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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California Cover Lot: Some From and Some To1598 - California Cover Lot: Some From and Some To
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 51. Two full face reverses: Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1886 and Eleventh Industrial Cincinnati Exposition 1883. Please see photos onli
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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The California Philatelist, 2 Issues1599 - The California Philatelist, 2 Issues
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Based in San Francisco. Winter 1892-1893, 14 pages and Spring 1897 issue,10 pages. Philatelic dealer ads. 8.5" x 5.5". Date: Location...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Crystal, Colorado Addressed Envelope to Engineer B. S. Lyman1600 - Crystal, Colorado Addressed Envelope to Engineer B. S. Lyman
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This cover is packed with surprises. It is addressed to 'Benjamin Smith Lyman, Geologist, Colorado Fuel Company, Denver'. Denver is crossed ...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Stampless Lettersheet with a Stamped "STEAM" and One Stamped "STEAM BOAT" in Red1601 - Stampless Lettersheet with a Stamped "STEAM" and One Stamped "STEAM BOAT" in Red
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1)This 1841 cover is sent to Mr Asakee(?) Harris & Company of North Scituate, Rhode Island. The only Harris we could find in North S...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Boise Postcard Collection: Early Color and Black and Whites1602 - Boise Postcard Collection: Early Color and Black and Whites
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1906-1911. Lot of seven. Includes a very nice, very early Main Street. Quite Rare. Also the library, depot, Barber Lumber Mill in Barbertown, Capital,
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to j******0 for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Boise RPC Collection1603 - Boise RPC Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eight real photo black & white postcards. Includes Arrow Rock Dam, Idan-Ho Motel (on a moonlit night - Charles H Grout manager), Boise Barracks,...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to j******0 for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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Boise, Idaho Streetcar RPC with a Story1604 - Boise, Idaho Streetcar RPC with a Story
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Note on back says, "Taken 1/2 block from my house / 1817 Eastman / Boise Idaho." The 1920 census shows Whitaker as a salesman in a dry goo...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Color Postcards of Boise, Idaho1605 - Color Postcards of Boise, Idaho
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seventeen. 1904-1956. Includes several Main Street, Idanha Motel, Owyhee Hotel, The Grand, Natatorium, several of the depot, Capital, and Capit
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to j******0 for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Caldwell, Idaho Postcard Group1606 - Caldwell, Idaho Postcard Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five. Three black & white RPC's. Includes Caldwell Banking and Trust, Saratoga Hotel, Finey & Sterry Halls at the College of Idah...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Coeur d'Alene postcard group1607 - Coeur d'Alene postcard group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. Two duplicate RPC's of street scene. Also Fowler's Restaurant, Sherman Avenue, the lake, dock with steamers and a famous donke...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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