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Western Railroad Passes, Montana, Western Americana and Gold

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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...
Bidding Has Concluded
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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...
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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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