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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22 Vintage Sheet Music Pieces2639 - 22 Vintage Sheet Music Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cowboy Songs by Charles Marshall, Everybody Loves a Chicken by Bobby Jones (everybody really?), Why Can't I Be your Honey Boy by Frank Minzley, ...
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6 Tintypes including Half Plates2640 - 6 Tintypes including Half Plates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Half plate of an old woman with glasses, Half plate of a baby in a carriage. Half plates are large and desirable. Quarter plate of 3 men and a woman.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Animal & Pet Stereoviews2641 - Animal & Pet Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 different stereoviews showing pets or animals. Three show Saint Bernard dogs: Kilburn 14684, c.1902; Keystone 11364 Ladies Kennel Association
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Early Aviation Stereoviews incl. Lindbergh2642 - Early Aviation Stereoviews incl. Lindbergh
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 different Keystone stereoviews. Includes two airplane stereoviews: 32062T--Our Ambassador of the Air, Col. Lindbergh and Plane Spirit of St.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m******0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Collection of Interior and Exterior Building Photos2643 - Collection of Interior and Exterior Building Photos
Holabird Western Americana Collections
33 mostly matted b/w building shots includes store interiors,a motor vehicle, church, fruit store, 2 dalmations, parade, service station, houses, barb
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Large Group of Many B/W Photos and Cabinet Cards2644 - Large Group of Many B/W Photos and Cabinet Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Subjects include men, women, children, pets, stereoviews, foreign scenes, shriners, US military and more. Hundreds of items in this grab box of mostly
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Estimate : 50.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Miscellaneous U.S. Stereoview Collection2645 - Miscellaneous U.S. Stereoview Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 39. Really varied group: scenery (California, Idaho, Watkins Glen, New York), people (Admiral Dewey, Mr. R. W. Sears, early barber, farmers in
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Miscellaneous US Military Stereoviews2646 - Miscellaneous US Military Stereoviews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 13. Includes: two zeppelin views, Pacific Fleet visiting San Francisco Bay, two of military bands, Admiral Evans, US Marine Peace Jubilee in Ph
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Stereoviews of Children2647 - Stereoviews of Children
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 early stereoviews featuring children sleeping, playing games, posing, etc. Fun little group. Mostly Keystone or Underwood & Underwood...
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Start Price : 15.00 | Estimate : 30.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Stereoviews of US Food Workers/Industries2648 - Stereoviews of US Food Workers/Industries
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 different Keystone stereoviews showing US workers in food industries. Includes: butchering salmon in a canning factory in Astoria; three diff
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Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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