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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Poorman Gold Mines Billings (Silver City, Idaho)2538 - Poorman Gold Mines Billings (Silver City, Idaho)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1-10)Ten receipts for billing payments from the Poorman Gold Mines of Silver City Idaho. 11) Cupric Mines. Unissued stock. # A28. c1900's. Sta...
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Idaho Mining Photograph Collection from Paul Kerr of Columbia University2539 - Idaho Mining Photograph Collection from Paul Kerr of Columbia University
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of about twenty photographs from various locations in Idaho. Includes Ima Mine and Murray Idaho. Photos taken in 1939 by Professor Paul Kerr of
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Two Idaho Mining Reports2540 - Two Idaho Mining Reports
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) De Lamar Gold & Silver Mine. 15 page report by Robert N. Bell, State Inspector of Mines in Idaho. Mine located on Jordan Creek seven miles we...
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Chicago National Mines Company Archive2541 - Chicago National Mines Company Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Archive of material from Eliza R. Sutton. 1) 26 x 12" broadside with plenty of photographs and maps. 2) 31.5 x 11" broadside promoting Bea...
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Sold to 6*****b for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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By-Laws & List of Officers of the Oshkosh Cons. Mining Company2542 - By-Laws & List of Officers of the Oshkosh Cons. Mining Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 pages. Offices at Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine. Organized in Maine. No date. Printed by Commercial Print, Bangor. As these are by-laws, there is
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Maine Mining Letters, Covers and Reports2543 - Maine Mining Letters, Covers and Reports
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Reports from: 2 reports from Tapley Copper Mine, 1880; 3 reports from Manhattan-Tapley Copper Mines, 1883; Small drawings of Tapley and Manhattan mine
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2 Butte Annual Mine Reports2544 - 2 Butte Annual Mine Reports
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Annual mine reports for the Mountain View and East Colusa mines in Silver Bow County Montana. Pertains to the United States Census Office for Gold,
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3 Butte Mine Maps and Report2545 - 3 Butte Mine Maps and Report
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3 Blue print maps of mines near Butte Montana. Includes shaft map of the Gen'l Pettit Mine, overhead map of Mt. View, Litttle Idol, Johnstown, R...
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Badger State Lode Papers, Letters, Map and Adjacent Eagle Lode Patents2546 - Badger State Lode Papers, Letters, Map and Adjacent Eagle Lode Patents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letters, map, and abstract for the Badger State Lode near Butte Montana. The letters are to Butte lawyers Mr. John F. Forbis and Charles E. Goodale ab
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Butte Mine Report With Map2547 - Butte Mine Report With Map
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Mining report on the Lynchburg and John Emmit Lodes near Butte Montana. Describes the layout of the mine and vein locations in one and a half pages an
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Montana House Bills Mining Legals2548 - Montana House Bills Mining Legals
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5 Different House Bills with duplicates from the Montana state legislature. Contains bills relating and originating from mining along with other unrel
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Montana Mining Surveys2549 - Montana Mining Surveys
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5 Mining surveys dated from 1890 from Helena and Deer Lodge. Surveys for the George Henry Lode, Redemption Lode, and the Union Lode. 2 Different vari
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Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana (Hayden, 1872)2550 - Preliminary Report of the United States Geological Survey of Montana (Hayden, 1872)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By FV Hayden, Washington. 538 pages of text with it including index. Includes for numerous foldout maps (5) and illustrations (64) throughout. Tight b
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to m****x for (250.00 + 60.00BP) = 310.00
 
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Three Underground Mining Diagram Books2551 - Three Underground Mining Diagram Books
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) This plat book is from the mine and mill in Silver Bow County, Montana. The Societe Anonyme des Mines de Lexington’s annual report of 1891 states t
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Sold to a****a for (325.00 + 78.00BP) = 403.00
 
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Austin Area Mining Stock Certificates2552 - Austin Area Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. Included: 1) Hider Nevada Copper Company (Lander County). No. 61, issued for 3,000 shares in 1907. Punch cancelled. Three mining vignettes.
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Austin Nevada Area Glass Negatives in Original Box2553 - Austin Nevada Area Glass Negatives in Original Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The first glass negative was produced in 1839 by John Herschel, the English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, experimental photographer and inventor
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Mining Seal Plate and Machine Tags2554 - Mining Seal Plate and Machine Tags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Corporate Sealer Plate of the Missouri-Bullfrog Mining & Milling Co. of Nevada, Incorporated June 1905 Under the Laws of South Dakota. Brass,...
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Sold to r*****r for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Four Fairview Mining Company Stocks2555 - Four Fairview Mining Company Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of four Nevada stocks. 1) Nevada Hills Florence Mining Company, stock #136 for 1,000 shares to H. B. Davis in 1906. Signed by S. Tucker
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Nevada Hills Mining Company Stock Certificate2556 - Nevada Hills Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. This was a major Fairview mine. Inc. in South Dakota. Location of Mines: Fairview Mining District (Churchill County). Nevada Hills was a smaller
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LOT WITHDRAWN2557 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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Lot withdrawn
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