Million Dollar Auction

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Six day Auction, September 25, 26, 27 and October 2, 3, 4, 2015.
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Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Franciscan Monk playing hand organ1240 - Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Franciscan Monk playing hand organ
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Sirens Waltz played on a hand organ by a Franciscan Padre converted many Indians and built San Juan Batista." 18" x 41". City:...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Gold panning on the river1241 - Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Gold panning on the river
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scene shows two miners panning for gold on a river. 19" x 32". These four mirrors all come from the Harolds Club Museum in Reno, Nevada...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to i*********1 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Heroes Cowey [Cowie] and Fowler1242 - Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Heroes Cowey [Cowie] and Fowler
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"Thomas Cowey and George Fowler tortured by Mexicans under command of Juan Padilla." 18" x 47". A few days after the taking of S...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Native Americans escape Mexicans1243 - Harolds Club Reverse Glass: Native Americans escape Mexicans
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Indians under Estanislao take to river and escape pursuers under General Vallejo." 18" x 47". Estanislao was a leader of the L...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to i*********1 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Sharkey's Nugget Gaming Collection (Die, Tokens, Ingot)1244 - Sharkey's Nugget Gaming Collection (Die, Tokens, Ingot)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eight piece collection from the founder of the Nevada City Mint's personal collection. A) the obverse and reverse dies of the Sharkey's $1 g...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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$25 Gaming Chip, New Cal-Vada Lodge, Lake Tahoe1245 - $25 Gaming Chip, New Cal-Vada Lodge, Lake Tahoe
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An uncirculated $25 chip from the New Cal-Vada Lodge in Crystal Bay, Nevada, on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, blue with three yellow inserts. This ch
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold to h****g for (12.50 + 2.88BP) = 15.38
 
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Forty-six $25 Gaming Chips, New Cal-Vada Lodge, Lake Tahoe1246 - Forty-six $25 Gaming Chips, New Cal-Vada Lodge, Lake Tahoe
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare offering of 46 $25 chips, blue with yellow inserts, from the New Cal-Vada Lodge on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. These chips date to 1951, whe
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Estimate : 300.00 - 750.00
Sold to 8******a for (300.00 + 60.00BP) = 360.00
 
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Eighty-eight $5 Gaming Chips, New Cal-Vada Lodge1247 - Eighty-eight $5 Gaming Chips, New Cal-Vada Lodge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of 88 yellow $5 chips from the long-closed New Cal-Vada Lodge in Crystal Bay, Nevada, on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. These chips date to th
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 8******a for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Rare $5 Nevada Lodge Gaming Chip, Lake Tahoe1248 - Rare $5 Nevada Lodge Gaming Chip, Lake Tahoe
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A previously unknown $5 chip from the Nevada Lodge on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Many chips from this casino are common, but this one is not. The
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8*****k for (250.00 + 57.50BP) = 307.50
 
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Tahoe Biltmore Casino$100  Gaming Token1249 - Tahoe Biltmore Casino$100 Gaming Token
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$100.00 gaming chip from the famous Tahoe Biltmore Casino on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Crystal Bay sits on the Nevada-California border, and the
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Tahoe Biltmore Casino $25 Gaming Token1250 - Tahoe Biltmore Casino $25 Gaming Token
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$25.00 gaming chip from the famous Tahoe Biltmore Casino on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Crystal Bay sits on the Nevada-California border, and the l
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Tahoe-Reno Gaming Tokens1251 - Tahoe-Reno Gaming Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brilliant Uncirculated $1 copper gaming tokens from the Nevada Lodge Lake Tahoe and Nevada Club Reno. Original bag of 1000, sealed by the casino. Fro
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Tahoe/Reno Copper $1 Gaming Tokens1252 - Tahoe/Reno Copper $1 Gaming Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brilliant Uncirculated $1 copper gaming tokens from the Nevada Lodge Lake Tahoe and Nevada Club Reno, 1965. Original bag of 1000, sealed by the casin
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (325.00 + 74.75BP) = 399.75
 
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Reno/Tahoe $1 Gaming Tokens1253 - Reno/Tahoe $1 Gaming Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brilliant Uncirculated $1 copper gaming tokens from the Nevada Lodge Lake Tahoe and Nevada Club Reno. Original bag of 1000, this bag unsealed and unc
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Nevada Gaming Token and Chip Collection (Tahoe and Reno)1254 - Nevada Gaming Token and Chip Collection (Tahoe and Reno)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
200 Harrah's Harvey's Lake Tahoe 10 dollar O- shaped gold colored gaming tokens, $10 silver Boomtown chip, and more. City: Tahoe/Reno State...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to i**********3 for (80.00 + 18.40BP) = 98.40
 
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Las Vegas Casino Gaming Tokens Collection1255 - Las Vegas Casino Gaming Tokens Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Souvenir board of gaming chips from famous LV casinos of the day. Many of these were legends at the time. Names like the Riviera, the Castaways, Circ
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Two $5 Gaming Chips, Zanzibar Club, North Las Vegas1256 - Two $5 Gaming Chips, Zanzibar Club, North Las Vegas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two $5 chips, green with orange inserts, from the long-closed Zanzibar Club, which was open from the 1940s through the 1960s on Main Street in North L
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8*****k for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Seventy-four Uncirculated $5 Gaming Chips, Long Branch Saloon1257 - Seventy-four Uncirculated $5 Gaming Chips, Long Branch Saloon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare offering of 74 uncirculated dark red $5 chips from the long-closed Long Branch Saloon, which operated in the late 1970s and early 1980s on Las
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 8******a for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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125 Old Brass Odds Markers for Craps Games1258 - 125 Old Brass Odds Markers for Craps Games
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A seldom-seen group of 125 brass odds markers that were used on casino craps tables. The origin of these markers and where they were used is unknown.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to D******a for (35.00 + 7.00BP) = 42.00
 
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Twenty-one scarce $5 Gaming Chips, Nevada Club, Reno1259 - Twenty-one scarce $5 Gaming Chips, Nevada Club, Reno
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of 21 average condition $5 chips from the closed Nevada Club in Reno featuring the small crown mold and the uncommon variation of four gray in
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8******a for (95.00 + 19.00BP) = 114.00
 
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