2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

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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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NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Original Sutro Tunnel Petition1389 - NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Original Sutro Tunnel Petition
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This is a petition started by Adolph Sutro in an attempt to gain federal financing for his tunnel project on the Comstock. In July, 1866, Congress pas
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
Sold to j***d for (4,750.00 + 926.25BP) = 5,676.25
 
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NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Sutro Books1390 - NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Sutro Books
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Lot of 2 books: Adolph Sutro A Brief Story of a Brilliant Life by Eugenia Kellogg Holmes, 1895. Hardbound, 56 pages. Also the Closing Argument of Adol
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to a********x.. for (150.00 + 29.25BP) = 179.25
 
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NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Sutro Reference and Documents Collection1391 - NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Sutro Reference and Documents Collection
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Lot of 3 items pertaining to Adoph Sutro: 1)House of Representative papers relative to the Sutro Tunnel dated July 1, 1868 (Sutro fought for more than
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to a********x.. for (125.00 + 24.38BP) = 149.38
 
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NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Sutro Tunnel Blueprint1392 - NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Sutro Tunnel Blueprint
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This is a blueprint mounted on linen of the projected work timetable for the Sutro Tunnel beginning in 1869, with a schedule of completion by 1877.Ado
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 750.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8***3 for (900.00 + 175.50BP) = 1,075.50
 
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Lot Withdrawn1393 - Lot Withdrawn
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NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Virginia City Bottle Assortment1394 - NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Virginia City Bottle Assortment
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Lot of 4, from the Spradling estate of Carson City: 2 bottles are ceramic type, virtually identical in size and color, although not in workmanship and
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Estimate : 350.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8***9 for (125.00 + 24.38BP) = 149.38
 
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NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Virginia City Miner Photo1395 - NV, Virginia City-Storey County-Virginia City Miner Photo
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This is an 1895 photograph by William Cann. The background would suggest a theatre, possibly Piper’s Opera House. The subjects in the photo appear to
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to 6*****b for (300.00 + 58.50BP) = 358.50
 
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NV, Wahmonie-Nye County-Wahmonie Panoramic Photographs1396 - NV, Wahmonie-Nye County-Wahmonie Panoramic Photographs
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Lot of 2. 1) Panorama of the mining camp from up the hill. Tents and a few early automobiles dot the sagebrush in the otherwise empty valley 30 miles
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,500.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to 8*****h for (650.00 + 126.75BP) = 776.75
 
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NV, White Pine & Nye Counties--Nevada Annual Mining Reports1397 - NV, White Pine & Nye Counties--Nevada Annual Mining Reports
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Lot of 2. 1) Eighth Annual Report of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Co., published in San Francisco, October 20th, 1877, 14 pages, paper covered. The
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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NY, Llion-Herkimer County-Remington New Army Revolver1398 - NY, Llion-Herkimer County-Remington New Army Revolver
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This is a Remington 1861 New Army cap and ball revolver in .44 caliber. The barrel measures 8" with an over-all length of 13". Although th...
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Start Price : 4,000.00 | Estimate : 8,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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