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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Zinc and Lead Mines Stereoviews1408 - Zinc and Lead Mines Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 Stereoviews - all are the same - Shaft House, Smelter and Tailing Pile. Zinc and Lead Mines, Joplin, MO. Date: Location: Joplin, Missouri HW
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Butte MT Souvenir Mine Knife1409 - Butte MT Souvenir Mine Knife
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Metal 2 blade pocket knife with copper jacket "The Original Mine, Butte Mont." 3.25" with brass end ring. Old mining scene on both si...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 90.00
Sold to k**********y for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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21 Mining Scene Postcards at Butte, Montana1410 - 21 Mining Scene Postcards at Butte, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All color. Dates identified are 1907 to 1916 (one outlier 1951). Mines include the Minnie Healy, Speculator, Moonlight, Anaconda, Neversweat, Original
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8***1 for (85.00 + 18.70BP) = 103.70
 
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Butte Mining Black and White RPC's1411 - Butte Mining Black and White RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five: outside scene, hand drilling (2 different), and taking a break. One scene of many miners in hard hats waiting to go down into the mine. W
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6****A for (35.00 + 7.70BP) = 42.70
 
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Butte, Montana Mining Postcards with Publishers Identified1412 - Butte, Montana Mining Postcards with Publishers Identified
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 14 color postcards. All different. Publishers include Julius Fried of Butte (8 cards), WG McFarland, Detroit Photography copyright 1903, EH Mit
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 1*****c for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Oscar Rohn (East Butte Copper Mining Company) Tribute1413 - Oscar Rohn (East Butte Copper Mining Company) Tribute
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rohn was the general manger. Includes a great biography. Nice photograph of him. Lists all (some, most) of the employees at the East Butte Copper Mini
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to s****y for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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The Men of the Butte Mines Postcards1414 - The Men of the Butte Mines Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1908. FIve postcards showing the men (and the mule) of the mines. One Northwestern and one Post Card Shop published. Both from Butte. Mines identifie
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to r***6 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Holter Hardware Mining Archive1415 - Holter Hardware Mining Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Archive of mining and machinery related letters and many pictorial billheads sent to Holter Hardware in Helena, MT. from companies in Utah, Colorado a
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Patent for Placer Gold Claim in Pioneer District, Montana1416 - Patent for Placer Gold Claim in Pioneer District, Montana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Land patent from 1892 for a placer gold claim in the Pioneer District near Deer Lodge MT. 4pp 15" x 10". Date: 1892 Location: Pioneer ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Early Montana Mining Stock Certificates (65+)1417 - Early Montana Mining Stock Certificates (65+)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 11 unissued Gold Hill & Lee Mountain Mining Co. c. 1880's 2) 30 unissued Jay Gould Mining Co. 3) 28 unissued Middle Fork Minining Co. c. ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8***1 for (325.00 + 71.50BP) = 396.50
 
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