Rare Gold Rush-era antique bottles, 19th-century stock certificates, boxing cards from the first half of the 20th century and scarce old coins and tokens all did well in Holabird Western Americana Collections LLCs online-only Time Flies in July auction, held July 28 to 30. The special timed auction featured nearly 2,200 lots in many categories. The auction was hosted exclusively on iCollector.com (Holabirds online bidding platform) and contained collectibles in over ten categories, including postcards and stamps, mining, art, general Americana, books, bottles, stocks, numismatics, railroad, tokens, Native Americana and more. Every lot had a starting price of $10. Day one contained 728 lots of general Americana, to include autographs, books, collectibles, cowboy, entertainment, ephemera, firefighting memorabilia, fraternal organizations, gaming, jewelry, maps, model railroading, music, photography and sports. The days top achiever (and the overall top lot of the auction) was a group of three scrolls and maps containing early data (1950s and 60s) on whitewater canoeing and rafting, plus other activities. The rapids ratings, maps and other material pertained mostly to the Colorado River and Salmon River National Forest. They sold for $2,875. Groups of picture cards featuring boxing greats such as Kid Gavilan, John L. Sullivan, Rocky Marciano, Gene Tunney, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey scored a knockout with bidders, who were attracted to the colorful photos and stances. Two groups of 60 each Boxers of Yesteryear brought $562,50 and $500, while a lot of 11 Boxing Champions of the Past made $312.50. A group of three cotton bale shipping receipts from ca. 1845-79, via steamer and other modes of transportation, one from 1866 having a two-cent brown adhesive revenue stamp, went for $281.25. Also, a copy of an Outlaws of the West scrapbook with 64 pages of famous and not so famous outlaws, Wild West shows, lawmen and a Judge Roy Bean wanted poster, hit $237.50. A hoard of around 600 issued Humboldt County, Nev., warrants from the 1920s, issued by the treasurer of the county, signed by the county auditor and datelined Winnemucca, realized $237.50, while a framed Colorado Pabst Chemical Company cures broadside sold for $212.50. Day two was packed with more than 750 lots of tobacco and saloon, bottles, firearms and weapons, militaria, political, minerals, mining, stocks and bonds and transportation. Bottles and stock certificates were popular. The top lot of the session was a pair of very light lime colored Stillwater (Oklahoma) Bottling Works / C. F. Knowles / Corliss Bros. bottles, each one 6.75 inches tall, that sold as one lot for $2,000. Other bottles, offered individually and in group lots, also performed well, to include the following: a rare clear City Drug Store (Goldfield, Colo.) citrate bottle, 8.5 inches tall, with no apparent chips or cracks ($1,125), and two Colorado mining camp embossed milk bottles, one for Black Bruns Dairy in Creede and one for Camp Bird Dairy in Ouray, selling for $1,125. Two different black Sapulpa Bottling Works bottles from the Sapulpa Indian Territory, one aqua crown top and the other clear crown top, both sold for $937.50. Stock certificates were led by two examples from the Republic of Texas, dated 1840. One was certificate no. 1364, issued to P. Burns for $100 ($812.50). The other was certificate no. 674, issued to Joseph C. Eldridge for $500 ($750). Both were signed by Charles DeMorse as Stock Commissioner and James Wright Simmons as Comptroller and featured gorgeous vignettes. An American Express Company stock certificate from 1863, signed by Henry Wells as president and William G. Fargo as secretary (two of the three founders of American Express and Wells, Fargo & Company) brought $625. Also, a group of 21 framed stock certificates from railroad and mining companies in and around Cripple Creek, Colo., 1890s-1940s, reached $281.25. The auctions last day featured more than 700 lots of art, Native Americana, numismatics, tokens, philatelic (stamps) and postal history. The days top lot was a group of five miscellaneous pieces, including an 1853 half dime, an Ohio Volunteers medal presented to Henry Ford, an 1849 California token with the American flag, and a tiny spiel mark, sold for $1,438. Two transportation token collections sold as single lots for a combined $1,136. One comprised 80 rows of 9 inches of transportation tokens from all over the U.S.; over 600 tokens in all brought $574. The other was a double wide 14-inch box with tokens from Alabama to Washington, plus a small group of international tokens, which sold for $562. For more information, call 775-851-1859 or 844-492-2766 or visit www.holabirdamericana.com.