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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Map of California2361 - Map of California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck map of California. PP 102-103. Multicolor, Nevada and Oregon on reverse. 14.5" x 22". Date: Location: California H...
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1885 Map of California2362 - 1885 Map of California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck 1885 Rand McNally map of California pp 488-489. 14.5" x 21". Some toning. Date: Location: California HWAC # 54459
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California Map Collection incl. 1851 San Francisco2363 - California Map Collection incl. 1851 San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 Maps of primarily California, also includes Arizona and Nevada. 1) Double truck, multi color map of California; 2) City map of San Francisco, singl
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to u********y.. for 175.00
 
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2 California Indexed Pocket Maps (1919 and 1920s)2364 - 2 California Indexed Pocket Maps (1919 and 1920s)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1919 Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map and Auto Road Guide, California. 89 pp plus advertisements. c. 1920's Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map, Tour...
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Sold to t********n.. for 56.25
 
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2 Maps of California & Nevada2365 - 2 Maps of California & Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Double Truck, multi color California,/Nevada map South portion California. Asher & Adams. Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. 17.5" x 24&...
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1903 Southern California Pictorial Booklet2366 - 1903 Southern California Pictorial Booklet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1903 published by M. Rieder. 63 pp and 62 b/w photos of San Gabriel Mission, Figueroa Street, Riverside,The Breakers, Salt Fields, Santa Monica, Arch
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 50.00
 
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Picturesque Southern California Booklet, 19032367 - Picturesque Southern California Booklet, 1903
Holabird Western Americana Collections
23 page bound booklet by M. Rieder 1903 with colored views of Southern California. Illustrations of East Lake Park in LA, oranges, Mammouth Wharf, Old
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3 California Tourist Booklets2368 - 3 California Tourist Booklets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 nice California tourist booklets with b/w photos of California scenic and building highlights. California The Wonderland paperbound 22 pp 8"...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d********9 for 93.75
 
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Bank Of America and Bank of Italy Ephemera2369 - Bank Of America and Bank of Italy Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cute "Martian" Bank of America dime saver. Bank of Italy estate solution brochure, deposit slip, annual report 1927 20pp. Date: Loca...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t********n.. for 43.75
 
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California Mining & Other Stock Certificates (55)2370 - California Mining & Other Stock Certificates (55)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 18 Unissued Felton Water Co. 2) 28 unissued Eureka Mining Co. c. 1890's 3) 9 unissued Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson c. 1880's Date: ...
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Capital Woolen Mills Stock Certificates (50) (Sacramento)2371 - Capital Woolen Mills Stock Certificates (50) (Sacramento)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 50 unissued certificates, Capital Woolen Mills. c 1860's. Date: c1860s Location: California HWAC # 54412
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for 68.75
 
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California & Western Chinese Business Cards2372 - California & Western Chinese Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Wing Chung Lung & Co, Importers Chinese & Japanese Bazaar, 1321 Washington Street, Oakland, CA. 2.5" x 4.5" 2) Leong...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for 75.00
 
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California Business Cards, c.1880-19102373 - California Business Cards, c.1880-1910
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 50 California business cards, many pictorial. Includes: Truckee Coffee Shop and Soda Fountain; colorful and pictorial Schmidt Lithograph Co.,
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for 200.00
 
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California & Western Trade Cards, c.1880-18902374 - California & Western Trade Cards, c.1880-1890
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13, mostly California. Included: Cook & Knox (Pharmacists, Merced), Sanborn, Vail & Co. (San Francisco), 2x John W. Roberts (SF), W. ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to m******0 for 37.50
 
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California Wine Country Trade Cards2375 - California Wine Country Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 trade cards from St. Helena, Napa, Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Eureka CA. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: California HWAC # 54130
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to m******0 for 31.25
 
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Central California Trade Cards2376 - Central California Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Lodi, 4 Stockton, 4 Hollister, 1 Modesto. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: California HWAC # 54127
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to m******0 for 18.75
 
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Northern CA Trade Cards2377 - Northern CA Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 Chico, 1 Oroville, 1 Woodland trade cards. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: California HWAC # 54128
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to b*********r for 25.00
 
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Southern California Trade Cards2378 - Southern California Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 Southern CA trade cards from Riverside, Arrowhead, Oceanside, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles. Date: Location: California
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to t******2 for 37.50
 
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California Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) Cards plus Fireman's Card2379 - California Native Sons of the Golden West (NSGW) Cards plus Fireman's Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 pictorial, colorful member cards.. Most are NSGW including: Sacramento, Maxwell, Hayward, Nevada City, Davisville, two Auburn, Merced, and S
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 93.75
 
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Native Sons of the Golden West Medal2380 - Native Sons of the Golden West Medal
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare item we have never seen before from an organization of men who were born in California whose mission it would be to preserve the state's ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to D******a for 87.50
 
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