Cowboys & Indians & Miners

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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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Three Colorado Mining Spoons with Burros1378 - Three Colorado Mining Spoons with Burros
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l******8 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Five Different Colorado Spoons1379 - Five Different Colorado Spoons
Holabird 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...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 220.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8*****H for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Six Various Colorado Mining Spoons1380 - Six Various Colorado Mining Spoons
Holabird 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 ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 280.00 - 450.00
Sold to t********n for (160.00 + 36.80BP) = 196.80
 
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Five Colorado Mining Spoons: Alamosa Duo & Telluride Duo, One Breckenridge1381 - Five Colorado Mining Spoons: Alamosa Duo & Telluride Duo, One Breckenridge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two teaspoons engraved bowls " Alamosa", one elaborate handle, one miner handle; two gold washed bowls, engraved "Telluride", on...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8*****H for (130.00 + 26.00BP) = 156.00
 
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Boulder & Ft. Collins, Colorado Mining Spoons1382 - Boulder & Ft. Collins, Colorado Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 teaspoons from Boulder: 1 depicts mine, engraved "Boulder"; the other is die struck "University Library Bldg., Boulder Colo." ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 180.00 - 250.00
Sold to a****y for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Creede and Rico, Colorado Mining Spoon Duo1383 - Creede and Rico, Colorado Mining Spoon Duo
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Four Different Colorado Town Spoons1384 - Four Different Colorado Town Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Clear Creek Drainage. Four sterling spoons from Russell Gulch, Idaho Springs, Georgetown. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37758
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to S*****3 for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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Four Different Nugget Handle Spoons1385 - Four Different Nugget Handle Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three have some form of gold wash. Rare. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37757
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to b********2 for (400.00 + 92.00BP) = 492.00
 
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Matched Handle Colorado Mining Spoons1386 - Matched Handle Colorado Mining Spoons
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to B**********s for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Native American, Colorado Spoons1387 - Native American, Colorado Spoons
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8******1 for (60.00 + 12.00BP) = 72.00
 
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Seven Colorado Sterling Silver Spoons1388 - Seven Colorado Sterling Silver Spoons
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
Sold to C******3 for (140.00 + 32.20BP) = 172.20
 
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Three Different Salt Mining Spoons from Colorado1389 - Three Different Salt Mining Spoons from Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different salt spoons with matching handles from Colorado. All three are die struck. City: State: Colorado Date: ID# 37750
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Three Hoist and Winch Handle Spoons1390 - Three Hoist and Winch Handle Spoons
Holabird 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#
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*********1 for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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Three Matched Handle Spoons from Colorado1391 - Three Matched Handle Spoons from Colorado
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8*****H for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Two Matched Handled Colorado Mining Spoons1392 - Two Matched Handled Colorado Mining Spoons
Holabird 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:...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*****r for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Unusual Sinking Bucket Variation of a Mining Souvenir Spoon1393 - Unusual Sinking Bucket Variation of a Mining Souvenir Spoon
Holabird 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
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*****s for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Negro Watermelon Spoon1394 - Negro Watermelon Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Enameled watermelon on spoon marked "Atlanta" with black man's face at top. Reverse is inscribed "A.C." and copyright 1895. ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to t********n for (500.00 + 115.00BP) = 615.00
 
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Six Wallace, Idaho Mining Spoons1395 - Six Wallace, Idaho Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Three engraved bowls" Wallace Idaho," standing miner handles, one is demitasse spoon. 2) engraved "Hercules Mill Wallace Ida.,&quo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (150.00 + 34.50BP) = 184.50
 
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Nine Different Idaho Mining Spoons1396 - Nine Different Idaho Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) large copper shovel bowl engraved "Seven Devils Weiser Idaho," standing miner handle; 2) Silver shovel, engraved " Boise Idaho,&qu...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
Sold to b********2 for (300.00 + 69.00BP) = 369.00
 
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Four Idaho Mining Spoons1397 - Four Idaho Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three teaspoons: die struck, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho; engraved, Morning Mill, Mullan, Idaho; engraved Trade Dollar Mill, Silver City, Idaho.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 180.00 - 250.00
Sold to b********2 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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