Western Americana Safari

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Western Americana Safari Auction

This four day sale features some of our best offerings to date in the following categories: Gold, Mining, Native Americana, Cowboy, Firearms, Taxidermy, Railroad & Express, Tokens, Coins, Ingots, Medals, Bottles, Gaming, and General Americana.

Highlights include: the Don Young Collection of US Medals & Exonumia, arguably one of the largest collections ever offered; a major collection of identified gold nuggets and Comstock mineral specimens; a huge collection of mining artifacts, including candlesticks, carbide lamps, mining ephemera and stock certificates; silver ingots and large American silver medals; US & Mexican coins, gold tokens, and dies; nearly 100 taxidermy mounts centralized on the American West and Africa; a gaming section of rare chips and a pre-1910 roulette table; a token section with the final Montana Svoboda pieces as well a rare Bodie token and gold nugget tokens; historical autographs including George Armstrong Custer, Ben Holladay, Sharon-Mills-Ralston, and important Comstock and Western political figures; firearms and weaponry including nearly 50 firearms and a Constitutional Delegate's sword; Western cutlery (1850s-1880); antique bottles incl. Bodie & colored Nevada; a California Gold Rush section incl. an 1856 vigilance committee medal, a presentation belt buckle, and rare ephemera; fantastic Native Americana and Cowboy sections; and much more!

Please see the auction schedule below.

Auction Schedule

Day One (Friday, December 9th, 2016) (Lots 1000-1706)
Gold (Lots 1000-1053)
Ore/Mineral Specimens (Lots 1054-1074)
Mining Part I (Lots 1075-1706)
Mining Candlesticks (Lots 1075-1095)
Mining Hardhats (Lots 1096-1098)
Carbide Mining Lamps (Lots 1099-1254)
Safety Mining Lamps (Lots 1255-1275)
Teapot Mining Lamps (Lots 1276-1301)
Assay (Lots 1302-1328)
Mining Ephemera (State/City) (Lots 1329-1706)
Alaska thru Nevada

Day Two (Saturday, December 10th, 2016) (Lots 2000-2674)
Mining Part II (Lots 2000-2155)
State/City (New Jersey thru Foreign) (Lots 2000- 2103)
Gold Rush (Lots 2104-2134)
Mining Spoons (Lots 2135-2155)
Native Americana (Lots 2156-2334)
Baskets (Lots 2156-2184)
Beadwork (Lots 2185-2203)
Cradleboards (Lots 2204-2207)
Jewelry (Lots 2208-2251)
Moccasins (Lots 2252-2258)
Weapons & Points (Lots 2259-2279)
Pottery (Lots 2280-2301)
Rugs (Lots 2302-2317)
Art, Artifacts, & Ephemera (Lots 2318-2334)
Cowboy (Lots 2335-2404)
Franz Trevors (C.M. Russell) Paintings (Lots 2335-2338)
Saddles (Lots 2339-2349)
Spurs & Bits (Lots 2350-2377)
Clothing (Lots 2378-2390)
Ephemera (Lots 2391-2404)
Firearms, Weaponry, & Military (Lots 2405-2498)
Taxidermy (Lots 2499-2579)
Sorted Alphabetically
Railroad, Stage, & Steamship (Lots 2580-2635)
Sorted by State/City
Wells Fargo & Other Express (Lots 2636-2674)
Wells Fargo (Lots 2636-2659)
Railroad Express (Lots 2660-2666)
Other Express (Lots 2667-2674)

Day Three (Sunday, December 11th, 2016) (Lots 3000-3651)
Tokens (State/City) (Lots 3000-3139)
Numismatics (Lots 3140-3651)
Ingots (Lots 3140-3152)
Currency & Scrip (Lots 3153-3163)
Ephemera (Lots 3164-3185)
Coins & Coin Collectibles (Lots 3186-3262)
US & Other Coins (Lots 3186-3193)
Mexican Coins (Lots 3194-3255)
Coin Collectibles (Lots 3256-3262)
Cal Fractionals & Gaming Counters (Lots 3263-3280)
Hart’s Coins of the Golden West (Lots 3281-3295)
Medals & So-Called Dollars (Lots 3296-3342)
Don Young US Medal Collection (Lots 3343-3651)
Alphabetical by Association (ANA-TAMS)

Day Four (Monday, December 12th, 2016) (Lots 4000-4626)
Bottles, Saloon, & Brewing (Lots 4000-4071)
Bottles (Lots 4000-4056)
Saloon & Brewing (Lots 4057-4071)
Gaming (Lots 4072-4112)
General Americana (Lots 4113-4626)
Various (Lots 4113-4194)
Sorted by State / City (Alabama thru Foreign) (Lots 4195-4570)
Books (Lots 4571-4626)
Directories (Lots 4571-4587)
General (Lots 4588-4626)


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ANA 1947 Buffalo Convention Badges & Medals3399 - ANA 1947 Buffalo Convention Badges & Medals
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a third lot of the 1947 Buffalo ANA convention material. Includes a silver badge missing the blue backing ribbon, and the three medal conventi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 750.00
Sold to p*******s for (275.00 + 57.75BP) = 332.75
 
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ANA 1947 Buffalo Convention Medals3400 - ANA 1947 Buffalo Convention Medals
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a fourth lot of the Buffalo 1947 ANA convention. This includes the three medal set without the original box, formally in the Rochester coin cl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sold to p*******s for (250.00 + 52.50BP) = 302.50
 
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ANA 1948, 1949, & 1950 Convention Badges (plus Photograph)3401 - ANA 1948, 1949, & 1950 Convention Badges (plus Photograph)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This group contains items from the 1948 ANA Boston convention, the 1949 San Francisco convention, and the 1950 Milwaukee convention. It includes one b
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold to r*********1 for (80.00 + 19.20BP) = 99.20
 
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ANA 1951 Phoenix & 1952 New York Convention Badges (plus Photograph)3402 - ANA 1951 Phoenix & 1952 New York Convention Badges (plus Photograph)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This lot contains items from the 1951 Phoenix ANA convention and the 1952 New York convention. The 1951 material includes two badges, one worn by past
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to d*****4 for (350.00 + 73.50BP) = 423.50
 
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ANA 1952, 1953 & 1954 Convention Badges3403 - ANA 1952, 1953 & 1954 Convention Badges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of material from the 1952 ANA New York convention, the 1953 ANA Dallas convention, and the 1954 Cleveland convention. The 1952 material consis
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*****4 for (225.00 + 47.25BP) = 272.25
 
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ANA 1954 Convention Badges3404 - ANA 1954 Convention Badges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. Four badges in bronze in original cases. Two silver plated badges in original cases. Three silver badges and two silver plate badges. (Don
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*****4 for (325.00 + 68.25BP) = 393.25
 
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ANA 1955 Omaha Convention & 1956 Chicago Convention Badges (plus photograph)3405 - ANA 1955 Omaha Convention & 1956 Chicago Convention Badges (plus photograph)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Items from the 1955 Omaha convention and the 1956 Chicago convention. The 1955 group consists of two badges worn by the Ripstra family. The 1956 group
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to d*****4 for (225.00 + 47.25BP) = 272.25
 
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ANA 1957 Philadelphia & 1958 Los Angeles Convention Badges3406 - ANA 1957 Philadelphia & 1958 Los Angeles Convention Badges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of material from the 1957 Philadelphia convention and the 1958 Los Angeles convention. The Philadelphia material includes one bronze and one s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to d*****4 for (160.00 + 33.60BP) = 193.60
 
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ANA 1958 Los Angeles Convention Gold Badges3407 - ANA 1958 Los Angeles Convention Gold Badges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A large collection of material from the 1958 Los Angeles convention. The convention badges for ANA officials were 10 K gold, approximately .58 troy ou
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 2,500.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to e*****r for (1,600.00 + 384.00BP) = 1,984.00
 
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ANA 1959-1964 Convention Badges3408 - ANA 1959-1964 Convention Badges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large group of material from the 1959 Portland, 1960 Boston, 1961 Atlanta, 1962 Detroit, 1963 Denver, and 1964 Cleveland annual conventions. Nine badg
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to J*****d for (75.00 + 15.75BP) = 90.75
 
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