Cowboys & Indians & Miners

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This premier two-day sale includes a General George Custer collection featuring an Indian Capture carbine; other very rare firearms; choice Western ingots, gold nuggets and ore samples; rare numismatic items related to the SS Central America; rare Western tokens; mining reports from the 1830s-1880s; a world class offering of mining spoons; mining-related correspondence, photographs, and ephemera; a great selection of Native American baskets, rugs, and artifacts; saddles and spurs; and General Americana.

DAY 1: Mining Reports, Photographs, Ephemera and Spoons
DAY 2: Native Americana, Cowboy, Firearms (incl. Custer Collection), Numismatics, and General Americana.
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Four Choice Railroad Items2322 - Four Choice Railroad Items
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The best is an Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Company billhead for their railroad lanterns, which is pictorial from the 1870s. A second piece is...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 13.80BP) = 73.80
 
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Railroad Lamp with Embossed Top CMSP&P RR2323 - Railroad Lamp with Embossed Top CMSP&P RR
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (often referred to as the Milwaukee Road) (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that beg
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Estimate : 100.00 - 500.00
Sold to f********2 for (120.00 + 27.60BP) = 147.60
 
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Lantern2324 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Lantern
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe brakeman's lantern. Ruby red Adlake Kero Lantern. The story goes that during a stop over this lantern would have ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to i*********1 for (140.00 + 32.20BP) = 172.20
 
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Risdon Iron Works Metal Plaque2325 - Risdon Iron Works Metal Plaque
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Industrial locomotive builder from 1882 to 1911, bought by Union Iron Works. 3 x 5." In excellent condition! Most assuredly on some locomotive ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to m******3 for (475.00 + 109.25BP) = 584.25
 
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Northwest Dispatch Fast Freight Company Stock Certificate2326 - Northwest Dispatch Fast Freight Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This railroad stock is number 21 for 500 shares issued to Thomas Tomlinson and signed by president Joseph Walker Jr. Nice industrial railroad vignette
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Photograph of Early Derailed Central Pacific Train near Mill City, Nevada2327 - Photograph of Early Derailed Central Pacific Train near Mill City, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original 8 x 10" mounted photograph. The photograph is of a derailed Central Pacific Railroad Engine and Cars at Mill City, Nevada. The photogr...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to F*****6 for (150.00 + 30.00BP) = 180.00
 
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Railroad Tycoon Collis P. Huntington Signature on Stock Certificate2328 - Railroad Tycoon Collis P. Huntington Signature on Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company unissued stock certificate signed by Collis P. Huntington. Huntington's signature is canc...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to i*********1 for (50.00 + 11.50BP) = 61.50
 
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Utah Railroad Survey Maps2329 - Utah Railroad Survey Maps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1855 and completed by Captain Beckwith. Green River to Great Salt Lake. 2) Great Salt Lake to Humboldt Mountains. 3) Large Santa Fe to Coo-Che-To-P
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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National Express Badge2330 - National Express Badge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original National Express breast badge, circa 1910. About 3 inches. City: State: United States Date: c1910 ID# 37739
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*********1 for (180.00 + 41.40BP) = 221.40
 
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National Express Hat2331 - National Express Hat
Holabird Western Americana Collections
American Express, National Express hat. All original hat and hat badge, circa 1910. Excellent condition. City: State: United States Date: c1910 I
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to o******x for (750.00 + 172.50BP) = 922.50
 
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Four Volume Diary of Harry H Trudell2332 - Four Volume Diary of Harry H Trudell
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Handwritten. The subject matters include the Jamestown Exposition and related travels. The first two volumes occupy approximately 200 handwritten page
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Estimate : 500.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to d******a for (250.00 + 57.50BP) = 307.50
 
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U.S. Cotton Industry Correspondence2333 - U.S. Cotton Industry Correspondence
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approximately 14 letters between several people in the cotton industry, primarily discussing matters relating to business. There are some fantastic q
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Estimate : 200.00 - 900.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 23.00BP) = 123.00
 
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United States Official Postal Guide2334 - United States Official Postal Guide
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Find places from Nevada Mills to Bodie (a money order station), all eight Elizabethtown's, Woodruff, & Rioville in Nevada, Kiawock in Alaska...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6*****b for (190.00 + 38.00BP) = 228.00
 
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Western Postcards (45) & Sketch Group (Crouch)2335 - Western Postcards (45) & Sketch Group (Crouch)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four Western Sketches, 1959, by Charles Crouch in original folder. All of Cowboys and horseback, San Francisco, California. 45 unused postcards in var
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Four Animal Furs2336 - Four Animal Furs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Looks like a badger, mink, coyote, and beaver. City: State: United States Date: ID# 37341
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to g***s for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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Gold Seal Rubber Boots Tin Sign2337 - Gold Seal Rubber Boots Tin Sign
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Raised pictorial and writing. The Gold Seal Rubber Products were being made as early as the 1890s. This was a subsidiary of Goodyear Rubber. Dented at
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Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to o******x for (1,050.00 + 241.50BP) = 1,291.50
 
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Three Early Store Window Signs2338 - Three Early Store Window Signs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One is an 1892 liquor license, not filled in. The second is a large sign for money orders that is a decal for the front window. The last piece is the
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (65.00 + 14.95BP) = 79.95
 
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Indian Related Cigar Boxes2339 - Indian Related Cigar Boxes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three wooden cigar boxes: 1) Black Hawk, Andy Dehner Cigar Co., Iowa; 2) Rocky Ford, Monarch, Virginia; 3) Brown Beauties, P. N. Jacobson, maker, Iowa
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 2****6 for (50.00 + 10.00BP) = 60.00
 
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Two Ribbons: Oddfellows and GAR2340 - Two Ribbons: Oddfellows and GAR
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Independent Order of Odd Fellows ribbon Grant Lodge No. 113 I.O.O.F. Minneapolis, Minn. 2) Souvenir G.A.R. and Affiliated Organizations 35th annual
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Three Antique Items: Ribbon, Cigar Label, Fly Book2341 - Three Antique Items: Ribbon, Cigar Label, Fly Book
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "The Women and Girl Workers of the Civil War, 61-65" ribbon. This was an early recognition of the roll of women during the Civil War. P...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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