Great American Treasure Hunt

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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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All items sold for their collectible value only; They have no securites whatsoever.
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1898 Alaska survey routes740 - 1898 Alaska survey routes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Map lists the route of the U. S. Geological Survey and many, many previous routes. Those routes include Tyrrell, Old Telegraph, Dalten, Rumoured India
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Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to m****a for (130.00 + 25.35BP) = 155.35
 
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Barber Chairs in the Bar Framed Photo and Cigar Ad741 - Barber Chairs in the Bar Framed Photo and Cigar Ad
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) A 5 x 7” photo of 3 men seated in barber chairs in a bar, being given haircuts. In the foreground is a glass case containing various bran
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Book of Mormon; Colorado Mission742 - Book of Mormon; Colorado Mission
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1905. This was an error printing. There was no Mormon Mission called the Colorado Mission, in 1905. Few copies were printed incorrectly like this. You
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Estimate : 250.00 - 550.00
Sold to M*********n for (140.00 + 27.30BP) = 167.30
 
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Collection of 13 Little Yellow Kid pins743 - Collection of 13 Little Yellow Kid pins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Soon after Whitehead & Hoag patented the new celluloid pin construction process in 1896, the advertising world discovered it and flooded the nat...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to L*****1 for (190.00 + 37.05BP) = 227.05
 
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Cowgirl Post Cards744 - Cowgirl Post Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. This is a really fun lot for all you cowboys and cowgirls out there! This lot features nine post cards and one photograph of cowgirls inclu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to o*****e for (250.00 + 48.75BP) = 298.75
 
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Dow Jones Stock Market Tape Machine745 - Dow Jones Stock Market Tape Machine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Primarily used in the 1950s-1960s, the Dow Jones stock ticker tape machine was eventually replaced by the invention of the computer. These machines we
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Estimate : 200.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8*****b for (400.00 + 78.00BP) = 478.00
 
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General Store Collection746 - General Store Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 various items ranging in years from 1900- 1930. 1) Tin of Ghirardelli’s Sweet Ground Chocolate. 2) Tin of Supernal Metal Polish. 3) Tin of C
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to t********n.. for (265.00 + 51.68BP) = 316.68
 
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German Walking Stick747 - German Walking Stick
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This mining theme walking stick comes complete with images of miners engraved in on the handle. Etched on the side of the sick are a series of tick ma
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to A*****4 for (250.00 + 48.75BP) = 298.75
 
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Harry Truman autographed picture748 - Harry Truman autographed picture
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Kind regards / Hugo Ernst / Harry Truman". Corners are bent and there is one bend in the upper middle. Most damage is on the border. Ci...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Hot Springs/Bath Photograph c. 1880749 - Hot Springs/Bath Photograph c. 1880
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Image of Hot Springs and Bath buildings. Mostly bare hills surround the spot. Location unknown. Photo taken by E.H. Train, Artist. Condition: Water da
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to R******1 for (150.00 + 29.25BP) = 179.25
 
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Map of Shipwrecks Along the Western U.S. Coast750 - Map of Shipwrecks Along the Western U.S. Coast
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1939. Interesting blue map of naval history. Title: Strandings and Wrecks of Vessels on the Coasts of California-Oregon and Washington. Compiled and T
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b***5 for (225.00 + 43.88BP) = 268.88
 
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Original British WWI Enfield Long Bayonet and Scabbard751 - Original British WWI Enfield Long Bayonet and Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
British WW1 1907 Enfield bayonet. Stamped KINSON. Reverse side has markings as well. Scabbard marked JWB 18. VERY USED and Well worn! City:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****p for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
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Pocket scale with weights752 - Pocket scale with weights
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c1830. These are often called miner's scales and most assuredly it has weighed gold at one time, but is probably an apothecary scale. No label o...
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Remington's Frontier Sketches753 - Remington's Frontier Sketches
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By Frederick Remington. The Werber Co., 1898. Rare. Original edition. unpaginated, contains fifteen of his sketches, with an introduction by George Ro
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*****l for (140.00 + 27.30BP) = 167.30
 
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Supreme Court Photo754 - Supreme Court Photo
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One 12 x 18” black and white photo of all the United States Supreme Court justices, including Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish justice. Included are p
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to W*****4 for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
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Temporary Foreign Stock Certificate755 - Temporary Foreign Stock Certificate
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Stock No. 12 for 400 shares issued to Oliver Gildersleeve on August 5, 1902. The name of the company is notably absent as the creation of the company
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********e for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
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United States 1858 Odd Fellow Guide756 - United States 1858 Odd Fellow Guide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early! “containing the time, place of meeting, officers, and general statistics of the R.W. Grand Lodge of the U.S. and right worthy grand bodies
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t********n.. for (55.00 + 10.73BP) = 65.73
 
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Welcome Home World War I broadside.757 - Welcome Home World War I broadside.
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21" x 14". c1919. Photos of Wilson, Pershing, a dough boy, a sailor, and a nurse. See photo for condition issues. City: County:
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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World War I scrap book signed by John Welles Coggeshall758 - World War I scrap book signed by John Welles Coggeshall
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Direct descendent of John Coggeshall, first president of the Colony of Rhode Island. John Welles was an agent of the great Riverside Mills in Providen
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Arapahoe Circle Camp Photograph759 - Arapahoe Circle Camp Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The photographer is identified Baker & Johnson, landscape and portrait photographers. Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnson ran the Baker & Johns...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to L*****1 for (150.00 + 29.25BP) = 179.25
 
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