Holabird’s ‘Pike’s Peak or Bust!’ auction reached the summit

Circa-1868 dark lime green Dr. Boerhaave’s Stomach Bitters bottle, $8,435
Circa-1868 dark lime green Dr. Boerhaave’s Stomach Bitters bottle, $8,435
Circa-1868 dark lime green Dr. Boerhaave’s Stomach Bitters bottle, $8,435

RENO, Nev. – A ten-dollar 1902 red seal banknote from the Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Reno, Nevada sold for $12,500, a runaway slave broadside from 1862 brought $8,750, and a circa-1868 lime green Dr. Boerhaave’s Stomach Bitters bottle finished at $8,435 at a four-day auction held Jan. 19-22, live and online, by Holabird Western Americana Collections, LLC.

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