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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D & M Soda Bottle, Empire Soda Works1541 - D & M Soda Bottle, Empire Soda Works
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Empire Soda Works, D & M, San Francisco. Deep teal blue example, exceptionally rare. Delaliunty and McGurk ran their business for one short year...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 9*****F for (600.00 + 126.00BP) = 726.00
 
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D & S Soda Bottle1542 - D & S Soda Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
D & S Co., San Francisco. Apply top, deep cornflower blue soda bottle. Delaliunty and Skelly ran their business in San Francisco for only a brie...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 9*****F for (1,150.00 + 241.50BP) = 1,391.50
 
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Golden Gate Bottling Works1543 - Golden Gate Bottling Works
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Golden Gate Bottling Works, San Francisco, with beautifully embossed image of a bear holding a beer stein. This is one of the most treasured of the Sa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 9*****F for (85.00 + 17.85BP) = 102.85
 
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Golden Gate Soda Bottle1544 - Golden Gate Soda Bottle
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Golden Gate. This example is a deep green edging on teal. Professionally cleaned with very very minor surface wear. Applied top. A choice example. The
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 9*****F for (200.00 + 42.00BP) = 242.00
 
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H. Ficken Soda Bottle1545 - H. Ficken Soda Bottle
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California Soda Works, H. Ficken, San Francisco. This is a very rare soda, though not as rare as the XLCR. It's a choice ice blue example. It ha...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 9*****F for (900.00 + 189.00BP) = 1,089.00
 
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Herve & Somps Natural Mineral Water1546 - Herve & Somps Natural Mineral Water
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Herve & Somps, Laguna St., San Francisco. Natural Mineral Water from the Golden West Springs, Napa County, Cal. This rare aqua told top soda is...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9*****F for (70.00 + 14.70BP) = 84.70
 
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Italian Soda Water Manufactory1547 - Italian Soda Water Manufactory
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Italian Soda Water Manufactory, San Francisco. Union Glassworks Philadelphia. Graphite Pontil. Applied top. Some base wear and a surface bruise undern
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 9*****F for (250.00 + 52.50BP) = 302.50
 
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Lynde & Putnam Mineral Waters, San Francisco, Cal.1548 - Lynde & Putnam Mineral Waters, San Francisco, Cal.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lynde & Putnam Mineral Waters, San Francisco, Cal. A. Deep cobalt, pontil, old soda. This example is one of the few L & P gems, with bold e...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 9*****F for (475.00 + 99.75BP) = 574.75
 
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Meyerfeld Mitchell & Co., Days of 491549 - Meyerfeld Mitchell & Co., Days of 49
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Meyerfeld Mitchell & Co., Days of 49 whiskey, San Francisco. Days of 49 inside four point star. Clear, Bulbous neck, 11" tall, Barnett 552....
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to u**********y for (150.00 + 31.50BP) = 181.50
 
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National Bottling Co. Beer Bottle1550 - National Bottling Co. Beer Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
National Bottling Co., San Francisco, Ad. B. Lang. Embossed image of eagle at center. Nice, clean, mint, tall quart beer. Rare. City: San Francisco
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to k*******2 for (50.00 + 12.00BP) = 62.00
 
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Pioneer Soda Water Company1551 - Pioneer Soda Water Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pioneer Soda Water Co., embossed shield with emblem, San Francisco. Tall aqua applied top soda, no pontil. Extremely rare. This rare aqua soda with so
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 9*****F for (400.00 + 84.00BP) = 484.00
 
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Two F. Chevalier Castle Whiskey Bottles1552 - Two F. Chevalier Castle Whiskey Bottles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two choice F. Chevalier Castle Whiskey bottles. San Francisco. Both bottles are Barnett number 144 but are significantly different. One bottle is ligh
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9*****F for (100.00 + 21.00BP) = 121.00
 
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W. H. Burt Soda Bottle1553 - W. H. Burt Soda Bottle
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W. H, Burt, San Francisco. Deep green, iron pontil, applied top soda. Professionally cleaned, very minor surface where, thick glass, a very nice speci
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 9*****F for (180.00 + 37.80BP) = 217.80
 
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Williams & Severance Soda Bottle1554 - Williams & Severance Soda Bottle
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Williamson Severance, San Francisco. Soda and mineral waters. Iron Pontil. Applied top. Medium teal green, a beautiful example. Williams & Sever...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 9*****F for (750.00 + 157.50BP) = 907.50
 
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XLCR Soda Works, San Francisco1555 - XLCR Soda Works, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
XLCR Soda Works, San Francisco. This is a choice dark aqua example of the XLCR with a little bit of green and amber in the glass. Unfortunately, it ha
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 9*****F for (120.00 + 25.20BP) = 145.20
 
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Pacific Congress Springs, Running Deer, Mineral Water1556 - Pacific Congress Springs, Running Deer, Mineral Water
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Spectacular deep lime green Pacific Congress Springs Mineral Water bottle with a beautify repaired top at the base of the neck.8" tall. A numbe...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to F****e for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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Lippincott & Vaughan Soda Bottle1557 - Lippincott & Vaughan Soda Bottle
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Deep green Lippincott & Vaughan applied top soda bottle from Stockton. The bottle is only marked L and V. Graphite Pontil. Minor abrasions near ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 9*****F for (110.00 + 23.10BP) = 133.10
 
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Spaulding Drug Co. Bottle1558 - Spaulding Drug Co. Bottle
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Spaulding Drug Co., Prescriptions our Specialty, Susanville, Cal. 5.3" tall, light purple, mint. This is one of three variants of Spaulding'...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to t*****5 for (150.00 + 36.00BP) = 186.00
 
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California Natural Seltzer Water1559 - California Natural Seltzer Water
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California Natural Seltzer Water. H & G with an embossed bear on the reverse. This is one of the more popular California pictorial soda bottles...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 9*****F for (600.00 + 126.00BP) = 726.00
 
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Five Different California Split Beers1560 - Five Different California Split Beers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of five different California split beers. Mirrasoul Bros., San Francisco. Clean, mint. Grace Bros. Brewing Company, Santa Rosa. Clean, mint
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 9*****F for (140.00 + 29.40BP) = 169.40
 
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