and John Rueben Bradley were very successful cattlemen in Northeast Nevada. So what were they doing in Reno? Alfalfa! Bradley came to N
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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