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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Lizard Seed Pot, A. A. Peynetsa3578 - Lizard Seed Pot, A. A. Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard seed p ot by A. A. Peynetsa. Single lizard rising up above pot, 3.5" x 3". Anderson Peynetsa, Zuni Pueblo, Collaborates with Avelia...
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Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Noreen Simplicio Seed Jar3579 - Noreen Simplicio Seed Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Noreen Simplicio seed jar. Two geckos in relief are facing each other on the top of the jar, Designs of deer on sides and one tiny gecko inside on bot
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Olla Pot by Priscilla Peynesta3580 - Olla Pot by Priscilla Peynesta
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Priscilla Peynetsa is an award-winning potter born into Zuni Pueblo in 1961. Rosette and floral designs with deer heartline, 5.5" h x 6.5"...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 450.00
Sold to c**********s for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Peach Jar by Priscilla Peynetsa3581 - Peach Jar by Priscilla Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Peach colored jar by Priscilla Peynetsa. Deer heartline and plant designs, 5.25" h x 6" diameter. Priscilla Peynetsa is well known in Zuni...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r******s for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta3582 - Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta. Beautifully painted contemporary deer with heartlines and leaf designs. 7" h x 7" diameter. Anderson Peynet...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to c**********s for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Micaceous Clay Horse3583 - Micaceous Clay Horse
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Micaceous clay fanciful horse figurine, signed Tsame, 2016. 9.5" x 6.5" x 3.75". Date: 2016 Location: New Mexico HWAC # 4...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Three Animal Figurines3584 - Three Animal Figurines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three animal figurines: 1) Fish by Dolores aragon, Acoma Pueblo, 1.75" x 3". Delores M. Aragon is named after her grandmother, Delores San...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Yei Jar by Nancy Chilly3585 - Yei Jar by Nancy Chilly
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pine Pitched Yei jar by Nancy Chilly. Yei figures and sun symbol designs, 6 colors. 4.75" h x 6.75" diameter. Nancy chilly is a talented N...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to s*******7 for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Mayan Style Vase by R. M. Morales3586 - Mayan Style Vase by R. M. Morales
Holabird Western Americana Collections
For more than thirty years, the Yucatec Maya family of Martín Julián Magaña Negrón and Patricia Martín Morales has been foc...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 260.00
Sold to n********w.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Mata Ortiz Seed Jar, Hector Ortega3587 - Mata Ortiz Seed Jar, Hector Ortega
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seed Jar by Hector Ortega; Mata Ortiz Pottery. Black swirl pot, 8.25" h x 6" diameter, small chips on rim. Hector Ortega learned to make p...
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Estimate : 90.00 - 140.00
Sold to s********r for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Two Vintage Pottery Effigy Pieces3588 - Two Vintage Pottery Effigy Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two vintage pottery effigy pieces: 1) Rare Zuni pitcher w/ bull as handle, c. 1900, 3.75" x 4.5". 2) Fish effigy ashtray from Mohave, 1.5&...
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Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Native American Mini Papoose with Photo Foldout3589 - Native American Mini Papoose with Photo Foldout
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An unusual mini papoose with a wood bottom, leather bottom wrap with rolling logo symbol and a babies face near the top. Inside the bottom is a mini f
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to c*******l for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Lot of Manitou Cliff Dwellers Ruins Company Stock Certificates3590 - Lot of Manitou Cliff Dwellers Ruins Company Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These eight certificates were purchased in 1907 by the Citizens Development Company for between one and ten shares. These are signed by president J Sh
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to m**********i for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Two Cabinet Cards of a Native American, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory3591 - Two Cabinet Cards of a Native American, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two copies of an 1882 cabinet card of Steps, a Nes Perce Indian who escaped while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska in 1878 and joined Sitting B
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m**********i for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Cabinet Cards of Crow Indians3592 - Cabinet Cards of Crow Indians
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two cabinet cards: 1) Crow man in a war bonnet--a majestic photo of "White Man Runs Him" (1855-1925). He was purportedly a scout for Custe...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m**********i for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Stereoviews of Native/Indigenous Peoples (Eskimos, South Pacific, Etc.)3593 - Stereoviews of Native/Indigenous Peoples (Eskimos, South Pacific, Etc.)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 different interesting cards. 1) Seven Keystone stereoviews: 10251--Native Children at West Gate, San Juan, Porto Rico; 11992--A Zulu Warrior
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to s********x for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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1895 Baker Perfect Barb Wire Postal Card3594 - 1895 Baker Perfect Barb Wire Postal Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sold by Consolidated Steel and Wire Company. Includes price list. 2) Ranger Barb Wire. The only absolutely single strand wire ever made. Photo of stee
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to k****g for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Kansas and Cowboy Related Ephemera3595 - Kansas and Cowboy Related Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Receipt with vignette from Opera House Meat Market in Dodge City KS. 1912 5" x 6". Receipt with saddle vignette from John Clark Saddlery ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to m**********i for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Early Reno Rodeo RPC's3596 - Early Reno Rodeo RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One card is postmarked Reno 1937. Two bucking broncs. One in front of the stands. No photographer. One has some creasing and discoloration on the top.
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Visalia Stock Saddle Company Pictorial Postal Piece to Jungo, Nevada3597 - Visalia Stock Saddle Company Pictorial Postal Piece to Jungo, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The small broadside (7 x 8") has a great saddle pictorial. It is addressed to Alan Y Austin of Jungo. The Austin family was Jungo and their cla...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m**********i for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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