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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By-Laws of The Federal Union Gold Mining Company1080By-Laws of The Federal Union Gold Mining Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By-laws of the Federal Union Mining Company, Clear Creek County, Colorado, organized March 27, 1866. Capital stock $1000,000. Franklin Job Printing, G
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Territorial Colorado Mining Document to WH Russell (Stagecoach Pioneer)1081Territorial Colorado Mining Document to WH Russell (Stagecoach Pioneer)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"For value Received I assign to WH Russell two hundred fifty share of the capital stock of Star Gold Mining Co. of Colorado, this 27 day of Sep...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to a****y for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
The Panama Mining & Reduction Company Stock Certificate1082The Panama Mining & Reduction Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Illinois, mines in Clear Creek County, Colorado. No certificate number, but stock issued for 400 shares to the company president (Garrabraut)
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c*********p for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
Territorial Colorado Mining Survey1083Territorial Colorado Mining Survey
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Survey No. 380 Mineral District No. 2 Plat of the Severance and Harvey claim upon the Coral Lode in the Argentine Mining District, Clear Creek County
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Collection of Cripple Creek Mining Paper1084Collection of Cripple Creek Mining Paper
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately 11 pieces of various mining related material from Cripple Creek, Colorado. This material includes receipts, time checks, Certificates o
Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to b******1 for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
Cripple Creek Mining Ephemera Collection1085Cripple Creek Mining Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
More than 50 documents. Most are typed documents promoting a mining company: Davis McCuan Investment Company, Mary McKinney Mining Company annual meet
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r***6 for (120.00 + 24.00BP) = 144.00
Cripple Creek Mining Prospectus and Rock Catalog1086Cripple Creek Mining Prospectus and Rock Catalog
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Prospectus for the Omaha and Cripple Creek Mining and Leasing Company. The company plans to "go right into the heart of this Gold Belt [in C...
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 300.00
The Pinkerton Labor Spy (Cripple Creek Labor Wars)1087The Pinkerton Labor Spy (Cripple Creek Labor Wars)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Morris Friedman, published 1907 detailing the Pinkerton Detective agency's role in the Cripple Creek violent mining labor wars. 230 pages, pu...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
Two Cripple Creek Mining Reports from the Same Geologist1088Two Cripple Creek Mining Reports from the Same Geologist
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Prospectus for the Charlevoix Gold Mining Co. Inc. in Colorado in 1894. Principal office in Colorado Springs. c.1895. Written by H.P. Parmelee, geo
Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to 2******o for (35.00 + 8.05BP) = 43.05
Consolidated Mining Company of Seven Mines Stock Certificate1089Consolidated Mining Company of Seven Mines Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 124 for 100 shares to George H Adams in 1880. We could find little information about this mine. Rare! Some staining, cut roughly at left, and on tea
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to a****y for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50