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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Railroad-Indian Pioneer Prints Book (1)1170 - Railroad-Indian Pioneer Prints Book (1)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Railroad-Indian and Pioneer Prints by Currier and Ives, compiled by Fred J. Peters. Hardback book, second volume of a series of publication on Currier
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to C*****4 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Trail of Tears Related Books (5)1171 - Trail of Tears Related Books (5)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Cherokee Legends and the Trail of Tears, paperback, by Underwood; 2) The Cherokee Removal, paperback, by Perdue and Green; 3) Cherokee Tragedy, The
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Native American History Library1172 - Native American History Library
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 10 books on Native American history for the advanced student. Perhaps the best is the Navajo language, a publication of the education division o
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Buermann Star Steel Silver Marked Bit & Spur Set1173 - Buermann Star Steel Silver Marked Bit & Spur Set
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Buermann Star Steel silver marked bit & spur set.Listed in their #35 catalog as Panama Bit and Cowboy Spurs. Mouth is 5” wide & length of bi...
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 450.00 - 550.00
 
 
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Crockett Bit Vintage Silver Overlaid1174 - Crockett Bit Vintage Silver Overlaid
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Crockett bit, Vintage silver overlaid bit with 5” mouth and 7” tall from top of bridle rings to base of bit,.Crockett mark is on underside of mouth.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Crockett Silver Overlaid Bull Riding Style Spurs1175 - Crockett Silver Overlaid Bull Riding Style Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice pair of vintage Crockett silver overlaid bull riding style spurs. Crockett stamped on lower edge of heel band near shank. Buttons, heel bands and
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Engraved Stainless Steel Spurs1176 - Engraved Stainless Steel Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nicely engraved pair of stainless spurs. Slightly curved shanks for cutting horse riding. Engraving wraps around both sides of each spur spurs, 5 poin
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Gene Rogers Spurs1177 - Gene Rogers Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gene Rogers double mounted silver, brass and copper spurs. Gene Rogers of Golden, Colorado a 2013 Hall of Fame recipient, National Bit, Spur &...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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L&M Double Mounted Silver Spurs1178 - L&M Double Mounted Silver Spurs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double Mounted Silver Spurs By L&M. Beautiful Double Mounted Silver Spurs by Denny Lytle and James Mower, father and son-in-law partnership. Spu...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,800.00
 
 
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Longhorn Motif Spurs with Clover Style Rowels1179 - Longhorn Motif Spurs with Clover Style Rowels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pair of Longhorn motif spurs with clover style rowels ,silver bars on shank and engraved buttons. Longhorn is brass with copper rope trim, leathers ha
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
 
 
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