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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3103The Houston and Great Northern Railroad Co. Stock (101322)Holabird Western Americana Collections
#4129 , I/U, $1000 7% First Mortgage tax free 28 year gold bearer bond due1900. Issued Feb 15, 1872 signed Galusha Aaron Grow President, GREEN, embos
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a****y for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
3104The Houston & Texas Central Railway Co Stock (101305)Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Houston & Texas Central Railway Co. Waco & North Western Division. #85, I/U, $1000 7% 30 year First Mortgage Land Grant, Sinking Fun...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to l*******c for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
3105$500 Highway Bonds (20) (105782)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten of each: 1920 and 1932. Green early 1920 version are all cut cancelled. Governor signatures of Balzaar and Boyle. Nevada highways were not all p
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
3106Northern Transportation Company Ephemera (108595)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven pieces with train vignettes from the Northern Transportation Company from 1858 and 1860.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to t******2 for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
3107So Cal. Mining Stock Certificates (117182)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A set of two mining stock certs from Southern California operations, including The Gavilan Mining Co. of San Bernardino County and The Littler Butte M
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to e**********t for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
3109Kearney Vineyard Co. Stock (110836)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorp. 1903 State fo California. #184, I/C, 100 pound 10% General Mortgage Sinking Fund gold bearer bond. Issued March 17, 1906.. Signed M. Theo K
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to F********h.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
3110First National Trust & Savings Bank Archive (121585)Holabird Western Americana Collections
An entire archive of Santa Barbara Banking history through the First National Trust and Savings Bank. Letters from the Reconstruction Finance Corporat
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to b*******8 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
3111Weaverville & Shasta Wagon Road Company Stock Certificate (107812)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Gold Rush. Usually unissued. This is No. 42, issued for one share to Orson Fox on Nov. 8th, 1859 in Weaverville. Signed by president Lowden and s
Estimate : 260.00 - 450.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
3112California Brewing Assoc. Stocks (106178)Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of 2 very rare stocks! 1) California Brewing Association, stock no. C7 issued to L.G. Gasue for 1 share on October 10, 1922. Note that t
Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold to C*****r for (80.00 + 17.60BP) = 97.60
3116Fall Creek and Fall River, Colorado Stock Certificates (105874)Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Fall Creek Placer Mining and Leasing Company. Number 80 issued for 325,000 shares. Issued to the company. Signed by by secretary Sanford and presid
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
3117Pierce Supply Co Stock (106223)Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U #13 John Shafer 1909 4 shares. Signed by BH Shafer secretary and J Stovall president. Dealers in hardware lumber etc. Shares were $100 each
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to C******n for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
3118Boise Basin Mining & Development Co Stock (108163)Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U #95 Sidney Tyler 16 shares 1902. The 1862 gold rush in the Boise Basin led to the development of Idaho. Dredge mining in the basin began in 1898 a
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
3119Nevada $1000 Mental Disease Building Bonds (10) (105787)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Nevada Hospital for Mental Diseases Building Fund. Signed by Governors Balzaar and Boyle. Earliest number is 38.
Date: 1927
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Estimate : 170.00 - 220.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
3120UNR Heating Plant and Gymnasium Bonds (105784)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five $500 Heating Plant Bonds. Ten $500 New Gymnasium Bonds. All signed by Governor Carville. All with shiny gold seals. All with small state seals. A
Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
3122University of Nevada Gymnasium Building Bonds (105783)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty-one Bonds signed by governor Carville. The ‘Old Gym’ as it is known, was completed in 1945. Those of use old enough to rememb
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25