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A Collector's New Year: Philatelic, Americana, & Dealer Auction TIMED

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

Auction Details

A Special Two-Day Auction Event Featuring

*Featuring Both Old & New Items from the Gary Bracken Collection, Ken Prag Collection, Stuart MacKenzie Collection, & Others

~Over 1,500 Lots~

Including Civil War, Indian Territory, Kansas, & Missouri Covers from the Bracken Collection and California & Oregon Postcards from the Prag Collection

*General Americana *Stocks *Philatelic *Books *Mining *Sports

*Bargain & Dealer Lots including Colorado & Montana Billhead & Mining Archives from the Gary Bracken Collection and Stuart MacKenzie Collection

*Reduced opening prices on EVERY lot in the sale!

Welcome, collectors, to a new year of exciting auctions!

Our 2023 New Year's resolution is to continue to bring fantastic history at auction to collectors, dealers, and institutions around the world. And we hope you have resolved to keep building your collections and/or dealer inventories!

As a big thank you for an incredible 2022 year of auctions, we've created a special "auto-pilot" auction with reduced start prices and a whole bunch of great material for our beginning to intermediate collectors and/or Americana dealers.

You'll find a mix of new and old items, including new philatelic goodies from the Bracken Collection and Prag Collection, and new collections of books and historical resources. You'll also find tons of Americana including Montana and Colorado paper and check archives from the Stuart MacKenzie Collection and Bracken Collection.

This is an "auto-pilot" auction, so there won't be an auctioneer or audio/video feed. But you will be able to log into an auction console, place live bids, and watch the progression of the auction, just like in our other sales.

If you have any questions or need help placing an absentee bid, please call our office at 775-851-1859

Everyone at Holabird's wishes you a safe and Happy New Year!

And stay tuned because many more exciting items are coming to the collecting market in 2023!

--The Holabird Team--

So how does our auto-pilot auction work?

*Just like normal, you can start bidding absentee right now on iCollector. We can also help you register and place absentee bids for you. Give our office a call at 775-851-1859.

*On the day of the auction (January 7th and 8th), you'll be able to join the live auction console, place bids, and watch the lots progress. (But there won't be an audio/video feed or person on a podium).

*Once a lot opens, there will be a 20 second countdown.

*If a bid is placed during this countdown, the timer is reset to 20 seconds. Each live bid resets the timer!

*Once the countdown runs out, the lot will be sold, and the next lot will come up with the same settings.

It's up to you--the bidders--to keep the action going! But we'll be watching and cheering you on!


Auction Schedule

Session 1, January 7th, 2023, Lots 1000-1751
General Americana (1000-1455)
Geo. Sort (1000-1403)
Jewelry (1404-1420)
Sports (1421-1455)
Mining (1456-1564)
General Books (1565-1751)

Session 2, January 8th, 2023, Lots 2000-2774
Philatelic (2000-2480)
Covers & Stamps feat. Indian Territory, Kansas, & Missouri Covers from Bracken Collection (2000-2197)
Postcards feat. Foreign, California, & Oregon from Prag Collection (2198-2481)
Stocks & Bonds (2481-2774)
Mining (2481-2608)
Railroad (2609-2629)
Misc. (2630-2774)
SHIPPING & HANDLING: The customer is responsible for all shipping and packaging charges. We offer shipping service as a convenience to our buyers. Items are not shipped until the invoice and shipping charges are completely paid. Shipping costs will be calculated and billed separately after your items have been paid for. Purchases will be shipped via our approved, insured carriers: FedEx, UPS, USPS or DHL. Pick up is available from our Reno office, once you have received your invoice post auction
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Montana Southern Mining Company Original Correspondence (250+) [140694]1520Montana Southern Mining Company Original Correspondence (250+) [140694]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Complete alphabetical file of original Montana Southern Mining Company business correspondence from 1938-39 between Mont. Southern MC and several diff
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
Eureka County Report of Mine Production 2nd Q, 1874 [110187]1521Eureka County Report of Mine Production 2nd Q, 1874 [110187]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original report of mine proceeds. This report lists 27 producing mines in alpha order. Eureka Consolidated was the largest producer at $245,035. The R
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 250.00
Tonopah Mining Agreement Papers [127001]1522Tonopah Mining Agreement Papers [127001]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Agreement papers drawn up between Kirk Smith & W.J. Gomm. It concerns a mining operation in Nye County, Nevada. This six page document has all t...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
California State Telegraph Company from William Lent to HH Day [102253]1523California State Telegraph Company from William Lent to HH Day [102253]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Territorial. Includes a California State Telegraph envelope address to Day. Telegram is dated July 6, 1864. "Send no more bars to Theall, loss ...
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 350.00
Walker Lake Copper Mining & Smelting Co. Prospectus [77336]1524Walker Lake Copper Mining & Smelting Co. Prospectus [77336]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Walker Lake Copper Mining & Smelting Co. / The Thorne Copper Mining & Reduction Co. Promoted by the Patrick Investment Company (who prom...
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 20.00 - 60.00
Nevada and Great Basin Books (6) [86646]1525Nevada and Great Basin Books (6) [86646]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
USGS bulletin 612 The Overland Route-fair condition, Boom Towns of the Great Basin by Robertson, Mainstream of America by Stone, Ghost Town by Dane, b
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 150.00
Nevada Mine Property Reports [135038]1526Nevada Mine Property Reports [135038]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 1 cubic foot of technical mining reports on Nevada properties. Includes The Black Hawk in Pershing County; Floating test for Consolidated Copper
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 3,000.00
Six Nevada Mining Booklets [144319]1527Six Nevada Mining Booklets [144319]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Some Mining Districts of Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada by Hill. Hardcover, rebound from soft cover. About 10 fold out color maps.
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 120.00
Engineering & Mining Journal, Volume 78 [131662]1528Engineering & Mining Journal, Volume 78 [131662]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Published weekly out of New York, volume 78 July-December, 1904, bound into 26 issues totaling 1,056 pages, with index. Is hard bound and measures 1...
Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to S****2 for 50.00
Frisco, Beaver County, Utah Mining Archive [123843]1529Frisco, Beaver County, Utah Mining Archive [123843]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1879. Twelve items. Assay documents from the Pioneer Ore sampling Mill in Sand Station. Three William A. Hodge Certificates of assay. Two 'Bingh...
Estimate : 130.00 - 400.00
Sold to F*********h for 75.00
Hand Drawn Utah State Land Patent Maps [59731]1530Hand Drawn Utah State Land Patent Maps [59731]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8.5" x 11" hand drawn and colored map of a Utah land patent showing Sanpete Co. and Salt Co. land. Date: c1918 Country (if not USA): S...
Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 75.00
Northport Smelting & Refining Co. Bank Balance Ledger [127991]1531Northport Smelting & Refining Co. Bank Balance Ledger [127991]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a ledger for banking from the Northport Smelting and Refining Company. It's in rough but readable shape. The Northport Mining and Smelti...
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 500.00
The Miner, Chemist and Engineer program booklet on mining in Washington state 1938 [120615]1532The Miner, Chemist and Engineer program booklet on mining in Washington state 1938 [120615]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a program booklet outlining three days of activities on mining in Washington State at Wenatchee in 1938. 23 pages in very good condition. 6 x
Estimate : 40.00 - 140.00
Sold to S****2 for 25.00
U.S. Geologic Survey books Wyoming mining [116414]1533U.S. Geologic Survey books Wyoming mining [116414]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a group of mining books detailing the area of Wyoming in 1912. At lease ten books, see the photos for details. Date: Country (if not USA):
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 200.00
Yukon Gold Company 1935 Annual Report [112098]1534Yukon Gold Company 1935 Annual Report [112098]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By the end of 1935, the Yukon Gold Company no longer had gold operations in the Klondike, but active tin mining in Malaysia. This 8 1/2 x 11 inch rep
Estimate : 30.00 - 100.00
Sold to S****2 for 18.75
Sidney Gold Mining Co. Corporate Minutes, 1898 [62809]1535Sidney Gold Mining Co. Corporate Minutes, 1898 [62809]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Interesting group of two documents for this mining company based in Buffalo, NY, and incorporated in West Virginia. 1898. Bylaws, typed, 7pp; corporat
Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to w*****s for 31.25
Minister of Mines Annual Report British Columbia [140387]1536Minister of Mines Annual Report British Columbia [140387]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot contains three annual reports of mining activities for British Columbia, 1908, 1909,and 1914. Gold and coal mainly reported. These copies are
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Three Interesting British Columbia Mining Related Pieces [130463]1537Three Interesting British Columbia Mining Related Pieces [130463]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Atlin Silver Lead Mines, report by Catlin & Pope of New York. 1925. Four extra large pages; 2) 1925 summary report of the Silver-Lead deposit...
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Nanaimo and Westminster Mining District Map 1906 [121155]1538Nanaimo and Westminster Mining District Map 1906 [121155]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a map depicting the Nanaimo and Westminster Mining District of 1906, scale is 4 statute miles=1 in. completed by the Canada Dept. of Mines Geo
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 280.00
Pueblo Viejo Mine in the Dominican Republic Photographs [37675]1539Pueblo Viejo Mine in the Dominican Republic Photographs [37675]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of about 10 photos of the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican republic about 1975. Date: c1975 Country (if not USA): Dominican Republic State:
Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 20.00 - 70.00