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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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Two Exceptional Butte Mining Spoons1418 - Two Exceptional Butte Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early die struck examples: 1) "Anaconda Smelter Montana," image of smelter, beautiful floral handle design. 2) "Anaconda Mine Butte, ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 1**9 for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Three Oro Y Plata (Copper) Mining Spoons1419 - Three Oro Y Plata (Copper) Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All have same handle, mining scenes. Two are die struck "Anaconda Mine Butte Montana," mines, railroad; the last is engraved "Dec. 2 ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to j*****r for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Four Butte Mining Spoons1420 - Four Butte Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Two teaspoons have plain bowls: a) handle die struck "Butte Montana" "School of Mines," building at top; b) open handle at to...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******c for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Five Copper Mining Spoons w/ Same Mine & Mill Scenes Handles1421 - Five Copper Mining Spoons w/ Same Mine & Mill Scenes Handles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four teaspoons and one demitasse spoons with identical handle designs. Bowls are different. 1) teaspoon and demitasse have same bowl, die struck &qu...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 450.00 - 700.00
Sold to j*****r for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Six Best of Butte Mining Spoons1422 - Six Best of Butte Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) early engraved "Parrot Mine Butte Mont," image of mine in hills, decorative handle. 2) Three other teaspoons: two Anaconda Mine and one...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 450.00 - 900.00
Sold to 1**9 for (225.00 + 45.00BP) = 270.00
 
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Seven Different Butte Copper Spoons1423 - Seven Different Butte Copper Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Four teaspoons: a) plain bowl, Anaconda Mine on handle; b) die struck "Anaconda Mine Butte Montana," buildings, railroad, Indian chief ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 280.00 - 360.00
Sold to j*****r for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Choice Die Struck, Working Windlass Spoon for the Anaconda Mine1424 - Choice Die Struck, Working Windlass Spoon for the Anaconda Mine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Working windlass with silver cord attached to the sinking bucket. City: Butte State: Montana Date: ID# 36957
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********n for (240.00 + 55.20BP) = 295.20
 
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Die Struck Butte, Montana Spoon Collection1425 - Die Struck Butte, Montana Spoon Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 different die struck mining spoons from Butte; all sterling. See picture for details. City: Butte State: Montana Date: ID# 37748
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 1**9 for (800.00 + 160.00BP) = 960.00
 
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Enamel Gold Wash Mining Spoon of the Anaconda Mine1426 - Enamel Gold Wash Mining Spoon of the Anaconda Mine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice enamel over engraving of the Anaconda Mine at Butte. External gold wash bowl. Rare and unusual, among the best of the mining spoons! City: But
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sold to t********n for (800.00 + 184.00BP) = 984.00
 
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Matched Pair of Butte Spoons1427 - Matched Pair of Butte Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One gold wash, both engraved "Anaconda Mine Butte," curved handles, "Oro de Plato" mining scenes and "Montana". City...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8*****l for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Ornate Enameled Anaconda Mine Spoon1428 - Ornate Enameled Anaconda Mine Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ornate enameled artistic view of the Anaconda Copper Mine at Butte, Montana. Extremely rare. External gold wash bowl. City: Butte State: Montana D
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sold to t********n for (375.00 + 86.25BP) = 461.25
 
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Set of Four Butte Mining Spoons1429 - Set of Four Butte Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Die struck "Anaconda Mine, Butte, Montana" with image of mining camp on railroad, mining scenes on handles, different images on reverse of...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to j*****r for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Two Native American Mining Spoons1430 - Two Native American Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) engraved "Original Mine Butte, Mont.," with scene of mine, twisted wire handle Indian chief at top; 2) die struck " Washoe Copper ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to B**********s for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Two Pair of Matched Butte Spoons1431 - Two Pair of Matched Butte Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Anaconda Smelter and Anaconda Mine with a die struck bowl and handle as one pair. A second pair have great scenes of the mine and mill. Sterling. Cit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 1**9 for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Two Shovel Bowl Butte Spoons1432 - Two Shovel Bowl Butte Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very nice shovel spoons, plain bowls, handles die struck " Butte Mont." City: Butte State: Montana Date: ID# 37865
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 6****A for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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Three Early Butte Engraved Mining Spoons1433 - Three Early Butte Engraved Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) engraved bowl, "Butte Reduction Works Butte Mont.," image is plant scene. 2) gold wash, engraved "Parrot Mine Butte, Mont.," ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 220.00 - 400.00
Sold to 1**9 for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Four Copper Butte Mining Spoons1434 - Four Copper Butte Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) die struck "Anaconda Mine Butte, Montana," scene of mining buildings and railroad, standing miner holding pickax handle; 2) die struck ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8*****H for (85.00 + 17.00BP) = 102.00
 
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Granite, Montana Gold Shovel Bowl Spoon w/ nugget1435 - Granite, Montana Gold Shovel Bowl Spoon w/ nugget
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful old wash shovel bowl, lightly engraved scene, with real gold nugget (7cm x 4cm) on edge. Engraved on back of shovel "Granite." H...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to F****e for (325.00 + 65.00BP) = 390.00
 
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Five Helena Mining Spoons1436 - Five Helena Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five different Helena spoons, mining scenes on bowls and on handles. Two have standing miner handles. One gold washed bowl with nuggets on handle in g
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*****s for (185.00 + 37.00BP) = 222.00
 
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Virginia City, Montana Choice Mining Spoon1437 - Virginia City, Montana Choice Mining Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unusual crooked handle with sinking bucket and nuggets, with the sinking bucket inside the handle itself. Gold wash bowl. Virginia City engraved in th
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*****s for (375.00 + 75.00BP) = 450.00
 
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