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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2140 - Two Colorado Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Gold washed Denver spoon with large milling operation on bowl and a winch with rope running down the handle on top. 2) "Cripple Creek, The G...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l******8 for (100.00 + 21.00BP) = 121.00
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2142 - 3 Missouri Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Die struck, " You will Have to Shew Me I'm From Missouri" image of 2 men and burros; 2) Die struck "Mining Scene" and ima...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
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2144 - Butte 1901 Sterling Silver Souvenir SpoonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Miner on handle with pail being winched down to two underground miners. Hand etched 'Butte 1901' on back. State: Montana City: Butte...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold to l******8 for (20.00 + 4.20BP) = 24.20
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2145 - 3 Homestake Mine SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Engraved bowls, one has "Homestake Mine, Blackhills, SD" mine image; other two have " Homestake Mine, Lead, SD" different mining...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 220.00 - 350.00
Sold to S*****3 for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
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2146 - Three Texas Spoons with Mine ScenesHolabird Western Americana Collections
1 demitasse, burro on bowl; 2 teaspoons, "El Paso Tex.", "Pavillion Hotel Corpus Christi Tex.", mine scenes, one standing miner ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r********d.. for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
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2147 - Six Various Mining SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
Three West Virginia spoons: 1) die struck " state Capitol Charleston W. Va.", standing coal miner handle; 2) die struck "knock-off&qu...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 240.00 - 300.00
Sold to c********r.. for (120.00 + 28.80BP) = 148.80
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2148 - 4 Dawson Demitasse SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Gold washed, bowl engraved " Dawson", twisted wire handle gold pan with real gold nuggets. 2) Shovel bowl, engraved "Dawson",...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********r.. for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
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