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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Roosevelt Dam Postcards4198 - Roosevelt Dam Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 mixed real photo postcards and color illustrated postcards. Only 2 of the postcards are postmarked, the dates are 1918 and 1924. Date: Ca.
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Postcards of Springerville4199 - Postcards of Springerville
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Titled "Native Sons" features a bear and donkey. RPC. Postmarked appears to be dated in 1919. 2) Main Street. RPC. No photogr...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Postcards of Tombstone4200 - Postcards of Tombstone
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Old Modoc Stage. M.E. Fly, Souvenir. No postmark. 2) The Old Bird Cage, pre-renovation. No postmark or photographer identified. 3) The Bi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Real Photo Postcards of Tombstone4201 - Real Photo Postcards of Tombstone
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 23 real photo postcards photographed and produced by Frashers Foto of Pomona, CA. Burton Frasher was a photographer of the American West and on
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to t********f.. for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
 
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Tombstone Postcard Collection4202 - Tombstone Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19. 12 are real photo postcards. All of the RPCs are not postmarked and only one photographer is identified with a postcard of the Old Fire Dep
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to T******1 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
 
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Tombstone, Arizona Newspaper Advertising Card4203 - Tombstone, Arizona Newspaper Advertising Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
From an early printing co. proof book that contained samples of many print jobs from the 1890's. Actual age of this piece is unknown. A black on...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to T******1 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Tucson Area Postcard Group4204 - Tucson Area Postcard Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12 postcards. 3 are RPCs photographed by Frashers Foto. 2 are from L.L. Cook Co., 1 was published Petley Studios and the remaining 6 are from u
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Tucson Postcard Collection4205 - Tucson Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 37 postcards from Tucson. 10 of the postcards are postmarked between the years 1908-1954. This lots features several images of the city of Tusc
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Estimate : 100.00 - 220.00
Sold to b*****s for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Postcards of White Hills4206 - Postcards of White Hills
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3 postcards from the ghost town of White Hills. 1) General store, jail house, and bank. RPC. No postmark. Frashers Foto card, but produced by L
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*****s for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Winslow Postcards4207 - Winslow Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. 1) Clear Creek Pump House. Postmarked 1903, no photographer identified. 2) School House. Postmarked 1908. 3) U.S. Post Office. PRC. No photo
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Yuma Postcard Collection4208 - Yuma Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 34 real photo and color illustration postcards. In the group, 18 are Real Photo Postcards. 7 of which were photographed by Frashers Foto, 3 by
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to a******4 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Arizona Billheads and Letterheads4209 - Arizona Billheads and Letterheads
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 12 billheads from AZ business'. 12 letters/letterheads with Soto Bros, Bisbee Lodge IOOF, and 2 Jefferson Hotel pictorials. Date: c. 18...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Arizona Co-Op Mercantile Documents4210 - Arizona Co-Op Mercantile Documents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 13 items from this Mormon Company including 1891 receipt, various other 19th Century receipts, check, bank ledger, pictorial letterhead from Ba
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Arizona History Books (2)4211 - Arizona History Books (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Softcover Arizona Place Names by Granger. Hardcover The Arizona of Joseph Pratt Allyn by Nicolson Date: Location: Arizona HWAC# 63351
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Arizona Territory Books (4)4212 - Arizona Territory Books (4)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
3 hardback books & 1 paperback book. 1) A History of Banking in Arizona by Larry Schweikart pp.248, c. 1982; Confederate Pathway to the Pacific ...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Arizona Map4213 - Arizona Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck Rand McNally map of Arizona. PP 468-469. Multicolor. 14.5" x 20.75". Date: Location: Arizona HWAC# 54461
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******6 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Arizona Metal Collectibles and 2 Stocks4214 - Arizona Metal Collectibles and 2 Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Copper and red Arizona license plate with UTAH on plate. Thick copper souvenir plate. Brass badge shaped Montana Stock detective tool tag, possibly fr
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Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to r*****r for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Arizona Small Town Postcards4215 - Arizona Small Town Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 14 postcards from various smaller towns around Arizona. The small towns include Adamana, Benson, Salome, Escuela, Wickenburg, Safford, Castle H
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to a******4 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Misc. Arizona Postcard Group4216 - Misc. Arizona Postcard Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 97 postcards and souvenir postcard pieces from all over Arizona, mostly scenery and the Grand Canyon. Some of the locations include Monument V
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******6 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Arizona Small Town Postcards4217 - Arizona Small Town Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 10. Towns include Ash Fork, Fairview, Benson, Lowell, Inspiration, Naco, Quartzsite, Salome, Peach Springs, and Gripe. Date: Location: Ari
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to D****7 for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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