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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 Ephemera4330 - California Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) SF Fire Dept. belt buckle, nice embossed of old fire wagon. 2) Braun, Knecht, Heimann Assay metal stamp--beautiful mounted on wood block. 3) Paperw
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c********r.. for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Bank of California Check Collection4331 - Bank of California Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. Includes: G.W. McNear (California "Grain King"), San Francisco, 1892; Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company, San Francisco, RN-D, unu...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Early California Checks Plus Some Eastern w/ Revenue Stamps4332 - Early California Checks Plus Some Eastern w/ Revenue Stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7 early California checks plus 7 other early Eastern checks. California: two pictorial checks from famous ranchers Miller & Lux (both iss...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to a**********o for (15.00 + 3.60BP) = 18.60
 
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100 California Checks4333 - 100 California Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Possibly only one or two duplicates! Checks from: San Francisco, Sacramento, La Porte, Vineburg, North Bloomfield, Lodi, Grand View, Petaluma, San Jos
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Unsorted California Check Collection4334 - Unsorted California Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 139 incl an ink blotter. Earliest is 1854 Wells Fargo San Francisco. Also seven Port Wine checks (1864-66). John Sime & Co. (SF, 1867). P...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Bronze Plaque of David Starr Jordan4335 - Bronze Plaque of David Starr Jordan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small bronze plaque (2-5/8" x 2") by Lora Woodhead (first teacher at Idyllwild Arts), Steere of David Starr Jordan (1851 – 1931). He was a...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to j*******5 for (50.00 + 10.50BP) = 60.50
 
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California Button, Badge, and Souvenir Collection4336 - California Button, Badge, and Souvenir Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 30 buttons, pins and souvenirs from various places and events in California. Many are either early pictorial, or brass buttons w/ ribbons. Includ
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (1,250.00 + 300.00BP) = 1,550.00
 
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California Ephemera Collection (Mining, Tax, Railroad)4337 - California Ephemera Collection (Mining, Tax, Railroad)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 23 pieces with a wide variety. Placer County: two receipts for Exchange 1894 & 1895 (Iowa Hill); three different tax receipts (road and p...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Sold to i**b for (55.00 + 13.20BP) = 68.20
 
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California Stock Certificate Group incl. Mining4338 - California Stock Certificate Group incl. Mining
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. Includes: Felton Water Co. (1892); Pine Mountain Mineral Springs Co. (1908); New Deal Land & Water Co. (San Dimas, 1909); Sierra Neva...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to b******a for (60.00 + 12.60BP) = 72.60
 
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California Telegraph Group4339 - California Telegraph Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9. Western Union: two 1868 telegraphs from SF to Austin, Nevada, one about a steamer, the other about a money shipment; 1873 telegraph from SF
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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