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
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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,
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Reno, NV 89511
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400Inyo Marble Works billheadHolabird Western Americana Collections
1896. Hard to find billhead for the Inyo Marble Works. To the Utica Mining Company for two white slabs. The Inyo Marble Works was created and by 1887
Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to i*****l for 143.40
401John Taylor archiveHolabird Western Americana Collections
190 John Taylor billheads for the Utica Mining Company for supplies. Here is a fabulous nearly complete record of what one mine bought from the John T
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 4,500.00
402Justinian Caire: assayerHolabird Western Americana Collections
28 billheads to the Utica Mining Company for materials used. Bills include Don Battersea Crucibles, cyanide, manganese, borax, potash, bone ash, colle
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 2,500.00
403Murphys archiveHolabird Western Americana Collections
67 pieces. Includes letter post master. Billheads include Manuel & Garland general merchandise, Manuel lumber, Valente boots, Fisk groceries, Un...
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to t******2 for 358.50
404Nice lot of two Lowenberg cigar advertising coversHolabird Western Americana Collections
LARGE advertising on back: "SMOKE VISTA de ORO CIGARS" and "THE RIGI, AMERICA'S GREATEST CIGAR." One comes with a bill to F....
Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to 9*****H for 35.85
405Pacific Coast Savings Society pamphletHolabird Western Americana Collections
This Mutual Savings Bank pamphlet lists officers and directors. It is also an advertisement for why you should join. Located at 30 Montgomery Street.
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
406Pelton Water Wheel Co. pictorial billheadHolabird Western Americana Collections
1891. Picture shows the Gates Ore & Rock Crusher. To the Utica Mining Company. Includes a shipping receipt from the Southern Pacific Railroad. T...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d********9 for 95.60
407San Francisco business cardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4: Crosett carpenters and mechanics, Williams Marvin boots and shoes, Pacific Hospital, and Murray & Ready employment agency. City:
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
408San Francisco coffee/tea price listHolabird Western Americana Collections
H. Huddleston & Company price list for Japanese, English, Indian, Ceylon and Gunpowder teas. Coffees include San Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
409Selby Smelting & Lead Company: assayerHolabird Western Americana Collections
Includes 8 assay sheets for the Hardenberg Mine and 45 bill heads for the Utica Mine. Bills are almost exclusively for rolled silver (after smelting).
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
410Six shipping documents including the Panama Rail RailroadHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1893 freight shipped on the Columbian steamer "City of Para" from New York to Colon, U. S. C. From there it would be shipped by steamer...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
411Southern Pacific Railroad Expense BillsHolabird Western Americana Collections
49 pieces. Most to Mitchler and Lane. For cigars, whiskey, rum, beer, rails. Some to Martin at French Gulch. City: San Francisco
Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********e for 29.88
412Southern Pacific Shipping Receipts with BillheadsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Wonderful collection of 25 SP shipping receipts with San Francisco billheads. Includes one receipt from John Taylor, assayer. Companies include Pelton
Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to m********e for 227.05
413Steamer shipping receiptsHolabird Western Americana Collections
68 shipping receipts from the (1) California Navigation & Improvement Company, (2) California Transportation Company, and (3) Pacific Coast Stea...
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to m********e for 119.50
415Woldberg Brothers smeltersHolabird Western Americana Collections
Smelting ore for Mr. A. E. Rau of Angels Camp. 3.43 troy ounces of gold. This is a smaller San Francisco refining company. Rau was a very important mi
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
4164 Stockton business cardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
W. C. Rumsey signed Stockton Business School, George Hornace real estate, Cary pianos and organs, and Aurora Flouring Mills. City: Stockt
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
417Standard Oil Company hand bill and billheadsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. One hand bill dated 1899 with prices including gas. Eight billheads - two different varieties. City: Stockton Count
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
418Ten Stockton coversHolabird Western Americana Collections
189- Sperry & Company, 2 unused J. Phelps, California Navigation & Improvement Co., 1919 Char. Haas with billhead, 1900 Stockton Woolen Mill...
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 300.00
419Two nice Stockton covers with billheadsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Aurora Flouring Mills, 1902. Pictorial advertising cover with purple billhead. 2) John Quinn, 1894. Nice advertising corner cover. Both are address
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
4201897 pictorial billhead from Chinese CampHolabird Western Americana Collections
Great picture of the Morris Bros general merchandise store. To the Peck Mining Company. Dateline is from "Chinese Camp"--very rare! City...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
421Densmore Consolidated Gold Mining Company assay archiveHolabird Western Americana Collections
65+ pieces. Mostly Memorandum of Gold Bullion and Assay Reports. Several billheads from the mill - all with assay reports. Several indicate ore shippe
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,500.00
422Sonora archiveHolabird Western Americana Collections
12 pieces. 6 Sonora Foundry billheads. Three different styles. Billheads for City Hotel, Carroll McTarnahan assayer, John Dorroh physician, Tuolumne S
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
423Four Soulsbyville correspondencesHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three from Scott Davis, & Co. All pertain to shipping sulphurets to the Utica Mine. One from Joseph Travelli asking for his Knights Templar swor...
Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
424Logging railroad letterHolabird Western Americana Collections
Letter from Joyce Wash, fire ranger to Frank Mitchler. She talks about going from logging camp to railroad camp giving lectures on fire safety. Mentio
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for 29.88
42520 fabulous mostly pictorial bill headsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Big Trees, transit, carriage, The Wasp, musical instruments (with hand bills), Armour luncheon meats, steamships, etc. Please see the photo.
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to m********e for 388.38
426California Southern Pacific collectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two billheads from Milton. Four shipping receipts from Milton includes whiskey and cigar deliveries. Eleven expense accounts; mostly whiskey, beer, an
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to S*****8 for 59.75
427Handbill (etc.) GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
10 pieces: The Origin hard oil finish, Alabastine, the Victor Association Wild Olive cure, Stockton Woolen Mills, Milk Producers of Central California
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for 35.85
428Light Company BroadsidesHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Cheap Light Hobart Bowles Company. Tears along folds. 2) Sun Vapor street lights. City: County: State: CA
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for 29.88
429Madison Mine CompanyHolabird Western Americana Collections
38 pieces: Four Madison Mining Company billheads, note signed by T. Lane, superintendent, labor costs signed by laborers, voucher, transportation char
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to P*******x for 41.83
430Miscellaneous broadsidesHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Sanativo: The Wonderful Spanish Remedy. 2) D. Dierssen Company grocers prices. Sacramento, California. City: County:
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to S*****8 for 29.88
431Mix and match cover remaindersHolabird Western Americana Collections
11 pieces: Angels Camp 1901 cancel on Wells Fargo postal, Charles Smith of Los Angeles unused return envelope, John Schweyer of Chicago unused return,
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to S*****8 for 29.88
432Pictorial Billheads: carriages, steamships, cable carHolabird Western Americana Collections
39 pieces. Some duplicates. From places like Angels Camp, Murphy's, Stockton, Fresno, and San Francisco: Willard H. Miller, Parke & Lacy Co....
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to l*******c for 418.25
433Smaller minesHolabird Western Americana Collections
61 pieces. Here is a chance to get information on many local mines - some of which just may have been forgotten to history! 1) Dolling Mine 1912 repor
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to t******2 for 179.25
434Two California Gold Country coversHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1902 Stanislaus Milling & Power Company advertising cover. Oakdale. 2) One addressed, but not cancelled, Angels Hotel, Otto Dolling proprieto...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to h*******2 for 29.88
435"The Hustler" Volume IX, Number 88 from the NationHolabird Western Americana Collections
Front page advertises Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Inside has a two-page fold out of the warehouse and many of the 1,530 employees. Includes n...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to S*****8 for 119.50
436"Buffalo Bill" CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
This lot features 26 fun pieces perfect for any collector of "Buffalo Bill." There are 23 post cards that feature either images of "B...
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to h*******2 for 131.45
437Buffalo Bill's Wild West show letterheadHolabird Western Americana Collections
Paper lists the cities to be visited by Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great East Shows. In 1908, Buffalo Bill needed a new back...
Estimate : 300.00 - 900.00
Sold to o*****e for 119.50
438Col. W.F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill," Personal Letter, Battle of Summit Springs, 1915Holabird Western Americana Collections
An amazing piece of Western history from one of the West's most iconic figures, "Buffalo Bill." This letter, written by Cody, comes on...
Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to s*********9 for 1,254.75
439W.F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" PhotographHolabird Western Americana Collections
For many, the personification of the wild American West was the man and the ledged of William F."Buffalo Bill" Cody. Produced by Huston, t...
Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
Sold to S*****8 for 95.60
440Pawnee Bill Cabinet CardHolabird Western Americana Collections
Like Buffalo Bill, Pawnee Bill was a colorful showman who entertained audiences with his cowboy acts. In 1908, Pawnee Bill and Buffalo Bill worked and
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to o*****e for 131.45
441"Buffalo Bill" Post CardHolabird Western Americana Collections
Post card of the famous Wild West showman! The post card was mailed to a Mary Park in Seattle on May 7, 1923 from E.S. Hookis. The post cards features
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to h*******2 for 95.60
442"Buffalo Bill" Post CardHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is an extremely unique post card featuring the image of "Buffalo Bill" but put together with different western pieces. The post card ...
Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********a.. for 113.53
443"Buffalo Bill" Post CardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
For many, the idea of the American west can be summed up in the image that was "Buffalo Bill." This lot has 3 post cards, including 1 rea...
Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to h*******2 for 89.63
444"Buffalo Bill" Ephemera GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. It features 2 post cards that show "Buffalo Bill" during the early and middle part of his life. There is also "Buffalo Bil...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to a*******s for 101.58
445"Buffalo Bill" StereoviewHolabird Western Americana Collections
This stereoview features Buffalo Bill mounted atop a horse ready to shoot! The photographer is idenitifed as C.W. Woodward of Rochester, NY. Each of t
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
446"Buffalo Bill" StereoviewHolabird Western Americana Collections
This stereoview was produced by Woodward & Albert Publications in Rochester NY. Same view as previous lot. Each photo of the stereoview measures...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
447"Buffalo Bill" StereoviewHolabird Western Americana Collections
Titled "Buffalo Bill's Body Guard" this stereoview features images of Native People on horseback. The stereoview was produced by Under...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to s*********9 for 119.50
448Winchester GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
One of the many symbols of the American west was that of the cowboy and his gun riding along the trails of mountains. For many the name "Winche...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to m********e for 179.25
449Gun Ephemera CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of of 7 items perfect for any gun enthusiast! 1) Herter's Inc catalog from 1952. Based in Waseca, Minnesota, the company was one o...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m********e for 59.75