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
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520Fresno, California Deputy Sheriff badgeHolabird Western Americana Collections
Number 68. State of California seal in middle. No markings on back. We cannot authentic that it is real, however, a quick Google search did not turn a
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to S*****8 for 101.58
521Germantown, CA AlbumsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three photo albums from Germantown, California. These albums contain hundreds of small snapshots of a single family`s life in Germantown, later rename
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to k****3 for 250.95
522Panamint Newspaper March 18, 1875. Vol 1Holabird Western Americana Collections
Panamint City was a wild and wicked town in the early to mid 1870s, and the local paper is filled with stories of murders, suicides and crimes from in
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to i*****l for 239.00
523Panamint Newspaper March 18, 1875. Vol 1Holabird Western Americana Collections
This newspaper is a treasured relic of the past for many Inyo County collectors. When opened and laid out flat, the piece measures 20" x 14&quo...
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to b*******d for 239.00
524Panamint Newspaper March 20, 1875. Vol 1Holabird Western Americana Collections
This local paper is filled with stories of murders, suicides and crimes from in and around the area. There are also several fantastic advertisements f
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to b*******d for 239.00
525$250 Bond of Lake County, State of California, 1870.Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare, early California bond from the county of Lake, in northern California. Ten year bond was to mature on Jan. 1, 1881. Allegorical female, dra
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
526San Pedro Harbor Crocker LithographHolabird Western Americana Collections
Mounted litho of early San Pedro Harbor, indicating the outer and inner harbors, Terminal Island, the city beyond, and the Point Fermin Light House in
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to b***5 for 3,107.00
527WWII Anti-Japanese BroadsideHolabird Western Americana Collections
Large 13.5"x22" broadside instructing "All Persons of Japanese ancestry" to report to the Civil Control Station for evacuation. ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to i*****l for 358.50
528Bill of Exchange, Wells Fargo, Bodie, CAHolabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Receipt of Exchange datelined Bodie Cal May 5th 1879. Frank Sonthey is purchasing a $20 Bill of Exchange from the Wells Fargo office in Bodie an
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m****l for 268.88
529Bodie Banking CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Five different banking documents that provide a nice variety from Bodie, CA. 1) 1879 check from The Bodie Bank. $100 made out to A.P. Johnson. Spindle
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8******1 for 101.58
530Bodie Snow Tunnel Entrance RPPC c. 1911Holabird Western Americana Collections
Postally unused RPPC of a winter scene in Bodie, CA. View of four well-dressed men and a boy standing on the roof of a building with a high snow bank
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****l for 59.75
531Bodie Winter Scene RPPC 1912Holabird Western Americana Collections
Another great scene of the famous mining town of Bodie, CA. This RPPC shows two boys standing on a rooftop with a man standing below them and a high s
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****l for 65.73
532Bodie Winter Street Scene RPPCHolabird Western Americana Collections
c. 1910. An RPPC showing a buried street scene in Bodie. Ski tracks are center. Also visible is a sign for the Auto Stage to Aurora, Hawthorne, Lucky
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****l for 113.53
533Bodie" Dug-out" RPPC by A.A. ForbesHolabird Western Americana Collections
RPPC with a scarce view of a "dug-out" located in Bodie, CA. Photograph was taken by A.A. Forbes who called it "A Bodie Residence.&qu...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****l for 143.40
534J.S. Cain Bodie Banking CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Five documents for J.S. Cain, famed Bodie banker and businessman. 1) Small receipt for $30 received from the Bullion & Exchange Bank. Datelined ...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8******1 for 89.63
535Three Choice Bodie Bank ChecksHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) Check on white paper. Datelined Bodie, Cal., May 30th, 1879. Issued to "self" for $254.50 by David Casey. Printed by Ezra A C...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to M*********n for 155.35
536Two Bodie 1932 Fire Frashers RPPCsHolabird Western Americana Collections
c. 1930s-1940s. Two RPPCs of the 1932 fire in Bodie, CA. 1) "'Bodie, Afire' June 13, 1932/ Bodie, Mono County Calif. Frashers Fotos/ Po...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****l for 59.75
537Two Bodie LetterheadsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Rare billhead for Silas B. Smith, Dealer in General Merchandise. Cash Orders Respectfully Solicited. No date or customer name. List amoun
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8******1 for 239.00
538Two Bodie Street Scenes Frashers RPPCHolabird Western Americana Collections
c. late 1920s. Lot of two RPPCs from Burton Frasher of Bodie pre-1932 fire. 1) Main Street, Bodie, California. Frasher's Fotos, Pomona, Calif. (...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to i*****l for 89.63
539Mono County Road Fund $50 Bond, 1878.Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bond cert. #239. Issued at Bridgeport, Mono County on Mar. 20, 1878. Signed by Frank Shaw, Chairman of the county Board of Supervisors and the county
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to m********e for 239.00