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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Beaver Head County, Montana Ledgers (9)4478 - Beaver Head County, Montana Ledgers (9)
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9 Beaverhead County ledgers Date: 1876-1878 Location: Beaverhead County, Montana HWAC# 69006
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to s****y for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Two Bozeman, Montana Merchant Licenses4479 - Two Bozeman, Montana Merchant Licenses
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Lot of 2 issued in 1879 and 1880 to Richard Lockey of Bozeman for operating as a merchant. 5.5 x 7.5" Independent Print. Lockey (1845-1924) ser...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to s****y for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Butte Ephemera: Lot of 24 from labels to booklets to photographs to paper tokens4480 - Butte Ephemera: Lot of 24 from labels to booklets to photographs to paper tokens
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1) Butte Consistory, Valley of Montana, reunion pamphlet, 1907, 2-5) Tintype of baby in buggy and 3 small photos. All came with a large Montana colle
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Butte Advertising Collection4481 - Butte Advertising Collection
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Here is a collection of various advertising items from Butte, Montana, including a 3.5-inch diameter Butte Bicentennial '76 button with a pictur...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
 
 
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Butte Real Photo Postcards4482 - Butte Real Photo Postcards
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Fantastic lot of 8 early RPCs from Butte. 1) Leonard Mine. No postmark and no photographer identified. 2) The New Leonard Mine. Postmarked 1908. Produ
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Estimate : 160.00 - 250.00
Sold to s****y for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Butte, Montana Postcard Collection4483 - Butte, Montana Postcard Collection
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Lot of 12. 6 black and white RPCs, 2 black and white, 1 color RPC, and 3 color. Include overviews, fish hatchery, Elk Horn Fence, Park Street and trol
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Butte, MT Billheads and Letterheads4484 - Butte, MT Billheads and Letterheads
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Approx 24 Butte General Electric Billheads with pictorials-Remington Typewriter. Pictorial letterheads Montana Hardware, Dorsh and Greenfield. Date:
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to s********x for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Two 1906 Butte Fair Exhibit Photographs4485 - Two 1906 Butte Fair Exhibit Photographs
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2 Board mounted photographs of the Beebe Grain Company exhibit at the Butte Montana Fair of 1906. It is a house made out of wheat and grain with produ
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 140.00
 
 
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Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps4486 - Butte City and Meaderville Addition Maps
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3 Maps of Butte City with proposed additions and planning in un-built lots. Meaderville City map of Main Street with the Leondard Shaft also shown. Ra
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Letter to Marcus Daily Concerning "40 Bruckner Furnaces" (typed 6 pages)4487 - Letter to Marcus Daily Concerning "40 Bruckner Furnaces" (typed 6 pages)
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Report forwarded from E.M. West to Mr. Marcus Daly. The cover letter states that E.M. West would lose his job if Mr. Haggin discovered this report was
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Choteau County, MT Financial Reports (9)4488 - Choteau County, MT Financial Reports (9)
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9 Choteau County, MT financial reports, rate of taxation table, abstracts etc. Date: 1876-1878 Location: Choteau County, Montana HWAC# 69012
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Custer County, MT Financial Reports (7)4489 - Custer County, MT Financial Reports (7)
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Custer County, MT financial report and abstracts. Date: 1878 Location: Custer County, Montana HWAC# 69011
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Deer Lodge, Montana Prisoner Letter: Writing to Ask for Clemency4490 - Deer Lodge, Montana Prisoner Letter: Writing to Ask for Clemency
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C. E. Fagan(?) is writing his lawyer, A. S. Christie of Butte, asking him to approach Governor of Montana to get clemency. All other means he has trie
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Deer Lodge County, MT Financial Report (3)4491 - Deer Lodge County, MT Financial Report (3)
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3 Deer Lodge County, MT financial report, tax table etc. Date: 1878 Location: Deer Lodge County, Montana HWAC# 69013
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B.F. White, Terminus of U&N Railway, Montana Check4492 - B.F. White, Terminus of U&N Railway, Montana Check
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Check from B.F. White, Forwarding & Commission Merchant, Terminus U.& N. R. W'y, 1880. Pay to Virginia City. Montana banker Henry Elling...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to r********n for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Montana Advertising Items and Correspondence4493 - Montana Advertising Items and Correspondence
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Single-page letter, dated Aug 28, 1897, from the Elkhorn Trading Company in Elkhorn, Montana, to the A.M. Holter Company in Helena, Montana. Anton M.
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Fort Benton Letters, Receipts & Correspondence4494 - Fort Benton Letters, Receipts & Correspondence
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Approx 10 pages of receipts, professional letters, from T.C. Power & Bro., Forwarding & Commission Merchants, Military and Indian Traders, F...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 7******s for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Letter from J.H. McKnight & Co., Post & Indian Trader4495 - Letter from J.H. McKnight & Co., Post & Indian Trader
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2 Letters from J.H. McKnight & Co., Post Traders & Dealers in General Merchandise. Date: 1885 Location: Fort Shaw, Montana HWAC# 64369
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Galatin County, Montana Territory Ledgers4496 - Galatin County, Montana Territory Ledgers
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5 Gallatin County ledgers Date: 1876-1878 Location: Gallatin County, Montana HWAC# 69005
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Helena & Benton Stage Company Ephemera4497 - Helena & Benton Stage Company Ephemera
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Rare, 2 pages of Accounts & Statements from Helena & Benton Stage Company. Date: 1880's Location: Helena, Montana HWAC# 64366
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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