"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)

Carcharodontosaurus Teeth Lot of 3. Cretaceous, Bahiriya Formation from Taouz, Morocco. Charcharodontosaurus has features of both the Allosaurid and t

Fantastic mammoth tusk found at the Fox Coal Mine northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. 8 feet long, 60 lbs. Approx. 20,000 BC. Comes with wooden wall mount

Dinosaur gembone, also known as agatized or fossilized dinosaur bone, is a rare and highly prized material formed when the porous structure of dinosau

Dinosaur Gembone Fully Polished Spectacular Red and Green Agate. We saved the best for last. This is the creme de la creme of the beautiful gembones

Dinosaur Gembones Lot of 2 - RARE. Two more beautiful fossilized, agatized dinosaur bones. We learned our lesson and chose NOT to research the specie

A dinosaur coprolite is a fossilized piece of dinosaur feces, providing direct evidence of an animal's diet, behavior, and environment. The word...

From the Personal Collection of Fred Holabird. This piece (an one other in this sale) are from the Green River Formation. Excellent contrast and qual

From the Personal Collection of Fred Holabird. This piece (an one other in this sale) are from the Green River Formation. Excellent contrast and qual

Lot of (6) large stone formal dinner plates. Very unusual, both in appearance and shape. The stone composition is swirls of multiple colors. Measuring

Extra fine Alaska placer gold. Approximately 17.4 grams. **Important Note Re Gold and Silver Sales: All sales of gold and silver items will not

Attractive Alaska Gold Nugget Pendant .26 troy ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Alaska City: Provenance:

Gold nugget (12.2 grams; about 18 mm wide and long) with 20 inch necklace. Total weight 25.5 grams. Necklace chain is not marked ^ Date: Country (i

Copper Crystal Leaf Display Specimen from Ray Mine. Fine, high-grade crystallized specimens, metallic red crystals. Measures approx. 12 inches x 7 in

Lot of 3. Native Copper Crystal Leaf from the Ray mine Gila County, Arizona. Very good condition. The leaves have a wooden base they mount in. ^ Da

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 12 grams, .385 troy, about 85% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance:

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 8.3 grams, .26 troy, about 80% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance:

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 7.6 grams, .234 troy, about 99% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Provenance:

King Tut Mine Drywash Placer Gold 23.2 grams, about .52 troy contained, about 70% gold. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Arizona City: Pr

Stunning native gold specimen from the "million dollar pocket" at the Original Sixteen to one Mine. The specimen shows bright wire and cry...

Collected in the 1960's at Bodie, CA by a young Robert Stewart (Nevada History Author). This quartz shows classic leached boxwork from what was ...

Inyo county has some of the most productive silver mines at Darwin and Cerro Gordo. 6 specimens general high grade collected underground at various mi

Near Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California. 168 grams. Perhaps 25 grams of gold? 2.5 L x 1.75 W x 1.75" H. Native gold in quartz. Vein was 1.7...

Lake County California Gold in Quartz About 8 slabs, varying size about 1 1/2" - 2" square each. Jewelry Grade. 111.4 grams. The McLaugh...

Lake County California Gold in Quartz About 8 slabs, varying size about 1 1/2" - 2" square each. Choice Jewelry Grade. 187 grams. The McL...

Lake County California Gold in Quartz About 7 slabs, varying size about 1 1/2" - 2" square each. Jewelry Grade. 130 grams. The McLaughli...

Lake County California Fine Wire Gold Slabs About 5 pieces, varying size about 2-3"square each. Choice Jewelry Grade. 157.8 grams. The McLaugh...

Lake County California Gold in Quartz Slabs, Jewelry Grade. 83.5 grams. Slabs vary in size. Generally 1" plus. Fine Gold in quartz unpolished. ...

Lake County California Gold in Quartz 2 Slabs, about 2" square each. Jewelry Grade. 93.7 grams. Fine Gold in quartz unpolished. ^ Date: Cou...

Lake County California Gold in Quartz small mixed slab group. 7 slabs, varying size about 1 1/2" - 2" square each. Jewelry Grade. 97.2 gr...

Lake County California Raw, Uncut Gold in Quartz About 3 pieces, varying size about 1 1/2" - 2" square each. Choice Jewelry Grade. 87.5 g...

California Fine Gold About 1 ounce. Jewelry grade. Size #14. About1/8" minus. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: Pr...

California Gold Nugget Group About 1 ounce. Jewelry grade. Size #6. About 1/4" each. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City...

California Gold Nugget Group About 1 ounce. Jewelry grade. Perfect for rings and pendants. Size #10. About 1/8" to 1/4" each. ^ Date: ...

California Gold Nugget Group About 1 ounce. Jewelry grade. Size #8. About 1/4" each. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City...

California Gold Nugget Group, 1 ounce. About 15 Nuggets, size #4 about 1/4 -1/2" each. Jewelry Grade. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...

Attractive gold nugget: 20 x13 x 10 mm; 19.2 grams. From a mining geologists personal collection! ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: P

Beautiful gold piece 3/4 of an inch by 1 1/4 inch. 7.9 grams, with unknown black mineral. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pro

1 piece broken into 2 pieces of cobaltite with visible high grade silver from Sunshine Mine in Idaho. About 885 grams total weight. Total measuremen

Presented to Shaddrick by Formation Capital Corporation with a brass tag. From the Shaddrick collection. Very heavy pair of bookends. Probably about 1

Northern Minnesota high grade iron ore. Weight about 8lbs 4" x 4" x 3 and 3 x 3 x5" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Min...

Eureka Ore Sample Collection - About 5 pounds of varying ore and rock samples from the Eureka District, Nevada. Little Rosa Mine and Eureka Tunnel. Th

This is a lot of six high-grade specimens that were collected by hand by James Quirk, a miner and Sheriff in Virginia City, around 1890 to 1900. The s

Lot of 12 ore specimens from Comstock mines that came from the Crystal Bar collection. Mine supt. TF McCormick, who ran many of the major mines in the

Comstock ore specimen from unidentified locale. Proustite with chlorargyrite, native silver, and arsenopyrite. 472g. Approx. 3 x 3 x 2" Nice sh...

Lot of 13. Ore specimens: four specimens collected at Washoe Lake; rose quartz from Crown Point (Gold Hill), 3.5 x 3"; piece marked as high gra...

4.2 lbs. of bagged turquoise experimental , stabilized. From around 1970 by a UNR professor at the time. ^ Date: 1970 Country (if not USA): State:

Black plastic case (13 x 9 x 3 inches) entitled "Nevada Mining And You," containing twelve kinds of Nevada rocks: Barite; Fluorite; Garne...

1.) 2 specimens of mill run Homestake ore (12"x6"x2" and 7x6x2") both dark shist with sulfides 2.) cut face sample of the Poorm...

Penasquito High Grade Ore Sample. Pyrite in quartz 1.5" slab 6x9" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Mexico State: City: Zacatecas Prov...

Lot of 36. Includes 11 real photo postcards. Rest are early printed cards. Views include: Treadwell Mine (numerous), Alaska-Juneau Mill, Yukon Gold Co