Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/24/2023 - 08/27/2023
All Day
Location
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Contact
fredholabird@gmail.com
Website
www.holabirdamericana.com
Categories
Holabird Western Americana Collections will bid farewell to summer with a premier four-day “Raise a Glass to Yesteryear” auction Thursday thru Sunday, August 24th-27th, online and live in the Reno gallery located at 3555 Airway Drive. Start times all four days are 8 am Pacific time. Online bidding is via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. The four days will be packed with more than 2,000 lots in a wide range of collecting categories, to include saloon, bottles, brewery, mining, numismatics, philatelic, general Americana, stocks and bonds, fine art, display minerals, vintage toys and more. Included in the offerings will be a major beer tray collection, U.S. coin sets, ingots and assay, fractional gold, medals and tokens. Lots with lofty pre-sale estimates include a magnificent sculpture of the Chinese goddess Guan Yin by Zhang Lizi; a 1787 land deed signed by Benjamin Franklin for “Powersburg”; a color 1860s lithograph of the burgeoning Comstock gold mines of Nevada by African-American artist Grafton T. Brown; and a beautiful leather beaded Miller Bros. 101 Ranch performer’s gun belt. Day 1, on Thursday, August 24th, will feature art and artifacts from around the world, to include paintings, prints, Native American artifacts, sculptures, textiles, boxwood root sculptures and viewing stones; display minerals and fossils, to include calcite, fluorite, mineral groups and quartz; and stocks and bonds, to include mining, railroad, petroliana and other subject matter. Day 2, on Friday, August 25th, will contain general Americana, to include antiquarian books, transportation, ephemera, autographs and photographs; mining collectibles, to include mining equipment, ore specimens and ephemera; and tools. Nearly 500 lots will come up for auction. Day 3, on Saturday, August 26th, will feature bottles; saloon, brewery and a beer tray collection; gaming; cowboy collectibles; railroadiana; military memorabilia; firearms and weaponry; license plates; signs; and general collectibles, to include toys, musical items, furnishings and other items. Day 4, on Sunday, August 27th, will highlight philatelic items, to include postal history, postcards, stamps, Wells Fargo and Express; numismatics, to include bullion, coins, “potty” coins, U.S. Mint sets, fractional currency, foreign coins, ingots, assay and medals; and tokens. In addition to live and Internet bidding, telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Color catalogs are available by calling 1-844-492-2766, or 775-851-1859. To learn more, please visit www.holabirdamericana.com.