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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Austin & Mineral Hill, Nevada Mining Billheads & Ephemera1418 - Austin & Mineral Hill, Nevada Mining Billheads & Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) 1866 billhead for McDaniel & Co. Groceries & Liquor, Austin, Nevada. Billed to Reese River Consolidated Co. for oil and a broom...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to V********e for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Bullfrog First Year Mining Record (Promotional Booklet)1419 - Bullfrog First Year Mining Record (Promotional Booklet)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4pp. The First Year's Record of Bullfrog Nevada and its Marvelous Mines. Large green bullfrog on front and several green bullfrogs on other page...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to r*********r for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Five Bullfrog Region Mining Stock Certificates1420 - Five Bullfrog Region Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lige Harris Bullfrog Gold Mining Co. I/U to Geo. Gibson 1905 #330 500 shares 8.5" x 11", Greenwater Copper Mines and Smelter Co. I/U to Ba...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to A*******d for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Jack Bell Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate1421 - Jack Bell Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to R Smith Gladding 1906 #432 100 shares. Signed by vice president Jack Bell. 5.5" x 10.25". "Jack" Bell, formerly a Denver ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8***1 for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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Montgomery Shoshone Consolidated Stock Certificate Issued to Chas. Schwab1422 - Montgomery Shoshone Consolidated Stock Certificate Issued to Chas. Schwab
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/C 1910/1940 to Chas. M. Schwab #2880 100 shares. Schwab was a major investor in this mine and died in 1939 before this certificate was cancelled.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to A*******d for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Rare Bullfrog Mining Co. Stock Certificate w/ Bullfrog Vignette, 19061423 - Rare Bullfrog Mining Co. Stock Certificate w/ Bullfrog Vignette, 1906
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U 500 shares #2776 extra rare certificate with green bullfrog center vignette as underprint. Not to be confused with original Bullfrog. Signed by pr
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to b*********r for (135.00 + 33.75BP) = 168.75
 
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Grassi Gold Range Mines Company Stock Certificate (Camp Douglas, Nevada)1424 - Grassi Gold Range Mines Company Stock Certificate (Camp Douglas, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Issued to J Elson Smith, October 2, 1910 for 5,000 shares. Number 226. Both signed by C. D. Van Suzer and Geo. W. Holmes. Vignette of underground mine
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to v********r for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Diamondfield-Bullfrog Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1906 (Ghost Town near Goldfield)1425 - Diamondfield-Bullfrog Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1906 (Ghost Town near Goldfield)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extra rare certificate I/U to AJ Litz 1906 #384200 shares. Signed by president Jack Davis. Diamondfield is a ghost town near Goldfield. Date: 1906
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to n*******g for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Four Diamondfield Mining Stock Certificates incl. January Jones signature1426 - Four Diamondfield Mining Stock Certificates incl. January Jones signature
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two certificates from January Jones Leasing and Development Co I/C to CM Cashion 1905 #275 300 shares and I/C to United States Bankers Corp. 1906 #385
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6****A for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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St. Lawrence Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Ely, 19051427 - St. Lawrence Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Ely, 1905
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to FB Abbott 1905 #575 2000 shares. Extra rare. 8.75" x 11.5". Date: 1905 Location: Ely, Nevada HWAC # 53672
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b******a for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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