Holabird's Western Americana Auction, April 21-24 features hundreds of rare highly collectible items

RENO, Nev. - April 21, 2022 - PRLog -- Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC's four-day Western Americana Auction begins today, April 21^st, and runs through April 24^th, with start times each day of 8 am Pacific time. The auction will be held online, via several platforms, as well as live in Holabird's gallery located at 3555 Airway Drive in Reno. Hundreds of collectible lots will come up for bid.

Online bidding is via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com.

Today's offerings – 597 lots in all – will feature three major collecting categories: art, with just under 100 lots set to cross the auction block; Native Americana (a popular staple at Holabird auctions), featuring 65 lots; and the day's star category – philatelic, with 52 lots of first day covers, 172 lots of postcards and 71 lots of stamps. Nearly 300 lots of philatelic will be sold.

Day 2, Friday, April 22^nd, will be super-busy, with categories that include jewelry, attire, bottles, toys, circus, gaming, liquor, tobacciana, menus, the entertainment industry, sports, calendars, advertisement, autographs, photography, maps, transportation, militaria, firearms and weaponry, general Americana (geographically sorted) and miscellaneous collectibles – a total of 637 lots.

AOffered on Day 2 is a rare, unissued Bodie Bank (Calif.) stock certificate from the 1870s. The Bodie Bank was formed in 1878. It was taken over in 1890 by JS Cain (est. $100-$200). Also, an ADLAKE (short for "Adams and Westlake") non-sweating red and blue lens lamp, 16 inches tall, should reach $200-$300. ADLAKE did business in Chicago and Elkhart, Indiana.

Day 3, April 23^rd, will also see brisk activity. The categories will include mining, fossils, minerals, tokens and numismatics (which will feature bullion, ingots, coins, currency, dies, ephemera, foreign and medals and exonumia (numismatics, but other than coins and paper money; examples are tokens, medals and scrip). All combined, Day 3 will offer 628 lots.

The auction's final day, Sunday, April 24^th, will contain over 600 lots, to include stocks and bonds (mining, railroad, etc.), advertising, advertising, tobacciana, 3D collectibles, toys and model railroading, photography, postcards, more philatelic, stamps, stocks, maps, general Americana and the ever-popular bargains and dealer lots, which account for 388 lots alone).

To learn more, visit www.holabirdamericana.com. Updates are posted often.