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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Indian Chief, Veloy Joseph Vigil3318 - Indian Chief, Veloy Joseph Vigil
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Indian Chief by Veloy Joseph Vigil,1931-1997. Carved signature "V Vigil" verso. This is a powerful carving in alabaster of a Chief--he is ...
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Floating Red Square II, William Gatewood3319 - Floating Red Square II, William Gatewood
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Floating Red Square II by William Gatewood a print from the series of collages. Framed and matted, 33.25" x 33.25". The artwork of William...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Outsider Art by Anthony Rod3320 - Outsider Art by Anthony Rod
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Outsider art style painting and collage on canvas by Anthony Rochiozo. 44" x 30". No information on artist. Date: Location: H...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Group of Vintage  Papago Baskets3321 - Group of Vintage Papago Baskets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three vintage baskets and two hot pads: 1) Small tray, coyote track design, 1" x 6.75" diameter. 2) Basket, coyote tracks, 3.5" x 6.5...
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Start Price : 115.00 | Estimate : 230.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Tohono O'odham Lizard Basket3322 - Tohono O'odham Lizard Basket
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Tohono O'odham lizard and turkey basket. Beautiful piece, tightly coiled; very good condition, tiny area of missing weave. 3.75" h x 6.5&qu...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sold to w*********n for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Tohono O'odham Pictorial Basket3323 - Tohono O'odham Pictorial Basket
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early 20th century Tohono O'odham pictorial basket. female figures and diamond shapes. 7.25" h x 11.25" diameter. Very good condition,...
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to w*********n for (350.00 + 87.50BP) = 437.50
 
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Two Akimel O'odham Baskets3324 - Two Akimel O'odham Baskets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Akimel O'odham (Pima) baskets: 1) Tray, step design, 2" x 11.5" diameter. 2) Basket tray, radiating line design, 3" x 11"...
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Two Large Papago Baskets3325 - Two Large Papago Baskets
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large Papago baskets: 1) Lidded cylindrical basket, woven from willow and devil's claw over bundle grass. 8" x 8.5" diameter. Diamond...
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Start Price : 175.00 | Estimate : 350.00 - 550.00
 
 
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Vintage Pima Basket3326 - Vintage Pima Basket
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Pima maze design basket. 2.75" h x 5" diameter. Very good condition, tiny rim damage. Date: c.1900's Location: Arizona...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to B******1 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Small Mono/Paiute Cone Basket3327 - Small Mono/Paiute Cone Basket
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mono/Paiute Native American small burden basket c1900, handle attached. Very good condition. 7.25" h x 6.5" diameter. Date: Loc...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to i*****l for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Vintage Hupa, Karuk, or Yakut Basket3328 - Vintage Hupa, Karuk, or Yakut Basket
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful Yurok, Hupa or Karuk twined Basket: 1) very unusual basket--oval pedestal bowl. 3.25" x 8.5" x 9.5". Very good condition. 2...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Paiute Basket Wrapped Jar3329 - Paiute Basket Wrapped Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Paiute basket woven wrapped octagonal jar. Good condition but rim weaving broken. 6" x6.5" diameter. Date: Location: Neva...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Vintage Woven Alarm "Clock"3330 - Vintage Woven Alarm "Clock"
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Native American woven "Clock". Good condition, one of feet bent. Roman numerals and hands are embroidered. 6" x 4.25" ...
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Sioux or Lakota Painted Parfleche Box3331 - Sioux or Lakota Painted Parfleche Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sioux or Lakota Painted Parfleche Box. These boxes were fundamental to a Plains way of life. This box is in very good condition with original ties. 8.
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Start Price : 1,250.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Great Lakes Region Ceremonial Rattle3332 - Great Lakes Region Ceremonial Rattle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Has a colorful, floral design, cloth rap. Tomahawk shaped gourd on top. Feathers, mask hanging! Leather tassels off of the end of the handle with two
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Vintage Ute Beaded Hide Cradleboard3333 - Vintage Ute Beaded Hide Cradleboard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Ute wood board, tanned elk hide, glass beads, red wool trade cloth. 38" long 17.5" at widest. Amazing piece! Not authenticated, ho...
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
Sold to T*****3 for (1,400.00 + 350.00BP) = 1,750.00
 
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Vintage Pomo Headdress3334 - Vintage Pomo Headdress
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice vintage, c1900, Pomo headdress and a choice vintage Native American themed frame containing two real photo postcards of a Pomo woman with a nea
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Pomo Bead Collection3335 - Pomo Bead Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Massive and impressive Pomo bead collection, with perhaps thousands of pieces strung on perhaps a dozen strands, beautifully framed. 24 x 48". ...
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Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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Sioux Beaded Hide Pouch3336 - Sioux Beaded Hide Pouch
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Central Plains Beaded Hide Pouch, Sioux, U-shaped, multicolored geometric designs on both sides, fringed along the bottom, 4.25" x 5". D...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to s******t for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Cheyenne/Plains Beaded Leggings Pair3337 - Cheyenne/Plains Beaded Leggings Pair
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two beaded pieces from Cheyenne leggings; c. last quarter 19th century, with red, blue, green, yellow geometric designs on a white background. One is
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Estimate : 900.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to d***8 for (450.00 + 112.50BP) = 562.50
 
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