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)





SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Four Different Florence Mine Stock Certificates, Goldfield1448Four Different Florence Mine Stock Certificates, Goldfield
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Possibly all related to or named after the famous Florence mine in Goldfield, NV. Baby Florence Mining Co. I/U to MD Shipman 1907 #563 1000 shares, I
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c****o for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates and Mining District Map1449Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates and Mining District Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck map of Goldfield mining district with perspective view 11" x 17" with 3.25" lower left tear. Milltown Fractional Mining ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r***6 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Goldfield North Star Mining Co. Stock Certificate Signed by George Wingfield1450Goldfield North Star Mining Co. Stock Certificate Signed by George Wingfield
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U to RJ Anderson 1906 #221 500 shares. Extra rare with Geo. Wingfield signature 8.5" x 11". Date: 1906 Location: Goldfield, Nevada...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 6********u.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
Goldfield Prospectus, Pictorial Letterhead, & Other Ephemera1451Goldfield Prospectus, Pictorial Letterhead, & Other Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Prospectus of Forward Mining Development Co, Goldfield and Bullfrog, NV. 12pp 9.25" x 4". Pictorial letterhead Interstate Consolidated Min...
Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
Sold to F********h for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
Five Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates1452Five Different Goldfield Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Reorganized Atlanta Mines I/U 1918 to James Rusling 1918 #5205 100 shares signed by vice president WE Zoebel 8.75" x 12". Goldfield Somers...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r*********r for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Goldfield-Candelaria Cooperative Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 19151453Goldfield-Candelaria Cooperative Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1915
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare I/U to Forrest Blanding 1915 #638 300 shares. Properties in Goldfield and Candelaria. Signed by president McCarthy. 8.25" x 10.75". ...
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to V********e for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
Great Bend Mining Stock Certificates, 1906-07, Goldfield, Nevada1454Great Bend Mining Stock Certificates, 1906-07, Goldfield, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Located in the gut of Goldfield, NV. Great Bend Annex Mines Co. I/U to Winthorp Smith & Co. 1907 #791, 792 and 798, 100 shares each. 8" x 1...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Gut of Goldfield Ephemera and Stock Certificates1455Gut of Goldfield Ephemera and Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Announcement form Frederic D. Siebert 1930's opening as an Engineer of Mines 8.5" x 5.5", Goldfield Daily Tribune 11/29/1926. Red Top ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i**b for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
Heart of Goldfield Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 19051456Heart of Goldfield Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1905
Holabird Western Americana Collections
I/U 1905 to Charles Ahl #181 2000 shares. Signed by president Mackenzie. Rare item. 8" x 11.25". Date: 1905 Location: Goldfield, Neva...
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to c*********p for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
January Jones Co. Market Letter (Prospectus)1457January Jones Co. Market Letter (Prospectus)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6pp Market Letter of the January Jones Co. Inc., undated. Jones was a big promoter of Southwest Nevada. Panorama of Bonanza section of Goldfield, brie
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p*****0 for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00