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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Fire Fighting Postcard Collection2611 - Fire Fighting Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One hundred vintage postcards depicting fire fighting, fire departments, fire houses, and cartooning about fire fighters. Date: Location:
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a******4 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Fire Fighting Postcard Collection 22612 - Fire Fighting Postcard Collection 2
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One hundred forty vintage postcards depicting fire fighting, fire departments, fire houses, and cartooning about fire fighters. Date: Location:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to a******4 for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Circus Ephemera (Letterhead, Cover, Scrip)2613 - Circus Ephemera (Letterhead, Cover, Scrip)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. 1) Illustrated letterhead and cover for the King Bros. & Cristiani Circus (Cincinnati, Ohio). Unmailed. 2) 1933 scrip for the 50th ann...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a**********5 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Old Theatrical Photographs (Mainly of Flood and Hayes)2614 - Old Theatrical Photographs (Mainly of Flood and Hayes)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 theatrical acts posing. Flood and Hayes-novelty jumpers with drawn on bowties and shirt seam 5.5" x 3.75". Flood and Hayes with 3 wood c...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to u********y.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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2 Acrobat Photo Cards2615 - 2 Acrobat Photo Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An acrobat sitting on 4 wooden barrels ( 2 lower corners missing) and then jumping on a barrel(some staining and tape residue on rear). By Willyerd St
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to u********y.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Photo Card of a Giantress!2616 - Photo Card of a Giantress!
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Husted photographer, 1899. Photo of Ella Ewing standing next to a man and woman, 8' 4", age 26, 256#. She's tall! Date: Location:...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to S*****8 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Carter The Great Promo Items2617 - Carter The Great Promo Items
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small pad of Carter the Great advertising seat receipts, mauve paper 2.75" x 4.5". Sealed Carter the Great pictorial envelope, "The F...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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George, Supreme Master of Magic Poster2618 - George, Supreme Master of Magic Poster
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Triumph American Tour "George", Supreme Master of Magic Poster. Matted and framed. 41" X 29". Grover C. George's born ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Four Magic Catalogs2619 - Four Magic Catalogs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Heaney's Magic Co. catalog 25 1924 224pp. Invitation to a Valentines Party 1950 with attached 5.75" wand. 2 Heaney's catalog No. 24 96p...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Nine Magic Trick Catalogs2620 - Nine Magic Trick Catalogs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1938 Magic Tricks, Tricks and How to Do Them, small book. 1938 Riddles to Guess, small booklet. Simple Conjuring Tricks by Goldston 1913 124pp. El Mod
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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