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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1378Three Colorado Mining Spoons with BurrosHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two teaspoons and one demitasse. One has burro in front of mountain scene. All are die struck. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37813
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l******8 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
1379Five Different Colorado SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) "Glenwood Springs Colo." engraved on bowl with man on bucking horse (ELD jeweler); 2) "Canon City Colo." engraved on bowl, im...
Estimate : 220.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8*****H for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
1380Six Various Colorado Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) demitasse, handle had winch dropping bucket into bowl of spoon. This spoon is a "citrus" spoon that is a copy of the famous Otto Mears ...
Estimate : 280.00 - 450.00
Sold to t********n for (160.00 + 36.80BP) = 196.80
1382Boulder & Ft. Collins, Colorado Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
2 teaspoons from Boulder: 1 depicts mine, engraved "Boulder"; the other is die struck "University Library Bldg., Boulder Colo." ...
Estimate : 180.00 - 250.00
Sold to a****y for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
1383Creede and Rico, Colorado Mining Spoon DuoHolabird Western Americana Collections
Creede is a teaspoon, roughly engraved on bowl. Nice handle with image of miner at top and pick and shovel. Rico is a demitasse, engraved bowl, twiste
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
1384Four Different Colorado Town SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Clear Creek Drainage. Four sterling spoons from Russell Gulch, Idaho Springs, Georgetown. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37758
Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to S*****3 for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
1385Four Different Nugget Handle SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three have some form of gold wash. Rare. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37757
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to b********2 for (400.00 + 92.00BP) = 492.00
1386Matched Handle Colorado Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three teaspoons same jeweler--E. L. D. (E.L. Deacon, Denver, CO). All three are die struck and have the same handle design--emblem at top, miner benea
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to B**********s for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
1387Native American, Colorado SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two matching Native American head on twisted wire handle Colorado sterling spoons. One has a die struck bowl from the Big Five Mine, the other is engr
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8******1 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
1388Seven Colorado Sterling Silver SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Seven different sterling silver spoons all similar with a miner on the handle. Four different makers. ELD may have been the earliest of these. Five ar
Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
Sold to C******3 for (140.00 + 32.20BP) = 172.20
1389Three Different Salt Mining Spoons from ColoradoHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three different salt spoons with matching handles from Colorado. All three are die struck. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37750
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
1390Three Hoist and Winch Handle SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three choice spoons: one from Colorado Springs and two from Cripple Creek with the same handle fabulous handle. City: State: Colorado Date: ID#
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*********1 for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
1391Three Matched Handle Spoons from ColoradoHolabird Western Americana Collections
Very similar, but made by different jewelers. All three have the word Colorado spread along the handle. To have die struck balls and the third is blan
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8*****H for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
1392Two Matched Handled Colorado Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Both are made by ELD. One die struck bowl shows burro " Prospecting Outfit"; the other has underground mining scene with 5 miners. City:...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*****r for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
1393Unusual Sinking Bucket Variation of a Mining Souvenir SpoonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Choice unusual crooked handle with sinking bucket and nuggets. The sinking bucket is inside the handle itself. Very unusual. Gold wash bowl. Die cut u
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*****s for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
1394Negro Watermelon SpoonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Enameled watermelon on spoon marked "Atlanta" with black man's face at top. Reverse is inscribed "A.C." and copyright 1895. ...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to t********n for (500.00 + 115.00BP) = 615.00
1395Six Wallace, Idaho Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Three engraved bowls" Wallace Idaho," standing miner handles, one is demitasse spoon. 2) engraved "Hercules Mill Wallace Ida.,&quo...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
1396Nine Different Idaho Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) large copper shovel bowl engraved "Seven Devils Weiser Idaho," standing miner handle; 2) Silver shovel, engraved " Boise Idaho,&qu...
Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
Sold to b********2 for (300.00 + 69.00BP) = 369.00
1397Four Idaho Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three teaspoons: die struck, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho; engraved, Morning Mill, Mullan, Idaho; engraved Trade Dollar Mill, Silver City, Idaho.
Estimate : 180.00 - 250.00
Sold to b********2 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30