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Holabird Western Americana Collections’ Pike’s Peak or Bust

Auction Results

RENO, NV – A circa 1868 lime green Dr. Boerhaave’s
Stomach Bitters bottle finished at $8,435 at a four-day
auction held January 19-22, live and online, by
Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC.
The auction, officially titled Pike’s Peak or Bust!
Western Americana, Bottles, Numismatics & More, was
named in honor of the great Colorado Gold Rush of
1859 and featured a healthy dose of Colorado and
Western states material, plus collectibles in many
categories, including bottles, railroadiana, Native Americana, mining, Haywood, whose naval career was clouded by the misfortune of being a
numismatics, art, antique stocks, and general Americana. 16-year-old seaman aboard the merchant vessel HMS Bounty at the time
The circa 1868 Dr. Boerhaave’s Stomach Bitters bottle with an applied of her famous mutiny in 1789, rose to $5,625.
top, 8 ¾ inches tall, was one of “probably less than six known” Day 3, on Saturday, January 21st, was filled with 533 lots of art, Native
(Wichmann, 1999) and “extremely rare” (B133 in Ring). Little is known Americana, political collectibles, militaria, firearms and weaponry,
about this very scarce Western bitters bottle. Other examples of just the minerals and mining, and stocks and bonds.
handful known are amber and yellow-olive. The one sold is possibly the A signed print of the renowned photographer Ansel Adams’s image El
only dark green lime one extant. Capitan Winter Sunrise, 9 by 10 inches from an edition of 250 and
Following are additional highlights of the auction, held live in the inscribed on the back to Andrea Gray and Gardner/Fulmer Lithograph,
Reno galley located at 3555 Airway Drive, as well as online.Prices include changed hands for $1,250.
buyer’s premium. Day 4, on Sunday, January 22nd, was all numismatics, with 13
Day 1, on Thursday, January 19th, featured 514 lots of general different Nevada banknotes and continuing with US coins (including
Americana, which included geographic sort and miscellaneous categories, Carson City Morgan silver dollars), plus medals and tokens.
including cowboy, sports, books, and toys. The 1902 Farmers & Merchants banknote was the session’s star lot,
A rare, unframed lithograph of the infamous Andersonville but also sold was a seldom seen, large-size 1902 $5 blue seal note from the
Confederate prison in Georgia during the Civil War, titled Sparks From First National Bank of Winnemucca (Nevada), serial #1887, graded
the Campfire, copyright 1890, measuring 17 inches by 22 inches, found PCGS Very Fine 25, with an image of Benjamin Harrison ($7,500).
a new home for $2,625. To consign a single piece or a collection, you may call Fred Holabird
Day 2, on Friday, January 20th, had 546 lots of transportation (rail- at 775-851-1859 or 844-492-2766; or, you can send an e-mail to
road and steamer passes and transportation ephemera) and bottles, and fredholabird@gmail.com. To learn more about Holabird Western
saloon collectibles (featuring Colorado whiskey and medicines). Americana Collections, LLC visit www.holabirdamericana.com.
An autograph letter dated April 14, 1829, and signed by Peter

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