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: Repauno Chemical Co.2448 - Blasting Caps: Repauno Chemical Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two embossed early blasting caps for the Repauno Chemical Company. Scarce. State: City: HWAC#: 46861 Date:
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (850.00 + 204.00BP) = 1,054.00
 
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Trojan Explosives Box plus One Other2449 - Trojan Explosives Box plus One Other
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two blasting powder boxes, one of vertical Trojan powder box for 50 pounds, the other an unmarked company box. State: City: HWAC#: 46454 Date
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to g******M for (40.00 + 9.60BP) = 49.60
 
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Western Powder Co: Detonators for High Explosives Booklet2450 - Western Powder Co: Detonators for High Explosives Booklet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Western Powder Company of Salt Lake City issued this 77 page book "Detonators for High Explosive: A handbook on blasting caps electric blasting...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g******M for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
 
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Blasting Caps: Variety Collection2451 - Blasting Caps: Variety Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six different blasting cap tins from seven different companies. MC, Gold Medal, Hercules, Brown, Illinois, Nobel, Atlas. All nice. State: City:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to r********a.. for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Blasting Caps: 14 Miscellaneous Tins2452 - Blasting Caps: 14 Miscellaneous Tins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of 14 miscellaneous blasting cap tins. Dupont, Atlas, Hercules. State: City: HWAC#: 46876 Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to g*****9 for (160.00 + 33.60BP) = 193.60
 
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Blasting Caps: 10 Different Tins2453 - Blasting Caps: 10 Different Tins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice collection of 10 different tins. Collection includes six round tins, three rectangular, and one cardboard. Excellent condition, please inspect.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to g******M for (550.00 + 132.00BP) = 682.00
 
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Seven Blasting Cap Tins2454 - Seven Blasting Cap Tins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The most interesting tin is the 1.25" diameter "100 Primers, No.2.' From the U. C. C. Company. 2) Hercules #8 Blasting caps in a large...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m*****3 for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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French Explosive Stock Certificate2455 - French Explosive Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Explosifs Minelite, Societe Anoyme Francaise. Issued in 1928. State: Foreign City: HWAC#: 47854 Date:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to r********a.. for (35.00 + 8.40BP) = 43.40
 
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Coal Mining Explosives Textbook2456 - Coal Mining Explosives Textbook
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Colliery Explosions and Recovery Work" By J.W. Whitaker, c.1946, hardback, 230 pages, 5 1/2 x 9 inches. Textbook in the Mining Certifica...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to g******M for (55.00 + 13.20BP) = 68.20
 
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Explosives Advertising2457 - Explosives Advertising
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three old advertising pieces for explosives: 1) "Explosives for Blasting: How to use them what they will do" a brochure by Arthur Kirk &am...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m********y for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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