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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Clark's Place Token (Pioche, Nevada)1070 - Clark's Place Token (Pioche, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: Clark's Place / Pioche, / Nevada / L.A. rub. Stamp Co.; Rev.: Good For / 5c / In Trade; B, C, 21 mm. Date: Location: Pioche, Nevada ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to a********x.. for (65.00 + 14.30BP) = 79.30
 
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"S" Token (Rawhide, Nevada)1071 - "S" Token (Rawhide, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: Rawhide / Nevada / S ; Rev.: Good For / 5 / cents / In Trade; (Sheelite Club). Date: Location: Rawhide, Nevada HWAC # 55212
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to e*****r for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Five Reno, Nevada Bar Tokens1072 - Five Reno, Nevada Bar Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five: The Mirror, Colbrandt & Reilly, The Carroll (2), "N" (210 N. Virginia St.). Date: Location: Reno, Nevada HWAC # 5...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to p*******s for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Four Reno, Nevada Hotel Tokens1073 - Four Reno, Nevada Hotel Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four: Hotel Golden Bar, Gallery Hotel, Columbo Hotel, Commercial Hotel. Date: Location: Reno, Nevada HWAC # 55221
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8*******e for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Five Reno, Nevada Hotel Tokens1074 - Five Reno, Nevada Hotel Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five: Overland Hotel Casino, Hotel Golden Bar, Colombo Hotel, The Riverside (2). Date: Location: Reno, Nevada HWAC # 55218
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to p*******s for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Reed & Rodgers Error Token (Rhyolite, Nevada)1075 - Reed & Rodgers Error Token (Rhyolite, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: Reed & / Rodgers / Phyolite, / Nev. / Moise, S.F.; Rev.: Good For One / 15c / Drink. Octagonal, 26mm, town name misspelled. Date: L...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a********x.. for (225.00 + 49.50BP) = 274.50
 
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Three Different Ruth, Nevada Tokens1076 - Three Different Ruth, Nevada Tokens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three: 1) The Ruth Club Inc. / Ruth, Nev.; Rev.: Trade Check; 21mm, crescent punched out; 2) Obv.: B.E. Walker / Ruth, Nev.; Rev.: Good For / 1
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to D******a for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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The Wellington Token (Searchlight, Nevada)1077 - The Wellington Token (Searchlight, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: The Wellington / Searchlight / Nevada; Rev.: Good For / 12 1/2 / cents / In Trade. 21mm. Date: Location: Searchlight, Nevada HWAC # 5385
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6****A for (70.00 + 15.40BP) = 85.40
 
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Bonanza Hotel Drink Coupon (Silver City, Nevada)1078 - Bonanza Hotel Drink Coupon (Silver City, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Paper ticket: Obv.: Good For One Drink / Bonanza Hotel, / J.J. Winn, / Silver City, Nev.; Rev.: Drink Jesse Moore / Whiskey. Most examples of these ar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 130.00
Sold to a*******s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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A. Hankins Token (Skelton, Nevada)1079 - A. Hankins Token (Skelton, Nevada)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Obv.: A. Hankins/ Skelton, Nev.; Rev.: Good For / 12 1/2c / In Trade. B, C, 21mm. Date: Location: Skelton, Nevada HWAC # 53869
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to A*****2 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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