Holabird’s Western Americana BONANZA

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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.
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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...
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Bureau of Mines Gas Test Kit & Gas Mask Kit658 - Bureau of Mines Gas Test Kit & Gas Mask Kit
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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...
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Early Extra Rare Weekly Bentonian newspaper659 - Early Extra Rare Weekly Bentonian newspaper
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Volume 2,Number 1. 1880. Articles on Congressman Daggett of Nevada and mining, a railroad to Candelaria, and snippets from Bodie. (Ames Collection) D
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Unique, only known first edition newspaper from Bishop Creek660 - Unique, only known first edition newspaper from Bishop Creek
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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
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Bodie Daily Free Press nicely mounted on foam board661 - Bodie Daily Free Press nicely mounted on foam board
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Volume VII, Number 85, 1882. Lots of advertising on the front page (saloons, banks, hotels, breweries, etc.)! Newspapers are notoriously hard to keep
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Bodie Morning News framed newspaper662 - Bodie Morning News framed newspaper
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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...
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Daily Free Press663 - Daily Free Press
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January 29, 1882. Mono County advertisements, editorial on the 'Irish Question,' and lots of mining related material. (Ames Collection) Dat...
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Framed early Mammoth City Herald664 - Framed early Mammoth City Herald
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Volume 1, Number 31, 1879. Article on the conditions at Bodie. "the camp is overrun with good mechanics" "hundreds of good men ready ...
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Vallejo Evening Chronicle665 - Vallejo Evening Chronicle
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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
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Framed, early Aurora, Nevada newspaper666 - Framed, early Aurora, Nevada newspaper
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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
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True Fissure framed newspaper667 - True Fissure framed newspaper
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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
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Framed Goldfield Daily Tribune668 - Framed Goldfield Daily Tribune
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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...
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Early 1900's Alaska transportation lot669 - Early 1900's Alaska transportation lot
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ALASKA EPHEMERA LOT, 1902-1911, LOT OF 4: Letterhead, Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Skagway, Alaska, dated 1902. 2) Bill , To the White Pass & Yu...
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Location Notice Form, Prince William Sound Mining District, Alaska Territory670 - Location Notice Form, Prince William Sound Mining District, Alaska Territory
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Location Notice form establishes claim to area of Latouche Island in Prince William Sound Mining District, Alaska. Discovered July 15, 1897 and locate
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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
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This is no 'cruise ship' vacation. Early descriptions of all points in the area, make this a wonderful historical piece. All black and white...
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Territorial Saddle Mountain Mining Company Letters672 - Territorial Saddle Mountain Mining Company Letters
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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.
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Apache Powder Company673 - Apache Powder Company
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BISBEE ARIZONA EPHEMERA GROUP DATED 1924-1925: Letter from the Apache Powder Company, Bisbee, Ariz., dated 1924. 2) Letter from the Apache Powder Com
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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
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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
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Arizona Quartz Claim Notice of Location, 1909675 - Arizona Quartz Claim Notice of Location, 1909
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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
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Two Owl Pharmacy Arizona Prescription Records676 - Two Owl Pharmacy Arizona Prescription Records
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This fascinating lots includes two hefty bound stacks of prescriptions written in the early 1900s in Douglas, Arizona. This archive consist of approxi
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