"Christmas Chronicles", 2023 December Live Auction

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Christmas is coming early to our Collectors this year! Welcome to our Holabird's 2023 Christmas Chronicles, our biggest sale of the year!


The Christmas Chronicles December Auction is our Grand Finale of 2023 and we've included every collecting category as a Christmas Thank-You for our valued customers.

December is loaded with BRAND NEW ITEMS featuring collectibles from the Robert Coelln Western Collection, The Jan Garvis Mining Collection, The Franklin Collection, The Herzog Collection, The Chunlin Zhu Natural Wonders Collection, The Gary Bracken General Store Collection, plus many others!
No matter what you collect we encourage you to browse the entire online catalog for the DECEMBER LIVE AUCTION as hidden rarities are scattered throughout the sale! While our December's Sale includes an incredible selection of RARE Antique Photographs, you will also find photographs peppered in almost every other section, like the never-before-offered original, antique photograph of Doc Holiday and Big-Nose Kate you will find listed in our Cowboy section!
We've worked hard this fall to clear out our warehouses and list another big group of MINERAL DISPLAY SPECIMENS from the Chunlin Zhu Collection! Many of you have purchased massive specimens from this collection for incredible prices and dealers have made huge profits in this category since our premier sale over a year ago. We are proud to offer another BRAND-NEW GROUP of spectacular display specimens, as we are reaching the last of the Chinese pieces. This may be one of your last chances to purchase pieces like this well below wholesale -- just in time for the 2024 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show! We recommend pick-up for the larger pieces as shipping prices on some of these rocks are restrictive but this has offered an unbelievable opportunity for nearby customers willing to make a trip to Reno. And while you are in the neighborhood, don't miss the General Store items from Bracken, another collection that is coming to a close. For Dealers who enjoy a winter vacation in Reno/Tahoe, picking up from our year-end sale will definitely give you a leg up on your 2024 profit margin!
If you aren't within driving distance of Reno, no worries! December has an incredible variety of ephemera, coins, jewelry, and other easy-to-ship items for you to cross off your wish list this Christmas and if you won in our Black Friday Weekend Timed auction and your shipment did not go out early, we will combine your items and ship both orders together to save you money on your shipping invoice.

Thank you and happy bidding!

Day 1
Art (1000-1051)
Photography (1052-1138)
Native American Art (1139-1162)
Imported Collectibles (1163-1201)
Home (1202-1215)
Souvenir Plates (1216-1225)
Silverware (1226-1230)
Jewelry (1231-1241)
Native American Artifacts (1242-1392)
Maps (1393-1418)
Books (1419-1535)
Entertainment (1536-1551)
Musical Instruments (1552-1555)


Day 2
Minerals (2000-2052)
Mining (2053-2400)
Cowboy (2401-2438)
Tobacciana (2439-2452)
Bottles (2453-2476)
Saloon (2477-2492)
Gaming (2493-2501)
Firearms-Weapons (2501-2509)
Military (2510-2552)
Political (2553-2587)

Day 3
Sports (3000-3009)
Tokens (3010-3023)
Badges (3024-3037)
Numismatics (3038-3181)
Coins (3039-3056)
Currency (3057-3083)
Ephemera (3084-3112)
Ingots (3113-3149)
Exonumia & Medals (3150-3182)
SS Central America (3183-3213)
Transportation (3214-3300)
General Collectibles (3301-3332)
Tools (3333-3334)
General Store (3335-3411)
Ephemera,
Geographically Sorted (3412-3593)

Day 4
Stocks & Bonds (4000-4429)
Including mining, railroad, etc
Philatelic - Postal History (4430-4465)
Postcards (4466-4486)
Stamps – USA (4487-4521)
Stamps – Worldwide (4522-4528)
Wells Fargo & Express (4529-4576)
Firefighting Memorabilia (4577-4579)
Fraternal Organizations (4580-4582)

Shipping is billed separately. Pay your auction invoice early as purchases are packed in the order payments are received. Pick-up must be scheduled 24 hours in advance when you receive your shipping preference email after the auction. Invoices will go out immediately after the auction ends.

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Mining Stocks with Fun Names, 5    [173262]4360 - Mining Stocks with Fun Names, 5 [173262]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 mining stocks with fun names. Unissued-Chance Silver Mining. Issued-1909 First Jump Mining. 1896 Jimmies Luck Gold Mining. 1907 Honest Endeavor Mini
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8***1 for (650.00 + 143.00BP) = 793.00
 
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Mountaineer Mines Consolidated Stock and Other Assorted Certs (11)  1900s  [172036]4361 - Mountaineer Mines Consolidated Stock and Other Assorted Certs (11) 1900s [172036]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mountaineer Mines Consolidated stock certs. All are preferred and unused. They have an eagle and globe vignette. Also, there is a San Mauricio Mining
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Nacimiento Copper Company Bonds    [172677]4362 - Nacimiento Copper Company Bonds [172677]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twenty First Mortgage Six Per Cent Gold Bonds issued by the Nacimiento Copper Company. Bernalillo County New Mexico. Bonds are 14 x 17 inches
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to s*********1 for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Nacimiento Copper Company Bonds    [172686]4363 - Nacimiento Copper Company Bonds [172686]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 20 First Mortgage Six Per Cent Gold Bonds issued by the Nacimiento Copper Company. Mining vignette. A major copper mine in the 1880s in Bernali
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Philadelphia and California Unissued Stock Certificate    [150515]4364 - Philadelphia and California Unissued Stock Certificate [150515]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This unissued stock certificate is by the Philadelphia and California Mining Company of Mariposa County. Black border on white paper 7 in. X 10 in. Th
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Seward Peninsula Mining Company Stock, 1906    [169058]4365 - Seward Peninsula Mining Company Stock, 1906 [169058]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock Number 1635 for 5000 shares to J.H. Jennine. Vignette of a large gold nugget, the mine works, and a gold dredge, 1906. Great example of vignette
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Southern Mining Stocks, GA, VA, Rare    [171658]4366 - Southern Mining Stocks, GA, VA, Rare [171658]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Georgia Gold Rush began about 1828 and continued until about 1835, and on and off since that time. It did show the country that gold could be foun
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b**********7 for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Union Gold Mining Co. Certificate, 1834    [169061]4367 - Union Gold Mining Co. Certificate, 1834 [169061]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Union Gold Mining Company Certificate for five shares, dated Nov 29th, 1834. Share No. 1286 to 1290. Signed by Sam Moore(?) as President and P. A. Rea
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to k********w.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Upper Mississippi Valley Coal Mining Stocks, 3    [173267]4368 - Upper Mississippi Valley Coal Mining Stocks, 3 [173267]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 different issued Upper Mississippi Valley coal mining stocks. 1881 Carbondale Coal and Coke with train and mine vignette, and 1881 with smokestacks
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to j*******1 for (700.00 + 175.00BP) = 875.00
 
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Western Mining Stock Group with Silver Dollar Seal (7)    [142828]4369 - Western Mining Stock Group with Silver Dollar Seal (7) [142828]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. Niagara Mining and Smelting, #877 issued in 1890. Has an actual silver dollar seal in silver. 2) Moultan Mining Company with financier W
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 190.00 - 350.00
Sold to l*******c for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Western Mining Stocks (3)    [128823]4370 - Western Mining Stocks (3) [128823]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Philadelphia Mining & Smelting Company, 1882, Location, Alturas County, Idaho; 2) The Consolidated Alaskan Company, 1906; 3) Bear Creek Place...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Western Mining Stocks, 8 and More    [173261]4371 - Western Mining Stocks, 8 and More [173261]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 issued Western mining stocks. 1883 Holyoko Mining, Cassia, ID. 1905 Atlanta Mines, Atlanta, NV. 1914 Hubbard Elliot Copper, Washington. 1970 Ida Ore
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Lumber Company Stock Certificates (3)    [139470]4372 - Lumber Company Stock Certificates (3) [139470]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1.) "Three Pine Timber Co.", Medford, Oregon, Certificate No. 2 for 150,000 shares, issued to G. E. Howland on January 4th, 1904 Signed by...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Montana Bonds, 3    [171545]4373 - Montana Bonds, 3 [171545]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Montana bonds. 2x County of Madison, 1870 with partial coupons. Colorful, 1 has 2.5" tear, other has right stain. Madison County funding bond...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 240.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Montana Non Mining Stocks and Bonds, 7    [171322]4374 - Montana Non Mining Stocks and Bonds, 7 [171322]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Montana non mining stocks and bonds. Stocks-Bitter Root Lumber, A L Powell Power, Montana Phonograph, Gallatin Valley Electric. Bonds-Amador Railway x
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Pair of Madison County Funding Bonds    [172792]4375 - Pair of Madison County Funding Bonds [172792]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two bonds from Madison County Montana: 1) Unissued, cancelled $1000 funding bond of the County of Madison. 40 coupons still attached. Elk vignette. 17
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Unusual Clark Webster Stock Tickets, 3    [167779]4376 - Unusual Clark Webster Stock Tickets, 3 [167779]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 unusual attached stock tickets for 1 share each of Clark Webster & Co, New York, undated. 8x5.25", horizontal creases. New York
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Oregon Non Mining Mostly Stocks and a Few Bonds, 22    [171421]4377 - Oregon Non Mining Mostly Stocks and a Few Bonds, 22 [171421]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mostly stocks and a few bonds from Oregon, all non mining, mostly issued. c. 1893-1929. Excelsior Packing, Eastern Oregon Banking, Seeck Differential,
Bidding Has Concluded
Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Eby Shoe Company Bonds (10)  1926  [122210]4378 - Eby Shoe Company Bonds (10) 1926 [122210]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. Blue First Mortgage Six Percent Sinking Fund Bond. Signe by Harry Eby. Not cancelled. 1926. The Eby Shoe Company is located at 136 N. State
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Galeton Silk Mills Bonds (5)    [140186]4379 - Galeton Silk Mills Bonds (5) [140186]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. Each has coupons 17-20 attached. First Mortgage and Collateral Trust. Consecutively numbered from 257 to 261. Excellent condition! Galet
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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