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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LOT WITHDRAWN4540 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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Warren Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (1865) (La Plata, Nevada Ghost Town)4541 - Warren Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate (1865) (La Plata, Nevada Ghost Town)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Uncancelled, no.122, issued to Francis W. Gove, 20 shares, signed by Samuel W. Pingree, President and Emmet Blair, Secretary. November, 1865. First ye
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to b**********7 for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. Stock Certs. (approx 1600 pieces)4542 - Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. Stock Certs. (approx 1600 pieces)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. Stock Certs. Issued/punch cancelled. 11" x 7.5". HWAC# 59656 Date: 1960 Location: Reno, Nevada
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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19 Gibraltar Mines Syndicate Stock Certificates, 19054543 - 19 Gibraltar Mines Syndicate Stock Certificates, 1905
Holabird Western Americana Collections
19 certificates, all issued to Henry James for 100 shares in 1905. All certificates signed by JH Sisley as vice president. The Gibraltar Mines are on
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***1 for (150.00 + 33.00BP) = 183.00
 
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11 Tonopah Mining Stocks4544 - 11 Tonopah Mining Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eleven stocks from 1912-1926: Halifax Tonopah Mining Co., 1912; two Tonopah North Star Tunnel and Development Co. 1913 and 1919; Grimes Divide Mining
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
 
 
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Tonopah Mining Stock Collection4545 - Tonopah Mining Stock Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five cancelled Tonopah stocks: three The Montana-Tonopah Mines Co., 1912, 1914 and 1923; West End Extension Mining Co., 1927; Divide Extension Consoli
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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8 Tonopah Stocks4546 - 8 Tonopah Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stocks included: 1) Reorganized West Divide Mining Company, 1926; 2) Keystone Divide Mining Company, 1926, cancelled; 3) Apex Mines Company of Nevada,
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Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 260.00
 
 
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Tonopah / Manhattan Mining Stock Group4547 - Tonopah / Manhattan Mining Stock Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. 1-3) Tonopah & California Mining Company. Consecutive numbered 1617, 1618 and 1619. Signed by Frank K Pittman and Edward Bauer. 190...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c****o for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Tonopah Divide Mining Company Certificates4548 - Tonopah Divide Mining Company Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1000 Tonopah divide mining company stock certificates, each with the beautiful vignette of the mine at the Tonopah divide. This company was one of the
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to C********s for (800.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,000.00
 
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Tonopah, NV Mining Stocks (13)4549 - Tonopah, NV Mining Stocks (13)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 Tonopah, NV mining stocks including Belleview Divide, Mizpah Divide, Hannapah Elk Mining, Cash Boy, Halifax Tonopah. Many u/i. HWAC# 61756 Dat
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to a******l for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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