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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LOT WITHDRAWN3099 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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LOT WITHDRAWN3100 - LOT WITHDRAWN
Holabird Western Americana Collections
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Heiser Leather Rifle Scabbard3101 - Heiser Leather Rifle Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A civilian copy leather scabbard patterned after a US Cavalry scabbard for a 1903 rifle. 37". Date: Location: Colorado HWAC # 55878
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to a********r for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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S. C. Gallup Leather Scabbard3102 - S. C. Gallup Leather Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Made in Pueblo, CO "Samuel Caldwell Gallup was born February 22, 1837 in Norwalk, Huron County Ohio. After a brief apprenticeship at the (Franc...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 160.00
Sold to m********r.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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"Hunter" Leather Rifle Scabbard3103 - "Hunter" Leather Rifle Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Modern leather rifle scabbard, Hunter embossed on a powder horn. 18". Date: Location: Montana HWAC # 55873
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Boyt Leather US Rifle Scabbard3104 - Boyt Leather US Rifle Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 leather straps and black metal insert. 30". Date: Location: Montana HWAC # 55871
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to m********r.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Furstnow Leather Rifle Scabbard3105 - Furstnow Leather Rifle Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stamped leather rifle scabbard. 41". 9 stitches missing. Wear on straight edge. Date: Location: Montana HWAC # 55879
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Estimate : 180.00 - 250.00
Sold to a********r for (90.00 + 22.50BP) = 112.50
 
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Rare Furstnow-Coggshall Leather Scabbard3106 - Rare Furstnow-Coggshall Leather Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A rare and well marked leather rifle scabbard, 31" long. Circa 1890"s. Stamped FURSTNOW-COGGSHALL / MILES CITY, MONT. "Albert Frank F...
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 750.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Victor Ario Leather Rifle Scabbard3107 - Victor Ario Leather Rifle Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Ario of Great Falls, MT. Leather, 2 buckles, 29". Date: Location: Great Falls, Montana HWAC # 55872
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to m********r.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Victor Ario Rifle Scabbard3108 - Victor Ario Rifle Scabbard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
40" leather bolt action rifle scabbard with snap flap. Embossed I. L. A. "It was in 1891 that Victor Ario immigrated to the United States ...
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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