Montana Big Sky & Western Americana

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Montana 'Big Sky' and Holiday Auction is a four day feast for the collector. This sale begins with a one day Montana only auction focusing on tokens and postal history. The next three days run the wide range of a traditional Holabird Auction: minerals, numismatics, Native Americana, railroadianna, mining, photographs, stock certificates, express, saloon, exposition, assay, tokens, badges, Gold Rush, etc. Heavy emphasis is placed on Colorado, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and the Western States.
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Pasadena Postcard Group4179 - Pasadena Postcard Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 150 town & surround views with some interior shots: 22 RPC post 1940 (3 RPC pre-1940), 50+ post 1940 post cards, and 90+ old post cards (...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to C********e for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Three Placer County Land Patents4180 - Three Placer County Land Patents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different, all issued for James Davies. Two were issued in 1881 are from US Land Office, 10" x 16", one with a small stagecoach vign...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Placer County Ephemera4181 - Placer County Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve pieces. Best is a license to Mine by the Hydraulic Process in the Lost Camp Mine, Blue Canyon, 1919. Also: a 1915 State of California ce
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Placerville billheads and map4182 - Placerville billheads and map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One interesting Wells Fargo note and one awesome Mid-Winter Fair booklet. Also 19 billheads from 1874 to 1935: SJ Alden druggist pictorial, Hall &am...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 9*****g for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Bald Mountain Lodge Badge for Miner4183 - Bald Mountain Lodge Badge for Miner
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Badge of the Bald Mountain Lodge, A.O.U.W., engraved ""Dennis Loplante La Porte Plumas Co. Cal."" 5.5"" long. Th...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
Sold to j*****6 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Randsburg Oil Billhead4185 - Randsburg Oil Billhead
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Randsburg Oil and Fuel Company billhead for gasoline at 25 cents per gallon. City: Randsburg State: California Date: 1898 hwac# 22839
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Redlands Promotional Booklet4186 - Redlands Promotional Booklet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A booklet that appears to be printed to promote the town for prospective citizens. Printed in 1897 by Citrograph Printery. 16 pages with black-and-whi
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 20.00 - 75.00
 
 
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Redlands Area Stereo Cards4187 - Redlands Area Stereo Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty Two (32) stereo cards from the Redlands - San Bernardino area. Photography companies include: Underwood, Strohmeyer & Wyman, Keystone, Be...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Rodeo, California: Wanted Poster for a Crippled Lead Pencil Peddler4189 - Rodeo, California: Wanted Poster for a Crippled Lead Pencil Peddler
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"On the night of September 25th, 1917, the Rodeo school house at Rodeo, Contra Costa County, California, was entered and entrance gained to the...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Roseville fire department badge4190 - Roseville fire department badge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Badge shows ladder, helmet, hose, all fire fighting paraphernalia. No manufacturing mark. City: Roseville State: California Date: hwac# 32262
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Russian Gulch Shipping Receipt4191 - Russian Gulch Shipping Receipt
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A shipping receipt for rolled Barley from Deming-Palmer Milling Co. to Russian Gulch on the coast of California. The lumber industry on the Mendocino
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Gold-Rush era Alta California Telegraph Co. Stock Certificate4192 - Gold-Rush era Alta California Telegraph Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare! Pre-Transcontinental Telegraph! Certificate No. 696. Signed by Justin E. Strong (the company president) and secretary. Not issued to anyone
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Gold Sheriff's Security Officer Badge4193 - Gold Sheriff's Security Officer Badge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Badge #009. Gold plate. Minor wear. California state seal at center. 2.25 x 3.5" City: Sacramento State: California Date: hwac# 33205
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Start Price : 80.00 | Estimate : 160.00 - 320.00
 
 
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Very good Sacramento Diecuts4194 - Very good Sacramento Diecuts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 die cuts from Sacramento, California in very good condition all portraying young girls from the late1800s. One is for Adams' Pepsin Gum, the ...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Group of Receipts and Invoices4195 - Group of Receipts and Invoices
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of approximately 50 invoices from Kimball-Upson Co., Wholesale Sporting Goods and Automobile Supplies; and Kirk, Geary & Co., Wholesale Dr...
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Estimate : 20.00 - 40.00
Sold to c********t for (10.00 + 2.00BP) = 12.00
 
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Sacramento Business Cards4196 - Sacramento Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of business cards from Sacramento Retailers and misc. Merchants. Included are D. A. Lancaster, A. R. Hutchinson, A. Lindsey and Meade &am...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Alice Chase Archive4197 - Alice Chase Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three items for Alice Chase, born Dec. 14, 1884 in Tehama County, California. Includes her 1925 passport (with stamps for travel to England), a 1942 l
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (20.00 + 4.60BP) = 24.60
 
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8 Stereo Views, Sacramento Area4198 - 8 Stereo Views, Sacramento Area
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) State Capitol Building, Sacramento. 2) City Hall, Sacramento, 1913. 3) Different view of City Hall, Sacramento, 1913. 4) Race Course, Sacramento by
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Two Different San Diego Stock Certificates (incl. Signature of Benjamin P. Cheney, WF Director)4199 - Two Different San Diego Stock Certificates (incl. Signature of Benjamin P. Cheney, WF Director)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) San Diego Land & Traction Company stock issued to the late Benjamin P. Cheney, father of the company president, and his family on May 12, 189...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Selig Bros. Wholesale Tailors Match Safe4200 - Selig Bros. Wholesale Tailors Match Safe
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Compliments of Selig Bros. San Francisco's Leading Wholesale Tailors. 57-59-61-63 Battery St. "Always up To Date". Silver plated with ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********e for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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