Auction Details
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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4560 - One Man's Working PapersHolabird Western Americana Collections
One Man's Working Papers: Soldier's Individual Pay Record; Due card of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen, and He...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
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4561 - Washington State Postal Advertising CoversHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9 postal covers from Washington state including an advertisement for the 1914 football game between Washington and California. State: Washi
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9***6 for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
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4562 - Wyoming Stock Certificate and BondsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) Searight Cattle Company. C1880's. Unissued. #409. Two Dexter Mining Company gold Bonds. Numbers 39 and 273. Signed by Gibson, but unissued. 1...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (25.00 + 6.00BP) = 31.00
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4564 - Artifacts from BelizeHolabird Western Americana Collections
Artifacts--pieces of pottery, baskets, rock, and piece of corn packed in straw, from Wilber May to Clayton Phillips. Paper inside reads: Government of
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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4565 - Machu Picchu Photo PostcardsHolabird Western Americana Collections
12 original photo postcards of Machu Picchu given by Wilbur May to Clayton Phillips, c. 1920-25. State: Peru City: Andes Date: FHWAC#:
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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4566 - Two Foreign Coin SpoonsHolabird Western Americana Collections
1) from Peru, 1889, "Republica Peruana Lima .9 Decimos Fino T. F. Double twisted wire handle with head of president at top. 2) from Mexico, 188...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
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4567 - Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company BondHolabird Western Americana Collections
Colorful bond certificate for this company that was founded in England in 1897. No. A3575. Issued Feb 4, 1908 for 1 share / l lb sterling. Foreign rev
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9***6 for (75.00 + 18.00BP) = 93.00
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4569 - 1854 German Immigration DocumentHolabird Western Americana Collections
The two page, legal size document, full of official government stamps, describes the person's physical attributes along the left column. The pla...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l********r.. for (55.00 + 13.20BP) = 68.20
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