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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Squirrel Figurine, Gutierrez's3548 - Squirrel Figurine, Gutierrez's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Squirrel holding a nut by Lela & Luther Gutierrez. 3.25" h x 1.75" w x 2.5" d. Lela Gutierrez (1895-1966) and her son Luther Guti...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Sugar and Creamer Bowls3549 - Sugar and Creamer Bowls
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Redware sugar bowl and creamer pitcher, unsigned. Gray and white geometric designs. Sugar-2.75" h x 3.75 diameter; creamer-2.75" h x 3.75...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Three Animal Figurines3550 - Three Animal Figurines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three animal figurines: 1) 1980's handmade blackware bear signed Paul-Dorothy (Gutierrez). 3" x 2" x 2". 2) Unsigned blackware r...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Tiny Sgraffito Vase, Geri Naranjo3551 - Tiny Sgraffito Vase, Geri Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Tiny sgraffito vase by Geri Naranjo. Water serpent and kiva step design, 2" h x 1.5 diameter. Geri Naranjo has been producing traditional potte...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to B******1 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Toned Floral Pot, Bernice Moquino3552 - Toned Floral Pot, Bernice Moquino
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Toned floral etched pot, oval mother of pearl piece at top by Bernice Moquino. 2" h x 2.75" diameter. This is intricately carved sgraffit...
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Toned Seed Pot, Eric Tafoya3553 - Toned Seed Pot, Eric Tafoya
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Toned Seed Pot by Eric Tafoya. Butterflies and roses in two tones. Beautiful. 3" h x 5" diameter. Eric Tafoya was born in 1969 into the Sa...
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Turtle Figurine, Mae Tapia3554 - Turtle Figurine, Mae Tapia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Turtle figurine by Mae Tapia (b.1952-). Bear with feathers sgraffito design on back of stylized turtle form. 3/8" h x 2.5" x 2.5". ...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Turtle Figurine, Monica Naranjo3555 - Turtle Figurine, Monica Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Turtle figurine by Monica Naranjo. 1/2" h x 2". Black and sienna, scraffito, kiva step and cloud design. Madeline Naranjo and Adrian Garc...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Two Blackware Pieces3556 - Two Blackware Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two blackware pieces: Polished bear stamp w kiva step stamp, 1.75" x 2", unsigned. 2) Polished black moccasin, 1.75" x 3.5", uns...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Two Turtles by Carolyn Velarde3557 - Two Turtles by Carolyn Velarde
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two blackware turtles by Carolyn Velarde. One turtle is 3.5" and the other is 3". Different designs on each. Carol Velarde is known for he...
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Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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