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 Postcards1578 - Chinese 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 & ...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to c*********n for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Chinese Youth in San Francisco Postcard Group1579 - Chinese 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
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Dragon Parade Postcard Collection1580 - Dragon 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
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to b*******n for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Postcard Collection of Chinese Youth in San Francisco1581 - Postcard 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...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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RPC of the Dragon Dance Parade, San Francisco1582 - RPC 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
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
 
 
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San Francisco Chinatown Businesses Postcards1583 - San 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
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to c*********n for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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San Francisco Chinatown Color RPC's1584 - San 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
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******n for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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San Francisco Earthquake Survival Postcard1585 - San 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:
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to e*****r for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Sing Chong and Sing Fat Advertising Postcards1586 - Sing 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
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Estimate : 70.00 - 170.00
Sold to c*********n for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Six Older San Francisco Postcards - "Address Only" on Reverse1587 - Six 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...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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