AUCTION  / 

December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

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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The Mines Handbook Vol. XVI by Weed1338 - The Mines Handbook Vol. XVI by Weed
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From Columbia University library. 2350 pages. Date: Location: HWAC # 53628
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Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8***1 for 274.50
 
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Nome Gold Rush Ivory Gavel1339 - Nome Gold Rush Ivory Gavel
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice c1900 Walrus ivory gavel, with Nome cut out of the surface, and a seal on the other side, all one piece, except the handle (6"). Overall...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 2,500.00
Sold to b*********r for 312.50
 
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Four Good Klondike Gold Rush Stereoviews1340 - Four Good Klondike Gold Rush Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Iconic Keystone view No. 9191 of people Bound for the Klondike Gold Fields, Chilkoot, Alaska. 2) c.1899 Kilburn stereoview No. 13133, Scratching ou
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to b*********r for 62.50
 
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Alaska Mining Stereoview Group (26)1341 - Alaska Mining Stereoview Group (26)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice Alaskan mining stereoview group.Keystone-5 Dogsled, team and driver, 2 Chilkoot Pass, 2 Sheep Camp, A Claim on the Klondike, Haines, prospecting,
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b*********r for 312.50
 
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Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. Certificate1342 - Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scarce. Issued 1947 to Austin Drake Jr, 100 shares and cancelled. Nice vignette of Mt. McKinley and mine in background. 8" x 11.5". Date...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 50.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 112.50
 
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Bisbee Mining Postcards1343 - Bisbee Mining Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eleven framed postcards of Bisbee and mining. Two RPCs, two hand colored. 20.5" x 16.5". Date: Location: Bisbee, Arizona HWAC # 5...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c******u for 150.00
 
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Copper Belt Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 18841344 - Copper Belt Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1884
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Located in Black Hills, AZ. I/U to Lyman Baskins 1884 who is secretary of company. We could not find any info on this company in our library. #131 50
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for 61.00
 
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Three Rare Gold Cliff Mining & Reduction Co. Stock Certificates1345 - Three Rare Gold Cliff Mining & Reduction Co. Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 rare certificates. Gold Cliff Mining and Reduction Co. of Arizona I/U 1897 to Stephen Parrish #101 for 500 shares, #105 for 1000 shares, and #167 fo
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Central Arizona Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 18811346 - Central Arizona Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1881
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to FM Curtis #3357 100 shares. 6.75" x 11.25" "The company owned the Vulture mine located 14 miles by road from Wickenburg at the...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Two Different Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Stock Certificates1347 - Two Different Arizona Giant Copper Mining Co. Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different certificates. #19 issued 1904 to P. Reid 50000 shares, vignette of a little girl on a stool. #25 issued to Dunham 1906 206479 shares. Be
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to M*********B for 62.50
 
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Early Arizona Mining Stock Certificates (34)1348 - Early Arizona Mining Stock Certificates (34)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 14 (6 stained) unissued Gila River Mining Co. c. 1850's 2) 5 unissued Independence Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Co c. 1860's 3) 15...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to s********x for 137.50
 
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Hard to Find Arkansas Healy Oil Stock & Ephemera1349 - Hard to Find Arkansas Healy Oil Stock & Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One 1924 stock certificate in the Healy Consolidated Oil Corporation, and numerous letters, photographs and new story reprinted from the Financial Rep
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Six American Smokeless Coal Co. Gold Bonds1350 - Six American Smokeless Coal Co. Gold Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 687, and No. 793-797. All issued in 1901. None are cancelled. 16 x 10" Office located in Fort Smith, Arkansas. (Prag Collection) Date: ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Consolidated Pacific Mining Company Stock Certificate, Bodie, 18841351 - Consolidated Pacific Mining Company Stock Certificate, Bodie, 1884
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California. No. 3986, issued for 100 shares to Geo. Grant on January 24, 1884. Signed by Warren Holt as president
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 2*****s for 150.00
 
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Borax Smith/Smith Bros. Trade Card1352 - Borax Smith/Smith Bros. Trade Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Smith Brothers Pure Borax trade card. WT Coleman and Co., Coleman was an 1856 vigilante committee chairman. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Death Val
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Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Sold to R********9 for 100.00
 
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Feather River Canal Co. Stock Certificates (22)1353 - Feather River Canal Co. Stock Certificates (22)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
22 unissued certs c. 1890's. The canal was used for gold mining. Date: Location: Feather River, California HWAC # 54426
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to t******2 for 56.25
 
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Natomas Company of California Stock Certificates (Dredging)1354 - Natomas Company of California Stock Certificates (Dredging)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 74. Natomas Company of California book of unissued stocks. The first 24 were issued. The first number in the book is P4725. Gold mining company
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for 50.00
 
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Altona Gravel Mining Company Stock Certificate, 1870, Grass Valley1355 - Altona Gravel Mining Company Stock Certificate, 1870, Grass Valley
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aura Hill, Grass Valley stock certificate #20 for 200 shares to CW Boynton in 1870. Signed by David Wilder and Lewis Reese Jr. This would later become
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to k**********y for 93.75
 
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23 Grass Valley Mining Stock Certificates1356 - 23 Grass Valley Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different companies. 1) Gold Quartz Mining Co. unissued c. 1880's 14 certs, 8 with stains. 2) Grass Valley Water Co. unissued 9 certs Dat...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to t******2 for 137.50
 
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Kennedy Mining and Milling Co. Invoice Book, 1899-19001357 - Kennedy Mining and Milling Co. Invoice Book, 1899-1900
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Invoice book from 1899-1900 #151-198, no covers. 13.75" x 8.5".The Kennedy Gold Mine in Jackson, California, was one of the deepest mines ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for 81.25
 
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