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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3341Four Suits Playing Card Counters (121424)Holabird Western Americana Collections
A collection of counters featuring the four suits of the playing card deck (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades) with denomination on the reverse. 1 (21),
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
3342George Washington Centennial Medal (121412)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: George Washington / (portrait) / 1876; Rev.: In Memory Of The Centenary / (shield with eagle above). Br. rd, 24 mm, holed.
Date: 1876
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to n**********x for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
3343George Washington Counter Collection (121445)Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Fauver George Washington Counter collection: 56 total pieces. All the size of U.S. gold pieces: $1 size (22 different); $2.50 size (12 different);
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
3344George Washington Counter Type Set (121471)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four George Washington spiel markes in the sizes of the U.S. $1, $2 1/2, $5 & $10 gold pieces.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
3345George Washington Medals (121466)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three: 1) George Washington / 1789- 1797 //1st /President / Born Feb. 22, 1732 / Died Dec. 14, 1799 / Virginia / Federalist; Wm, rd., 31 mm. 2)
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to n**********x for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
3346German Spiele Mark Commemorating Defeat of Napoleon III (121348)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five German gaming counters issued during the 1870 War between France and the Austrian Empire, in which Napoleon III was captured and the French army
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to n*******e for (60.00 + 13.20BP) = 73.20
3347Grover Cleveland Medal (121474)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson / 1892. Br. rd., 14 mm.
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Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*******x for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
3348Gutenberg Medal (121419)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Homenaje / Gutenberg / (portrait) // Vo. Cenzenario / Buenos Aires / 24 Junio 1900. Br. rd., 37 mm.
Date: 1900
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r*****5 for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
3349Hard Times Tokens (119857)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten Hard Times tokens. Low 8 (VF); Low 19 (XF); Low 34 (F); Low 48 (EF); Low 51 (VG-F); Low 86 (F-VF); Low 97 (F); Low 98 (F-VF);Low 107(VF);
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*******f for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
3350Heraldic Art Silver Medal Collection (119897)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight silver commemoratives from the Heraldic Art Co. of Cleveland. Arctic Pioneer; 1962 Girl Scouts (2); 1960 Boy Scouts; 1966 Transatlantic T
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to q******s for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
3351Hoyle Card Playing Tokens (120137)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight tokens made by the man who wrote the book on the rules of cards. "According to Hoyle" has become an aphorism for playing by t...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
3352Israel/Palestine Token and Medal Collection (119870)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eleven tokens medals and one pinback medal from Israel and Palestine. Two from the American Israel Numismatic Assocition. Ex. Fauver Collecti
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d********e for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
3353John Fremont Counter (119891)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: J. Fremont / Born Jan. 21, 1813 / portrait; rev.: Our Country / (eagle). Rd., br., 22 mm, holed. Rare political token.
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to p*******x for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
3354John Paul Jones Counter (119886)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold plated $10 sized counter with portrait of John Paul Jones. 26 mm.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
3355Kettle Copy of 1803 U.S. $2 1/2 Gold Piece Counter (121438)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: Liberty / (bust) / 1803 Kettle; Rev.: United States of America / Eagle, Shield and Stars. Br., rd., 20 mm. There were no 1803 Quarter Eagles iss
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to J*******2 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
3356Lincoln Medals (119879)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five portrait medals of Abraham Lincoln, 20 mm each.
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Provenance: Benjamin Fauver Collection
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*******x for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
3357Lincoln Medals (121475)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three Lincoln medals, Br., rd., holed, 13 mm. Bust of Lincoln / 1809.
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Provenance: Benjamin Fau
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*******x for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
3358Magic Token (121352)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Irregular bronze token with "Dear / Tan Guey " and numerous exotic symbols around the perimeter. 33 mm.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to n*******e for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
3359McKinley/Roosevelt Medals (119882)Holabird Western Americana Collections
McKinley button stud; 1900 Indian Head elongated penny with Theodore Roosevelt; Roosevelt Memorial Association medal.
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to p*******x for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
3360Mexican Medals (121428)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two: 1) Guatimoc / "A" / 1911 / Moise S. F. // (pictorial coffe plant). Br., rd., 31 mm. 2) Sociedad Benito Juarez De Auxilios / F...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c*********s for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50