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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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"New Varieties of Coins and Bullion:" Second Edition, 18511127 - "New Varieties of Coins and Bullion:" Second Edition, 1851
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1851. This is the second edition. All plates are present. Outside of little and light foxing, this book is in near perfect condition. 9 x 6". S...
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4 Old Coin Catalogs1128 - 4 Old Coin Catalogs
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1949 American Standard Catalog 111pp, Stevens and Co. Illustrated Coin Catalog 39pp, 2 The Star Rare Coin Encyclopedia and Premium Catalog 206pp. Da
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1860 Nevada City Second of Exchange1129 - 1860 Nevada City Second of Exchange
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From the Metropolitan Bank in New York. To Amelia Miller for $50.00. Beautiful ship vignette in middle and dog guarding gold on left. Bottom right han
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Rare RND Revenue Stamp on Bank of California checks Imprinted Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company1130 - Rare RND Revenue Stamp on Bank of California checks Imprinted Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company
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Set of three checks: 516, 517, and 518. Great steamship vignette. The Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company was founded in 1848 to run mail from Panama to C
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California Check Collection1131 - California Check Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 50. Includes: Bodie I.O.O.F. check, 1895; two different pictorial Yellow-Aster Mining Co. checks, Randsburg, 1906 & 1913; Los Angeles Nat...
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Ayres, Campbell & Company 'ORIGINAL' Pictorial Check, 18561132 - Ayres, Campbell & Company 'ORIGINAL' Pictorial Check, 1856
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1856 check from Ayres & Campbell. To WB Corneau for $901.40. Corneau signs on back. Stamped 'ORIGINAL'. Vignettes of steamer and farmer....
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Virginia City, Montana Check Collection (incl. Rare RNs)1133 - Virginia City, Montana Check Collection (incl. Rare RNs)
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Lot of 24. Two revenue imprinted: Henry Elling (1874, RN-G, allegorical vignette) and Banking House of Raymond, Harrington & Co. (unused, 18--, ...
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Early Montana Financial Documents (Scrip & County Draft)1134 - Early Montana Financial Documents (Scrip & County Draft)
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Lot of two. 1) 1872 Territory of Montana, Madison County, Virginia City. Draft from the treasurer to Newton Dickinson for $1,000 for payment on provis
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Nevada Revenue stamped, Bank of California Certificates of Deposit and one Austin check1135 - Nevada Revenue stamped, Bank of California Certificates of Deposit and one Austin check
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Lot of four. 1) 1870 certificate to Thomas Moore signed by W Blauvelt. For $200. Has a Nevada 2c revenue stamp over a United States 5c. Moore was a fo
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Nevada Check Collection (Comstock, Railroad, Mining)1136 - Nevada Check Collection (Comstock, Railroad, Mining)
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Lot of 8. Includes: 1866 Gould & Curry, Virginia City check signed by Janin, IR and Nevada adhesive revenue stamps; two pictorial State Controll...
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Rare Third of Exchange to Robert Benson for 10,000 Pounds Sterling, New York1137 - Rare Third of Exchange to Robert Benson for 10,000 Pounds Sterling, New York
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We don't see Thirds very often as they stayed with the payee. We don't see an exchange payable in pounds sterling. And we don't see them...
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Eastern US Checks (1854-1982)1138 - Eastern US Checks (1854-1982)
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Lot of 13. 1854 Pocasset Bank in Tiverton, Rhode Island; 1869 New Bedford (adhesive revenue stamp); four First National Bank, New Bedford, 1864-1865,
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