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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Dan Bryant's, How Are You Green-Backs Sheet Music2659 - Dan Bryant's, How Are You Green-Backs Sheet Music
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Song written by E. Bowers and arranged by Charles Glover. Bryant's comic song was written in 1863 and was a popular blackface minstrel song.13....
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to l*********t for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Extensive Printing Related Archive2660 - Extensive Printing Related Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mostly Western related. Kluge Automatic Platen Press parts catalog 35pp plus index 10.75" x 6.75". 1923 B/W 7.75" x 9.5" photo o...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to t******2 for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Lion Coffee Advertising Card Decks2661 - Lion Coffee Advertising Card Decks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 Lion Coffee Advertising Card Decks, approx 50 cards ea. 3" x 2". Date: Location: HWAC # 54146
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
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Sandy Koufax Photo Poster2662 - Sandy Koufax Photo Poster
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Poster of Sandy Koufax with newspapers headlined "Koufax wins", Koufax beats Ford, Sets strikeout record!". This is a print of origin...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Pen Ephemera (Stocks, Billhead, Price List)2663 - Pen Ephemera (Stocks, Billhead, Price List)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Two issued 1929 stock certificates for LeBoeuf Fountain Pen Company. Inc. in Massachusetts. Pictorial, not cancelled. 2) Illustrated bill
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Safe Handbills Advertising Bank Robberies2664 - Safe Handbills Advertising Bank Robberies
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10 handbills from various US Safe manufacturers that advertise the reliability of their products by mentioning failed robberies. One for Hall...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Singer Sewing Company Ephemera (Exposition Booklets, Trade Cards)2665 - Singer Sewing Company Ephemera (Exposition Booklets, Trade Cards)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. 1) Gorgeous booklet by the Singer Manufacturing Co. advertising their Family Sewing Machines & Art & Embroidery exhibit at the 18...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*******Y for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Singer Sewing Co. Trade Cards in Original Holder2666 - Singer Sewing Co. Trade Cards in Original Holder
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Interesting deck of trade cards showing residents of many countries next to or operating sewing machines. Bosnia, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden and mo
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Sold to t******2 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Vintage Doctor's Medical Bag2667 - Vintage Doctor's Medical Bag
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This vintage doctor's black leather medical bag is 16 in.l X 7 in.h X 5 in.w. It has two metal clasps for closure and is monogrammed "A.S.P...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Vintage Fish Menu Board2668 - Vintage Fish Menu Board
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fish menu board, with two mermaids at top. Very good condition, 36" x 24". Date: Location: HWAC # 54848
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to m*******q for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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