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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Ivory Eskimo Ice Fishing Art3248 - Ivory Eskimo Ice Fishing Art
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a nifty item. Shows an ivory Eskimo ice fishing and he has just caught a fish. Two more fish lie on the base. Base measures 6 x 3.5". H...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Eskimo Kayak with Hunting Tools3249 - Eskimo Kayak with Hunting Tools
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Probably pre-1900. About 2 feet in length. Wood and hide construction. Includes wood and ivory tools. One hand held harpoon has a float attached! Pad
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to C*****t for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Eskimos at the Kill Sculpture3250 - Eskimos at the Kill Sculpture
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Show three eskimos with knives at their feet. A dead seal lays in between them. On a rock base. The sculpture is 7" long and 3 inches high. Sig...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Eskimos in the Snow Sculptures - Ivory3251 - Eskimos in the Snow Sculptures - Ivory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Largest is a 2.5" Eskimo on snowshoes. Ivory. Gloves and face highlighted in black and red. Black and red clothing detail. Nice looking. 2) ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Eskimos Rowing Small Boat - Ivory3252 - Eskimos Rowing Small Boat - Ivory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Faces have been highlighted in black. 5 inches long. Intricate and interesting piece. See photograph. The Native American ivory item(s) in this lot
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Four Interesting Polar Bear Fetishes3253 - Four Interesting Polar Bear Fetishes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Largest polar bear is ivory and stands 3". With highlighted facial feature and toes in black. Longest is 3.5". They all seem to be made fr...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b****s for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Game Featuring an Ivory Walrus3254 - Game Featuring an Ivory Walrus
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This seems to be some sort of game. It is a carved walrus with a hide strip going through him and carved pieces on each end. Walrus is approximately 3
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Green Stone Walrus with Ivory Tusks3255 - Green Stone Walrus with Ivory Tusks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a beautiful show piece. Nice green color with nice details. Massive looking! Almost 8" tall. One tusk tip has been chipped. The Nat...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Hand Carved Blackstone with Ivory Narwhal Tusk3256 - Hand Carved Blackstone with Ivory Narwhal Tusk
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ivory is made to look like a narwhal tusk. 5 inches long. Tooth measures 1". Height is 3.5 inches. Black stone base. The Native American iv...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to T********a for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Hand Carved Haida Pipe3257 - Hand Carved Haida Pipe
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This rather interesting piece shows spectacular workmanship. The human body on the top (with ribs sticking out and in a look of death or severe starva
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Estimate : 500.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to k*******v for (650.00 + 162.50BP) = 812.50
 
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