December Dreams Premier Auction: Western Americana, Mining, & Numismatics (December 2021)

Auction Details

Welcome to our "December Dreams" Premier Auction, our final sale of 2021!

December Sale Highlights
This December Sale includes many highlighted collections, including parts of the Ken Prag Postcard Collection, Bill McKivor Token and Medal Collection, MacKenzie Montana Collection, and the Ron Lerch Western Directory Collection, all supplemented by some world-class great rarities from other private collections nationwide.

Fresh to the market is the Ron Lerch Collection of Western Directories. The collection numbers nearly 700 different directories, and here are presented about 200 directories as the first part of this major historic and all-important reference material collection, picked somewhat randomly from the collection. Most of the Western states have several directories offered in this first sale. Some of the key pieces in the December sale are the two very rare San Francisco Chinese business directories, as well as a number of very rare county directories of the nineteenth century. Directories are considered “primary source” material, and as such are essential in aspects of historical research. Few of the directories in the Lerch Collection have been digitized (with the Langley’s San Francisco an obvious exception).

Yes, the Prag Collection keeps on giving! This sale contains about 500 lots of postcards, but the majority, perhaps 350 lots, are from California. This large group offers some of the best and rarest postcards we’ve offered yet, from Pioneer cards (Private Mailing Cards, c1898-1902) to rare artists and themes, such as Disney (1930s cards) and the Titanic (both pre-sinking and post sinking from 1912).

Within these two massive collections is a common theme: Hawaii. The Prag Collection offers about 40 lots of vintage Hawaii postcards, and there are about 7 Hawaiian directories from the Lerch Collection.

Antiquarian photography is another key category for collectors, including many historic and possibly unique western stereo-view cards and photographs, and an absolutely fabulous Ansel Adams original photograph group from his Yosemite Series (all signed), highlighted by “Moon over El Capitan”, print No. 10, considered by many as one of his greatest photographs.

As always, we have a strong Native Americana section, with baskets (more coming in the next sale), jewelry and art. Speaking of Art, we have three early Salvador Dali signed lithographic prints, and a rather wonderful group of Japanese wood block and lithograph prints, many with original signatures.

The MacKenzie Montana Collection continues, with several hundred lots of historical Montana documents and ephemera.

The Railroad and Mining sections contain selections from several private collections with a number of rarities. This sale features premier California Gold Rush and Nevada Territory mining collections!

Our Numismatics section includes a collection of So-Called Dollars and new offerings from the Bill McKivor Nevada token and world-medal collection, not to be missed!

Make sure to use the Keyword search tool to find items in your collecting areas across the three auction days. As usual, our team is happy and ready to answer questions.

And please send us those great collections for 2022! Yours could be the next world record!

--Fred Holabird & Team--


Auction Schedule

Day 1, Friday, December 17th, 2021, Lots 1000-1610
Philatelic (1000-1527)
Military, Political, & Firearms (1528-1558)
Gaming (1559-1577)
Model Railroad & Toys (1578-1610)

Day 2, Saturday, December 18th, 2021, Lots 2000-2683
Books feat. Ron Lerch Directory Collection, Part I (2000-2229)
Mining Artifacts & Ephemera (2230-2363)
Stock Certificates & Bonds (2364-2683)
Mining (2364-2551)
Railroad (2552-2624)
Miscellaneous (2625-2683)

Day 3, Sunday, December 19th, 2021, Lots 3000-3614
Native Americana (3000-3044)
Art feat. Ansel Adams (3045-3087)
General Americana (3088-3388)
Geographically Sorted
Misc. Categories incl. Coffee Mill Collection
Numismatics (3389-3613)
Coins & Currency (3389-3397)
Medals & So-Called Dollars (3398-3447)
Tokens feat. Bill McKivor Nevada Tokens, Part II (3448-3614)
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Kansas & Kentucky Railroad Stock Group [142838]2569 - Kansas & Kentucky Railroad Stock Group [142838]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. 1) Louisville Railway. # 1705. Street cars vignette. 1893. Preferred stock.2) Louisville Railway. # 3418. Street cars vignette. 1893. Co
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to P******0 for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Two Maysville, Kentucky Railroad Stocks [142826]2570 - Two Maysville, Kentucky Railroad Stocks [142826]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Maysville & Lexington Rail Road. #72 for 10 shares issued in 1871. Stamp cancelled. Steam locomotive rambling thorough the countryside vignette....
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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East Kentucky Coal, Lumber and Rail Road Co. Bond [130686]2571 - East Kentucky Coal, Lumber and Rail Road Co. Bond [130686]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 291 issued on 1874, Signed by president Charles Wells and secretary Battell. $1,000 first mortgage gold bond. Three vignettes: mining, train and man
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to f*****1 for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad  [130689]2572 - Richmond, Nicholasville, Irvine & Beattyville Railroad [130689]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 2300 issued in 1890. Two vignettes: Steam train and farmer with horse drawn plow. Heavy folds and top left corner is torn. Coupons 5 through 60 atta
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to d*******f for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Four Baltimore Railroad Stocks [142812]2573 - Four Baltimore Railroad Stocks [142812]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Baltimore Consolidated. #A3093 in 1898. Cut cancelled. Street car vignette. 2) United Railways & Electric Company of Baltimore. #B459 in 1902...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to t*****1 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Pullman Palace Car Stocks and Three Other Railroad Bonds [140185]2574 - Pullman Palace Car Stocks and Three Other Railroad Bonds [140185]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirteen Pullman's Palace Car Company stocks. 6 orange and 7 gray. Vignettes of St. Francis Station of London with cars in front of station Vign...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to t********f for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Detroit and Lima Northern Railway Bond [130706]2575 - Detroit and Lima Northern Railway Bond [130706]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$1000, 5% 1st Mtg. gold bond issued in 1897. Fifty-year bond due 1947. One hundred coupons attached. I/U. Two steam engines with allegorical figures o
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Minnesota and Wisconsin Railroad Stocks [142813]2576 - Minnesota and Wisconsin Railroad Stocks [142813]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Six nice, early and low numbered stocks. 1) Milwaukee and Northwestern Railway. NUMBER 9 issued in 1872. 2) Minneapolis Railway Terminal Company. # 18
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Start Price : 130.00 | Estimate : 260.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nevada Southern Railway Company Bond, 1893 [130678]2577 - Nevada Southern Railway Company Bond, 1893 [130678]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
# 409 for the First Mortgage bond. Signed by president Blake and secretary Manly. Coupons 32 to 60 included. Some edge discoloration and rips, but bon
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Long Dock Company Stock, 1892 [130608]2578 - Long Dock Company Stock, 1892 [130608]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#347 for 2 shares in 1892, Pen cancelled signatures. Left side has a detailed vignette of a harbor with trains, warehouses and various ships. Printed
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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