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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Lake County Postal History / Post Card Collection2342 - Lake County Postal History / Post Card Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 total. 3 RPC's. Scenes include Indian, mining, shipping buffalo to Canada, etc. Post marks include St. Ignatius, Moise, Proctor, Pablo, Raval...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to e*****r for (15.00 + 0.00BP) = 15.00
 
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Life in Montana Postcard Collection2343 - Life in Montana Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
15 total. Mostly RPCS's. Includes man with rifle and dog, floods in Wibaux and Glasgow, farmers Davis & Helenbrook, men at tent camp, Rodie&...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to h*******c for (35.00 + 7.35BP) = 42.35
 
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Madison County Corner Cover Collection2344 - Madison County Corner Cover Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
26 Total covers from various towns in Madison Co MT with different corner covers. Contains 4 pictorials, and a cover from the Northern Pacific Railro
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 350.00
Sold to 9*****M for (50.00 + 10.50BP) = 60.50
 
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Madison County Montana Cover and Postal Grab Bag2345 - Madison County Montana Cover and Postal Grab Bag
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 130 total pieces that includes 3 Meadow Creek territorials, 48 Virginia City territorials, and many 1890's and 1900's. 4 different Me...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 9*****M for (130.00 + 27.30BP) = 157.30
 
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Madison County Montana Large Collection2346 - Madison County Montana Large Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
64 Total pieces from Madison Co MT that includes territorials for Virginia City and Meadow Creek. Mostly different towns and/or cancels that include
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 9*****M for (120.00 + 25.20BP) = 145.20
 
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Madison County Territorial Collection2347 - Madison County Territorial Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
24 Total pieces that are all territorial from Madison Co. Includes purple, blue, black very unusual pink, rings, double circles, double circle rings,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9*****M for (70.00 + 14.70BP) = 84.70
 
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Madison County Town Collection2348 - Madison County Town Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 Total pieces, all with different cancels. Including Cameron, Norris, Home Park, Laurin, Waterloo, Harrison, Ferguson, Ruby, Milltown, Alder, Silve
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to e*****r for (40.00 + 0.00BP) = 40.00
 
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Missoula County Postal History / Postcard Collection2349 - Missoula County Postal History / Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 16. 3 RPC's. Great overviews of St. Ignatius (RPC) and Bonner. Early 1914 Milltown. Other cancels include Seeley Lake, Martina, magenta P...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to e*****r for (15.00 + 0.00BP) = 15.00
 
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Montana Animal Postcard Collection2350 - Montana Animal Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
29 Cards with various animals and postmarks including a donkey from Merrill, birds from Madison Lake, a cow from McAllister, Bears from Trego, Mountai
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to e*****r for (25.00 + 0.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Montana Buildings2351 - Montana Buildings
Holabird Western Americana Collections
19 total. Mostly RPC's. Includes Grand Hotel in Roundup, Ursaline Villa in St. Ignatius, Bozeman church, power plant in Taft, Methodist Church i...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to h*******c for (50.00 + 10.50BP) = 60.50
 
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