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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Carlsbad Cavern and City Postcards1658 - Carlsbad Cavern and City Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of sixteen. Eleven black and white RPC's of the cavern. All different. Also Grand Cafe, city overview, lunch room, and elevator building. ...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6****A for (30.00 + 6.60BP) = 36.60
 
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Bigler Farm Ranch, Las Vegas Black and White RPC1659 - Bigler Farm Ranch, Las Vegas Black and White RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
G339x. Rare. Date: Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico HWAC # 53976
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Lordsburg and Gallup, New Mexico RPCs1660 - Lordsburg and Gallup, New Mexico RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Lordsburg. Unused. Nice contrast. Showing the Hotel Hidalgo. 2) Casa Linda Court RPC in Gallup. 1938. Date: Location: Lordsburg, New Mexico
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Hotel Stratford Real Photo Postcard (Lordsburg, New Mexico)1661 - Hotel Stratford Real Photo Postcard (Lordsburg, New Mexico)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Hotel Stratford which housed the stagecoach passengers and notables as well as the bad men of the southwest in the early days." D-89. The...
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Car Wreck in Blue Canyon, Socorro, New Mexico Real Photo Postcard1662 - Car Wreck in Blue Canyon, Socorro, New Mexico Real Photo Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black and White RPC of a car on its side and (presumably) its two passengers standing next to it! Date: Location: Socorro, New Mexico HWAC # 5
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to r****b for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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1911 Tucumcari RPC of the Town from Its Outskirts Plus One Other1663 - 1911 Tucumcari RPC of the Town from Its Outskirts Plus One Other
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Talk about a town with a history: it is famous as a town full of saloons and outlaws. It is named for a the town was nicknamed "Six-Shooter Sid...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Ancient Indians of New Mexico - Postcards1664 - Ancient Indians of New Mexico - Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. 1) Pueblo of Santa Clara. 2) Pueblo of Laguna. 3) Streets of Acoma. 4) Pueblo woman making bread. 5) Interior scene of Kiva. Colro RPC.
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Buildings in New Mexico - Postcard Collection with RPC's1665 - Buildings in New Mexico - Postcard Collection with RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eleven. Five RPC's: 1) First National Bank of Foxtales. No postmark but has been hand cancelled???. 2) Las Vegas Junior High. 3) Tucumcar...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Churches of New Mexico - Postcards1666 - Churches of New Mexico - Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. 1) 1911 RPC of the Episcopal Church in East Las Vegas. CEJD. 2) San Miguel Church in Santa Fe. Copyright 1908, St. Michael's Colleg...
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Four Ranch Postcards - Including Anamis Headquarters RPC1667 - Four Ranch Postcards - Including Anamis Headquarters RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Note on back of Animas Headquarters RPC says, "Here's the fireplace and family. There is a big bookcase full of all sorts of books, Conr...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to a********y.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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