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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Pictorial San Francisco Billheads (1868-1922)2309 - Pictorial San Francisco Billheads (1868-1922)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 26. Includes: John Taylor & Co. (Druggist and Assay Supplies) to Savage Mine in Virginia City (1868, 1870, 1872); Anchor Shirt Factory (1...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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San Francisco Buildings Pictorial Bilheads and Letterhead Group2310 - San Francisco Buildings Pictorial Bilheads and Letterhead Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 buildings pictorial letterheads 1901-1948:- Hotel Terminal, The Olympic Club, Eilers Music Co., Miller Sloss & Scott, Hotel Plaza and more. 10...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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San Francisco, CA Billhead Group2311 - San Francisco, CA Billhead Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 80 items, mostly billheads related to San Francisco, some are pictorial. Generally 1870's to 1890 thought some are newer. Includes some p...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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San Francisco Promotional Booklets & Pocket Map2312 - San Francisco Promotional Booklets & Pocket Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three pieces. 1) "San Francisco, The Queen City." 1915 softcover booklet (8.25 x 10") of photogravures published by Cardinell-Vincent...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Ephemera Group2313 - San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Ephemera Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, June 1, 1935 booklet from Columbia Steel Co. with photos of construction and articles. San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bri
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 6******n for (225.00 + 49.50BP) = 274.50
 
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California Fertilizing Co. Stock Certificates (GT Brown Litho)2314 - California Fertilizing Co. Stock Certificates (GT Brown Litho)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 certs, 12 unissued, 1 issued to Isador Landsberger 1876 #9 1000 shares. Litho is GT Brown, an African American artist. Date: 1876 Location:
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to D******a for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Statistician, August 1875 (Pacific Coast Almanac)2315 - Statistician, August 1875 (Pacific Coast Almanac)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 2, Number 2. Published monthly. San Francisco. By LP McCarthy, publisher. Professionally rebounding with hard boards. 4.5 x 7.5". 120 pa...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6*****b for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Sutro Heights and Environs Cabinet Cards and Photographs2316 - Sutro Heights and Environs Cabinet Cards and Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten great old views. 1) Smallest is a 2.5 x 3.75" (4 x 5.5" matted) by Johnston & Company. Shows Cliff House and Seal Rock. Com...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to u********y.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Three Bells Polka Sheet Music for Capt. Creighton, SS San Francisco Sinking2317 - Three Bells Polka Sheet Music for Capt. Creighton, SS San Francisco Sinking
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three bells polka composed & dedicated to Capt. Creighton. by T.J. Cook. Pearson, engraver Sarony & Co. (active ca. 1853-ca. 1857), lithogr...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Two Pieces of Chinatown Tour Ephemera2318 - Two Pieces of Chinatown Tour Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Business card for Alphonso (Ah Gow). Your guide through "China-Town." 2) Ryan's Famous Chinatown Tours Brochure. 8 x 4". 10 pa...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to t********n.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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