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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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.2339 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
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Lot of 7 different Yosemite scenic stereoviews by E .& H.T. Anthony & Co. (New York), c.1870s. Five are from the Glories of Yosemite, Califo...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t********n.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Early Watkins Set2340 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Early Watkins Set
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Out of the hundreds of Yosemite stereoviews in this collection, these 9 were kept separate by Prag. They were in an envelope marked Very Early Yosemit
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Estimate : 750.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Watkins, 1860s and 1870s2341 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Watkins, 1860s and 1870s
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Lot of seven Yosemite scenery stereoviews by Carlton Watkins. 1) Two are from Watkins' Pacific Coast, 22 & 26 Montgomery St., San Francisco,...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (170.00 + 42.50BP) = 212.50
 
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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Houseworth c.1860s and 70s2342 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Houseworth c.1860s and 70s
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Lot of 8 different stereoviews by Thomas Houseworth & Co. Light to medium contrast. 1) Six cards from Lawrence & Houseworth, c.1865 and 1866...
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Estimate : 160.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********n.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: J.J. Reilly (c.1870s)2343 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: J.J. Reilly (c.1870s)
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Lot of 13 stereoviews by photographer J.J. Reilly (and partners). Condition is mostly good with light to medium contrast. 1) Four cards from Stockton
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to y**********d for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: John P. Soule, c.18702344 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: John P. Soule, c.1870
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Group of 5 different Yosemite stereoviews c.1870 by John P. Soule (of Boston). Best two are of iconic Yosemite structures: No. 1072. Hutchings' ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********n.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Taber c.18802345 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Taber c.1880
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Five different stereoviews (4" x 7") of Yosemite by well-known San Francisco publisher Taber. Cards include: No. 1094--Tutocanula or El Ca...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to B**********s for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Moulton2346 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Moulton
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Lot of three stereoviews (4" x 7") from John S. Moulton (Salem, Massachusetts). Best card is No.35 view of Hutchings' Hotel with Senti...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Black's Hotel, c.18692347 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Black's Hotel, c.1869
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One rare stereoview of Black's Hotel in Yosemite. The only one like this in a collection of hundred of stereoviews we sorted. No photographer is...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t********n.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Hutchings' Hotel2348 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Hutchings' Hotel
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Lot of four different rare stereoviews of the Hutchings' Hotel. Cards include: C.W. Woodward (Rochester, NY) view #600 showing the hotel and Sen...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********n.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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