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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Remainder of Nevada Wells Fargo Collection1548 - Remainder of Nevada Wells Fargo Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. 1) Austin N. T. Back states the letter was actually received in 1865 after Nevada was a state. From W. G. Borneman. Includes historical i
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Estimate : 110.00 - 160.00
Sold to d******0 for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Five Large Size Multiple Scene Nevada Postcards1549 - Five Large Size Multiple Scene Nevada Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Town views of Rawhide, Tonopah, and Goldfield on the same postcard. 2) The Clifford Mine, the Belle Helen Mine and Mill, and Sally, basket maker 3
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to r******h for (25.00 + 5.25BP) = 30.25
 
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Four Nevada Country Scenes: Including a Stage Coach1550 - Four Nevada Country Scenes: Including a Stage Coach
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Stage Coach passing through an open plain with mountains in the background. Donner Bridge slammed with snow! The V&T passing by the ghost tow...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Four Interesting Legal Sized Nevada Envelopes1551 - Four Interesting Legal Sized Nevada Envelopes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) c1875 State Land Office cc. Addressed to Francis M. Smith of Clover Valley. Note on back advises "Their is no such man lives in Clover Cit...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to a********n.. for (35.00 + 8.40BP) = 43.40
 
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Nevada Advertising Covers1552 - Nevada Advertising Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eighteen. 1) Bank of Pioche. 2) John S. Cook Bank, Goldfield. 3) Ely Lumber & Coal, Ely. 4-6) Elko Water & Light; George Russell (fut...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Nevada Color Postcard Collection1553 - Nevada Color Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of fifty-one. Early Fremont Street in Las Vegas, Buster Mine, early Cave Rock, Stagecoach, Lake Tahoe, oldest house in Genoa, Carson City, cowboy,
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Nevada Mining Advertising Covers1554 - Nevada Mining Advertising Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eleven. 1) Goldbanks Quicksilver, Winnemucca address, Winnemucca cancel. 2) Spruce Monarch Mining, Wells, Wells. 3) Riverview Gold Mining, Sear
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to b******a for (20.00 + 4.80BP) = 24.80
 
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Nevada Postal History Group1555 - Nevada Postal History Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large varied lot. 1) Clark County: a) Benny Binion's Horseshoe Club: Atom Bomb Blasts. b) Two Pioneer Club with Atom Bomb Blast imposed. One is ...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nine Nevada RPC's1556 - Nine Nevada RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beatty street scene by Frasher, Sparks street scene, overview of Dayton, Yerington Court House, Stewart Indian school surrounded by desert (you don&...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 90.00
Sold to 2*****l for (20.00 + 4.80BP) = 24.80
 
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Nevada Railroad Advertising Covers1557 - Nevada Railroad Advertising Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1-2) Nevada Central Railroad with an Austin cancel. 3) Tonopah & Goldfield R. R. cover with a Goldfield cancel. 4) Virginia & T...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 9***6 for (20.00 + 4.80BP) = 24.80
 
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