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 Stereoview Collection: Hutchings' Winter Residence2349 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Hutchings' Winter Residence
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One rare stereoview (no photographer listed) No.103--Hutchings' Winter Quarters, showing Hutchings sitting with a rifle in front of a small cabi...
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Two Different Yosemite Hotel Stereoviews2350 - Two Different Yosemite Hotel Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Leydig's [sic.] Hotel, Yosemite, Cal. Popular Series. No photographer identified. Applied crooked. Nice contrast and detail. George Leidig ca...
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Later Views2351 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Later Views
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 28. This is a really nice set of "later" stereoviews (i.e. not 1860s-80s). Includes: a set of 11 cards from a family vacation (1920...
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Three Different of Lamon's Cabin2352 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Three Different of Lamon's Cabin
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different rare stereoviews by John P. Soule (Boston) c.1870 of Lamon's Cabin in Yosemite. 1) No. 1245: Close-up exterior view with three m...
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Yosemite Stereoview of Man Holding Large Rifle2353 - Yosemite Stereoview of Man Holding Large Rifle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Only one like it in the hundreds of Yosemite stereoviews we sorted in this collection. 3.75" x 7" view #106--Eagle Cliff. Well-dress...
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Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Balance Lot2354 - Yosemite Scenery Stereoview Collection: Balance Lot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15 Yosemite scenery stereoviews. Most Includes: C.P. Hibbard No. 70 Mirror Lake; B.K. Edit Vallee de Yosemite (Paris photographer); Union View
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Big Trees Stereoviews Showing the Evolution of Vehicles2355 - Big Trees Stereoviews Showing the Evolution of Vehicles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fun set of 4 different stereoviews that show the evolution of vehicles passing through the Mariposa Grove: Keystone c.1899 view showing woman on horse
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
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Choice Stereoview of Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel2356 - Choice Stereoview of Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice large (4"x7") stereoview by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. of the Mammoth Tree Grove Hotel. Many clear details including stagecoac...
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Five Big Trees Stereoviews, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.2357 - Five Big Trees Stereoviews, E. & H.T. Anthony & Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5 different, all published by E. & H.T. Anthony Co. (New York). Four are large format (4 x 7"): 38, Galen's Hospice (fading and ...
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Mariposa Big Trees Stereoview Collection2358 - Mariposa Big Trees Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 different Big Trees stereoviews. This is a nice group, with some rare views. 1) c.1866 Thomas Houseworth & Co. No. 909, Interior of th...
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