January 2018 Auction: Americana, Bottles, Numismatics, Railroad, Mining, Native Americana

Auction Details

Our first auction of 2018 is a special two-day, 1,400+ lot sale with items in more than a dozen collecting categories, including Tokens, Numismatics, Railroad & Express, Mining, Postcards, Bottles, General Americana, Native Americana, Antique Firearms, Military, Cowboy, and a Bargains & Dealer Specials Section.

*Highlights*

--A rare grouping of 19th century silverware from jewelers on the Comstock Lode, including a never-before-seen M.M. Fredrick silver chalice.

--A stunning California Gold-in-Quartz watch plus other jewelry

--A large General Americana section featuring ephemera from Western states like California, Nevada, Colorado, Montana; large postcard collections from Utah and Washington; and art.

--An assorted Mining section with reference books, lamps, spoons, rare stock certificates, photographs, documents, and ore and fossil specimens

--All sorts of Native Americana including baskets, beadwork, clothing, tools, war clubs, rugs, pottery, and ephemera

--Cowboy collectibles such as art, ephemera, saddles, irons, clothing, and photographs

--A Firearms & Weaponry section featuring rare antique ammunition and knives

--Military collectibles including Civil War documents, photographs, and a rare Ambulance Corps Arm Band

--Coin collecting books, catalogs, US coin sets, US and foreign medals, bank notes/currency, and ingots

--Rare slot machines, gaming chips, and ephemera in our Gaming section

--A fabulous antique Bottle section featuring California Gold Rush Sodas and Nevada Medicines, including examples used in Fred Holabird's bottle books.

--Railroad reference books, padlocks, nails, passes, and other ephemera including train wreck photo collections

--A small but select offering of Wells Fargo & Other Express collectibles including 1850s stock certificates

--Collectibles from 8 different World's Fairs & Expositions

--The auction concludes with a large Bargains & Dealer Specials section full of collectibles from many categories including Mining, Railroad, Tokens, & General Americana. These lots are either large groupings or entry-level items, meant to help restock dealer inventories and jumpstart a new generation of collectors!


Full Auction Schedule

Day One, January 20th, 2018 (Lots 1001-1723)

*General Americana (Lots 1001-1377)
*Foreign (Lots 1378-1391)
*Mining (Lots 1392-1578)
*Minerals (Lots1579-1596)
*Art (Lots 1597-1625)
*Native Americana (Lots 1626-1723)

Day Two, January 21st, 2018 (Lots 2001-2726)

*Cowboy (Lots 2001-2054)
*Firearms/Weaponry (Lots 2055-2102)
*Military (Lots 2103-2135)
*Numismatics (Lots 2136-2192)
*Gaming (Lots 2193-2210)
*Tokens (Lots 2211-2232)
*Bottles (Lots 2233-2365)
*Saloon (Lots 2366-2373
*Railroadiana (Lots 2374-2483)
*Wells Fargo (Lots 2484-2489)
*World's Fair & Expositions (Lots 2490-2508)
*Bargains & Dealer Specials (Lots 2509-2726)
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1892 Price Lists for Plug Tobacco, Louisville, Kentucky1198 - 1892 Price Lists for Plug Tobacco, Louisville, Kentucky
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four identical Price Lists for Plug Tobacco, For All Points in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah. Manufactured by the National Tobacco W
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1832 Boston Stagecoach Mail Way-Bill1199 - 1832 Boston Stagecoach Mail Way-Bill
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Way-Bill for the Boston & Keene Eagle Line and United States Mail, via Jaffrey, New-Ipswich, Groton, and Concord. Dated Nov. 14, 1832. Two small...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to J*********s for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Large Selection of Ann Arbor RN Revenue Imprinted Checks1200 - Large Selection of Ann Arbor RN Revenue Imprinted Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All are RNG, Numerous, at least 6 different varieties sorted, about 2000 checks c. 1877-1883. Date: Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan HWAC# 33246
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to t******2 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Unsorted Ann Arbor, Michigan Revenue Check Collection1201 - Unsorted Ann Arbor, Michigan Revenue Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unsorted RNG check group from The First National Bank of Ann Arbor. All are RNG's and some have adhesive revenue stamps c. 1877-83. Over 1000 ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to t******2 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Great Lakes Region Playing Cards1202 - Great Lakes Region Playing Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19 Electric Railway playing cards featuring locations in the Great Lakes Region such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. Please inspec
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Kansas City Journal Newspaper Article about Outlaw Ben Cravens1203 - Kansas City Journal Newspaper Article about Outlaw Ben Cravens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Newspaper with photo article on capture of outlaw Ben Cravens (page 4) Comes with 1989 magazine "True West" & tells of life story of B...
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Two 1906 Butte Fair Exhibit Photographs1204 - Two 1906 Butte Fair Exhibit Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Board mounted photographs of the Beebe Grain Company exhibit at the Butte Montana Fair of 1906. It is a house made out of wheat and grain with produ
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 140.00
 
 
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Bricklayers' and Masons' Union Books, Butte, Montana1205 - Bricklayers' and Masons' Union Books, Butte, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bricklayers' and Masons' International Union No. 1. Four books - two from 1917 and two from 1924! All are for Constitution and By-Laws. 34 p...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 6*****b for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Butte City Letter concerning "40 Bruckner Furnaces" (typed 6 pages)1206 - Butte City Letter concerning "40 Bruckner Furnaces" (typed 6 pages)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Report forwarded from E.M. West to Mr. Marcus Daly. Marcus Daly was on of the "Copper Kings" of Butte and a statue of Daly by Augustus Sai...
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Original Circus Flyer for Ringling Brothers Circus in Montana1207 - Original Circus Flyer for Ringling Brothers Circus in Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 pp. in this flyer of Ringling Bros' "Tremendous Equine Ballet Militant." Many very entertaining sketches of animals performing, circ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m**********i for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Ringling Bros. Montana Promo Flyer1208 - Ringling Bros. Montana Promo Flyer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Orange paper 4pp 14" x11" Ringling Bros promo flyer boasting a tremendous equine ballet militant and a moving sea of color, grace and gran...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to m**********i for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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1924 Buick Auto Parts Calendar, Dillon, Montana1209 - 1924 Buick Auto Parts Calendar, Dillon, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a 1924 advertising catalog for a Buick dealer in Dillon, Montana. Piece measure 43"x 29.5", while picture measures 16"x 22&qu...
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 750.00
 
 
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Photo of Log Cabin by L.A. Huffman, Fort Keogh, Montana1210 - Photo of Log Cabin by L.A. Huffman, Fort Keogh, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Laton Alton Huffman arrived in Miles City, Montana Territory in December of 1879. He was 25 years old and had come to seek the recently vacated positi
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Detective Fund Warrant, Helena, Montana Territory, 18901211 - Detective Fund Warrant, Helena, Montana Territory, 1890
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mounted Territory of Montana Stock Inspector and Detective Fund Warrant. Measures 13"x 10" and ready to hang. Date: August 27, 1890 Loc...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r****1 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Algeria Shriner Memorabilia, Helena, Montana1212 - Algeria Shriner Memorabilia, Helena, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Memorabilia from an Algeria Shriner, Max Sarter. Included: hat in leather case, 3 pins, certificate, pennant, Masonic Code Book of Montana, 1909, Ritu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******f for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro. Revenue Check Collection1213 - Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro. Revenue Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine choice RN imprinted checks. eight different for L.H. Hershfield & Bro., Bankers in Helena. Includes four pictorial pieces: 1866 (RN-...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Sold to i******s for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps1214 - Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Maps of Butte City with proposed additions and planning in un-built lots. Meaderville City map of Main Street with the Leonard Shaft also shown. Rar
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 210.00
 
 
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Miles City, Montana Municipal Paper Archive1215 - Miles City, Montana Municipal Paper Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Municipal papers, mostly Miles City, many to or from the Mayor and/or City Council. Binder full of these papers. 106 pages. Many billheads: Office of
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to r*****2 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Diary of Weather for year of 1935, Saco, Montana1216 - Diary of Weather for year of 1935, Saco, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black leather bound diary from C.W. Nelson, Fire and Life Insurance Farm & Live Stock Loans & the name C.E. Knight embossed at bottom right ...
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Photo of Butte Courier Newspaper Office1217 - Photo of Butte Courier Newspaper Office
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 photo of the Courier Office building with 10 people standing out in front (2 women holding babies) all in period dress. Good condition only slight s
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