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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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Important Isaac James Letter (Arizona and Nevada Surveyor and Comstock Mining Superintendent)1020 - Important Isaac James Letter (Arizona and Nevada Surveyor and Comstock Mining Superintendent)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a two page letter written on stationary for the superintendent of the Contention Consolidated Mining Company. Dateline Tombstone, Arizona Terr
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***0 for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Tombstone, Arizona Aerial Photographs1021 - Tombstone, Arizona Aerial Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of about fifteen aerial photographs and negatives of approximately 1.5 x 3" size taken about 1935. Shows town and surrounding hills. Ph...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mining Letters to Tombstone, Arizona Assayer Witherell1022 - Mining Letters to Tombstone, Arizona Assayer Witherell
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four letters (with envelopes) all addressed to William Frank Witherell, an assayer from Tombstone, Arizona. The letters are from Colorado, Chicago, C
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Total Wreck Mining Company Document Pair1023 - Total Wreck Mining Company Document Pair
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Today, the Total Wreck is known for its fabulous mineral specimens. 1) Sight draft dated April 2, 1884 made out to cattleman Walter L. Vial, owner of
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (130.00 + 29.90BP) = 159.90
 
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Promotional Report of Vulture Mines Company1024 - Promotional Report of Vulture Mines Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare three page report listing expenses, production, liabilities, cash on hand and stock listings for this very famous mine that operated in Maricopa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to r***6 for (35.00 + 7.00BP) = 42.00
 
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The Whiteford Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate1025 - The Whiteford Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Inc. in Territory of Arizona. No. 177, issued for 2,000 shares on March 16, 1899. Signed by Crawley (vice president) and White (secretary). Gilt
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to C*********Z for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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Arizona Mine Photograph Collection from Paul Kerr of Columbia University1026 - Arizona Mine Photograph Collection from Paul Kerr of Columbia University
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of perhaps ten sets of 4 x 5" photographs by Professor Paul Kerr of Columbia University taken in the late 1930s of various mine sites t...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to e*****r for (200.00 + 46.00BP) = 246.00
 
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Arizona Mining Letters and Ephemera1027 - Arizona Mining Letters and Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of fourteen. 1-2) Two Ray Consolidated letters on letterhead from Hayden. 3) New Comstock Mining Company of Kingman. "...received, in Gold ...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to t*******d for (40.00 + 8.00BP) = 48.00
 
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Arizona Mining Postcards: Douglas, Jerome & Morenci1028 - Arizona Mining Postcards: Douglas, Jerome & Morenci
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 24 with some duplicates. Douglas: early RPC showing Copper Queen Smelter, mailed; two early printed cards of Copper Queen Store; early RPC 1906
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to i*********1 for (110.00 + 25.30BP) = 135.30
 
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Three Arizona Mining Prospectuses1029 - Three Arizona Mining Prospectuses
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) The Swisshelm Gold Silver Company. Comes with an illustrated letterhead showing the location of the mine and a letter soliciting buying stock in th
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to C*********Z for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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