Spooktacular Auction: Americana, Mining, Numismatics, & More (October 2020)

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Welcome to our Halloween Sale!

We continue to get in marvelous collections of Americana from all over the country. Keep them coming!!!

As many of you have seen, we have found new ways to increase visibility on the internet, which has risen our number o0f competitive bidders by over 30% lately. Our stockpile of registered bidders is one of the largest in America, and we are all thankful to you all for participating in our exciting auctions.

This sale features some amazing one of a kind rarities, and also brings to market several long awaited collections.

Perhaps the top item in the sale is the Pierce Powell copy of the all-time #1 “psychedelic” rock n roll poster, the Charlatans at the Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City. Long on display in his personal home, Powell’s personal copy of this historic event is now offered. We were unable to verify if this is the only copy, or one of two known. Regardless, if you are a rock n roll collector, it is the all-time #1 poster.

The auction features the collections of Ken Prag, Salvatore Falcone and John Reynolds.

Folks have been asking for a couple years now when we were going to get to the Ken Prag Industrial, Banking and Commercial collections to market. The answer is “NOW.” Perhaps the brewing collection is some of the best in the current sale, which is spread out over the next two sales. As we sort through the massive collection, I’ve seen the turnpike material (early 1800s), banking, foods, industrials, oils, and so much more, including some fabulous autographed material. It will take at least a year to sell this portion of the collection. And there’s more… we are now starting to organize and sell his massive postcard and stereo view collections. Previously we sold Alaska, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado collections. Now its time for California and rarities from other areas of post card collecting. You’ll see some of the best and most beautiful post cards ever printed in this and coming sales, particularly the European art cards, “poster” cards of the PPIE which are unarguably some of the most beautiful cards ever printed, and more.

The Salvatore Falcone Collection of Californiana is a true treasure. Historical photographs of all sorts are a big focus, and include some great rarities, including some key out-of-state pieces, such as Alaska. Medals, and ephemera round out more than 100 lots of key collectibles.

John Reynolds’ collections included more rarities from his Central California collection, as well as his military token collection.

We continue with massive holdings from the Benjamin Fauver collections of counters and tokens. This large group centers on foreign counters and early foreign tokens, some dating back to the 1500s.

Don’t miss the marble collection, large numismatic offerings, historical Hawaii material, rare mining and other maps, gold specimens, Civil war material, stamp collections, western art and so much more.

And remember- we are always after new and major collections to bring to market. We are your source for selling Americana at the best prices obtainable, having sold more than any other company in the past decade alone. We plan on having our entire sales database online soon at no cost – nearly 200,000 lots of Americana sold since 2014. Give us a call today! We have agents all over America, and travel to see most collections.

Auction Schedule

Day 1 (Thur, Oct 29) Lots 1000-1679
Art (1000-1125)
Native Americana (1126-1196)
Textiles (1197-1233)
Foreign Collectibles (1234-1267)
General Collectibles (1268-1307)
Collector Spoons (1308-1315)
Jewelry (1316-1351)
Scales (1352-1353)
Advertising/Signs (1354-1369)
Furnishings & 3D Items (1370-1424)
Music (1425-1429)
Theatre (1430-1456)
Sports (1457-1468)
Tobacciana (1469-1472)
Saloon (1473-1478)
Cowboy (1479-1484)
Comic Books (1485-1491)
Books & Magazines (1492-1520)
Antiquarian Books (1521-1539)
Bottles (1540-1627)
Marbles (1603-1668)
Gaming (1669-1679)

Day 2 (Fri, Oct 30) Lots 2000-2762
Firefighting Memorabilia (2000-2078)
Fraternal Organizations (2079-2080)
Badges (2082-2174) (Also see badges on day 5!)
Numismatics (2175-2295)
Bullion (2175)
Ingots (2176-2178)
Coins (2179-2225)
Currency (2227-2240)
Dies & Hobbs (2241-2249)
Ephemera & Exonumia (2250-2259)
Medals (2260-2281)
So-Called Dollars (2282-2295)
Tokens (2296-2762)

Day 3 (Sat, Oct 31) Lots 3000-3685
Transportation (3000-3034)
Stocks & Bonds (3035-3498)
Minerals (3489-3495)
Mining (3496-3557)
Tools (3558-3566)
Firearms (3567-3584)
Political (3585-3603)
World's Fairs (3604-3619)
Military (3620-3685)

Day 4 (Sun, Nov 1) Lots 4000-4712
General Americana Geo. Sorted AZ-WY (4000-4103)
Maps (4104-4124)
Photographs (4125-4209)
Philatelic(4210-4433)
Wells Fargo (4363-4382)
Bargains & Dealer Specials Part I (4383-4712)

Day 5 (Mon, Nov 2) Lots 5000-5798
Bargains & Dealer Specials Part II
Art (5000-5093)
Native Americana (5094-5113)
Firearms/Weaponry (5114-5116)
Badges (5117-5124)
Foreign Collectibles (5125-5139)
Textiles (5140-5145)
Furnishings & 3D Items (5146-5162)
General Americana Ephemera & Collectibles (5163-5249)
Hollywood/Theatre (5450-5260)
Music (5261-5272)
Cowboy/Saloon/Tobacco (5272-5281)
Bottles (5288-5304)
Gaming (5305-5312)
Jewelry (5313-5322)
General Americana Geographically Sorted (5323-5416)
Political (5417-5420)
Postcards (5421-5428)
Wells Fargo (5429-5433)
World's Fairs (5434-5437)
Sports (5438-5470)
Military (5471-5494)
Mining (5495-5556)
Stocks & Bonds (5558-5796)
Transportation (5770-5798)

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Cigar and Hydraulic Mining Tradecards (2)  (100006)5350 - Cigar and Hydraulic Mining Tradecards (2) (100006)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 nice tradecards. Moorhouse's cigars with a boy smoking a cigar on both sides. Comstock & Avery, Peoria, ILL with Malakoff Diggins hyrdauli...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Goldrush & Other Billheads (9)  (125800)5351 - Goldrush & Other Billheads (9) (125800)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 pieces. Two of the best: Coghill SF 1859, Moulder SF 18502, SF Sausage Company with vignette of a pig etc. Date: Country (if not USA): State:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Road Maps of California (40)  (124334)5352 - Road Maps of California (40) (124334)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of over 40 maps of all areas of the Golden State of California. Some issued by Chambers of Commerce, some by moving companies, some from the Autom
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Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to y******e for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Rural Yolo County Lithographs  (82451)5353 - Rural Yolo County Lithographs (82451)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six plates of lithographs from a folio done by W. T. Galloway of San Francisco (partner and successor to Grafton T. Brown). Drawings include: rsidence
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Sacramento Daily Union Papers (8)  (123115)5354 - Sacramento Daily Union Papers (8) (123115)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mostly 1863. Includes articles: Rebel finances are desperate, do not plan to interfere with frigate Charleston when it enters Charleston harbor
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 20.00 - 50.00
Sold to R*****s for (35.00 + 7.70BP) = 42.70
 
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Siskiyou Documents  (125801)5355 - Siskiyou Documents (125801)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Illustrated 1891 lettersheet from Mott for the Shasta View Hotel with cover; Yreka for Jones and Etna Daily Stage line report 1911. Date: Country (
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****l for (55.00 + 12.10BP) = 67.10
 
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Stockton Area Documents  (125803)5356 - Stockton Area Documents (125803)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Linden (2 1882); Stockton Electric railroad worker summary 1902; Campo Seco Documents 2 1868; and 4 others Date: Country (if not USA): State: Ca
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to y******e for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Wild Horse Round Up Photos (4)  (122807)5357 - Wild Horse Round Up Photos (4) (122807)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four black & white photos of cowboys chasing what appear to by mustangs through rugged landscape. Photos measure 8"x 10" and one of t...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to P*****8 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Yosemite History Collection (5)  (124324)5358 - Yosemite History Collection (5) (124324)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five pieces of Yosemite's history: 1931 Yosemite Drivers License; 1964 Centennial of the Yosemite Grant medal; Foley's Yosemite Souve...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9***7 for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Topographical Maps of the North West Territories  (120607)5359 - Topographical Maps of the North West Territories (120607)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a collection of 16 maps of the North West Territories in Canada: McKenzie River at Providence to Simpson, scale 1 in.=4 miles, inclination is
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 700.00
 
 
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