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)





SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Whitneys Playland Ticket Book Group (San Francisco Seaside Amusement Park)2321Whitneys Playland Ticket Book Group (San Francisco Seaside Amusement Park)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
25 unused ticket books, c.1920s-30s. Whitney's Playland was a 10-acre (40,000 m2) seaside amusement park located next to Ocean Beach at the we...
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
San Francisco Trade Card Archive2322San Francisco Trade Card Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 98 San Francisco trade cards including Tillman and Bendel, Doxey & Company's, American Exchange Hotel, American Clock Depot, Fountain...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to a****a for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
Two Grateful Dead Posters; Three Burning Man2323Two Grateful Dead Posters; Three Burning Man
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Grateful Dead, Live at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 2) Grateful Dead, Skull and Roses on a pumpkin. 3) Burning Man, Cargo Cult. 4) Burning Man,
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
Grateful Dead Poster2324Grateful Dead Poster
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Grateful Dead / Neville Bros Live in Concert Poster Dec. 30-31. Ford Coliseum. Probably a reprint, but nicely framed in double metal. Poster 2
Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6******n for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
San Jose, CA Trade Cards2325San Jose, CA Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 San Jose CA trade cards. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: San Jose, California HWAC # 54134
Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
Sold to m******0 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
Two Early Lick Observatory Stereoviews2326Two Early Lick Observatory Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) c. late 1880s Stereoview by A.J. McDonald, San Francisco. Nice view of observatory buildings on the hill. According to Mautz, McDonald partnered wi
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
San Juan Portland Cement Company Bond, 19062327San Juan Portland Cement Company Bond, 1906
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One First Mortgage Six Per Cent Sinking Fund Forty Year Gold Bond. No. 1516, $500. Signed by President Brown. Ornate green border with allegorical vig
Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Santa Barbara Biltmore Corp Bond (Luxury Hotel), 19282328Santa Barbara Biltmore Corp Bond (Luxury Hotel), 1928
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A luxury hotel located in Santa Barbara, California that opened in 1927. Operates today as the Four Seasons Resort—The Biltmore Santa Barbara. Rare 6.
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to m**********i for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
South Pasadena Ostrich Farm Items2329South Pasadena Ostrich Farm Items
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4.5" x 7.5" b/w photos of ostrichs at South Pasadena Ostrich Farm. 12 page souvenir booklet from South Pasadena Ostrich Farm with ostrich ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t********n.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
Stanford University Ephemera2330Stanford University Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1897 letter from Emory Smith horticulturist, Redwood City, CA with lower corner folds and tears. Letter from Chas. Hodges, Stanford University, 190
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50