2012 Hot August Auction

Auction Details

Highlights of the sale include:
1. A new discovery of an early, c 1876-7 photo of the Earp family with all of the Earp brothers and their father Nicholas.
2. The Ken and Rosemary Roberts miners candlestick collection containing some of the finest miners candlesticks ever made
3. The best saloon section we’ve ever had – including a fantastic collection of embossed saloon bottles put away for 40 years
4. The largest (by far!) antique American silver ingot, nearly 500 ounces – from Denver!
5. “Discovery” ingots from collections all over America
6. Western mining broadsides, lithographs and maps – the best selection of rarities ever offered at one time.
7. Western Art – five spectacular oil paintings in the style of Russell in oversized mural format by Franz Trevors, from the Palace Club, Reno, 1943-4.
8. Gaming – rare early slot machine (1910), chip collections, antique equipment and broadsides
9. Bawdy & Brothel- rare Mustang Ranch “gold card”, ultra rare early brothel tokens highlighted by the Goldfield “rooster”
10. Western broadsides – the best ever seen at auction – Tahoe, Virginia City, Reno, Pioneer societies, brewery advertising and more
11. Gold and gold ore specimens from major collections
12. Nevada Railroad Collection- The fantastic Jacobitz Collection of lamps, locks, keys, photographs and documents. Perhaps the best collection ever assembled!
13. Humboldt Soda Works Archive from Winnemucca. An original collection of hundreds of original etched and silk screened seltzer bottles for the back bars in saloons dating from c1890 to 1919 (Prohibition) and another batch that post-dates Prohibition.
14. Mining and Assay catalog collection
15. Major World’s Fair ephemera & So Called Dollars collections
16. Original hoard of Morgan Dollars from a Reno Casino in the early days and a $50 Augustus Humbert Pioneer gold piece.
17. Rare western tokens. The best of the best.
Invoicing and lot pick up will NOT be available at the live auction.
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Jake's Place Mirror WA - Seattle,King County - c1908 - 2012aug - Saloon1590 - Jake's Place Mirror WA - Seattle,King County - c1908 - 2012aug - Saloon
Holabird-Kagin Americana
"Good For 10 cents In Trade/ At Jake's Place/ 1918 First Ave. Seattle." -40486
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 9***2 for (875.00 + 170.63BP) = 1,045.63
 
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Elkhorn Saloon, Long Jack's Place Good For Mirror WY - Casper,Natrona County - c1905-1910 - 2012aug 1591 - Elkhorn Saloon, Long Jack's Place Good For Mirror WY - Casper,Natrona County - c1905-1910 - 2012aug
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Good for 12.5c. Slabbed, NGC, 3045721-(022-022) certified genuine. -40511
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to h***4 for (950.00 + 185.25BP) = 1,135.25
 
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Chinese Pottery Group Chinese,2012aug - Saloon1592 - Chinese Pottery Group Chinese,2012aug - Saloon
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Lot of 5: 6" tall whiskey bottle imported from Hong Kong by Gum Loon Company of San Francisco. Also four ink well or opium bottles. - Jacobitz C
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to t********n.. for (100.00 + 19.50BP) = 119.50
 
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Presidential Centennial Broadside PA - Philadelphia, - 1876 - 2012aug - Worlds Fair1593 - Presidential Centennial Broadside PA - Philadelphia, - 1876 - 2012aug - Worlds Fair
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Featuring the first 18 Presidents from Washington to Grant, pictured as individual oval portraits around the Capitol Building. This artistic piece was
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Centennial Exposition Medals 2012aug - Worlds Fair1594 - Centennial Exposition Medals 2012aug - Worlds Fair
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Lot of 2: 1) Paterson, New Jersey 1792-1892, 51mm, copper with attached hanger, obverse: "spe el labore" portrait of Alexander Hamilton, rev
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8*****b for (75.00 + 14.63BP) = 89.63
 
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U.S. Centennial Exposition Medals 2012aug - Worlds Fair1595 - U.S. Centennial Exposition Medals 2012aug - Worlds Fair
Holabird-Kagin Americana
3 so-called dollars on ribbons: 1) HK 24, AU chestnut proof like button hanger with blue and yellow ribbon, U.S. Centennial Exposition R5 ; 2) HK130,
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to r*********1 for (140.00 + 27.30BP) = 167.30
 
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Wooden Exonumia 2012aug - Worlds Fair1596 - Wooden Exonumia 2012aug - Worlds Fair
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Documentation relating to the methods of producing wooden medals is rare. Numismatist John W. Hasseltine (1838-1925) in an editorial in January 1876 i
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to r*********1 for (125.00 + 24.38BP) = 149.38
 
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Worlds Fairs Shoes and Plates 2012aug - Worlds Fair1597 - Worlds Fairs Shoes and Plates 2012aug - Worlds Fair
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7 glass shoes and plates. Glass Shoes 6"x2 1/2", two frosted, three clear. Centennial Alphabet plate 7" mint clear Independence Hall c.
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Philadelphia Fair Paper Weights PA - Philadelphia,2012aug - Worlds Fair1598 - Philadelphia Fair Paper Weights PA - Philadelphia,2012aug - Worlds Fair
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4 Philadelphia Expo Paper Weights. 1) Philadelphia 1776-1876 Agricultural Hall, Horizontal. 2) Jamestown Exposition 1907 Souvenir Liberty Bell Vertica
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Photo From Midwinter Fair CA - San Francisco, - 1894 - 2012aug - Worlds Fair1599 - Photo From Midwinter Fair CA - San Francisco, - 1894 - 2012aug - Worlds Fair
Holabird-Kagin Americana
The fair was the work of M. H. de Young who sought to revitalize California’s depressed economy after the Panic of 1893. Hoping to follow the model of
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 750.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 9*********n for (500.00 + 97.50BP) = 597.50
 
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