2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

Auction Details

Welcome to another great sale!

This sale offers some of the best collections ever assembled in a number of different collecting categories.


Numismatics and Gold

Jack Totheroh Period I Cal Fractional Collection. The best collection of Period One California Fractional Gold coins since the Jay Roe Sale.

The Jack Totheroh Numismatic Library. Hundreds of catalogs dating back to 1859 containing sales of Cal Fractional Gold coins.

Bergen/Istvan Cal Fractional Collection. One of the best registry (unofficial) sets ever assembled of Period One and Two Cal Fractional Gold. 70% of this collection consists of the finest or second-finest known coins.

The Finest Known M.E. Hart Coins of the Golden West.

Ingots. A number of unique ingots of varying metals from several old collections.

California Gold Rush Artifact and gold specimen Collection. Wonderful lots from an old collection of gold in quartz jewelry, artifacts, nuggets, and specimens.

Currency. Interesting and unusual currency items and ephemera, including an 1837 broadside for a bank buying currency from other banks from the “hard-times period.”

Mormon Currency Collection

Mormon Currency Collection. The most important group of Mormon Currency assembled since the famous Ford Sale, and possibly better!

Native American Collections

The Grandma Ness Panamint Basket Collection. One of the finest collections ever assembled, held by the weaver’s family for three generations.

The Tahoe-Wovoka Estate Collection. Contains fabulous Native American artistry, from exceptional baskets to priceless art.

The Yosemite Trading Post Collection. A wonderful collection of the contents of the Yosemite Trading Post when it closed decades ago, assembled by long-time Lee Vining residents.

The American West Collection. A group of exceptional large baskets from the founding family of one of America’s largest corporations.

Vinegar Library of Native American Art and History. Fabulous library of Smithsonian publications (c1900) and others, with beautiful and striking color illustrations of Native American art and life.


General Americana

Saloon and Advertising Collections. Bottles, signs, mirrors, trays, tokens, and an assortment of saloon collectibles.

Express and Railroad. Outstanding collection of express and railroad items, including original ticket punching devices from the Virginia and Truckee Railroad; rare stock certificates from Nevada rails; and, a group of material related to western rail financier Borax Smith, including material from the Tonopah and Tidewater RR. Also, original locks from Wells Fargo and Tonopah Tidewater handed down in a California agent’s family.

Mono-Inyo Posatal Cover Collection. A collection of rare and fascinating postal covers from the Mono-Inyo region, many with postmarks unlisted in Williams!

Adolph Sutro Collection. An original hand-signed petition for the tunnel and other rarities.

James King of William Collection. Original documents from the c1900 sale of part of his estate.

Assay documents from all over the West.

Nevadiana. Much more from the Maish Collection and others.

George Wingfield Collection. A small group of his personal items from the Spradling-Wingfield family.

Idahoiana. Fabulous collection of early Idaho documents from the late Lynn Langdon collection.

Mining Artifacts

Collections of candlesticks, scales, and many authentic artifacts mining equipment.
Preview
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday April 11, 10am-6pm
* Preview also available by appointment

Live Auction
Friday & Saturday
April 12-13, 2012
9am PDT starting time, both days

Location
Atlantis Casino & Resort
Grand Ballroom #4
3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

Lot Pick Up
Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday April 14th, 10am-1pm

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MA, Boston-Suffolk County-1st Edition Life on the Mississippi1185 - MA, Boston-Suffolk County-1st Edition Life on the Mississippi
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Samuel Clemens of his days as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War and also a travel book, recounting his tri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********n.. for (180.00 + 35.10BP) = 215.10
 
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MA, Boston-Suffolk County-1st Edition Life on the Mississippi (2)1186 - MA, Boston-Suffolk County-1st Edition Life on the Mississippi (2)
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Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Samuel Clemens of his days as a steamboat pilot before the Civil War and also a travel book, recounting his tri
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to d********9 for (85.00 + 16.58BP) = 101.58
 
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MA, Boston-Suffolk County-Stolen White Elephant Etc.1187 - MA, Boston-Suffolk County-Stolen White Elephant Etc.
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THE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANT ETC. is a short story written by Mark Twain and published in 1882 by James R. Osgood. In this short story an Indian Elephant
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to F****e for (80.00 + 15.60BP) = 95.60
 
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MA, Cambridge-Middlesex County-English as She Is Spoke, Intro by Mark Twain1188 - MA, Cambridge-Middlesex County-English as She Is Spoke, Intro by Mark Twain
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English as She Is Spoke is the common name of a 19th-century book written by Pedro Carolino and falsely additionally credited to Jose de Fonseca which
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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NY, New York--Huck Finn 1st American Edition1189 - NY, New York--Huck Finn 1st American Edition
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This is an American first edition of Samuel Clemens’ classic literary work. Originally published in England in December 1884, Clemens and a business p
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Start Price : 3,250.00 | Estimate : 6,500.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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NY, New York--Lotos Leaves Stories Essays and Poems 1st Edition1190 - NY, New York--Lotos Leaves Stories Essays and Poems 1st Edition
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This is a first edition of Lotos Leaves, a collection of essays, stories and poems written by club members James Peck, C. Florio, Gilbert Burling, Edw
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to l******n for (70.00 + 13.65BP) = 83.65
 
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NY, New York--My Mark Twain 1st Edition1191 - NY, New York--My Mark Twain 1st Edition
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This is a first edition of W.D. Howells’ My Mark Twain Reminiscences and Criticisms, published in 1910 by Harper n Brothers Publishers. Howells, a one
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********x.. for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
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NY, New York--Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc First Edition1192 - NY, New York--Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc First Edition
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This is a first edition of Mark Twain’s PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARC. Originally, Mark Twain`s work was published as a serialization in Harpe
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to l******n for (90.00 + 17.55BP) = 107.55
 
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NY, New York--Twain's Double Barrelled Detective Story 1st Ed1193 - NY, New York--Twain's Double Barrelled Detective Story 1st Ed
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This is a satire by Twain on the mystery novel genre in novella form. In the second arc, Sherlock Holmes was depicted in employing "scientific ...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9***6 for (225.00 + 43.88BP) = 268.88
 
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NY, New York--Twain's Library of Humor First Edition1194 - NY, New York--Twain's Library of Humor First Edition
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This is an 1888 collection of short stories compiled by Twain, William Dean Howells and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbe suggested to Clem
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to d********9 for (150.00 + 29.25BP) = 179.25
 
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