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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Chinese in San Francisco Interior Scene Postcards1578Chinese in San Francisco Interior Scene Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. Mostly inside. Wide variety: telephone exchange, restaurant, telephone exchange, opium, Joss temple, drug store, etc. Two Britton & ...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to c*********n for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
Chinese Youth in San Francisco Postcard Group1579Chinese Youth in San Francisco Postcard Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Earliest is postmarked 1906. Lot of ten. Please see photo online. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 53940
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Dragon Parade Postcard Collection1580Dragon Parade Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten (three duplicates). Postmarks are 1907 to 1911 (one 1951). Please see photos online for content! Date: Location: San Francisco, Calif
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to b*******n for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
Postcard Collection of Chinese Youth in San Francisco1581Postcard Collection of Chinese Youth in San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. Dated 1903 to 1906. All are "Address Only" early postcards. Seven Britton & Rey, two Edward H Mitchell, one Rieder. One pri...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
RPC of the Dragon Dance Parade, San Francisco1582RPC of the Dragon Dance Parade, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Real Photo Postcard of the annual parade in San Francisco. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 53918
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
San Francisco Chinatown Businesses Postcards1583San Francisco Chinatown Businesses Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Drug store, Restaurant, telephone station, sidewalk jeweler, butcher, laundry, House of Ming, Canton Bazaar, Sing Chong Company. Laundry postcard is a
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to c*********n for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
San Francisco Chinatown Color RPC's1584San Francisco Chinatown Color RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fifteen Real Photo Postcards. Mostly street scenes. A few at night. Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 53945
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******n for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
San Francisco Earthquake Survival Postcard1585San Francisco Earthquake Survival Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stamped on back: Mr and Mrs Wong Sun Yue (Clements) dug from the Ruins, 535 Grant Ave., San Francisco. Black and white RPC. Date: c1906 Location:
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to e*****r for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
Sing Chong and Sing Fat Advertising Postcards1586Sing Chong and Sing Fat Advertising Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of Eighteen. All different in some way! Sometimes it is a change in wording and sometimes it is a slight change in the picture, but all are differ
Estimate : 70.00 - 170.00
Sold to c*********n for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
Six Older San Francisco Postcards - "Address Only" on Reverse1587Six Older San Francisco Postcards - "Address Only" on Reverse
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes Chinese at Sutro Heights (Edward W Mitchell), group of Chinese children, Chinese belle and servant (Britton & Rey), Chinese fortune tel...
Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00