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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US Cavalry “C” Branding Iron2109US Cavalry “C” Branding Iron
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Prior to 1853 there was no uniform method of brand identifying US Cavalry horses. In that year Brevet Lt. Colonel W. G. Freeman suggested a uniform sy
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********o for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
Ornate Mexican Hacienda Branding Iron2110Ornate Mexican Hacienda Branding Iron
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Late 19th Century. Brand is J/C with the middle symbol that looks like a backwards 'S'. Very ornate. 23.5". City: State: Date: I...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********r.. for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
Pair of Beautiful Arizona Spurs2111Pair of Beautiful Arizona Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inside in marker says "Blanchard Model." Blanchard style button. City: State: Arizona Date: ID# 37313
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Cowgirl Size Early Hernandez California Spurs2112Cowgirl Size Early Hernandez California Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Silver overlay. Leather work of a dove flying over a pueblo village. During the 1890s in San Jose, there were five different makers with the last name
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Very Early Excavated Iron Spanish Colonial Spur2113Very Early Excavated Iron Spanish Colonial Spur
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This style, with the dropped shank, large 10-point rowel and curled chap guard was in use by vaqueros in Mexico and California in the late 1700s and e
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********a.. for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
Garcia Silver Mounted Spurs (Famous Elko, Nevada Silversmith)2114Garcia Silver Mounted Spurs (Famous Elko, Nevada Silversmith)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice silver inlay with four playing card symbols with additional silver inlay leafs and bands on spur stocks. Exceptional quality. Marked with the e
Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to n********d for (2,500.00 + 500.00BP) = 3,000.00
Pair of Schnitger Wyoming Rocky Mountain Spurs2115Pair of Schnitger Wyoming Rocky Mountain Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Silver mounted. This was a working pair of spurs. One silver mount has been lost. Rex Schnitger was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1877, He learned the
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to a**********5 for (1,400.00 + 322.00BP) = 1,722.00
Spur Collection2116Spur Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three antique spurs and three sets of more modern spurs. Largest antique spur measures 9". Great for display! City: State: United States Da...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Ranch Life in Colorado Collection (6)2117Ranch Life in Colorado Collection (6)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "Colorado, Her Financial Needs. Cattlemen's Loan and Guaranty Co. An Analysis of Existing Conditions with Practical Remedial Suggestions...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
"Sun and Saddle Leather" by Badger Clark: Early Cowboy Poetry2118"Sun and Saddle Leather" by Badger Clark: Early Cowboy Poetry
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Badger Clark, born in 1883, wrote A Cowboy's Prayer, one of the best known Western poems, which is included in this work. This edition is illust...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********t.. for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50