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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Scenic Alaskan Glacier Photographs2169 - Scenic Alaskan Glacier Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8 photographs, most by Guy F. Cameron of Alaskan glaciers. Shoup Glacier, Columbia Glacier, Spencer Glacier included. Approximately 6 x 9 inch
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Two 1880s Maps of Alaska2170 - Two 1880s Maps of Alaska
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Southern Alaska map 1887 9.25" x 20.5', multicolor. .5" tear in center crease, 3 top tears up to .5". Multicolor Northern Alaska ...
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Tombstone, Arizona Newspaper Advertising Card2171 - Tombstone, Arizona Newspaper Advertising Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From an early printing co. proof book that contained samples of many print jobs from the 1890's. Actual age of this piece is unknown. A black on...
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1884 County and Township Map of Arizona and New Mexico2172 - 1884 County and Township Map of Arizona and New Mexico
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck 1884 by Mitchell. Mulicolor 15.25" x 23". 1.25" bottom seam tea. Date: Location: Arizona HWAC # 54450
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2 Maps Arizona & New Mexico2173 - 2 Maps Arizona & New Mexico
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 map of Arizona and New Mexico by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr., Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Clerks Office of the District Court, Page 53; 12.25&q...
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Arizona Ephemera Including Tombstone2174 - Arizona Ephemera Including Tombstone
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 checks from Agency Pima County Bank(Tombstone) 1881, 1 from First National Bank 1882. Roosevelt dam and Mission San Xavier Southern Pacific playing
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Arizona Map2175 - Arizona Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck Rand McNally map of Arizona. PP 468-469. Multicolor. 14.5" x 20.75". Date: Location: Arizona HWAC # 54461
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Two Arizona Stereoviews2176 - Two Arizona Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mescal plant by Buehman & Co. Vermilion Mesa, Jacob's Pool by Bodfish. Date: Location: Arizona HWAC # 54613
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1855 Arkansas Map2177 - 1855 Arkansas Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dated 1855 surveyor's office Little Rock. Litho by A. Hoen & Co. A, (1&2). Some toning on edges, 1" of left edge is missing. 18.75&...
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Ku Klux Klan Ephemera2178 - Ku Klux Klan Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
16 assorted cards, pamphlets and letters for meetings, lectures, and rules concerning the operations and "Ideals" of the organization of t...
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