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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Virginia City & Alder Express Way Bills1448 - Virginia City & Alder Express Way Bills
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lists number of packages and who is receiving them. These are all for Home Park and Return. A few passengers listed. State: Montana City: HWAC#
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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U. S. Express Candy Container1449 - U. S. Express Candy Container
Holabird Western Americana Collections
0.75 x 4.00 x 1.75". U. S. Express on both long sides. One small side says "Net Wt 1 1/4 oz / Serial No 2862." The other says "W...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Early Canvas and Leather Mailbag1450 - Early Canvas and Leather Mailbag
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very old mailbag--lot of history here. State: United States City: HWAC#: 38218 Date:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Erie Express Ledger1451 - Erie Express Ledger
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Erie Express record of COD's forwarded. All pages unwritten in this unused railroad company ledger. Estimate $150-$300. State: United States...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Pony Express Books1452 - Pony Express Books
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four books about the short lived delivery system: two copies of the "California and Pony Express Trails" draft study environmental assessm...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 9***6 for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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Six Express Volumes1453 - Six Express Volumes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "The Pony Express" by Visscher 1946. Cover included but in fair shape at best. 2) Booklet entitled "Pony Express, Heroic Beginning...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******V for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Real Photo Postcard Memorial Day1454 - Real Photo Postcard Memorial Day
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Big Pine, May 30th, 1914 photo of Memorial Day Parade. State: California City: Big Pine HWAC#: 48619 Date: 1914
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r********5 for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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10 Calico Ghost Town RPC's1455 - 10 Calico Ghost Town RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 RPC's of Calico, various scenes--overview, Old Drug Store, Calico near Yermo, 1890, twenty mule team and others. (Prag Collection) State: C...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to A*******d for (75.00 + 15.75BP) = 90.75
 
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Very Early Real Photo Postcard of Hobart Mills, California1456 - Very Early Real Photo Postcard of Hobart Mills, California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Contrast is weak, but a nice historic photograph. It was a leading lumbering area during the Comstock rush. Address only on the back! State: Califo
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to e*****r for (20.00 + 4.20BP) = 24.20
 
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Golden Queen Mine Real Photo Postcard1457 - Golden Queen Mine Real Photo Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Golden Queen Mine, Gold Hill, Mojave Calif. State: California City: Mojave HWAC#: 48621 Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to c*********p for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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