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

A large group of Good For 5 Cent Tokens, mostly for Slot Machines, including Chas Fey Victory Bell Slot Tokens. Charles Fey is the man who invented s

Twenty plastic gaming chips (33 mm), ten red center, ten white center with monogram "C S" in center. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...

These are unidentified colored plastic gaming sets (about 20 sets). Appear to be European, possibly Scandinavian. There are 6 pieces in each multicol

A wide and varied group of gaming collectibles including dice, playing cards, cribbage, poker chips, roulette, etc. see the list in the photo. These w

Poker chips: 24 red, 25 blue and 49 white; all with horse and rider. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Balloon Route Trolley Trip pinback. In Excellent cond and complete. No damage. This commemorates a 1915 balloon route trolley trip on the Pacific Ele

Lot of 3. 1. Pinback Commemorating The Landing of Sir Francis Drake on Marin Co. Chore w/dpic of Drake. Unk. year. 2. Golden Gate International Exp

Lot of 3. 1. c1900 Fireman climbing ladder w/baby rescue. Excellent cond. 1.5". 2. c1900 Calif. Game & Fish Protective Assoc. pinback w/qu...

1.5 " square pinback. Young George Washington holding an axe w/chopped cherry tree. Bottom, the famous phrase "I cannot Tell A Lie"...

C1900 rare pinback celebrating Abe Lincoln 100 anniversary of his birth. "Honest Abe Mackinshirts" phrase around head. Bastian Bros, print...

1900 President McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt campaign pinback. Both pictured on front, in the image of a dinner bucket, slogan "Employment f...

Lot of 2. 1. Theodore Roosevelt Presidential 1904 pinback. Single photo of Roosevelt. Ehrman mfg. printer. 2. McKinley and Roosevelt 1900 campaign

Lot of 2. 1. Charles E. Hughes for President pinback. Hughes started his political career as Gov. of N.Y. Then, in 1910, Taft nominated him to the S

Lot of 2. 1. Famous Skidoo 23 w/devil holding pitchfork and box of Skidoo on it. Made by Whitehead & Hogg Co. 1896. 2. Smoke Hartford Times Cig...

Lot of 3. 1. Perfection Cigarettes Advertising Premium Pretty Lady Celluloid Pin Back Button ~ Whitehead & Hoag 1896. . Shows men c1900 holding...

Lot of 4. 1.c1905 Friehofer's Buster Brown Bread 1.5" pinback in good cond. Buster and dog Ty on face of pin 1.5". 2. 1910 Kellogg...

"Native Copper / From / Seward, Alaska / (overhead view of a mining camp surrounded by mountains) // Good For / Northern / 12.5 c. / In Trade. ...

PCGS certified Genuine: Cleaned- UNC Detail Alaska Gold. From the Coins of the Golden West Series by Mary G. Hart. ^ Date: Country (if not USA):

Lot of three: 1) BROWN BEAR / KODIAK / ALASKA / BUS LINE // GOOD FOR / RETURN FARE; Br., rd., 21 mm. 2) Ship's Tavern / Kodiak, Alaska // Good ...

Spooner says R 10; 1902-1911. D. & B. / LAST CHANCE SALOON // GOOD FOR 5c IN TRADE (round-center cutout); Br.; rd., 21 mm. ^ Date: Country ...

NGC certified: AU Details, corrosion. Spooner lists as a saloon 1910-12; R-8. Extremely rare! THEODORE LOPEZ / CONCHO, / ARIZ. // GOOD FOR / 25 / CENT

Gila County town of Miami: Spooner says it's an R 8; circa 1909-1914. SUNSHINE / SALOON / MIAMI, ARIZONA. //GOOD FOR / 12.5c / IN TRADE; Br., S...

Fifth Cavalry, Nogales, Arizona. "Fifth Cavalry Post Exchange / Nogales / Arizona // 5;" Br., Sc 8, 26 mm. This token likely dates from 1...

Listed as R-9 in Arizona Tokens & Scrip by Hal Birt Jr. Unused. Pink cardstock. Polaris is an American ghost town in the northern part of Yuma C...

Spooner says R 10 (1909-1911). Navajo County town. NGC certified VF Details, corrosion. WINDSOR BAR / YONT & PITMAN / PROP. / WINSLOW, ARIZ. / ...

NGC certified VF Details. POST EXCHANGE / ALCATRAZ / ISLAND, CAL. / PATRICK & CO. S.F. // GOOD FOR / 10c / IN / MERCHANDISE; Br., rd., 25 mm. ^...

Extremely rare token from the Calaveras County mining town: THE CRYSTAL SALOON / N.A. / BANCHERO / ANGELS, / CAL. / IRVINE JACHENS. // GOOD FOR / ONE

Issued July 1895 to H. Gillen. Five meals punched. Green cardstock. 2 x 3.75" ^ Date: 1895 Country (if not USA): State: California City: A...

The only known token from the Inyo County Panamint Valley mining camp: HEADQUARTER'S / SALOON / CHRIS. WICHT / BALLARAT / CAL. // GOOD FOR / 12...

Extremely rare Fresno pictorial token: 1) Good For / 1 / Drink / Eagle Bar // The / (pictorial eagle) / Harrigan & Timmons; Al., rd., 35 mm. 2)...

Extremely rare token! William Poole, proprietor, Mill Street near Main in an advertisement in the Grass Valley Morning Union, 1886 (tokencatalog.com)

Henry and Giacomo Deferrari are listed in business directories from 1905 and the census for Tuolumne Township as saloon keepers. A newspaper report li

Lot of two: 1) IN TRADE ONLY / 25 / HARTSOOK / INN / HARTSOOK, CALIF. // GOOD FOR / 25 / ORCO / PAT. PEND. / THE OSBORNE REGISTER CO. / CIN. O. U.S.A.

From the Placer County mining camp: RUSSELL & SCHWAB / IOWA HILL // GOOD FOR / 1 / DRINK; Br., Sc 8, 29 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): St...

Two pocket mirrors and one aluminum medal from beach-side attractions near Los Angeles, California. Mirrors (55mm diameter) are attributed by the cons

Finest known: NGC graded MS 64. M.I.N.R.A. / 10c / IN TRADE (all incuse) // (blank); Al., rd., 29 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: Cali

NGC graded MS 62, probably the finest known. M.I.N.R.A. / 25c / In Trade // (reverse blank); Wm, rd., 40 mm; listed as two known. ^ Date: Country (i

Very rare Nevada City token! NGC certified VF Details, whizzed. RAMSEY & WILLIAMS / MFRS. / BRET HARTE / CIGARS / NEVADA CITY / CALIF. //GOOD ...

NGC graded XF 40. CENTURY MINING CO. / 10 / CENTS / STORE. // GOOD FOR / 10 / CENTS / IN MERCHANDISE; Wm, rd., 21 mm. "Late in the fall of 188...

NGC graded AU 55. PASO ROBLES HOTEL / (edifice) / C.A. KLINKNER & CO. S.F. GOOD FOR / ONE / DRINK; Al., rd., 34 mm. This hotel was built in 189...

Three different tokens: 1) PACIFIC SALOON / 614 J ST // GOOD FOR / 5c / IN TRADE; Br.,rd., 21 mm. 2) THE PACIFIC / SALOON // GOOD FOR / 5c / IN TRADE;

Rare! NGS certified AU Details, environmental damage. POST EXCHANGE / CAVALRY / CAMP / 5c / SAN DIEGO, CAL. // 5c; Br., rd., 21 mm. ^ Date: Coun

Extremely rare! William Frank & Co. were at 406 and 408 Stockton in 1867. Then at 406 and 408 Battery St. 1868-69, and at 406 Battery St. in 18...

Choice condition pictorial token! HOTEL MONTGOMERY / SAN JOSE, CAL. // GOOD FOR / 2.5c / IN TRADE / PATRICK & CO. S.F.; Al., octagonal, 30 mm. ...

Lot of four: 1) The Potter // Good For / $1 / In Trade; Br., 37 mm. 2) Rancheros Visitadores // Good For / 50c / In Trade; Al., rd., 30 mm. 3) Pioneer

Six Santa Barbara, two maverick and one San Luis Obispo tokens. SLO: Pioneer Cigar Factory. Santa Barbara: Havanah Cigar Factory; Imperial Bar; The Sm

G.C. SAWTELLE / SANTA SUSANA / CAL. // GOOD FOR / NO. 2 / 1 BOX / PITTING; Al., rd., 25 mm. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City:

From the Stanford University campus: ENCINA STORE / JACK / MEYER / PROP. / STANFORD UNIV. // GOOD FOR / 50c / IN MERCHANDISE ONLY; Bimetallic, rd., 3

Extremely rare token from the Tehama County hot springs just east of Red Bluff: TUSCAN / SPRINGS // GOOD FOR / 5c / IN TRADE; Br., rd., 21 mm. ^ Date

Dealer lot of sixty tokens. The 1896 Voter Registration (Vallejo) shows Russell Javines Coe as a saloon-keeper, 1900 Census: Russel J. Coe, saloon ke