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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Jar w/ Bear Shaped Lid, Carol Velarde3518 - Jar w/ Bear Shaped Lid, Carol Velarde
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Jar w/ bear shaped lid (small chips on bear) by Carol Velarde. Polished redware, 3.5" h c 3" diameter. Very elegant. Date: c.1992 Loc...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Kachina Figure, Sally Tafoya3519 - Kachina Figure, Sally Tafoya
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Kachina Figure by Sally Tafoya. 3.75" h x 1" diameter. Head has been broken off and repaired. Sally Tafoya is the Granddaughter of Rosita ...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Leaf and Acorn Scraffito Pot, Bernice Naranjo3520 - Leaf and Acorn Scraffito Pot, Bernice Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Leaf and Acorn scraffito pot by Bernice Naranjo. 3.75" h x 3" diameter. Date: Location: Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico HWAC # 5...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Lela Gutierrez Jar3521 - Lela Gutierrez Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lela Gutierrez jar, 4.25" h x 3.75" diameter. Very good condition. Lela Gutierrez (1895-1966) and her husband Van (c1870-1956) tested many...
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Start Price : 140.00 | Estimate : 280.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Mae Tapia Sgraffito Jar3522 - Mae Tapia Sgraffito Jar
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mae Tapia sgraffito jar with Mimbres rabbit design, 1.75" h x 1-3/8" diameter. Mae Tapia-Suazo was born into Santa Clara Pueblo in 1956. H...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c******u for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Marsh Design Jar, Bernice Moquino3523 - Marsh Design Jar, Bernice Moquino
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Marsh Design Jar by Bernice Moquino. Design features trees, birds, cottontales, turtle, and water--an incredible scene. Bernice Moquino, Santa Clara/Z
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Start Price : 145.00 | Estimate : 290.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Mimbres Goat Seed Pot, Dusty Naranjo3524 - Mimbres Goat Seed Pot, Dusty Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mimbres goat seed pot by Dusty Naranjo. Incredible sgraffito and etching--Mimbres goat and mountain, 3.5" h x 5" x 4.5" (oval shape)....
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Start Price : 400.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Mimbres Rabbit Design, Paul Speckled Rock3525 - Mimbres Rabbit Design, Paul Speckled Rock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mimbres Rabbit design by Paul Speckled Rock. Paul adapted Mimbres pottery designs for his style of pottery--etched and colored in. Exquisite!.1.75&q...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 450.00
Sold to p**y for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Miniature Bowl, Doris Tenorio3526 - Miniature Bowl, Doris Tenorio
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miniature deeply etched bowl by Doris Tenorio. Water serpent--Avanyu image (An exception is the Pueblo tribes of the Southwest, where snakes are rever
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Miniature Plate by Dolores Curran3527 - Miniature Plate by Dolores Curran
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miniature blackware feather design plate by Dolores Curran, .75" h x 2.25" diameter. Dolores Curran is the daughter of the late potter Urs...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to r******s for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Miniature Pot, Geri Naranjo3528 - Miniature Pot, Geri Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miniature sgraffito pot by Geri Naranjo. Water serpent, kiva step design, 1/" h x 1.25" diameter. Geri's pottery is generally is a duo...
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Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to B******1 for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Miniature Red Ware Vase, Dolores Curran3529 - Miniature Red Ware Vase, Dolores Curran
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miniature white on red ware vase by Dolores Curran. Avanyu, feathers, and other design, 1.5" h x 1.25" diameter. Dolores Curran is the dau...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to B******1 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Miniature Red Ware, Pho-Sa-We3530 - Miniature Red Ware, Pho-Sa-We
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miniature red ware by Pho-Sa-We. Very intricate sgraffito designs of person, buffalo, deer and clouds and lightning. Born in 1955, Susan Romero (Pho-S
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Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to l*********5 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Miniature Vase, Grace Medicine Flower3531 - Miniature Vase, Grace Medicine Flower
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Miniature Vase by Grace Medicine Flower, Red polished vase, sgraffito avanyu (water serpent), 1.75" h x 1.5" diameter. Her name alone desc...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Modern Turtle w/ Inlay of Turquoise3532 - Modern Turtle w/ Inlay of Turquoise
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Modern turtle w/ inlay of turquoise attributed to Gutierrez, bear claw mark on base. 5." x 2.75" x 1.75". Elegant design. Date: c....
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Mushroom by Sam & Gwen Tafoya3533 - Mushroom by Sam & Gwen Tafoya
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mushroom by Sam & Gwen Tafoya. Rose design with leaves on top of mushroom. 1.25" x 2.5". Gwen Tafoya was born in 1965 into the Santa C...
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Mushroom, Margaret Naranjo3534 - Mushroom, Margaret Naranjo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mushroom, w/ rose design by Margaret Naranjo. duotone, black, red. 2" h x 2.25", elegant sgraffito work. Date: Location: Santa Clar...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Nativity Figures, Martha & Luther Gutiez3535 - Nativity Figures, Martha & Luther Gutiez
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Nativity Figures--1985, (7 pieces--5" - 2" in size) by Margaret Gutierrez (born 1936) and Luther Gutierrez (1911–1987). "They were br...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to f*******s for (550.00 + 137.50BP) = 687.50
 
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Owl and Dog Figurines, Margaret & Luther Gutierrez3536 - Owl and Dog Figurines, Margaret & Luther Gutierrez
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two charming figurines--owl and dog by Margaret & Luther Gutierrez. Owl- 2.75" x 2.5"; Dog-2" x 1.5". Margaret Gutierrez (19...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Red Clay Bowl, Myra Sisneros3537 - Red Clay Bowl, Myra Sisneros
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Red clay bowl by Myra Sisneros. Painted design. 1" h x 1.5" diameter. There is very little on Myra Sisneros, She paintd matte on black an...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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