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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Four San Francisco Stereoviews by Thomas Houseworth2279 - Four San Francisco Stereoviews by Thomas Houseworth
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four different early views, but condition issues. 1) c.1869, No. 173, Northeast corner Montgomery and California Streets, looking North to Sacramento
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to C*****r for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Golden Gate Bridge Ephemera2280 - Golden Gate Bridge Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge-Authentic, Amazing, Thrilling. Souvenir bookmark from 1938 opening of bridge and was pinned on hikers across the b
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Sold to b*******n for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Golden Gate Park Map & Antique Photograph2281 - Golden Gate Park Map & Antique Photograph
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) c.1947 very detailed map of Golden Gate Park by Hugh Mooney. 8 x 23.5" Many folds. 2) 4 x 5.75" sepia photograph of many visitors and c...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
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Golden Gate Park Stereoview Collection2282 - Golden Gate Park Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 21 stereoviews of this iconic park in San Francisco built in the early 1870s as the city's version of Central Park. 1) Two by AJ McDonald...
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Rare Stereoview of the Speedway at Golden Gate Park2283 - Rare Stereoview of the Speedway at Golden Gate Park
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c.1900 Art Noveau Stereograph Co. stereoview No. 5405 showing the Speedway at Golden Gate Park. View shows man in top hat commanding wagon with two ho
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Two Stereoviews of an Early Playground at Golden Gate Park2284 - Two Stereoviews of an Early Playground at Golden Gate Park
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different rare views of the playground in Golden Gate Park. 1) Rare 1892 Underwood & Underwood view of the merry-go-round. Light contrast an...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
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Vintage Photographs of Golden Gate Park2285 - Vintage Photographs of Golden Gate Park
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photo of Golden Gate Park from terrace showing the Garfield and Key Monuments by Billington 4.5" x 7.5". Conservatory in Golden Gate Park...
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Castle Bros. Billhead Archive2286 - Castle Bros. Billhead Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Billhead archive from commercial grocers Castle Bros. & Loupe, San Francisco, CA with store vignette.1881-1882. Blue paper, some with silver foi...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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9 San Francisco View Books2287 - 9 San Francisco View Books
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Loaded with San Francisco photos. De Luxe Souvenir View Book-Fifty Different Views 1943 4" x 7". San Francisco and Vicinity 1915 8" x...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to r***6 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Bicycle Ephemera Group2288 - Bicycle Ephemera Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6. Includes: 4 old b/w bicycle photos, JM Tomlinson High Grade Bicycles pictorial letterhead, souvenir program from January 1936 San Francisco
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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