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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Gorgeous 1866 First National Bank of Helena Check and Other Ephemera2479 - Gorgeous 1866 First National Bank of Helena Check and Other Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Territorial check from the First National Bank of Helena dated Nov. 17, 1866, including 2 cent revenue stamp. Also a complete gasoline coupon book fro
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Montana Advertising Pieces2480 - Montana Advertising Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 charming pieces. 1) Mirror from Barnes Jewelers of Helena. 2) Shoehorn for Shinola shoe polish. 3) Button for the Water Users Interstate Agri
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Montana Ephemera (Booklet, Postcards, Playing Cards, Blotter)2481 - Montana Ephemera (Booklet, Postcards, Playing Cards, Blotter)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 25. 1) 1930 Booklet and cover from the Butte Chamber of Commerce.21 pages with black and white photos. 7.75" x 5.75" 2) Twelve post...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to t******2 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Montana Photographs2482 - Montana Photographs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 photographs from Big Sky Country! 8 of the photographs were taken in an area south of Miles City and show various farming and ranch images.
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Two Montana Saloon Letters (Harlem & Joplin)2483 - Two Montana Saloon Letters (Harlem & Joplin)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letter from S.O. Shamey prop. of Board of Trade Saloon, Joplin MT, 1912 regarding payment of an invoice and a new liquor order 8.5" x 7". ...
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Montana Territory Advertising Ledger Cover2484 - Montana Territory Advertising Ledger Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two sided hardcover from a Montana Territory advertising ledger. Features James W. Barker Merchant Tailor in Helena, Butte Boiler Works, D. J. Henness
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Western States Stereoviews (Alaska, Montana, & Arizona)2485 - Western States Stereoviews (Alaska, Montana, & Arizona)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. 1) Montana: c.1880s Yellowstone scenery view by Calfee & Catlin, Bozeman, Montana Territory; dining room scene in Glacier National Par...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
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Boulder/Hoover Dam Ephemera2486 - Boulder/Hoover Dam Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown's Motel and Desert Map brochure. 4 nice b/w 8" x 6.5" photos. 9" x 11.75" Standard Oil color view of Lake Mead in prom...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to H**l for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Bullion and Exchange Bank Deposit Slips (100)2487 - Bullion and Exchange Bank Deposit Slips (100)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
100 deposit slips, c. 1887. Bullion and Exchange Bank, Carson City, NV. This was the successor to the Carson City Savings Bank, and had close connecti
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California-Nevada Creamery Co. Stock Certificate, 18932488 - California-Nevada Creamery Co. Stock Certificate, 1893
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare, I/U to DA Bender a prominent Reno banker in 1893. #98 for 200 shares. Cow vignette, 5.25" x 10.25", left toning. Date: Locatio...
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