Holabird’s Western Americana BONANZA

Auction Details

Holabird's Western Americana Collections specializes in historical artifacts related to the expansion of the West including mining, transportation, banking, commerce, politics, ect.

HWAC is an exciting new company that we hope will bring back the fun in collecting for many Americana collectors. With many of the larger auction companies requiring minimum lot prices of $500, and in some cases $2000, a huge percentage of collectors are left out. Our company will provide all the missing ingredients in today’s collecting market- a plethora of rare and unique items generally priced under $500, specifically designed and aimed at that collector market.

We’ve teamed up with Holabird-Kagin Americana to handle all of their material that is under the current economic threshold of $500 per lot, peppered with a few extra special rarities. This means that a virtual warehouse of material will come into the marketplace slowly in auction format – a win-win for collectors everywhere.

The Holabird name in the title of the company draws its roots from Fred Holabird who will act as a company advisor and the fun spirited auctioneer we’ve come to know and love. We’re very excited to bring to light some of the best and rarest collectibles at affordable prices for collectors everywhere.
Choose Your Layout > Switch to Grid View Switch to List View
Six Copper Mine Tag Checks625 - Six Copper Mine Tag Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Calumet & Heccla Mining Co. #100. Tam(arack Mine). Brass, Round. 39mm. 2) Calumet & Heccla Mining Co. # 464. H. Brass. Round. 39mm. 3) Lu...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to a******l for (100.00 + 19.50BP) = 119.50
 
Details...Bookmark
Two sterling silver spoons626 - Two sterling silver spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different Anaconda Mine scenes in the bowl. Date: City: Butte County: Silver Bow State: MT
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 60.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
3 Silver Anaconda spoons627 - 3 Silver Anaconda spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All have mining scene in bowl. All sterling silver. One has initials E. A. engraved on reverse. All different. Date: 1909 City: Butte
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 90.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Two Copper Spoons628 - Two Copper Spoons
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Mining scene in bowl. Anaconda Mine. Full size. 2) Washoe Smelter in bowl. Full size. Date: City: Butte County: Silver
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 60.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Copper Company Key tags629 - Copper Company Key tags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Anaconda, Arrowhead, Brass. 2) 'Richest Hill in the World,' Butte, Brass. 3) Kennecott, Nevada Mines Division, Liberty Pit, Brass, Nevada...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to s*****l for (75.00 + 14.63BP) = 89.63
 
Details...Bookmark
Zinc Mine tags630 - Zinc Mine tags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
First three are N. J. Zinc Co. and last three are New Jersey Zinc Co. 1) #1038, brass, round. 2) #1253, brass round. 3) #1122, brass, round. 4) # 2674
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 75.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Goldfield Rosebud Mining Company stock offering mounted on foam board631 - Goldfield Rosebud Mining Company stock offering mounted on foam board
Holabird Western Americana Collections
100,000 shares ready for sale at 15 cents per share. Next to the Rogers Goldfield Lease. The company may have not have done well, but this piece looks
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to 6*****b for (40.00 + 7.80BP) = 47.80
 
Details...Bookmark
Binder full of Goldfield prospectuses and documents632 - Binder full of Goldfield prospectuses and documents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
41 pages chalk full of mining memorabilia! Prospectuses Goldfield Bulldog 1905, Forward Mining Development 1905, Goldfield Mascot 1905, and Forward Mi
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to 6*****b for (300.00 + 58.50BP) = 358.50
 
Details...Bookmark
All about the Goldfield Deep Mines633 - All about the Goldfield Deep Mines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Here is a 2" binder full of documents relating to the Goldfield Deep Mines. It is your chance to own quite a collection from one Goldfield Mini...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to 6*****b for (75.00 + 14.63BP) = 89.63
 
Details...Bookmark
Famous Mohawk Mine634 - Famous Mohawk Mine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Goldfield employee check tag. Brass. Round. 34mm. # 262. Date: City: Goldfield County: Esmeralda State: NV
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to j******n for (75.00 + 14.63BP) = 89.63
 
Details...Bookmark
Ed Wheece, Sole Agent, Tonopah, Nevada635 - Ed Wheece, Sole Agent, Tonopah, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Metal plate. Wheece is mention as early as August of 1901 as a prominent lease holder in Tonopah in the Reno newspapers! (Ames Collection) Date: c190
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to T******1 for (25.00 + 4.88BP) = 29.88
 
Details...Bookmark
1869 memorandum of bullion assayed by D. W. Balch.637 - 1869 memorandum of bullion assayed by D. W. Balch.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From the Savage Mine. Done by a Savage assayer. Bullion is shipped to the Atlantic, Nevada, and Ogden mills. Over 7,000 ounces shipped on May 21st. Ni
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to e*****r for (95.00 + 18.53BP) = 113.53
 
Details...Bookmark
High grade ore sample from the Ophir Mine: a small box638 - High grade ore sample from the Ophir Mine: a small box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Own a piece of the fabulous Comstock mining days with these high grade mineral specimens. They were found by a night watchman when he opened an old na
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to b*********6 for (160.00 + 31.20BP) = 191.20
 
Details...Bookmark
High grade ore sample from the Ophir Mine: large box639 - High grade ore sample from the Ophir Mine: large box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Own a piece of the fabulous Comstock mining days with these high grade mineral specimens. They were found by a night watchman when he opened an old na
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 150.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Consolidated Virginia Mining Co. Stock Certificates, Group 1640 - Consolidated Virginia Mining Co. Stock Certificates, Group 1
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of Stocks. 157 total, dated from 1935-1944. As low as 12 shares and as high as 10,000 shares. A number of different Vice Presidents signing the
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (180.00 + 35.10BP) = 215.10
 
Details...Bookmark
Indenture from English Company, Nevada Land and Mining Company, in Washoe, Nevada641 - Indenture from English Company, Nevada Land and Mining Company, in Washoe, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
DATED 1870: This Indenture was written and incorporated in England. It was officially recorded in the book of Mortgages, at Washoe County, Nevada. It
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to V********e for (45.00 + 8.78BP) = 53.78
 
Details...Bookmark
Rare Radium Jug642 - Rare Radium Jug
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Radium water from the Bungalow Hotel in Claremore, Oklahoma. No water, just jug. 1/2 pint. Date: City: Claremore County:
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (100.00 + 19.50BP) = 119.50
 
Details...Bookmark
MINING EQUIPMENT BOOKLETS643 - MINING EQUIPMENT BOOKLETS
Holabird Western Americana Collections
DATED, 1912-1919, LOT of 2: 1) Colonial Rock Drill Steel Book, Pittsburg, Pa., 32 pages, nice photos of manufacturing drill steels. 2) Temple-Ingersol
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 25.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
1890 Certificate of Assay from J. McVicker644 - 1890 Certificate of Assay from J. McVicker
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three samples assay at $51.24 to $180.87. Signed by John McVicker. Date: 1890 City: Salt Lake City County: State
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to t****c for (100.00 + 19.50BP) = 119.50
 
Details...Bookmark
Coal Mine Employee Time Checks645 - Coal Mine Employee Time Checks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Includes Harewood Mine, Davis Coal & Coke, Miller Coal, and Shady Springs Coal of West Virginia. Pennsylvania mines include Falcon M...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (110.00 + 21.45BP) = 131.45
 
Details...Bookmark
Bismouth Ingot646 - Bismouth Ingot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ingot made of Bismouth from the Comibel Funbitela. Comibulis Bolivia's sate-owned mining company. 141.1 grams. Date: City: Co
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to l***2 for (105.00 + 20.48BP) = 125.48
 
Details...Bookmark
Yukon gold related items647 - Yukon gold related items
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Paperweight. Ivory tusk with small gold pan, log cabin, and four gold nuggets. J. J. Elliott maker. Whitehorse. 2) Dawson pin. Crossed pick and sho
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to T******1 for (450.00 + 87.75BP) = 537.75
 
Details...Bookmark
Miner's Lamps648 - Miner's Lamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two carbide belt lamps. One inscribed 'Guys Dropper.' (Ames Collection) Date: City: County: State:
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to k***v for (40.00 + 7.80BP) = 47.80
 
Details...Bookmark
Silver Mining Spoon649 - Silver Mining Spoon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
EARLY example, perhaps as old at 1890. Photo on spoon is of a miner picking at rock with the legend, Shipping Ore.' Miner stands on top of spoon...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to d********9 for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
Details...Bookmark
Assorted mining badges, pins, and tags651 - Assorted mining badges, pins, and tags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Woolley Collery tag. #3623. 2) Hibbing, Minnesota Commercial Club badge. Photo of Mahoning-Hull-Rust Mine. Largest open pit in the world. 3) Stick
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
Details...Bookmark
Group of Western badges and medals652 - Group of Western badges and medals
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) D. C. McNaughton Metal Mine Insp. Badge from Colorado. 2) 16th annual encampment Department of Colo. Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1936. 3) 1959 Oregon
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to k**********y for (120.00 + 23.40BP) = 143.40
 
Details...Bookmark
Mine Sign653 - Mine Sign
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Safety First! Keep those oily rags in cans -no fire in here! Authentic, old, and rusty! Date: City: County: Sta
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 50.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Group of three souvenirs654 - Group of three souvenirs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Napkin Ring, Rainier National Park (Washington). 2) Dog, Prospect Point, Niagara Falls (New York). 3) Dog, Seawall and Boulevard. Galveston, Texas.
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (35.00 + 6.83BP) = 41.83
 
Details...Bookmark
Three Western Mine Employee Tags655 - Three Western Mine Employee Tags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) A. Z. CO. (American Zinc Company). Young Mine. Brass. Octagonal. #47. Jefferson County, Tennessee. 2) Climax M(molybdenum) Co. # 1418.Marked 2881 o
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 50.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Five Employee Equipment tags656 - Five Employee Equipment tags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) West Virginia. Bethlehem Mines Corporation. Kayrod Division. #118122. Coal Mine. Brass. 2) West Virginia. Bethlehem Mines Corporation. Preston Divi
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (35.00 + 6.83BP) = 41.83
 
Details...Bookmark
Mine Catalogs657 - Mine Catalogs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) Metal and Non-Metallic Mining Catalog. 1941. 2) Keystone Coal Buyers Manual. 1953. 3) Mine and Plant Costs. Compiled by Engineering...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 100.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Bureau of Mines Gas Test Kit & Gas Mask Kit658 - Bureau of Mines Gas Test Kit & Gas Mask Kit
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. Mining Gas Testing kit and mask kit for gases. 1) wood cased/ metal bound Kit measures 7.25" x 3.5" x 9.5", with a belt clo...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to L*****1 for (200.00 + 39.00BP) = 239.00
 
Details...Bookmark
Early Extra Rare Weekly Bentonian newspaper659 - Early Extra Rare Weekly Bentonian newspaper
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 2,Number 1. 1880. Articles on Congressman Daggett of Nevada and mining, a railroad to Candelaria, and snippets from Bodie. (Ames Collection) D
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to d******s for (100.00 + 19.50BP) = 119.50
 
Details...Bookmark
Unique, only known first edition newspaper from Bishop Creek660 - Unique, only known first edition newspaper from Bishop Creek
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bishop Creek Times, Volume 1, Number 1, 1881. This may truly be the last of the first newspaper printed by this publisher. The Inyo Register (named ch
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 500.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Bodie Daily Free Press nicely mounted on foam board661 - Bodie Daily Free Press nicely mounted on foam board
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume VII, Number 85, 1882. Lots of advertising on the front page (saloons, banks, hotels, breweries, etc.)! Newspapers are notoriously hard to keep
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 25.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Bodie Morning News framed newspaper662 - Bodie Morning News framed newspaper
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume III, Number 15, 1880. Mostly advertisements on the first page. There is a list of the mines through a series of short 'pay-day' notic...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to c******r for (50.00 + 9.75BP) = 59.75
 
Details...Bookmark
Daily Free Press663 - Daily Free Press
Holabird Western Americana Collections
January 29, 1882. Mono County advertisements, editorial on the 'Irish Question,' and lots of mining related material. (Ames Collection) Dat...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to e******9 for (25.00 + 4.88BP) = 29.88
 
Details...Bookmark
Framed early Mammoth City Herald664 - Framed early Mammoth City Herald
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 1, Number 31, 1879. Article on the conditions at Bodie. "the camp is overrun with good mechanics" "hundreds of good men ready ...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to c******r for (175.00 + 34.13BP) = 209.13
 
Details...Bookmark
Vallejo Evening Chronicle665 - Vallejo Evening Chronicle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
December 9, 1878. Front page full of advertisements and Pacific Coast News: Chow Yow of Bodie was hung for murder of Ah Pow, Mrs. Shrumm (who killed h
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 25.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Framed, early Aurora, Nevada newspaper666 - Framed, early Aurora, Nevada newspaper
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume IV, Number 11, 1879. Includes story of Muckallamy (Mokelumne?) Hill. Plenty of advertisers on the first page. This would make a great wall deco
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to c******r for (70.00 + 13.65BP) = 83.65
 
Details...Bookmark
True Fissure framed newspaper667 - True Fissure framed newspaper
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume II, Number 39, 1882. The most interesting article is about dry district prospectors. Tells of the hardships of prospectors that live and work i
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to f********d for (70.00 + 13.65BP) = 83.65
 
Details...Bookmark
Framed Goldfield Daily Tribune668 - Framed Goldfield Daily Tribune
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume II, Number 52, 1907. Are you tired of watching all the depressing news on television? Wouldn't it be nice to live in the good ol' day...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to d*****8 for (70.00 + 13.65BP) = 83.65
 
Details...Bookmark
Early 1900's Alaska transportation lot669 - Early 1900's Alaska transportation lot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
ALASKA EPHEMERA LOT, 1902-1911, LOT OF 4: Letterhead, Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Skagway, Alaska, dated 1902. 2) Bill , To the White Pass & Yu...
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 50.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Location Notice Form, Prince William Sound Mining District, Alaska Territory670 - Location Notice Form, Prince William Sound Mining District, Alaska Territory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Location Notice form establishes claim to area of Latouche Island in Prince William Sound Mining District, Alaska. Discovered July 15, 1897 and locate
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to c****n for (25.00 + 4.88BP) = 29.88
 
Details...Bookmark
A hand Book of Vacation Trips in Alaska and the Yukon on the White Pass and Yukon Route671 - A hand Book of Vacation Trips in Alaska and the Yukon on the White Pass and Yukon Route
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is no 'cruise ship' vacation. Early descriptions of all points in the area, make this a wonderful historical piece. All black and white...
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to d*****8 for (70.00 + 13.65BP) = 83.65
 
Details...Bookmark
Territorial Saddle Mountain Mining Company Letters672 - Territorial Saddle Mountain Mining Company Letters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
On Saddle Mountain Mining Company letterhead, 1907-1908. Three notes concerning payments on lots in Kings Highway. Signed by J.W Myers and B. Goodwin.
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 25.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Apache Powder Company673 - Apache Powder Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
BISBEE ARIZONA EPHEMERA GROUP DATED 1924-1925: Letter from the Apache Powder Company, Bisbee, Ariz., dated 1924. 2) Letter from the Apache Powder Com
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to b******1 for (40.00 + 7.80BP) = 47.80
 
Details...Bookmark
Cerbat, Arizona Mining Letter, 1881: Unusual as woman seems to be running mine674 - Cerbat, Arizona Mining Letter, 1881: Unusual as woman seems to be running mine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The letter is addressed to J.I. Throckmorton, Esq., Attorney at Law in Columbus, Ohio and is signed by a woman whose name appears to be Mrs. G.Blakely
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 60.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Arizona Quartz Claim Notice of Location, 1909675 - Arizona Quartz Claim Notice of Location, 1909
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Handwritten letter sheet by Jerry Lucy claiming a 600 foot x 1500 foot section of land for mining purposes in the Dos Cabezas mining district, Cochise
Bidding Has Concluded
Start Price : 25.00
 
 
Details...Bookmark
Two Owl Pharmacy Arizona Prescription Records676 - Two Owl Pharmacy Arizona Prescription Records
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This fascinating lots includes two hefty bound stacks of prescriptions written in the early 1900s in Douglas, Arizona. This archive consist of approxi
Bidding Has Concluded
 
Sold to h*******2 for (250.00 + 48.75BP) = 298.75
 
Details...Bookmark