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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Illinois Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1240Illinois Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Illinois All Southern California Picnic Reunion, all day long, October 15 year unknown, Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles.Pacific Electric Railway. 6...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Iowa Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1241Iowa Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hawkeyes go the the great picnic reunion Saturday Feb. 25 year unknown. Lincoln Park, Los Angeles. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 18". Som...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****a for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
Minnesota Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1242Minnesota Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gophers Don't Forget the Minnesota Picnic Reunion, Saturday September 23 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 18". Date: ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****a for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
New England Picnic Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1243New England Picnic Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six state picnics, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, All New Englanders at Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Sa
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
New York, Washington Oregon Picnic Reunion Broadside(Pacific Electric Railway)1244New York, Washington Oregon Picnic Reunion Broadside(Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
New York, Washington Oregon Picnic Reunion, Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. October 14 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 18"....
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*****L for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
South Dakota Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1245South Dakota Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
South Dakotans you are invited to the All Southern California Picnic Reunion Sunday September 17 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 1...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****a for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
West Virginia Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1246West Virginia Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lets go to the West Virginia Picnic Reunion, Saturday, Oct. 22 year unknown. Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 1...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Wolverines Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1247Wolverines Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Former residents of and visitors from Michigan are invited to a picnic reunion Saturday Sept. 16 year unknown. Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Pacif
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****a for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Navy Day Celebration Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1248Navy Day Celebration Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Navy Day Celebration San Pedro, Oct. 27 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 18". Date: Location: San Pedro, California HW...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m*****s for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
Canadian Picnic and Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1249Canadian Picnic and Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Annual Mid-Summer Canadian Picnic and Reunion Sunday August 27 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 18". Date: Location: zC...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*****L for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Los Angeles Railroad Ephemera1250Los Angeles Railroad Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 30 items. Timetables from Metro-Lines, Metropolitan Transit Authority, Metropolitan Coach Lines, Santa Fe, Pacific Electric, Southern Pacific,
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
Nevada County RR Ephemera1251Nevada County RR Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) The Western Railroader, vol. 25, 1962; 2) Railfan Excursions on the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1938; 3) two blank Storage Bills for the N
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6******n for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
Placerville, CA Railroad & Other Ephemera1252Placerville, CA Railroad & Other Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Old color card from M. A. Washburne druggist in Placerville with 2 girls in robes. 5.75" x 4.5". Expense Bill from 1880 to Sacramento &am...
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to b*******g for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
Ephemera from 3 Different Sacramento Area Railroads1253Ephemera from 3 Different Sacramento Area Railroads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 small Sacramento Northern Railway timetables. Pass and ticket from Central California Traction Co., 1912 and 1917. Sacramento Northern Train Service
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6******n for (65.00 + 14.30BP) = 79.30
Sacramento Railroad Ephemera from 3 Railroads1254Sacramento Railroad Ephemera from 3 Railroads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. 1) Rare 1880 Expense Bill for the Sacramento & Placerville Railroad Company for transport of 91 boxes of fruit. 5" x 8" On A...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Piedmont and Mountain View Railways Stocks (2)1255Piedmont and Mountain View Railways Stocks (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
i/c to Credda Otis 1895 #43 25 shares. Unissued #489. Formerly the Piedmont Cable Company. Street railway in Oakland. Date: Location: Oakland, C
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6******n for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
2 Rare San Francisco and Bay Counties Railway Stocks12562 Rare San Francisco and Bay Counties Railway Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
i/c to F.Havens 1908 #7, unissued #83. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 55730
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6******n for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
Ocean Shore Railroad Related Collection1257Ocean Shore Railroad Related Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1914 folded San Francisco and San Mateo map, 20" x 23.5" multiple fold tears, taped repair, rear stain. Map of San Mateo and San Pedro 20&...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
Ocean Shore Railway Rare Bond, 19051258Ocean Shore Railway Rare Bond, 1905
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very Rare $1000 5% 30 year bond, #2426. Green US currency color and street car vignette. Signed by president Harvey. Date: Location: San Francisc
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
Yosemite Related Railroad Ephemera1259Yosemite Related Railroad Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sugar Pine Railway 1917 conductors report. 4 Hetch Hetchy Railroad accounts receivable notes, 1924 with 2.5" tear. 4 Tickets/passes from Sierra...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to u********y.. for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75