"Holabird's High-Grade": Mining, Numismatics, Railroadiana, & Americana (June 2023 Live Auction)

Thin wall glass St. Louis 1904 Eads Bridge souvenir beer glass with gilt lip. 3.5". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA):...

Thin wall souvenir beer glass. Frankie Walker/Worlds Fair 1904. Missouri State Building. 3.4". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (...

Thin wall glass with gilt lip Pan-American Expo, Buffalo 1901/Temple of Music. 3.5". .25" lip chip. Date: Country (if not USA): State...

Thin wall glass Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901/Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building. 3.5". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Co...

1901 Pan Am Expo, Buffalo thin wall souvenir beer glass. Partial lip gilt. No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): State: New Y

Thin wall souvenir beer glass with partial gilt lip. Pan-American Exposition. Buffalo 1901. Temple of Music graphic, reverse has McKinley assassinatio

Thin wall gilt lip Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901/Electricity Building souvenir beer glass. 3.5". Some gilt wear. No apparent chips or ...

Thin wall glass Pan-American/Exposition/1901 souvenir beer glass. 3.6". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): State: ...

Thin wall Compliments of/Gerhart & Moyer/Robesonia, PA souvenir glass.3.75". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

c. 1890-1910 thin wall souvenir beer glass. Compliments of/M Mathiesen/Henry, S D. 3.75" tall. No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (...

Thin wall and gold gilt Saltair Beach/Salt Lake, Utah souvenir beer glass. 3.75". Some upper scuffing. No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Co...

Thin side wall and gilt Mormon Temple & Tabernacle/Salt Lake City souvenir beer glass with decal. 3.5". Some missing image on "S"...

Thin wall glass Admiral Dewey USN souvenir beer glass. 3.75". .3" lip chip. Admiral Geo Dewey with photo 3.75". Date: Country (if...

Thin wall glass, gilt lip, US Battleship Maine/Blown Up In Havana Harbor. 3.5". Small lip ding. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:...

Thin wall glass 28th Encampment/G A R//Pittsburgh. 1894 souvenir beer glass. 3.5". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): ...

Thin wall glass, Grand Army of Republic, G A R/Souvenir beer glass. Abraham Lincoln portrait//L. O. Possibly initials of a Union soldier. 3.75"...

Thin wall glass G A R /Souvenir with George Thomas image, general in the Union Army during the Civil War and a principal commander in the Western Thea

Thin wall beer glass. Our Next President/Wm McKinley.3.5". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Prove...

Thin wall beer glass. Our Martyr President/Assassinated Sept 6-1901, Died Sept 14-1901. 3.75". Lip chip and 3 lip dings. Please inspect. Date...

c.1891-1910 tin wall beer glass. Sixteen To One/Free Coinage Of Silver. 3.5". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...

c. 1890-1910 Thin side beer glasses. Remember Me and US Eagle. 3.75" tall. No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): State:...

Thin was glass Star Spangled Banner beer glass. 3.6". No apparent chips or cracks. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Large ceramic decorative beer stein. 17" tall 6.5" diameter at the base. Multi color. Custom art scene of waterfall in the center possibly...

Nice vintage back bar bottle stopper with a head likely depicting a mythological or literate figure. The face is pre c. 1900 ivory and nicely carved,

Group of about 25 pieces of whisky and wine ephemera including pictorial letterheads, price lists, c. 1880's to 90's. Also Internal Revenue ...

2 rare beer pumps books. The Russ Company, Cleveland, 80pp with price and illustrations of parts, some foxing mostly on side edge, front cover dogear.

Rare bar fixture price lists from Chas Passow & Sons. This company probably issues tokens.1906 72pp. 1907 has stuck pages and mold. Sold as is. ...

c. 1910's Bottlers Machinery and Supplies Catalog for soda, beer and water bottlers. Lots of machinery and supply photos. 167pp with index. Spin...

Lot of 28. Street level views of events. Some nice birds eye views of the dredging for Treasure Island and the completed event. Several of the Ch

About 37 original, no reproductions, psychedelic rock and roll concert postcards from Fillmore West, Cow Palace, Winterland etc. Many mailed to Dave,

Lot of 15. Post Cards w/photos by A.W. and Co., Not RPC's. Street level view: Trinidad Ca., Redwood trees, Redwood Highway, Redwood Highway ...

About 1500-2000 mixed California postcards, c. 1907-70. San Francisco, Los Angeles, Mt. Shasta, Stockton, Missions, trees, Napa, Santa Cruz etc. 12 lb

About 300+ unsorted California postcards, c. 1907-1970. Lake Tahoe, Knott's Berry Farm, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, Disneyland, Mammoth Lak...

About 300 unsorted California post cards with about 25 RPC's and Death Valley, borax, mining, Tuolumne etc. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta...

About 500 or more Montana RPC's c. 1938-42. This is inventory from a store with many duplicates. Landusky, Bovey Tracey etc. Date: Country (i...

Lot of 10. Color post cards of venues w/ color seal of the expo. One non-used sleeping permit for the expo. Date: 1896-1905 Country (if not USA):

About 25 postcards from Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Emerald Bay, UNR, Cave Rock, Truckee River, Donner Lake etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ne

A nice varied collection of about 200 US postcards, c 1908-1940. The collection is housed in a notebook with 4pc/page. The cards are virtually coast t

About 350 animal postcards. Horse, chicken, squirrel, deer, dog, pelican, seal, bull, cat, bird etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:

1000+ unsorted postcards of all ages. California, Butte, greetings, Colorado Springs, Philadelphia, New Jersey etc. Postmarks not looked at. A true gr

About 20 Western RPC's. Mostly white border, c. 1925-40. NV, AZ, CO, Ca including Mt. Lassen eruption. etc. Date: Country (if not USA): St...

About 25 mostly Western RPC's. Mt. Shasta and other unidentified California scenes. Also NM, AZ, AL etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State:...

About 500 mostly older birthday and general greetings postcards. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 1000 older Christmas cards including fancy red Santa Claus cards. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 400 older Easter postcards. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 500 sorted holiday postcards. Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's, Thanksgiving, New Years. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:...

About 500 mostly older assorted fruit and flower postcards. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 3000 mostly US linen postcards, c. 1940-50. Many subjects and locations, Washington, Rockefeller Center, Gettysburg, Ketchikan, Yellowstone, DC

Collection of Logging Related Ephemera (4). 1) Long-Bell Lumber Co., Longview, WA. 9" Dinner plate with name, used by their loggers, for me...

About 300 modern and older postcards. Marilyn Monroe, romance and pinups. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 650 assorted humor and cartoon post cards, 6 lbs. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

Total of 33. Seventeen are RPC's. Postmarks: Sonora '48, Tour Co. Inc Nord. Street Level scenes: Territorial Enterprise Virginia City (2...

About 500 cards. Roughly 85% RPC's with mostly white borders, post 1925. Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainer, caves, Des Moines, Mt. Lassen eruption, military,...

About 30 Native American postcards. Mostly chromolitho across several publishers. c. 1900-20's featuring many chiefs. Perhaps half are pre split...

Lot of 63. Many of these were mailed to Ken Prag from clubs for Post Card Week. A few RPC's, a couple of pre-split , one Pvt. Mailing Cards ,...

2 albums with perhaps 400-500 US travel postcards, c. 1920's-30's. Mostly Southwest US themed with RPC's of mound builder in Illinois, G...

About 500 modern and older transportation postcards. Aviation, ships, cars, trains. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

About 2500 unsorted postcards up to 1980's. Mostly US, some RPC's, historical and modern, also some Italy with lots of variety. 26 lbs. Dat...

A box of over 200 vintage post cards. Mostly all greeting cards, c1906-1908; numerous pre-1906, pioneer cards, political cards, bull fighting and the

About 400 mostly older postcards featuring women, children and general people. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

A fantastic group of 100+ Pioneer Cards c. 1898-1907 in a period album titled Cruise aus der Ferne. England, mostly Germany, holidays, New York etc.

About 350 German postcards, c. 1848-1920. Many if not most addressed to USA, with higher than normal foreign postage, some carry US military postmarks

Lot of 2 different. 1) Receipt for Poll Tax 1874, County of San Francisco, March 1874. Issued to Dr. Ellinwood. Signed by the Deputy Assessor. Black o

This is an unlisted variety. Receipt for Poll Tax, 1876, with $2 Poll Tax facsimile adhesive stamp in upper right corner. Black on pink. Issued May 18

2920 issued March 1877 to Dr. C. Ellingwood of the US Marine Hospital, San Francisco County. Signed by Deputy Assessor M. McCarthy. $2 Poll Tax facsim

Lot of 2 different. These are the only two of the group that have both a facsimile adhesive revenue stamp and a facsimile imprinted revenue at center!

Lot of 3 different. 1) 1881 receipt for LC Lane. Signed by Deputy Assessor Macmillan. $2 facsimile adhesive stamp in the upper right. Black on yellow

Lot of 15: 11 hunting permits and 4 California fishing licenses, all with stamps. Total of 36 stamps incl. RW 15, RW 34-8, RW 41, and RW 43. The rest

Rare orange Wells, Fargo & Co's Express label, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1.5x2.5". Date: Country (if not USA): State: Colorado City...

Full sheet of 50 US Stamps, Hawaii Scott 80. 1c dark green. NH, imprints to top and bottom. Bright, fresh, VF. Date: Country (if not USA): State:

4 early US folded paper covers, c. 1810's. 2 addressed to Postmaster in Cumberland. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Maryland City: Pr...

About 150 covers to Virginia City MT, mostly sent from the Midwest. c. 1992-1908. Date: Country (if not USA): State: Montana City: Virginia Cit

4 missent covers, 3 with front advertising. All addressed to S R Buford, Virginia City, MT, however they were all delivered to Virginia City, NV. Cove

Lot of 3 different sheets with of 100 stamps each, 3 different denominations: 17 cent (green), 34 cent (red), and 68 cent (blue). Printed by American

1931 Germany Dornier Do X first flight cover, Europe to South America via Rio de Janeiro. Has six stamps, five different, including: a 2 Reichmark Ze

Cover with US 1930 $2.60 Graf Zeppelin stamp (Scott C15) tied by Varick, St. Sta. NY May 6, 1930 machine cancel. On cover for first Europe Pan-America

Scott C13-15 Graf Zeppelin on cover and postcards, April 21, 1930. 65c, $1.30, $2.60 set of plate number singles. 1 First Flight Cover($2.60) and 2 Fi

Lot of 3 different: 65c, $1.30, and $2.60. Scott #s C13-15. Extremely well-centered, lightly hinged. Very fine. The choice scenes of US airmail! Date

A nice cached First Day cover collection from 1991. Most of the cachets are color, and include all the categories, inclusive of space. The collection

About 30 corner advertising covers, c. 1890's to 1910. E M Chessman, Force Foods, H M Marks, C H Hanson, Combe Printing, Cascade Stables etc. D...

13 mainstream US company advertising covers, a couple with reverse advertising c. 1892-1909. Ghirardelli, Montgomery Ward, Durham Tobacco, Libby'...

17 corner pictorial advertising covers c. 1883-1906. San Jose Fruit-we sold a can like this one in a previous auction! Fruit, calf meal, black leg vac

9 full face advertising covers c. 1879-94. Salt, coffee, carriages, fruit, liquor, seeds, etc. Some with stamps. Date: Country (if not USA): Stat

Postal Commemorative Society binder with Norman Rockwell cachets. 100 covers c. 1978-80. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

1) 1856 Newington manuscript with contents. Written on cover 'on board Ship Patterson.' 2) Portola Maine stamped letter sheet. 1853. One pag...

13 reverse advertising covers, some are 2 side ads, c. 1899-1907. Coffee, book, harness, lumber, tent, soap, fixtures, starch etc. All but 1 with stam

Lot withdrawn Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection

About 43 Western corner advertising covers, many with contents c. 1892-1908. D W Gill, F A Folgers, Sweet Candy, Helvetia Milk, Dalles Fruit, Salt Lak

7 wine and whisky covers with contents, c. 1886-1904.James Levy & Bro. with reverse advertising including Tea Kettle Whisky with no Western agen...

1) 1866 on cover New York to Switzerland. Fancy cancel and interesting postmark - New York Transit Switzerland stamps on reverse. 2) England to New Yo

Lot of 19 covers. Includes: US Mail Express red cancel on 1840s NY stampless cover; fancy cancels incl. on New Orleans, 1863; three covers with Columb

4 US domestic covers, c. 1860's and post Civil War. #65 on Sacramento to San Francisco advertising cover. Rust 3 cents and 3 cents postal statio...

About 120 unused US imprinted postal covers, c. 1932-1980's. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: Gary Bracken Collect...

6 covers with 1869 series stamps. A34 1 cent, A36 3 cents, A33 15 cents, 2x A35 2 cents, A37 6 cents, off center. Date: Country (if not USA): Sta

US stamp, Scott E-1, 10c blue Special Delivery. Mint, OG. F-VF, catalog $575. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

America's first stamp, Scott #1, 5c brown. Appears unused, hinged. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:

5 different A24 covers, c. early 1860's. Some with additional stamps. See photos. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance: ...

A29 cover from Richmond, VA to Sheffield England. Paid in Liverpool. Red and black cancel. Sheffield cancel on back. Date: Country (if not USA):

A30 in light brown on cover from San Francisco to New York and finally Frankfort Germany. 7 cents paid cancel. Front of cover only, white paper partia

A48 on 1872 cover to Prussia with orange 7 cent. Bremen front cancel and AUSC. back cancel. Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenan