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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Vintage Kewa Candlestick3568 - Vintage Kewa Candlestick
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Kewa candlestick with handle, floral design. Unsigned, 3" x 5.5". Date: c.1925 Location: Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico ...
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Vintage Kewa Effigy Bowl3569 - Vintage Kewa Effigy Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Kewa large effigy bowl. Bird, however, head was broken off, repaired. Butterfly and flower design. 8" h x 13" diameter. Unsigned. ...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Vintage Kewa Olla3570 - Vintage Kewa Olla
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Kewa Olla, leaf design. 7.5" h x 8" diameter. Some tiny chips on surface. Unsigned. Lot also includes: two ashtrays from Old Lagun...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to s********r for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Kokopelli and Butterflies Pot by the Medinas3571 - Kokopelli and Butterflies Pot by the Medinas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kokopelli and Butterflies Pot by Marcellus and Elizabeth Medina. 3.25" h x 3" diameter. Beautifully painted. Elizabeth Medina was born Eli...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Larg Bowl by Eleanor Pino Griego3572 - Larg Bowl by Eleanor Pino Griego
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Polychrome two handled bowl with four direction bird, rainbow, cloud, cactus and geometric design by Eleanor Pino Griego. 6.5" h x 11.75" ...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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A. A. Peynetsa Lizard Jar3573 - A. A. Peynetsa Lizard Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A. A. Peynetsa lizard jar. Jar features 4 lizards in relief that also have a textured skin made by using drops of slip that rise above the lizards&#...
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Deer Jar, Anderson Peynetsa3574 - Deer Jar, Anderson Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard Seed Pot by Anderson Peynetsa. Lovely small pot, 3.75" x 3". Anderson’s pots are built the way Zuni potters before him have made th...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c**********s for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Kiva/Lizard Pot by Noreen Simplicio3575 - Kiva/Lizard Pot by Noreen Simplicio
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kiva/Lizard pot by Noreen Simplicio. Peach colored pot with kiva steps on rim and 4 aplique lizards. One of the lizard's head is broken off. 6&q...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Lizard Canteen by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa3576 - Lizard Canteen by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard canteen by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa. 2 lizard applique on white canteen, 6" x 5.5" x 5.5". His Walking-Deer design has m...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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Lizard Jar by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa3577 - Lizard Jar by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small lizard jar by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa. 2 lizards looking over the rim of the pot, 5" h x 4.25" diameter. Anderson Peynetsa of...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to k*****f for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Lizard Seed Pot, A. A. Peynetsa3578 - Lizard Seed Pot, A. A. Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard seed p ot by A. A. Peynetsa. Single lizard rising up above pot, 3.5" x 3". Anderson Peynetsa, Zuni Pueblo, Collaborates with Avelia...
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Quantity : 1 | Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Noreen Simplicio Seed Jar3579 - Noreen Simplicio Seed Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Noreen Simplicio seed jar. Two geckos in relief are facing each other on the top of the jar, Designs of deer on sides and one tiny gecko inside on bot
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Olla Pot by Priscilla Peynesta3580 - Olla Pot by Priscilla Peynesta
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Priscilla Peynetsa is an award-winning potter born into Zuni Pueblo in 1961. Rosette and floral designs with deer heartline, 5.5" h x 6.5"...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 450.00
Sold to c**********s for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Peach Jar by Priscilla Peynetsa3581 - Peach Jar by Priscilla Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Peach colored jar by Priscilla Peynetsa. Deer heartline and plant designs, 5.25" h x 6" diameter. Priscilla Peynetsa is well known in Zuni...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r******s for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta3582 - Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta. Beautifully painted contemporary deer with heartlines and leaf designs. 7" h x 7" diameter. Anderson Peynet...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to c**********s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Micaceous Clay Horse3583 - Micaceous Clay Horse
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Micaceous clay fanciful horse figurine, signed Tsame, 2016. 9.5" x 6.5" x 3.75". Date: 2016 Location: New Mexico HWAC # 4...
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Three Animal Figurines3584 - Three Animal Figurines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three animal figurines: 1) Fish by Dolores aragon, Acoma Pueblo, 1.75" x 3". Delores M. Aragon is named after her grandmother, Delores San...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Yei Jar by Nancy Chilly3585 - Yei Jar by Nancy Chilly
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pine Pitched Yei jar by Nancy Chilly. Yei figures and sun symbol designs, 6 colors. 4.75" h x 6.75" diameter. Nancy chilly is a talented N...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to s*******7 for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Mayan Style Vase by R. M. Morales3586 - Mayan Style Vase by R. M. Morales
Holabird Western Americana Collections
For more than thirty years, the Yucatec Maya family of Martín Julián Magaña Negrón and Patricia Martín Morales has been foc...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 140.00 - 260.00
Sold to n********w.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Mata Ortiz Seed Jar, Hector Ortega3587 - Mata Ortiz Seed Jar, Hector Ortega
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seed Jar by Hector Ortega; Mata Ortiz Pottery. Black swirl pot, 8.25" h x 6" diameter, small chips on rim. Hector Ortega learned to make p...
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Quantity : 1 | Estimate : 90.00 - 140.00
Sold to s********r for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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