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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Vintage Folding Child's Chair from an early Colorado Family4390 - Vintage Folding Child's Chair from an early Colorado Family
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Folding wooden child's chair, recovered with woven seat and back. From Colorado pioneer family. State: Colorado City: Date: FHWA...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Great Group of Colorado Ephemera4391 - Great Group of Colorado Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 57. Great variety! Includes: advertising card for The Moore Mining & Smelting Co. in Golden ("highest prices paid for gold or silver...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Important Colorado Booklets incl. Miner Labor Union Book4392 - Important Colorado Booklets incl. Miner Labor Union Book
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four incl. a rare territorial booklet. 1) "Facts concerning the Struggle in Colorado for Industrial Freedom, Series 1." A Colorado ...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Telephone Stock Certificates from the West (5)4393 - Telephone Stock Certificates from the West (5)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice group of Telephone stock certificates. Includes:1) Iowa Union Telephone Company, issued Davenport, IA in 1887. Telephone poles and lines. Pen cxl
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to l*******c for (140.00 + 33.60BP) = 173.60
 
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Three Colorado Maps4394 - Three Colorado Maps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Official Map of Colorado and Denver by the Powerine Co.; 2) Map of U.S Telegraph Lines in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas; 3) 1913 map of
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Estimate : 20.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.60BP) = 18.60
 
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Three Colorado Publications4395 - Three Colorado Publications
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1901 address by Rev. Frank T. Bayley, D.D. To The Society of Colonial Wars; The Beecher Island Annual, 1930; Serving A Nation by Cities Serv
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 20.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Two Early Colorado Tourism & Railroad Booklets4396 - Two Early Colorado Tourism & Railroad Booklets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "Handbook of Colorado." Passenger Department of the Burlington Route (Chicago, Burlington, Quincy Railroad). 56 pages. 5 x 4". Fol...
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Estimate : 20.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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United States Railroad Survey Print Collection: 26 total4397 - United States Railroad Survey Print Collection: 26 total
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ten are Native American related prints including Mojave Village Indians, Indian camp scene on the Rio Colorado, boat ferry near the Mojave villages, I
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Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 260.00 - 520.00
 
 
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Early Connecticut Land Deed4398 - Early Connecticut Land Deed
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early deed for the sale of land in Stratford, Fairfield County, CT for the sum of $93.97. Dated July 1800. Property includes part of a dwelling h
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Automobile Stock Certificate Duo4399 - Automobile Stock Certificate Duo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pair of automotive stocks, from the Vreeland Motor Co. Inc. and from the Fulton Motor Truck Company. Both feature great Eagle vignettes, along with co
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 16.80BP) = 86.80
 
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