Cowboys & Indians & Miners

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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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Eight Original Nevada Photo Postcards2431 - Eight Original Nevada Photo Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four of the postcards are from Ruth, Nevada. Three show street scenes. Find the Ruth Drug Company and the Ruth Club: both unusual views. Two views are
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to r******h for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Breast Badge for Deluge Hose Company Number One Tonopah, Nevada2432 - Breast Badge for Deluge Hose Company Number One Tonopah, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No maker. We were unable to verify the authenticity of this badge, however we've never seen another one. City: Tonopah State: Nevada Date: ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to D*****2 for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Seven Photographs including a Noe & Lee Studio Portrait2433 - Seven Photographs including a Noe & Lee Studio Portrait
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Noe & Lee Studio was located at 82 South C Street c1878-1880. Also a picnic in the woods. The gentleman at the end is brandishing a long gun jus...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Virginia City, Nevada Millinery Marking Tool2434 - Virginia City, Nevada Millinery Marking Tool
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original rolling inked marking device for M. M. Wyland, fashionable millinery, Virginia City Nevada. This unusual piece probably dates to about 1890 a
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to n*******g for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Four Virginia City and Tonopah, Nevada Items2435 - Four Virginia City and Tonopah, Nevada Items
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Period engineer's hoist operator's license, 1905. For William Dunn at Virginia City. Rare. 2) Also includes original cabinet card of a ge...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Silver Plated 1935 Softball Trophy2436 - Silver Plated 1935 Softball Trophy
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Winnemucca softball trophy presented to 20-30 Club by Dr. W. D. McAdoo, 1935. Silver plated. City: Winnemucca State: Nevada Date: ID# 37776
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to i*********1 for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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1839 Pocket Map: Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide (Colton)2437 - 1839 Pocket Map: Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide (Colton)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
With a Compendious Gazetteer of the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa...By J. Calvi
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*********1 for (475.00 + 109.25BP) = 584.25
 
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Two Early Jockey Items2438 - Two Early Jockey Items
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cabinet card of a jockey in a fancy shirt from Philadelphia circa 1890. Breast badge for New York Jockey Club Patrol. "Stafford Maker Fulton St...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c*****2 for (250.00 + 57.50BP) = 307.50
 
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Real Photo Postcard of Mount Angel Saloons2439 - Real Photo Postcard of Mount Angel Saloons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only one Mount Angel photo, but it is a beaut! This is a street scene looking east and shows at least two saloons, including the Mount Angel Hotel Sal
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to r******h for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
 
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Six Silverton, Oregon Real Photo Postcards2440 - Six Silverton, Oregon Real Photo Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six original, different photo postcards of Silverton, Oregon dating to about 1906. All six views are unused. Only one of the views shows automobiles.
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Stern Wheel Steamboat "Edgar Cherry" Photograph2441 - Stern Wheel Steamboat "Edgar Cherry" Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original mounted photograph of the stern wheel steamboat Edgar Cherry, 1894. The Edgar Cherry worked the Pittsburgh - Morgantown trade on the Monongah
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Fort Bridger Territorial Cover2442 - Fort Bridger Territorial Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a cover addressed to a Mrs. Price of Westchester County, New York and postmarked Fort Bridger, Utah Territory. Fort Bridger was originally a 1
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 7******s for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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