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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Nevada Related Poster Collection3538 - Nevada Related Poster Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
33 Posters from either Nevada or pertaining to Nevada. Sizes range from 8.5" x 14" to 24" x 19". Examples include reproduction...
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Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 260.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Three Nevada State Reports & an 1870s Map3539 - Three Nevada State Reports & an 1870s Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Biennial Report for Nevada Surveyor General and State Register 1869. 157 pages. Biennial Report of the Surveyor General and State Register of the S
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*****r for (75.00 + 15.75BP) = 90.75
 
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Three Nevada Stereoviews: Palisade & Nevada Exhibit at World's Fair3540 - Three Nevada Stereoviews: Palisade & Nevada Exhibit at World's Fair
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three rare Nevada stereoviews. 1) CPRR, Palisade-Humboldt Canon, published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 7686. 2) CPRR, Maggies Bower and Pal...
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Native American / Utah / Nevada / California prints3541 - Native American / Utah / Nevada / California prints
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sixteen early prints. Nine mounted prints railroad survey prints include: Maimun a Mojave Indian, Mount Hood with Indians on horseback, big Colorado R
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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An Act Incorporating the Ocean County Land & Improvement Company (1872)3542 - An Act Incorporating the Ocean County Land & Improvement Company (1872)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approved March 20, 1872. Published by Starbuck & Dunham, Newark. 5 pages. State: New Jersey City: Ocean County HWAC#: 27524 Date: 1872
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Estimate : 20.00 - 60.00
Sold to l*******c for (10.00 + 2.40BP) = 12.40
 
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James G. King & Son Ephemera (Prominent Banking Firm)3543 - James G. King & Son Ephemera (Prominent Banking Firm)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
James Gore King was born in 1791 in New York City and died 1853 in New Jersey. A Congressman from 1849 to 1851, he founded King & Gracie, a bank...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Dizzy Dean, Walter Huston and More Autographs, Dean's MVP Year3544 - Dizzy Dean, Walter Huston and More Autographs, Dean's MVP Year
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A page of 16 autographs collected by a Brooklyn high school student who interviewed the personalities for articles in his high school newspaper. The t
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Early Film and Stage Autographs3545 - Early Film and Stage Autographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of signed photos and Christmas cards to Isadore Gaitpman, a Brooklyn High School student who wrote articles for his high school newspaper on t
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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c1935 New York Subway Flyer3546 - c1935 New York Subway Flyer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Save the Five Cent Fare" 4pp flyer protesting the proposed change of fare for New York subway from 5 cents to ten cents. 5 x 7 format, fo...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
 
 
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2 Niagra Falls Silver Glass Framed Photos3547 - 2 Niagra Falls Silver Glass Framed Photos
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Niagra Falls Silver Glass Framed Photos, approx 8 x 10 inches. State: New York City: Niagara Falls HWAC#: 48365 Date:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c*****n for (50.00 + 10.50BP) = 60.50
 
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New York Worlds Fair Ticket Books3548 - New York Worlds Fair Ticket Books
Holabird Western Americana Collections
New York Worlds Fair, 1939, 1940 ticket books and a group of tickets including the MOMA and a play ticket for Aquacade with Eleanor Holm and Buster Cr
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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"The Beginnings of Tulsa" by J. M. Hall3549 - "The Beginnings of Tulsa" by J. M. Hall
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a 1933 reprint of a 1923 book. Great early resource for Tulsa. It starts with "Tent Town," first in Tulsa, earliest residents, fir...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Indian Wars Cabinet Card and Veterans Ribbon3550 - Indian Wars Cabinet Card and Veterans Ribbon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1870's cabinet card photograph (6.5" x 4") of an Indian Wars officer, unidentified. Photograph by H. P. Kirk's Photographic, Mason...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 200.00
Sold to c********t for (110.00 + 22.00BP) = 132.00
 
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Nice Oregon Ephemera Lot:3551 - Nice Oregon Ephemera Lot:
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Photograph (positive and paper negative) of the first U. S. Post Office west of the Rocky Mountains, in Shivley's, Astoria, Oregon (1847); color...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Oregon and Idaho Library3552 - Oregon and Idaho Library
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Oregon and Idaho Library, Approx 20 books including East of the Cascades, The Beginning of the West, Land of the Giants and Southern Idaho Ghost Town
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to d******0 for (10.00 + 2.40BP) = 12.40
 
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Centennial International Exhibition Stock Certificate3553 - Centennial International Exhibition Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
United States 1776-1876 Centennial stock certificate No. 1015, issued for 1 share to Joseph Richetts dated May 15, 1875 of capital stock of the Centen
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Estimate : 250.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to W********y.. for (40.00 + 9.60BP) = 49.60
 
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South Dakota Library3554 - South Dakota Library
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South Dakota Library with approx 46 issues of South Dakota State Historical Society and Board of Cultural Preservation Quarterly and 11 books includin
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R*****4 for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN3555 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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Lot withdrawn
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Scipio Coop Ephemera3556 - Scipio Coop Ephemera
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Statements and inventory lists from the Scipio Coop. In March, 1860, a small party of seven men led by T. F. Robins arrived on the site of Scipio, in
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Estimate : 60.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 45.60BP) = 235.60
 
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Tuscarora Society Stock Certificate3557 - Tuscarora Society Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One $5.00 share to F. S. Richards. Signed by OW Powers and Morris Sommely(?). Vignettes of a rooster, tent, guitar burning on an open fire, and peace/
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to c*****n for (25.00 + 5.25BP) = 30.25
 
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