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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4006Goodshaw Vein High Grade Gold Specimen (121666)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A great matched pair of sliced rock from the Goodshaw Vein at Bodie. About 2 x 2 x 2". The gold is concentrated in the darker parts of the ve...
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
4007Goodshaw Vein High Grade Gold Specimens (121665)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three hand specimens all cut to show the quartz vein with native gold specks throughout. Weights about 1 pound overall. 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5" and d...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
4008Geology & Ore Deposits of the Bodie Mining District (120932)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Geology & Ore Deposits of the Bodie Mining District, Mono Co. Ca. Bulletin 206 California State Division Mines, 8.5" x 11" softbound, ...
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
4009High-Grade Antimony Ore, Bernice District, Nevada (103064)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two pieces of high-grade antimony ore from the Antimony King Mine in the Bernice District, Churchill County, Nevada, approx 65 x 43 x 35 mm and 30 x 3
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
4010Large High-Grade Silver Gossan (122027)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large, high-grade silver gossan from the gut of the Candelaria, Northern Belle ore zone. Approx 20 lbs.
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State: Nevada
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
4011Turquoise "Chalk" from Candelaria (122568)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Candelaria, a major silver open pit mine that closed more than a decade ago, not only produced millions of ounces of silver, but there were several sm
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8***1 for (550.00 + 121.00BP) = 671.00
4012Turquoise from Candelaria (122167)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately 10 specimens of uncurated, beautiful sky-blue turquoise in rock matrix, 1-inch to 3 x 3-inches, from the Candelaria area.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
4013High-Grade Gold Ore, Goldfield, Nevada (103072)Holabird Western Americana Collections
High-grade gold ore specimen from the Hat Lease in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 125 x 100 x 70 mm. Highly brecciated, silica-filled specimen with abundan
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
4014High-Grade Gold-Silver Ore, Goldfield, Nevada (103071)Holabird Western Americana Collections
High-grade gold-silver ore from the January Mine in Goldfield, Nye County, Nevada, approx 125 x 85 x 60 mm. Highly brecciated, quartz-filled, rhyolite
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
4015High-Grade Silver-Gold Ore, Goldfield, Nevada (103039)Holabird Western Americana Collections
High-grade silver and gold ore specimen from the Jumbo Extension Mine in Goldfield, Nevada, approx 105 x 85 mm. Original collector identified argentit
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75