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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Two-handled Bowl, Lela & Luther3558Two-handled Bowl, Lela & Luther
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Decorative bowl by Lela & Luther Gutierrez.Two-handled bowl painted inside with bird and insect images, 3.25" x 7.25". Lela Gutierrez ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 250.00
Wedding Vase, Tsosie3559Wedding Vase, Tsosie
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wedding vase signed Tsosie. Bear design. 1-7/8" h x 1.5". Elegant piece. Date: c.1994 Location: Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico HW...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to B******1 for 62.50
Bowl on Bowl, Mary Edna Tenorio3560Bowl on Bowl, Mary Edna Tenorio
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bowl on Bowl, Mary Edna Tenorio. 7.25" h x 5.5" diameter. Also included: Small horno, c. 1975, 2.25" h x 3.5", unsigned. Date:...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to s*******7 for 62.50
Dinosaur Bowl and Small Bowl3561Dinosaur Bowl and Small Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dinosaur bowl by Wm. Andrew Pacheco. Bowl shows an ancient bird and a large dinosaur, 1.25" h x 7.75" diameter (1996). Andrew Pacheco is a...
Estimate : 190.00 - 250.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 87.50
Fluted Bowl3562Fluted Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fluted bowl, flower design. 3.75" h x 11.5" diameter. Unsigned. Older piece. Good condition. Date: Location: Santo Domingo Pueblo,...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to s********r for 93.75
Kewa Basket w/ Two Spouts3563Kewa Basket w/ Two Spouts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kewa basket w/ two spouts. Abstract plant/floral design, 6.75"h x 8.25 ". Unsigned. Good condition. Date: c.1935 Location: Santo Do...
Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Kewa Jar, Mark Wayne Garcia3564Kewa Jar, Mark Wayne Garcia
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kewa jar by Mark Wayne Garcia. Mark Wayne Garcia is a traditional potter from Santo Domingo Pueblo. He's been producing pottery since the 1990&#...
Start Price : 65.00 | Estimate : 130.00 - 250.00
Santo Domingo Basket, Andrea Ortiz & Anacita Pacheco3565Santo Domingo Basket, Andrea Ortiz & Anacita Pacheco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Santo Domingo basket by Andrea Ortiz & Anacita Pacheco. Andrea made the pot, and Anacita painted it, according to Robert Tenorio. Wavy rim, flor...
Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Small Kewa Bowl3566Small Kewa Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small Kewa bowl, flower design. 3" h x 5.5" diameter. Unsigned. Date: c. 1940 Location: Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico HWAC # ...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Unusual Robert Tenorio Double Pot3567Unusual Robert Tenorio Double Pot
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unusual Robert Tenorio double pot, bird, ram, sun and floral designs by Robert Tenorio. Strange barbell shape, pots are connected, each pot is 6&quo...
Estimate : 700.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 437.50
Vintage Kewa Candlestick3568Vintage Kewa Candlestick
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Kewa candlestick with handle, floral design. Unsigned, 3" x 5.5". Date: c.1925 Location: Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico ...
Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Vintage Kewa Effigy Bowl3569Vintage Kewa Effigy Bowl
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Kewa large effigy bowl. Bird, however, head was broken off, repaired. Butterfly and flower design. 8" h x 13" diameter. Unsigned. ...
Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Vintage Kewa Olla3570Vintage Kewa Olla
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vintage Kewa Olla, leaf design. 7.5" h x 8" diameter. Some tiny chips on surface. Unsigned. Lot also includes: two ashtrays from Old Lagun...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to s********r for 106.25
Kokopelli and Butterflies Pot by the Medinas3571Kokopelli and Butterflies Pot by the Medinas
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kokopelli and Butterflies Pot by Marcellus and Elizabeth Medina. 3.25" h x 3" diameter. Beautifully painted. Elizabeth Medina was born Eli...
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Larg Bowl by Eleanor Pino Griego3572Larg Bowl by Eleanor Pino Griego
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Polychrome two handled bowl with four direction bird, rainbow, cloud, cactus and geometric design by Eleanor Pino Griego. 6.5" h x 11.75" ...
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 312.50
A. A. Peynetsa Lizard Jar3573A. A. Peynetsa Lizard Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A. A. Peynetsa lizard jar. Jar features 4 lizards in relief that also have a textured skin made by using drops of slip that rise above the lizards&#...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Deer Jar, Anderson Peynetsa3574Deer Jar, Anderson Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard Seed Pot by Anderson Peynetsa. Lovely small pot, 3.75" x 3". Anderson’s pots are built the way Zuni potters before him have made th...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to c**********s for 62.50
Kiva/Lizard Pot by Noreen Simplicio3575Kiva/Lizard Pot by Noreen Simplicio
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kiva/Lizard pot by Noreen Simplicio. Peach colored pot with kiva steps on rim and 4 aplique lizards. One of the lizard's head is broken off. 6&q...
Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 100.00
Lizard Canteen by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa3576Lizard Canteen by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard canteen by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa. 2 lizard applique on white canteen, 6" x 5.5" x 5.5". His Walking-Deer design has m...
Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
Lizard Jar by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa3577Lizard Jar by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small lizard jar by Anderson & Avelia Peynetsa. 2 lizards looking over the rim of the pot, 5" h x 4.25" diameter. Anderson Peynetsa of...
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to k*****f for 93.75
Lizard Seed Pot, A. A. Peynetsa3578Lizard Seed Pot, A. A. Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lizard seed p ot by A. A. Peynetsa. Single lizard rising up above pot, 3.5" x 3". Anderson Peynetsa, Zuni Pueblo, Collaborates with Avelia...
Start Price : 45.00 | Estimate : 90.00 - 150.00
Noreen Simplicio Seed Jar3579Noreen Simplicio Seed Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Noreen Simplicio seed jar. Two geckos in relief are facing each other on the top of the jar, Designs of deer on sides and one tiny gecko inside on bot
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 237.50
Olla Pot by Priscilla Peynesta3580Olla Pot by Priscilla Peynesta
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Priscilla Peynetsa is an award-winning potter born into Zuni Pueblo in 1961. Rosette and floral designs with deer heartline, 5.5" h x 6.5"...
Estimate : 200.00 - 450.00
Sold to c**********s for 106.25
Peach Jar by Priscilla Peynetsa3581Peach Jar by Priscilla Peynetsa
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Peach colored jar by Priscilla Peynetsa. Deer heartline and plant designs, 5.25" h x 6" diameter. Priscilla Peynetsa is well known in Zuni...
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to r******s for 93.75
Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta3582Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Zuni Pot by Anderson Peynesta. Beautifully painted contemporary deer with heartlines and leaf designs. 7" h x 7" diameter. Anderson Peynet...
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to c**********s for 125.00
Micaceous Clay Horse3583Micaceous Clay Horse
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Micaceous clay fanciful horse figurine, signed Tsame, 2016. 9.5" x 6.5" x 3.75". Date: 2016 Location: New Mexico HWAC # 4...
Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Three Animal Figurines3584Three Animal Figurines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three animal figurines: 1) Fish by Dolores aragon, Acoma Pueblo, 1.75" x 3". Delores M. Aragon is named after her grandmother, Delores San...
Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 43.75
Yei Jar by Nancy Chilly3585Yei Jar by Nancy Chilly
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pine Pitched Yei jar by Nancy Chilly. Yei figures and sun symbol designs, 6 colors. 4.75" h x 6.75" diameter. Nancy chilly is a talented N...
Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold to s*******7 for 93.75
Mayan Style Vase by R. M. Morales3586Mayan Style Vase by R. M. Morales
Holabird Western Americana Collections
For more than thirty years, the Yucatec Maya family of Martín Julián Magaña Negrón and Patricia Martín Morales has been foc...
Estimate : 140.00 - 260.00
Sold to n********w.. for 62.50
Mata Ortiz Seed Jar, Hector Ortega3587Mata Ortiz Seed Jar, Hector Ortega
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seed Jar by Hector Ortega; Mata Ortiz Pottery. Black swirl pot, 8.25" h x 6" diameter, small chips on rim. Hector Ortega learned to make p...
Estimate : 90.00 - 140.00
Sold to s********r for 56.25
Two Vintage Pottery Effigy Pieces3588Two Vintage Pottery Effigy Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two vintage pottery effigy pieces: 1) Rare Zuni pitcher w/ bull as handle, c. 1900, 3.75" x 4.5". 2) Fish effigy ashtray from Mohave, 1.5&...
Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 100.00
Native American Mini Papoose with Photo Foldout3589Native American Mini Papoose with Photo Foldout
Holabird Western Americana Collections
An unusual mini papoose with a wood bottom, leather bottom wrap with rolling logo symbol and a babies face near the top. Inside the bottom is a mini f
Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to c*******l for 25.00
Lot of Manitou Cliff Dwellers Ruins Company Stock Certificates3590Lot of Manitou Cliff Dwellers Ruins Company Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These eight certificates were purchased in 1907 by the Citizens Development Company for between one and ten shares. These are signed by president J Sh
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to m**********i for 200.00
Two Cabinet Cards of a Native American, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory3591Two Cabinet Cards of a Native American, Fort Randall, Dakota Territory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two copies of an 1882 cabinet card of Steps, a Nes Perce Indian who escaped while surrounded in the bad lands of Nebraska in 1878 and joined Sitting B
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m**********i for 56.25
Cabinet Cards of Crow Indians3592Cabinet Cards of Crow Indians
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two cabinet cards: 1) Crow man in a war bonnet--a majestic photo of "White Man Runs Him" (1855-1925). He was purportedly a scout for Custe...
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m**********i for 106.25
Stereoviews of Native/Indigenous Peoples (Eskimos, South Pacific, Etc.)3593Stereoviews of Native/Indigenous Peoples (Eskimos, South Pacific, Etc.)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 different interesting cards. 1) Seven Keystone stereoviews: 10251--Native Children at West Gate, San Juan, Porto Rico; 11992--A Zulu Warrior
Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to s********x for 50.00
1895 Baker Perfect Barb Wire Postal Card35941895 Baker Perfect Barb Wire Postal Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sold by Consolidated Steel and Wire Company. Includes price list. 2) Ranger Barb Wire. The only absolutely single strand wire ever made. Photo of stee
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to k****g for 25.00
Kansas and Cowboy Related Ephemera3595Kansas and Cowboy Related Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Receipt with vignette from Opera House Meat Market in Dodge City KS. 1912 5" x 6". Receipt with saddle vignette from John Clark Saddlery ...
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to m**********i for 100.00
Early Reno Rodeo RPC's3596Early Reno Rodeo RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
One card is postmarked Reno 1937. Two bucking broncs. One in front of the stands. No photographer. One has some creasing and discoloration on the top.
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Visalia Stock Saddle Company Pictorial Postal Piece to Jungo, Nevada3597Visalia Stock Saddle Company Pictorial Postal Piece to Jungo, Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The small broadside (7 x 8") has a great saddle pictorial. It is addressed to Alan Y Austin of Jungo. The Austin family was Jungo and their cla...
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to m**********i for 62.50
Washita Cattle Company Bond, 18833598Washita Cattle Company Bond, 1883
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Washita is located in Cheyenne, OK and is the site of an attack against Native Americans by Lt. Col. George A. Custer on November 27, 1868. Choice cat
Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
14 Different Pendleton, Oregon Rodeo Postcards (19 Total)359914 Different Pendleton, Oregon Rodeo Postcards (19 Total)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19. Plenty of bronc riding. Also judges on horses, camp around the rodeo, bull dogger, parade of cowboys, ladies cow pony race, calf roping, st
Estimate : 70.00 - 140.00
Sold to m**********i for 37.50
Four Better Black and White RPC's of Pendleton Round-Up3600Four Better Black and White RPC's of Pendleton Round-Up
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1929 Jack Kennedy riding Scotty. Photo by Waible Patton. 2) 1924 Quick Change Race. 3) Ladies Relay Race. 1911. 4) 1910 Buffalo Vernon roping a ste
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to m**********i for 25.00
Native Americans at the Pendleton Round-Up3601Native Americans at the Pendleton Round-Up
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eight. One black and white RPC of the parade taken by W. S. Bowman in 1911. Early with nice contrast. Four color RPC's. Very nice color...
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8*****l for 31.25
Twelve Pendleton Round-Up Postcards3602Twelve Pendleton Round-Up Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eight RPC's. Seven are action shots of the Round-Up. Four have some coloration problems on front of back. Six identify the cowboy. One shows Pet...
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 25.00
Two Early Deadwood Rodeo RPCs.3603Two Early Deadwood Rodeo RPCs.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Doubleday photos of Arch Allen leaving Rocking China and Al Garrett on Al Garrett. From the 'Day sof 76.' Date: Location: Deadwoo...
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 37.50
Chattanooga Saddlery Company Postcard3604Chattanooga Saddlery Company Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Front shows Number 604 a black and Red boys saddle. Number 601 Russet color saddle. Number 605 5ed and black saddle. Price for each About $32.00 Dat
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Redmond Rodeo RPC's3605Redmond Rodeo RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of nine. All different. c1945 per pencil writing on back. Always lists riders and horses or bulls. Great set! Please see photos online for the act
Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Oil Painting Portrait of Pawnee Bill3606Oil Painting Portrait of Pawnee Bill
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Framed oil portrait of Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon Lillie) in 30 x 35 inch wood frame. Repaired, but please see photo for damage. No artist signature, b
Start Price : 1,000.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 4,000.00
Buffalo Bill Postcard Collection3607Buffalo Bill Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty seven post cards of Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show. Date: Location: HWAC # 52424
Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00