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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Rare Denver Photographer Business Card w/ Original Photo4398 - Rare Denver Photographer Business Card w/ Original Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Business card for Art Rindskopf, Photographer, 912 E. 13th Ave., with Golden Eagle D.G. Co., Denver, Colorado. Card has original photograph of man pos
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The Pioneer Western Bank, First of Denver 1860-19804399 - The Pioneer Western Bank, First of Denver 1860-1980
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Book of The Pioneer Western Bank, color & black & white photos. pp.219, 9.5" x 12". Beautiful condition. Date: c. 1984 Location...
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Holladay Overland Mail & Express Company Exchange & Receipt4400 - Holladay Overland Mail & Express Company Exchange & Receipt
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1) 1st of Exchange, beautiful condition, Denver City, CO; 2) Holladay Overland Mail & Express Receipt. Date: 1866 Location: Denver, Colorado ...
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Georgetown to Silver Plume Photo4401 - Georgetown to Silver Plume Photo
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Cabinet card, labeled on the back George Town to Silver Plume (sic). Unusual view showing more twists and turns than usual. c 1885. Bottom of photo is
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Hot Sulphur Springs Postcard4402 - Hot Sulphur Springs Postcard
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Postmarked January 30, 1908. The images shows a view of the town. Date: Ca. 1908 Location: Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado HWAC# 63838
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Leadville Miner Blows out Brains, 1880 Newspaper Article4403 - Leadville Miner Blows out Brains, 1880 Newspaper Article
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lake County Reveille, Jan 3, 1880 where miner John Marshall commits suicide after suffering severe bout of rheumatism in his cabin. Much detail. gener
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1862 Map of Colorado Territory4404 - 1862 Map of Colorado Territory
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Gray ink on cream color map showing Colorado Territory and Reservation of the Cheyennes & Arapahoes. Right fold mostly detached. 18.25" x 2...
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Colorado Ephemera Collection4405 - Colorado Ephemera Collection
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Lot of eight. 1) 1896 speech of the Honorable Henry m. Teller on Freed Coinage of Silver. 2) 1908 pamphlet for the National Democratic Convention. 3)
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Colorado Ephemera Group4406 - Colorado Ephemera Group
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Approx 25 items including a 1867 Warranty Deed, billheads some of which are pictorial and a souvenir card from ANA show in Colorado Springs 1983. Dat
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Colorado History Books (4)4407 - Colorado History Books (4)
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Softcover Colorado's Colorful Character's by Bueler. Hard covers-Colorado Ghost Towns by Brown, Gilpin County Gold by Axford, The Pioneer We...
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Colorado State Journal: a Critical Illustrated Weekly4408 - Colorado State Journal: a Critical Illustrated Weekly
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes: Indian Duel, Women's news, Oracle of Mulberry Center, Tourist Invasion of Colorado Springs, Mining & financial, chauffeurs and whe...
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Four Colorado Publications4409 - Four Colorado Publications
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1) The Beecher Island Annual. Sixty-second anniversary of the Battle of Beecher Island. 124 pages. 9 x 6". Pages are separating and soft cover ...
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Historical and Biographical Compendium of Colorado4410 - Historical and Biographical Compendium of Colorado
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Great reference work. Biographies of Governor Alva Adams, James Rice, Peter Breen, Darwin Kingsley, James Freeman, Edwin Ballard, Henry Lee, John H Po
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Report upon the Colorado River of the West. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Executive Document4411 - Report upon the Colorado River of the West. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Executive Document
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Very rare! Report upon the Colorado River of the West. 36th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Executive Document. Joseph Christmas Ives(1828-1868). Publis
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Three Colorado Documents4412 - Three Colorado Documents
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1) Official List of Denver State Lottery. 1890. Some rips and tears. Center fold is very fragile. 2) 1905 Rocky Mountain News. Includes: President Ro
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Three Early Colorado Maps4413 - Three Early Colorado Maps
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Colorado Drainage Map. 1873. Geological Survey. By Hayden. 19 x 23". Heavy folds, but not tears or small holes! Fabulous condition. The area ar...
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Town View, Colorado4414 - Town View, Colorado
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Original Cabinet card of a view of an unlabeled town along a river in Colorado. Came with a group of Colorado Midland photos, but we're not as g...
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1881 Price List of National Wire Mattresses4415 - 1881 Price List of National Wire Mattresses
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Price list and illustrated catalog of brass and iron bedsteads and cribs. National Wire Mattress Co , New Britain, Ct. April st 1881. 48 pp with bed l
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Maps of Massachusetts and Connecticut Area4416 - Maps of Massachusetts and Connecticut Area
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Lot of 5. 1) Connecticut, 1883. Lithography and color by Hardesty. Approximately 14.5" x 11." 2) Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1883. Litho...
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Two Different 1880s Lawrence County, Dakota Territory Bonds4417 - Two Different 1880s Lawrence County, Dakota Territory Bonds
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1) $500 refunding bond issued in 1883. Punch cancelled. Mining vignette. One coupon still attached. 9.75 x 16.5" 2) $500 refunding bond issued ...
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