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

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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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Nebraska & Kansas Homesteading Booklet/Map, 1887 [201440]4169 - Nebraska & Kansas Homesteading Booklet/Map, 1887 [201440]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Copy of 'South-Western Nebraska and North-Western Kansas: A Brief Description of the Country, its Products and Resources, together with a synops...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to P*****8 for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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1861 Nevada Territory Check Signed by Orion Clemens (Brother to Mark Twain) [203947]4170 - 1861 Nevada Territory Check Signed by Orion Clemens (Brother to Mark Twain) [203947]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wells, Fargo & Co. check, Nov. 29th, 1861. Issued to Samuel Youngs, a prominent mining man at Aurora. Signed by Orion Clemens, Secretary of Neva...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to l**********0 for (475.00 + 118.75BP) = 593.75
 
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Act to Pay Governor Nye's Nephew, Signed by Orion Clemens, 1862 [202470]4171 - Act to Pay Governor Nye's Nephew, Signed by Orion Clemens, 1862 [202470]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Manuscript document, "An Act to Provide for the payment of a Private Secretary to the Governor..." This private secretary to Gov. James Ny...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to S********e for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Territorial Auditor Receipt Signed by Orion Clemens (brother of Mark Twain) [202464]4172 - Territorial Auditor Receipt Signed by Orion Clemens (brother of Mark Twain) [202464]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a document on blue paper from the Office of the Territorial Auditor. Orion Clemens is acting as attorney for AM Baldwin, a member of the then-
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to S********e for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Bob Howland, Friend of Mark Twain, Signed Nevada Territory Prison Letter [197039]4173 - Bob Howland, Friend of Mark Twain, Signed Nevada Territory Prison Letter [197039]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fantastic three-page document from Mark Twain's friend Robert M. Howland, written in 1864 while he was serving as warden of the territorial pris...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to S********e for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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State of Nevada Receipt to CT Rice, Mark Twain's "Unreliable" Friend [202466]4174 - State of Nevada Receipt to CT Rice, Mark Twain's "Unreliable" Friend [202466]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
January 5th, 1866 pictorial receipt to CT Rice for 7 days service as Enrolling Clerk for the Senate. Signed by Rice on the reverse. Also signed by Ser
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to S********e for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Nevada Territorial Governor James Nye Ephemera [195482]4175 - Nevada Territorial Governor James Nye Ephemera [195482]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of three documents: 1) Small handwritten 1862 check telling the Wells Fargo Bank in Carson City to pay $300 to Fleshacker (sic) & Co., han...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 450.00
Sold to c********e for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Carson City, Nevada Territory Billhead for Important Newspaper Ad for Governor Nye [202471]4176 - Carson City, Nevada Territory Billhead for Important Newspaper Ad for Governor Nye [202471]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Billhead for the Age Association, publishers of the Daily Silver Age. Dateline Carson City, N.T., January 24th, 1862. Billed to the Territory of Nevad
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to B*********g for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Territorial Supreme Court Chief Justice George Turner Signed Document [202472]4177 - Territorial Supreme Court Chief Justice George Turner Signed Document [202472]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A holographic legal document, undated, written by Judge George Turner, a Lincoln appointee. Having taken office in Sept. 1861, he and other members of
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carson City Government Documents incl. 1863 Document w/ Rare Seal [202465]4178 - Carson City Government Documents incl. 1863 Document w/ Rare Seal [202465]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Manuscript document, Feb. 1st, 1863, to pay attorney Marcus D. Larrowe $500. Larrowe isdistrict attorney for the second judicial district
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to S********e for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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