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)
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. Shipping and handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing as it is based on the size and weight of your purchase. Additional shipping and handling costs, if required, will be re-invoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size.SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size a...
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2408Pommel Bags unknown manufacturer (110417)Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a pair of pommel bags that are 15 in. deep by 5 in. wide. They are brown tanned leather that possibly carried mining equipment, documents, map
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
2409Shoup Parade Saddle (121492)Holabird Western Americana Collections
This Shoup parade saddle #8410 is tooled leather with 7 engraved silver inlays and a number of silver conchos. It is 15 in. A silver oval is marked ...
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to d*******f for (650.00 + 162.50BP) = 812.50
2410Sterling Silver Jigger Cup (121513)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A sterling silver bartender jigger. One measures an ounce, the other two ounces. A beautiful piece made in Mexico and in very good condition. Weighs i
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to e*****2 for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
2411Stetson, Bailey Cowboy Hat Trio (122767)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A pair of Stetson hats, one is brown felt w/crochet band & feather. It could use a little shaping, but is in very nice condition. Next is a nice...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
2412Wells Fargo Bodie Receipt for Exchange (113518)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Dateline Bodie Cal Nov. 6, 1878. M McCallum has given $40 to purchase from Wells Fargo a Bill of Exchange in New York to the order of John Beggs
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to B******r for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
2413Banking Pieces from Folsom – Interesting (2 each) (102274)Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) First of Exchange. # 298,762 to CTH Palmer "in Gold Coin". 1867. Two cent United States Revenue Stamp. Also 20c California First of Exc...
Start Price : 140.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 450.00
2415Whiting & Co.'s Express Receipts (113539)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Lot of two different express forms. 1) 1865 receipt for Martin Hoover for sending a coin package valued at $565 to Quincy, California. 5 x 8.5...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to s******6 for (170.00 + 42.50BP) = 212.50
2416Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Original Exchanges (113624)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two different issued during the California Gold Rush. 1) No. 24116, Jan. 23, 1854, San Francisco. FB Connor has deposited $175. Vignette of exp
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to R********i.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
2417Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Second of Exchange (113622)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued during the California Gold Rush. No. 38342, to JH Prentice & Co. for $837.91, Nov. 3, 1853, San Francisco. Great Gold Rush mining vignett...
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to t********n.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
2418Adams & Co. Express & Banking Office Second of Exchange (113623)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued during the California Gold Rush. No. 39262, to JW Thornburn & Co. for $223.25, Nov. 21st, 1853, San Francisco. Great Gold Rush mining vig...
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
2420Wells Fargo Carson RN Checks (3 Different) (113560)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) 1867, issued by Yerington & Kidder. Nevada and US IR adhesive revenue stamps. 2) 1875, issued by Rice & Peters. RN-D. 3) Mutual...
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to a**********t for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
2421Wells Fargo Group from Virginia City, Nevada (113540)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Wells Fargo & Co. N.T. check issued in 1862 by the Empire Mill & Mining Company. 2) 1862 Certificate of Deposit issued for $700...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to B*********g for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
2422Wells Fargo Nevada Check Trio (113532)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different. 1) W.E. Griffin, Banker, Wells Fargo & Company. Pioche, Nevada. Issued in 1884. Signed by J. Keeley. Green print. Scarce. 2)...
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to a**********t for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
2423Wells Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange (108767)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wells Fargo 2nd of Exchange No. 1695 The Union Bank of London. April 24th, 1860. Signed by Wells Fargo Co. Lith. Britton & Co. S.F. Pay to order...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
2424Wells Fargo and Pony Express Tokens (123092)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. 1) Wells Fargo Wagon pictorial. Since 1852. Trail Memorial Association. From 1860 to 1935. Express rider pictorial. 3) Centennial piece.
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to C*****4 for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
2426Auto Club of Southern California Road Map (122298)Holabird Western Americana Collections
From Mono Lake to Lake Tahoe and the Feather River Region with resorts, camp sites, fishing streams, lakes, mountain peaks and trails. Pamphlet, 9 x
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to t********n.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
2427Traveler's Directory through the United States (108484)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Simultaneous with the production of folio atlases and geographies was the emergence of a "pocket" genre, often produced by the same cartog...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to y******e for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00