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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California Pictorial Letterheads2381 - California Pictorial Letterheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pictorial letterheads from California. C. F. Weber with a wood school desk. Baker & Hamilton with factory. Acme Auto and Taxicab, 2 California A...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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California Sheet Music Group2382 - California Sheet Music Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 different California sheet music pieces. I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Golden Gate by Jolson, Cable Car San Francisco, The California Polka by D
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California Steamer Collection (1862-1903)2383 - California Steamer Collection (1862-1903)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9 billheads & receipts all from different California steamers. This is a unique collection that we haven't assembled before. Included...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to m**********i for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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California Steamship Passes & Ephemera2384 - California Steamship Passes & Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21. Includes: 4 passes, two each for the California Transportation Co. (1933 & 1937) and Wilmington Transportation Co. (1936 & 1938);...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m**********i for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Early Pacific Steamship CDV2385 - Early Pacific Steamship CDV
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early CDV of Pacific Steam Navigation Company's R.M. Steamers, Araucania & Cordillera. Reverse has cabin plan. Image is very weak contrast a...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to s****y for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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California Stereoview Collection2386 - California Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 20. A few duplicates. This is a balance lot of California stereoviews. Most date to early 1900s. Publishers include Keystone, Kilburn, Underwoo
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Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to b*********r for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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California Wine and Spirits Ephemera2387 - California Wine and Spirits Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Blank invoice from Vina Distillery, Palo Alto Winery and Vina Winery with color vignette of Brandy bottles and a steam train c.1890's. Business ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Chinese in California Ephemera Collection2388 - Chinese in California Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice collection of Chinese in California items. Includes 14 stock certificates from Lung Kong Shaw Co. 1 share each, signed by president, owners are n
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c*********n for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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Mitchell Early Map of Upper California and Oregon, c.18462389 - Mitchell Early Map of Upper California and Oregon, c.1846
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early Mitchell map of area #15. Yellow, green and pink highlights. piece missing on left edge and lower left. Pre-Gold Rush! Pre-Nevada Territory! D
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to s********x for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Large Format California Business Cards2390 - Large Format California Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13 different, many illustrated. Includes: Castle Bros. Wolf & Sons, Shipping & Commission Merchants, San Francisco; pictorial W.D. Co...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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