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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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California Gold Rush/ Mother Lode Region Checks & Stock2120California Gold Rush/ Mother Lode Region Checks & Stock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Stock certificate for the American River Water & Mining Co. Dateline Folsom, 1859. Issued for 40 shares. Pen cancelled. Britton &am...
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to p*****0 for (160.00 + 38.40BP) = 198.40
The South Fork Canal Company Stock Certificate2121The South Fork Canal Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock Certificate No. 869 for one share made out to T. M. Suschow on March 22nd, 1853. The company was incorporated in 1852 and capitalized at $500,00
Estimate : 400.00 - 900.00
Sold to c*********p for (350.00 + 84.00BP) = 434.00
California's Pioneer Mountaineer of Rabbit Creek2122California's Pioneer Mountaineer of Rabbit Creek
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Book, 1st edition. California's Pioneer Mountaineer of Rabbit Creek by Albert Dressler. Published by The Westerner Publishers, Campbell, Ca...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*********7 for (110.00 + 26.40BP) = 136.40
Gold Rush Shipping Card: Winged Hunter2123Gold Rush Shipping Card: Winged Hunter
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 x 3.5 inches, "Winged Hunter!" with gold winged underprint, "From Lewis Wharf". Gold and white flag with red star on left. Fro...
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to a**********5 for (325.00 + 78.00BP) = 403.00
Gold Rush Shipping Card: John Land2124Gold Rush Shipping Card: John Land
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3.5 x 5.75 inches, Printed on pink card in blue, red and gold with flag on top, back blank. Glidden & Williams Line. Warren H Bearse master. Sai...
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to g*******h for (250.00 + 60.00BP) = 310.00
Gold Rush Shipping Cover: Archer2125Gold Rush Shipping Cover: Archer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 x 6.5 inches, Centaur with bow and arrow in silver and gold, red border with blue text, back of card has list of best passages of competitor ships l
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to e*****r for (400.00 + 96.00BP) = 496.00
Frank Adams Half & Quarter Plate Tim Photographs2126Frank Adams Half & Quarter Plate Tim Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early. Very historical. Photos show a bearded man, two women and a boy in front of a wooden cabin surrounded by grass bushes & trees in the...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
1848 Gold Rush Map of American River Claims21271848 Gold Rush Map of American River Claims
Holabird Western Americana Collections
July 20, 1848 map of the positions of the upper and lower gold mines on the South Fork of the American River. No printer shown. May come from one of t
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to b*******g for (190.00 + 39.90BP) = 229.90
Choice California Gold Rush Map c.18482128Choice California Gold Rush Map c.1848
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Oregon, upper California, and New Mexico. Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, ... Philadelphia" 17.5 x 13.5", and colored, with the ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 66.00BP) = 341.00
1849 Map of the American West21291849 Map of the American West
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1849 map of the American West, showing some of California in detail. Map to illustrate Captain Bonnevilles adventures among the Rocky Mountains, compi
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to g*******h for (160.00 + 38.40BP) = 198.40
1852 Map of the West Coast of United States21301852 Map of the West Coast of United States
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An 1852 map of the West Coast of United States from San Francisco to San Diego drawn by a D Bache under command of James Alden. This is a reconnaissan
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to h*******i for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
California Gold Rush Routes Map2131California Gold Rush Routes Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Map showing the different routes across the Isthmus to California. Appears to have originally been apart of a newspaper called Frank Leslie's I...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to g*******h for (250.00 + 60.00BP) = 310.00
Account Sheet of Captain R. Greenlee (Gold Rush Era)2132Account Sheet of Captain R. Greenlee (Gold Rush Era)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Account of shipping balance due. A single page account sheet of money owed hand-written for Captain R. Greenlee. Shows first payment on sale of boat,
Estimate : 175.00 - 600.00
Sold to b*********r for (85.00 + 20.40BP) = 105.40
California Gold Rush German Emigration Document2133California Gold Rush German Emigration Document
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a German document from 1854 with two pictorial vignettes of early clipper ships bringing emigrants from Germany to North America. The document
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to l********r.. for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
December 4, 1848 New York Times with three columns about the new gold discovery in California2134December 4, 1848 New York Times with three columns about the new gold discovery in California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes a report of the Secretary of War on the discovery. A great first hand look at the very beginning of the California Gold Rush. State: Cali
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to u********y.. for (80.00 + 16.80BP) = 96.80
Gold Rush Journal & Drawings of J. G. Bruff: Two Volumes2134aGold Rush Journal & Drawings of J. G. Bruff: Two Volumes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Before we start on this description, it is important to note what this work is. It is, quite simply, one of the all-time most important works on the C
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to g*******h for (750.00 + 180.00BP) = 930.00
Alaska Sterling Mining Spoons2135Alaska Sterling Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Sterling silver Mining spoons from Alaska that have pictures of the view of Cordova AK, and Child's Glacier. Approximately 4" long with w...
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to c********r.. for (40.00 + 9.60BP) = 49.60
Mowry Gold Washed Spoon2136Mowry Gold Washed Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Demitasse gold wash bowl engraved Mowry. top of handle features Indian head. Handle embossed with corn. Beautifully made, sterling. Mowry was a mine u
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to b*****s for (120.00 + 25.20BP) = 145.20
Fabulous Sutter's Mill Gold Wash Small Spoon2137Fabulous Sutter's Mill Gold Wash Small Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold washed bowl is one of the best we have seen. Miner's handle. State: California City: Sutter's Mill Date: FHWAC#: 42808
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*******g for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
Five California Sterling Souvenir Mining Spoons2138Five California Sterling Souvenir Mining Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) California miner with gold pan on top and miner on bottom. The chain that wraps the spoon goes behind the gold pan. Unusual. Shovel 2) State Capita
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c********r.. for (130.00 + 31.20BP) = 161.20