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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Blasting Caps: Canadian Industries Ltd. Blasting Powder Co.2418 - Blasting Caps: Canadian Industries Ltd. Blasting Powder Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different boxes for the Canadian industries Limited Blasting Powder Company. One red tin rectangular box and one brown cardboard box. State: C
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Canadian Blasters' Handbook2419 - Canadian Blasters' Handbook
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued by Canadian Industries Limited. 4 x 7 inches, 219 pages. State: City: HWAC#: 47459 Date:
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6******n for (65.00 + 13.00BP) = 78.00
 
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E. I. Dupont De Nemours Explosives Label2420 - E. I. Dupont De Nemours Explosives Label
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unused label from the company established in 1802, Wilmington, Delaware. Manufacturers of explosives of every kind. Patent date on label 1908. Five an
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********r.. for (85.00 + 20.40BP) = 105.40
 
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Blasting Caps: DuPont Tin Collection2421 - Blasting Caps: DuPont Tin Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of DuPont blasting cap tins. 11 different pieces, including some rare tins. Includes the round tin with paper label, blue tin, embossed tin
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Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to m********y for (275.00 + 66.00BP) = 341.00
 
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Blasting Caps: Four Different DuPont Tins2422 - Blasting Caps: Four Different DuPont Tins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The four different square orange DuPont blasting cap tins. This is the successive generation of different cap tins that look the same but are all diff
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for (80.00 + 16.80BP) = 96.80
 
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Blasting Caps: DuPont in Orgininal Box2423 - Blasting Caps: DuPont in Orgininal Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original box with original content of 10 blasting cap cardboard boxes. DuPont. Nice condition. State: City: HWAC#: 46878 Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*******g for (65.00 + 13.65BP) = 78.65
 
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Three DuPont Explosives 25 Pound Wood Boxes2424 - Three DuPont Explosives 25 Pound Wood Boxes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different DuPont 25 pound boxes. Red Cross extra, GELOBEL, special gelatin. All three same size, 9.5 x 7 x 13.5", tongue and groove wood,...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*******g for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
 
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Eight Different DuPont Explosives Wood Boxes2425 - Eight Different DuPont Explosives Wood Boxes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eight different wood DuPont explosive boxes. Contains a number of different types of explosives from special gelatin to extra dynamite, blasting caps,
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*******g for (200.00 + 48.00BP) = 248.00
 
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DuPont Blasters' Handbooks2426 - DuPont Blasters' Handbooks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four hardback volumes of DuPont's "Blasters' Handbook". Editions of 1930, 1949, 1953, 1958. First two are 4 1/2 x 7 inches. Last t...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********y for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Blasters' Handbooks and DuPont Products2427 - Blasters' Handbooks and DuPont Products
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five items concerning explosives. Two copies of "Blasters' Handbook" copyright 1932 and 1938; hardcover, 279 pages, 4 1/2 x 7 inches....
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*******g for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
 
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DuPont Blasting Catalogs2428 - DuPont Blasting Catalogs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four DuPont brochures "Blasting Ice"; "High Explosives"(1921); "Ditching with Dynamite"; " Explosives for Qu...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to g******M for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
 
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Farmers' Handbook of Explosives (DuPont)2429 - Farmers' Handbook of Explosives (DuPont)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Softcover, copyright 1925 by DuPont, 6 x 9 inches, 101 pages, with photographs and drawings explaining uses for explosives by farmers. State: Ci
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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DuPont High Explosives Book2430 - DuPont High Explosives Book
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Softcover, 172 page, 6 x 9 inch book with many photographs of the use of explosives including demolition of buildings and its use in oil wells. Dynami
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Two Gold Medal Explosives Boxes2431 - Two Gold Medal Explosives Boxes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two choice Gold Medal wood explosives boxes for 50 pounds. Classic red and black print. Nail construction. State: City: HWAC#: 46453 Date:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Hercules Powder Co. Letter Opener2432 - Hercules Powder Co. Letter Opener
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original Hercules Powder Co letter opener, possibly silver plated brass. "Du Pont Explosives" on die struck handle, "Hercules Powder...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********r.. for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
 
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Hercules Powder Co. Ephemera2433 - Hercules Powder Co. Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three pieces: 1922 letter from Hercules Powder in the Chronicle Building in San Francisco with with six pictorical vignettes showing uses for their po
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (65.00 + 15.60BP) = 80.60
 
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Hercules Explosives 25 Pound Box2434 - Hercules Explosives 25 Pound Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare 25 pound box for explosives. 9.5 x 7 x 13.5 would tongue and groove. State: City: HWAC#: 46445 Date:
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to g******M for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
 
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Three Different Hercules Explosives Boxes2435 - Three Different Hercules Explosives Boxes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different wood Hercules blasting boxes. All different sizes. Blasting caps, etc. Please inspect. State: City: HWAC#: 46446 Date:
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*******g for (65.00 + 15.60BP) = 80.60
 
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Drilling and Blasting in some American Metal Mines (Hercules)2436 - Drilling and Blasting in some American Metal Mines (Hercules)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Theodore Marvin, published in 1928 by Hercules Powder Company. Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 197 pages. "This compilation of drilling and blasti...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********y for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
 
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Modern Blasting In Quarries and Open Pits Books (Hercules Powder)2437 - Modern Blasting In Quarries and Open Pits Books (Hercules Powder)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two copies of "Modern Blasting in Quarries and Open Pits," by J. Barab. Published 1927 by the Hercules Powder Company, 169 pages, 6 x 9 in...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to g******M for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
 
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