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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Red Seed Jar, Apple Blossom3538Red Seed Jar, Apple Blossom
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Red seed jar by Apple Blossom. beautiful sgraffito of butterfly, rose and feathers. 1.25" diameter. Rosemary Lonewolf (Apple Blossom) learned ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 4**1 for 187.50
Redware Jar w/ Kiva Steps, Annette (Vigil Lujan)3539Redware Jar w/ Kiva Steps, Annette (Vigil Lujan)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Redware jar w/ grey kiva steps and cloud band by Annette (Vigil Lujan). 2.25" h x 2.75" diameter. Date: Location: Santa Clara Pueb...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Redware Salt and Pepper Shakers3540Redware Salt and Pepper Shakers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hand-coiled and stone polished redware salt and pepper shakers from the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico. Hand-painted traditional design in beige, pi
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Redware Seed Pot, Marlin & Phyllis (Tafoya) Hemlock3541Redware Seed Pot, Marlin & Phyllis (Tafoya) Hemlock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Redware seed pot by Marlin & Phyllis (Tafoya) Hemlock. Sgraffito and etching on this pot are fabulous--Butterflies, flowers, mountains and water...
Estimate : 500.00 - 900.00
Sold to 4**1 for 437.50
Scorpion Pot, Dean Haungooah3542Scorpion Pot, Dean Haungooah
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown Scorpion pot by Dean Haungooah. Scorpion design, incredible sgraffito work! 1.5"h x 2.25" diameter. Dean Haungooah is a potter from ...
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 125.00
Sgraffito Bear by Geri Naranjo3543Sgraffito Bear by Geri Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sgraffito blackware bear by Geri Naranjo. Kiva and feather designs, 1.25" x 2". Geri Naranjo is famous for her work in creating the finest...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 700.00
Sgraffito Blackware Pot, Linda Askan3544Sgraffito Blackware Pot, Linda Askan
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sgraffito blackware pot by Linda Askan. Cornstalk design, 3" h x 3.5" diameter. Half Navajo and half Santa Claran, Linda's native Tewa...
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 350.00
Sgraffito Fish Design Bowl, Corn Moquino3545Sgraffito Fish Design Bowl, Corn Moquino
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sgraffito fish design bowl by Corn Moquino. Incredible design of fish and underwater flora on this sgraffito and incised bowl. 3.5" h x 4.5&quo...
Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
Sgraffito Pot , Camilio Tafoya3546Sgraffito Pot , Camilio Tafoya
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sgraffito Pot by Camilio Tafoya. This form is incised with four mouse figures in white with a pale blue background. 1-18" h x 1.25". Camil...
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 187.50
Sgraffito Scorpion, Dean Haungooah3547Sgraffito Scorpion, Dean Haungooah
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sgraffito Scorpion by Dean Haungooah, 1.25" h x 1.25" diameter. Dean Haungooah is a potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, son of potters Martha ...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r********y.. for 93.75