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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Ram Kachina by Ivan Wytewa3378 - Ram Kachina by Ivan Wytewa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ram Kachina by Ivan Wytewa, Immaculate, carving is fabulous. 10.75" x 3.5" x4". Little information of this artist. Date: Locat...
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Estimate : 600.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to k*****f for (800.00 + 200.00BP) = 1,000.00
 
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Scavenger, Fred Chapella3379 - Scavenger, Fred Chapella
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scavenger by Fred Chapella. Scavenger is carrying a basket, holds a knife and a cane. This is an incredible kachina, amazing detail. 10.25" x 6...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to u*****V for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Two "Old Style" Kachinas, Vern Mansfield, Jr.3380 - Two "Old Style" Kachinas, Vern Mansfield, Jr.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two "Old Style" Kachinas by Vern Mansfield, Jr. Painted in pale colors simple designs, each is about 7" high. The "Old Style&quo...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to S**********r for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Warrior Maiden, Preston Ami3381 - Warrior Maiden, Preston Ami
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Warrior Maiden kachina by Preston Ami. 6.75" x 2.5" x 2.5". Note: feathers are missing from top of head, and handle of item held in l...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Wi Haru--White Ogre3382 - Wi Haru--White Ogre
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wi Haru--White Ogre. This amazing piece is not only finely detailed, but there is a completely finished scene carved and painted on the back of the pi
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Warrior Mouse, Kerry David3383 - Warrior Mouse, Kerry David
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Warrior Mouse by Kerry David. 6.75" x 2.25" x 3.5". Good condition, tail has been repaired. Lower part of bow missing. The "Warr...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Zuni Eagle Dancer3384 - Zuni Eagle Dancer
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This Eagle Dancer is very colorful, wears a yarn neck collar, necklace, feathers and a painted skirt. Very nicely detained. 13" x 7" x 6.5...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Zuni Kachina, Ben Seciwa3385 - Zuni Kachina, Ben Seciwa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Zuni Kachina by Ben Seciwa. 11" x 4.5" x 4". Hand carved and painted design with applied felt, fur, yarn, feathers, beads and crushe...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Pomo Region Projectile Point Collection3386 - Pomo Region Projectile Point Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Spectacular projectile point collection of Judge William Whitney of Little Valley, Mendocino, collected in the 1930's-1940's. More than 60 p...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (700.00 + 175.00BP) = 875.00
 
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Carved Stone Artifacts, Chatahoochee region3387 - Carved Stone Artifacts, Chatahoochee region
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A group of carved stone artifacts, primarily sinkers, from the Bradley Junior collection of Roswell Georgia. Approximately 25 Native American stone ar
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to c******u for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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