Rare George Rasmussen’s (\u201cGood For 12 \u00bd cent in trade at \/ George Rasmussen\u2019s \/ Central City \/ Colorado\u201d), unlisted in Dunn, 2.2 inches in diameter, in nice condition (est. $600-$1,200).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nHandwritten 1833 letter delivered to a US Indian Agent, in which the Chiefs of the Six Nations proclaimed they wouldn\u2019t trade any more of their lands at the Government\u2019s request (est. $5,000-$10,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nGun Wa’s Chinese Remedy pint bottle, light green (\u201cWarranted \/ Entirely Vegetable \/ And Harmless\u201d), whittled with lots of bubbles (est. $1,200-$3,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nVintage Navajo squash blossom set consisting of the squash blossom, earrings and ring, the squash blossom showcasing both turquoise and branch coral together. (est. $2,800-$3,200).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nCirca 1950 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad dinnerware in the Rose pattern. All are in very good to mint condition with no cracks or chips. Back stamp reads Syracuse China. (est. $2,500-$5,000).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The categories include Western and Native Americana, Gold Rush, mining, coins and currency, railroadiana, tokens, philatelic, bottles. Start times are 8 am PST.<\/i><\/p>\n \u2014 Fred Holabird<\/p>\n<\/div>\n RENO, NV, UNITED STATES, January 20, 2024 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC\u2019s original plan was to have two auctions in January \u2013 a timed online-only sale in the middle of the month and a live auction (with online bidding) at the end of the month. That idea has been scrapped. Now, both sales will be combined into one catalog \u2013 the timed online sale Jan. 25-26 and the live auction on Jan. 27-28.<\/p>\n Taken collectively, the two auctions are titled Marvels of the West<\/a> \u2013 aptly named due to their contents. Both events will contain about 500-600 lots per day, in the categories collectors have come to expect from Holabird: Western and Native Americana, Gold Rush, mining, coins and currency<\/a>, railroadiana, tokens, philatelic, bottles, ephemera<\/a> and more. Start times all four days are 8 am Pacific. The live auction, Days 3 and 4, will be held at 3555 Airway Drive in Reno.<\/p>\n \u201cWe know people love our live auctions, but don\u2019t miss the timed online-only sales,\u201d advised Fred Holabird, president and owner of Holabird Western Americana, LLC. \u201cHidden in those two days are goodies I call \u2018bait\u2019 \u2013 items to get folks interested in certain categories and steer them to the live sale on Days 3 and 4. Timed sales are very popular, especially with dealers worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Holabird added, \u201cThe timed online sale provides a chance for collectors to compete for less expensive items on their own terms of value. Also \u2013 and this is important – all lots open for bidding at just ten dollars during the timed auction. Bargains will be in abundance.\u201d Internet bidding will be facilitated by iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com.<\/p>\n \u201cThe live sale on Days 3 and 4 features great rarities in more than twenty different categories,\u201d Mr. Holabird said. \u201cYou can scroll through the listings in the virtual catalog, which I always recommend, and also scroll through the listings on the various auction platforms. Don\u2019t miss the Table of Contents page to help you find things in a general sense. Scrolling through the virtual catalog (the digital version of the printed catalog) is the easiest way to look through the listings.\u201d<\/p>\n Perhaps the most intriguing and important item in the entire auction is lot #3027 on Day 3 – a remarkable and historic handwritten 1833 letter delivered to a US Indian Agent and intended for publication in the Buffalo Journal, an obscure, short-lived newspaper in which no copies have been digitalized, let alone finding out how many still exist in any form. Here, the Chiefs of the Six Nations proclaimed though this signed document written for them by their Indian Agent that they had no interest and would not trade any more of their lands at the Government\u2019s request.<\/p>\n Apparently, some skullduggery had taken place between some Government officials, agents, and a few lesser Chiefs to acquire key land parcels in a dubious scheme to benefit a few (or line the pockets, as we might say today), without the permission or knowledge of the Council of the Six Nations. In this document, the Chiefs of the Six Nations at Council, all unilaterally proclaimed, \u201cThe Chiefs belong to the Nations, not the Nations to the Chiefs\u201d \u2026 in short, the Chiefs cannot act individually or without consent of the Council for their own benefit. (est. $5,000-$10,000).<\/p>\n Several key collections will also come up for bid, beginning with a major collection of railroad dining ware that began in Holabird\u2019s last auction. The massive, high-quality collection of logo marked china and \u201csilver\u201d items from US railroad company dining cars continues in this sale with hundreds of pieces. The collection is quite varied, offering items from dozens of America\u2019s famous and not-so-famous (and rare) rail lines, mostly from the first half of the 20th century.<\/p>\n Then there is Ken Prag\u2019s massive railroad stock collection, to be sold in the timed auction on Days 1 and 2. Offered will be hundreds of different US railroad stocks, some of which we haven\u2019t seen in years, at a price level that bidders will set collectively. Holabird snuck in a few \u201cringers\u201d, such as a rare stock signed by Declaration of Independence signer Robert Morris.<\/p>\n Longtime friend Ron Reed passed away last year, and his family asked Holabird to sell his collection of Colorado embossed bottles. Ron had purchased a number of key pieces out of the previous Gary Bracken sales, so those are now available. A few \u201cringers\u201d in the timed sale have been snuck into the Reed Collection, to entice new collectors into collecting Colorado bottles.<\/p>\n Ron Reed didn\u2019t have many Colorado tokens, but he did have an unlisted Central City pocket mirror. That will be in the token section of the live sale. He also had what many believe to be the all-time best collection of Colorado dose glasses \u2013 about 56 in all, mostly all embossed, though there are a few etched glasses. He also had odd-ball shaped, yet very attractive, dose glasses. There are at least 16 dose glasses unlisted in Preble\u2019s book on Colorado Drug Store Bottles.<\/p>\n Among Reed\u2019s many Colorado drug bottles, there are a number of \u201cR5\u201d bottles \u2013 the rarest category in Preble \u2013 and many of these are from the rare towns. Most of the bottles are mint, or very close to it. There is an obvious bias to part of his collecting, color and size. In a few cases, Reed was able to collect period photographs or ephemera from some of the drug stores with embossed bottles, and they are included with the bottles, which make those lots extra-special.<\/p>\n The collection also boasts around twenty 32-ounce ounce drug bottles, which are tough to collect in any condition. Most Western states are lucky to have a few 16-ounce bottles survive, and it is probable that most druggists and pharmacists never ordered drug bottles embossed that were that large. To put things in perspective, there are no 32-ounce embossed drug bottles in Nevada at all. <\/p>\n Color was also important to Reed. There are over 100 colored drug bottles from his collection in the auction, many of them Colorado drug bottles. There is even one or more 32-ounce specimen, as well as at least three different cobalt blue bottles with duplicates, teal drug bottles of Victor in many sizes, amber drug bottles from multiple druggists from multiple cities in nearly every size imaginable, plus mini sets of varied colored drug bottles, many in 3-, 4- and 6-ounce bottles.<\/p>\n Colorado pictorial drug bottles feature trunks, deer, birds, fans, antlers, owls, lambs and horses, plus druggist mortar and pestles. As for Colorado whiskey bottles, Reed had fewer than fifty of them. He has several of the very rare applied top amber fifths and quarts, all listed by Preble. In several cases, Reed was able to collect a billhead from the whiskey merchant, and it is included with the bottle. There are about three mini-jugs and three regular whiskey jugs in the auction.<\/p>\n There are not too many Colorado soda bottles, but the bottles in Reed\u2019s collection are generally of the \u201cblob top\u201d or \u201csloped shoulder\u201d variety, and thus are mostly very to exceptionally rare. This was a case where he had to settle for what he could get. Some have small damage or blemishes, but the total population of known examples is less than ten. And these are all clean.<\/p>\n Reed collected Pike\u2019s Peak flasks; there are about six. Two don\u2019t fit the carefully drawn sketches of Eatwell & Clint\u2019s Pikes Peak Gold book on the flasks. According to experts, collectors are finding new variants all the time. These Pittsburgh produced bottles from the early days of the Pike\u2019s Peak Gold Rush include USA Hospital bottles, pontiled inks and pontiled medicines.<\/p>\n Anyone owning a collection that might fit into a Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC auction is encouraged to get in touch. The firm travels throughout the U.S., to see and pick up collections. The company has agents all over America and will travel to inspect most collections.<\/p>\n Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC is always seeking new and major collections to bring to market. It prides itself as being a major source for selling Americana at the best prices obtainable, having sold more than any other similar company in the past decade alone. The firm will have its entire sales database online soon, at no cost \u2013 nearly 200,000 lots sold since 2014.<\/p>\n To consign a single piece or a collection, you may call Fred Holabird at 775-851-1859 or 844-492-2766; or, you can send an e-mail to fredholabird@gmail.com. To learn more about Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC, and the four-day Marvels of the West auction slated for January 25th-28th, starting at 8 am Pacific each day, please visit www.holabirdamericana.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n # # # #<\/p>\n Fred Holabird
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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