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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2368Early 20th Century Valentines (121773)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A collection of over 100 valentines from the early part of the 20th century, 1905 thru 1914. The artwork is phenomenal, nothing like you'd find ...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
2369Farm Equipment – Antique Yard Art! (122733)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Antique farm plow machine, horse or trailer pull, three digging shovels. not complete. Nice farm antique from Fish Lake Valley. about 6...
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
2370Fur Quiver with Arrows (46278)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Native American style quiver with arrows. Fur may be mink, band of beaded design at one end. Carrier handle has metal stud design.
Date:
Country if
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
2371Golden Enterprise of the Season Broadside (108596)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four page proposition for agencies to sell engravings for Dayton & Co. of 145 Nassau Street, New York. Circa 1865.
Date:
Country if not USA: ...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
2372Indian Grinding Rock (122249)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unknown history of this traditional mortar/pestal type rock pair. Shows years of use. Obviously authentic. Very flat bottom of base rock appears to
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
2373Jade, Copper, and a Glass Arrowhead (109475)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A mixed lot, includes two pieces of beach-polished jade, 120 grams and 83 grams, a 131-gram piece of native copper, and a splendid glass arrowhead, pr
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
2374Large Advertisements Collection (118917)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven piece large advertisement collection from the U.S., most matted and plastic wrapped, from the early 1900s. Matted advertisements are: 12 3/4 x 1
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
2375Matchbook Collection (103379)Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of matchbooks from the USA and around the world. There are matchbooks from San Francisco, Ca., Campbell River, B.C., and Tokyo,
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
2376Miscellaneous Ephemera 1890s-1909 (118913)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight miscellaneous ephemera from the U.S., c1890s-1909. Includes four 1926 U.S. Airmail stamps, not canceled; colorful litho of fashionable wo
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 160.00
2377Nevada-Western Pinbacks Collection (119326)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21 Nevada-Western pinbacks of interest, c1940s-1990s. Includes Reno Fun Train; Hutchinson Prairie Pow-Wow; Harrah's Automobile Collection...
Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to S*****3 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
2378New England Mercantile Union Directory (108494)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Rush Era Directory, published by Pratt & Co. "…containing a new map of New-England, an almanac for 1849, a memorandum for every ...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
2379Old Comics, Animated Characters, Pinbacks and Tokens (64) (118908)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 64 includes 60 old comics pinbacks, which were prizes in Kelloggs Pep cereal in the 1040s. Pinbacks are 3/4 inch diameter, with such characters
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
2380U.S. Check Lot (100411)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Good variety of over 75 checks both issued and unissued dating from 1809 - 1944. From various states including NV, AZ, CO PA, CA, CT, NY, ME and MI.
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
2381Henri Martin Signed Letter (106482)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Signed 1865 letter by Henri Martin in French to Mary Louise Booth, an American translator who had previously published a very good translation of his
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
2383William Howitt Signed Letter (106483)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Signed letter by William Howitt, 1862. requesting delivery?"William Howitt, was a prolific English writer on history and other subjects. Willi...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
2384Bodie Ground Finds (120897)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A collection of ground finds from the iconic ghost town, Bodie, California. Scrounged items include a tincup, assorted railroad spikes, nails and lids
Estimate : 50.00 - 120.00
Sold to p********n for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
2385Antique Traps - Approx. 10 (122158)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Varying size and designs. From the Bodie, Candelaria Area.
Date:
Country if not USA:
State: California
City: Bodie / Candelaria
Provenance: Ca
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
2386Hermann H. Heiser Saddlery Catalog (120905)Holabird Western Americana Collections
First edition. 10 1/4" x 6 3/4" in tan and burgundy printed thick wrappers. 216 pp. Illustrations. Offers illustrations of, descriptions o...
Estimate : 260.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
2387Poker Chips Letter (105847)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Addressed to K. C. Holliday. From Bayker & Andrews (probably a saloon). "Do you keep poker chips in stock..." They want a set of marke...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00