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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Early Morning Kachina, H. Naha3368Early Morning Kachina, H. Naha
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early Morning Kachina by H. Naha. 12.5" x 5" x 5.5". Great condition, awarded 3rd place at the O'Odham Tash Casa Grande Fair. Hen...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 625.00
Great Horned Owl, N. Jacob3369Great Horned Owl, N. Jacob
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Great Horned Owl, N. Jacob. This is an impressive example of Hopi artistry. 8.25" x 4" x 3". This Kachina Doll was made by master Hop...
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to F********8 for 375.00
Ho-ote Kachina, H. Nequatewa3370Ho-ote Kachina, H. Nequatewa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ho-ote Kachina by Harold Nequatewa. 9" x 4.5"x 4". Very good condition. "Ho-ote is an extremely popular kachina because of his w...
Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*******e for 206.25
Kneeling Maiden, Bryan Loma3371Kneeling Maiden, Bryan Loma
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kneeling Maiden Kachina by Bryan Loma is featured in a traditional but rarely carved position with a wooden rasp in her right hand and a bowl in her l
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to r*******n for 125.00
Koshare by Clarence Cleveland3372Koshare by Clarence Cleveland
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Koshare by Clarence Cleveland. This charming clown is gathering corn. 12.2" x 8.25" x 7". Clarence Cleveland married Sadie Laban (Ho...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Long Hair Kachina, M.M.3373Long Hair Kachina, M.M.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Long Hair Kachina by M.M. 7" x 3" x 3". Two feathers missing from headdress. The Long Hair Katsina is a singer of sweet songs who bri...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to k******e for 62.50
Mocking Kachina, Leonard Selestewa3374Mocking Kachina, Leonard Selestewa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mocking Kachina, Leonard Selestewa. 10.75" x 6" x 8". Great piece in great condition, wears cowboy boots! Leonard is a traditional Ho...
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 250.00
Mudhead by Tino Youvella3375Mudhead by Tino Youvella
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mudhead by Tino Youvella. Handprints on body of this mudhead, hands appear to be holding some missing parts. 11.25" x 5" x 3.5". Tino...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r*******n for 62.50
Owl Kachina, Gene Dawahoya3376Owl Kachina, Gene Dawahoya
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Owl Kachina by Gene Dawahoya. 8.25" x 3.5" x 3"Gene C. Dawahoya, "Lapan-Hyeoma", (Icicle), member of the Bear Strap Clan (r...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 343.75
Priest Killer, Eloy Wytewa3377Priest Killer, Eloy Wytewa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Priest Killer by Eloy Wytewa. Some pieces are missing. 3" x 9.5" x 4". Date: Location: Hopi, Arizona HWAC # 49314
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 62.50