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

Auction Details

Day 1, October 31st, 2025 (Lots 1000-1632)
Stocks & Bonds (Lots 1000-1632)
Mining feat. McDonald Collection (1000-1526)
Railroad (1527-1580)
Misc. Categories incl. Banking, Government, Express (1581-1632)

Day 2, November 1st, 2025 (Lots 2000-2575)
Art feat. Dan Muller Western Collection (Lots 2000-2040)
Native Americana & Cowboy (2041-2192)
Minerals & Fossils (2193-2310)
Mining Ephemera & Artifacts (2311-2575)

Day 3, November 2nd, 2025 (Lots 3000-3579)
Numismatics (Lots 3000-3579)
World’s Fair & Expositions (3000-3037)
US Mint (3038-3057)
Currency & Scrip feat. McDonald Nevada Collection (3058-3139)
Ingots (3140-3153)
Coins (3154-3363)
Medals & Exonumia (3364-3450)
Tokens (3451-3579)

Day 4, November 3rd, 2025 (Lots 4000-4541)
General Americana (Lots 4000-4541)
Geo. Sort (4000-4297)
Jewelry feat. Comstock Collection (4298-4357)
Misc. Categories incl. Bottles, Books, Fire (4358-4541)

Day 5, November 4th, 2025 (Lots 5000-5467)
Transportation (Railroadiana, Steamer, Stage) (Lots 5000-5074)
Wells Fargo & Express (5075-5122)
Philatelic (5123-5202)
Sports (5203-5229)
Political feat. Presidential Autographs (5230-5263)
Militaria (5264-5410)
Firearms & Weaponry (5411-5467)
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Nantaje: Native American Warrior hired by US -  Photos & Letter [204505]2163 - Nantaje: Native American Warrior hired by US - Photos & Letter [204505]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nantaje & other Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient; group of cabinet card photos and a letter involving one of the other ten Apache Scouts t...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (900.00 + 225.00BP) = 1,125.00
 
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Booklet On Native American Perforated Stones [204942]2164 - Booklet On Native American Perforated Stones [204942]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1887 booklet "Perforated Stones" by Henry W. Henshaw, Smithsonian Institution. 34 pages. paperback. Study of Native American perforated st...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to o*******m for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Ute Chief Ouray Autograph Cut c.1880  [182358]2165 - Ute Chief Ouray Autograph Cut c.1880 [182358]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ute Indian Chief Ouray autograph cut 2"x 3.5" dated February 19, 1880 (The year he passed). Chief Ouray was born in Colorado to an Ute fat...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to S*******4 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Michigan Indians CDV Photograph Huylar Gallery  [202906]2166 - Michigan Indians CDV Photograph Huylar Gallery [202906]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Carte De Visite photograph of a Michigan Indian Family. Photographed at the Huylar Gallery of Sturgis, Michigan. It is undated and shows goo
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
Sold to j******V for (325.00 + 81.25BP) = 406.25
 
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Photo Ex Wyoming Governor With Shoshone Women [203783]2167 - Photo Ex Wyoming Governor With Shoshone Women [203783]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
B/W photo, mounted not framed, 11x14". Photo taken near Rawlins, WY. Ex Governor Jno. E. Osborne, 3rd Governor of WY, seated at the tiller. Fo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to j******V for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Framed Photo Of Shoshone Treaty 1904 [203782]2168 - Framed Photo Of Shoshone Treaty 1904 [203782]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An actual group photo of the 1904 Shoshone treaty signing. Framed, with a type written accounting on the back of who is in the photo. Handwritten n
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to j******V for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Custer:  Sitting Bull Pass from the 9th Infantry [181555]2169 - Custer: Sitting Bull Pass from the 9th Infantry [181555]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This letter contains the pass written by Wm. H. Inglun of the 9th Infantry to Chief Sitting Bull. The pass was written inviting Sitting Bull to talk p
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to P******q for (2,400.00 + 600.00BP) = 3,000.00
 
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Original Photo Prints by E. S. Curtis 1924 (4) [197827]2170 - Original Photo Prints by E. S. Curtis 1924 (4) [197827]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of four Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) photos. Chukchansi Yokuts, a Maidu Boy, a Wailaki Man with damage to the left side of print,
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Grandfather of Apache Tribe - Photo [203826]2171 - Grandfather of Apache Tribe - Photo [203826]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Got-Ha, "Warm Spring Apache", grandfather of his tribe, potentially father of Chief Loco. From North Central New Mexico. On the photograph...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to j******V for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Captured White Boy w/ Apache Children [203820]2172 - Captured White Boy w/ Apache Children [203820]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Captured white boy with Apache children. Photo of a photo. This is a period (c.1880s) copy of an 1886 photograph done by famous Tombstone photographer
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (3,200.00 + 800.00BP) = 4,000.00
 
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