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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Fringed Tan Leather Chaps3658 - Fringed Tan Leather Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Modern, zipper attach. Shot gun style. Date: Location: HWAC # 55930
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Gray Chaps3659 - Gray Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gray chaps with leather head conchos. No reinforced edges, which were typical of the older heavily used styles. Probably late 20th c. No Maker shown.
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Leather Fringed Shotgun Chaps3660 - Leather Fringed Shotgun Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Modern chaps, unmarked, well made. Date: Location: HWAC # 55928
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a********r for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Long Hair Wooley Chaps3661 - Long Hair Wooley Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Tight curl, long hair wooley chaps, winged style. Fancy floral pattern on belt. Repairs on both legs Date: Location: HWAC # 55933
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Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Sold to m********r.. for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Mexican Charro Chaps3662 - Mexican Charro Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Revolutionary period Mexican Charro chaps. Horsehead patterns on belt. Horn buttons inside. Date: Location: HWAC # 55905
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Rodeo Chaps3663 - Rodeo Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rodeo Chaps with red trim. Late 20th c. No maker. Date: Location: HWAC # 55915
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Shotgun Angora Wooley Chaps3664 - Shotgun Angora Wooley Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unmarked chaps, closed leg shotgun style. Canvass lined. Generally very fine. Date: Location: HWAC # 55937
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
Sold to w*****l for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Shotgun Chaps, Unmarked3665 - Shotgun Chaps, Unmarked
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unmarked chaps, Long zipper attach, late 20th c. Date: Location: HWAC # 55913
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Youth or Ladies Chaps3666 - Youth or Ladies Chaps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rolled edge conchos, bat wing style, snaps missing, legs sewn in back. Unmarked Date: Location: HWAC # 55925
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to c********Z for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Boyt US Cavalry Saddle Bags3667 - Boyt US Cavalry Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Torn leather gussett. weak marked, like many are. Made by Boyt, who began in 1901. Date: Location: Iowa HWAC # 55943
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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