Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

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Welcome to our Summer Sale!

The summer sale features everything good about summer collectors – mining artifacts – and all elements of western history.

Here’s some highlights!
More than a dozen ore cars!!
Great manuscript archives, including that of a Mormon family and their trials and tribulations over several decades, from Nauvoo to Salt Lake, and back to the East coast; a newly surfaced Adolph Sutro-Comstock Lode archive and documents; an amazing archive from Nevada engineer John Heizer; a scrap book from promoter Tex Rickard; early Arizona military letters; a pair of 1860’s maps showing the location of the original adobes in Los Angeles! Wow! And there’s lots more.
The western Art section is huge, with art in every category. One of my favorites is the ornately engraved presentation silver chalice from Grass Valley, a “must-have” for any mining or California collector
Antique bottles and marbles. Hundreds of lots of California and Nevada items accompanied by a marble collection. Some of my favorites (other than bottles, which are always fun and historical) are the ceramic series of cat house decanters. This rare set has been split up by region, making it even more fun. While we’ve had a few of these over the years, we’ve never seen this many different- ever!
Stocks and bonds. This is another “wow” offering from two or more collections. Some highlights: Chinese bond collection; Arizona material- Sopori (1850’s), Gold MC, Picacho (1860’s), and from California the Bear River piece that preceded the Tuolumne stock that features a killer mining vignette; and of course a huge offering of more from the famous Prag Collection
Numismatics has about a little of everything related to coins and currency. Lots of scrip, tokens, medals (make sure you make it all the way thru the catalog!), and two spectacular gold fakes of which one was unknown, and the other very well published. There’s also a great strong box to put it all in! Medal collectors, don’t miss the late July sale as well.
Speaking of gold, don’t miss the high grade ore specimens from two major collections, the Heizer collection and Pollock. Most of Heizer’s material is Nevada-Cal, while Pollock is Mostly Utah, Alaska.
With 4000 lots, you’ll have plenty of great material to look over.

Don’t forget the search box on the “Virtual Catalog” on our web site. It can help you find the things you want in a hurry. But there’s nothing like surfing through the catalog – you get to find all sorts of neat things you might never have thought about.

Full Schedule

Day 1 (Thur, July 11) Lots 1000-1776

Apparel
Jewelry
Art
Furnishings & Décor
Native Americana
General Foreign Collectibles
Sports
Entertainment Industry
Music Related
Political
Military
General Americana Part I
Advertising
Badges
Belt Buckles
Brewing & Tobacco
Circus
Fire related
Gold Rush
Licence Plates
Lock/Key
Microscope
Scale
Tools
Toys
Dolls
Misc Americana Collectibles


Day 2 (Fri, July 12) Lots 2000-2670

General Americana Part II
(Geographically Sorted)
Bottles
Brothel
Cowboy
Gaming
Saloon
Tokens
Numismatics
Weaponry
Marbles

Day 3 (Sat,July 13) Lots 3000-3855

Minerals
Mining Part I
(California-Nevada)

Day 4 (Sun, July 14) Lots 4000-4808

Mining Part I
(New Jersey-End)
Transportation
Railroadiana
Postal History
Wells Fargo & Express

Day 5 (Mon, July 15) Lots 5000-6487

Bargains & Dealer Specials
Art
Bottles
Civil War
General Americana
Mining
Native Americana
Numismatics
Railroadiana
Transportation

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Crow & Cheyenne Post Cards   (100515)1200 - Crow & Cheyenne Post Cards (100515)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve: 5 old lithos, and 7 RPCs, including "the dedication of the Jim Baker Cabin, Cheyenne, Wyoming, by D-F Photo Co. Date: State/C...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Dance (s) / Ceremonial    (104953)1201 - Dance (s) / Ceremonial (104953)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
126 postcards of dances and /or ceremonies. One each of dances such as corn, buffalo, eagle, owl, ghost, wild goose (also known as swan dance), devi
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to r*******F for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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DeGrazia Collection of Native American Art   (101022)1202 - DeGrazia Collection of Native American Art (101022)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One of the most popular Arizona artists of modern times, Ettorre "Ted" DeGrazia (1909-1982) became a household word in America in the 1960...
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Doll "Dawn Seeker" Indian Squaw   (106230)1203 - Doll "Dawn Seeker" Indian Squaw (106230)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Contemporary Indian Squaw Doll. Artist named her "Dawn Seeker". From the Ashton-Drake Galleries. Approx. 8" x 20". Certificate ...
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Doll "Laughing Waters" Contemporary   (105990)1204 - Doll "Laughing Waters" Contemporary (105990)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Native American Doll named "Laughing Waters" has Certificate of Authenticity number A 1947. She is wearing a ceremonial dress inspired by ...
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Doll "Raven Wing" Contemporary   (106231)1205 - Doll "Raven Wing" Contemporary (106231)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Contemporary doll. Approx. 5" x 24" tall. It is numbered is A 2237. From the Ashton-Drake Galleries by Artist Sandra Bilotto. She is the ...
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Doll "Wedding of Raven Wing" Contemporary   (106233)1206 - Doll "Wedding of Raven Wing" Contemporary (106233)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful doll is an original by artist Sanda Bilotto, and is issued exclusively by the Ashton-Drake Galleries. Certificate of Authenticity number A 0
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 130.00
 
 
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Doll (Native American)  Contemporary   (106234)1207 - Doll (Native American) Contemporary (106234)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful doll named "Betrothal at Sunrise" an original issue designed by artist Sandra Bilotto in an exclusive edition for The Ashton-Dra...
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Doll (Native American) Contemporary   (106232)1208 - Doll (Native American) Contemporary (106232)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From the Ashton-Drake Galleries, by Artist Sandra Bilotto. Certificate of Authentication, number A 3911. This doll is named "Sun Maiden" s...
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Doll (Native American) Contemporary   (105739)1209 - Doll (Native American) Contemporary (105739)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This doll is called "Morning Bird Song" wears a beautiful white "suede" dress with elabore beadwork and fringing, and high beade...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 125.00 - 200.00
 
 
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