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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1310c1895 Grass Valley, California Miner's SpoonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Rare early, circa 1895 silver spoon with ornately engraved bowl with the old style art. Rare and unusual. City: Grass Valley State: California Dat
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to F****e for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
1311Early Empire Mine SpoonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Exceptional rare early, circa 1895 silver spoon with ornately engraved bowl for the Empire Mine at Grass Valley. This unusual spoon uses the old-style
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to F****e for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
1312Six Grass Valley Silver Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Four of the spoons have gold wash on the bowls. City: Grass Valley State: California Date: ID# 27638
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to F*****a for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
1313Six Grass Valley Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two demitasse: 1) shovel bowl, engraved "Empire Mine"; 2) engraved "Grass Valley." Four teaspoons: two engraved "Empire Min...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to F*****a for (350.00 + 80.50BP) = 430.50
1314Two Nevada City Sterling Silver SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
One spoon engraved with a sketching of the Old Washington School in Nevada City, CA with a flower design on the handle. The second spoon with am engra
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
1315Two Other Nevada City Sterling Silver SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
One spoon engraved with a sketching of the Carnegie Public Library and many intricate designs on the handle including Eureka state capital California
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to F****e for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
1316Two Nevada City Court House Sterling Silver SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two sterling silver spoons engraved with sketchings of the Nevada City Court House. One spoon includes initials G.G.W. on handle. City: Nevada City
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
1317Six Oroville Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two gold washed engraved bowls, gold dredgers, die struck handles. Two others, die struck bowls and handles, one has engraved bowl, decorative handle,
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to k**********y for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00