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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Red Bluff, CA Trade Card Assortment2231 - Red Bluff, CA Trade Card Assortment
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 trade cards from Red Bluff CA including furniture, shoes, groceries and more. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Red Bluff, California HWAC # 5
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 75.00
 
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Sacramento, CA Trade Cards2232 - Sacramento, CA Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
18 Sacramento CA trade cards including granite works, painter, watchmaker, candy and more. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Sacramento, California
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to t******2 for 62.50
 
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Capital Woolen Mills Stock Certificate, 1869, Sacramento2233 - Capital Woolen Mills Stock Certificate, 1869, Sacramento
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to Tho. McCornell in 1869. #33 for 10 shares, signed by president Leonard Goss and secretary J. Frank Clark. 4" x 10". According to a ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*********r for 56.25
 
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Crocker Family Indentures/Deeds2234 - Crocker Family Indentures/Deeds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four papers from the Crocker Family of Sacramento, California. Two Grazing Lease papers from Mary Ives Crocker to Pona Brown for land at Michigan Bar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to u********y.. for 31.25
 
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Sacramento, Stockton and Lodi Ephemera Assortment2235 - Sacramento, Stockton and Lodi Ephemera Assortment
Holabird Western Americana Collections
19 items. 2 cabinet cards- a moustached man, a cute young irl with her rocking horse. Program from Inauguration Ceremonies 1/4/1971, Sacramento. Franc
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 56.25
 
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San Diego Ephemera Assortment2236 - San Diego Ephemera Assortment
Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 pieces of San Diego ephemera. Pictorial letterhead from Hotel Pickwick, old beach photo, 1910 letter on pictorial letterhead from San Diego Hat Fact
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 68.75
 
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Gold Rush San Francisco City Bond signed by DJ Tallant2237 - Gold Rush San Francisco City Bond signed by DJ Tallant
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bond #7893, for $500, signed by D.J. Tallant. 72 coupons, with 30 punch canceled. Mounted on thick cream color paper. D.J. Tallant joined Thomas Well
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to m**********i for 200.00
 
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Gold Rush-Era Fireman's Steamer Pass2238 - Gold Rush-Era Fireman's Steamer Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pass for the Anniversary Excursion on board the Steamer Contra Costa for Howard Engine Company No. 3. Tuesday, June 15th, 1858. Printed on very thick
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to n*******c for 312.50
 
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1858 Bond of the City and County of San Francisco2239 - 1858 Bond of the City and County of San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cancelled Bond of the City & County of San Francisco, with 16 attached coupons, Bond #225 for $1000. Signed by E.Y. Burr(?) President of Supervi...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 87.50
 
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1859 Bond of the City and County of San Francisco2240 - 1859 Bond of the City and County of San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bond #224, for $1000, signed by Board of Supervisors, auditor and treasurer. Redeemed August 31, 1880. 59 coupons attached. Vignette of a large buildi
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******9 for 137.50
 
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