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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Correspondence Re: California Water & Mining Company  (113636)4200 - Correspondence Re: California Water & Mining Company (113636)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7. 1) 1898 letter to Thos. M. Clark of Newark, NJ, to get his proxy to vote at a meeting for the California Water & Mining Co. 2) 1903 le...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to u********y.. for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
 
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New York Hill Gold Mining Co. Revenue Checks (2)  (58563)4201 - New York Hill Gold Mining Co. Revenue Checks (2) (58563)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two F. Berton & Co. (one has Alfred Borel & Co. stamped above), RN-G, New York Hill Gold Mining Co. checks. Both issued in San Francisco, 18...
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Estimate : 160.00 - 240.00
Sold to c*********p for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Prescott Hill Mine Framed Sketch of Buildings and Water Pipe System  (106487)4202 - Prescott Hill Mine Framed Sketch of Buildings and Water Pipe System (106487)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed hand colored sketch of mine buildings and water pipe system. "Mineralization is a vein deposit hosted in diabase and granodiorite. The o...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d******a for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Map of Mining Properties at Goldtown, Mojave Mining District  (113579)4203 - Map of Mining Properties at Goldtown, Mojave Mining District (113579)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This has not been seen by us before. Compiled by Louis D. Rasor, US Mineral Surveyor for California, January 1923. Colored pencil notations on top to
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******a for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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1950 Catalog Book " Braun - Knecht- Heimann Co.,  book of Laboratory Instruments, Apparatus & Suppli4204 - 1950 Catalog Book " Braun - Knecht- Heimann Co., book of Laboratory Instruments, Apparatus & Suppli
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Famous huge Mining Supply Company based in L.A. -"Braun-Knecht-Heimann-Co., Catalog 50 for "Laboratory, Apparatus Instruments and Supplies...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Two Photographs of Napa County Mercury Mines  (113570)4205 - Two Photographs of Napa County Mercury Mines (113570)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2 different. 1) Lucky Strike Mining Company, La Joya Mine, Napa Co., Cal. (labelled bottom right). View shows outside of the mining and milling
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Cal State Mining Bureau Bulletin Geology and Ore Deposits of Randsburg  (120931)4206 - Cal State Mining Bureau Bulletin Geology and Ore Deposits of Randsburg (120931)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
California State Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 95, March, 1925 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Randsburg Quadrangle. Contains Fold out maps (5) Undergrou
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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California Gold Mill Practices by. Ed. B. Preston, M.E. 1901 reference book  (120617)4207 - California Gold Mill Practices by. Ed. B. Preston, M.E. 1901 reference book (120617)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This small handbook published in 1901 by the California State Mining Bureau, Ed. B. Preston describes the many techniques and equipment used to extra
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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California Gold Rush Documents (2)  (100404)4208 - California Gold Rush Documents (2) (100404)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 California gold rush documents. 1) Memo of Gold Bullion deposited at assay office of S. Molitor & Co, 110 Montgomery St., San Francisco on Ma...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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California State Mining  Bureau Bulletin No. 9 - 1896 Mine Drainage, Pumps, Etc.  (116278)4209 - California State Mining Bureau Bulletin No. 9 - 1896 Mine Drainage, Pumps, Etc. (116278)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Mine Drainage, Pumps, Etc." by Hans C. Behr, Mechanical Engineer, California State Mining Bureau, Bulletin No. 9, San Francisco, August ...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Gold Quartz Veins Alleghany District, USGS Survey  (122275)4210 - Gold Quartz Veins Alleghany District, USGS Survey (122275)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Quartz Veins of teh Alleghany District, California, 1932 U.S. G.S. PP 172 By H. G. Ferguson & R. W. Gannett. 9 x 11.5" softbound bookl...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Ltd. Edition California Silver Spoon in Case  (100060)4211 - Ltd. Edition California Silver Spoon in Case (100060)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4" special spoon by Studio C with pan and nugget on top and underground miner on bow. #28/500 in case, nice item for display Date: Country i...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R*****6 for (80.00 + 17.60BP) = 97.60
 
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Map of Lands Granted to Southern Pacific Co. in California Sheet No. 2  (122265)4212 - Map of Lands Granted to Southern Pacific Co. in California Sheet No. 2 (122265)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Takes in portions of Fresno, Kings, Kern, & San Luis Obispo Counties. 42 x 58" wide on onion skin. Folded but in great condition. Date: 2...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Mining Ephemera  (112102)4213 - Mining Ephemera (112102)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirteen pieces of mining history including letters and assay receipts from mining companies throughout California: Grass Valley, Damascus, Angels Cam
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Thomas Lunt Hale CDV and Travel Brochure  (89301)4214 - Thomas Lunt Hale CDV and Travel Brochure (89301)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
CDV by Carl Meinerth of Thomas Lunt Hale who is not listed in Bancroft. Also, The Log of a Forty-Niner by Hale about his 1840's and 1850's j...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold to d*******f for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Ten Broecke Mine Ore Bag  (114347)4215 - Ten Broecke Mine Ore Bag (114347)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original canvas ore bag from the Ten Broeck Mine, about 14 x 24", hand sewn, perhaps 1880. The term Ten Broeck is an American surname, primaril...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Leadville Mining Correspondence  (113615)4216 - Leadville Mining Correspondence (113615)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. Deals with two Leadville mines. 1) Denver City Consolidated Mining Company. Includes: letter about stockholder's meeting; 1895 carbon ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Braganza Mine Archive  (100049)4217 - Braganza Mine Archive (100049)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice group of 161943 indenture, small photos, original patent, 1906 mineral certificate during T Roosevelt offic, 1926 assay cert with tears, 1953 lo
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Harper's Weekly Article on Leadville  (122278)4218 - Harper's Weekly Article on Leadville (122278)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 hand-colored wood engravings show illustrations of Chestnut St., Interior of Shaf House and view from Harrison Avenue. Matted 14 x 18.5". Lot...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 140.00
 
 
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Holy Cross City, Eagle County Mining Maps (5)  (122268)4219 - Holy Cross City, Eagle County Mining Maps (5) (122268)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Cross section through French Mountains showing the Delphin (1400 ft), Pelican (600 ft) and Garfield shafts and the proposed Gold Park T
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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