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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.25 cal. Stevens rim-fire Cartridges3009 - .25 cal. Stevens rim-fire Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This gorgeous green label two piece picture box of the .25 cal. rim-fire Stevens rifle cartridges were produced by UMC before they were owned by Remin
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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.25 cal. Stevens Short Cartridges3010 - .25 cal. Stevens Short Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a "red label:"picture box of the Remington UMC .25 cal. Stevens Short cartridges. This box was produced in the early 1890's an...
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Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 180.00 - 275.00
 
 
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.30 caliber long UMC Cartridges3011 - .30 caliber long UMC Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A very early and desirable Union Metallic Cartridge Co. two piece brown box of the .30 caliber long cartridge for pistol revolvers such as the number
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Estimate : 270.00 - 350.00
Sold to y**********i for (60.00 + 9.00BP) = 69.00
 
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.32 cal. rim-fire UMC Cartridges3012 - .32 cal. rim-fire UMC Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A beautiful red label two piece picture box of 50 round ".32 short". This is an 1880's box of very rare and desirable .32 cal. rim fi...
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Estimate : 180.00 - 225.00
Sold to a******l for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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.32 Caliber extra long Ballard center-fire Cartridges3013 - .32 Caliber extra long Ballard center-fire Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a blue label two piece picture box of the .32 caliber extra long center fire cartridge. The box is marked 18 grains black powder 105 grain bul
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to y**********i for (75.00 + 11.25BP) = 86.25
 
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.32 caliber Ideal central-fire Cartridges3014 - .32 caliber Ideal central-fire Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This a rare green label two piece unopened box of .32 caliber center fire black powder rifle cartridges. This is a special box and so marked. This wo
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to y**********i for (110.00 + 16.50BP) = 126.50
 
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.38 cal. Peters rim-fire Box3015 - .38 cal. Peters rim-fire Box
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is a Peters cartridge company red label two piece picture box. The Peters Company of Cincinnati, Ohio made these "Swagged bullet" .38...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to a******l for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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.44 cal. central-fire Webley Cartridges3016 - .44 cal. central-fire Webley Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A wonderful Union Metallic Cartridge Co. antique two piece box of .44 cal. Webley black powder cartridges from the 1880's-turn of the century. T...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to y**********i for (100.00 + 15.00BP) = 115.00
 
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.44 Webley center fire Winchester Cartridges3017 - .44 Webley center fire Winchester Cartridges
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This an early green label picture box Winchester produced .44 Webley center-fire cartridge. Early box of Webley .44's used in the British Bulldo...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to y**********i for (100.00 + 15.00BP) = 115.00
 
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.45 cal. Military Ball Ammunition3018 - .45 cal. Military Ball Ammunition
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This box of .45 cal. pistol ball ammunition is a brown box of 20 rounds from either WW II or the Korean War. It is marked "caliber 45 M1911 amm...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 85.00
Sold to 8***1 for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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