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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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1872-18731220 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1872-1873
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor, front are rear covers are detached, spine is missing. 683pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53623
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18791221 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1879
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor. 1030pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53624
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18811222 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1881
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor. 907pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53622
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18831223 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1883
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor, cover and spine are detaching. 1055pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53621
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18851224 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1885
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor. Front and rear covers are detached. 1009pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53618
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18871225 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1887
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor. 1053pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53617
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18891226 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1889
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor 1064 pages. Date: Location: HWAC # 53634
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18911227 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1891
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor, 1439 pages, spine and rear cover are detached. Date: Location: HWAC # 53633
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18931228 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1893
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor 1232 pages, front and rear covers are detaching. Date: Location: HWAC # 53632
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18961229 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1896
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor 1669 pages. Front and rear cover is detaching. Date: Location: HWAC # 53631
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 18981230 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1898
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor, front cover and spine are detached. 1492pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53619
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Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 19001231 - Poor's Manual of Railroads Of the US 1900
Holabird Western Americana Collections
By Henry Poor, front cover and spine are detaching. 1562pp. Date: Location: HWAC # 53620
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Alaska/Yukon and Arizona Railroad & Travel Ephemera1232 - Alaska/Yukon and Arizona Railroad & Travel Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 versions of Alaska Atlin and the Yukon brochures. 1 c. 1923, 48 panels color cover, 9" x 4". c. 1930's-1940's same title but dif...
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Arizona Railroad Reports Prints1233 - Arizona Railroad Reports Prints
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 tinted 8.5" x 10.75" prints of Arizona scenes-Valley of the Gila & Sierra de las Estrellas from the Maricopa Wells plate V, Mirage o...
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Pacific Electric Railway And Similar Major Archive1234 - Pacific Electric Railway And Similar Major Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pacific Electric Railway major ephemera archive. Approx 70 schedules and timetables. Small Orange Empire Trolley Trip pamphlet. March 1949 Pacific Ele
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Southwestern States Joint Rally Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1235 - Southwestern States Joint Rally Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
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4 states picnic, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah. Joint rally Saturday July 9 year unknown. Bixby Park Long Beach. Pacific Electric Railway. 6&quo...
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Alaska Yukon Club Broadside for International Sourdough Picnic (Pacific Electric Railway)1236 - Alaska Yukon Club Broadside for International Sourdough Picnic (Pacific Electric Railway)
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Int'l. Sourdough Picnic under auspices of Alaska Yukon Club of Los Angeles, Calif. Sept 17th, year unknown. Bixby park Long Beach, Calif. Pacif...
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Buckeyes Big Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1237 - Buckeyes Big Picnic Reunion Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
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"Buckeyes" The Big Ohio Picnic Reunion. Monday Feb. 13 year unknown. Sycamore Grove Park, Los Angeles. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x...
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Combat Division A.E.F. Picnic Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1238 - Combat Division A.E.F. Picnic Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
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Combat Division A.E.F. Division Picnic, Sycamore Grove Sunday October 29 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x 18". Date: Loca...
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Easter Sunrise Services Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)1239 - Easter Sunrise Services Broadside (Pacific Electric Railway)
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Hollywood Bowl, Mount Forest Lawn, Mt. Rubidoux, Avalon stops for Easter services. Sunday April 1 year unknown. Pacific Electric Railway. 6" x ...
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