Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

Auction Details

Welcome to our June 2018 sale!

This 5-day auction has nearly 3,600 lots covering many categories including: Numismatics, Mining, Minerals, General Americana, Railroad, Tokens, Antique Bottles, Gaming, Firearms & Weaponry, Wells Fargo & Express, and much more!

Highlights include:

NUMISMATICS
*The Hawaii Numismatic Collection: rare early Hawaiian coins, medals, and currency.

*A large coin and medal section featuring gold, platinum, and silver coins and medals from around the world. Morgan dollars, peace dollars, St. Gaudens, pennies, nickels, dimes, and more! Rarities & high-grade specimens plus large groups and sets.

*Ingots and bullion bars.

*Numismatic collectibles and ephemera.

TOKENS
*Our second large offering of tokens from the R.B. Worthington Texas Token Collection

MINING & MINERALS

*Aurora, Nevada ore specimens from the famous Gottschalk Collection plus the fabulous Con-Virginia/Dayton Cons. Comstock Ore Collection.

*Museum-quality mineral specimens from around the world.

*Mining lamps and hard goods plus stock certificates feat. Arizona, California, & Nevada

*The Prag Canadian Mining Collection

RAILROAD
*A new offering of railroad and steamer passes from the Potter Collection and others.

BOTTLES
*A pictorial Owl Pharmacy Co. bottle from Seven Troughs, Nevada, one of the all-time great Western mining camp pictorials! One of a large group of great Nevada medicine bottles in this sale. Plus an Excelsior Soda & Mineral Water bottle and other great California & Gold Rush bottles.

GENERAL AMERICANA
*Two different Wurlitzers, a Mason player piano, National cash registers, and a great group of ephemera from the Potter Collection, Prag Collection, and others!

*Finally, a large Bargain/Dealer Section featuring both entry-level collectibles and large dealer lots ideal for resale. Our philosophy for this section is to help beginning collectors start their collections and to restock dealer inventories, therefore helping grow the collecting community as a whole.

FULL AUCTION SCHEDULE

Day 1 (Lots 1000-1718)
Numismatics (1000-1614)
Currency & Scrip (1000-1042)
Gold Coins (1043-1150)
Platinum Coins (1151-1160)
General Coins feat. Hawaii Collection (1161-1418)
Medals (1419-1537)
Ingots (1538-1551)
Numismatic Ephemera (1552-1614)
Gaming (1615-1644)
World’s Fair & Expositions (1645-1667)
Wells Fargo & Express (1668-1718)

Day 2 (2000-2690)
Minerals (2000-2158)
Mining (2159-2690)
Lamps, Candlesticks, & Other Hard Goods (2159-2222)
Assay (2223-2239)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (2240-2690)

Day 3 (3000-3704)
Railroadiana (3000-3150)
Railroad Passes (3000-3019)
Steamer Passes (3020-3045)
Ephemera incl. Lamps (Geographic Sort) (3046-3150)
Bottles (3151-3268)
Medicines (3151-3218)
Soda (3219-3250)
Whiskey & Misc. (3251-3268)
Tokens feat. Part II of the Texas Collection (3269-3512)
Political & Presidential (3513-3544)
Civil War & Military (3545-3626)
Firearms & Weaponry (3627-3704)
Pistols, Rifles, Shotguns, Etc. (3627-3639)
Swords & Knives (3640-3661)
Ammunition (3662-3689)
Ephemera (3690-3704)

Day 4 (4000-4726)
General Americana
Assorted incl. Furniture, Hard Goods, Hats, Misc. Ephemera, Books (4000-4149)
Ephemera (Geographic Sort) (4150-4726)

Day 5 (5000-5712)
Native Americana (5000-5101)
Art (5000-5007)
Baskets (5008-5026)
Jewelry (5027-5064)
Points & Tools (5065-5072)
Ephemera (5073-5101)
Cowboy (5102-5136)
Philatelic (5137-5210)
Postal History (5137-5183)
Stamps & Revenue (5184-5210)
Art (5211-5247)
Antique Lamps (5248-5262)
Bargains & Dealer Specials (5263-5713)
General Americana
Mining
Railroad
Numismatics & Tokens

SHIPPING & HANDLING: Shipping and Handling cannot be estimated prior to invoicing, based on the size and weight of your purchase. All shipping is subject to a minimum charge of $19.00. If additional shipping and handling costs are required, the buyer will be reinvoiced for the balance due. Items are not shipped until the invoice is completely paid. Many buyers purchase a number of lots. Every effort will be made to include all lots in a single shipping charge calculated to cover the weight and size of the package(s). NOTE: Some shipments (of unusual size, dimension, or weight) may require sp...
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Union District, 1861 Official Discovery Record2385 - Union District, 1861 Official Discovery Record
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early, first part of the Colorado gold rush, Union Mining District of Kansas Territory notice/receipt for H. E. Favre for a mining claim on the D
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Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to a****y for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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O'Reilly Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate2386 - O'Reilly Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. A.C. Howard was superintendent. Owned the Bay State group developed by a 300' tunnel. [Ref: 1910 Copper H...
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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Benton Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate2387 - Benton Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mine located in the Queen Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 3 miles from Georgetown on Brown and Sherman Mountains. Inc. in Illinois. No.
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Benton Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond2388 - Benton Gold & Silver Mining Company Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. in Illinois. Mine located in the Queen Mining District, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 3 miles from Georgetown on Brown and Sherman Mountains. Acc
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Colorado Anthracite Company Stock Certificate2389 - Colorado Anthracite Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Dateline Gunnison, Col., May 19th, 1882. No. 89, issued for 1,000 shares to A.S. Roberts. Signed by vice president HP Sloan and secretary W.J. McKnigh
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Cripple Creek Mining Postcards2390 - Cripple Creek Mining Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. This lot shows various mining scenes including John A. Logan Mine, Vindicator Mine, Southwest Slope of Bull Hill, Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine,
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to l********e for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
 
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Union Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Cripple Creek2391 - Union Gold Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Cripple Creek
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Union Gold Mining Co. Stock cert. I/punch cancelled, No. 7081, shares 500, gold seal, good condition. 11.5" x 8". Owned the Orpha May No....
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Estimate : 70.00 - 120.00
Sold to j*********t for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Golden Age No. 2 Mining and Milling Co. Stock Certificate2392 - Golden Age No. 2 Mining and Milling Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#667 i/c William Pettis 400 shares 1904. Punch canceled. Signed by President CE Hoadley. Date: 1904 Location: Cripple Creek, Colorado HWAC# 64008
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Par Value Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate2393 - Par Value Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
No. 302, issued for 300 shares in 1901 to Mrs. Georgia E. Miller. Signed by president Asall and treasurer Marsten(?). Not cancelled. Vignette of three
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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Portland Gold Mining Stock Certificate2394 - Portland Gold Mining Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Colorado's richest gold mine. i/u AH Bailey #1678 100 shares 1896, signed by founders Doyle and Burns. Date: Location: Cripple Creek, Colorad...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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