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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Oregon Ephemera (Brochures, Cabinet Card, Railroad)2549 - Oregon Ephemera (Brochures, Cabinet Card, Railroad)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 15. Includes: 71 page promotional booklet for The Hotel Portland (not dated); 1890 Grant's Pass letter about selling trees; Oregon City c...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Rand McNally Oregon Map2550 - Rand McNally Oregon Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck Rand McNally pp 504-505. Multicolor 14.5" x 21". Date: Location: Oregon HWAC # 54452
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Oregon Scenery Stereoview Collection by Watkins, c.1860s and 1870s2551 - Oregon Scenery Stereoview Collection by Watkins, c.1860s and 1870s
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12, eleven different, Oregon scenery stereoviews by Carlton E. Watkins. 1) Three 1867 stereoviews: Cape Horn, Columbia River; and two versions
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Estimate : 240.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Loan Certificate, 18462552 - First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Loan Certificate, 1846
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early church certificate. Isabella Ingram is scheduled to receive $100 plus six per cent, per annum. Signed y B B Loxley and MS Hausili (difficult to
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Rare Philadelphia and Lancaster Road Certificate, 17952553 - Rare Philadelphia and Lancaster Road Certificate, 1795
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare and significant very early certificate. Appears to be on vellum(parchment). #222 issued to William Sansom March 16, 1795. Two vertical folds. 7
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Very Old Dutch Bond for a Philadelphia Bank, 18242554 - Very Old Dutch Bond for a Philadelphia Bank, 1824
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare 1824 $100 bond plus coupon page for a bank in Philadelphia, PA. Has appearance of the Bank of United States borrowing money from Amsterdam. Bond
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Maps of Pennsylvania (5)2555 - Maps of Pennsylvania (5)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Three maps double truck, multi color lithograph of Western Half of Pennsylvania, pp. 36 & 37, map of Eastern Half of Pennsylvania pp. 40 &am...
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Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Stereoviews of Pennsylvania Industrial Workers & Factories2556 - Stereoviews of Pennsylvania Industrial Workers & Factories
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6, one duplicate. Two Keystone: Blast Furnace Plant in Pittsburgh; and Modern Pig Iron Machine at Rest in Pittsburg. Four Underwood & Und...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Marine & River Phosphate Company Stock issued to Blockade Runner, 18832557 - Marine & River Phosphate Company Stock issued to Blockade Runner, 1883
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scarce! Number 103 for 75 shares issued to LD Mowry in 883. Great clipper ship vignette. Signed by treasurer D Rave---" and president RS Pinchi...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Lawrence County, South Dakota Territorial Bonds2558 - Lawrence County, South Dakota Territorial Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. Includes: #104 $500 refunding bond 5% 20 year 1" bottom tear 14.25" x 9.5"; #302 $500 10% 11" x 16"; #412 $500 r...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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