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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Two Beautiful Red Banded Agate Pick and Shovel Spoons (Deadwood, South Dakota)1288 - Two Beautiful Red Banded Agate Pick and Shovel Spoons (Deadwood, South Dakota)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Both marked from Deadwood, South Dakota. One of the spoons has a plain long handle, dated 1894, while the other spoon has a beautiful hand carved open
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,800.00
Sold to b********2 for (1,250.00 + 287.50BP) = 1,537.50
 
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Green Banded Agate Elk Spoon1289 - Green Banded Agate Elk Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Spectacular and unique in this collection green banded agate gold wash spoon with the die cut of an elk in the bowl. 5.75 inches. This is the only gre
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to F****e for (400.00 + 80.00BP) = 480.00
 
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Miner with Rifle, 'Holding Down a Claim' Agate Spoon1290 - Miner with Rifle, 'Holding Down a Claim' Agate Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Red banded agate handle shovel and pick spoon with open silver handle. The spoon has an engraving of "holding down a claim." 5.25 inches l...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to k**********y for (550.00 + 110.00BP) = 660.00
 
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Miner's Shovel Agate Spoon1291 - Miner's Shovel Agate Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Highly unusual milky red banded hand-carved agate with a hand-carved open handle pick and shovel spoon. This is the only hand-carved agate spoon in th
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b********2 for (1,150.00 + 264.50BP) = 1,414.50
 
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Open Handle Agate Banded Spoon1292 - Open Handle Agate Banded Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hand carved red banded agate open handle spoon with a plain bowl. Probably made by HH Tammen, Denver circa 1895. 6.25 inches. One of only three hand-c
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to A*****3 for (900.00 + 180.00BP) = 1,080.00
 
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Red and Brown Banded Agate Shovel & Spoon1293 - Red and Brown Banded Agate Shovel & Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Red and brown banded agate handle spoon and spoon shovel. Probably made by HH Tammen of Denver, circa 1894 to 1895. The spoon is 5.75 inches and the s
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to A*****3 for (800.00 + 160.00BP) = 960.00
 
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Windlass, Pick & Shovel Agate Spoon1294 - Windlass, Pick & Shovel Agate Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Exceptional ornate banded red and yellow agate handle spoon. This spoon has a windlass with crossed pick and shovel at the top, with a silver cord wra
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to A*****3 for (1,600.00 + 320.00BP) = 1,920.00
 
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Two Canadian Agate Handle Spoons1295 - Two Canadian Agate Handle Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two small banded red and orange agate (Carnelian) handled demitasse spoons. One is engraved Montreal, the other is a die struck spoon from Ontario. Th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 6******n for (425.00 + 97.75BP) = 522.75
 
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Slave Scene Enameled Spoon1296 - Slave Scene Enameled Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sterling 5 3/4" silver spoon, enameled scene of slaves working in the cotton fields. Engraved on the handle "Birmingham, Alabama." ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to A*****3 for (950.00 + 190.00BP) = 1,140.00
 
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Dawson, Alaska Dredging Souvenir Spoon1297 - Dawson, Alaska Dredging Souvenir Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A unique Dawson spoon with the Dawson word cut out of the handle. The spoon has additional significance because of the hand-engraved gold dredging sce
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g***s for (170.00 + 39.10BP) = 209.10
 
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