"Marvels of the West" 2024 January Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 308, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview

Auction Details

Welcome to Holabird's 4 Day Auction
Thursday and Friday will be Timed Auctions.
Saturday and Sunday will be Live.

DAY 1:
Art (1000-1028)7
Native Americana (1028-1036)7
General Collectibles (1037-1103)8
Bottles (1104-1179)9
Tobacciana & General Store (1180-1190)10
Furnishings & 3D Items (1191-1197)10
Tools & Firearms (1198-1208)10
Military (1209-1217)11
Various Categories - Political, Music, Maps, Books, Sports, etc (1218-1375)11
Ephemera (1376-1449)14

DAY 2:
Numismatics (2000-2055)15
Mining (2056-2122)16
Stocks & Bonds (2123-2486)17
Transportation & RR (2487-2526)24
Philatelic (2527-2560)25

DAY 3:
Native Americana (3000-3097)26
Books (3098-3140)39
Maps (3140-3151)43
Photography (3152-3205)43
Ephemera (3206-3301)47
Bottles (3302-3569)54
General Collectibles (3570-3608)74
Art (3609-3643)77
Collectibles & Jewelry (3644-3657)81
Misc., Badges, Cowboy (3658-3673)81
Firearms & Military (3674-3716)82

DAY 4:
Minerals (4000-4027)88
Mining (4028-4084)92
Numismatic (4085-4140)97
Tokens (4141-4160)101
Philatelic & Postal History (4161-4183)103
Stocks & Bonds (4187-4445)105
Transportation, Including
Railroadiana (4446-4601)124
Sports & Toys (4602-4616)134

Shipping is billed separately. Pay your auction invoice early as purchases are packed in the order payments are received. Pick-up must be scheduled 24 hours in advance when you receive your shipping preference email after the auction. Invoices will go out immediately after the auction ends.

Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
House of Representatives 1804 Journal   [176081]3278 - House of Representatives 1804 Journal [176081]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Journal of the Eighth Congress of the Twenty-Ninth Year of the Independence of the United States. This very old record is not bound, is fragile, but s
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Borax Smith Signed California Railway Stock   [174733]3279 - Borax Smith Signed California Railway Stock [174733]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A new discovery from the Prag Collection. Issued 1895 California Railway stock, issued to F M Smith. This is "Borax Smith" and signed clea...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Famous Montana Figure Signatures etc, 5   [175203]3280 - Famous Montana Figure Signatures etc, 5 [175203]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 famous Montana figures, signatures etc. Issued New IXL Mining stock to Joseph Kemp Toole, the 1st and 4th governor of Montana, signed by his estate
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to f********n for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Goldfield Con. Mining Stocks with Wingfield Signatures, 5, c. 1907   [175022]3281 - Goldfield Con. Mining Stocks with Wingfield Signatures, 5, c. 1907 [175022]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 c. 1907 Goldfield Co Mining stocks with Geo Wingfield signatures. These are the first series of stocks from this mine and are scarce. City: Goldfi
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Goldfield Cons Mining Stock with 4 Wingfield Signatures Group   [175075]3282 - Goldfield Cons Mining Stock with 4 Wingfield Signatures Group [175075]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 Goldfield Cons Mining stocks. 4 Geo Wingfield signature on 1958 green, 1907 buff, 1934 bown and on 1947 blue Getchell. Also 1915 brown, 1920 brown a
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Mackay and Fraser Autographed Comstock Mining Document   [140314]3283 - Mackay and Fraser Autographed Comstock Mining Document [140314]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Certificate of Declaration of Change in the List of Officers of the Corporation of the Pacific Mill & Mining Company. Signed by John W. Mackay,...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******U for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
Details...Bookmark
Lampazos Silver Mines Stock Pair with G G Rice Signatures   [175077]3284 - Lampazos Silver Mines Stock Pair with G G Rice Signatures [175077]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 c. 1918 Lampazos Silver Mines stocks signed by G G Rice on verso. Rice was a mining con artist and was convicted of stock fraud for over-promotion o
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6****A for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
Details...Bookmark
First National Bank Stocks with 4 Different President Signatures   [175054]3285 - First National Bank Stocks with 4 Different President Signatures [175054]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 i/c First National Bank stocks, c. 1910-24. These 4 all have different bank president signatures. National currency from this bank is especially rar
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
North American Land Co. Stock Signed by Robert Morris, Signer of the Declaration    [172184]3286 - North American Land Co. Stock Signed by Robert Morris, Signer of the Declaration [172184]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Certificate 1264 of 15513 issued to Dr. Enoch Edwards for 1 share of the North American Land Company, 1795. Not cancelled. Seal lower left, embossed.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to d*******f for (475.00 + 118.75BP) = 593.75
 
Details...Bookmark
Autographed Mining Stocks, 6   [174971]3287 - Autographed Mining Stocks, 6 [174971]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 issued mining stock with notable signatures. West End Cons. Mining, 1916 B F Edwards and 1922 F M "Borax" Smith. Goldfield Cons. Mining ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Winthrop Rockefeller Autographed Caricature c. 1938   [174967]3288 - Winthrop Rockefeller Autographed Caricature c. 1938 [174967]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Winthrop Rockefeller original caricature with his autograph as well as dozens of his associates. Noted as from Circus Saints and Sinners Testimonial,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to w*******j for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Strawberry Valley Collection, c.1850-1870   [175677]3289 - Strawberry Valley Collection, c.1850-1870 [175677]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot includes: 10x hand written promissory notes, datelined Strawberry Valley, between 1858-1862; 11x printed promissory notes, datelined Strawberry Va
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Great Council Session Degree of Pocahontas Badge Collection   [176221]3290 - Great Council Session Degree of Pocahontas Badge Collection [176221]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of nine badges from Great Council Sessions of the Degree of Pocahontas. Photo buttons of the Great Pocahontas from 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Montana Freemason Ephemera Group, c. 1864-1926   [175106]3291 - Montana Freemason Ephemera Group, c. 1864-1926 [175106]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 25 pieces of Montana Freemasons ephemera, c. 1864-1926. Includes receipts, correspondences on letterheads, receipts, member booklets, lodge supp
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******g for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Montana Masonic Ephemera Archive   [174543]3292 - Montana Masonic Ephemera Archive [174543]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 20 pieces of c. late 1800's to early 1900's Montana Masonic ephemera including letters, checks, several lists of officers, 3 covers wi...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Montana Masonic Imprints, 6   [174545]3293 - Montana Masonic Imprints, 6 [174545]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 Montana Masonic booklets c. 1870-1896.Mostly Territorial-constitution, bylaws. State: Montana Montana
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to f********n for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
Details...Bookmark
Virginia City Masonic 1865 Booklet and Emblem   [175541]3294 - Virginia City Masonic 1865 Booklet and Emblem [175541]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1865 Masonic First Grand Communication booklet with handwritten note on verso from a Virginia City member-spine separating, center vertical crease and
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to f********n for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
Details...Bookmark
Fraternal Hat Collection, 17   [174353]3295 - Fraternal Hat Collection, 17 [174353]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
17 fraternal hats, mostly Montana related. Some numbered 5 and 48. A few ceremonial sashes too.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
Details...Bookmark
I.O.O.F. Badge Collection   [176222]3296 - I.O.O.F. Badge Collection [176222]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten vintage I.O.O.F. badges and three miscellaneous: 1906 Toronto, Canada: Connecticut badge, Pennsylvania badge, Colorado badge, Nevada badge,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Knights Templar Ephemera, c, 1873-1903   [175084]3297 - Knights Templar Ephemera, c, 1873-1903 [175084]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Assortment of Knights Templar ephemera. 1903 Third Degree certificate. 1876 Centennial event at ridley Park, PA. 1873 Good Templar, Fort Shaw M T. 187
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to f********n for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
Details...Bookmark