Western Railroad Passes, Montana, Western Americana and Gold

Auction Details

Our Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2016 auction is a simultaneous live and internet event with 1,800 lots split over three days. Here is a general breakdown of the 3 days, all of which feature different collecting categories:

DAY ONE (Sept. 30th)

*The Ken Prag Western Pass Collection: Nearly 1,000 railroad, stagecoach, steamship and express passes incl. important autographs such as Jay Gould, Otto Mears, and Leland Stanford.

*Western Bottles: Following up on the great 49er Bottle Show in Sacramento, we have more rare, pristine, unusual, and special bottles in this auction.

DAY TWO (Oct. 1st)

*Western U.S. Placer Gold & Ingot Collection: From small nuggets to 1.8 troy ounce nuggets to gold specimens weighing over 7 troy ounces. Also, a William Sharon Presentation Dinner Ingot!

*Montana Tokens, Postal History, Ephemera, Books & Gaming Chips: A fabulous selection featuring more great items from the Svoboda Collection and others.

DAY THREE (Oct. 2nd)

*Our General Americana section featuring a wide variety of Western treasures: scales, a strong box, badges, ribbons, jewelry, watches, and a large collection of important and rare books (Nevada and California History, 1st Editions, Military, Native Americana, Biographies, Presidential, etc.).
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Phillips County Postal History / Postcard Collection2369 - Phillips County Postal History / Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 25. 10 RPC's. Includes an early Zortman (1903-date). Also Saco, Malta, Midale, Wagner, and Waco, Scenes include a Saco flood, goose hunte...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 14.40BP) = 74.40
 
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Photograph Corner Cover Collection2370 - Photograph Corner Cover Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 Pieces total that include a Van Euen Electric cover from Polson with 4 pictures of a girl, lake, cowboy, and meadow in blue ink. Also contains a co
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to e*****r for (15.00 + 0.00BP) = 15.00
 
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Pictorial Corner Covers Collection2371 - Pictorial Corner Covers Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
19 Total covers with pictorial CC's from various towns and senders. Pictorials include cars, first trips, settlers, post offices, animals, peop...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to e*****r for (20.00 + 0.00BP) = 20.00
 
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Postal Abnormalities Collection2372 - Postal Abnormalities Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 Total pieces of postal abnormalities including a copper air mail cachet from Butte, special delivery from power, certified return receipt requested
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to e*****r for (15.00 + 0.00BP) = 15.00
 
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Rare Twoee Montana Postcard2373 - Rare Twoee Montana Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Twoee Montana postcard. From the Twoee post office in Dawson County only open from 1910 to 1912. Has a black circle cancel. Wishing a happy birth
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 9*****M for (60.00 + 12.60BP) = 72.60
 
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Ravalli County Postal History and Postcard Collection2374 - Ravalli County Postal History and Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
35 total. 4 RPC's. Scenes include Gallogly Springs RPC, Rainbow Falls with Great Northern Railroad, etc. Cancels include Stevensville, Rosemont,...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*****r for (20.00 + 0.00BP) = 20.00
 
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Red Bluff Territorial Covers2375 - Red Bluff Territorial Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 Red Bluff covers: 1-1880, 3 are manuscript. 3 are addressed to S. R. Buford. City: State: Montana Date: Inventory# 38838
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (25.00 + 0.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Registered Postmark Collection2376 - Registered Postmark Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
35 Total registered covers from Neihart, Gilford, Inverness, Manhattan, Malta, Miles City, Melstone, Huntley, Hot Springs, Howard, Whitehall, Hobson,
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Estimate : 140.00 - 250.00
Sold to 9*****M for (45.00 + 9.45BP) = 54.45
 
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Richland County, Montana Cover Collection2377 - Richland County, Montana Cover Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
43 Total pieces from Richland Co MT. Highlights include an early 1913 Clark, 1908 Sidney, 4 Sioux Pass from 1912 & 1915 (1909-1921), and a 1907...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to k****g for (70.00 + 16.80BP) = 86.80
 
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Rosebud County, Montana Cover Collection2378 - Rosebud County, Montana Cover Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
48 Pieces from Rosebud Co. with outstanding postmarks including a 1938 last year Davidall (1928-1938), a 1931 Gopher (1917-1933), 2 1913 Vanada'...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 350.00
Sold to h*******c for (30.00 + 6.30BP) = 36.30
 
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