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December 2017 Premier Auction

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States In Person PreviewPreview will be at our Auction Location,

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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Clay Pipes from the Chattahoochee River region3398 - Clay Pipes from the Chattahoochee River region
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bradley collection, three early clay pipes found along the Chattahoochee River near Roswell Georgia by Mrs. Bradley, circa 1940s to 1950s. Possibly fr
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Fancy Projectile Points from the Chattahoochee Region3399 - Fancy Projectile Points from the Chattahoochee Region
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This group of approximately 25 points were hand selected by Mrs. Bradley for mounting. They include larger projectile points up to 3 1/2 inches, two d
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Mixed Projectile Points from the Cherokee Nation3400 - Mixed Projectile Points from the Cherokee Nation
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bradley collection. Arrowheads and projectile points collected along the Chattahoochee River near Roswell Georgia. Two thin black slate plates with pr
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Quartz Projectile Points, Cherokee Nation3401 - Quartz Projectile Points, Cherokee Nation
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bradley collection. Projectile points from the Chattahoochee River area at Roswell Georgia, collected c1940-50's. This collection of points is m...
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Sold to c******u for 125.00
 
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Stone Artifacts from Chatahoochee Region3402 - Stone Artifacts from Chatahoochee Region
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Collection of stone items from the Bradley Junior collection of Roswell Georgia. Approximately three dozen stone pieces collected as Native American a
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Group of Projectiles and Sinkers3403 - Group of Projectiles and Sinkers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nicely encased group of projectiles, scrapers and sinkers, includes brown jasper, banded agate, obsidian, chert. Part of a great collection. Date:
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Sold to c******u for 62.50
 
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Snake River, Idaho Projectiles, Set 13404 - Snake River, Idaho Projectiles, Set 1
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Projectiles, set 1, includes: red, white and black chert; obsidian; carnelian agate; banded agate; translucent banded agate; jasper; light green chert
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 281.25
 
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Snake River, Idaho Projectiles, Set 23405 - Snake River, Idaho Projectiles, Set 2
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Projectiles, set 2, includes: Banded agate, slate, Spheroidal Jasper, carnelian agate, chalcedony, volcanic silicified rhyolite, chert, obsidian and m
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Sold to 6********u.. for 343.75
 
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Snake River, Idaho Projectiles, Set 33406 - Snake River, Idaho Projectiles, Set 3
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Projectiles, set 3, includes: Rhyolite "picture rock", dark carnelian agate, chert, moss agate, slate, obsidian, and more. Set also includ...
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Scrapers, Awls, Blades, Set 43407 - Scrapers, Awls, Blades, Set 4
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scrapers, awls, blades, set 4, includes: jasper, silicified rhyolite, obsidian, moss agate, chalcedony, rose agate, chert, etc. Over 60 pieces. Nicely
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Plains Projectiles, Blade, Shaft, Set 53408 - Plains Projectiles, Blade, Shaft, Set 5
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Projectiles, blade, shaft, hooked scraper, scraper, set 5, includes: obsidian, jasper, chert, bone projectile shaft. Ten amazing pieces. The two large
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for 250.00
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN3409 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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Lot withdrawn. Do Not Bid
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Bird Bowl, Jake Nampeyo3410 - Bird Bowl, Jake Nampeyo
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Bird Bowl by Jake Nampeyo. An early piece, round bowl, square opening with four birds with heads toward the opening. 3.5" h x 10.75" diame...
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Sold to b*****y for 687.50
 
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Bird Design Bowl3411 - Bird Design Bowl
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Bird design bowl, black & red on yellow. Beautiful stylized bird. Hallmarked with a 4-petal flower. 4.5" h x 6.5" diameter. Date: ...
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Sold to 4**1 for 200.00
 
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Butterfly Bowl by Yvonne Analla Lucas3412 - Butterfly Bowl by Yvonne Analla Lucas
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Incredible butterfly bowl by Yvonne Analla Lucas. Elaborate geometric designs form the abstract butterfly. 3" h x 11" diameter. Born in 19...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to b****s for 531.25
 
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Effigy Box/Lidded, Nyla Sahmie3413 - Effigy Box/Lidded, Nyla Sahmie
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Small effigy and feather design box with lid. 4" h x 2.75", very nice. Nyla "Nampeyo" Sahmie, member of the Corn Clan, was born ...
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Sold to 8********l.. for 162.50
 
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Historic Bowl, Cactus, Checkerboard, c.18803414 - Historic Bowl, Cactus, Checkerboard, c.1880
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Historic Polacca-style bowl with cactus and checkerboard designs. 3.5" x 6.5", some chipping on rim and crackling in glaze. Unsigned. Da...
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Hopi Hano Tile, Sadie Adams3415 - Hopi Hano Tile, Sadie Adams
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Tile by Sadie Adams (1905-1995) Flower Woman, 6" x 4.75". She signed her pottery with a flower symbol. She was a Hopi-Tewa of the Kachina...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to 4**1 for 162.50
 
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Jar by Colleen Poleahla3416 - Jar by Colleen Poleahla
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Small jar by Colleen Poleahla, Fire / Coyote. Batwing design, 4" h x 4.5" diameter. Mostly unpolished. Date: Location: Hopi, Ariz...
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Mouse Bat Design Pot, Dorothy Ami3417 - Mouse Bat Design Pot, Dorothy Ami
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Mouse bat design pot, Dorothy Ami. Design on top of seed pot, appears to be a mouse/bat. Geometric design on side of pot. 4.75" h x 6.75" ...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 400.00
Sold to k*******4 for 187.50
 
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