Treasures Galore, January 2019 Auction

Auction Details

Day 1 (Thur, Jan 24) Lots 1000-1678

Bottles (1000-1077)
Dies (1078-1091)
Tokens (1092-1161)
Numismatics
Books (1162-1165)
Checks (1166)
Coins (1167-1184)
Currency (1185-1189)
Display Cases (1190-1192)
Ingot (1193)
Medals (1194-1207)
Scale (1208-1209)
General Numismatics (1210-1244)
So-Called Dollars (1245-1247)
General Americana (Various Categories)
Advertising (1248-1262)
Badges (1263-1268)
Books (1269-1380)
Comic Books (1381-1382)
Directories (1383-1497)
Brewing (1498-1501)
Chaps (1502)
Checks (1503-1520)
Cigar & Tobacco (1521-1523)
Circus (1524-1526)
Civil War (1527)
Dolls (1528-1529)
Entertainment Industry (1530-41)
Gold Rush (1542-1554)
Jewelry & Watches (1555-1566)
Ledger (1567-1571)
Maps (1572-1606)
Music (1608-1609)
Postcards (1615-1625)
Scales (1626-1627)
Silver & Flatware (1628-1633)
Sports (1634-1637)
Stereoviews (1641-1650)
Tools (1651-1656)
Toys (1657-1659)
Vintage Apparel (1660-1666)
World’s Fair/Expos (1667-1674)
Political (1675-1678)
Day 2 (Fri, Jan 25) Lots 2000-2698

Stock Certificates (2000-2065)
General Americana
Geographically Sorted (2066-2377)
Railroadiana (2378-2698)

Day 3 (Sat, Jan 26) Lots 3000-3716

Transportation (3000--3022)
Wells Fargo/Express (3023-3028)
Postal History (3029-3040)
Military (3041-3081)
Minerals (3082-3160)
Mining (3161-3416)
Art(3161-3168)
Artifacts (3169-3206)
Assay (3207-3221)
Bonds (3222-3223)
Books (3224-3348)
Explosives(3349-3364)
Hat (3365-3367)
Ingot, Jewelry, Fob (3368-70)
Map (3371-3377)
Lighting (3378-3424)
Minerals, Photos, Postcards (3425-33439)
Mining Stocks AZ-CO (3440-3716)

Day 4 (Sun, Jan 27) Lots 4000-4685

Mining Cont’d (4000-4446)
Stocks, D-WY & Foreign
General Mining Geographically sorted
Art (4369-4446)
Sculptures (4531-4542)
Native American (4543-4560)
General Foreign (4561-4605)
Cowboy (4606-4637)
Firearms (4638-4649)
Gaming (4650-4668)
Saloon (4669-4685)
Day 5 (Mon, Jan 28 ) Lots 5000-6192

Advertising (5000-5021)
Art (5022-5032)
Autograph (5033)
Badges (5034)
Belt Buckles (5038-5042)
Bonds (5043-5063)
Books (5064-5137)
Bottles (5038-5168)
Buffalo Bill & Wild West (5173-5174)
Business Cards (5175-5178)
Checks (5179-5183)
Chinese (5184-5186)
Civil War (5187-5196)
Cowboy (5197-5213)
Directory (5214)
Entertainment Industry (5215-5217)
Ephemera (5218-5307)
Fire Department (5308)
Firearms (5309-5314)
Gaming (5315-5322)
Grab Bags (5323-5324)
Jewelry (5325-5338)
Medals (5367-5369)
Medicines (5370-5371)
Military (5372-5382)
Minerals (5383-5384)
Mining & Mining Stocks (5385-5660)
Mirrors (5661-5662)
Newspapers (5663-5665)
Numismatics (5666-5784)Books (5682-5684)
Books (5682-5684)
Checks (5685-5693)
Coins (5694-5724)
Currency (5725-5729)
Dies (5730-5731)
Ingots (5732-5733)
Medals (5734-5781)
Scale (5782)
Scrip (5783)
So-Called Dollars (5784)
Oil Related (5785-5793)
Pen/Pencil (5794)
Philatelic (5795)
Photographs/Stereo-views (5796-5861)
Political (5862-5870)
Postal History (5871-5906)
Postcards (5907-5952)
Posters (5953)
Presidential (5954-5956)
Railroadiana (5957-6079)
Silver/Flatware (6080-6088)
Sports (6089)
Steamer (6090-6092)
Stock Certificates (6093-6114)
Tobacco Collection (6115)
Tokens (6116-6163)
Tools (6164-6165)
Toys (6166)
Trunk (6167)
Watches (6168-6169)
Wells/Fargo & Express (6170-6180)
World’s Fair & Expos (6181-6192)
SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Mammoth Print of a 19th Century House  (56141)2321Mammoth Print of a 19th Century House (56141)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mammoth print of an old house possibly 1870's. Possible Georgia location. The house has a white picket fence, an elevated birdhouse and many fam...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Matthew Brady Photo Books of the Civil War (2 count)  (63329)2322Matthew Brady Photo Books of the Civil War (2 count) (63329)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Matthew Brady's Portrait of an Era by Meredith and Matthew Brady-Historian with a Camera by Horan. Hardcovers, two books. You will not find a ph...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Matthew Brady Modern Photo Prints (12)  (87155)2323Matthew Brady Modern Photo Prints (12) (87155)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lincoln, Grant, Greeley, Dahlgren, Lee, Mahone, Sherman, Turner, Whitman, Barton, Military Men. Image 12x9.5" State: City: Date:
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Metal Toy Vehicles and More  (86467)2324Metal Toy Vehicles and More (86467)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
White ambulance 11.5"-fair condition, Postal Savings Truck 7" long. Green stone bear, purple darning egg, National Finals Rodeo 1996 white...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Mounted Barbed Wire Display  (87354)2325Mounted Barbed Wire Display (87354)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
22 barbed wire specimens nicely mounted and identified on wood. 16X12" State: City: Date: c1879-1883
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b********t.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Mounted Photographs of Business Exteriors  (60035)2326Mounted Photographs of Business Exteriors (60035)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. None identified. One shows a group standing in front of a Maple Restaurant (4.25 x 6.5" on 7 x 9" mount); another shows four wor...
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Mounted Photographs of Business Interiors   (60054)2327Mounted Photographs of Business Interiors (60054)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 mounted photographs of early business interiors. American retailing in its infancy. Only one is identified (a plumbing store in Sausalito)
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to p********n for (125.00 + 31.25BP) = 156.25
Mounted Photographs of Factory & Shop Interiors  (60053)2328Mounted Photographs of Factory & Shop Interiors (60053)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) 1939 photo of interior of Universal Electric Appliance Co. in San Francisco (identified bottom right). 5 x 7 on 7 x 9". 2) Interio...
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Mounted Photographs of Farms & Other Farming Ephemera  (60034)2329Mounted Photographs of Farms & Other Farming Ephemera (60034)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. Four mounted photographs of early farming scenes, one identified as Kansas. Largest is 5x7 on 8x10" mount. Five other pieces of farmi...
Start Price : 55.00 | Estimate : 110.00 - 250.00
Musician Photographs  (40163)2330Musician Photographs (40163)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 photographs total of Dude Martin and his Round-Up Gang and a group photo of Al Pearce, Edna O'Keefe, Cal Pearce, Jean Clarimoux, Norman Nielse...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Nail Keg Lids (2)  (87429)2331Nail Keg Lids (2) (87429)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 American Steel & Wire wood nail keg lids. 1 is in 3 sections, other in 3 sections with warp and cracks State: City: Date:
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Northland Ski Catalog  (88253)2332Northland Ski Catalog (88253)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Founded by a Norwegian native, C.A. Lun, the Northland Ski company issued this fifty six page catalog (3 1/2 x 6 inches) featuring toboggans, snow sho
Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******a for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
LOT WITHDRAWN  ()2333LOT WITHDRAWN ()
Holabird Western Americana Collections
State: City: Date:
Start Price : 0.00
Old Photos of Classy Classic American cars  (58671)2334Old Photos of Classy Classic American cars (58671)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
B/W 3 row convertible with many passengers at Pike's Peak 1935-spotting on photo. 1920's at Peninsula Hotel in San Mateo with black converti...
Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Old Rawhide or Leather Pouch  (76526)2335Old Rawhide or Leather Pouch (76526)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Possibly Native American or trapper. One piece pouch with long rat tail to tie closed. Appears to have been coated with tar. 4" long, South Eas...
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to S*****8 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
Old Sailing Ship Wooden Helm Wheel  (88377)2336Old Sailing Ship Wooden Helm Wheel (88377)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Classic 8 point dark wood helm wheel from an old sailing ship. Bolted iron band and center hub. 39.5" diameter. Nice nautical display piece. Ad...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to C*****t for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
Old West Style Western Magazines  (85846)2337Old West Style Western Magazines (85846)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 145 magazines: Old West 1960, (about 35); True West '60's & '70's (about 40); Frontier Times (about 28); The West (about ...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Order Form for Opium and Other Ephemera  (88811)2338Order Form for Opium and Other Ephemera (88811)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1920 Order Form For Opium from Owensboro, Kentucky. Handwritten request for 1 1/4 oz. Cocaine from Merck. 1897 billhead from Gainesville Alabama, from
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to w****e for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Pacific Coast Borax Co.  (86565)2339Pacific Coast Borax Co. (86565)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letter and check (not enclosed) from Pacific Coast Borax Co in SF to a client who gave out free goods to their customers that were being sold by thei
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6****A for (55.00 + 12.10BP) = 67.10
LOT WITHDRAWN  ()2340LOT WITHDRAWN ()
Holabird Western Americana Collections
State: City: Date:
Start Price : 0.00
Picture Post Cards  (88802)2341Picture Post Cards (88802)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 180 post cards, mostly Dahlonega Georgia, but many from Alaska, California and the Southwest. Only a few written on, most like new. State: Ci
Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to D*****6 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
Postal History Collection from the Midwest  (60920)2342Postal History Collection from the Midwest (60920)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
States include Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, etc. Over 100 total! Many have revenue imprinted stamps. Mostly Illinois. Large cities and small towns. Incl
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Postmarks with 'LEE' in them  (60967)2343Postmarks with 'LEE' in them (60967)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Star with three 1850's Leesburg, Virginia covers. One is stampless. 1850's Leesburgh Ohio, 1879 manuscript Leesburg Florida, 1911 Astor &...
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to e*****2 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Powder Flask   (86845)2344Powder Flask (86845)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This beautifully preserved leather shot flask made by AM Flask and Cap Company is calibrated to drop 1 oz. to 1 1/4 oz. of shot. The leather is dry bu
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 3***6 for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
Purple Door Knob Archive (17)  (88856)2345Purple Door Knob Archive (17) (88856)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seventeen choice purple glass door knobs from the c1900-1912 period when manganese based glass was popular before the advent of the ABM manufactured g
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to c*****n for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
Roaring Twenties Brochures  (88202)2346Roaring Twenties Brochures (88202)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four women's hat catalogs by Marge Adams; a guide to "Correct Dress: Season 1919-1920; The Art of Etiquette of Courtship (including chapter...
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Roy Rogers/Hopalong Cassidy Collection  (88814)2347Roy Rogers/Hopalong Cassidy Collection (88814)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Roy Rogers/Dale Evans Thermos bottle; Roy Rogers & Trigger signal siren flashlight new in box. Daisy cap pistol, used but works. Hopalong Cassi...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to r*******6 for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
Rusty Handcuffs and Key  (87174)2348Rusty Handcuffs and Key (87174)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rusty iron D shape handcuffs with key State: City: Date:
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to R**********s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
Samoa, 1889, Rare History  (84679)2349Samoa, 1889, Rare History (84679)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Story of Laulii, Daughter of Samoa, and also a sketch on the life of Alexander. A. Willis, her Husband. Edited by Wm Barnes, San Francisco, 1889.
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sewing Sampler  (61174)2350Sewing Sampler (61174)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sewing sampler. 13.5" x 22", 1902 made by Theresia Holz-Leitner. This beautiful sampler is made with green and red thread in 1902 maybe af...
Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Sold to 2**********t for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
Sewing Sampler  (61175)2351Sewing Sampler (61175)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sewing sampler. 1915, made by “MB Staubtuch”. 15 x 31" framed, red thread. State: City: Date: 1915
Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Sold to g****v for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
Songbirds of America Placemats (6)  (84812)2352Songbirds of America Placemats (6) (84812)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original box of 6 washable plastic placemats for your table featuring songbirds of America by artist Chuck Ripper. 12x17" State: City: Dat...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Souvenir Booklets from Helena, Montana 1930-1960  (50273)2353Souvenir Booklets from Helena, Montana 1930-1960 (50273)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Placer Hotel and Arbuckle's advertising items. Montana Deaconess School at Helena showing students and grounds.163 Infantry Journal. Helena Wat...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Souvenir of Professor Heckler's Trained Flea Circus  (88225)2354Souvenir of Professor Heckler's Trained Flea Circus (88225)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four page brochure from Hubert's Museum, 228-232 West 42nd Street New York City. The seven act program is listed on the back. The two page inter...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Starret Tools Catalog & Victoroius Sewing Machine Handbill  (571603)2355Starret Tools Catalog & Victoroius Sewing Machine Handbill (571603)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vertical Feed Victorious. the New Davis Vertical Feed Shuttle Lock-Stitch Sewing Machine. In February 1868, the Davis Sewing Machine Company was start
Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****a for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
Stevie Wonder , I just Called To Say I Love You, 7" 45  (62117)2356Stevie Wonder , I just Called To Say I Love You, 7" 45 (62117)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unplayed Motown 7" 45 rpm. Sides 1 and 2 both I Just Called To Say I Love You. In original sleeve and original cardboard mailer with liner car...
Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9***6 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
Straight Razor Collection (6)  (87158)2357Straight Razor Collection (6) (87158)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 straight razors, 5 in boxes. 1 strap in broken box State: City: Date:
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to g****v for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
Suppository Advertisement and Envelope  (51026)2358Suppository Advertisement and Envelope (51026)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7" x 4' advertisement and 2.5' x 4.25" envelope. Advertisement is for an antiseptic suppository and its many benefits. For "...
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Swamp Root Almanacs (2)  (87114)2359Swamp Root Almanacs (2) (87114)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Swamp Root Almanac Dream Books. 1936 and 1940. Colorful Native American covers. State: City: Date: 1936, 1940
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
The First Continental Congress 1774 - 12-oz Sterling Silver Plate - The Danbury Mint  (79562)2360The First Continental Congress 1774 - 12-oz Sterling Silver Plate - The Danbury Mint (79562)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Danbury Mint released a limited edition of 7,500 Sterling Silver plates weighing approximately 12 troy ounces depicting the first Continental Cong
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********3 for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
Thermometers, 3 Vintage  (88514)2361Thermometers, 3 Vintage (88514)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1)Tel-Thru, 5" x 12"; 2) Consolidated Ashcroft Hancock Co. Inc. /Bridgeport, Conn. 2.5" x 19.5"; 3) The Palmer Co./ Cincinnati...
Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Three Early Catalogs  (88204)2362Three Early Catalogs (88204)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three: 1) Philadelphia 1915 "A Friendly Guide-book to the Wanamaker Store"; 40 pages, 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 2) 1925 Bell System Teleph...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Three stampless covers  (60963)2363Three stampless covers (60963)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two are from rarer locations. 1) Kingsville, Ohio. Handwritten in postmark is 1848. Stamped 'PAID' Handwritten '3'. 2) Spencerport, ...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Tins  and Matches  (87350)2364Tins and Matches (87350)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aprox 25 old tins for oil, tobacco, mustard, Simoniz, match boxes, Diamond picnic plates in original box etc State: City: Date:
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Trade Card for The Bain Mountain Wagon   (50312)2365Trade Card for The Bain Mountain Wagon (50312)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3.5" x 6" trade card for The Bain Mountain Wagon Co. of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Stamped by BLACKFOOT CITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY next to an image...
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Travel Posters (6)  (86836)2366Travel Posters (6) (86836)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
34" x 23" is the largest poster in this lot, of President Nixon meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong of China; Great Wall of China Posters (4)...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Two Pair of Vintage Field Binoculars  (61528)2367Two Pair of Vintage Field Binoculars (61528)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Field binoculars: one pair is Sportiere Paris. Black, used, fair condition, in case--case in rough condition. The other pair is unmarked, brown leathe
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Two Photographic Prints of the West  (43851)2368Two Photographic Prints of the West (43851)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Buffalo Grazing North Montana, 1880 by L. A. Hoffman. Image size: 7.25" x 9.25" , nicely framed: 15" x 17.25". Reproduction, ...
Estimate : 70.00 - 200.00
Sold to C*****4 for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
Two Snuff Boxes  (88213)2369Two Snuff Boxes (88213)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two antique wooden snuff boxes. One has a four leaf clover and is 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches. The other has a shell top and is 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches.
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Two Tin Boxes  (88205)2370Two Tin Boxes (88205)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Probably 19th century. One is 7 1/2 inches long, 4 1/2 inches deep, and 5 inches tall with top handle and front latch. The other is 10 inches long, 5
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00