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Holabird Western Americana Collections
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"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)
"Fred Holabird's Grand Finale": Mining, Americana, & Numismatics Live Auction (2025 October)
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Auction Location
3555 Airway Drive Suite 308
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Reno
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Nevada
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89511
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United States
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Day 1, October 31st, 2025 (Lots 1000-1632)
Stocks & Bonds (Lots 1000-1632)
Mining feat. McDonald Collection (1000-1526)
Railroad (1527-1580)
Misc. Categories incl. Banking, Government, Express (1581-1632)
Day 2, November 1st, 2025 (Lots 2000-2575)
Art feat. Dan Muller Western Collection (Lots 2000-2040)
Native Americana & Cowboy (2041-2192)
Minerals & Fossils (2193-2310)
Mining Ephemera & Artifacts (2311-2575)
Day 3, November 2nd, 2025 (Lots 3000-3579)
Numismatics (Lots 3000-3579)
World’s Fair & Expositions (3000-3037)
US Mint (3038-3057)
Currency & Scrip feat. McDonald Nevada Collection (3058-3139)
Ingots (3140-3153)
Coins (3154-3363)
Medals & Exonumia (3364-3450)
Tokens (3451-3579)
Day 4, November 3rd, 2025 (Lots 4000-4541)
General Americana (Lots 4000-4541)
Geo. Sort (4000-4297)
Jewelry feat. Comstock Collection (4298-4357)
Misc. Categories incl. Bottles, Books, Fire (4358-4541)
Day 5, November 4th, 2025 (Lots 5000-5467)
Transportation (Railroadiana, Steamer, Stage) (Lots 5000-5074)
Wells Fargo & Express (5075-5122)
Philatelic (5123-5202)
Sports (5203-5229)
Political feat. Presidential Autographs (5230-5263)
Militaria (5264-5410)
Firearms & Weaponry (5411-5467)
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Session 1: Stocks & Bonds
2025 Nov 01
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Session 2: Art, Native Americana, Mining
2025 Nov 02
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Session 3: Numismatics
2025 Nov 03
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Session 4: General Americana
2025 Nov 04
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Session 5: Railroadiana, Philatelic, Militaria
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2150 -
Navajo Rug, c1940s [203555]
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Eye dazzler rug, excellent condition. Measures 70" x 36" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
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Navajo Rug, c1960s [203546]
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57" x 35" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
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2152 -
Navajo Saddle Blanket [203548]
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33" x 33" ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
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2153 -
Pictorial Native American Rug [203557]
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Beautiful choice pictorial rug! Measures 54" x 31" bright colors, blue border on short ends. Spectacular patterns. Excellent condition. So...
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2154 -
Red Mesa Native American Rug [203558]
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58" x 33" Bright reds, grey, blue. Spectacular. Excellent condition. 20th century. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Pro...
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2155 -
Two Gray Hills Navajo Rug [203559]
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52" x 29" mid 20th century, brown & white. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
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2156 -
Saddle Blanket [203545]
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42" x 42" child size girl's pattern chief blanket. c1970s ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
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2157 -
Chimayo - Woven Pieces (2) [204497]
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Chimayo weavings, likely wool or other natural fiber, matching pair. Both weavings measure about 19x9" without frill ends. Stain might be remov...
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2158 -
Buffalo Hunt Illustrations & Buffalo Bone Fragment [203819]
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Lot of (3) in this unusual group. (2) near-identical period color illustrations of a Buffalo hunt by Native -Americans, depicting the chase on horseba
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2159 -
Geronimo Suite - 3 Photos [203828]
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Geronimo was a famous military leader and medicine man of the Chiricahua Apache people who is now regarded as a symbol of Native American resistance a
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2160 -
Cochise Stronghold Photograph, AZ [203829]
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Cochise Stronghold, AZ landscape photograph in black & white. Likely photographed by C.S. Fly. Backing measures just under 8.5x5.25". Good ...
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2161 -
Native American Photo Postcards [204718]
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Lot of 3. Photo of a Navajo woman and son, 1926. Two photo postcards, unused: One of three Indian Scouts w/ full feather headdress and one of Navajo
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2162 -
Navajos Crossing the Little Colorado River Photograph, Maude, 1890s [197566]
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"Navajos Crossing the Little Colorado River. Maude Photo" Shows group with three on horseback and a two-horse wagon crossing a river. Miss...
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2163 -
Nantaje: Native American Warrior hired by US - Photos & Letter [204505]
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Nantaje & other Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient; group of cabinet card photos and a letter involving one of the other ten Apache Scouts t...
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2164 -
Booklet On Native American Perforated Stones [204942]
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1887 booklet "Perforated Stones" by Henry W. Henshaw, Smithsonian Institution. 34 pages. paperback. Study of Native American perforated st...
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2165 -
Ute Chief Ouray Autograph Cut c.1880 [182358]
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Ute Indian Chief Ouray autograph cut 2"x 3.5" dated February 19, 1880 (The year he passed). Chief Ouray was born in Colorado to an Ute fat...
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2166 -
Michigan Indians CDV Photograph Huylar Gallery [202906]
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This is a Carte De Visite photograph of a Michigan Indian Family. Photographed at the Huylar Gallery of Sturgis, Michigan. It is undated and shows goo
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2167 -
Photo Ex Wyoming Governor With Shoshone Women [203783]
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B/W photo, mounted not framed, 11x14". Photo taken near Rawlins, WY. Ex Governor Jno. E. Osborne, 3rd Governor of WY, seated at the tiller. Fo...
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2168 -
Framed Photo Of Shoshone Treaty 1904 [203782]
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An actual group photo of the 1904 Shoshone treaty signing. Framed, with a type written accounting on the back of who is in the photo. Handwritten n
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2169 -
Custer: Sitting Bull Pass from the 9th Infantry [181555]
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This letter contains the pass written by Wm. H. Inglun of the 9th Infantry to Chief Sitting Bull. The pass was written inviting Sitting Bull to talk p
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2170 -
Original Photo Prints by E. S. Curtis 1924 (4) [197827]
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This is a collection of four Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) photos. Chukchansi Yokuts, a Maidu Boy, a Wailaki Man with damage to the left side of print,
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2171 -
Grandfather of Apache Tribe - Photo [203826]
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Got-Ha, "Warm Spring Apache", grandfather of his tribe, potentially father of Chief Loco. From North Central New Mexico. On the photograph...
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Captured White Boy w/ Apache Children [203820]
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Captured white boy with Apache children. Photo of a photo. Bradley Menusha photographed the original photo to make this copy. Backing measures 6.5x4.2
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2173 -
c1900-1950 Native American Postcards & Photos - Grab Bag [202818]
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Indian/Native American postcards and photos, dating c1900-1950. About 20 photos, good condition, and one stereoview. Most are about 3.5x5.5". ...
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2174 -
Thomas B. Magee - Native American Subject Postcards [203824]
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Real embossed photocards (7), photographed by Thomas B. Magee, with Native American subjects. All postcards are blank except for one of a chief with h
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2175 -
Map of the Nez Perce Indian Campaign of 1877 by Robert H. Fletcher 1st Lieut. [205146]
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This is a military map of the Nez Perce Indian Campaign of 1877 to place the Nez Perce tribe on a reservation. The map was compiled by 1st. Lieut. Rob
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2176 -
Handbooks On Three North American Indian Languages [200738]
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Three handbooks, paperback, on North American Indian Languages: 1.Bibliography of the Siouan Languages, James Constantine Pilling 1887, 87 pages, frag
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2177 -
'Twenty Years Among our Savage Indians', 1897 1st Ed. [201053]
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A first edition copy of 'Twenty Years Among Our Savage Indians' by Captain J. Lee Humfreville, published 1897 by the Hartford Publishing Com...
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2178 -
Native American Archaeology Reference, 1973/1974 [201058]
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Volumes I and II of 'Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian' by Barry T. Klein, published by Todd Publications of New York in 1973 an...
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2179 -
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30 Handbook of American Indians Vol. 1 & 2 [200510]
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These two books published by the Smithsonian Institute Bureau of American Ethnology defines American Indians in two volumes 1 and 2, fourth edition in
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2180 -
Vintage Native American Books (3) [198579]
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Group of 3 books on Native American topics, published 1938-1978. Titles include "Ancient Native Americans" by Jesse Jennings; "The In...
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2181 -
c1940 Native American Dolls (3) [202610]
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Native American dolls, c1940. Both 3d dolls are about 7.5" tall and do not balance easily. Fabric doll, appearing to be made of leather, measur...
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2182 -
Indian Head Sterling Silver Spoons (5) [204236]
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Group of five sterling silver spoons with Native American figure heads. Two are six inches long, three are five inches long. Brownsville; High Rock Sp
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2183 -
Nebraska Saddle Fob [204703]
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Saddle shaped fob, Souvenir of the Round up 1920 Wallace Neb.. Very good cond. ^ Date: 1920 Country (if not USA): State: Nebraska City: Wallace P
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2184 -
Antique Silver Inlaid Spur [204388]
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Single silver inlaid spur and straps, found on an Ogallala Nebraska ranch in 1920. Believed to have been left from the famous cattle drive trail from
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2185 -
Reno Rodeo Vintage Pin [203636]
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Pin badge engraved "Reno" with cowboy and bucking bronco. 8 grams; tests 10 carat gold; 1 inch x 1 1/2 inch. ^ Date: Country (if not U...
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2186 -
Western Sterling Silver Cowboy Belt Buckles (2) [205050]
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Two Western Sterling Silver Cowboy Belt Buckles. Both intricately engraved with western scroll. 1) Common date 1881 New Orleans silver dollar marked
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2187 -
Sterling Silver, Gold and Ruby Steer Head Belt Buckle / Belt [204798]
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Sterling Silver, Gold and Ruby Steer Head Belt Buckle / Engraved brown leather belt. This is an authentic cowboy belt and buckle from the Comstock!
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2188 -
Chambers Nevada Silver Belt Buckles [203917]
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Lot of 16. 3x4", Chambers Nevada Silver Belt Buckle, c1980 new in plastic covers.. Crafted in cowboy western theme. One of the following le...
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2189 -
Fantasy Brass Buckle Collection, c1960s (22) [203981]
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22 different fantasy buckles commemorating various US military, RR, or businesses. All made in the 1960s by John Fairchild of London and distributed b
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2190 -
Saddle Stirrups [204714]
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Pair of saddle stirrups, possibly 1700's. Excellent Cond. ^ Date: c1700 Country (if not USA): State: City: Provenance:
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2191 -
Cowboy Tools & More - Blind box [204342]
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Bull/cow pull, decorative bottle, hand sewing machine, dairy bottle, hammer, burlap sack & other tools. Good condition, see photo. ^ Date: Cou...
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2192 -
Cowgirl Real Photo Studio Postcards [178635]
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Five real photo postcards; four are studio shots and one is posed in the woods. No identifications. ^ Date: Country (if not USA): State: City:
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2193 -
Faceted Blue Gemstone Group [203885]
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Faceted Blue Gemstone Group 16 Stones of classic gems, such as lapis, blue topaz, black opal, etc. Most 1 ct to 10 cts. Good variety of color. Some
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2194 -
Brown Toned Faceted Stone Group [203879]
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Brown Toned Faceted Stone Group. Ten Different Facet Cuts of Gemstones, most 1 ct to 8 cts. Good variety of color. Some artificial. Includes, green am
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2195 -
Faceted Green Gemstone Group [203883]
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Faceted Emerald Gemstone Group 17 Stones of classic gems, such as jade, emerald, apatite, Russian lab Alexandrite, etc. Most 1 ct to 10 cts. Good va
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2196 -
Faceted Orange Gemstone Group [203881]
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Faceted Orange Gemstone Group 12 Stones of classic red gems, such as spessartite, amber, mandarin ice, Mexican fire opal, etc. Most 1 ct to 8 cts. Go
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2197 -
Faceted Pink Gemstone Group [203882]
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Faceted Pink Gemstone Group 7 Stones of classic gems, such as lab pink sapphire, cubic zirconia, rose quartz, etc. Most 1 ct to 10 cts. Good variety
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Faceted Purple Gemstone Group [203884]
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Faceted Purple Gemstone Group 20 Stones of classic gems, such as amethyst, zandrite, tanzanite, etc. Most 1 ct to 10 cts. Good variety of color. Som
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Faceted Red Gemstone Group [203880]
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Faceted Red Gemstone Group 16 Stones of classic red gems, such as rubies and garnets. , most 1 ct to 8 cts. Good variety of color. Some artificial. Ve
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