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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John Innis Western Postcards3618 - John Innis Western Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. Only postmark is 1908. Includes scenes of Native Americans carrying packs, wagon train, pulling barges upstream, Native Americans in a c
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8*****l for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Postcards of the Famous and Infamous Western Figures3619 - Postcards of the Famous and Infamous Western Figures
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Total of 8 cards. Postmarked cards from 1908 to 1914. Hank Wilson, the Grey Mountain Whiskey Agent, Buffalo BIll (painting by Rosa Bonheur), Jesse Jam
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Remainder of the Cowboy Postcards3620 - Remainder of the Cowboy Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of thirty. Twenty-four are Rodeo RPC's. Most identify the horse, rider and/or rodeo. Please see photos online! Date: Location: H...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to m**********i for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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RPCs of Cowboys Posing3621 - RPCs of Cowboys Posing
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten. One is identified as a "Cowboy Preacher" from Hyannis, Montana. It is a Phelps photograph from O'Neil, Nebraska. One is po...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to R*****8 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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Six Cowgirl Postcards3622 - Six Cowgirl Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Sketch of Pauline Cushman of Tombstone - actress, spy and seducer of men. 2-3) Two bright colorful photos of 'May.' 1908. 4) "A daug...
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Estimate : 30.00 - 60.00
Sold to T********a for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Stars of Wild West Shows Postcards3623 - Stars of Wild West Shows Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirteen postcards of the stars of Wild West Shows: Calamity Jane (6), 101 Ranch (2), Pawnee Bill (5). Date: Location: HWAC # 52427
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Tack and Taxidermy RPC's3624 - Tack and Taxidermy RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Christesen's Tack Room in Pleasanton. 2) Second Christesen. 3) Norquist's 'Horns of the Hunter'. Hayward, California Date: ...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Western Rodeo Postcards3625 - Western Rodeo Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1912-1939. Nineteen black and white RPC postcards. From Salinas, California; Klamath Falls, Oregon and Red Bluff, California. Photos by Miller, Vagger
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to s****y for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Wild West Postcards3626 - Wild West Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Twelve postcards of the stars of the Wild West: Kit Carson (2), Frank and Jesse James (5), and Billy the Kid (5). Date: Location: HWAC #
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to a****y for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Porter Chaps, Phoenix3627 - Porter Chaps, Phoenix
Holabird Western Americana Collections
N. Porter chaps. Round wing, 3 snap, inside pockets. dry condition. Marked with oval on left belt. Newton Porter was a Missourian, relocated to cattl
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to o*******a for (65.00 + 15.60BP) = 80.60
 
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