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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Van Hoboken & Co. Case Gins2020 - Van Hoboken & Co. Case Gins
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two beautiful A. Van Hoboken gin bottles from Amsterdam. Both have the applied glass seal on the shoulder. 9.5" and 11" tall. The larger ...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 250.00
Sold to c******1 for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Bitters Bottle Collection2021 - Bitters Bottle Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Collection of six different bitters bottles. In order of importance: Lashs herb bitters in deep red, sunken panel with measuring scale on the back. ap
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to c******1 for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Deep Amber Doyles Bitters Bottle2022 - Deep Amber Doyles Bitters Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Deep amber, applied top and plain base. D93. 9 5/8" x 2 5/8". 1872 / DOYLES / HOP / BITTERS. Embossed hops leaf. No visible chips or crack...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Indian Bitters Bottle2023 - Indian Bitters Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Medium amber BROWN'S / CELEBRATED / INDIAN BITTERS // PATENTED / FEB. 11 / 1868. Small bruise potstone on back, otherwise very nice condition. N...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to c******1 for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Medium Amber Brady's Bitters Bottle2024 - Medium Amber Brady's Bitters Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brady’s Family Bitters was manufactured by D. C. Brady in Louisville, Kentucky. Applied top 3 panel bottle. BRADYS / FAMILY / BITTERS. No visible chip
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to s*******s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Rare Milkglass Litthauer Bitters Bottle2025 - Rare Milkglass Litthauer Bitters Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The S. Loewenthal Co.'s son Joseph of Cleveland, Ohio became the sole manufacturer of Litthauer Stomach Bitters. Rare L102 milkglass. Litthauer ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to c******1 for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Root Beer Amber 4 Log Bitters Bottle2026 - Root Beer Amber 4 Log Bitters Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Applied top 4 log bitters. ST. DRAKE / 1860 PLANTATION / X BITTERS // PATENTED 1862. No visible chips or cracks. Date: Location: HWAC # 5
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*********r for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Set of 3 Bitters Bottles2027 - Set of 3 Bitters Bottles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Light aqua rectangular B263 T. MILBURN & Co. / BURDOCK BLOOD BITTERS / TORONTO, ONT. Amber rectangular ELECTRIC BITTERS / H. E. BUCKLEN & Co...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Yellow Amber Bitters Bottle2028 - Yellow Amber Bitters Bottle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8.75" yellow amber WEST INDIA / STOMACH BITTERS / WIMCO. Pretty bottle, no visible chips or cracks. Date: Location: HWAC # 54669
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c******1 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Embossed Medicine Bottle Collection, c19002029 - Embossed Medicine Bottle Collection, c1900
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fourteen different. Allen's World Hair Restorer, amber; Sims Tonic (NY), amber; Hick's Capudine, amber; Goldman, (Minn), amber; Indian Sagwa...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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