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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4208California Gold Rush Documents (2) (100404)Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 California gold rush documents. 1) Memo of Gold Bullion deposited at assay office of S. Molitor & Co, 110 Montgomery St., San Francisco on Ma...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
4210Gold Quartz Veins Alleghany District, USGS Survey (122275)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Quartz Veins of teh Alleghany District, California, 1932 U.S. G.S. PP 172 By H. G. Ferguson & R. W. Gannett. 9 x 11.5" softbound bookl...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
4211Ltd. Edition California Silver Spoon in Case (100060)Holabird Western Americana Collections
4" special spoon by Studio C with pan and nugget on top and underground miner on bow. #28/500 in case, nice item for display
Date:
Country i...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R*****6 for (80.00 + 17.60BP) = 97.60
4213Mining Ephemera (112102)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirteen pieces of mining history including letters and assay receipts from mining companies throughout California: Grass Valley, Damascus, Angels Cam
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
4214Thomas Lunt Hale CDV and Travel Brochure (89301)Holabird Western Americana Collections
CDV by Carl Meinerth of Thomas Lunt Hale who is not listed in Bancroft. Also, The Log of a Forty-Niner by Hale about his 1840's and 1850's j...
Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold to d*******f for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
4215Ten Broecke Mine Ore Bag (114347)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original canvas ore bag from the Ten Broeck Mine, about 14 x 24", hand sewn, perhaps 1880. The term Ten Broeck is an American surname, primaril...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
4216Leadville Mining Correspondence (113615)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. Deals with two Leadville mines. 1) Denver City Consolidated Mining Company. Includes: letter about stockholder's meeting; 1895 carbon ...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
4217Braganza Mine Archive (100049)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice group of 161943 indenture, small photos, original patent, 1906 mineral certificate during T Roosevelt offic, 1926 assay cert with tears, 1953 lo
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
4218Harper's Weekly Article on Leadville (122278)Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 hand-colored wood engravings show illustrations of Chestnut St., Interior of Shaf House and view from Harrison Avenue. Matted 14 x 18.5". Lot...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 140.00
4219Holy Cross City, Eagle County Mining Maps (5) (122268)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Cross section through French Mountains showing the Delphin (1400 ft), Pelican (600 ft) and Garfield shafts and the proposed Gold Park T
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
4220Isabella Mines Annual Report (100079)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Annual report with cover foxing and staple rust
Date: 1916
Country if not USA:
State: Colorado
City:
Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
4222U.S.G.S. Colorado State Geologic Reports (2) (120935)Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) The Downtown District of Leadville Bulletin 320, by Emmons & Irving 1907, 6" x 9" hardbound, 7 plates, 5 figures, 75 pages 2) Geol...
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
4224USGS Annual Reports for Colorado (2) (122240)Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Geology & Mining Industries of the Cripple Creek District, 16th Annual Report Part 2 1895, 8 x 11.5" rebound hardcover, 14 plates, 37 fi...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8***1 for (275.00 + 60.50BP) = 335.50