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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New Mexico Postcard Lot1668 - New Mexico Postcard Lot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve: soldiers, town greetings, artesian well, reprint of 1914 Cleve Brown of Silver City reprint, Billy the Kid headstone by the S. W. Post
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Five New Mexico Town RPCs1669 - Five New Mexico Town RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Main Street Clayton. 2) Overview of Red River. 3) Room where Governor Bent was murdered in Taos. 4) Hot Springs overview. 5) Grocery store in old L
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m******0 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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New Mexico Town Views - Postcards1670 - New Mexico Town Views - Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of thirteen. Black and white RPCs include Main Street Las Cruces, Silver City overview and Albuquerque overview. Black and White postcards include
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Three Small Town New Mexico RPC's with Postmarks1671 - Three Small Town New Mexico RPC's with Postmarks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) November 25, 1909 Dexter, New Mexico main street with plenty of buggies and wagons and no cars. 2) 1910 tree lined Dexter, New Mexico. RPC. 3) 1941
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First Flight Trans-Atlantic Mail Service, 19391672 - First Flight Trans-Atlantic Mail Service, 1939
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"First Flight Mam 18." 30 cent Trans-Atlantic blue stamp. New York to Lisbon written on card. Reverse is stamped "LISBOA-Central / 3a...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to k*******2 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Three Magnus Full Face Unused Covers of Baltimore and Annapolis1673 - Three Magnus Full Face Unused Covers of Baltimore and Annapolis
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes a faded brown Reminiscence of Baltimore, Maryland, Federal Hill, brown Annapolis No.1 and and black Annapolis No.2. All unused. Charles Magnu
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Four Nice Panorama Postcards of Pendleton, Oregon1674 - Four Nice Panorama Postcards of Pendleton, Oregon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Identified dates are 1912 and 1913. Three RPC's: 1) No. 43 Business District, 2) No. 41 Residence Section (from M Parletin who has marked his re...
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Pendleton, Oregon Postcards of Buildings1675 - Pendleton, Oregon Postcards of Buildings
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Postcards are dated from 1906 to 1928. Four RPC's: St Anthony's Hospital, Pendleton Hotel (Smith), Temple Hotel (Smith) and Post Office (Smi...
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Pendleton, Oregon Railroad RPC's1676 - Pendleton, Oregon Railroad RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three. 1) Unidentified photographer of the depot of the O. W. R. R. & N. 2) Brown sepia of the same depot. 3) Main Street Bridge over the...
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Pendleton, Oregon Street Scene Black and White RPC's1677 - Pendleton, Oregon Street Scene Black and White RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five different views of downtown Pendleton. Two at night. Two photos by Ellis and three by Smith. Great contrast in the photos! Date: Location: P
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
 
 
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