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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Sierra Club Bulletin June 1934 with Ansel Adams Plates2399 - Sierra Club Bulletin June 1934 with Ansel Adams Plates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Paperback 110 pp. 24 b/w plates of outdoor wonders including 4 by Ansel Adams and mountaineering trip notes. 925" x 6.25". Date: Loc...
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Denver Tourism  and Souvenir Booklets, 1891 & 18922400 - Denver Tourism and Souvenir Booklets, 1891 & 1892
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a lot of two pictorial booklets from Denver. 1) Souvenir Album of 1891 of Denver, Colo. It was complied by W.A. Barbot and produced by the Str
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"Denver / Colorado / 1892" by the Denver Chamber of Commerce2401 - "Denver / Colorado / 1892" by the Denver Chamber of Commerce
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Red softcover. 128 pages with 39 illustrations and an index. For the Year Ending Dec. 31st, 1891. Olney Newell, Secretary. Details things such as cons
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Business Card for the Famous Brown Palace Hotel, Denver2402 - Business Card for the Famous Brown Palace Hotel, Denver
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c.1900 business card for The Brown Palace Hotel, Broadway at Seventeenth Street, Denver. H.D. Harvey, personal representative. 2.75" x 4.25&quo...
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Rare Denver Photographer Business Card w/ Original Photo2403 - Rare Denver Photographer Business Card w/ Original Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Business card for Art Rindskopf, Photographer, 912 E. 13th Ave., with Golden Eagle D.G. Co., Denver, Colorado. Card has original photograph of man pos
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Illustrated Western Pottery Co. Catalog, Denver, Colorado2404 - Illustrated Western Pottery Co. Catalog, Denver, Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Western Pottery Co., Denver, CO catalog. 16 pp and b/w photos of pottery and stoneware. 6" x 9". Date: Location: Denver , Colo...
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Western Pipe & Brick Company Bonds, c.1890s, Golden, Colorado2405 - Western Pipe & Brick Company Bonds, c.1890s, Golden, Colorado
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Total of twelve bonds. Earliest is number 53. All twelve are intact with all 10 coupons. Signed by John Hodges Jr and JC Hummel. Horizontal fold. Page
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Nine Western Pipe and Brick Company Bonds, c1890s, Golden2406 - Nine Western Pipe and Brick Company Bonds, c1890s, Golden
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. Earliest Number is 35 and latest is 52. Overall in good condition. Curls at upper right. Not do to water damage though. The Western Pipe
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First National Bank of Ouray Stock Certificate, 1890, Mining Vignette2407 - First National Bank of Ouray Stock Certificate, 1890, Mining Vignette
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! I/C to LL Bailey in 1890. #54 for 20 shares. 8.5" x 11". Signed by the president (illegible) and A.G. Siddons, cashier. Opened in 18...
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Sold to R*******8 for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Manitou Springs Mineral Water Trade Cards2408 - Manitou Springs Mineral Water Trade Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 b/w trade cards with photos of Pikes Peak, bottling works, Manitou and bath house. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Manitou Springs, Colorado H
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1862 Map of Colorado Territory2409 - 1862 Map of Colorado Territory
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Gray ink on cream color map showing Colorado Territory and Reservation of the Cheyennes & Arapahoes. Condition issue with 10" tear in fold ...
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Sold to P*******s for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Colorado Trade Cards (Central City & Denver)2410 - Colorado Trade Cards (Central City & Denver)
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11 Colorado trade cards- Central City and Denver. Date: c. 1880-1890 Location: Colorado HWAC # 54138
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Colorado Ephemera Collection2411 - Colorado Ephemera Collection
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Lot of eight. 1) 1896 speech of the Honorable Henry m. Teller on Freed Coinage of Silver. 2) 1908 pamphlet for the National Democratic Convention. 3)
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Colorado Ephemera: Church Key, Pin, Medal2412 - Colorado Ephemera: Church Key, Pin, Medal
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1) Church key from Manitou Springs Mineral Water Company. Some rust. 2) "I'm for Colorado" pin c1896. 3) Wagon to hang around neck. Ne...
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Sold to m******0 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Colorado State Journal: a Critical Illustrated Weekly, 19032413 - Colorado State Journal: a Critical Illustrated Weekly, 1903
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes: Indian Duel, Women's news, Oracle of Mulberry Center, Tourist Invasion of Colorado Springs, Mining & financial, chauffeurs and whe...
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Colorado Telephone Directory 1932-332414 - Colorado Telephone Directory 1932-33
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Old telephone directory for Canon City, Florence and Siloam Colorado. Paper bound 26pp 1" top tear thru all pages. 9.25" x 6.25". ...
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Four Colorado Publications2415 - Four Colorado Publications
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) The Beecher Island Annual. Sixty-second anniversary of the Battle of Beecher Island. 124 pages. 9 x 6". Pages are separating and soft cover ...
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Four Colorado Stereoviews (Railroad & WH Jackson Scenery)2416 - Four Colorado Stereoviews (Railroad & WH Jackson Scenery)
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Lot of 4 different. 1) W.H. Jackson No. 575--Emigrant Peak, from Bottlers. c.1870, when Jackson became the official Hayden survey photographer. 2) Two
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Group of Colorado Ephemera (20)2417 - Group of Colorado Ephemera (20)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
20 Colorado pieces includes pictorial billhead from National Garage 1938, 7 stereoviews of outdoor scenes, Seven Falls tourist brochure, 5.5" x...
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Historical and Biographical Compendium of Colorado, 18882418 - Historical and Biographical Compendium of Colorado, 1888
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Great reference work. Biographies of Governor Alva Adams, James Rice, Peter Breen, Darwin Kingsley, James Freeman, Edwin Ballard, Henry Lee, John H Po
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