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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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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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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