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

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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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Stockton City and San Joaquin County Directory for 1883-4 [143042]2100 - Stockton City and San Joaquin County Directory for 1883-4 [143042]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stockton City and San Joaquin County Directory for 1883-4, JW Smith & Co. San Francisco and Oakland, Giving the name, occupation and residence o...
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Estimate : 800.00 - 2,100.00
Sold to C*****r for (900.00 + 198.00BP) = 1,098.00
 
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McKenney's Stockton Directory 1st Issue, 1884-85 [142914]2101 - McKenney's Stockton Directory 1st Issue, 1884-85 [142914]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stockton City. San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Contra Costa Counties, Directory. Giving name, occupation and residence of all adult p
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to C*****r for (475.00 + 104.50BP) = 579.50
 
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1888 Stockton and San Joaquin County Directory [142729]2102 - 1888 Stockton and San Joaquin County Directory [142729]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
List of business firms and private citizens. Published by Polk & Company. Index lists military, schools, government, fire department, etc. Index...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to C*****r for (700.00 + 154.00BP) = 854.00
 
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1906 Stockton City Directory [142743]2103 - 1906 Stockton City Directory [142743]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Resident and Business directory. Street directory. All the usuals. Published by the Valley Directory Company. 392 pages. Cover show wear, especially s
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to C*****r for (400.00 + 88.00BP) = 488.00
 
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Truckee Basin & Lake Tahoe Directory 1883 [143218]2104 - Truckee Basin & Lake Tahoe Directory 1883 [143218]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"W.F. Edwards' Tourist Guide & Directory of the Truckee Basin." WF Edward Publisher. Printed by Republican Job Print, Truckee, Cal...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to y******e for (850.00 + 212.50BP) = 1,062.50
 
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Truckee Basin & Lake Tahoe Directory for 1884-85 [134394]2105 - Truckee Basin & Lake Tahoe Directory for 1884-85 [134394]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Extremely rare. "Giving Name, Business and Residence of the Adult Population on the Line of the C.P.R.R. from Truckee to Wadsworth, Inclusive. ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 1,000.00 - 3,000.00
Sold to l********r.. for (1,500.00 + 375.00BP) = 1,875.00
 
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Miners & Business Men Directory, 1856 Reprint (1976) [142978]2106 - Miners & Business Men Directory, 1856 Reprint (1976) [142978]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miners & Business Men's Directory for the Year Commencing January 1st, 1856 REPRINTED 1976 (First Edition Reprint) Embracing a General Dire...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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1902 Watsonville, California Resident Directory [142652]2107 - 1902 Watsonville, California Resident Directory [142652]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 x 5.5" 90 pages. Peckham & Swank publishers. Some advertising. Top right corner of front cover is lifting away from cardboard. Overall ve...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to C*****r for (150.00 + 33.00BP) = 183.00
 
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1870 Western Shore Gazetteer, Yolo County [142740]2108 - 1870 Western Shore Gazetteer, Yolo County [142740]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
...and Commercial Directory. Has residents and occupations. Extensive index; cattle for sale, breweries, Conrad's Farm, toll roads, Hungry Hollo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 600.00
Sold to Y******O for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Yolo County Residence & Business Directory, 1914 [142927]2109 - Yolo County Residence & Business Directory, 1914 [142927]
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Yolo County Residence and Business Directory Revised Every Two Years, April 1914. Mail Press. Woodland, CA. Softbound with pale green paper covers, f
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******a for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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