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December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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)





SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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8 Russian Bonds2739 - 8 Russian Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight pieces, 3 different bonds: 5 brown, 2 purple, 1 orange-red, with coupons. Date: 1916 Location: Russia HWAC # 53835
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Five Constantinople Postcards2740 - Five Constantinople Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One by Fruchtermann. Two used (1907 and 1910). Date: Location: Turkey HWAC # 53901
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Five Turkey Postcards Stamped on Front2741 - Five Turkey Postcards Stamped on Front
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1906. Two from Andrinople. Green stamps. Three form Constantinople. Black 10 cent stamps. Two have a strip of two. One has a 1 million pre-stamped Ger
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Turkey Postcards: Men2742 - Turkey Postcards: Men
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17. Find postcards by B Asfar, Sarrafian Brothers, Scott & Browne, EF Rochat, Max Fruchtermann. Photos include Bedwin Sheikh, Camel Drive...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8*****l for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Turkey Postcards: Women2743 - Turkey Postcards: Women
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11. Includes a Leonidas Bazinas of a women with a bear on a leash, water carrier, Fellahins, Bedouins, and a woman with the Turkish flag by Zen
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8*****l for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Turkish Prison Camp Postcard2744 - Turkish Prison Camp Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
cWorld War I. Prisoners are Turks, Frenchmen, Jews, Englishmen, Belgian, Indians, and Russians. All are in the prison camp fro opposing German Kultur!
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Two Natives: Black & White RPCs of Bedouin and Bisharin2745 - Two Natives: Black & White RPCs of Bedouin and Bisharin
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1909. Please see photo. Date: Location: Turkey HWAC # 53904
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Unusual Virgin Islands Jail Lock2746 - Unusual Virgin Islands Jail Lock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unusual and large jail key lock from St. Thomas US Virgin Islands c. 1930. Brass coated front has several notations including: Winter Cruise 4-13-30,
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Estimate : 150.00 - 400.00
Sold to t********n.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Maps of Western Europe (6)2747 - Maps of Western Europe (6)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 Maps of Western Europe. 1) Map of Europe showing its Gt. Political Divisions, page #74, single page, multi color lithograph; 2) County map of Englan
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Collection of International Hotel Labels2748 - Collection of International Hotel Labels
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A large stack of labels from hotels around the world including Australia, Germany, Ireland, London, Panama and more. US locales include NY, LA and Bos
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*******c for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Maps of World & South America2749 - Maps of World & South America
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Double truck, multi color lithograph, Map of the World on the Mercator Projection, Exhibiting the American Continent As Its Centre. Page #3. 15.2...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to a******l for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Miscellaneous Foreign Stereoview Collection2750 - Miscellaneous Foreign Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 25 stereoviews of art and scenery around the world. Includes c.1902 picture of Edward VII and Queen Alexandria; the Grand Opera in Paris; train
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to a******l for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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