A 288-pound iron-nickel meteorite found in China in 1958 and believed to have fallen to Earth in 1516 A.D. sold for $4,125 at a four-day Minerals Galore and Western Americana Auction held June 2 to 5 by Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC, online and live in its Reno, Nev., gallery. Hundreds of collectibles came up for bid in an array of collecting categories. All prices in this report are inclusive of the buyers premium. Day one was notable because it included bargains and dealer lots, which had been offered on the last day of Holabirds multi-day sales in the past. Categories included militaria (Civil War, World War I and II), firearms, weaponry, general Americana, toys, collectibles, art and Native Americana. An outstanding group of paper label pictorial tin cans, 53 in all, with many pre-1900, realized $1,187. Some of the best were from California, including three Mt. Hamilton brand 4-inch tins with spectacular color labels showing the Mt. Hamilton observatory and telescope and one California Fruits tin with iconic California golden bear graphic. Day two featured the entertainment industry (autographs, music, etc.), sports, Black Americana, cowboy, fraternal organizations, gaming, model railroading, political, tobacco, saloon, beer and liquor, bottles and marbles, tools, Worlds Fairs, jewelry and watches, philatelic (postcards, revenue stamps, stamps, postal history) and photography, a total of 565 lots in all. A stamp album containing a collection of U.S. commemoratives dating from 1900 to 1975, with all the stamps presented in black glassine protectorates and all appearing to be in mint condition, finished at $3,750. Also, a collection of pipes, about 40 in all, including six meerschaums and several briars, fetched $1,062. The makers were from England, France, Turkey and Vienna. Included was a second edition copy of The Pipe Book, by Alfred Dunhill. From the Ken Prag collection, a collection of more than 700 vintage postcards from Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada, including stagecoaches arriving in the valley and views from Camp Curry, Glacier Point and Wawona tunnel, hit $1,187, while a lot of 60 postcards from Hong Kong, China, ca. 1905-10s, including 14 real photo postcards, the rest including three Pacific Mail Steamship Co. cards and a three-panel panorama postcard (repaired), made $875. Day three featured furnishings and dcor; minerals (including display minerals), fossils and gold and ore; mining lots (ephemera and equipment); and numismatics to include badges, bullion, coins, currency, ephemera, exonumia (numismatic items other than coins and paper money, such as tokens, medals, or scrip), foreign and medals and tokens. Day four featured books, maps, stocks and bonds (including mining and railroad) and transportation (including stagecoach, ships and railroad), a total of 570 lots. A Wells Fargo Company (Omaha, Neb.) stock certificate #647 for 100 shares, issued in 1870 to Henry Wells, one of the co-founders of American Express in 1850, rose to $2,875. This stock certificate, one of perhaps five known, is one of the most important of all the Wells Fargo and American Express documents, as it represents the takeover of Wells Fargo by California business financier Lloyd Tevis after cutting a back-room deal with Wells and Fargo. Also sold on day four was a copy of the 1884 book Recollections of Mining Life by Henry DeGroot, 16 pages in near mint condition, with full-page illustrations, a classic book cited in nearly every Gold Rush bibliography. It sold for $1,000. Online bidding was provided by iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com, Invaluable.com and Auctionzip.com. For additional information, call either 775-851-1859 or 844-492-2766 or visit www.holabirdamericana.com.