AUCTION  / 

Great American Treasure Hunt

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

Auction Details

Holabird’s Western Americana Collections Presents
The Great American Treasure Hunt
Western Americana & Numismatic Auction

PREVIEW
HWAC Office
3555 Airway Drive
Reno, NV 89511
Friday - September 12 - 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Sessions 1 & 2
LIVE AUCTION
Saturday, September 13, 2014 & Sunday, September 14, 2014
Starting Time: 9am PST, both days

Session 3
ABSENTEE AUCTION
Internet or phone bidding only.
Sept 15, 2014
Starting time: 9am monday

LOT PICKUP
Tuesday through Friday after the sale,
normal office hours or by appointment

AUCTION LOCATION
HWAC Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
We have a new show/auction room!
Bid Live, Online, by Mail, Fax, or Phone

visit wwwFHWAC.com or call us at 775-851-1859
Bid Live, Online, by Mail, Fax, or Phone

Copyright Holabird’s Western Americana Collections, 2014. All rights reserved.
All items sold for their collectible value only; They have no securites whatsoever.
If you want to see an enlarged image, click on the thumbnail image in the lower left of the main image.
You can download a higher resolution image by clicking on the title below the enlarged image.
You can request extra images to be added by contacting HWAC at uwe@fhwac.com or by calling 775-851-1859
< Prev# Rows102050100Next >123. . .1819202122. . .343536
 Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Lt. Wheeler Survey Stereoview480 - Lt. Wheeler Survey Stereoview
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a stereoview, taken T.H. O’Sullivan, showing an area of Cooley’s Ranch, 10 miles east of Apache, Arizona during the exploration and surveys he
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 750.00
Sold to e*****r for (75.00 + 14.63BP) = 89.63
 
Details...Bookmark
The Handbook to Arizona, Hinton, 1878, Signed481 - The Handbook to Arizona, Hinton, 1878, Signed
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hinton, R. J.; signed. Lacking all covers and spine, torn corners first two, and last two pages. Inscribed by Hinton: "To general Carmen with t...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to e**********t for (100.00 + 19.50BP) = 119.50
 
Details...Bookmark
The Handbook to Arizona, Hinton, 1878482 - The Handbook to Arizona, Hinton, 1878
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hinton, R.J.; The Handbook to Arizona; 1878; Payot, Upham & Co., San francisco.431pp, plus 101pp appendix, plus 143pp advertisements. Red boards...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
Sold to p********n for (300.00 + 58.50BP) = 358.50
 
Details...Bookmark
Alpine County Tax Document483 - Alpine County Tax Document
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a document regarding unpaid taxes in the county of Alpine by a Warren Burright. Burright was summoned to the district court March 18, 1865 for
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to i*****l for (225.00 + 43.88BP) = 268.88
 
Details...Bookmark
Jackson, CA Unused Pictorial Lettersheet484 - Jackson, CA Unused Pictorial Lettersheet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare unused pictorial lettersheet. Large folded paper. Main title: Jackson, Amador Co. Engravings: one large image, titled Jackson, shows historic tow
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to d**********n for (1,000.00 + 195.00BP) = 1,195.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Reward Poster 1889 for Murder Suspect485 - Reward Poster 1889 for Murder Suspect
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. $500 Reward "offered for the arrest of Domenico Bacigalupi, an Italian, who is charged with the murder of his wife by poisoning in Amador...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to e*****r for (200.00 + 39.00BP) = 239.00
 
Details...Bookmark
CA Gold Rush Letter, Middle Amador, 1853486 - CA Gold Rush Letter, Middle Amador, 1853
Holabird Western Americana Collections
January 1853. Middle Amador. Fabulous letter from J. Benjamin Howe to his father in New England. 6 pp. Includes description of a 15 foot dam design to
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to d**********n for (375.00 + 73.13BP) = 448.13
 
Details...Bookmark
Carson Spur, Amador Co. Stereoview, Lawrence & Houseworth, c.1865487 - Carson Spur, Amador Co. Stereoview, Lawrence & Houseworth, c.1865
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photo # 926. Carson Spur, Alpine County, From the Amador Wagon Road. Side reads: CALIFORNIA. Reverse: Photographed and Published by Lawrence & H...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to i*****l for (60.00 + 11.70BP) = 71.70
 
Details...Bookmark
Dorner Schueler watercolor: Angels Camp Victorian488 - Dorner Schueler watercolor: Angels Camp Victorian
Holabird Western Americana Collections
24 1/2" x 32 matted. Signed. This watercolor has two barely noticeable tears about 1". Repaired with tape on back of canvas. Dorner T. Sc...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9****J for (150.00 + 29.25BP) = 179.25
 
Details...Bookmark
Large Chinese clay pot dug in Angels Camp area489 - Large Chinese clay pot dug in Angels Camp area
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13" tall and 36 " in diameter. Ovoid form with some chips around mouth and glaze flaws to be expected with this old of a primitive piece. ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t********n.. for (55.00 + 10.73BP) = 65.73
 
Details...Bookmark
Large Chinese clay pot with writing (RARE) dug in Angels Camp area490 - Large Chinese clay pot with writing (RARE) dug in Angels Camp area
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 1/2" tall and 40" in diameter. Chinese writing on one side! Chips on lid. Excellent and rare example. Ovoid form with some chips around...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 350.00
Sold to m********e for (275.00 + 53.63BP) = 328.63
 
Details...Bookmark
Dorner Schueler pastel: Main street Old Murphys, CA491 - Dorner Schueler pastel: Main street Old Murphys, CA
Holabird Western Americana Collections
28" x 33" framed. Signed. Dorner T. Schueler (1904-1986) studied at the San Diego Academy of Art. He was a member of the West Coast Water...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 9****J for (200.00 + 39.00BP) = 239.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Dorner Schueler watercolor: Murphys Grammar School492 - Dorner Schueler watercolor: Murphys Grammar School
Holabird Western Americana Collections
33 1/2" x 26 1/2" matted. Signed. Dorner T. Schueler (1904-1986) studied at the San Diego Academy of Art. He was a member of the West Coa...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9****J for (130.00 + 25.35BP) = 155.35
 
Details...Bookmark
Dorner Schueler watercolor: Old Church in Murphys, California493 - Dorner Schueler watercolor: Old Church in Murphys, California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 1/2" x 19" matted. Signed on back. Dorner T. Schueler (1904-1986) studied at the San Diego Academy of Art. He was a member of the West...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9****J for (190.00 + 37.05BP) = 227.05
 
Details...Bookmark
Two Color Mining Sketches, Calaveras County, c. 1881494 - Two Color Mining Sketches, Calaveras County, c. 1881
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) A colored pencil sketch of a stream-side mining scene: piles of river stones show claim locations and a long sluice box winds down into t
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (170.00 + 33.15BP) = 203.15
 
Details...Bookmark
Illustrations of Colusa County, CA, 1880495 - Illustrations of Colusa County, CA, 1880
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Elliott & Moore; Colusa County, California. Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery...; 1880; San Francisco. 15 x 12.5", black boards, gil...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 2,400.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Sutter's Mill Woodblock, CA Gold Rush Artifact496 - Sutter's Mill Woodblock, CA Gold Rush Artifact
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Ultimate Gold Rush Artifact This is literally a piece of history that changed the world... an original artifact from the California gold discove
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 5,000.00 - 20,000.00
Sold to d**********n for (7,750.00 + 1,511.25BP) = 9,261.25
 
Details...Bookmark
Diamond Springs Gold Rush Collection: photograph of town, mining letter, etc. c1853497 - Diamond Springs Gold Rush Collection: photograph of town, mining letter, etc. c1853
Holabird Western Americana Collections
William Pitt seemed normal and sane. He was born William II in Grafton Vermont in 1827. His family moved to Pierrepont, New York when he was young. Th
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 15,000.00 - 30,000.00
Sold to 9******c for (12,000.00 + 2,340.00BP) = 14,340.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Governor Stanford Steamer, Lake Tahoe Photograph498 - Governor Stanford Steamer, Lake Tahoe Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a view of the Hot Springs Hotel with the steamer the Governor Stanford docked in the bay. The photographer is identified as Carlton Watkins of
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to j*****7 for (300.00 + 58.50BP) = 358.50
 
Details...Bookmark
Hot Springs, Lake Tahoe Photograph by R.J. Waters499 - Hot Springs, Lake Tahoe Photograph by R.J. Waters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
When one thinks of Lake Tahoe, hot springs do not necessarily come to mind. Yet there is one small spot in Lake Tahoe were the lake water is indeed a
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8******m for (225.00 + 43.88BP) = 268.88
 
Details...Bookmark