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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2 Schmidt Lithograph Company Directories w/ SF Earthquake Diecuts2299 - 2 Schmidt Lithograph Company Directories w/ SF Earthquake Diecuts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Schmidt Litho was one of the best and most colorful of the San Francisco printers. Here are 2 of there company directories, one with signatures of 7
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
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San Francisco Area Business Cards2300 - San Francisco Area Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five different. 1) Deckelman Bros., Barber's Supply House, 106 Ellis Street, SF. 2) Union Square Furniture Packing & Moving Co., corner of P...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to t******2 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Panorama Cabinet Card of San Francisco by Taber2301 - Panorama Cabinet Card of San Francisco by Taber
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Panorama from New City Hall, 4.75" x 8". Date: Location: San Francisco, California HWAC # 54601
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********n.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Poodle Dog Restaurant Menus2302 - Poodle Dog Restaurant Menus
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 menu's: Bergez-Franks Old Poodle Dog 1910 New Years Eve 4pp, April 15, 1922 menu with 2p insert and ala carte menu. General Bill of Fare and W...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to t******2 for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Rare Early San Francisco View Book2303 - Rare Early San Francisco View Book
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1905 "Seeing San Francisco" Aboard the Sight Seeing Car by Kollmann. Loaded with b/w photos of San Francisco and ads. Includes Palace Hote...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to r***6 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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San Francisco and California Themed Sheet Music2304 - San Francisco and California Themed Sheet Music
Holabird Western Americana Collections
On the Way to Monterey by Ben Black, California Sunset by Alex Sullivan, California by Albert Roche, My California Queen by Ivan Martin, Would You by
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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San Francisco Druggist & Cigar Business Cards2305 - San Francisco Druggist & Cigar Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Four cards, two types, for D. Ryan, Druggist & Apothecary, 30th & Mission Streets, San Francisco. Two are earlier (2.25 x 4&quo...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t********n.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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San Francisco Hotel Promotional File2306 - San Francisco Hotel Promotional File
Holabird Western Americana Collections
31 assorted pieces of promotional brochures, letterheads and envelopes from many famous old San Francisco hotels. Includes St. Francis, Keystone, Stew
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (170.00 + 42.50BP) = 212.50
 
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Large San Francisco Billhead Collection, c.1876-19182307 - Large San Francisco Billhead Collection, c.1876-1918
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wow. This is quite a collection. Lot of 92. Vast majority are dated 1877 and billed to NS Trowbridge & Co. who were general merchants in Tybo, N...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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San Francisco Pictorial Bilheads and Letterhead Group2308 - San Francisco Pictorial Bilheads and Letterhead Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
40+. 16 non building San Francisco pictorial letterheads 1904-1939 includes several Camille's Rotisserie and Restaurant, non pictorial Levi Stra...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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