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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c.1900 Unmarked Carbide Lamp2199 - c.1900 Unmarked Carbide Lamp
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unusual early carbide, unmarked. Very early, circa 1900. Please inspect. State: City: HWAC#: 47240 Date:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b**********n for (160.00 + 38.40BP) = 198.40
 
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Early Manufacture Carbide Lamp2200 - Early Manufacture Carbide Lamp
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very unusual early manufactured carbide, handheld. Another beauty and a probable high rarity. Please see photo. State: City: HWAC#: 47241 Da
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Carbide Hat Lamp Device in original wood box2201 - Carbide Hat Lamp Device in original wood box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Complete. Carbide hat lamp device in original wood box by the Brilliant Search Light Manufacturing Company of Chicago. State: City: HWAC#: 47
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (450.00 + 108.00BP) = 558.00
 
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Unmarked Early American Carbide2202 - Unmarked Early American Carbide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unmarked early American carbide. Don't miss this one! Please inspect. State: City: HWAC#: 47252 Date:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to j********y.. for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Possible Early Prototype Carbide2203 - Possible Early Prototype Carbide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This carbide lamp might better fit in with the small carbides, but it's handheld. There are no markings on this unusual lamp which could be an e...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6****A for (100.00 + 21.00BP) = 121.00
 
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Unusual Conical Carbide Lamp2204 - Unusual Conical Carbide Lamp
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very unusual handheld conical heavy duty carbide lamp. No markings, obviously very early. Probably rare. State: City: HWAC#: 47250 Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j********y.. for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Three Carbide Lamp Attachments2205 - Three Carbide Lamp Attachments
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three carbide lamp attachments for a helmet. This is a nice group for the advanced collector. Probably American. State: City: HWAC#: 47261 D
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c*********p for (20.00 + 4.80BP) = 24.80
 
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Two Early Carbides2206 - Two Early Carbides
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two very unusual early carbide lamp devices, both unmarked. Both appear so early that they may be prototypes of some sort. Unusual hooks on both, plea
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to m*****3 for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Unusual Unmarked Carbide Lamp2207 - Unusual Unmarked Carbide Lamp
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brass lamp, unmarked, very distinctive protruding rim at center. This distinctive attribute is not found in Thorpe. Probably American. State: Cit
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to h********h for (30.00 + 6.30BP) = 36.30
 
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Early Heavy Duty Brass Carbide2208 - Early Heavy Duty Brass Carbide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unusual early heavy duty brass carbide with no markings. Resembles an early Wolf but it's difficult to tell if this is American or European. S...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m*****3 for (20.00 + 4.80BP) = 24.80
 
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