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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Boyt US Cavalry Saddle Bags3668 - Boyt US Cavalry Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Well marked by Boyt of Iowa. Circa WW1. Date: Location: Iowa HWAC # 55944
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
 
 
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US Cavalry Saddle Bags, Boyt3669 - US Cavalry Saddle Bags, Boyt
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Well marked, Boyt "STC". cWW1 Date: Location: Iowa HWAC # 55948
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to T********a for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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US Saddle Bags by Boyt3670 - US Saddle Bags by Boyt
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Canvas liners intact. Nice. Date: Location: Iowa HWAC # 55950
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Bridger Creek Saddle Bags3671 - Bridger Creek Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bridger Creek Outfitters saddle bags, late 20th c. Date: Location: Bozeman, Montana HWAC # 55941
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Wes Schenk, Harlowton Saddle Bags3672 - Wes Schenk, Harlowton Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Please see photo online. Date: Location: Harlowton, Montana HWAC # 55952
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to T********a for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Lawrence, Portland, Saddle Bags3673 - Lawrence, Portland, Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
George Lawrence saddle bags. "Challenger". Fl;oral embossed pattern. good condition. Also made gun leather and sporting goods. Lawrence st...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to T********a for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Classic Western Cowboy Saddle Bags3674 - Classic Western Cowboy Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two saddle bags. One is a nineteenth century bag, no maker. The other is an embossed saddle bag. Date: Location: HWAC # 55956
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to T********a for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Five Vintage Saddle Bags3675 - Five Vintage Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes: US cavalry, 1917, a wall hanger. Four unmarked saddle bags of varying condition and design. Please inspect. Date: Location: HWAC
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to s****y for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Locking Large Saddle Bag, Non Military3676 - Locking Large Saddle Bag, Non Military
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original bag lining with striped ticking. Torn gusset, no maker marks. Has a special design for locking, similar to locking sample bags from mining. P
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Pair Unmarked Saddle Bags3677 - Pair Unmarked Saddle Bags
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two unmarked saddle bags made in the US Cavalry style. Possibly circa 1915-25. Condition issues. Date: Location: HWAC # 55946
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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