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Western Americana Safari

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location, 3555 Airway Drive Suite 309 Reno, NV 89511

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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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Three Choice Octagonal Sodas from San Francisco4020 - Three Choice Octagonal Sodas from San Francisco
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Champagne Mead (1871-2)[dug Carson City, 1976), dark blue-aqua with character; J. N. Gerdes (1873-1877) in medium aqua; and McEwin (1863-70) in light
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Williams & Severance, San Francisco4021 - Williams & Severance, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Deep cobalt blue applied top, pontiled soda bottle"Soda and Mineral Waters" on the reverse. This is a classic California Gold Rush relic, ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******l for (400.00 + 84.00BP) = 484.00
 
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Three City Chase, Gold Rush Bottle4022 - Three City Chase, Gold Rush Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Chase Mineral Water Co, embossed from San Francisco, Stockton and Marysville. Pontil, applied top, medium forest green, bubbles. About as good an exam
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to d*******l for (450.00 + 94.50BP) = 544.50
 
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Two Rare Spaulding Drug Bottles4023 - Two Rare Spaulding Drug Bottles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two of the early Spaulding drug bottles. Thee are the two pictured in Ghost Towns and Medicines, page 347 (the top two). They are the older of the Spa
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to s****y for (140.00 + 33.60BP) = 173.60
 
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Summit Mineral Water Bottle4024 - Summit Mineral Water Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One of the classic Summit Mineral Water bottles of Jacob Hoehn. (See Nevada Bottle Book, Vol 1). Hoehn brought the mineral water down from Summit Spri
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to u**********y for (150.00 + 27.75BP) = 177.75
 
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Empire Soda Works, Vallejo Blob Soda4025 - Empire Soda Works, Vallejo Blob Soda
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Empire Soda Works/ (patterns)/ VAllejo// (Large Eagle). Applied top, long neck, deep blue aqua to light teal, heavily whittled. c1874-79 (the long nec
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to M*********n for (250.00 + 52.50BP) = 302.50
 
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Pikes Peak Whiskey Flask4026 - Pikes Peak Whiskey Flask
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One of the very popular Pike's Peak whiskey flasks embossed with the miner facing left with stick and bag and pick thrown over the shoulder, hol...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 3****m for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
 
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Liberty Eagle, Willington Glass, Slope Top4027 - Liberty Eagle, Willington Glass, Slope Top
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare variety of the popular Wlillington Liberty Eagle whiskey flask in dark green, flat base, circa 1860. 8" tall. Slope top, applied, all st...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Eagle with Flag & Shield Cobalt Blue Soda4028 - Eagle with Flag & Shield Cobalt Blue Soda
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice cobalt blue, applied top, pontiled soda with a full face embossed eagle sitting on top of a shield flanked by US flags on both sides, with sun
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to s****r for (325.00 + 78.00BP) = 403.00
 
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Hollister & Co. Honolulu Blob Soda Bottle4029 - Hollister & Co. Honolulu Blob Soda Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Hollister bottle come sin a number of bottle shapes, styles and colors. A wonderful five bottle suite can be seen in Elliott & Gould Hawaiia...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to b*********r for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
 
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