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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7 San Francisco Earthquake Stereographs2249 - 7 San Francisco Earthquake Stereographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven SF earthquake stereographs. 6 are photographed and published by B. W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. Amazing photos of the earthquake damage. See the b
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Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
Sold to k********r.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview Collection2250 - San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 30 different stereoviews showing the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Keystone (10), H.C. White & Co. (2), Underwood &...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to t********n.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Second Large San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview Collection2251 - Second Large San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 30 different stereoviews of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake from Keystone (10), Underwood & Underwood (15), HC White & Co. ( 3), an...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to t********n.. for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Small San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview Collection2252 - Small San Francisco Earthquake Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten stereoviews of the 1906 Earthquake. These were leftover but represent some nice cards. Best is a card by S.S. Stears, a San Francisco publi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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c.1866 San Francisco Bird's-Eye Stereoview by Lawrence & Houseworth2253 - c.1866 San Francisco Bird's-Eye Stereoview by Lawrence & Houseworth
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lawrence & Houseworth c.1866 stereoview No. 524, San Francisco from corner of Powell and Pine. Prominent view of church. Card is damaged (loss a...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to C*****r for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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c.1869 Stereoview of Metropolitan Theatre in San Francisco2254 - c.1869 Stereoview of Metropolitan Theatre in San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Edward J. Muybridge stereoview No. 262, c.1869. View of exterior to Metropolitan Theatre with horse-drawn cart in front. Medium contrast. According to
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Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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c.1874 Watkins Stereoview of Mission Delores, San Francisco2255 - c.1874 Watkins Stereoview of Mission Delores, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare San Francisco stereoview. Watkins' Pacific Coast No. 1702, Mission Delores, dedicated Oct. 9th, 1776. Nice contrast and detail, some light ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to C*****r for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco Stereoviews2256 - Baldwin Hotel, San Francisco Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four different stereoviews, including a rare interior view. 1) Continent Stereoscopic Co. No. 2054, Entrance to Baldwin's Hotel. Western Union s...
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Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to C*****r for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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c.1874 Watkins Stereoview of Occidental Hotel, San Francisco2257 - c.1874 Watkins Stereoview of Occidental Hotel, San Francisco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice Watkins' Pacific Coast stereoview No. 1735, Occidental Hotel, Montgomery Street Front, S.F. c.1874. Medium contrast. Great shot of the ho...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to t********n.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Palace Hotel Early Photos and Ephemera2258 - Palace Hotel Early Photos and Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. 1-3) Three Tabor cabinet cards. Two duplicate 'Upper Corridor' and one 'Palace Hotel Court'. One has a nice advertisem...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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