Western Americana Safari

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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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Seeing Cripple Creek (April 1904)1501 - Seeing Cripple Creek (April 1904)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued by Seeing Colorado Publishing Co. A monthly publication with articles and advertisements. (10.25" x 6.75") Used condition. Last mon...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to e********5 for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Seeing Cripple Creek (January 1905)1502 - Seeing Cripple Creek (January 1905)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued by Seeing Colorado Publishing Co. A monthly publication with articles and advertisements. "Unconquerable Cripple Creek." "JM W...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to e********5 for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Seeing Cripple Creek (July 1905)1503 - Seeing Cripple Creek (July 1905)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes articles on safety in Cripple Creek mining, Crescent Cattle Company, water works, bullion valuation from the last half year, a fabulous photo
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to e********5 for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Seeing Cripple Creek (July 1906)1504 - Seeing Cripple Creek (July 1906)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Articles on Cripple Creek in the summer, the arrival of the Elks with portraits of the main players, mining near Breckenridge, Thomas Walsh, prospecto
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*******g for (75.00 + 15.75BP) = 90.75
 
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Two Souvenir Booklets on Cripple Creek1505 - Two Souvenir Booklets on Cripple Creek
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "The World's Famous Gold Camp, Victor, Cripple Creek."Published by The Railroad View Publishing Co., Colorado Springs, Colorado, co...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 400.00
Sold to s****l for (80.00 + 16.80BP) = 96.80
 
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"The Only Daily Mining Newspaper in the World" (booklet)1506 - "The Only Daily Mining Newspaper in the World" (booklet)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Without apology, but with obvious purpose, this booklet is dedicated to the advertising public..." If you were not sure whether to advert...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to s****l for (30.00 + 6.30BP) = 36.30
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN1507 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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LOT WITHDRAWN FHWAC#: 21646
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co. Electrical Catalog1508 - Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co. Electrical Catalog
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Electrical Catalogue No. 100. "Established 1861. Machinery and Equipment of all kinds General, Automotive, Electrical and Radio Supplies."...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 20.00 - 200.00
Sold to s****l for (85.00 + 17.85BP) = 102.85
 
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Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co. Catalog No. 1021509 - Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co. Catalog No. 102
Holabird Western Americana Collections
General Catalog No. 102. "Machinery and Equipment of All Kinds/ General/ Automotive, Electrical, and radio Supplies/ Builders' Hardware.&qu...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 20.00 - 200.00
Sold to s****l for (75.00 + 15.75BP) = 90.75
 
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Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co. Catalog No. 1501510 - Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. and Supply Co. Catalog No. 150
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Established 1861. Phone Keystone 4111. Office and Salesrooms/ 1601-1639 Seventeenth Street,/ opposite Union Station/ Denver, Colorado. USA. The Bowen
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 20.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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