A John E. Smiths Pharmacy (Victor, Colo.) 32-ounce teal drug store bottle sold for $6,250; an early 1900s 14-carat Klondike, Alaska, gold headed walking stick also realized $6,250; and a pair of mint state $25 U.S. Gold Eaglecoins (1994 and 2008) fetched $4,700 at a four-day Marvels of the West Auction held Jan. 25 to 28 by Holabird Western Americana Collections LLC. Holabirds original plan was to have two auctions in January, a timed online-only sale in the middle of the month and a live auction (with online bidding) at the end of the month. That idea was scrapped, however, and both sales were combined into one catalog, the timed online sale on Jan. 25 and 26 and the live auction on Jan. 27 and 28, online and live at its gallery in Reno, Nev. The two auctions were aptly named, Marvels of the West, considering their contents. Both contained categories collectors have come to expect from Holabird: Western and Native Americana, Gold Rush, mining, coins and currency, railroadiana, tokens, philatelic, bottles, ephemera and more. The 10.5-inch-tall, quart-size John E. Smiths drug store bottle was a desirable teal example from the Ron Reed collection. Reed specialized in giant 32-ounce Colorado drugstore bottles, and every Colorado collector knew he had this beauty, one of the prizes of his collection and a true prize for any American colored drugstore bottle collector, remarked Fred Holabird. When Reed, a longtime friend,passed away last year, his family asked Holabird to sell his collection ofColorado embossed bottles. Reed had purchased a number of key pieces out of the previous Gary Bracken sales, and a few ringers in the timed sale were snuck in, to entice new collectors into collecting Colorado bottles. A few other bottles that also did well were a Cyrus Eaton & Co. (Denver) early medium to dark amber quart whiskey bottle (You Bet), with an applied top, ca. 1880-85, 12 inches tall, in fine shape ($2,500). The early 1900s 14-carat Klondike, Alaska, gold headed walking stick was very fancy, and came with a leather case and a book about the family who owned it. There were two buttons of gold quartz, each one measuring one inch by one inch. The two mint state U.S. $25 Gold Eagle coins were the day four top lot. They were in spectacular condition, each weighing a half-ounce of fine gold. Another final session performer was a rare George Rasmussens (Central City, Colo.) pocket mirror, unlisted in Dunn in any form and in nice condition (Good for 12 c. in trade), with a graphic of a young woman ($1,000). Online bidding was via iCollector.com, LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. All prices quoted include the buyers premium. A chest packed with personal effects belonging to 1st. Lt. Charles Allen Rankin, an engineering officer in WWI who served with the legendary flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker, sold for $3,625. The chest contained, among other things, a copy of Rickenbackers 1918 book, Fighting the Flying Circus, signed by Rickenbacker, plus photos of him, other aces and Rankin. A fine ca. 1970s Navajo squash blossom set consisting of the squash blossom, earrings and ring, the squash blossom showcasing both turquoise and branch coral together, with nice original patina, changed hands for $2,625. Also, a group of 20 points (Native American arrowheads), all from Texas, many of them rare and nicely displayed in a walnut display case measuring 18-by-12 inches, came out of the Gary Bracken collection and reached $1,625. An original oil painting by Canadian artist Robert Atkinson Fox (1860-1935), dating to the early 1900s and depicting horses being herded across a river by Indian riders, untitled, measuring 24-by-17 inches, commanded $2,500, while a cabinet card showing the legendary female sharpshooter Annie Oakley holding what appears to be a Lancaster shotgun as if ready for her next glass ball, made at the Brisbois Studios in Chicago, Ill., rose to $1,312. Two vintage spy cameras piqued the imaginations of bidders. One was a Matchbox Model 2 spy camera, made by Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, N.Y.), used by resistance personnel during WWII for target recording and propaganda photography ($1,375). The other was a Minox Model IIIS spy camera manufactured in Germany ca. 1956 in a rare anodized finish, housed in a dark brown snapping belt case and calibrated in meters, with Complan 3.5/15mm lens, which sold for $1,062. To learn more, call Fred Holabird at 775-851-1859 or 844-492-2766 or visit www.holabirdamericana.com.