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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Pendleton, Oregon Street Scene Black and White RPC's (Number 2)1678 - Pendleton, Oregon Street Scene Black and White RPC's (Number 2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All show the business district of Pendleton. Two by Ellis and two by Smith. One older and unidentified. Find Tallman Drugs, Payless Drugs, Rivoli Thea
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Roads to Pendleton RPC's1679 - Roads to Pendleton RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four. Three black and white RPC's: Cabbage Hill on the old Oregon Trail, early 1912 bridge over a river (some damage in upper right), and...
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Two rarer RPC's of Pendleton, Oregon1680 - Two rarer RPC's of Pendleton, Oregon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
February 6, 1916 snowstorm with banks of snow much higher than the women in the photograph. A Bowman photo. The Natatorium. Roughly the same time peri
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Very Early Black and White Pendleton, Oregon RPC1681 - Very Early Black and White Pendleton, Oregon RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"No. 22 Main Street looking South, Pendleton, Ore." Great contrast. Find the People's Warehouse, Rexall Drugs, State Bar all on a badl...
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Sold to r****3 for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Remainder of Pendleton, Oregon Postcards1682 - Remainder of Pendleton, Oregon Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dated postcards are from 1906 to 1929. Early group. Four RPC's and twenty total cards. RPC's include downtown street scene, business section...
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Eleven Badlands Real Photo Postcards1683 - Eleven Badlands Real Photo Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
All unused. RPCs includes Game Lodge on the Camp Ground of Custer State Park, Bad Land Wall, Castle of the Agents, Cedar Pass with a dirt road, State
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The Texas Philatelist March 1887 Pamphlet1684 - The Texas Philatelist March 1887 Pamphlet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 1 Number 5, March 1887 by Reuss & Neville, Paris, Texas. 10 pages of philatelic news of the era. 8.5" x 5.75". Date: Locat...
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Two Early Double Ring Leland, Washington Covers1685 - Two Early Double Ring Leland, Washington Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Leland (Jefferson County) post office opened in 1881. 1) December 10, 1883. Very good. 'Leland' is more lightly struck but still strong....
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First Flight & Patriotic Covers1686 - First Flight & Patriotic Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19. Includes: set of 10 different patriotic World War II covers; four 1941 First Flights with small black and white images of the planes glued
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Patriotic Covers - Mostly Military or Presidential1687 - Patriotic Covers - Mostly Military or Presidential
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of all covers are red, white, and blue. Lot of sixteen. Each shows a military hero or President in a circle surrounded by eagles, flags, ships, th
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Three Early Miscellaneous Unused Covers1688 - Three Early Miscellaneous Unused Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) "Overland - via - Los Angeles" in color. 2) "All we want is to be left alone." Shows US Mint Building and a watch dog chasing...
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Miscellaneous State Covers: Mostly 1880-19101689 - Miscellaneous State Covers: Mostly 1880-1910
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 42 covers. Includes Roseville Pottery in Zanesville Ohio, Thompson Dehart of Portland, UP RR of Omaha, William Bonbright of Colorado Springs, B
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Pictorial U.S. Advertising Covers (1896-1929)1690 - Pictorial U.S. Advertising Covers (1896-1929)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11 covers plus one illustrated letterheads. Covers include: 1916 colorful Winchester; 1902 The Times, Los Angeles (w/ subscription form); 1915
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Grab Bag of Letters and Postal History Covers1691 - Grab Bag of Letters and Postal History Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
!7 pieces all together. Letters with covers: 1) 1848. From E. D. Keys at West Point with a '5'. Sent to the Schuylkill Arsenal in Philadelp...
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Philatelic Ephemera (Stamps & Magazine)1692 - Philatelic Ephemera (Stamps & Magazine)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) January 1892, Vol. XVIII of The Philatelic Monthly. Published by The Bogert & Durbin Co. 12 pages. 9 x 6" Vertical fold, toning. 2) c.19...
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c.1890s Cabinet Card of Mail Carrier1693 - c.1890s Cabinet Card of Mail Carrier
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early (back says 1895) cabinet card by Harliss, Portable Photo. Parlor of mailman. Contrast is low to medium. Some soiling. (Prag Collection) Date:
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Western Union Adhesive Stamp Books & Pass1694 - Western Union Adhesive Stamp Books & Pass
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. Includes two Western Union Telegraph Company Complimentary stamp booklets: a 1908 book with six stamps remaining, and a 1910 book with 12 st
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3 Early Scott Stamp & Coin Catalogs1695 - 3 Early Scott Stamp & Coin Catalogs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1896, 1898 and 1902. 57-97pp. 6.25" x 4.25". Date: Location: HWAC # 54930
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The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Part IX1696 - The Josiah K. Lilly Collection, Part IX
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Robert A Siegal Auctions catalog, 1968. 72 pages. 7 x 10". Excellent condition. Rare and important catalog for a major philatelic collection. T...
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Four Philatelic Volumes: FDC's. Postmarks, cancellations, postmaster postmarks, killers, etc.1697 - Four Philatelic Volumes: FDC's. Postmarks, cancellations, postmaster postmarks, killers, etc.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four Philatelic Volumes: 1) 2006 U. s. First Day Cover Catalog; 2) A Guide to 19th Century United States Postmarks and Cancellations; 3) Catalog of U.
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