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Summer Americana Auction--July 2019

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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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Large Indian Grinding Stone (106225)1240 - Large Indian Grinding Stone (106225)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dark grinding stone, probably Nevada in origin. Approx 19 drilled impressions. 19.5" long Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r*******F for 125.00
 
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Large Indian Grinding Stone (106224)1241 - Large Indian Grinding Stone (106224)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large brown oval Indian grinding stone. Approx 17" long. Probably Nevada in origin Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r*******F for 125.00
 
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Large Native American Man with Closed Eyes by Aaron Freelander (101005)1242 - Large Native American Man with Closed Eyes by Aaron Freelander (101005)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Native American man in bluish green attire with a matching headband standing with his eyes closed, print?. Triple mat. Signed by artist. Print 35x23...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Ledger Drawings by Donald Montileaux (101043)1243 - Ledger Drawings by Donald Montileaux (101043)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A collection of three, unusual, and original colored pencil drawings on old treasurer's warrant ledger book pages. By the 1860's, Plains Ind...
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Long Hairs Last Sun - by Michael Gentry (101035)1244 - Long Hairs Last Sun - by Michael Gentry (101035)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No.806/1200, Long Hairs Last Sun. Signed by Michael Gentry and comes with Certificate of Authenticity, 1992 Approx.23" x 33". Beautiful, r...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Los del Valle - by Amado M. Pena (101012)1245 - Los del Valle - by Amado M. Pena (101012)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Amado M. Pena, Jr. (b1943 - ), Number 3/65, print is 17 x 17 inches, frame 28 x 28 inches. Date: State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Medicine Men / Women (104176)1246 - Medicine Men / Women (104176)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
60 cards plus 8 duplicates. 1 over sized cards of Medicine Men / Women, Shaman and spiritual. Pictures include the cliff palace in Mesa Verde Natio
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Estimate : 125.00 - 175.00
Sold to r*******F for 75.00
 
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Medicine Spirit - Serigraphy by Bert Seaborn (101055)1247 - Medicine Spirit - Serigraphy by Bert Seaborn (101055)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Striking serigraph of a man, an owl, and sun with vivid feathers. #61/75. Signed by artist. 29x22" Date: 1981 State/Country: City/County:
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mestizo Series: Artesanos del Valle - by Amado M. Pena (101039)1248 - Mestizo Series: Artesanos del Valle - by Amado M. Pena (101039)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Amado Maurilio Pena, Jr. Image size 18 x 24 inches, paper siz 22 x 30 inches, frame size 35 x 30 inches. Number one of a limited edition of 50 prin
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Metate & Mono from the Great Basin of U.S. (105479)1249 - Metate & Mono from the Great Basin of U.S. (105479)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Metate & Mono are granite, Great Basin of the U.S., 41 Lbs. Metate is 19" x 11" x 3.5". Mono is 4.5" x 3". Extra shipp...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to n********i.. for 137.50
 
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