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Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview

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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Tuscarora Drug Store Ephemera (113429)2260 - Tuscarora Drug Store Ephemera (113429)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) Two different prescription slips for the Tuscarora Drug Store, "Sign of Big Mortar." Both issued in November 1881 by T.W. Hun...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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A. Lernhart Druggist Archive (113605)2261 - A. Lernhart Druggist Archive (113605)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. Includes: 1) 1886 pictorial billhead, Pioneer Drug Store, Virginia City, to Storey County Hospital. 2) 1889 prescription slip, Pioneer Drug
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to B*********g for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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AM Cole Druggist Archive (113612)2262 - AM Cole Druggist Archive (113612)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17. 1) Nine billheads, 7 varieties. Most billed to Savage MC. Includes: 1871; 1876 (Crocker & Co. Print); two 1878 blue/green (Enterprise...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to C******n for (190.00 + 41.80BP) = 231.80
 
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BF Shaw Druggist Archive (113498)2263 - BF Shaw Druggist Archive (113498)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Letterhead for J.B. Shaw & Son, Gents' Fine Clothing and Furnishing Goods, 1893. B.F. Shaw and J.B. Shaw. Message from HK Shaw ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to B*********g for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Dr. JBB Lefevre, French & American Drug Store, Letterhead (113610)2264 - Dr. JBB Lefevre, French & American Drug Store, Letterhead (113610)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Only known example. Lefevre is called the "Red Light District Druggist" by Holabird. Pictorial letterhead for the French & American Dr...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to B*********g for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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G.P. Morrill, Apothecary & Druggist, Billhead (113497)2265 - G.P. Morrill, Apothecary & Druggist, Billhead (113497)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This may be the only billhead known. G.P. Morrill, Apothecary and Druggist, Manufacturer of Soda Water, South C. Street, Opposite Gillig, Mott &...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to C******n for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Kelly & Co., Pioneer Soda Works, Billhead (113607)2266 - Kelly & Co., Pioneer Soda Works, Billhead (113607)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare pictorial billhead for the Pioneer Soda Works, J. Kelly and Hugh Kelly, Importers & Dealers in Wines & Liquors, Virginia, Nev., Sept. 1...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to B*********g for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Mackay Signed Check issued to Thos. Taylor & Co. Whiskey Merchants (113514)2267 - Mackay Signed Check issued to Thos. Taylor & Co. Whiskey Merchants (113514)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Clean 1869 Bank of California check issued to Thos. Taylor & Co. and signed by "Bonanza King" John Mackay. US IR and NV adhesive reven...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*******h for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Nevada Soda Works / RL Higgins Archive (113613)2268 - Nevada Soda Works / RL Higgins Archive (113613)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. 1) Woodworth Mill check issued to Nevada Soda Mining Company, signed by James G. Fair. Reverse signed "Higgins & Crampton, Agent...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Two Arithmetic Cards Advertising Virginia City Druggists (113206)2269 - Two Arithmetic Cards Advertising Virginia City Druggists (113206)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two different Addition and Subtraction Table Cards for Comstock children to use printed by William Sutherland, Virginia City, 1897. Both are pr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8*****H for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Virginia City Druggists Collection (113608)2270 - Virginia City Druggists Collection (113608)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. 1) Six billheads. Four Virginia City billheads: HC Kirk & Co, 1865, pictorial; Rice & Livermore, 1866; Chas. C. Livermore, 1868; a...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to C******n for (140.00 + 30.80BP) = 170.80
 
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WS Wright Archive (First Soda Works in Nevada) (113495)2271 - WS Wright Archive (First Soda Works in Nevada) (113495)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 documents. These are handwritten receipts and one billhead, all from Petaluma in 1857. FH believes this WS Wright to be the same that made h
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to y******e for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Glenbrook and Washoe Valley Nevada Trade Cards - Rare! (113502)2272 - Glenbrook and Washoe Valley Nevada Trade Cards - Rare! (113502)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Ophir Dairy, Washoe Valley, Theo. Winters. Prominent Nevada and California rancher and land owner. 2) JM Short, Glenbrook, Douglas Co., N
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to B*********g for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Theo. Winters, Ophir Dairy, Washoe Valley, Nevada Trade Cards (113501)2273 - Theo. Winters, Ophir Dairy, Washoe Valley, Nevada Trade Cards (113501)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 different very rare trade cards for the Ophir Dairy, operated by Theo. Winters. Winters was an early settler of the Carson Valley in Nevada a
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to V********e for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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Wells, NV Soda Water / Wieland Beer Letterhead (113374)2274 - Wells, NV Soda Water / Wieland Beer Letterhead (113374)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letterhead for George Allen, Dealer in Wines, Liquor, Cigars and Mineral Waters, Soda Waters, and Wieland's Extra Pale Beer. Dateline Wells, Nev...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 90.00
Sold to V********e for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
 
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Eagle Drug Store Ephemera (113428)2275 - Eagle Drug Store Ephemera (113428)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) Prescription slip for W.A. Brown, Lessee Eagle Drug Store. November 16, 1894. Large spindle hole, folds, rough edges. 2) 1910-11 calendar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to M*********n for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Humboldt Soda & Bottling Works / Depot House Saloon Letterhead (113493)2276 - Humboldt Soda & Bottling Works / Depot House Saloon Letterhead (113493)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Letterhead for Humboldt Soda & Bottling Works and Depot House Saloon, G.A. Krenkel, Proprietor. Dateline Winnemucca, Nev., May 9th, 1894. ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to V********e for (60.00 + 13.20BP) = 73.20
 
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Winnemucca, Nevada Trade Card Collection (113500)2277 - Winnemucca, Nevada Trade Card Collection (113500)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 30. Includes: FC Robins; N. Levy & Co., agents for Wiener Beer; Chas. Chenoweth; druggist TC Hansen; W.F. Stevens; druggist T.C. Hanson; ...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Sierra Beer Trade Token (113487)2278 - Sierra Beer Trade Token (113487)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare! Good For One / Glass / "Sierra Beer" // C.M. Coddington / Agent / Yerrington [sic.], Nev. Rectangular. Brass. 33 x 20mm. Coddi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*****2 for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Yerington Ice & Soda Water Factory Billhead (113494)2279 - Yerington Ice & Soda Water Factory Billhead (113494)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unique. Billhead dated 1916 to the Aurora Consolidated Mines Co. for Rainier beer and cream soda. Red print. Attached to check from the Goldfield Cons
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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