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Holabird Western Americana Auction Featured 2,519 Fine Lots

RENO, NV – A large Native American-themed oil painting by Nevada The Objects of Our Affection auction was packed with over 2,500 lots
gaming artist Franz Trevors sold for $6,250, an ornate sterling silvered of numismatics, mining collectibles, Americana, railroad memorabilia, and
Mexican Charro parade-style saddle used in the Pasadena Rose Parade more. Featured were Part 1 of the John Reynolds collection of exonumia
around 1940 brought $4,500, and a collection of 45 Alaska tokens fetched (numismatic items such as tokens, medals and scrip) and Americana; the
$5,375 in Holabird Western Americana Collections’ four-day auction held Benjamin Fauver collection of counter tokens; the Bill Bliss collection of
Feb. 14-17, 2020. Potosi Mine (Nevada) gold and silver ingots; and numismatics, to include
Masonic pennies, coins, medals, so-called dollars, tokens, shell cards,
wooden money, and dies.
Also offered were original James Marshall California Gold Rush
collectibles; mining equipment, maps, ephemera, USGS folios, and rare
stock certificates; art (including works by Franz Trevors and William Forrest
Martin, plus Japanese Netsuke); a whiskey and beer shot collection; vintage
baseball and boxing collectibles; stocks and bonds from the Ken Prag
collection; and other items.
The star lot of Day 1 was the oil painting by Franz Trevors (American,
1907-1980). The work, 5 feet by 8 feet and titled War Party on the Move,
was commissioned by Felix Turrillas, Jr., the owner of Felix’s Bank Club in
Lovelock, Nevada, and was rendered in the style of C.M. Russell. Day 2 was
dedicated to almost entirely to geographically sorted stocks and bonds (with
categories that include mining, railroad, transportation and general). In all,
643 lots crossed the auction block on Day 2. Day 3 was a dream for fans of
numismatics. Featured were coins (encased and elongated, Masonic and
general), medals and so-called dollars, ingots, currency, ephemera, tokens
(shell cards and geographic sort), wooden money, and dies.
Holabird Western Americana Collections is always in the hunt for
quality consignments. To consign a single piece or a collection, you may contact
Fred Holabird and learn
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