THE GOLDEN WEST AUCTIONS

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The Golden West Sale encompasses three sessions of auctions covering some of the most important historical western material from the Gold Rush periods of California, Nevada and Colorado. The material has been assembled from many of the great western collections, as well as original material handed down within Gold Rush families, held intact for over 100 years.
Session A of the Golden West Sale encompasses the annual WESTS (Western States Token Society) token auction. This year the highlight is clearly and unarguably the finest Western Indian Trader, Fort & Territorial collection ever assembled at public auction. The more than 500 lot sale contains dozens of R9 and R10 tokens, many of which have not seen the light of day in at least four decades. Some ephemera also is included from Indian Trader sites. Indian Trader tokens are an important form of money exchanged between Indians and Anglos in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Trading Posts were a way of life in the isolated outposts of the western plains and mountains, swapping furs, rugs, coats and other items for food stuffs and equipment. There has never been a sale of this magnitude and importance. The end of this sale will include a comprehensive collection of Naval tokens never before offered and with NO ESTIMATES or MINIMUM BID REQUIREMENTS, as this offering will set the pricing precedent for naval tokens.
Session B encompasses many of the popular collecting categories. It includes a strong photograph collection of American saloon interiors, saloon ephemera and Gold Rush region saloon tokens, also known as Pioneer Minor Coinage. Part of the saloon section includes a large collection of the ultra-rare Good-for mirrors, one of the rarest forms of money, many with pictorial representations of the fabulous “gay-90’s” saloon girls, as well as advertising mirrors. This is the largest mirror offering since the Rosa sale of 1988. Most of the mirrors are so rare that only one to three specimens of each are known. The session will be rounded out by a collection of So-called dollars and Hibler Kappen related material, $50 slug facsimiles, Chopmarked coins, Golden Gate International Exposition Medals and more. Much of this section is from the well-known Bill Weber Collection.
Session C The highlight of the sale is certainly the newly discovered Washington Nugget, a nearly 100 ounce nugget (and several others) found in an unmined section of the Omega-Malakoff Tertiary Channel in February, 2010 that made national news. The nuggets are accompanied by two large original nineteenth-century bullion scales (Christian Becker, New York; Henry Troemner, Philadelphia), It is accompanied in the sale by some masterful original Gold Rush art, inclusive of a spectacular and early rendition of a miner, several broadsides- a miner in lithographic form, panoramic views of mining communities, a number of original Currier & Ives prints of the Gold Rush and Salt Lake City, stage coach pieces, and the Alaska 1893 Yukon/Alaska Miners Union Banner.
A massive Gold Rush banking collection covers the 1850’s through 1860’s in California and Nevada, with what is probably the largest Gold Rush period banking collection ever offered publicly. It contains more than 100 different Bills of Exchange, a form of the first circulating currency on the West Coast. A wonderful and large collection of Gold Rush banking documents augments this fine collection, along with original leather gold pokes and money belts.
Some of the highlights of the Gold Rush Collection are documents from the original 1910 San Francisco sale of the estate of James King of William, documents signed by Adolph Sutro, California coiner F. D. Kohler, and others. A very rare letter book from Nevada mining and railroad magnate Hume Yerington from the mid-1860’s contains incredible information about his life prior to his railroad successes.
A large collection of US Mint ephemera is included, including rare bullion receipts, photographs, lithograph, gold coin and other coin bank bags, as well as rare Carson City gold and silver coins. Accompanying the Mint ephemera is a section of California Counters and rare California Gold Rush tokens.
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Denver,CO - Denver Consolidated City County - Farmer's Mill Mirror :1171 - Denver,CO - Denver Consolidated City County - Farmer's Mill Mirror :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Advertising | “Red, white and powder blue colored mirror. Powder blue 2mm border around circumference around a red background and white text facing in
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to r******8 for (100.00 + 17.50BP) = 117.50
 
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Denver,CO - Denver County - c1905-1910 - Imperial Liquor Co. Mirror : 10c - 3045721-0231172 - Denver,CO - Denver County - c1905-1910 - Imperial Liquor Co. Mirror : 10c - 3045721-023
Holabird-Kagin Americana
A nude woman stands in a forest setting while a nude kneeling man (wearing only a cape and a bow slung across his chest) clasps her around the waist.
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to a*******e for (1,000.00 + 175.00BP) = 1,175.00
 
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Denver,CO - c1903 - New York Liquor House Token : 2.5c - Genuine - 5106531-0651173 - Denver,CO - c1903 - New York Liquor House Token : 2.5c - Genuine - 5106531-065
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Obverse, New York Liquor House 2311 Larimer Denver. Reverse, Good for 2 1/2c in trade.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********n.. for (100.00 + 17.50BP) = 117.50
 
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Denver,CO - Denver County - The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. Mirror :1174 - Denver,CO - Denver County - The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. Mirror :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Advertising| “Very Large Mirror: Heavy! This large 90mm mirror is a faded light blue color. There is a circumferential 10mm border with white text and
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8***8 for (140.00 + 24.50BP) = 164.50
 
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Norwich,CT - New London County - Richmond Steam and Hot Water Heaters Mirror :1175 - Norwich,CT - New London County - Richmond Steam and Hot Water Heaters Mirror :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Advertising | “Mirror in encased in a 5mm thick metallic ring. Imbedded in the ring are the obverse image and reverse mirror. The obverse image has wh
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Bellevue,ID - c1900 - Palace Club Saloon Interior with Trade Stimulator Photograph :1176 - Bellevue,ID - c1900 - Palace Club Saloon Interior with Trade Stimulator Photograph :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
"Palace Club Bellevue, Idaho" written on reverse. Excellent quality bar and back bar. Unidentifiable trade stimulator on the bar at right....
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r******h for (80.00 + 14.00BP) = 94.00
 
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Ketchum,ID - c1883 - Saloon Exterior Photograph :1177 - Ketchum,ID - c1883 - Saloon Exterior Photograph :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Seventeen men plus the bartender are standing in front of the saloon. Saloon name is not visible. "Ketchum, Idaho in the early 80's" w...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 9***0 for (225.00 + 39.38BP) = 264.38
 
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Chicago,IL - c1890-1910 - Interior Saloon Photograph with Trade Stimulators Visible :1178 - Chicago,IL - c1890-1910 - Interior Saloon Photograph with Trade Stimulators Visible :
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Possibly an establishment in Chicago since a Chicago Railroad schedule is posted behind the bar by a keg of Porter beer. There is a lot to look at in
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********n.. for (100.00 + 17.50BP) = 117.50
 
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Chicago,IL - Cook County - Swanson's Chicago Mirror :1179 - Chicago,IL - Cook County - Swanson's Chicago Mirror :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Advertising | “Vignette of a woman who is looking down and to her right; her hair is braided and there is a green and pink floral decoration | “there
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 9***6 for (120.00 + 21.00BP) = 141.00
 
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Aurora,IN - Dearborn County - Aurora Crescent Brewing Co. Mirror :1180 - Aurora,IN - Dearborn County - Aurora Crescent Brewing Co. Mirror :
Holabird-Kagin Americana
Advertising | “Mirror in encased in a 5mm thick metallic ring. Imbedded in the ring are the obverse image and reverse mirror. The obverse is white tex
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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