Pioneers & Patriots Auction: Americana, Militaria, Mining, & More (2025 March)

Auction Details

AUCTION SCHEDULE

Day 1, March 1st, 2025 LIVE SESSION (Lots 1000-1526)
General Americana (1000-1260)
Geo. Sort
Misc. Categories incl. Sports, Cameras, Books, Toys
Minerals & Mining (1261-1459)
Gold & Nevada Turquoise
Mining Ephemera
Stocks (1460-1526)
Mining
Transportation
Misc. incl. Express

Day 2, March 2nd, 2025 LIVE SESSION (Lots 2000-2478)
Philatelic feat. Art Noveau (2000-2114)
Art feat. Ansel Adams & Salvador Dali (2115-2159)
Native Americana (2160-2200)
Cowboy & Wild West feat. Custer & Famous Outlaws. (2201-2233)
Political (US & Foreign) feat. Pancho Villa (2234-2295)
Militaria & Weaponry feat. Civil War (2296-2433)
Numismatics (2434-2478)

Day 3, March 3rd, 2025 TIMED SESSION (Lots 3000-3702)
Turquoise (3000-3043)
Mining Artifacts & Ephemera (3044-3070)
Numismatics (3071-3112)
General Americana (3113-3222)
Stocks & Bonds (3223-3702)
Mining
Oil
Transportation (Railroad, Steamer, Auto, Air)
Miscellaneous Categories
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Aviation After the War, 1918 Reprint2334Aviation After the War, 1918 Reprint
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aviation After the War, published report of the British parliamentary committee on civil aerial transport. 1918 reprint. An interim report of the int
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
WWI Letters From Home (24) [182789]2335WWI Letters From Home (24) [182789]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A series of letters written to WWI combat soldier Private Harry Frances Smith of the American Expeditionary Force from, in most cases, his mother, Fra
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b**********2 for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
Pre-WWI Fort Omaha Nebraska Balloon School Photos (25) [183298]2336Pre-WWI Fort Omaha Nebraska Balloon School Photos (25) [183298]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This collection has 25 photos from Fort Omaha in Nebraska. These are pre-WW1 photos many taken from aboard a balloon at the balloon aviation school th
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Food Ration Tokens; The People's War Book 1919 Edition; Military WW1, WW2 [189849]2337Food Ration Tokens; The People's War Book 1919 Edition; Military WW1, WW2 [189849]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The core of this lot is the hardcover book "The People's War Book" autographed edition 1919, by James Miller and H.S. Canfield. In fai...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b**********2 for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
WW 2 Letter, 242 Infantry Regiment with Caricature, 1945 [189448]2338WW 2 Letter, 242 Infantry Regiment with Caricature, 1945 [189448]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1945 letter on 242nd Infantry Regiment letterhead of Office of the Commanding Officer, who was Colonel Norman C. Caum. This letter is illegibly signed
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Funeral Speech by Admiral Karl Donitz for Captain Wolfgang Lueth 1945 [183330]2339Funeral Speech by Admiral Karl Donitz for Captain Wolfgang Lueth 1945 [183330]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This six page document is titled: "Ten Years and Twenty Days: Epilogue" and delivered May 16, 1945. It is the farewell funeral speech for ...
Start Price : 325.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
German Commemorative Coin, WWII, 1939-1945 [188901]2340German Commemorative Coin, WWII, 1939-1945 [188901]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
German commemorative coin, silver alloy, WWII, 50 mm, 48.3 grams. A commemorative issue token that was made after the fall of the Third Reich. Obverse
Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
Hitler Secretary, A. Bormann Autograph c1933 [185055]2341Hitler Secretary, A. Bormann Autograph c1933 [185055]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Albert Bormann was the adjunct or personal secretary to Adolph Hitler. He was the younger brother to Martin Borgmann; another close personal aide to H
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to S*******3 for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
Hitler Stamp & German Aircraft Postcards (8) [183775]2342Hitler Stamp & German Aircraft Postcards (8) [183775]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Postcards showing German aircraft from WWII. Included is a written on postcard showing a Henschel 123, with an Adolf Hitler postage stamp. Other card
Start Price : 170.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Hitler Assassination Plan Baron von Dem Bussche  Autograph c1943 [183970]2343Hitler Assassination Plan Baron von Dem Bussche Autograph c1943 [183970]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Baron von Dem Bussche Cut Square Autograph. 3x4" cut square autograph of Baron von Dem Bussche."Axel Ernst-August Clamor Franz Albrecht Er...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Adolph Hitler Photo Journal Pictures from the Life of the Leader 1935 [182422]2344Adolph Hitler Photo Journal Pictures from the Life of the Leader 1935 [182422]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This book, "Adolph Hitler Pictures from the Life of the Leader", published in September, 1935 with photos "published by the Cigarette...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
Nazi Germany Military Postal Ink Stamps (4) [189694]2345Nazi Germany Military Postal Ink Stamps (4) [189694]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three Nazi Germany ink postal stamps and one wax sealer stamp. Not being able to read or translate, I cannot identify what they were used for. They do
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to d*******f for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
Nazi Swastika Armband [187721]2346Nazi Swastika Armband [187721]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an original WWII Nazi swastika armband in unused condition at 19.25 in. X 4.5 in. red background, black border, the swastika in black over a w
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d*******f for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
Nazi- Signed Photo Field Marshal Wilhelm List [185062]2347Nazi- Signed Photo Field Marshal Wilhelm List [185062]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This large photo 7 in.X 9 in. is of Wilhelm List signed in blue ink, undated. Field Marshal Wilhelm List a Commander of the 12th Army was relieved of
Start Price : 170.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
WWII German Warning to Ukrainians [184488]2348WWII German Warning to Ukrainians [184488]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
German military warning to Ukrainians to stay away from a transformer station they have in place near the city of Kiev.. It is written both German and
Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
WWII Nazi Ukraine Propaganda Leaflet [184495]2349WWII Nazi Ukraine Propaganda Leaflet [184495]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Propaganda leaflet dated October 7, 1943 dropped by the Luftwaffe over Ukraine. It measures `6"x 8", has a torn corner and is stained. Ple...
Start Price : 85.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Historic WWII Iwo Jima Flag Photograph and Story [190145]2350Historic WWII Iwo Jima Flag Photograph and Story [190145]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Historic WWII Iwo Jima Flag Photograph of First Flag Raising atop Mount Suribachi in 1945. The B&W photo is signed by Charles W. Lindberg, stand...
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Tuskegee Airman Sgt. James A. Thompson Photo Archive 1945 [187128]2351Tuskegee Airman Sgt. James A. Thompson Photo Archive 1945 [187128]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sgt. James Thompson graduated from the Tuskegee Army Flying School in group G, 1945. The Tuskegee Flying School was filled with Negro pilots and supp
Start Price : 2,100.00 | Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
US Army Military Police Map of Dachau Prison, Dachau Prison Memorial Catalog c. 1945, 1978, 1980 [192352US Army Military Police Map of Dachau Prison, Dachau Prison Memorial Catalog c. 1945, 1978, 1980 [19
Holabird Western Americana Collections
There are three elements to this lot: the Military Police map of the Dachau prison camp, the Dachau museum catalog at pp. 226, and "After the B...
Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
USS Independence Mock Document, 1943 [189441]2353USS Independence Mock Document, 1943 [189441]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An unusual mock document from USS Independence, issued when a new seaman crosses the equator for the first time on the ship. Signed by Davey Jones and
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d*******f for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00