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Western Railroad Passes, Montana, Western Americana and Gold

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location, 3555 Airway Drive Suite 309 Reno, NV 89511

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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Group Photo of "Bagdad Shriners"2120 - Group Photo of "Bagdad Shriners"
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group photo of "Bagdad Shriners" in Butte Montana taken by Elite Studios. Early Shriner uniforms for this chapter of the fraternal organ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Rare Butte Bottlers' Beer Tray2121 - Rare Butte Bottlers' Beer Tray
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare advertising beer tray from Butte Bottlers' Supply Co. Inc. on 112 S. Main St. Black rectangular tray with yellow bottom and black lettering...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 48.00BP) = 248.00
 
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Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps2122 - Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Maps of Butte City with proposed additions and planning in un-built lots. Meaderville City map of Main Street with the Leonard Shaft also shown. Rar
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Mining Cabin Photo2123 - Mining Cabin Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photograph of a mining cabin and the frontier family that lived there. Early photograph by Hazeltine's Studio in Arizona. Mounted to board, wea...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to 1**9 for (30.00 + 4.80BP) = 34.80
 
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Nude Advertising Straight Razor2124 - Nude Advertising Straight Razor
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Advertising straight razor with celluloid advertising of Admiral Dewey, a nude lady and some other unidentified people. Belonged to Istvan Radacsi in
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to T******p for (190.00 + 45.60BP) = 235.60
 
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Two Different Chinook Saloon Billheads2125 - Two Different Chinook Saloon Billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Silver Dollar, Weaver Bor., 1915. 2) Elk Saloon, Angus Morrison, 1918. During prohibition. "Ship me 5 cases grape juice." City: Chinoo...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to b********c.. for (35.00 + 7.35BP) = 42.35
 
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Two Different Club Saloon Billheads2126 - Two Different Club Saloon Billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) UG Allen, 1901. 2) HC & JH Peters, 1917. During Montana's early prohibition years. City: Choteau State: Montana, Date: 1901, 1917 I...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to b********c.. for (35.00 + 7.35BP) = 42.35
 
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Poor Henry's Bar, Clinton, Montana Advertising Mirror2127 - Poor Henry's Bar, Clinton, Montana Advertising Mirror
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1921 Morgan Silver Dollar. For Poor Henry's Bar. Advertising piece is beginning to unglue. There are no known traditional tokens from Clinton, M...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to F*****6 for (75.00 + 15.75BP) = 90.75
 
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2 Cutbank Saloon Billheads2128 - 2 Cutbank Saloon Billheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Billheads from the Mint Saloon, Peterson & Lea Props, in Cutbank Montana for saloon supplies. 2 different versions. City: Cutbank State: Mon...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to b********c.. for (45.00 + 9.45BP) = 54.45
 
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Contract to Run Deer Lodge Prison2129 - Contract to Run Deer Lodge Prison
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Time period copy of the original contract from the U.S. Marshal on the terms and responsibility of running the territorial Deer Lodge Prison. Rare an
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to T******1 for (40.00 + 9.60BP) = 49.60
 
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