Big Tent Auction: Philatelic, Americana, Mining, Numismatics--April 2020

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Auction Details

Day 1, April 16th, 2020 (Lots 1000-1754)
Native Americana
Art
General Americana
Books

Day 2, April 17th, 2020 (Lots 2000-2753)
Mining Equipment
Minerals
Mining Artifacts & Ephemera
Stocks & Bonds
Mining
Other
Railroad
Transportation
Sports
Firearms & Weaponry
Military

Day 3, April 18th, 2020 (Lots 3000-3764)
Philatelic & Postal History
Ephemera
First Day
First Flight
Airships
Philatelic Covers & Postal History
Postcards

Day 4, April 19th, 2020 (Lots 4000-4763)
Tokens
Numismatics
Cowboy
Bargains & Dealer Specials

Welcome to our April Sale!

Covid-19
There’s a lot going on out there, and we’ve strived to find a way to keep operating in a safe and responsible manner. We incorporate all of the WHO recommendations, and then some. Our offices are cleaner and more sanitary than ever before, with sanitization cleanings up to four times per day! While most employees work at home, we also keep the 6-10 foot rule in place at the office. The result so far has been excellent, with a very healthy staff. Others around the country are not as lucky, and we strongly encourage following the WHO recommendations. We’ve been looking at a month, rather than 2 weeks. If it takes more, we’re “all in”.

This Auction!
This auction has another wide variety of outstanding collectibles in perhaps 30 collecting categories. Wow! Last sale we started with the John Reynolds Collection of California tokens, medals, shell cards and other Exonumia. This sale features more Reynolds tokens and his fabulous Aviation Mail (and California) Postal History Collection of more than 10,000 covers! As part of this collection, we offer his Pioneer Post Card Collection, a specialty of the earliest “picture post cards.”
Reynolds also had a major collection of Circus and Side Show photography and ephemera. We only split out some of it, such as the tokens, medals and scrip into individual lots. The bulk of the collection is so good, and of such excellent quality, inclusive of the personal collection of Nicu DeBarcsy (the most famous of the late 19th – early 20th dwarves), that we feel the collection needs to stay together as a whole – with thousands of photographs (CDV, Cabinet card, photo post cards) collected since the early 1960s, ending in about 1995 or so.
We continue with the marvelous Ken Prag Collection, and not to be outdone, we offer the Geoff Pollock Utah Mining Stock Certificate Collection in tact! More than 2000 pieces. It took Geoff more than thirty years to collect these pieces, highlighted by the fantastic 1864 Jordan Mining Co. stock signed by General Patrick Connor.
Our Art Department is ever-expanding, with this auction features a collection of wonderful Nevada artists plus many more.
The mining goods are also excellent, across the board, including part of the contents of a 1930’s assay lab! …and a mining library as a “unit” from a formerly producing mining company. And more large mining equipment from CMR Co.
A huge selection of costume jewelry is present from a southern California costume jewelry store that gave us their goods upon retiring. We remind everybody that our company is a great way to sell your inventories – the bigger the better!

Finding Your Collectibles
You’ll have fun perusing this catalog. There are great rarities in every section. As usual, we welcome calls and questions about lots. Need a better description? Just call or email us. Need help navigating? Just call! We’ve got simple ways of finding things, but sometimes we all need a little help to learn “the tricks.”

Consignments
Here at Holabird, we are, in a way, your partners in Collecting. We bring you some of the most exciting collections to hit the market every year.
Many of these collections are life-long projects, painstakingly put together by careful collectors – like you. When its time to sell, consider us! We bring more to the marketplace than any other company. Imagine this- five live internet bidding platforms in use for most auctions, all carefully picked. In fact, we work with several of these advanced forums to help make them, us, and the auction experience better for you. We bring new collectors to the table each and every auction.
Buying on the internet is at an all time high, and we understand how and why – that’s why we do so much with our internet bidding platform “partners”. Even though we are under Covid-19 WHO and Nevada guidelines, we work to make the internet sale a successful experience. And that includes shipping – we sanitize the packages before they go out.

While we work our way through the pandemic, it is important to realize we can assist. Our internet doors remain open, and we provide a huge platform from which to sell collections. If its time to sell your treasured items, let us know. If you’re home cleaning out the house and storeroom, and forgot about Grandpa’s collection, and need revenue, call us! If you run a chain of stores, such as pawn shops or thrift stores, we can easily generate that much needed revenue. Our processing is fast – we process about 3,000 lots of all forms of antiques and collectibles every 60 days. Nobody in America can match this. Our sales performance is also unequalled. Give us a call today. We have representatives in many parts of the USA. If the collection warrants, I’ll come myself and help you evaluate and discuss how we can assist.
--Fred Holabird--


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Three Early Airship Litho Pioneer Postcards  (116610)3280 - Three Early Airship Litho Pioneer Postcards (116610)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three Pioneer Postcards of the Airships "Patrie," La Republique" and "Null Secundus." These feature the colorful lithos of ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to d*******f for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Two German Pioneer Postcards Graf Zeppelin  (116356)3281 - Two German Pioneer Postcards Graf Zeppelin (116356)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two German RPC Black and white pioneer postcards of the Graf Zeppelin airship. Used and in excellent condition. Provenance: John Reynolds Collection
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
Sold to j******0 for (55.00 + 12.10BP) = 67.10
 
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Zeppelin Airship Covers and Postcards  (116350)3282 - Zeppelin Airship Covers and Postcards (116350)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two postcards and three used, stamped covers from Germany related to Zeppelin airships. Nice additions to your collection. Provenance: John Reynolds
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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A Pair of First Flight Hindenburg Postmarked Covers  (116662)3283 - A Pair of First Flight Hindenburg Postmarked Covers (116662)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Historical pair of Hindenburg First Flight covers from 1936. The stamps are obviously during the time of Hitler, as is evidenced by the Swastika on so
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to j******0 for (800.00 + 176.00BP) = 976.00
 
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Two Hindenburg Germany to Brazil Covers  (116663)3284 - Two Hindenburg Germany to Brazil Covers (116663)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a pair of Hindenburg postmarked stamps, being delivered from Frankfurt to Rio De Janeiro. The year marked 1936, a year before the disterous c
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to d*******f for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Hindenburg Zeppelin Nordamerika Europa Postcards Covers  (116798)3285 - Hindenburg Zeppelin Nordamerika Europa Postcards Covers (116798)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of six includes a used cover from Germany to New York and postcard from Germany to Hannover, Germany, that were aboard the German airship LZ 129 H
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to e*********0 for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Four 1936 Hindenburg Postmarked Covers  (116586)3286 - Four 1936 Hindenburg Postmarked Covers (116586)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot contains four covers delivered by the ill-fated zeppelin, a year before the tragedy. There are postmarks on each of the covers that are from
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******0 for (1,050.00 + 231.00BP) = 1,281.00
 
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"Zeppelin Delivered" Cover Quartet (116583)3287 - "Zeppelin Delivered" Cover Quartet (116583)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four covers delivered by German zeppelins to various points in Argentina, including Buenos Aires. These are dated 1936, around the time Adolf Hitler c
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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French, German Zeppelin-Condor Covers and RPC Postcard  (116353)3288 - French, German Zeppelin-Condor Covers and RPC Postcard (116353)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five used Condor-Zeppelin covers and one postcard from the 1930's. Black and white RPC postcard is of Graf Zeppelin landing in Friedrichshafen, ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*******f for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Four Postcards of Zeppelin incl. Releasing Water Ballast  (116357)3289 - Four Postcards of Zeppelin incl. Releasing Water Ballast (116357)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four RPC black and white German pioneer postcards of the Graf Zeppelin airship, of which two are identical and depict it releasing water ballast. One
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Two International Zeppelin Marked Covers  (116585)3290 - Two International Zeppelin Marked Covers (116585)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One light air mail 1928 postmarked cover, destination Paris and a 1931 air mail cover between New York and St. Louis. Both in good condition. Proven
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to d*******f for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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S.S. Olympic Cover  & NY RPC Delivered by Zeppelin  (116584)3291 - S.S. Olympic Cover & NY RPC Delivered by Zeppelin (116584)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two rare pieces of zeppelin delivered may, including an RPC from a scene in NY and and a cover with a postmark of the SS Olympic. The Olympic was the
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Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*****0 for (160.00 + 35.20BP) = 195.20
 
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Zeppelin Wreck RPC 1916 and Three More Zeppelin Postcards  (116358)3292 - Zeppelin Wreck RPC 1916 and Three More Zeppelin Postcards (116358)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The 1916 Imperial German Navy Zeppelin crash in the North Sea wreckage is pictured in this black and white RPC postcard printed in Britain, used and c
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to p******1 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Around the World Zeppelin Gatty and Post Covers & Photos  (117253)3293 - Around the World Zeppelin Gatty and Post Covers & Photos (117253)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of 30 international around the world covers, c1929-1984. Includes cachet covers, Graf Zeppelin and Harold Gatty and Wiley Post round the world f
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Estimate : 100.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Three International Dirigible Airships Postcards  (116351)3294 - Three International Dirigible Airships Postcards (116351)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
French, British and U.S. postcards depicting the dirigible airships, British Airship R-100, French Army Patrie Airship and U.S. Navy airships. Proven
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to p******1 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Juniper, A.T. Cover  (113016)3295 - Juniper, A.T. Cover (113016)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare cover with manuscript Juniper, AT, 12/16/1883 manuscript cancel. Sent to El Cajon, California. Two 1 cent stamps attached. No contents. Juniper w
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to r******s for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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Three Early Bakersfield Covers & Letters  (112641)3296 - Three Early Bakersfield Covers & Letters (112641)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 pieces. 1) 1884 cover to San Jose with two letters enclosed. 2) Corner advertising cover for the New Southern Hotel, mailed in 1911 to Fresno
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Berenda, CA, Wells Fargo Domestic Frank Columbian Issue Cover  (116078)3297 - Berenda, CA, Wells Fargo Domestic Frank Columbian Issue Cover (116078)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A beautiful straight line Columbian issue Wells Fargo cover in very nice condition. This rare piece with a Berenda, Ca. postmark and a round two cent
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9*****H for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Borden, Madera County Wells Fargo Cover  (116221)3298 - Borden, Madera County Wells Fargo Cover (116221)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is an extremely rare cover from Borden (Madera County) California. The postmark is dated December 5, 1879 and the three cent green oval is hand c
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r******s for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Southern California & Central Valley Postal History  (112643)3299 - Southern California & Central Valley Postal History (112643)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Tres Pinos cover (U163, 1874-86). 2) Corner advertising cover for the Magnolia Farm, John Flack propr. Located 1 mile south of Healdsburg
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to S*****0 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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