December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction Details

This three day, 2,200 lot sale features items in numerous collecting categories including Native Americana, Firearms, Cowboy, Mining, Railroad & Express, Numismatics & Tokens, Postal History, Gaming, Bottles, and Military.

Highlights include:

*A big batch of Western trade tokens including a large Nevada collection.

*Coins, currency, and checks in our Numismatics section including a Ukiah bank note and a $20 gold piece.

*A Railroad section that includes a large number of Eastern Railroad Passes, including a Jay Gould autograph piece.

*Wells Fargo & Co. and American Express collectibles, including company archives.

*Mining stock certificates, photographs, books, and other ephemera.

*A large Postal History section featuring many hundreds of postcards, many real photo, as well as stamps and other philatelic ephemera.

*Gaming collectibles including an assortment of Nevada casino ashtrays

*A group of Antique Bottles including whiskey, bitters, medicines, and soda.

*A very large General Americana section featuring: a collection of presidential autographed letters, photographs & other ephemera; a large World's Fair & Expositions section full of stereoviews from the Prag Collection; jewelry; Western art; a huge Yosemite & Big Trees section; a big collection of San Francisco documents and early stereoviews; and U.S. documents, trade cards, business cards, and other ephemera.

*Our best Firearms selection to date with an 1869 Sharps Rifle, a rare Flintlock pistol, and rare antique ammunition. Our Firearms & Weaponry section also has Japanese katanas and Chinese swords.

*Military collectibles including a large Civil War section full of Confederate bonds, letters, photographs and more.

*Another world-class offering of Northwest and Southwest Native Americana featuring Nome Gold Rush ivory art and tools, baskets, kachinas, pottery, points, and much more!

*Our Cowboy section has postcards (including a Buffalo Bill collection), photographs, chaps, saddles, and saddle bags.

*A small selection of African and Western taxidermy for your office/den wall.

Full Auction Schedule

Day One, December 1st, 2017 (Lots 1000-1735)

Tokens (Geographic Sort) (1000-1118)

Numismatics (Lots 1119-1152)
Coins (1119-1128)
Checks (1129-1138)
Currency (1139-1146)
Medals & So-Called Dollars (1147-1152)

Railroadiana (Lots 1153-1292)
Passes (1153-1219)
Books (1220-1231)
Stocks & Other Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (1232-1292)

Wells Fargo & Other Express (Lots 1293-1322)
Wells Fargo (1293-1308)
American Express (1309-1313)
Other Express (1314-1322)

Mining (Lots 1323-1545)
Hard Goods: Candlesticks, Signs, Etc. (1323-1331)
Books (1332-1338)
Stocks & Other Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (1339-1545)

Postal History & Philatelic (Geographic Sort) (Lots 1546-1714)

Gaming (Lots 1715-1735)


Day Two, December 2nd, 2017 (Lots 2000-2750)

Bottles (Lots 2000-2043)

General Americana (Lots 2044-2700)
Jewelry (2044-2059)
Art (2060-2098)
Worlds Fairs & Expositions (2099-2130)
Political (2131-2152)
Geographic Sort (2153-2588)
Misc. Categories incl. Maps & Atlases, Black Americana, Fire, Ephemera (2589-2700)

Foreign Collectibles (Lots 2701-2750)

Day Three, December 3rd, 2017 (Lots 3000-3734)

Firearms & Weaponry (Lots 3000-3167)
Ephemera (3000-3007)
Ammunition (3008-3058)
Pistols & Revolvers (3059-3084)
Rifles & Shotguns (3085-3095)
Scabbards & Misc. (3096-3111)
Swords & Katanas (3112-3167)

Military & War Collectibles (Lots 3168-3231)
Revolutionary War & Civil War (3168-3219)
Spanish American War (3220-3223)
World Wars & Misc. (3224-3231)

Native Americana (Lots 3232-3593)
Alaska incl. Ivory (3232-3307)
Art (3308-3320)
Baskets (3321-3331)
Beadwork (3332-3347)
Rugs & Weavings (3348-3353)
Jewelry (3354-3359)
Kachinas (3360-3385)
Points & Stone Artifacts incl. a Large Georgia Collection (3386-3409)
Pottery (3410-3588)
Ephemera (3589-3593)

Cowboy (Lots 3594-3724)
Ephemera (3594-3626)
Chaps (3627-3666)
Saddle Bags (3667-3685)
Saddles (3686-3718)
Spurs & Misc. (3719-3724)


Taxidermy (Lots 3725-3734)





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Daily Newspaper Official Programme: Sutro Baths, c.19002291Daily Newspaper Official Programme: Sutro Baths, c.1900
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Advertising Sutro Baths "Official Programme." 15 different newspaper dates in 1900. Published every Sunday. 12" x 15". Date:...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6*****b for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
Early San Francisco Map and Booklet2292Early San Francisco Map and Booklet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1913 map of San Francisco, MM O' Shaughnessy City Engineer. 33.5" x 27.5", some toning. Booklet, Road of a Thousand Wonders, San Franc...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to m**********i for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Four San Francisco Chinese Advertising Cards2293Four San Francisco Chinese Advertising Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Bright yellow, green and red Sing Fat & Company. Fancy Dragon fills the top half of the card. Established in 1866. 2) Sing Chong Company. Gre...
Estimate : 60.00 - 160.00
Sold to c*********n for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
Large San Francisco Ephemera Group2294Large San Francisco Ephemera Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wide variety of ephemera including pictorial menus from Spencer's Fish Grotto, Monaco Theatre, Riviera Bernstein's Fish Grotto, paper napkin...
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
New San Francisco Magazine May and July 1906, First Issues Post Earthquake2295New San Francisco Magazine May and July 1906, First Issues Post Earthquake
Holabird Western Americana Collections
First issues after infamous earthquake. July 1906 Brown bear and eagle with moon background on cover. Numerous photos of after quake fires and devasta
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Business Card for Francis & Valentine, Printers & Engravers, San Francisco2296Business Card for Francis & Valentine, Printers & Engravers, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c. 1890s Ornate card printed on light green paper with fancy logo. Located at 517 Clay and 510-516 Commercial Street. E.W. Goggin, Manager. Small rust
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6*********2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
O.E. Olsen Lithograph Co. Business Card, San Francisco2297O.E. Olsen Lithograph Co. Business Card, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fancy business card for O.E. Olsen Lithograph Company, 330 Jackson St. in San Francisco. "The Drummer with Ideas." 3 x 5" on cardstoc...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Schmidt Lithograph Co. Business Card2298Schmidt Lithograph Co. Business Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Famous Western litho. company. Colorful, illustrated business card. Labels, posters, corrugated paper products. Illustrated on both sides. Has 1918 wr
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6*********2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
2 Schmidt Lithograph Company Directories w/ SF Earthquake Diecuts22992 Schmidt Lithograph Company Directories w/ SF Earthquake Diecuts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Schmidt Litho was one of the best and most colorful of the San Francisco printers. Here are 2 of there company directories, one with signatures of 7
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
San Francisco Area Business Cards2300San Francisco Area Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five different. 1) Deckelman Bros., Barber's Supply House, 106 Ellis Street, SF. 2) Union Square Furniture Packing & Moving Co., corner of P...
Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50