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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Original Virginia City, Nevada Advertising Broadside (c.1870s)4500 - Original Virginia City, Nevada Advertising Broadside (c.1870s)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very attractive original advertising broadside for the New York Bazaar, H. Cohn proprietor. 23.5" x 15" "Constantly on Hand the Best ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to B******3 for (800.00 + 168.00BP) = 968.00
 
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John McGrath Virginia City Label4501 - John McGrath Virginia City Label
Holabird Western Americana Collections
John McGrath was a successful merchant and grocer for over thirty years in Virginia City, Nevada. His store was located on C Street. Label is for &q...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
 
 
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Letterhead for Constable Richard Thomas of Virginia City4502 - Letterhead for Constable Richard Thomas of Virginia City
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare police letterhead from Virginia City, Nevada. Singed by A. Winsmore. Thomas had a long run as constable, until the 1920's. Alexander Winsmo...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to B*********g for (25.00 + 5.00BP) = 30.00
 
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Rare Gillig, Mott Letterhead4503 - Rare Gillig, Mott Letterhead
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Rare letterhead from early Virginia City. Nice pictorial of the Gillig, Mott building (Stoves and Hardware are advertised). To J. Duncan of Austin, Ne
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to a**********o for (30.00 + 7.20BP) = 37.20
 
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Nevada Check Collection: Virginia City, Carson, and Others4504 - Nevada Check Collection: Virginia City, Carson, and Others
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 different. From Virginia City: unused check (w/ stub) for the famous VC bar and saloon The Crystal (c.1930); Summit Mill check issued 1869 w
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Twelve Virginia City Newspapers (from the height of the Comstock Silver Rush)4505 - Twelve Virginia City Newspapers (from the height of the Comstock Silver Rush)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a great collection for a newspaper collector or anyone interested in the great Comstock mining era. Two 1872 papers. Read about the capture of
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 9***6 for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
 
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Virginia City Ephemera (incl. Rare Postcard)4506 - Virginia City Ephemera (incl. Rare Postcard)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. 1) Three copies of Sutro's mining lecture supplement to The Daily Independent newspaper (1874) with great mining illustrations. 2)...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
 
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Virginia City Panoramas4507 - Virginia City Panoramas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 different Panoramas of American Flat before the mill was built in 1922. Also Shows the Con Collar Mine and Mill that was originally the Overman sha
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a**********o for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
 
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Virginia City, Nevada Photograph Collection4508 - Virginia City, Nevada Photograph Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This Comstock collection contains 185 photographs from several prominent Virginia City families. It contains 125 cart de visite photos and 57 cabinet
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to j***d for (500.00 + 100.00BP) = 600.00
 
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Ledger for J. F. Crosby, Wadsworth, Nevada, c.1880s4509 - Ledger for J. F. Crosby, Wadsworth, Nevada, c.1880s
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Many entries in ledger are from various people. Loose sheet in front for J. F. Crosby, Nevada Livery Stables and Blacksmith Shop, Wadsworth, Nevada.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to j***d for (100.00 + 20.00BP) = 120.00
 
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