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Great American July Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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NCNG Railroad Company Depot Mirror1398a - NCNG Railroad Company Depot Mirror
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This mirror measures 39 x 33". It has fancy scroll work throughout the frame. Printed in black ink is NCNG R. R. Co. (Nevada County Narrow Gaug...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to c********e for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
 
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Three California Stereoviews (Two Central Pacific Railroad)1399 - Three California Stereoviews (Two Central Pacific Railroad)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Stereoview of Bear River by J. J. Reilly, Stereoscopic Views, San Francisco, CA. 2) CPRR, stereoview of the Bridge at Eagle Gap along the Truckee R
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Estimate : 240.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Sierra Railway Co. Checks1400 - Sierra Railway Co. Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of aprrox 45 checks to Sierra Railway Co , The Crocker National Bank and First National Bank of Sonora. State: California City: HWAC#: 4
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to G********B.. for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Two Real Photo Postcards of Railroad Engines on Display1401 - Two Real Photo Postcards of Railroad Engines on Display
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Excellent good condition. 1) Days of 49 in Sacramento, California. Engine mercury. 2) San Francisco Diamond Jubilee parade 1925. Engine C. P. Huntingt
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to D*K for (25.00 + 5.25BP) = 30.25
 
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Telegraphic Code Book for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad1402 - Telegraphic Code Book for Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Holabird Western Americana Collections
DENVER RAILROAD HISTORY: Denver and Northwestern Railway was incorporated in 1901. This was to be an electric system with lines projected from Denver
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to B*****n for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Interline Way Bills for Denver Northwestern & Pacific Railway1403 - Interline Way Bills for Denver Northwestern & Pacific Railway
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Copy Interline Way Bills Jan 10th 1910 to ____" hand-written on cover. Waybills primarily routing to Denver, CO and Kansas City, MO. T...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
 
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Two Rio Grande Annual Reports1404 - Two Rio Grande Annual Reports
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Rio Grande reports: Annual Report of the Rio Grande Western Railway Company for the Year Ending on June 30, 1900 and 1901. The 1900 report is 55
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Rio Grande Southern Railroad Patented Spike1405 - Rio Grande Southern Railroad Patented Spike
Holabird Western Americana Collections
In original cardboard that identifies spike as a unique Jeffery spike. (George Garfield & Robert Greenawalt Railway Express and Wells Fargo Coll...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r**y for (85.00 + 20.40BP) = 105.40
 
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Colorado Midland Railway Company Annual Passes (1905, 1907, 1909)1406 - Colorado Midland Railway Company Annual Passes (1905, 1907, 1909)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different. Includes: 1905 to AW Noyes (C.G.W. Railway); 1907 to WC Finley (Denver & Rio Grande); and 1909 to GB Chesbrough (D. & H. Co...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to r******8 for (400.00 + 96.00BP) = 496.00
 
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Kankakee & Seneca Railroad Company Bond1407 - Kankakee & Seneca Railroad Company Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed $1000. bond, 15.75" x 18.75". First Mortgage Forty Years Eight per Cent. Bonds. State: Illinois City: HWAC#: 38450 Date:
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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E.D. Keller Cogg Railroad Photo1408 - E.D. Keller Cogg Railroad Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photograph of a Cogg Railroad by E.D. Keller Photographer in Helena Montana. Mounted to board, 4" x 6". Rare photograph. State: Montana ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a**********5 for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Great Northern Railway Train Crash Photos1409 - Great Northern Railway Train Crash Photos
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 Photographs of 2 different train crashes on the Great Northern Railway. Images of wreckage on crash sight and also being hauled away. All mounted o
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to d******0 for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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RPC of Two Engines at the Sparks Railroad Yard1410 - RPC of Two Engines at the Sparks Railroad Yard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1910. Twin engines numbered 1150 and 1151. Thirteen crew standing around for photo. Verified Sparks, Nevada by other post cards of this kind that hav
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to x*********s for (25.00 + 5.25BP) = 30.25
 
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Pair of Central Pacific Railroad Deeds1411 - Pair of Central Pacific Railroad Deeds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Transferring land to William Henry of Elko in 1870. The 1880 census has William Henry living on his CPRR land in Star Valley. 2) Transferring land
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to V********e for (55.00 + 11.00BP) = 66.00
 
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Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Company Employee Pass (1914) Issued to Prominent Railroad Surgeon1412 - Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Company Employee Pass (1914) Issued to Prominent Railroad Surgeon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. E38 issued in 1914 to Dr. E.A. Wheeler, chief surgeon over entire line. Printed signature of MB Cutter as president and countersigned by W.D. Fore
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 6******n for (375.00 + 75.00BP) = 450.00
 
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Keller's Loaner Watch, V&T Railroad1413 - Keller's Loaner Watch, V&T Railroad
Holabird Western Americana Collections
In the early 1900's railroads were needed that ran with more precision. Watch companies began making watches for this purpose. Three brands were...
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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V&T Framed Ticket with time able on reverse1414 - V&T Framed Ticket with time able on reverse
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A 1.25” x 3.25” ticket printed on the front “Virginia and Truckee Railroad./ Notice to Passengers./ Ask for a Lay Over Ticket if you wish to stop over
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9***6 for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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1875 Bowers' Mansion, V&T Excursion Ticket.1415 - 1875 Bowers' Mansion, V&T Excursion Ticket.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A framed 1.75” x 3” ticket printed “V. & T. Railroad Company/ Pass The Bearer/ On Excursion Train./ Carson to Bowers’ Mansion and return,/ Satur...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to D******a for (170.00 + 35.70BP) = 205.70
 
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Chinese Payroll for Virginia & Truckee Railroad1416 - Chinese Payroll for Virginia & Truckee Railroad
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Payroll receipt to Ah Jack as Labor Contractor of the Chinese working on the V&T Railroad out of Reno Camp. For $254 for 254 days - A dollar a d...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9***6 for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Virginia & Truckee Railroad Bond1417 - Virginia & Truckee Railroad Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Indebted to Thomas Bell of San Francisco and one of the Board of Directors. Signed by William Sharon and Geo. King. Sharon is well known in Nevada cir
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to e*****r for (200.00 + 42.00BP) = 242.00
 
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