Great Americana Pow-Wow Auction (August 2020)

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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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Register of the Dept. of California Grand Army of the Republic Book  (122706)2141 - Register of the Dept. of California Grand Army of the Republic Book (122706)
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Compiled and Printed by direction and under supervision of the General Commitee of Management, Twentieth National Encampment. San Francisco: Joseph L.
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Youth's Companion Bound Archives  (121284)2142 - Youth's Companion Bound Archives (121284)
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Three bound volumes of the early 1900's children's magazine. Founded in 1827, this publication lasted for 100 years under various titles, in...
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Michigan State Business Directory  (108499)2143 - Michigan State Business Directory (108499)
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State of Michigan Gazetteer & Business Directory for 1856-1857 Complete in one volume. H. Huntington Lee & Co. & James Sutherland Publis...
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Shove's Business Advertiser, and Detroit Directory  (108498)2144 - Shove's Business Advertiser, and Detroit Directory (108498)
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This was Shove's first directory and the sixth overall for the city of Detroit. 235 pages. Stained green printed boards. The pages have some fox...
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Kennedy's St. Louis Directory  (108492)2145 - Kennedy's St. Louis Directory (108492)
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Containing a directory of citizens, including also a business mirror, appendix, co-partnership directory, & more by Robert V. Kennedy. This is ...
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Telephone Directories - Good Historical Reference Books (2)  (105849)2146 - Telephone Directories - Good Historical Reference Books (2) (105849)
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For Bozeman, Belgrade, Gallatin Gateway, Manhattan, and Three Forks. December 1949 and January 1950. Each 50 pages. Includes business directory with l
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Harris's General Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny with the Environs by Isa2147 - Harris's General Business Directory of the Cities of Pittsburgh & Allegheny with the Environs by Isa
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Fifth Edition, Published Pittsburgh, Printed by A. A. Anderson. Formerly owned by the New York State Library in Albany. Another Gold Rush Era Director
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Military Books /  6 books total  (109703)2148 - Military Books / 6 books total (109703)
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Here is a nice grouping of military books. Item # 1 of 3: ( 4 ) Veterans Foreign Wars/ Edition of / Pictorial History / of the / Second World War.
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Utah's Greatest Manhunt...For Lopez Softcover  (108193)2149 - Utah's Greatest Manhunt...For Lopez Softcover (108193)
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Rare softcover. Utah's Greatest Manhunt, The True Story of the Hunt for Lopez, by an Eye Witness. 142pp. The story of Lopez and his long dispute...
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Irrigation Investigations in Utah U.S. Dept. of Agriculture  (120620)2150 - Irrigation Investigations in Utah U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (120620)
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This is the full report of water management in the entire state of Utah of which five rivers are managed for irrigation in 1903. The book was publish
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The Exploration and Survey of the Valley of Great Salt Lake of Utah by Howard Stansbury books  (12062151 - The Exploration and Survey of the Valley of Great Salt Lake of Utah by Howard Stansbury books (1206
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This is a collection of two books detailing the Stansbury exploration of 1851 published in 1852. The larger book details Howard Stansbury's obs...
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Vermont Legislative Directory  (100077)2152 - Vermont Legislative Directory (100077)
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Hardcover directory with fold out Vermont map. 156pp with index. 1.75" spine/front board break Date: 1878 Country if not USA: State: Vermo...
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Temple Bar, the City Golgotha - Rare Book from England with Provenance  (118990)2153 - Temple Bar, the City Golgotha - Rare Book from England with Provenance (118990)
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Rare book: Temple Bar, the City Golgotha: A Narrative of the Historical Occurrences of a Criminal Character Associated with the Present Bar, by James
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Abraham Lincoln: A Play -Rare 1919 Book  (118991)2154 - Abraham Lincoln: A Play -Rare 1919 Book (118991)
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Rare book, Abraham Lincoln: A Play, by John Drinkwater. Copyright 1919, first edition, published by Houghton Mifflin - New York/Boston. Hardcover, 112
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Academy for Grown Horsemen Containing the Completest Instructions for walking, Trotting, etc., Gamba2155 - Academy for Grown Horsemen Containing the Completest Instructions for walking, Trotting, etc., Gamba
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Gambado's third edition of his original two treatises published in London, 1808. Please see the description in this catalog for that work. The i...
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Academy for Grown Horsemen, Gambado, 1787 and 1791  (114330)2156 - Academy for Grown Horsemen, Gambado, 1787 and 1791 (114330)
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An Academy for Horsemen containing complete Instructions for Walking, trotting, galloping, stumbling, tumbling, cantering. Illustrated with copper pla
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Adolph Hitler: Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers oversized book  (110497)2157 - Adolph Hitler: Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers oversized book (110497)
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This is an oversized book entitled: Adolph Hitler: Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des Fuhrers published by Herausgegeben Vom Cigaretten/Bilderdienst of Hamburg
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Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. in the Rocky Mtns. and the Far West by Washington Irving  (2158 - Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. in the Rocky Mtns. and the Far West by Washington Irving (
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This book, complete with fold out map gives details of the west as it appears in 1849 to Captain Bonneville written by Washington Irving. Anything wes
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Sold to d*******f for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Book of the American Indian  (118997)2159 - Book of the American Indian (118997)
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The Book of the American Indian, by Hamlin Garland, copyright 1923, first edition, Harper & Brothers, New York & London. Illustrations by Fr...
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