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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Little Miami & Columbus and Xenia Railroad 1865 Pass1190 - Little Miami & Columbus and Xenia Railroad 1865 Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Also the Dayton, Xenia & Belpre and the Dayton & Western Railroads. Signed by Joseph R Swan. Swan was ardently in support of the war a...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to F********h for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Pittsburgh, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad Complimentary Pass, 18651191 - Pittsburgh, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad Complimentary Pass, 1865
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1865. Signed by superintendent CH Allen. For a few short years in 1860's the Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad operated as the PC&C Railr...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to F********h for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Two "St Louis" Railroad Passes (1886 & 1889)1192 - Two "St Louis" Railroad Passes (1886 & 1889)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) St. Louis, Alton, & Terre Haute Railroad. 1889 in blue surrounded by Cairo Short Line Service. Issued to NL Hobart and signed by George H Par...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to 6******n for (120.00 + 26.40BP) = 146.40
 
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Toledo & Ohio Central Railway 1886 Pass1193 - Toledo & Ohio Central Railway 1886 Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
First full year of operation!!! Number 937. Issued to NL Hobart from J Martin. Pristine condition like many of the passes in this collection. Toledo a
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to j*********t for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Allegheny & Kinzua Railroad 1892 Pass1194 - Allegheny & Kinzua Railroad 1892 Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 505. To ML Lee of the NYLE&W RR. The historic Allegheny & Kinzua Railroad began in 1888. The man who owned the "A & K RR&quo...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 70.00
Sold to F********h for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Allegheny Valley Rail Road 1880 Pass1195 - Allegheny Valley Rail Road 1880 Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 39A. Signed by David Cargo. Issued to George M Taylor and family of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Heavy cardstock. Light blue. Very nice condition
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to F********h for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Allegheny Valley Rail Road Pass with Two Vignettes1196 - Allegheny Valley Rail Road Pass with Two Vignettes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Vignettes of an oil rig and a serene country scene with n engine and train going past a factory. .882. Number 595 to George M Taylor signed by David M
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j*********t for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Clergy Half Rate Pass from the Pennsylvania Lines1197 - Clergy Half Rate Pass from the Pennsylvania Lines
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1894. Number 4775. Issued to Reverend George A Dreibelbies of the Reformed Church in Carrothers, Ohio. In the 1900 census he was ministering in Sugar
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to r******8 for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Fall Brook Coal Company 1886 Pass with Dramatic Bridge Vignette1198 - Fall Brook Coal Company 1886 Pass with Dramatic Bridge Vignette
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bridge is the Watkins Glen Viaduct on the Syracuse, Geneva, and Corning (SG&C) RR line. Fancy script! The Fall Brook Coal Company was a coal com...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to 6******n for (350.00 + 77.00BP) = 427.00
 
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Mont Alto Railroad 1882 Pass1199 - Mont Alto Railroad 1882 Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Number 99. Signed by George B Wiebling(?). Lots of fancy scroll work on this one. The Mont Alto Rail Road was a railroad in Franklin County, Pennsylva
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to F********h for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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