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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2-Piece Turtle Figurine, Corn Moquino34882-Piece Turtle Figurine, Corn Moquino
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2-piece turtle figurine by Corn Moquino. Legs and body are redware, turquoise eyes. Blackware shell is etched with design and a piece of turquoise mou
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Abstracted Avanyu, Tammy Garcia3489Abstracted Avanyu, Tammy Garcia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Abstracted Avanyu by Tammy Garcia. Deeply etched blackware pot, 3" h x 4" diameter. Tammy Garcia is certainly one of the most renown of th...
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to p**y for 1,125.00
Avanyu Pot, Earlene Youngbird3490Avanyu Pot, Earlene Youngbird
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Avanyu pot by Earlene Youngbird. Polished redware with cream colored matte modern design of Avanyu (water serpent), 4" h x 5" diameter. Ea...
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to B******1 for 156.25
Avanyu Vase, Corn Moquino3491Avanyu Vase, Corn Moquino
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Avanyu (water serpent) vase by Corn Moquino. 2.25" h x 1.5". Beautifully etched design with feathers and avanyu. Corn Moquino is of Zia &...
Estimate : 350.00 - 600.00
Sold to B******1 for 156.25
Avanyu Vase, Eric Tafoya3492Avanyu Vase, Eric Tafoya
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Avanyu with feathers vase by Eric Tafoya. 3" h x 2.75" diameter. Eric Tafoya was born in 1969 into the Santa Clara-Tewa Pueblo. His intere...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Belen Tapia Multi-color Bowl3493Belen Tapia Multi-color Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Multi-colored redware bowl by Belen Tapia. Bowl has square opening, shows wear. 5" h x 7.5" diameter. Belen Tapia (1914-1999) was a niece ...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Bird Pot by JoAnn3494Bird Pot by JoAnn
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bird Pot by JoAnn--possibly JoAnn Million, Santa Clara Pueblo. Matte etching design on bird head and tail, 5.25" h x 4.75" diameter. Jo An...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Black on Black Pot, Merton & Linda Sisneros3495Black on Black Pot, Merton & Linda Sisneros
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black on black pot by Merton & Linda Sisneros. Feather, kiva step and water serpent designs. Very elegant work, 3.5" h x 4.5" diameter...
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 260.00
Blackware Cooking Jar3496Blackware Cooking Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage blackware cooking jar, unsigned. 5" h x 4" diameter. Date: c. 1950 Location: Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico HWAC # 52156
Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Blackware Pot--Bear Paw, Ethel Yazza3497Blackware Pot--Bear Paw, Ethel Yazza
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ethel Yazza blackware pot with deeply incised bear paw and arrow designs. Three lightly etched bear figures, 3" h x 4" diameter. Ethel “Tu...
Estimate : 140.00 - 280.00
Sold to m*******q for 75.00
Blackware Vase, Sharon Naranjo Garcia3498Blackware Vase, Sharon Naranjo Garcia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Blackware vase by Sharon Naranjo Garcia. Vase has fluted rim and a bearpaw incised on the neck, 6.75" h x 5" diameter. Most potters learne...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
Sold to 4**1 for 250.00
Blackware, Teresa V. Gutierrez3499Blackware, Teresa V. Gutierrez
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Blackware pot by Teresa V. Gutierrez. 2.5" h x 3" diameter. Very deeply incised pot. Teresa Gutierrez is a daughter of Rosita Velarde and ...
Estimate : 130.00 - 260.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 81.25
Brown Bear, Bernice Suazo3500Brown Bear, Bernice Suazo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown Bear by Bernice Suazo. very nicely etched band with very delicate slight etching designs over rest of surface. 1-3/8" h x 2.5". Eleg...
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 125.00
Brownware Jar, Stephen Baca3501Brownware Jar, Stephen Baca
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brownware Jar by Stephen Baca. Sgraffito hummingbirds w/ flowers and rain clouds. Inlay of turquoise, signed with baca's bearpaw signature. 2.25...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Brownware w/ Incised Bear Claws, Christine Nieto3502Brownware w/ Incised Bear Claws, Christine Nieto
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Polished brownware w/ incised bear claws by Christine Nieto. 3" h x 2.75" diameter. This pot by Christine Nieto (1965-2008) is highly poli...
Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
Sold to k*****f for 62.50
Dragonflies and Leaves, Bernice Naranjo3503Dragonflies and Leaves, Bernice Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dragonflies and Leaves by Bernice Naranjo. Unsigned. Deeply etched pot, 4.25"h x 3" diameter. She is most known for her sienna and dark br...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to k*****f for 112.50
Duotone Seed Jar, Pat & Margie Naranjo3504Duotone Seed Jar, Pat & Margie Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Duotone (blackware w/ sienna) seed jar by Pat & Margie Naranjo. Image of a deer, beautiful sgraffito in toned sienna color. 2.5" h x 2.5&qu...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Egg Form, Joseph Lonewolf3505Egg Form, Joseph Lonewolf
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Egg Form by Joseph Lonewolf (1932-2014). Image of ram and geometric designs, with touches of blue in design. 1-5/8" v x 1.25" diameter. Be...
Estimate : 800.00 - 1,600.00
Sold to B******1 for 531.25
Egg Shape, Forest Naranjo3506Egg Shape, Forest Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Exquisite sienna colored egg of high polish and beautifully executed and detailed etchings of waves, fish octopus and a llama! The piece is signed For
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Etched Blackware Jar, Kevin Naranjo3507Etched Blackware Jar, Kevin Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Etched blackware jar w/ brown tones by Kevin Naranjo. Intricately designed jar features a bear paw, pueblo, mountains, water, etc. Rim is kiva stepped
Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00