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


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Carpenter's Tool Chest with Molding Trim Planes3720 - Carpenter's Tool Chest with Molding Trim Planes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a chest of 41 total wood planes. There are four full sized planes with 37 smaller trim molding planes of varied sizes and shapes. These trim p
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Estimate : 600.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to I*****w for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Carpentry Tool Box3721 - Carpentry Tool Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This turn of the 20th Century tool box contains carpentry tools of the period 1910-1920's. A Disston saw swage tool #2 with instructions and bo...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to I*****w for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Collection of Carpentry Auger bits3722 - Collection of Carpentry Auger bits
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of 13 auger pits and tool tray display. The single largest auger drill bit is 51 in. overall length with a 1 1/2 in. diameter bit
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Dannon hand held Slick3723 - Dannon hand held Slick
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This hand held Slick or shipwright Slick was made by D. H. DXXXXX and is 4 ft. long. The Slick handle is 4 ft. long and the blade is 4 in. wide and is
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to v******r for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Lot Withdrawn3724 - Lot Withdrawn
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Duplicate of Lot 3712
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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Half-Hull Carpentry Layout Plan3725 - Half-Hull Carpentry Layout Plan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This display board measures 31 in. X 10 in. It is a display board used in ship building yards for a hull design layout. A half-hull gives the carpente
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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1915 PPIE (Panama Pacific International Exposition) Hand Rip Saw3726 - 1915 PPIE (Panama Pacific International Exposition) Hand Rip Saw
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown wood handle hand rip saw, 30 and half inches long, 7 inches deep at its largest and 2 inches deep at the tip. The unique thing about this saw is
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Keuffel and Esser transit and tripod3727 - Keuffel and Esser transit and tripod
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This K & E surveyors transit is a Keuffel and Esser model #5691 "Favorite Farm Level" sold to inexperienced surveyors. The tripod is...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 125.00
Sold to I*****w for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Saw clamp3728 - Saw clamp
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a 24 in. saw clamp. There are no markings as to the manufacturer but it is commercially made. Back in the day before saw blades were readily a
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Three screw type wood clamps3729 - Three screw type wood clamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These are three screw type wood clamps; S, M, Lg. Each one is in fine working order but without any identification as to the manufacturer and very po
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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