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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Pontiled California Gold Rush Soda: Lippincott & Vaughn, Stockton & Marysville, California2490 - Pontiled California Gold Rush Soda: Lippincott & Vaughn, Stockton & Marysville, California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
L & V (m 1852-1857) : Medium forest green. Clean and shiny. Metallic pontil. But, there is a 1" gauge, near the right mold seam , and a 1/...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Summit Mineral Water Bottle (Tahoe)2491 - Summit Mineral Water Bottle (Tahoe)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Summit mineral water, Jacob Hoehn. Medium green aqua, never cleaned, chips along the top from an ice pick removing the cork. A classic soda bottle fil
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to B*********g for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN2492 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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Empire Soda Works Bottle, Vallejo, California2493 - Empire Soda Works Bottle, Vallejo, California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Empire( au) / Soda Works( sd) / Two Diagonal branches / Vallejo // Reverse : motif- eagle , facing right, with a snake in his beak. // 1874-1890. Real
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to d******6 for (125.00 + 31.25BP) = 156.25
 
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El Dorado Soda Bottle2494 - El Dorado Soda Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
El- Dorado ( au) // : 1860-1880. Very nice, light green. Clean and shiny except, a little cloudy the neck area. Would clean up to mint. Otherwise the
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Five Central California, Coastal Region Sodas2495 - Five Central California, Coastal Region Sodas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five Central California, coastal region soda bottles. Black Diamond Soda Works, aqua, Hutch soda bottle dead mint. Nonpareil Soda Works, SF, Hutch sod
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c********t for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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San Jose Bottling Co. Bottle2496 - San Jose Bottling Co. Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
SAN JOSE BOTTLING CO. / C. MAURER; 11.5” x 3”, amber. Bottle dates from 1890s. Found along 1888 wagon road from San Mateo to Half Moon Bay CA. No visi
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Estimate : 20.00 - 30.00
Sold to 6****A for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Two Southern Mother Lode Sodas2497 - Two Southern Mother Lode Sodas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two southern mother lode soda bottles. Terzich from Sonora, aqua Hutch soda bottle. Mint. Sequoia, Angels Camp, aqua Crown top dead mint. HWAC# 47
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to C*****r for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Coal Creek Bottling Works Bottle, Coal Creek, Colorado2498 - Coal Creek Bottling Works Bottle, Coal Creek, Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fabrizo and Sons. Clear Hutch soda bottle, near mint. A beauty. Not listed in Preble, listed in Oppelt. Rare soda. HWAC# 47071 Date: Location
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Estimate : 300.00 - 800.00
Sold to c*********p for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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J. McDonald Hutch Soda Bottle, Leadville, Colorado2499 - J. McDonald Hutch Soda Bottle, Leadville, Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
J. McDonald, Leadville Hutch soda in Tombstone slug plate. Clear, wont turn purple, clean, generally sparkling. Only minor surface abrasion. A beauty.
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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