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Cowboys & Indians & Miners

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 308, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location, 3555 Airway Drive Suite 309 Reno, NV 89511

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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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1852 Report of Ulster Mine (James T. Hodge) w/ Folding Map (Ellenville, New York)1200 - 1852 Report of Ulster Mine (James T. Hodge) w/ Folding Map (Ellenville, New York)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 pages. Disbound. Mine involved in copper and lead mining. Ellenville, Ulster County, New York. Situated 100 miles from New York City. Printed by D.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c*********p for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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George Vigouroux Correspondence Collection (Creator of Mines Manual)1201 - George Vigouroux Correspondence Collection (Creator of Mines Manual)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately 17 letters and other material sent to Geo. E. Vigouroux, Esq. in New York. Vigouroux was very active in writing important mining and mi
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to l*******c for (190.00 + 43.70BP) = 233.70
 
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North American Mines Exhibition Program1202 - North American Mines Exhibition Program
Holabird Western Americana Collections
36+ pages. Includes many photographs. Special attention paid to 1) Cobalt in Coleman, Ontario, Canada. 2) Al D. Myers, sometimes called the father of
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to q********s.. for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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1853 Report of the Perseverance Mining Company (Philip T. Tyson) w/ Map (North Carolina)1203 - 1853 Report of the Perseverance Mining Company (Philip T. Tyson) w/ Map (North Carolina)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 pages with map. "Report of the Gold Deposites [sic.] and Works of the Perseverance Mining Company in North Carolina. By Philip T. Tyson.&quo...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*****r for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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1876 Report on the Steel Gold Mine (Charles T. Jackson) (North Carolina)1204 - 1876 Report on the Steel Gold Mine (Charles T. Jackson) (North Carolina)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
15 pages. "Reports on the Steel Gold Mine, Montgomery County, North Carolina" by Dr. Charles T. Jackson, Prof. Frederick A. Genth, Prof. E...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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Annual Report of The Person Consolidated Copper & Gold Mines Company (North Carolina)1205 - Annual Report of The Person Consolidated Copper & Gold Mines Company (North Carolina)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Location: Virgilina Mining District, Person County, North Carolina. 12 pages. A somewhat critical report by L.N. White, manager. They are working on t
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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1853 Report of the Manteo Mining Company w/ maps (by. Philip T. Johnson) (North Carolina)1206 - 1853 Report of the Manteo Mining Company w/ maps (by. Philip T. Johnson) (North Carolina)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
27 pages. "Report on the Gold Deposites [sic.] and Works of the Manteo Mining Company in North Carolina, by Philip T. Tyson." Printed by J...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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1853 Report of Wheatley, Brookdale, & Charlestown Mines (Henry D. Rogers)1207 - 1853 Report of Wheatley, Brookdale, & Charlestown Mines (Henry D. Rogers)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
40 pages. "Reports of Professor Henry D. Roger on Wheatley, Brookdale, and Charlestown Mines, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania."...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to c*********p for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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1851 Acts of Incorporation, By-Laws and Report for The Gap Mining Company (Pennsylvania)1208 - 1851 Acts of Incorporation, By-Laws and Report for The Gap Mining Company (Pennsylvania)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
16 pages. Report by Prof. Fred A. Genth, "Together with an Assay of the Ores by Him, and also by Prof. M.H. Boye." Articles and By-Laws ma...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*********1 for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Mercer Mining & Manufacturing Company Sock Certificate #41209 - Mercer Mining & Manufacturing Company Sock Certificate #4
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Coal mine in Mercer County. Low number 4 for 200 shares to Gilbert McKibbin. Signed by treasurer Paul Wick and president Thomas (?). In 1868, Benjamin
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Correspondence to President of the Warrior Run Mining Company1210 - Correspondence to President of the Warrior Run Mining Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five letters to Charles Bartles of the Warrior Run Mining Company. Seven covers. Five are corner advertising covers with two different company cc...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to l*******c for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Pennsylvania Mining Correspondence and One Annual Report1211 - Pennsylvania Mining Correspondence and One Annual Report
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 letters total. There is a great letter stamped "Blood's Despatch" about a stockholder's meeting for the Somerset Smelting and Mi...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to l*******c for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Pennsylvania Mining Stereoviews1212 - Pennsylvania Mining Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eighteen. Includes anthracite mine shaft, coal breaker no. 8, shipping coal by train, slate picker, young boys picking up slate in the coal bre
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Two Annual Reports for Portsmouth Coal Company1213 - Two Annual Reports for Portsmouth Coal Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different reports for the same coal company. 1) 1850 Articles of Association & Agreement of the Portsmouth Coal Company with Reports to the ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Topographic and Geologic Atlas of the Black Hills of South Dakota (1879)1214 - Topographic and Geologic Atlas of the Black Hills of South Dakota (1879)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
...to accompany the report of Henry Newton, geologist, part of the Powell survey. This exceptionally rare atlas volume which is approximately 2 x 3&...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to i*********1 for (1,500.00 + 345.00BP) = 1,845.00
 
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Early Large Stereoviews of Mining at Lead, South Dakota1215 - Early Large Stereoviews of Mining at Lead, South Dakota
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven original large scale stereo view photographs of mining at Lead from approximately 1877. These views are unique because they are large, about fou
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Estimate : 700.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to S*****3 for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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Homestake Mining Company Reports and Letters1216 - Homestake Mining Company Reports and Letters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Featured in several correspondence pieces and story (prospectus) is CE McHugh, Mgr., Homestake Extension Mining Co., Black Hills, South Dakota. They b
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Very Early Tennessee Mining Stock Certificate1217 - Very Early Tennessee Mining Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 245 of 1,400 shares. Signed by Hurley. One share in all the Mineral Property of W. R. Hurley & Co. Also the bearer is to pay $100 to the ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Le Champ D'Or, French Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate1218 - Le Champ D'Or, French Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Le Champ d'Or, French Gold, May 22, 1895. Share Warrant issued from London. Ten shares, nos. 125136 to 125145. Bearer no. 31677. Half of the cer...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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1909 Annual Report of the Bingham Central Railway1219 - 1909 Annual Report of the Bingham Central Railway
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only 14 pages (11.75 x 9"), but packed full of what a collector wants. 33" fold out print of the Utah Copper Company's open pit. 13&qu...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*****s for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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