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Pioneer Saloon Flask, Leadville [153751]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Bottles & Insulators Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Pioneer Saloon Flask, Leadville [153751]
SOLD
1,250.00USDto e********5+ buyer's premium (312.50)
This item SOLD at 2022 Aug 27 @ 16:16UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Preble W-117. Pioneer Saloon / Leadville, / Colo. Very faint purple, pocket coffin flask, 6.125", wiped top. Scrollwork lettering. Bubbles, haziness, bruise front bottom. Very rare. Please inspect. The Pioneer Saloon was located on Chestnut Street. In 1879, it was the site of a murder between John W. Elkins, a black man, and Charles Hines, a white man. Elkins stabbed and mortally wounded Hines.

Date: c.1890-99
Country (if not USA):
State: Colorado
City: Leadville
Provenance: Gary Bracken Collection