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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LOT WITHDRAWN2539 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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Maps of Northwest Coast of America2540 - Maps of Northwest Coast of America
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Lot of 6. 1) U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, from Tomales Bay to the Oregon Line, 32" x 22"; 2) Sketch showing PT. SAL TO TOMALES BAY from...
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Maps of Ohio & Indiana2541 - Maps of Ohio & Indiana
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Railroad & County Map of Ohio (Oiho ) double truck, multi color, pps. 70&71. Back of map is Index of Ohio, pp. 69&72. 17.25"x23.2...
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Two Pottery Company Stock Certificates2542 - Two Pottery Company Stock Certificates
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Krotz Manufactory and Pottery Company. Number 55 for 21 shares to CW Krotz and signed by CW Krotz as president and CW Krotz as secretary. 1893. Incorp
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Buck Powers Autograph and Photo (Dalton Gang related)2543 - Buck Powers Autograph and Photo (Dalton Gang related)
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Thomas F 'Buck' Powers was the brother of Bill Powers of the Dalton Gang. Buck moved into the Steamboat area of Jackson County, Oregon about...
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1941 and 1942 Telephone Directories for South Douglas County, Oregon2544 - 1941 and 1942 Telephone Directories for South Douglas County, Oregon
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September 1941 and September 1942 Telephone Directories for South Douglas County, Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, and Riddle. Softcover. 9 x 5.5" St...
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Early Stereoview of The Dalles, Oregon, c.late 1870s to early 1880s2545 - Early Stereoview of The Dalles, Oregon, c.late 1870s to early 1880s
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nice early bird's-eye view of The Dalles along the Columbia River by J.G. Crawford, No. 26 Smith Street, Harrisburg, Oregon. Medium contrast. So...
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Collection of Old Whiskey Labels (Two for Portland, Oregon)2546 - Collection of Old Whiskey Labels (Two for Portland, Oregon)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This set of unapplied Whiskey labels is mostly Oregon related and difficult to find. 3 black red and gold labels for Old Hickory Whiskey, Fleckenstein
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Cram Oregon Map2547 - Cram Oregon Map
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Double truck Oregon George Cram Map. pp 96-97. 14.5" x 23". Some small edge frays. Date: Location: Oregon HWAC # 54444
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Large Oregon Stereoview Collection2548 - Large Oregon Stereoview Collection
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Lot of 23 Oregon stereoviews. Only one duplicate view. 1) Taber card (c.1880) of Rooster Rock, Columbia River. 2) View of Hotel Portland by Nesemann W
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Oregon Ephemera (Brochures, Cabinet Card, Railroad)2549 - Oregon Ephemera (Brochures, Cabinet Card, Railroad)
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Lot of 15. Includes: 71 page promotional booklet for The Hotel Portland (not dated); 1890 Grant's Pass letter about selling trees; Oregon City c...
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Rand McNally Oregon Map2550 - Rand McNally Oregon Map
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Double truck Rand McNally pp 504-505. Multicolor 14.5" x 21". Date: Location: Oregon HWAC # 54452
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Oregon Scenery Stereoview Collection by Watkins, c.1860s and 1870s2551 - Oregon Scenery Stereoview Collection by Watkins, c.1860s and 1870s
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Lot of 12, eleven different, Oregon scenery stereoviews by Carlton E. Watkins. 1) Three 1867 stereoviews: Cape Horn, Columbia River; and two versions
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First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Loan Certificate, 18462552 - First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Loan Certificate, 1846
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Early church certificate. Isabella Ingram is scheduled to receive $100 plus six per cent, per annum. Signed y B B Loxley and MS Hausili (difficult to
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Rare Philadelphia and Lancaster Road Certificate, 17952553 - Rare Philadelphia and Lancaster Road Certificate, 1795
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A rare and significant very early certificate. Appears to be on vellum(parchment). #222 issued to William Sansom March 16, 1795. Two vertical folds. 7
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Very Old Dutch Bond for a Philadelphia Bank, 18242554 - Very Old Dutch Bond for a Philadelphia Bank, 1824
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Rare 1824 $100 bond plus coupon page for a bank in Philadelphia, PA. Has appearance of the Bank of United States borrowing money from Amsterdam. Bond
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Maps of Pennsylvania (5)2555 - Maps of Pennsylvania (5)
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1) Three maps double truck, multi color lithograph of Western Half of Pennsylvania, pp. 36 & 37, map of Eastern Half of Pennsylvania pp. 40 &am...
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Stereoviews of Pennsylvania Industrial Workers & Factories2556 - Stereoviews of Pennsylvania Industrial Workers & Factories
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Lot of 6, one duplicate. Two Keystone: Blast Furnace Plant in Pittsburgh; and Modern Pig Iron Machine at Rest in Pittsburg. Four Underwood & Und...
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Marine & River Phosphate Company Stock issued to Blockade Runner, 18832557 - Marine & River Phosphate Company Stock issued to Blockade Runner, 1883
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Scarce! Number 103 for 75 shares issued to LD Mowry in 883. Great clipper ship vignette. Signed by treasurer D Rave---" and president RS Pinchi...
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Lawrence County, South Dakota Territorial Bonds2558 - Lawrence County, South Dakota Territorial Bonds
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Lot of 3. Includes: #104 $500 refunding bond 5% 20 year 1" bottom tear 14.25" x 9.5"; #302 $500 10% 11" x 16"; #412 $500 r...
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Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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