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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Official Stamped Documents: Pennsylvania4730 - Official Stamped Documents: Pennsylvania
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 30. Includes four New York and Pennsylvania documents. Each has a United States stamp including a $10.00 large green Stock Transfer. Also $2.00
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Southern First Flight Covers4731 - Southern First Flight Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
United States Air Mail "First Flight" Covers. Thirteen covers from Virginia, Georgia, The Carolinas, Tennessee. Notable cities are Augusta...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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10 Southern First Flight Covers4732 - 10 Southern First Flight Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five Alabama, one Mississippi, and four Louisiana first flight covers, ten total. HWAC# 52011 Date: Location: Southern
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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17 Western States First Flight Covers4733 - 17 Western States First Flight Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Montana, Three Arizona, Three Oregon, One Washington, and five Colorado First Flight Covers, etc. HWAC# 52004 Date: Location: Western S
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Wyoming Cut Square Postmarks4734 - Wyoming Cut Square Postmarks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These cut squares came from a book of a collector that was done many years ago. Although we hate to see these postmarks removed from their covers, it
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Postmarks with 'LEE' in them4735 - Postmarks with 'LEE' in them
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Star with three 1850'sd Leesburg, Virginia covers. One is stampless. 1850's Leesburgh Ohio, 1879 manuscript Leesburg Florida, 1911 Astor &am...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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US First Day Covers, UN and Canada Covers Collection4736 - US First Day Covers, UN and Canada Covers Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 10 Canada Olympic First day Covers c. 1974-1975. 5 UN First Day Covers 1966- 1975. Approx 90 US First Day Covers 1940-1986. Many with cachets,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6******n for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Three stampless covers4737 - Three stampless covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two are from rarer locations. 1) Kingsville, Ohio. Handwritten in postmark is 1848. Stamped 'PAID' Handwritten '3'. 2) Spencerport, ...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Collection of Stampless Letters, Letters, and Official Documents c18004738 - Collection of Stampless Letters, Letters, and Official Documents c1800
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of thirteen. STAMPLESS LETTERS: 1) Albany, New York, 1864. From Dudley Walsh to Low & Davis. Mentions that Amara Ford has joined the Shaking...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Fabulous set of Foreign Postal History all Sent to the Same Person (Tombstone, Virginia CIty Nevada,4739 - Fabulous set of Foreign Postal History all Sent to the Same Person (Tombstone, Virginia CIty Nevada,
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nineteen total. All sort so interesting content on the envelope. "Arizzona Teritore', 'U. S. of North,' 'Virginia State' wi...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********n.. for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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