Great American July Auction

Auction Details

This three day sale has highlights in many of our collecting categories including Mining, Saloon, Native Americana, Numismatics, Postal History, General Americana, Tokens, Railroad & Express, Bottles, and Western Art & Americana.

SESSION ONE OVERVIEW
Our Saloon & Cigar section features brewing advertising, beer trays, cigar tins, ephemera, and match cases. Following this, our Bottle section includes beer bottles, whisky flasks, and other Western glassware.

Our Gaming section has rare chips and tokens (including ivory chips), a Keno goose, a slot machine, and early dice games.

Numismatics features Israeli coins and medals, U.S. medals including ANA, and US and Mexican coins including a large selection of belt buckles with Morgan Dollars and Peace Dollars.

Next comes our Railroad & Express section. Highlights include: a Leland Stanford signed pass; a Tonopah & Tidewater lock; a Virginia & Truckee loaner watch (and other V&T ephemera); and 1860s American Express Co. stock certificates with signatures from Wells, Fargo, & Holland.

We then have the largest Postal History section we've had in many years. There is a particular focus on Nevada with rarities from Esmeralda, Bernice, Cradlebaugh, and others. The section ends with Nevada revenue stamps and large US stamp collections.

Session One ends with our Token section which has pieces from California, Nevada, Montana, as well as rare Good For Mirrors.


SESSION TWO OVERVIEW
Session Two is all Mining. Our Mining section features a fabulous assortment of mine lighting devices including carbide lamps, safety lamps, oil wick lamps, and candlesticks. We also have explosives-related material including blasting cap tins, wood boxes, and ephemera. In addition, the section has more mining signs, assay material, mining artifacts, and ephemera such as stock certificates and other mining documents and books. Don't miss a unique and very important set of Bank of California/Virginia City letters (Lots 2573-2576).

SESSION THREE OVERVIEW
Session Three begins with a diverse and large Native Americana section: beadwork, baskets, pottery, rugs, points, a large section of turquoise and silver jewelry, kachinas, sculptures, and Native American & Western art. Don't miss Lot 3184, a Millicent Hearst painting.

Our General Americana section begins with a group of taxidermy pieces from two collections including a Western museum. We then have our usual varied and diverse selection of General Americana artifacts and ephemera including: an early ivory ship; rare California directories; turn-of-the-century Goldfield Gold Rush furniture (Lots 3480-84); early film and stage autographs; and much more. Be sure not to miss the premium early Western silverware lots including a once-in-a-lifetime offering of Comstock groups. The session ends with Dealer Specials, large bargain-priced groups of ephemera.

Table of Contents
Day 1, Saturday, July 8th (Lot 1000-1728)
Saloon, Cigar, & Tobacco (Lots 1000-1083)
Bottles & Insulators (Lots 1084-1183)
Gaming (Lots 1184-1210)
Numismatics (Lots 1211-1297)
Coin & Western Belt Buckles (Lots 1298-1393)
Railroad & Express (Lots 1394-1453)
Philatelic & Postal History (Lots 1454-1607)
Tokens (Lots 1608-1728)


Day 2, Sunday, July 9th (Lot 2000-2656)
Mining (Lot 2000-2656)
Mine Lighting Devices
Safety Lamps (2000-2065)
Carbide Lamps (2066-2230)
Oil Wick Lamps (2231-2374)
Misc. Lighting (2375-2383)
Mine Signs (2384-2400)
Explosives (2401-2462)
Assay (2463-2476)
Mining Artifacts (2477-2492)
Ephemera (Sorted State/City) (2493-2656)

Day 3, Monday, July 10th (Lots 3000-3613)
Native Americana & Western Art (3000-3204)
Beadwork, Baskets, Pottery, & Rugs (3000-3027)
Jewelry (3028-3049)
Points, Tools, & Ephemera (3050-3060)
Kachinas & Sculptures (3061-3143)
Native & Western Art (3144-3204)
Taxidermy (3205-3223)
General Americana (3224-3613)
Miscellaneous (3224-3328)
Sorted by State/City (3329-3571)
Dealer Specials (3572-3613)

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Framed Tecate Tahoe Bottled Beer Broadside (Union, Nevada)1000 - Framed Tecate Tahoe Bottled Beer Broadside (Union, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Bottled Beer / Tecate / Tahoe / Monterey / 15c each / 7 for One Dollar / $3.00 per Case." 23.5 x 15.5 framed. This is reported to be a Un...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Half and Half Framed Carson Brewing Company Broadside1001 - Half and Half Framed Carson Brewing Company Broadside
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Try our Half and Half / Carson Brewing Company / Carson City, Nevada." Half & Half is a type of drink common to Irish pubs. It consis...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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"Good Old Rheingold Beer" Reverse Glass Sign1002 - "Good Old Rheingold Beer" Reverse Glass Sign
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rheingold Beer, introduced in 1883, is a New York beer. A few small chips on glass that does not affect ad. 8 x 16". Chain attached to hang on ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (325.00 + 78.00BP) = 403.00
 
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Indian Maiden Beer, Oil on Canvas1003 - Indian Maiden Beer, Oil on Canvas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Indian Maiden Beer. Spectacular beer advertising painting on canvas. 32 x 44", framed. Text inside the painting reads "Now serving at the ...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (1,500.00 + 360.00BP) = 1,860.00
 
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Moon Castle Whiskey Advertising, Oil on Canvas1004 - Moon Castle Whiskey Advertising, Oil on Canvas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Moon Castle Whiskey advertising oil painting on canvas. At the bottom "now served here at Tombstone's own Birdcage Theater". Beautifu...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Savage Ale, Oil on Canvas1005 - Savage Ale, Oil on Canvas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early oil painting advertising "Savage Ale, served by the glass, here at Deadwood's own Saloon No. 10." Signed in the lower left by Wi...
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (1,500.00 + 360.00BP) = 1,860.00
 
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Buffalo Brewing Company Saloon Tray (Pan-Pacific Exposition, 1915)1006 - Buffalo Brewing Company Saloon Tray (Pan-Pacific Exposition, 1915)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Compliments Buffalo Brewing Co." Tray was for the San Francisco Exposition, 1915. "The Nations Paying Homage to San Francisco" ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 54.00BP) = 279.00
 
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Ruhstaller's Gilt Edge Lager Beer Tray1007 - Ruhstaller's Gilt Edge Lager Beer Tray
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12" diameter. Titled "Purity." Photograph of elegant woman sitting with bird in her lap. Black text along top of rim: "Ruhstall...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Ruhstaller's Gilt Edge Saloon Tray1008 - Ruhstaller's Gilt Edge Saloon Tray
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A young man has stopped outside of the Gilt Edge Inn (see sign on porch) to poor two young lades a glass of the 'Best Beer Brewed.' A leadi...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 60.00BP) = 310.00
 
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Carroll Rye, Louis Taussig Saloon Tray1009 - Carroll Rye, Louis Taussig Saloon Tray
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Louis Taussig & Company, Importers and Wholesale Liquor Merchants, first surfaced in San Francisco business directories nine years later, in 186...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 48.00BP) = 248.00
 
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