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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4046Candelaria Water Company Hand Riveted Pipe c1878 (119479)Holabird Western Americana Collections
*** Water was always a problem for this 1870s Nevada mining camp. Water was originally pumped in from Dead Horse Wells miles away. Other water sources
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to c********t for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
4047Assay Map for the Gold Bug Mine, 1913 (106461)Holabird Western Americana Collections
14 x 17" blueprint, cloth backed map for the gold bug mine in the Alder District. J.H. Winwood, 1913. Heizer Archive.
Date:
Country if not U...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
4049Bullion Molds from Nevada Mines (2) (119476)Holabird Western Americana Collections
One large (13" x 6.5" x 5") and one small (5" by 3" x 2").
Date:
Country if not USA:
State: Nevada
City:
Prove...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to s******B for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
4050Hendy Iron, Round Plate Cover, Possibly for Stamp Mill (119478)Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Hendy, S. F. Cal Iron." 16" in diameter. The Joshua Hendy Iron Works lasted from the 1850s to the 1940s. By the 1890s, the Joshua He...
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********r.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
4051Nevada Mining Stocks (5) (105501)Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/C Eureka County Bank 1897. Unissued Seal of Nevada. Unissued Spanish Belle of Nevada. I/U Curtis Con Mining 1880. I/U State Line Gold Mining 1882
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to r***6 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
4052Underground Mine Timber Car (121673)Holabird Western Americana Collections
C1900-1920 Timber car from a western Nevada mine near Austin. All four wheels present, straight spokes on public display in the Holabird backyard for
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (325.00 + 81.25BP) = 406.25
4053Large Incline Ore Car with Track (122709)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very large incline ore car used at a major Nevada City, Calif. mine. About 9' long, 4' high, 3' wide, with about ten feet of rail. This ...
Start Price : 2,500.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
4054Large Incline Ore Car with Track (122710)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very large incline ore car used at a major Nevada City, Calif. mine. About 7' long, 5' high, 4' wide, with about ten feet of rail. Only ...
Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
4055Large Side Dump Modern Ore Car (122711)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large modern Atlas 8450 side dumping ore car, possibly used at the Empire Mine in Nevada City at the end of their reign in 1956. By that time, Newmont
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00