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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Davis Sewing Machine Company of Watertown N. Y. Stock Certificate, 18722531 - Davis Sewing Machine Company of Watertown N. Y. Stock Certificate, 1872
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 172 for 10 shares to H Munson in 1872. Signed by treasurer LA Johnson and president GA Bagley. Blue large 25c Revenue Stamp. Allegorical vignet
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Estimate : 80.00 - 180.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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2 New York State Liquor Licenses (1909 and 1911)2532 - 2 New York State Liquor Licenses (1909 and 1911)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#25593 issued 1909 to Ambrose Haughey, stained. #23362 issued 1911 to Ambrose Haughey, edge toning and flaking. 7.5" x 15". Date: Lo...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to L******n for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Bowl2533 - Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antique Louis Comfort Tiffany blue/gold metallic Favrile footed bowl. 4" x 7,75" diameter. Very tiny wear places on rim. Bowl is signed, L...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b**********7 for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Antique Steuben Blue/Green Aurene Vase2534 - Antique Steuben Blue/Green Aurene Vase
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antique Steuben blue/green Aurene vase. 8" x 3.5" diameter, excellent condition. Blu-green with gold tones metallic. This vase was made by...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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New York Stocks (3) (Silverware, Glass)2535 - New York Stocks (3) (Silverware, Glass)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) i/u Federal Silverware Co. to Henry Dickinson 1910 #15 39 shares(note damage). 2) i/u New York Opera Glass Supply Co. to Clare Patterson 4893 #7 20
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Assortment of Kewpie Cards2536 - Assortment of Kewpie Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 20 Kewpie cards and vintage postcards. Conceived of by Rose O'Neill, a writer and illustrator in New York City, as a cartoon intended fo...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to m******0 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Extra Rare Indestructible Rubber Company Stock Certificate, 18732537 - Extra Rare Indestructible Rubber Company Stock Certificate, 1873
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 10 for 24 shares to Edward H Robinson in 1873. We could find no reference to this company on the Internet. Signed by secretary Albert Warner an
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Maps of New York & New Jersey2538 - Maps of New York & New Jersey
Holabird Western Americana Collections
County Map of the State of New York, double truck, multi color. Taped at fold 22.5"x15.25". 1 map of New York and Brooklyn. Double truck, ...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
 
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN2539 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot withdrawn. Do Not Bid
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Start Price : 1.00 | Estimate : 2.00 - 3.00
 
 
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Maps of Northwest Coast of America2540 - Maps of Northwest Coast of America
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. 1) U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, from Tomales Bay to the Oregon Line, 32" x 22"; 2) Sketch showing PT. SAL TO TOMALES BAY from...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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