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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U.S. Cotton Industry Correspondence2333 - U.S. Cotton Industry Correspondence
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately 14 letters between several people in the cotton industry, primarily discussing matters relating to business. There are some fantastic q
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Estimate : 200.00 - 900.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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United States Official Postal Guide2334 - United States Official Postal Guide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Find places from Nevada Mills to Bodie (a money order station), all eight Elizabethtown's, Woodruff, & Rioville in Nevada, Kiawock in Alaska...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6*****b for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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Western Postcards (45) & Sketch Group (Crouch)2335 - Western Postcards (45) & Sketch Group (Crouch)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four Western Sketches, 1959, by Charles Crouch in original folder. All of Cowboys and horseback, San Francisco, California. 45 unused postcards in var
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Four Animal Furs2336 - Four Animal Furs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Looks like a badger, mink, coyote, and beaver. City: State: United States Date: ID# 37341
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to g***s for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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Gold Seal Rubber Boots Tin Sign2337 - Gold Seal Rubber Boots Tin Sign
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Raised pictorial and writing. The Gold Seal Rubber Products were being made as early as the 1890s. This was a subsidiary of Goodyear Rubber. Dented at
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to o******x for (1,050.00 + 241.50BP) = 1,291.50
 
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Three Early Store Window Signs2338 - Three Early Store Window Signs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One is an 1892 liquor license, not filled in. The second is a large sign for money orders that is a decal for the front window. The last piece is the
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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Indian Related Cigar Boxes2339 - Indian Related Cigar Boxes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three wooden cigar boxes: 1) Black Hawk, Andy Dehner Cigar Co., Iowa; 2) Rocky Ford, Monarch, Virginia; 3) Brown Beauties, P. N. Jacobson, maker, Iowa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 2****6 for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Two Ribbons: Oddfellows and GAR2340 - Two Ribbons: Oddfellows and GAR
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Independent Order of Odd Fellows ribbon Grant Lodge No. 113 I.O.O.F. Minneapolis, Minn. 2) Souvenir G.A.R. and Affiliated Organizations 35th annual
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Three Antique Items: Ribbon, Cigar Label, Fly Book2341 - Three Antique Items: Ribbon, Cigar Label, Fly Book
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "The Women and Girl Workers of the Civil War, 61-65" ribbon. This was an early recognition of the roll of women during the Civil War. P...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Tintype of Three Western Gents2342 - Tintype of Three Western Gents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early photograph (ferrotype, aka tintype) of three western gents all dressed in similar way. All are wearing vests and bowler hats. Maybe taken in the
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Large Chinese Pot2343 - Large Chinese Pot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
14" tall pot. Chips on the rim and caked dirt (easily cleanable) on the pot. A wonderful remainder of the Chinese influence on the building of ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to F****e for (80.00 + 16.00BP) = 96.00
 
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Two Magnificent Freight Wagon Wheels2344 - Two Magnificent Freight Wagon Wheels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two large, heavy, freight wagon wheels purchased during the Harold's Club auction of their firearms and Western Americana. 38" high. Shippi...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to G****d for (375.00 + 86.25BP) = 461.25
 
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Large Heavy, Old, Blacksmith's Vice2345 - Large Heavy, Old, Blacksmith's Vice
Holabird Western Americana Collections
41 " long and meant to attached to the floor and a blacksmith's table. Truly heavy duty! Shipping will be costly, so we suggest that this i...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********e for (90.00 + 18.00BP) = 108.00
 
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Old-fashioned Blacksmith Table and Tools2346 - Old-fashioned Blacksmith Table and Tools
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This very heavy, quite large metal table stands 29.5" tall. There is an attached piece that seems to have broken off of something. Comes with a...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to c********e for (450.00 + 90.00BP) = 540.00
 
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Two Antique Drill Bits2347 - Two Antique Drill Bits
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The large one has replaceable cutters and looks pretty mean! 8.25" x 5.5". The smaller is 5" x 3". City: State: United States...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to D*****2 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Original Fly Fishing Broadside2348 - Original Fly Fishing Broadside
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original fly fishing broadside from the White Brothers in Liverpool. Two-sided handbill with illustrated wet and dry flies and other fishing equipment
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Early Foreign Stagecoach Photographs2349 - Early Foreign Stagecoach Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early photographs, perhaps from 1880, of ornate stage wagons. These photographs are quite probably from a salesman's album. One is mounted on cl...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Pony Express 80th Anniversary Desk Pen Set2350 - Pony Express 80th Anniversary Desk Pen Set
Holabird Western Americana Collections
80th anniversary pen set with Franklin D Roosevelt and his vice president. Pens are no longer present. 8 x 14." One of the key attributes to th...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m****a for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Rare 1873 Book on the Prybilov Islands (Alaska)2351 - Rare 1873 Book on the Prybilov Islands (Alaska)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rare volume published by the United States Government in 1873 is Henry W Elliott's report on these islands and the people who live there. I...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to g***s for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Fred Dodge, John Clum letter (with Earp Connections)2352 - Fred Dodge, John Clum letter (with Earp Connections)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Fred Dodge (Dodge Brothers) is writing to John Clum, former Tombstone Epitaph editor, in 1930. The letter is personal and revealing: "Poor o...
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8***0 for (1,400.00 + 322.00BP) = 1,722.00
 
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