May 2018 Americana, Railroad, Mining, & More Auction

Auction Details

Welcome to our May 2018 auction! This four-day sale has close to 3,000 lots in the following collecting categories: Native Americana, Cowboy & Western, Mining, Tokens, Numismatics, Bottles, General Americana, Railroadiana, and a large Bargain/Dealer Specials section.

Highlights include:

*Our first offering of tokens from a prominent Texas Collection.

*A new batch of railroad passes from the Potter Collection.

*A Mining section that features a new group of territorial Nevada stock certificates as well as rare California, Montana, Arizona, and Colorado pieces.

*A Cowboy section with spurs, bits, ephemera, and two incredible Pawnee Bill Wild West Show posters.

*Baskets, pottery, jewelry, rugs, points, art, and more in our Native Americana section.

*California soda bottles and rare Nevada medicine bottles.

*Numismatics incl. US and world coins, currency, scrip, medals, and other exonumia.

*Ephemera from the Al Adams Collection, Potter Collection, and Prag Collection including early US and world maps; Montana fort & Indian trader documents & early Montana mining pieces; early Idaho documents; Western postcards and postal history with a focus on Arizona; plus rare pieces from California, Nevada, Oregon, and more.

*A large Bargain/Dealer Section featuring both entry-level collectibles and large dealer lots ideal for resale. Our philosophy for this section is to help beginning collectors start their collections and to restock dealer inventories, therefore helping grow the collecting community as a whole.

Full Auction Schedule

Day One (May 7th, 2018) (Lots 1000-1734)
Native Americana (1000-1172)
Baskets
Pottery
Jewelry
Rugs & Weavings
Beadwork & Clothing
Points, Tools, & Weaponry
Art
Ephemera & Books
Cowboy & Western (1173-1264)
Spurs
Bits
Clothing
Buffalo Bill / Pawnee Bill
Ephemera
Mining (1265-1734)
Artifacts (Lighting, Signs, Explosives, Hard Goods)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort)


Day Two (May 8th, 2018) (Lots 2000-2754)
Tokens (2000-2249)
Numismatics (2250-2379)
Medals
Coins
Currency & Scrip
Ephemera
World’s Fairs & Expositions (2380-2406)
Gaming (2407-2431)
Bottles (2432-2654)
Insulators
Soda
Medicine
Misc.
Saloon, Brewing, Cigar, & Tobacco (2655-2718)
Beer & Brewing
Cigar & Tobacco
Jewelry (2719-2754)

Day Three (May 9th, 2018) (Lots 3000-3730)
General Americana

Day Four (May 10th, 2018) (Lots 4000-4752)
Railroadiana (4000-4189)
Passes
Ephemera
Bargains & Dealer Specials (4190-4752)
Gen. Americana
Mining
Numismatics
Tokens
Railroad
Postal


SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Souvenir of the Great War $1 Bill2315Souvenir of the Great War $1 Bill
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fr. 743, National Currency one dollar note, Series of 1914. Signed on obverse "returned as a souvenir of the Great War" on the reverse are...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 3***6 for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
Star Note Silver Certificate, 19232316Star Note Silver Certificate, 1923
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large size $1 Series of 1923. "One Silver Dollar payable to the bearer on Demand." Very good condition. Signed Speelman-White. HWAC# 61...
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6******n for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
Large Size Silver Certificates2317Large Size Silver Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three large sized $1 bills Series of 1923, Fr. 238. All silver certificates in good-very good condition. HWAC# 61928 Date: 1923 Locat
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
Error Note $1 Federal Reserve Note2318Error Note $1 Federal Reserve Note
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fr. #1909-I, printed fold error with different serial numbers front and back. Printed at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank in 1977. Serial number
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Virginia Currency2319Virginia Currency
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four pieces. Three pieces of The Town of Leesburg notes: 12 1/2 cents, 25 cents (is this a contemporary counterfeit?) , $1. A vignette of a dog
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to t******V for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Canadian Currency2320Canadian Currency
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four notes: two $1 bills 1937, 1935; $5 bill 1935; $10 1935. Well circulated but nice very good condition. HWAC# 61963 Date: Location
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 6******n for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
Asian Currency2321Asian Currency
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large lot, approximately thirty pieces, of paper money from Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma and Indochina. HWAC# 61661 Date: Location:
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a********n.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
Japanese Currency2322Japanese Currency
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15 pieces, many Japanese occupation notes "pesos" "Een Gulden" "rupee". HWAC# 61665 Date: Location:
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Notgeld 1914-1924 (German Currency Album)2323Notgeld 1914-1924 (German Currency Album)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Paper album entitled "Notgeld 1914-1924" with over 70 pieces of German currency in slotted album pages. Several pages of commentary in Ge...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to h********k.. for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
Western European Currency2324Western European Currency
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large lot of currency from many European nations: Portugal, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, France, Finland, Austria, Poland and Spain. Over 25 pieces t
Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to 6*****g for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00