HOLABIRD WESTERN AMERICANA COLLECTIONS WILL HOLD A HUGE, FIVE-DAYAUTUMN SPLENDOR WESTERN AMERICANA AUCTION, OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1

The auction has more than 3,200 lots in a wide array of collecting categories and at price pointsthat will appeal to both novices and veteran collectors alike. Important collections will be sold.

Holabird Western Americana Collections' five-day Autumn Splendor WesternAmericana Auction, October 28th -November 1st , is packed with over 3,200 lots of Americana,railroadiana, mining collectibles, numismatics, stock certificates, rare books, art and more, onlineand live in the Reno gallery at 3555 Airway Drive, starting at 8 am Pacific time all five days.

The massive sale will feature several important collections, beginning with the Stuart MacKenzie Montana collection. Stuart was a lawyer, inveterate collector and dealer. Hescoured the backroads of northern Montana looking for documents, archives, company files,libraries, correspondence - most anything historical except bottles and tokens.

said Fred Holabird of Holabird Western AmericanaCollections.

Stuart had a strong love of mining items. He acquired major collections in Butte, Virginia City,Pony, Helena and many other towns. Mr. Holabird remarked.

Another major holding are his fruit labels and other labels, from the 1870s through about 1950that came from all over America and even Europe. MacKenzie also acquired a major printer'sarchive of Victorian wall art, mostly pretty ladies in attire of the times, the kind put up in saloonsor used today in interior decorating. There are also postcards, postal history, bird prints and afantastic Montana library.

In another major collection, Shirley Bovis was a mainstay in Tombstone, Arizona - an avidcollector and part-time dealer. She bought longtime Tombstone dealer Joe Soebbing's adobein the middle of town and quickly turned part of it into a museum. Her collection of gamblingitems, saloon, cowboy, Native American - pretty much everything that is and was Tombstone -will be in this and upcoming auctions.

The Ken Prag collection is the gift that keeps on giving. Mr. Holabird said.

Holabird continues to get in great collections of tokens, medals and bullion coins from a widevariety of Western coin dealers and collectors. This sale will feature a great batch of so-calleddollars. Also offered will be consignments from three important railroad pass and stockcollections, as well as nearly 200 lots of lock keys and lamps, as wells as a huge railroad library.

The mining category will include Western mining photographs, documents and publications, andcarbide lamps. Mining stocks will feature a spectacular issued Bodie stock signed by LelandStanford and a collection of Canadian stocks. Hollywood and Disney autographs and ephemerawill feature a big group of autographed pictures and cuts from Hollywood's biggest stars, plusrare collectibles.

Also up for bid will be Native Americana; jewelry; belt buckles and other cowboy collectibles;bottles and saloon collectibles; rare Western documents and photos; militaria, including CivilWar knives; gaming and circus collectibles; art and advertising; and the auction's star lot: anexceptional and rare William Shakespeare original first folio fragment from The First Part ofHenry the Fourth.

Day 1, on Thursday, October 28th , will contain 651 lots of General Americana, led by Alaska andWyoming collectibles and Part 1 of the MacKenzie Montana collection; bottles, saloon and cigaritems; marbles and toys. A featured lot is a signed print of 1920s actress Nita Naldi by the iconicAmerican artist Alberto Vargas (estimate: $3,500-$5,000). Signed prints by Vargas are very rare.

Also offered on Day 1 will be an interesting array of covers and letters addressed to Ruth Disney(Beecher), Walt Disney's sister; and to Elias Disney, Walt and Ruth's father - eight items in all,from 1918-1965 (estimate: $2,000-$2,500); and a pair of trays, one for Old Judge Whiskey(Rothenberg Co.) and one for Wieland's Beer (both San Francisco) (estimate: $1,000-$1,700).

Day 2, Friday, October 29th , will have 632 lots, led by Part II of General Americana, featuringgaming, circus and cowboy collectibles, jewelry, general foreign and books, which will includeMontana directories and, of course, the Shakespeare first folio fragment, which could easily sellfor $50,000-$100,000. Also being sold will be firearms, military and political memorabilia.

Other Day 2 star lots will include the 1886 edition of The History of California in 23 volumes byHubert Howe Bancroft, covering the history of the Golden State from 1542-1890 (estimate:$2,000-$2,500); and a group of four first edition books, three of them classics by Dr. Seuss andone by P. D. Eastman, titled Are You My Mother, published in 1960 (estimate: $2,500-$3,500).

Other Day 2 offerings will feature a Haag Bros. Circus poster (date unknown), printed on heavycanvas measuring 29 inches by 44 inches and boasting vibrant colors (estimate: $1,000-$4,000);a Civil War-era Bowie presentation knife made in Sheffield and used by the 9 th Corp under Gen.Ambrose Burnside, acid etched (estimated: $2,000-$3,000);and a beautiful 14-18kt gold Art Deco style brooch with multiple dangling ornamentation and acentral clear faceted stone, in a burgundy velveteen drawstring bag (estimate: $1,500-$2,500).

Day 3, Saturday, October 30th , will be bursting with 661 lots of art and advertising, NativeAmericana, transportation (air, auto, steamer, railroadiana and passes), ephemera, keys, lampsand model trains. A lot to watch is the hollow silver bead necklace with six bear claws cappedwith silver adornments, plus a central turquoise cabochon set in silver (estimate: $2,000-$4,000).

Day 4, Sunday, November 1st , will be just as busy, with 618 lots of mining ephemera andcollectibles, stocks and bonds (mining, oil, railroad and miscellaneous, to include autographs,early American and Express), and numismatics (to include ingots, currency, scrip, ephemera,coins, medals, so-called dollars and tokens. Ingots have done especially well in prior auctions.

Stock certificate from 1863 for the Alta No. 2 Copper Mining Co. (Del Norte County, Calif),signed by American short story writer and poet Bret Harte (estimate: $6,000-$10,000).

An expected Day 4 top achiever is a stock certificate signed by Bret Harte from 1863 for the AltaNo. 2 Copper Mining Company (Del Norte County, Calif). This important and rare certificatewas signed by the American short story writer and poet Bret Harte as secretary best. Harte wasbest known for his short fiction works featuring miners and gamblers of the California GoldRush (estimate: $6,000-$10,000).

Other Day 4 highlights include a round container of 21.2 grams of gold and silver amalgam(estimate: $1,200-$1,200); an 1898-S $20 Liberty Head gold piece belt buckle and Western belt,by Silver Creek Collection, accented with lizard skin (estimate: $3,000-$4,000); and a 1947 50-peso Mexican gold coin (90 percent pure gold) with a 14-carat bezel (estimate: 2,600-$3,000).

Day 5, Monday, November 1st, will offer 648 lots of philatelic (postcards, covers and stamps),and bargains and dealer specials, which include general Americana, stocks and bonds, andnumismatics. Sold on Day 5 will be a collection of Humboldt and Del Norte (Calif.) countiespostcards, showing NorCal redwoods scenery along US 101, 125 pieces (estimate: $300-$600).

Online bidding via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com.The full catalog can be viewed online now, at www.holabirdamericana.com. For those planningto attend the auction in person, regulations and protocols regarding COVID-19 will be enforced.

Color catalogs are available by calling 1-844-492-2766, or 775-851-1859. Also, anyone owninga collection that might fit into an upcoming Holabird Western Americana Collections auction isencouraged to get in touch. The firm travels extensively throughout the U.S., to see and pick upcollections. The company has agents all over America and will travel to inspect most collections.

Holabird Western Americana Collections is always in the hunt for new and major collections tobring to market. It prides itself as being a major source for selling Americana at the best pricesobtainable, having sold more than any other similar company in the past decade alone. The firmwill have its entire sales database online soon, at no cost - nearly 200,000 lots sold since 2014.

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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
ROCKEFELLER'S SHINY DIMES(https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n08a17.html)
MEDALS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n09a24.html)