Antique Bottles, 19th c. Stock Certificates, Old Coins, Tokens do well in Holabird's July 28-30 Sale

2024-12-23 05:34:38 Art & Entertainment

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Reno, NV, USA, August 15, 2023 -- Rare Gold Rush-era antique bottles, beautiful 19th century stock certificates, boxing cards from the first half of the 20th century and scarce old coins and tokens all did well in Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC?s online-only ?Time Flies in July? auction, held July 28th, 29th and 30th. The special timed auction featured nearly 2,200 lots in many categories.

The auction was hosted exclusively on iCollector.com (Holabird?s preferred online bidding platform) and contained collectibles in over ten categories, including postcards and stamps, mining, art, general Americana, books, bottles, stocks, numismatics, railroad, tokens, Native Americana and more ? a collector?s dream. Every lot had a starting price of just ten dollars.

Day 1, on Friday, July 28th, contained 728 lots of general Americana, to include autographs, books, collectibles, cowboy, entertainment, ephemera, firefighting memorabilia, fraternal organizations, gaming, jewelry, maps, model railroading, music, photography and sports.

The day?s top achiever (and the overall top lot of the auction) was a group of three scrolls containing early data (1950s and 60s) on whitewater canoeing and rafting, plus other activities. The rapids ratings, maps and other material pertained mostly to the Colorado River and Salmon River National Forest. Bidders rewarded the lot?s rarity with a final selling price of $2,875.

Groups of picture cards featuring boxing greats such as Kid Gavilan, John L. Sullivan, Rocky Marciano, Gene Tunney, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey scored a knockout with bidders, who were attracted to the colorful photos and stances. Two groups of 60 each ?Boxers of Yesteryear? brought $562,50 and $500, while a lot of 11 ?Boxing Champions of the Past? made $312.50.

A group of three cotton bale shipping receipts from circa 1845-1879, via steamer and other modes of transportation, one from 1866 having a 2-cent brown adhesive revenue stamp, went for $281.25. Also, a copy of an Outlaws of the West scrapbook with 64 pages of famous and not so famous outlaws, Wild West shows, lawmen and a Judge Roy Bean wanted poster, hit $237.50.

A hoard of around 600 issued Humboldt County, Nevada warrants from the 1920s, issued by the treasurer of the county, signed by the county auditor and datelined Winnemucca, hit $237.50; while a framed Colorado Pabst Chemical Company cures broadside (?positively and without fail cures gonorrhea and gleet?), housed in a 10 ? inch by 7 ? inch frame, gaveled for $212.50.

Day 2, on Saturday, July 29th, was packed with more than 750 lots of tobacco and saloon, bottles, firearms and weapons, militaria, political, minerals, mining, stocks and bonds and transportation.

Bottles and stock certificates were what bidders flocked to on Day 2. The overall top lot of the session was a pair of very light lime colored Stillwater (Oklahoma) Bottling Works / C. F. Knowles / Corliss Bros. bottles, each one 6 ? inches tall, that sold as one lot for $2,000. Other bottles, offered individually and in group lots, also performed well, to include the following:

- A very rare clear City Drug Store (Goldfield, Colo.) citrate bottle, 8 ? inches tall, with no apparent chips or cracks ($1,125).

- Two Colorado mining camp embossed milk bottles, one for Black Bruns Dairy in Creede and one for Camp Bird Dairy in Ouray ($1,125).

- Two different black Sapulpa Bottling Works bottles from the Sapulpa Indian Territory, one aqua crown top and the other clear crown top, both just over 7 ? inches ($937.50).

Stock certificates were led by two examples from the Republic of Texas, dated 1840. One was certificate no. 1364, issued to P. Burns for $100 ($812.50). The other was certificate no. 674, issued to Joseph C. Eldridge for $500 ($750). Both were signed by Charles DeMorse as Stock Commissioner and James Wright Simmons as Comptroller and featured gorgeous vignettes.

To learn more about Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC, please visit www.holabirdamericana.com.