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Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

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

Auction Details

We sincerely hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

This auction marks the best material we've offered in a hot August sale in many years. The variety is outstanding, as is the quality of goods offered.

A glimpse at the many categories: Native American turquoise and silver jewelry, including the best squash blossom necklace we've ever seen, baskets, Kachinas, and rugs; California token collection; Fauver American and foreign counters and tokens; rare whiskey bottles; Masonic California token; beautiful drugstore carved wood frontispiece; Nevada rare documents; major pinback collection; baseball and boxing collectibles; gold specimens including some from the Goodshaw Mine at Bodie; American and foreign medals; Victorian furniture; fantastic array of western Art; original Buffalo Bill/Pawnee Bill posters; Large ore cars and incline cars from a major Nevada City mine; Dynamite and candle boxes; American souvenir plate collection (c1900-1920); music collectibles; toys and toy trains; postcard collections, directories, maps; railroad pass collection and references; antique firearms; badges; mining & railroad stocks; US coins; token dies; a rockshop section, mining artifacts and much more.

There is truly something for everybody!

Don't forget us when its time to sell. We average about 5000 registered bidders per sale, probably the most in America for an Americana sale! With buyers all over the globe, we get to everybody. We are always after great collections! ~Fred Holabird~

Auction Schedule

Day 1, August 27th, 2020:
Art (1001-1093)
Native Americana (1094-1325)
General Americana Part I (1326-1595)
Sports (1596-1604)
Toys (1605-1651)

Day 2, August 28th, 2020:
Philatelic - Postal History (2000-2087)
General Americana Part II (2088-2599)
Firearms & Weapons(2600-2624)

Day 3, August 29th, 2020:
Stocks & Bonds (3000-3125)
Numismatics (3126-3416)
Tokens (3417-3634)

Day 4, August 30th, 2020:
Minerals (4000-4042)
Mining (4043-4320)
Bargains & Dealer Specials PART I (4321-4611)

Day 5, August 31st, 2020:
Bargains & Dealer Specials PART II (5000-5641)

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Mining Tools & More / Seven items. (109585)4186 - Mining Tools & More / Seven items. (109585)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Item #1 of 7: Very unusual miners pick . 15 3/4"long head , with 4 sided, Plumb bob points !! Embossed in the center of the head, on front &...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to j*****0 for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
 
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Utah Mine NO TRESPASSING Signs (108243)4187 - Utah Mine NO TRESPASSING Signs (108243)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two large NO TRESPASSING signs from Utah mines. See photo for details. One has black lettering on white paint and artfully pierced by numerous bullet
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Mine Rescue Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (4) (108028)4188 - Mine Rescue Oxygen Breathing Apparatus (4) (108028)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four semi-modern one hour self contained oxygen generating breathing apparatus for escape only. Made by Dragerwerk, Lubeck, Germany. MSHA approved. U
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 160.00
 
 
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Miners Lights & Respirators / 7 Items. (109587)4189 - Miners Lights & Respirators / 7 Items. (109587)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Items #1-#3 of 7: ( 3) Different colored ( red, yellow & Black ) underground " Wheat" miners lamps. They have about a 50" inch c...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Pocket Geiger Counter (121141)4190 - Pocket Geiger Counter (121141)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
this is a pocket geiger counter made in the 1950's by El-Tronics. Even though it hasn't been tested, it appears to be in good condition. See...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. Ephemera (103122)4191 - Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co. Ephemera (103122)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of items related to the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co., which operated a gold mining and milling operation on the outskirts of Junea
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Bisbee Folio, Arizona (2) (109500)4192 - Geologic Atlas of the U.S., Bisbee Folio, Arizona (2) (109500)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Bisbee Arizona Folios by F.L. Ransome. Fair condition, some foxing, a few chips out of corner. Please inspect. 18.5" x 22". Date: c1...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Arizona Copper Mining Company Maps (2) (122269)4193 - Arizona Copper Mining Company Maps (2) (122269)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Arkansas & Arizona Copper Company, Jerome, Arizona Map 1915, shows 8 Claims and related property, also shown is adjoining United Verde Copper...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
Sold to d******a for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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U.S.G.S. Arizona Mining Publications (3) Bulletins 397, 582, and 743 - (116269)4194 - U.S.G.S. Arizona Mining Publications (3) Bulletins 397, 582, and 743 - (116269)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three publications: U.S.G.S Arizona Bulletins for the years 1909, 1915, and 1923 Dept of the Interior, U.S.G.S.: 1) Bulletin 397- Mineral Deposits
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8***1 for (60.00 + 13.20BP) = 73.20
 
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U.S.G.S. Arizona Mining Publications (4) for the years 1911, 1925, 1926 and 1955 (116265)4195 - U.S.G.S. Arizona Mining Publications (4) for the years 1911, 1925, 1926 and 1955 (116265)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four U.S.G.S. Arizona Mining Publications 1) Bulletin 1027 -F: " Copper Deposits of Part of Helvetia Mining District, Pima County, Ari...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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USGS Arizona Mining Professional Papers (2) and 4 Postcards (6 Items) (122281)4196 - USGS Arizona Mining Professional Papers (2) and 4 Postcards (6 Items) (122281)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Geology & Ore Deposits of the Bisbee Qudrangle PP 21 By Frederick L. Ransome 1904, 9 x 11.5" hardbound, 29 plates, 3 in pocket, 5 figur...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8***1 for (150.00 + 33.00BP) = 183.00
 
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Bodie, California, Street Map by Brill (110721)4197 - Bodie, California, Street Map by Brill (110721)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bodie Street Map, by Brill, 1955. About 43” x 35”, framed. Murray J. Brill, June 1955, 1” = 5‘. Shows all existing
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d******a for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Reagent Bottle Group (17 Bottles) (119454)4198 - Reagent Bottle Group (17 Bottles) (119454)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
With embossed content labels. 5Ó. All with ground glass stoppers. Were in use at Bodie. All Unique. Purchased from Hawthorne High School.
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Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
Sold to b**********n for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Butte County Mining Stocks & Rare Ephemera: Cherokee, Forbestown (107813)4199 - Butte County Mining Stocks & Rare Ephemera: Cherokee, Forbestown (107813)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Mounted photograph showing two hunters underneath ridge. Back is labelled, "Sugar Loaf, Cherokee, California." 4.5 x 6.5"...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********r.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Correspondence Re: California Water & Mining Company (113636)4200 - Correspondence Re: California Water & Mining Company (113636)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7. 1) 1898 letter to Thos. M. Clark of Newark, NJ, to get his proxy to vote at a meeting for the California Water & Mining Co. 2) 1903 le...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to u********y.. for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
 
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New York Hill Gold Mining Co. Revenue Checks (2) (58563)4201 - New York Hill Gold Mining Co. Revenue Checks (2) (58563)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two F. Berton & Co. (one has Alfred Borel & Co. stamped above), RN-G, New York Hill Gold Mining Co. checks. Both issued in San Francisco, 18...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 160.00 - 240.00
Sold to c*********p for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Prescott Hill Mine Framed Sketch of Buildings and Water Pipe System (106487)4202 - Prescott Hill Mine Framed Sketch of Buildings and Water Pipe System (106487)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed hand colored sketch of mine buildings and water pipe system. "Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in diabase and granodiorite. The o...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d******a for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Map of Mining Properties at Goldtown, Mojave Mining District (113579)4203 - Map of Mining Properties at Goldtown, Mojave Mining District (113579)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This has not been seen by us before. Compiled by Louis D. Rasor, US Mineral Surveyor for California, January 1923. Colored pencil notations on top to
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******a for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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1950 Catalog Book " Braun - Knecht- Heimann Co., book of Laboratory Instruments, Apparatus & Suppli4204 - 1950 Catalog Book " Braun - Knecht- Heimann Co., book of Laboratory Instruments, Apparatus & Suppli
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Famous huge Mining Supply Company based in L.A. -"Braun-Knecht-Heimann-Co., Catalog 50 for "Laboratory, Apparatus Instruments and Supplies...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Two Photographs of Napa County Mercury Mines (113570)4205 - Two Photographs of Napa County Mercury Mines (113570)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 different. 1) Lucky Strike Mining Company, La Joya Mine, Napa Co., Cal. (labelled bottom right). View shows outside of the mining and milling
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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