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December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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Ten Small Town Idaho RPCs1638 - Ten Small Town Idaho RPCs
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Include: a dirt Freeze Out Grade at Emmett, Rupert church, Payette river, Mackay tramway and compressor, Bonners Ferry street scene, Mountain Home, He
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Thirteen Small Town Idaho Postcards1639 - Thirteen Small Town Idaho Postcards
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Includes: Payette saw mill, Payette street scene, a Council bird's eye, Kamiah bird's eye, DeLamar bird's eye, Silver City bird's ey...
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Two Idaho Dog Sled Race RPC's1640 - Two Idaho Dog Sled Race RPC's
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1) Handwritten Ashton c1921-25. 2) Says "winner of 50 mile race was a native boy." Nice combo! Date: Location: Idaho HWAC # 54534
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Butte Envelope and Postcard1641 - Butte Envelope and Postcard
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This is a lot of two. 1) Postcard dated June 16, 1910. The image shows the western side of Butte. 2) Issued mailed envelope dated May 19, 1938 from B
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Butte, Montana Postcard Collection1642 - Butte, Montana Postcard Collection
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Lot of 12. 6 black and white RPCs, 2 black and white, 1 color RPC, and 3 color. Include overviews, fish hatchery, Elk Horn Fence, Park Street and trol
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Helena, Montana Postcard Collection1643 - Helena, Montana Postcard Collection
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19 total cards. 6 black and white RPC's. 1905 to 1937. Includes a buggy laden main street (1905), state capitol, US Armory (1937, Jorud photo), ...
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Five Postal History Covers with Contents (Lots of Pictorial Material)1644 - Five Postal History Covers with Contents (Lots of Pictorial Material)
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1-2) H Herbst Importing Company. Advertising and selling John E. Fitzgerald whiskey. Both envelopes have a full size pictorial on reverse of cover and
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Three Postal History Covers to Montana with Contents (Two Pictorial)1645 - Three Postal History Covers to Montana with Contents (Two Pictorial)
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1) Pictorial Briggs, Cooper & Company. Image of Home Brand Peaches. St. Paul, Minn. 1908. Order included; 2) Pictorial The Quaker Oats Company....
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Two Advertising Envelopes w/ Letters from Tobacco Companies to Montana1646 - Two Advertising Envelopes w/ Letters from Tobacco Companies to Montana
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1) Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co. addressed to Mr. Buford, Virginia City, Mont., 1896. This envelope also carried two Memos of Understanding fro...
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Billings, Bozeman and Great Falls Postcards1647 - Billings, Bozeman and Great Falls Postcards
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Lot of seven. Three black and white RPCs. 1914 to 1953. Includes the lobby at the new Hotel Rainbow in Great Falls (Charles E Morris of Great Falls pu
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to b******d for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Montana and the Great Outdoors Postcards1648 - Montana and the Great Outdoors Postcards
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Five black and white real photo postcards. These RPC's include Morrison Cave, Chico Hot Springs, Little Rockies Frontier Camp, Sixteen Mile Cany...
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Postcards of the Wild West in Montana (8)1649 - Postcards of the Wild West in Montana (8)
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Postcards from the Havre & badlands, Harbin & Custer, and Virginia City. 8 total. 7 RPC's. One duplicate. Date: Location: Montan...
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Smaller Town Montana Postcards (13)1650 - Smaller Town Montana Postcards (13)
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Harlowtown, Livingston, Libby, Glendive, Roundup, Glasgow, West Yellowstone. Thirteen total. 9 black and white RPC's. Includes a Glendive where ...
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Old Fire Station, Eureka, Nevada Real Photo Postcard1651 - Old Fire Station, Eureka, Nevada Real Photo Postcard
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Knob Hill FD, the oldest fire department in Nevada. Bell tower to summons the firefighters to a fire. Black and white real photo postcard. White borde
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Sold to r****3 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Rare 3-Panel Real Photo Panoramic Postcard of Rawhide, Nevada1652 - Rare 3-Panel Real Photo Panoramic Postcard of Rawhide, Nevada
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Wow! 1908 unused 3 panel real photo postcard showing a bird's-eye view of booming Rawhide, Nevada, only 2 years after the initial discovery. Pri...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to V********e for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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RPC Postmarked Reno, Nevada - Great Small Town Scene!1653 - RPC Postmarked Reno, Nevada - Great Small Town Scene!
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RPC postmarked Reno, Nevada. Image, possibly outside Reno. Written message at bottom of card, addressed to friend in Oakland, California. We are not s
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Sold to r****3 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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RPC Postmarked Reno, Nevada1654 - RPC Postmarked Reno, Nevada
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RPC postmarked Reno, Nevada; photo probably somewhere near Reno. To Rose from Harriet. Rose is in Oakland, California. Date: 1908 Location: Reno,
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to V********e for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN1655 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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Lot withdrawn. Do Not Bid
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Four Postcards of Nevada (Virginia City, Tonopah, Rhyolite)1656 - Four Postcards of Nevada (Virginia City, Tonopah, Rhyolite)
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Three RPC's: Tonopah, Nevada; V & T Passenger Train at Virginia City, Nev.; and Historic Old Piper Opera House, built during 1880's, Vir...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to F********h for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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RPC of flood in Aztec, New Mexico - 19091657 - RPC of flood in Aztec, New Mexico - 1909
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Identified as September 6, 1909. Black and white RPC with great contrast. Uinque? Date: Location: Aztec, New Mexico HWAC # 54005
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