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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Nicely Framed Large Elko County Map3478 - Nicely Framed Large Elko County Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 x 24" map (28 x 32" framed) of Elko County. Drawn by draughtsman William P Wright. Wright appears in Federal records as early as 1872 as...
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Very Large Warren Williams of Fallon Collection3479 - Very Large Warren Williams of Fallon Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 550 pieces of paper: checks, bills, billheads, letterheads, receipts, notes. Mostly billheads and letterheads. Mostly 1907 (some 1917). A great
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********e for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
 
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Stacking Bookcase3480 - Stacking Bookcase
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stacking "lawyer's" bookcase.Three units painted green. Fred Macy Company Grand Rapids Michigan, c1905. 34 inches wide, 52 inches tal...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 54.00BP) = 279.00
 
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Antique Conference Table3481 - Antique Conference Table
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful antique conference table dating from the late 19th century. 37" wide, 74" long, 29" high with shelf at 6" from floor. ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to u********y.. for (250.00 + 52.50BP) = 302.50
 
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Player Piano3482 - Player Piano
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mason Player Piano, beautifully refinished with light color finish. Stool, and 300 music rolls. The Mason upright was a standard player piano in early
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Large Dining Room Table with Chairs from Goldfield3483 - Large Dining Room Table with Chairs from Goldfield
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large, high quality dining room table and chairs purchased by the Frank Patrick family in 1908-9 right after the labor troubles. After the labor troub
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Large Mahogany Rolltop Desk3484 - Large Mahogany Rolltop Desk
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dark mahogany, 72 inches long, 33 inches deep, 42 inches high. Three drawers each side, center drawer above chair. Comes with two high-back oak (or M
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to n********w.. for (300.00 + 72.00BP) = 372.00
 
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1891 Lodge Book for the IOOF (Hamilton, Nevada)3485 - 1891 Lodge Book for the IOOF (Hamilton, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Published in Virginia City in 1891 by William Sutherland. Lodge instituted at Hamilton on April 26, 1870. Includes constitution, by-laws, roles of ord
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Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6*****b for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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Large Hazen Lumber Company Billhead & Letterhead Collection3486 - Large Hazen Lumber Company Billhead & Letterhead Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
At least 65 letterheads and billheads from the Hazen Lumber Company to Warren Williams. Williams was 'the' more and shaker' of Fallon an...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 6*****b for (160.00 + 38.40BP) = 198.40
 
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Lovelock Billhead Collection3487 - Lovelock Billhead Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of Thirty-two. Includes 16 L. N. Marker billheads. Four different types. One is from the ghost town of Vernon, Nevada. 11 W. C. Pitt billheads. Si
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to i**b for (40.00 + 9.60BP) = 49.60
 
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Metropolis Blue Print Plat Map3488 - Metropolis Blue Print Plat Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Creating the town of Metropolis was the project of an eastern businessman, Harry L. Pierce. He purchased 40,000 acres of desert land in 1910 and hired
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rawhide Ephemera Group (Booklet, Postcard, Photographs)3489 - Rawhide Ephemera Group (Booklet, Postcard, Photographs)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Souvenir Views of Rawhide: Ned Johnson's photographs. Great photographs: city, mines, people, buildings etc. First tent, first hote...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
 
 
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1914 Grand Army of the Republic Reno Cookbook3490 - 1914 Grand Army of the Republic Reno Cookbook
Holabird Western Americana Collections
32 pages. Printed by General O. M. Mitchell. Ads for Nixon National Bank (Wingfield president), Farmers & Merchants Bank, Southern Pacific Railr...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to i**b for (35.00 + 8.40BP) = 43.40
 
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Agnes Bell Identification tag (Reno, Nevada)3491 - Agnes Bell Identification tag (Reno, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Agnes Bell was a long time teacher in Reno. Her father, Frank Bell, was Nevada's reluctant Governor. He became Governor although he was never el...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to V********e for (20.00 + 4.00BP) = 24.00
 
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Dr. Charles O Gasho Glasses and Case (Reno, Nevada)3492 - Dr. Charles O Gasho Glasses and Case (Reno, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Case is in very nice condition. Hard plastic material. Inside in gold color is "Dr. Chas. O. Gasho / Optometrist / Reno - Nevada." 2) C...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Hart Laden Insurance Company listing "Fire Alarm Code Boxes" (Reno, Nevada)3493 - Hart Laden Insurance Company listing "Fire Alarm Code Boxes" (Reno, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fire Department phone number is 3131. Most boxes are on street corners, but includes Riverside Mill, Race Track, Reno Gas Works, University of Nevada.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to c********r.. for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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Rare Reno Fly Reel, c19503494 - Rare Reno Fly Reel, c1950
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare original mint condition fly reel with info and original box for the Sierra Angling Equipment Co of Reno. This fly reel was called the "Dra...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (55.00 + 13.20BP) = 68.20
 
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Reno / American Legion FOB3495 - Reno / American Legion FOB
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bronze colored "The Biggest Little City in the World." Manufactured by the Greendcuck Company out of Chicago. 1.5". State: Nevada ...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Reno Air Stock Certificates3496 - Reno Air Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One hundred pieces of Reno Air stock certificates from the early 1990s. Rare. State: Nevada City: Reno HWAC#: 48241 Date:
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Reno Billhead and Letterhead Collection3497 - Reno Billhead and Letterhead Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 150 pieces of paper from Grey Reid Wright, Emporium of Music, Nevada Hardware, Nevada Packing, Reno Mill & Lumber, Nixon National Bank, Eag...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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