Samuel Robb statuette of boxing champ Jack Johnson featured at Dumouchelles June 14DETROIT — Hidden for years in a private Windsor, Ontario collection, a 1908 Havana Cigars statuette of boxing champion Jack Johnson comes to market Friday, June 14 as part of Dumouchelles‘ two-day sale. Robb (1851-1928) was one of the most prolific of all 19th-century cigar store Indian carvers. Working from his shop in New York […]
Holabird thrilled bidders with four days’ worth of prizesIN PROGRESS RENO, Nev. – An Ansel Adams-signed Yosemite photo from around 1959 sold for $38,750 at a four-day Western Frontiers auction held October 13-16 by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC. The 2,100-lot sale featured Native and general Americana, mining material, numismatics, art, bottles, stocks and more.
Holabird shows bidders the meaning of ‘spoiled for choice,’ Oct. 13-16RENO, Nev. – Collections and categories will be plentiful and on full display at Holabird Western Americana Collections’ massive four-day Western Frontiers auction being held October 13-16. The 2,100-lot sale will feature Native and general Americana, mining, Express, numismatics, art, bottles, stocks and more. All four days will commence bidding at 8 am Pacific time. […]
Holabird Wild West auction scores with Washington 12-cent stamp, lawman’s ColtRENO, Nev. – An early U.S. 12-cent postage stamp with a portrait bust of George Washington sold for $19,520 and a 1860 U.S. Army Colt revolver with a Richards conversion that once belonged to legendary lawman and gunfighter Elfego Baca (1865-1945) hit the mark for $13,750 at Holabird Western Americana Collections’ Wild West Auction held […]