A ten-dollar 1902 red seal banknote from The Farmers & Merchants National Bank in Reno, Nev., sold for $12,500, a runaway slave broadside from 1862 brought $8,750, and a ca. 1868 lime green Dr. Boerhaaves Stomach Bitters bottle finished at $8,435 at a four-day auction held Jan. 19 to 22, live and online, by Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC. in Reno, Nev. The auction, officially titled Pikes Peak or Bust, was full of Western Americana, bottles, numismatics and 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. The 1902 Farmers & Merchants National Bank $10 red seal note was the second finest known of just the five red seals reported on the bank. It was PMG graded Very Fine 20, with some minor restorations on the reverse, but red seals are rare and coveted by collectors in any condition. It was signed by W. J. Harris and president Richard Kirman, the only president the bank ever had. The folded slave broadside, dated Sept. 28, 1852, offered a liberal reward for the apprehension of (two) Negroes, who ran away Saturday night, the 21st, having stolen fifty dollars in money and a large lot of clothing. The runaways were women: Eliza (in her 20s, well made, rather on the slender side) and Fanny (about 50 and fond of smoking). The ca. 1868 Dr. Boerhaaves Stomach Bitters bottle with an applied top, 8.74 inches tall, was one of probably less than six known (Wichmann, 1999). Little is known about this scarce Western bitters bottle. Other examples of just the handful known are amber and yellow-olive. The one sold is possibly the only dark green lime one extant. The sale was held live and online via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. Phone and absentee bids were also accepted. Prices include buyers premium. Day one featured 514 lots of general Americana, which included cowboy items, sports, books and toys. The runaway slave broadside was the top lot of the session, but other items included a City of Tombstone, Arizona, business license, dated Aug. 1, 1881 (two months before the shoot-out at the OK Corral), and issued to the Peck Bros. (for Peddlers), signed by Town Marshall Virgil Earp (Wyatts brother) ($3,250), and A McLellan model 1885 cavalry saddle with an A.D. Laidley Ordinance inspection stamp, complete with tack, ($2,625). A.D. Laidley inspected leather goods for the U.S. Ordinance Dept. from the Civil War through the Indian Wars. Day two had 546 lots of transportation (railroad and steamer passes and transportation ephemera) and bottles and saloon (featuring Colorado whiskey and medicines). The Dr. Boerhaaves Stomach Bitters bottle was the top achiever. Also sold was a tan-colored jug for the Bountiful Co-Operative / Mercantile Institution / Bountiful, Utah, with base chips but no apparent cracks ($3,625), as well as a near-mint, unlisted variant of a Preble (J 32) Old Kentucky Liquor House (Cripple Creek, Colo.) slope shoulder stoneware jug, scarce, ($3,500). An autograph letter dated April 14, 1829, and signed by Peter Haywood, whose naval career was clouded by the misfortune of being a 16-year-old seaman aboard the merchant vessel HMS Bounty at the time of her famous mutiny in 1789, rose to $5,625. Also, a United Verde & Pacific Railway Company pass No. 103, issued to W.C. Potts for the year 1900 and signed by W.A. Clark (one of the Copper Kings or mining millionaires of Montana), sold for $1,062. Day three was filled with 533 lots of art, Native Americana, political collectibles, militaria, firearms and weaponry, minerals and mining, and stocks and bonds. Two American Express Co. stock certificates, one dated June 16, 1862, and signed by Henry Wells as president and William G. Fargo as treasurer, and one dated Sept. 11, 1877, and signed by Fargo as secretary, sold as one lot for $1,437. Also, a framed print by Currier & Ives titled Gold Mining in California, colorful and vibrant, realized $1,437. Day four was all numismatics, with 13 different Nevada banknotes and continuing with U.S. coins (including Carson City Morgan silver dollars), plus medals and tokens. A collection of 71 antique bar and saloon tokens from Denver, Colo., from such places as the Miners Saloon and the Little Gem Saloon, rang up $3,875, while an 1890s token for the Bear Saloon in Leadville, Colo., octagonal in shape sold for $1,812. In 1898, the saloons license was temporarily revoked for reported bad behavior. For additional information, call Fred Holabird at 775-851-1859 or 844-492-2766 or visit www.holabirdamericana.com.