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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Dagger Enterprises Stock Certificate #1- Comic Book Publisher w. 5 Comics3243 - Dagger Enterprises Stock Certificate #1- Comic Book Publisher w. 5 Comics
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Certificate #1, issued to and signed by John Anderson, the company president. Comes with two issues of Dagger Comics, including Arena Force and Maveri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to i*********1 for (40.00 + 9.20BP) = 49.20
 
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Pleasant A Chalfant Business Card3244 - Pleasant A Chalfant Business Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Chalfant was an important citizen of Bishop as he as the owner and editor of the Inyo Register. Chalfant was a member of the "San Francisco Par...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Bodie & Hawthorne Telegraph Stock issued to Chinese Merchant3245 - Bodie & Hawthorne Telegraph Stock issued to Chinese Merchant
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare issued to Chinese merchant. Inc. August 6, 1892, only two months prior to this stock being issued. Issued for 10 shares to Tong Sing Wo & C...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Bodie Fire Department Award Certificate3246 - Bodie Fire Department Award Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed copy of original certificate, 16" x 20". Beautiful vignettes of firefighters, their tools, and the town of Bodie. Five year award f...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r***6 for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Bodie Miner and Bodie Fire Department3247 - Bodie Miner and Bodie Fire Department
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) No. 11, March 2, 1907. List of rates for the Bodie, Mono Lake & Lundy Stage Line. Big Boom in Yerington. Goldfield population now 18,000. 190...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to i*********1 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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George Delury Collection: Bodie, Masonic, Bridgeport3248 - George Delury Collection: Bodie, Masonic, Bridgeport
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Delury arrived in Bodie in 1882. He bought the Temple Saloon (yes, the famous Bodie token) in the late 1880's. In 1898 he moved to Bridgeport wh...
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Start Price : 300.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Bodie / Aurora Collection3249 - Bodie / Aurora Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1-4) c1927 Bodie Photographs attributed to Ned Johnson (Nevada's premier photographer in the early 1900's). 5) Bodie, California 1...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d******0 for (225.00 + 51.75BP) = 276.75
 
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Rare Bodie Stock Issued to Kuhlman Bros. (Bodie Druggist)3250 - Rare Bodie Stock Issued to Kuhlman Bros. (Bodie Druggist)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unique stock for The Bodie and Hawthorne Telephone Company. Issued for 25 shares to Kuhlman Bros., a noted Bodie druggist (and prized Bodie bottle). S
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to e*****r for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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Calico Print and Related Newspapers (Ex. Bill Luther Collection)3251 - Calico Print and Related Newspapers (Ex. Bill Luther Collection)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Album of Calico Print and the Pony Express newspapers, all from the Bill Luther Collection, aka "Bodie Bill". About 25 papers, 1950's....
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Cyanotype of Stagecoach Crash3252 - Cyanotype of Stagecoach Crash
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice cyanotype photo of wrecked stagecoach--Summer Stage. Mounted, board messy, but photo is good. City: Colfax State: California Date: hwac
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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"Badwater" Watercolor by Thaleia Georgiades3253 - "Badwater" Watercolor by Thaleia Georgiades
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The lowest point in the United States (279 ft (85 m) below sea level), Badwater" in Death Valley National Park is the scene of this beautiful w...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to u**********v for (200.00 + 40.00BP) = 240.00
 
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Reward Poster from Folsom Prison3254 - Reward Poster from Folsom Prison
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed poster, 14.5" x 11.5". $50 Reward for the arrest and detention of James Morton who escaped from the State Prison at Folsom, Califor...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (90.00 + 20.70BP) = 110.70
 
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Grass Valley Cabinet Cards identified  by Photographer3255 - Grass Valley Cabinet Cards identified by Photographer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. LA Sprague, Beatty, WA Clinch. Children, babies, ladies and men. A few names are identified. One is dated 1889. City: Grass Valley State
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Grass Valley Miner's Picnic Photographs3256 - Grass Valley Miner's Picnic Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All photographs were taken by Moore of Grass Valley. 1) Men at the picnic. 2) Women around the kettle at a picnic. 3) Men and women getting ready to s
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Group of Items Reportedly from Congressman Englebert's Estate3257 - Group of Items Reportedly from Congressman Englebert's Estate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes a photograph of Lakeview Park and George Wilhelm's Saloon (Steam Beer), William Riker for Governor, negatives, Grass Valley cabinet car...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Hydraulic Parlor, NSGW in Parade Photo3258 - Hydraulic Parlor, NSGW in Parade Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hydraulic Parlor #58, Native Sons of the Golden West passing through arch on Main St. near Mill. Photo is by V. L. Dorsey, Grass Valley, California. N
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Estimate : 130.00 - 200.00
Sold to r******h for (70.00 + 14.00BP) = 84.00
 
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Miner's Tent Photograph (Grass Valley)3259 - Miner's Tent Photograph (Grass Valley)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Handwritten "Grass Valley" on back. Photo shows 14 men and 2 women in front of tent structure with wood boards lying on the side. Saloon? ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Mounted Grass Valley Baseball Team Photograph3260 - Mounted Grass Valley Baseball Team Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Although we can only identify it by the "Grass Valley" written in pencil on the back, it is a fabulous old baseball turn-of-the-century ph...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (55.00 + 12.65BP) = 67.65
 
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Parade Down Grass Valley Street Photograph3261 - Parade Down Grass Valley Street Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Decorated wagons, horses and American flags. Must be a Fourth of July Parade. Photograph by Sprague. Mounted. 9.75" x 7.5". City: Gras...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to T******1 for (75.00 + 17.25BP) = 92.25
 
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Two Large Grass Valley Mounted Photographs3262 - Two Large Grass Valley Mounted Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Moore photograph of the Congregational Church on he corner of Neal & Church. Photo is 7.5 x 9.5". Some Crinkles on photo. Has been glue...
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Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
 
 
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