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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Fairview Mining Stock Certificate Collection and Prospectus1428 - Fairview Mining Stock Certificate Collection and Prospectus
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Prospectus from Fairview Lone Pine Mining Co. 8pp all detached with center double truck claim map. 2 folds with small tears on folds 11.75" x 9...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t******2 for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Gold Crest Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Gold Mountain, NV, 19051429 - Gold Crest Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Gold Mountain, NV, 1905
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to Geo. Gibson 1905, signed by president.1000 shares 8" x 10.25". Date: Location: Gold Mountain, Nevada HWAC # 53661
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to r********5 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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State Line Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 18811430 - State Line Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1881
Holabird Western Americana Collections
State Line Gold Mining Co. No. 2 U/I to LK Taylor 1881 #3490 50 shares signed by vice president 7.75" x 10.75". Gold Mountain (later renam...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 125.00
Sold to 2*****s for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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3 Goldfield Mining Prospectuses1431 - 3 Goldfield Mining Prospectuses
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 pp Forward Mining Development Co., Goldfield and Bullfrog 9" x 4". 12pp Goldfield Mascot Mining Co. 9" x 4". 19pp Goldfield B...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Annual Edition 1905-1906 Goldfield News1432 - Annual Edition 1905-1906 Goldfield News
Holabird Western Americana Collections
52pp with articles including Pilgrims of the Desert, Nevada history, Bonanza Florence Mine, January Mine, The Jumbo, Capt. John A. Hassell, Albert S.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 6*****b for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Blue Quartz Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate w. Vignette of Goldfield, 19061433 - Blue Quartz Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate w. Vignette of Goldfield, 1906
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U 1906 to John Donnellan & Co. #265 1000 shares. Vignette of Goldfield, signed by president Smith. Extra rare, has small tears at top and bott...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to M*********B for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Goldfield, 19141434 - C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Goldfield, 1914
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to Edward Jones 1914 #2118 100 shares, pink diamond vignette, 6" x 9.5". Date: 1914 Location: Goldfield, Nevada HWAC # 53671
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Goldfield Mining Ephemera Collection1435 - Goldfield Mining Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 32 items including Nevada Silver Centennial cacheted First Day Cover from Virginia City, 6/8/1959, receipts 1905-1920's from Western Ore ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6*****b for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (11)1436 - Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates (11)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
11 different Goldfield stocks. Goldfield Peerless Mining Co., Auxer Gold Mines, Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., Goldfield Commonwealth Mining Co., G
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 6*****b for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Three Daisy Mining Area Stock Certificates (Goldfield, NV)1437 - Three Daisy Mining Area Stock Certificates (Goldfield, NV)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All are related to mines in this area near McMahon Ridge in Goldfield, NV. Goldfield Daisy Mining Syndicate I/U to Seligman & Meyer 1907 #360310...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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