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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2 North Land Ship Photos3438 - 2 North Land Ship Photos
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Different photos of a North Land Northern Steamship Company vessel leaving the "Old Lock" and another entering the "Soo" from ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to S*****3 for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Portrait Photograph of Reverend A.R. Coopman3439 - Portrait Photograph of Reverend A.R. Coopman
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photograph portrait of Reverend A.R. Coopman, who began his work in territorial Montana where churches were sparse and struggling. He spent his first
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Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******n for (35.00 + 8.40BP) = 43.40
 
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1941 Jackson St. Explosion Report and Map3440 - 1941 Jackson St. Explosion Report and Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A six page report and detailed map of a natural gas explosion on a Jackson Street Residence in Butte Montana. Believed to have been caused by a ruptur
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Corner of Park and Main Trolley Photograph (Butte, Montana)3441 - Corner of Park and Main Trolley Photograph (Butte, Montana)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photograph of the Trolley at the corner of Park and Main St. in Butte Montana. Done by Elite Photo Studios, 3.5"x 4.75" very good conditio...
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Irrepressible Butte3442 - Irrepressible Butte
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Irrepressible Butte. the richest City in the World. Unique, Healthy, and Enterprising. $900.00 Produced Annually for Each Inhabitant. Compliments of P
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Three Montana Sewage Bonds3443 - Three Montana Sewage Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) City of Butte. 1890. 15 coupons remaining, Gold & Wihte. Excellent condition other than folds. Hole cancelled, Bottom left corner ripped, Not...
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Two 1906 Butte Fair Exhibit Photographs3444 - Two 1906 Butte Fair Exhibit Photographs
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2 Board mounted photographs of the Beebe Grain Company exhibit at the Butte Montana Fair of 1906. It is a house made out of wheat and grain with produ
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Group Photo of "Bagdad Shriners" in Butte3445 - Group Photo of "Bagdad Shriners" in Butte
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A group photo of "Bagdad Shriners" in Butte Montana taken by Elite Studios. Early Shriner uniforms for this chapter of the fraternal organ...
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Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps3446 - Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Maps of Butte City with proposed additions and planning in un-built lots. Meaderville City map of Main Street with the Leondard Shaft also shown. Ra
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Diamond Township Legal Case3447 - Diamond Township Legal Case
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sheriff or any Constable of Meagher County is hereby told to sell the personal property of Denis Long to cover costs of court and debt he owes. Signe
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to l*******c for (20.00 + 4.80BP) = 24.80
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN3448 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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LOT WITHDRAWN
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Mercantile Business In Eddy Montana Photograph3449 - Mercantile Business In Eddy Montana Photograph
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Photograph of 3 buildings in the small Montana establishment of Eddy that appears to be two houses and a business. On the back one of the previous own
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to a****a for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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The Saga of Fort Peck3450 - The Saga of Fort Peck
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A book called "The Saga of Fort Peck" by Sammy Sampson about the building and construction of the Fort Peck Dam. A New Deal Public Works p...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Medal/Ribbon Garneill Lodge, No. 473451 - Medal/Ribbon Garneill Lodge, No. 47
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ribbon and Medal, Garneill Lodge, No. 47 K. of P. Garneill, Mont. Reverse: "In Memoriam". State: Montana City: Garneill HWAC#: 40628...
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Very Rare Embossed Copper Advertising Spoon (Havre, Montana)3452 - Very Rare Embossed Copper Advertising Spoon (Havre, Montana)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare embossed copper advertising spoon compliments of H.W. Gross. Department Store, Havre Mont. Indian chief embossed on the handle with a full h
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Sold to 6******n for (30.00 + 6.00BP) = 36.00
 
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Algeria Shriner Memorabilia3453 - Algeria Shriner Memorabilia
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Memorabilia from an Algeria Shriner, Max Sarter. Included: hat in leather case, 3 pins, certificate, pennant, Masonic Code Book of Montana, 1909, Ritu
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Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro. Revenue Check Collection3454 - Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro. Revenue Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine choice RN imprinted checks. eight different for L.H. Hershfield & Bro., Bankers in Helena. Includes four pictorial pieces: 1866 (RN-...
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5 First National Bank of Helena Checks3455 - 5 First National Bank of Helena Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Nice vignette of woman with shovel and shield on left side and eagle on right side. Orange adhesive R6c revenue stamp. 2) Jan. , 1871. Orange impri
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Helena Legal Documents3456 - Helena Legal Documents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Legal documents from Helena Montana. They are both territorial from April of 1888 and hand written concerned with a payment of one thousand dollars
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Madison Co. Residential Photograph3457 - Madison Co. Residential Photograph
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Photograph of a residence in Madison County with stables and select hand-colored trees. View of the stables, backyard, and mountains behind the house.
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