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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World Oil Company Stock Certificate and Ephemera1538World Oil Company Stock Certificate and Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 36. Stock certificates and ephemera about the World Oil Company circa 1928-1936. Two stock certificates, 1925 and 1926. One article from Kamp...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Two French Utah Mining Certificates1539Two French Utah Mining Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 French Utah silver mine bond certificates. Green Comet Smelting Works #64381 16.25" x 12.5". Brown Cactus Mining Co. #13291-13295 5 shar...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m******0 for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
Collection Of Utah Mining Postcards1540Collection Of Utah Mining Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
44 cards. 31 RPC's, 2 B/W, 11 chromolitho. Various Utah mining views of Utah Copper Mine, Utah Copper Workings, Centennial Eureka Mine, Highlan...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Mining Scales Ephemera (Billheads, Catalogs, Trade Card)1541Mining Scales Ephemera (Billheads, Catalogs, Trade Card)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) Illustrated Price List of Fairbanks' Standard Scales, Manufactured by E & T Fairbanks & Co., St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 24 pag...
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Fortunatus Mining And Milling Co. Stock Certificate, 1894, Wyoming1542Fortunatus Mining And Milling Co. Stock Certificate, 1894, Wyoming
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorporated in 1891 in Colorado by New York investors. I/U to Samuel Mardwell 1894, #922, 100 shares. 6.75" x 11.5". Wyoming ghost town o...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d**********1 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
3 South Africa Diamond Mining Stereoviews15433 South Africa Diamond Mining Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 South Africa mining stereoviews: 1) Taking Out the Diamondiferous Blue Earth, Wesselton Diamond Mines, Kimberly, Africa. 2) Across the Mammoth Pits
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 150.00
Eight US Mining Stock Certificates & Bonds1544Eight US Mining Stock Certificates & Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. Included: two pictorial 1865 certificates for Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company; two 1901 American Smokeless Coal Co. $1,000 bonds, not...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
World Oil Company Ephemera1545World Oil Company Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17. Eight envelopes used to mail some of the ephemera. Stockholders Protective Committee correspondence concerning the World Oil Company, 1931.
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Anchorage Real Photo Postcards1546Anchorage Real Photo Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15 views of Anchorage from the 1920s through the 1960s. Aerial views, residential neighborhoods and public buildings. Date: Location: Anch
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Photo Postcards of Circle City and Barrow, Alaska1547Photo Postcards of Circle City and Barrow, Alaska
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 cards including river boat "Yukon", U.S. mail dog sled team, eskimo drummers, cutting bowhead whale, Cape Smythe Whaling and Trad...
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Four Real Photo Postcards of Hyder, Alaska1548Four Real Photo Postcards of Hyder, Alaska
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four unused photograph cards from Hyder, "just over the line from Stewart, B.C." U.S. Government block house, birdseye view. and tw...
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Scenic Old Photographs of Nome & Juneau, Alaska1549Scenic Old Photographs of Nome & Juneau, Alaska
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six old photographs: Nome in 1909, the interior of the Modini's Cafe, street scene, also a picture attributed to Juneau. Date: Location: N...
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Real Photo Postcards from Wrangell, Alaska1550Real Photo Postcards from Wrangell, Alaska
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 photographic post cards from Wrangell. All have album residue on reverse and are unwritten. View from across the bay, birdseye, and on the sh
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Real Photo Postcards of Alaskan Glaciers1551Real Photo Postcards of Alaskan Glaciers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 48 photo post cards of glaciers that may not be there anymore. Muir, Mendennhall, Taku, Columbia, Childs, Norris glaciers all represented.
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Grand Canyon Black and White RPCs1552Grand Canyon Black and White RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Total of eleven, Ten RPC's. Shows lodge and scenery. Please see photos online. Date: Location: Grand Canyon, Arizona HWAC # 54046
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Grand Canyon Color Postcards1553Grand Canyon Color Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty-six total. 1904 to 1935. Some duplicates. Two petrified forest and one Canyon Diablo with railroad bridge included. Date: Location: Grand
Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8***1 for (35.00 + 7.70BP) = 42.70
Grand Canyon Color Real Photo Postcards1554Grand Canyon Color Real Photo Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twelve color RPCs. Fourteen total. Shows lodge, buildings and the canyon. Please see photos online. Date: Location: Grand Canyon, Arizona HWAC
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8***1 for (25.00 + 5.50BP) = 30.50
Hopi and Navajo Color Postcards1555Hopi and Navajo Color Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nine total - five different. Shows traditional housing and Native Americans at work and play. Includes postcards of the Canyon Souvenir Shop of Verkam
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to s********x for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
Wiltsie's Taxidermy and Western Den Shop, Bishop, California, Real Photo Postcard1556Wiltsie's Taxidermy and Western Den Shop, Bishop, California, Real Photo Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Business belonging to Dave Wiltsie. "A modern store of unusual architecture constructed of materials of historic interest." Truly a unique...
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to i*****l for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
Donner Lake Postcards1557Donner Lake Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. One black and White RCPC and three color RPC's. Includes a 1920 Meyers and an Emerald Bay. Date: Location: Donner, California ...
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00