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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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Inglenook Winery Postcard Group4060 - Inglenook Winery Postcard Group
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Lot of 8. King of the early California cabernet sauvignon! 1) Two early cards with the same exterior view. One mailed in 1912 and the other in 1916. 2
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Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to t********n.. for (15.00 + 3.00BP) = 18.00
 
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Western Liquor Licenses & Photo - Perfect for the Saloon Collector4061 - Western Liquor Licenses & Photo - Perfect for the Saloon Collector
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Lot of three. 1) Nicely framed 1915 Saloon license to E & B Branchini(?) in Sonoma. 2) Framed photo of what appears to be a miners cabin or sma...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Marble Saloon Sign from Midas, Nevada4062 - Marble Saloon Sign from Midas, Nevada
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"Kirby's Bar is like going from Currier & Ives to the Old West of Frederick Remington. A pot bellied stove warmed us and kerosene lamps...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
Sold to u********y.. for (60.00 + 12.60BP) = 72.60
 
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Extremely Rare California Saloon Tip Tray (Virginia City, Nevada)4063 - Extremely Rare California Saloon Tip Tray (Virginia City, Nevada)
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"California Saloon / Virginia City, Nevada / Albert Schnitzer, Prop." Produced by Lina. Copyright by K. T. Company of Cincinnati. Very nic...
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8*****U for (1,000.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,200.00
 
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Iroquois Beer Sign and Coaster4064 - Iroquois Beer Sign and Coaster
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Metal Iroquois Indian Head Beer sign and coaster. State: New York City: Buffalo Date: FHWAC#: 41440
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pabst Beer Steel Hoop4065 - Pabst Beer Steel Hoop
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Pabst Beer steel hoop. Barrels of all sizes were made from vertical strips of oak called staves held tightly together by horizontal steel hoops. In or
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Rare Clysmic, Reverse Glass Sign4066 - Rare Clysmic, Reverse Glass Sign
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Rare. Sparkling Clysmic, King of Table Waters. Reverse glass in black, gold lettering sign with hanger. Small chip on top left corner. Clysmic Spring
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 24.00BP) = 124.00
 
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J. Walkers Vinegar Bitters Adv. Mirror4067 - J. Walkers Vinegar Bitters Adv. Mirror
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Brass advertising mirror for J. Walkers Vinegar Bitters--The Great Blood Purifier--Give It A Trial--Sold By All Druggists. Front side in good conditio
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Victorian Bawdy Mirror4068 - Victorian Bawdy Mirror
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Victorian bawdy mirror, red headed woman with rose lying on pillow. Good condition. State: United States City: Date: FHWAC#: 41937
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t********n.. for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Two Advertising Mirrors4069 - Two Advertising Mirrors
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Two advertising mirrors: 1) "Cascarets Did It"--laxative advertising mirror, "All Going Out-Nothing Coming In--They Work While You Sl...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6******n for (75.00 + 15.00BP) = 90.00
 
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Victorian Woman Advertising Mirror4070 - Victorian Woman Advertising Mirror
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Compliments of the Boston Mutual Life Insurance Co., Victorian Woman advertising mirror. Oval, 2.75" x 1.75". Good condition, small crack ...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to t******1 for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
 
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Three Large Modern Beer Advertising Reverse Glass Signs plus One Other4071 - Three Large Modern Beer Advertising Reverse Glass Signs plus One Other
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Two pieces are identical reverse glass electrically lit Coors beer signs approximately 2 x 3'. The third sign is an Olympia beer's sign of t...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Pacific Club, Honolulu, Gaming Chip Collection4072 - Pacific Club, Honolulu, Gaming Chip Collection
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A choice set of 300 chips from the Pacific Club, Honolulu, Hawaii. This set of chips is well known to chip collectors and is very historic. These chip
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to 6******n for (700.00 + 140.00BP) = 840.00
 
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Two Arcadian, St. Louis Gaming Chips4073 - Two Arcadian, St. Louis Gaming Chips
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Two choice early chips in red and blue in five and $10 denominations from the Arcadian, St. Louis. These two chips were originally promoted as river b
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Tahoe Biltmore Casino Gaming Token ($25)4074 - Tahoe Biltmore Casino Gaming Token ($25)
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$25.00 gaming chip from the famous Tahoe Biltmore Casino on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Crystal Bay sits on the Nevada-California border, and the l
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Tahoe Biltmore Casino Gaming Token ($100)4075 - Tahoe Biltmore Casino Gaming Token ($100)
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$100.00 gaming chip from the famous Tahoe Biltmore Casino on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. Crystal Bay sits on the Nevada-California border, and the
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Las Vegas Casino Gaming Tokens Collection4076 - Las Vegas Casino Gaming Tokens Collection
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Souvenir board of gaming chips from famous LV casinos of the day. Many of these were legends at the time. Names like the Riviera, the Castaways, Circ
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to p******x for (300.00 + 69.00BP) = 369.00
 
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Harolds Club 1967 Calendar, et al4077 - Harolds Club 1967 Calendar, et al
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Lot of five. 1) March 1967 calendar of employees playing cards. 2) Gaming guide that explains how to play your favorite games. 3) San Francisco to Ren
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Nevada Gambling Ephemera (Bank & Postcards)4078 - Nevada Gambling Ephemera (Bank & Postcards)
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A Harrah's Reno slot machine bank (6") tall. Also 20 vintage postcards from Reno casinos and the El Capitan in Hawthorne. State: Nevad...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 80.00
Sold to g*******h for (15.00 + 3.60BP) = 18.60
 
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Reno Silver Gaming Token Collection4079 - Reno Silver Gaming Token Collection
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Limited edition Ten Dollar Gaming Tokens from various Reno casinos. Nine tokens: El Dorado, Peppermill, John Ascuaga's Nugget, Silver club (3). ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (160.00 + 32.00BP) = 192.00
 
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