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Western Americana Safari

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

Auction Details

Western Americana Safari Auction

This four day sale features some of our best offerings to date in the following categories: Gold, Mining, Native Americana, Cowboy, Firearms, Taxidermy, Railroad & Express, Tokens, Coins, Ingots, Medals, Bottles, Gaming, and General Americana.

Highlights include: the Don Young Collection of US Medals & Exonumia, arguably one of the largest collections ever offered; a major collection of identified gold nuggets and Comstock mineral specimens; a huge collection of mining artifacts, including candlesticks, carbide lamps, mining ephemera and stock certificates; silver ingots and large American silver medals; US & Mexican coins, gold tokens, and dies; nearly 100 taxidermy mounts centralized on the American West and Africa; a gaming section of rare chips and a pre-1910 roulette table; a token section with the final Montana Svoboda pieces as well a rare Bodie token and gold nugget tokens; historical autographs including George Armstrong Custer, Ben Holladay, Sharon-Mills-Ralston, and important Comstock and Western political figures; firearms and weaponry including nearly 50 firearms and a Constitutional Delegate's sword; Western cutlery (1850s-1880); antique bottles incl. Bodie & colored Nevada; a California Gold Rush section incl. an 1856 vigilance committee medal, a presentation belt buckle, and rare ephemera; fantastic Native Americana and Cowboy sections; and much more!

Please see the auction schedule below.

Auction Schedule

Day One (Friday, December 9th, 2016) (Lots 1000-1706)
Gold (Lots 1000-1053)
Ore/Mineral Specimens (Lots 1054-1074)
Mining Part I (Lots 1075-1706)
Mining Candlesticks (Lots 1075-1095)
Mining Hardhats (Lots 1096-1098)
Carbide Mining Lamps (Lots 1099-1254)
Safety Mining Lamps (Lots 1255-1275)
Teapot Mining Lamps (Lots 1276-1301)
Assay (Lots 1302-1328)
Mining Ephemera (State/City) (Lots 1329-1706)
Alaska thru Nevada

Day Two (Saturday, December 10th, 2016) (Lots 2000-2674)
Mining Part II (Lots 2000-2155)
State/City (New Jersey thru Foreign) (Lots 2000- 2103)
Gold Rush (Lots 2104-2134)
Mining Spoons (Lots 2135-2155)
Native Americana (Lots 2156-2334)
Baskets (Lots 2156-2184)
Beadwork (Lots 2185-2203)
Cradleboards (Lots 2204-2207)
Jewelry (Lots 2208-2251)
Moccasins (Lots 2252-2258)
Weapons & Points (Lots 2259-2279)
Pottery (Lots 2280-2301)
Rugs (Lots 2302-2317)
Art, Artifacts, & Ephemera (Lots 2318-2334)
Cowboy (Lots 2335-2404)
Franz Trevors (C.M. Russell) Paintings (Lots 2335-2338)
Saddles (Lots 2339-2349)
Spurs & Bits (Lots 2350-2377)
Clothing (Lots 2378-2390)
Ephemera (Lots 2391-2404)
Firearms, Weaponry, & Military (Lots 2405-2498)
Taxidermy (Lots 2499-2579)
Sorted Alphabetically
Railroad, Stage, & Steamship (Lots 2580-2635)
Sorted by State/City
Wells Fargo & Other Express (Lots 2636-2674)
Wells Fargo (Lots 2636-2659)
Railroad Express (Lots 2660-2666)
Other Express (Lots 2667-2674)

Day Three (Sunday, December 11th, 2016) (Lots 3000-3651)
Tokens (State/City) (Lots 3000-3139)
Numismatics (Lots 3140-3651)
Ingots (Lots 3140-3152)
Currency & Scrip (Lots 3153-3163)
Ephemera (Lots 3164-3185)
Coins & Coin Collectibles (Lots 3186-3262)
US & Other Coins (Lots 3186-3193)
Mexican Coins (Lots 3194-3255)
Coin Collectibles (Lots 3256-3262)
Cal Fractionals & Gaming Counters (Lots 3263-3280)
Hart’s Coins of the Golden West (Lots 3281-3295)
Medals & So-Called Dollars (Lots 3296-3342)
Don Young US Medal Collection (Lots 3343-3651)
Alphabetical by Association (ANA-TAMS)

Day Four (Monday, December 12th, 2016) (Lots 4000-4626)
Bottles, Saloon, & Brewing (Lots 4000-4071)
Bottles (Lots 4000-4056)
Saloon & Brewing (Lots 4057-4071)
Gaming (Lots 4072-4112)
General Americana (Lots 4113-4626)
Various (Lots 4113-4194)
Sorted by State / City (Alabama thru Foreign) (Lots 4195-4570)
Books (Lots 4571-4626)
Directories (Lots 4571-4587)
General (Lots 4588-4626)


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1842/1948 Placerita Gold Discovery Medal1431 - 1842/1948 Placerita Gold Discovery Medal
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Copper medal for Gold Rush, 1842, Placerita Canyon. Californians celebrated the centennial in grand style, and Newhall residents didn't shr...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to C*****4 for 68.20
 
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Two Plumas County Mining Stock Certificates1432 - Two Plumas County Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Taylor Plumas Mill and Mining Company. No. 960, issued for 100 shares to JR Kennedy on April 15th, 1886. Signed by the president (Robinson) and sec
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********o for 86.80
 
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Eureka Gold Mining & Milling Company Stock Certificate1433 - Eureka Gold Mining & Milling Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare pre-1900 Randsburg. Inc. in California. No. 76, issued for 40 shares to Emma. D. Ely on March 27th, 1899. Randsburg dateline. Signed by A.W
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to T*********t for 72.60
 
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Bond for The San Bernardino Mining Company, Limited1434 - Bond for The San Bernardino Mining Company, Limited
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five pound bond No. 82 issued to Dr. Leonard W. Sedgwick on Sept. 5, 1895. Signed by the company directors and secretary. Three pence revenue imprint.
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for 62.00
 
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Business Card for HS Homans: Commissioner of Deeds for Nevada Territory1435 - Business Card for HS Homans: Commissioner of Deeds for Nevada Territory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
H. S. Homans was a Notary Public and Commissioner of Deeds for the Nevada Territory. (What is a Nevada Territory Commissioner of Deeds doing in San Fr
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to V********e for 66.00
 
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Mining & Scientific Press: Earthquake Anniversary Issue1436 - Mining & Scientific Press: Earthquake Anniversary Issue
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Much attention paid to San Francisco one year after the great earthquake. Also articles on Leadville, Cripple Creek, Butte, etc. Cover missing. Spine
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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The California Powder Works Billhead & Imprinted Cover1437 - The California Powder Works Billhead & Imprinted Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dated December 21, 1896 correspondence to Eureka, Nevada on payment. California Powder Works was the first American explosive powder manufacturing com
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to b******a for 42.35
 
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Santa Paula Mining & Reduction Company Stock Certificate1438 - Santa Paula Mining & Reduction Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Ventura County, California. Inc. in 1899. Dateline Santa Paula, Cal., July 39th, 1901. No. 65, issued for 100 shares to C.M. Hardison. Signed by
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to l*****I for 43.40
 
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Sonoma Pacific Coal Company Stock Certificate1439 - Sonoma Pacific Coal Company Stock Certificate
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Location: Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California. Dateline San Francisco, Feb. 11, 1889. No. 147, issued for 1,633 shares to CF Frost, the manager of t
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Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*******d for 36.30
 
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Rare Pair of Sierra City Mining Stock Certificates1440 - Rare Pair of Sierra City Mining Stock Certificates
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Two certificates for the William Tell Consolidated Gold Mining Company, datelined Sierra City, California, 1891. No. 41, issued for 50,000 shares! and
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a********o for 37.20
 
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