Cowboys & Indians & Miners

Auction Details

This premier two-day sale includes a General George Custer collection featuring an Indian Capture carbine; other very rare firearms; choice Western ingots, gold nuggets and ore samples; rare numismatic items related to the SS Central America; rare Western tokens; mining reports from the 1830s-1880s; a world class offering of mining spoons; mining-related correspondence, photographs, and ephemera; a great selection of Native American baskets, rugs, and artifacts; saddles and spurs; and General Americana.

DAY 1: Mining Reports, Photographs, Ephemera and Spoons
DAY 2: Native Americana, Cowboy, Firearms (incl. Custer Collection), Numismatics, and General Americana.
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Prospectus and Report of Denver Mining Company1090Prospectus and Report of Denver Mining Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pamphlet published by the board of the mining company. (9.25" x 5.75") 19 pp. Front cover has embossed stamp: General Library of the Unive...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to b****3 for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
Synopsis of the Plan and Objects Relating to the Colorado Mining Land Company1091Synopsis of the Plan and Objects Relating to the Colorado Mining Land Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pamphlet includes a general history and an elaborate map of the New State of Colorado. Published by the principal offices, Buffalo, NY and Denver CO.
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Report of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Co.1092Report of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Paper covered report (9 x 6") of the Examination of the Mines of the McKinley Mining and Smelting Company by James Angus Snedaker. The report g...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (30.00 + 6.90BP) = 36.90
Accord Mining and Milling Co. Prospectus and Photographs1093Accord Mining and Milling Co. Prospectus and Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Clear Creek County. Lot of 4. 1) Prospectus. 9 pages. 6" x 3.5" Looks to have been printed around 1905, but was written in heavily, with d...
Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to r*********r for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
Dunderberg Mining Company Certificate of Incorporation & By-laws1094Dunderberg Mining Company Certificate of Incorporation & By-laws
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dunderberg Mining Company, 1879. Booklet is 9" x 5.75", 13p. Pristine condition. City: Georgetown State: Colorado Date: 1879 ID# 37418
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6*****b for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
Georgetown Assay and Letter Lot1095Georgetown Assay and Letter Lot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. 1) 1882 letter from New York to London, "....absolutely false in regard to the price I have been offering the ppty" ",,,of...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
Prospectus of The Cascade Mining Company of New York and Colorado (Clear Creek County)1096Prospectus of The Cascade Mining Company of New York and Colorado (Clear Creek County)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Silver mine near Georgetown. 20 pages. Printed by Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, New York. Located on the Charter Oak Ridge (five miles up the v...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Prospectus for The Cascade Mining Company of New York & Colorado1097Prospectus for The Cascade Mining Company of New York & Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Silver mine located in Clear Creek County near Georgetown.1) 1876 prospectus. 20 pages. Begins with description of Georgetown and the Cascade Claim (d
Start Price : 110.00 | Estimate : 220.00 - 450.00
Republican Mountain Silver Mines Co. Ephemera1098Republican Mountain Silver Mines Co. Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) List of mining capital stock owners (one is Kit Carson) and some expenses for the Consolidated Republican Mountain Mining Co. 2) Abstract of record
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Aksarben Gold Mining Company Prospectus1099Aksarben Gold Mining Company Prospectus
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only 35 miles from Denver at Idaho Springs in Chaffee County. 8 pages with one full page photograph, one claim map, and one cross section map. Blue wr
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00