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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Photo of Butte Courier Newspaper Office4518 - Photo of Butte Courier Newspaper Office
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 photo of the Courier Office building with 10 people standing out in front (2 women holding babies) all in period dress. Good condition only slight s
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Five Postal History Covers with Contents (Lots of Pictorial Material)4519 - Five Postal History Covers with Contents (Lots of Pictorial Material)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1-2) H Herbst Importing Company. Advertising and selling John E. Fitzgerald whiskey. Both envelopes have a full size pictorial on reverse of cover and
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Mitchell & Lewis Co. Correspondence4520 - Mitchell & Lewis Co. Correspondence
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The four items in this lot are all from Mitchell & Lewis Co. of Racine, Wisconsin, and written to S.B. Buford & Co. of Virginia City, Montan...
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Staver Carriage Co. advertising cover4521 - Staver Carriage Co. advertising cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Correspondence dated July 20, 1908, from the Staver Carriage Co. of Chicago, IL, to Buford Mercantile Co. of Virginia City, MT. Includes the envelope
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Three Postal History Covers with Contents (Two Pictorial)4522 - Three Postal History Covers with Contents (Two Pictorial)
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1) PICTORIAL Briggs, Cooper & Company. Image of Home Brand Peaches. St. Paul, Minn. 1908. Order included; 2) PICTORIAL The Quaker Oats Company....
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Two Advertising Envelopes w/ Letters from Tobacco Companies4523 - Two Advertising Envelopes w/ Letters from Tobacco Companies
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Blackwell's Durham Tobacco Co. addressed to Mr. Buford, Virginia City, Mont., 1896. This envelope also carried two Memos of Understanding fro...
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Way Bill From Virginia City to Madison, MT Territory4524 - Way Bill From Virginia City to Madison, MT Territory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Passenger & Express Line Waybill. Marshall & Goff's Passenger & Express Line. "All Baggage at the Risk of Owners" Feb...
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Letter from Banking House of Hussey, Dahler & Co.4525 - Letter from Banking House of Hussey, Dahler & Co.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Montana Gold Rush era, western mining company bankers. Virginia City, Montana Territory; with affiliated Banking houses in Salt Lake City, UT Territor
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Receipt from Virginia City & Alder Express Line4526 - Receipt from Virginia City & Alder Express Line
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Receipt from Alder to Virginia City, Sept. 3, 1900. Way Bill No. 3. Date: early 1900's Location: Virginia City, Montana HWAC# 64370
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Article: Custer Appointed Major General4527 - Article: Custer Appointed Major General
Holabird Western Americana Collections
September 25, 1866 New York Tribune article . "Gen. Custer, who rode in a railroad car with the President from Washington, ... has been appoint...
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Article: Custer Sent on Indian Attack, 18674528 - Article: Custer Sent on Indian Attack, 1867
Holabird Western Americana Collections
New York Tribune, April 26, 1867. slightly tattered top edge, else fine. Council held at Fort Dodge regarding Indian relocation, etc. "Gen. Cu...
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Article: Pre-Custer at Little Big Horn4529 - Article: Pre-Custer at Little Big Horn
Holabird Western Americana Collections
New York Times, March 10, 1876. Page 6, long article, "The Big Horn Expedition" This article is about the exploratory expedition to a rela...
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Article: Custer at Little Big Horn. Massacre.4530 - Article: Custer at Little Big Horn. Massacre.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
New York tribune, July 7, 1876 announcing the Custer Massacre to New York and the World, Front page article on the Custer massacre. This is unarguably
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Articles: Little Bighorn Aftermath, 18774531 - Articles: Little Bighorn Aftermath, 1877
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Seven Newspapers discussing all elements of the Little Big Horn Massacre, from Custer's funeral, burial. Of great significance is a NY Trib arti...
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Articles: Custer's Last Stand News4532 - Articles: Custer's Last Stand News
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Group of Six newspapers, 4 NY tribune, 1 Philadelphia Times, one New York Sun; 7/12, 7/21, 7/28, 8/2, 8/4, 9/19 1876 discussing the Little Big Horn ba
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Custer in Photographs (Book)4533 - Custer in Photographs (Book)
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Custer in Photographs/A Visual portrait of one of America's most intriguing Civil War heroes by D.Mark Katz. 1985 reprint. pp.141. 9.5" x 1...
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E.O. Johnson General Merchandise Photo4534 - E.O. Johnson General Merchandise Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Black and white photograph of the storefront of the E.O. Johnson General Merchandise showing horse-drawn wagons in front of the white clapboard buildi
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Four Different Montana Business Cards4535 - Four Different Montana Business Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cards: Ponderosa Saloon & Cafe // GF / One free Drink; H. wolfe, HupMobile Taxi Service, Billings; The Windsor, Liquor and Cigars, Butte; Gust M...
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Gorgeous 1880 Montana Territorial Bond signed by Governor (and Civil War General) B.F. Potts4536 - Gorgeous 1880 Montana Territorial Bond signed by Governor (and Civil War General) B.F. Potts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Territory of Montana $1,000 bond No. 7 issued Jan. 1st, 1880. Signed by G.F. Potts, Governor of the Territory and Auditor and Treasurer. Signatures cu
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Montana Territory Advertising Ledger Cover4537 - Montana Territory Advertising Ledger Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two sided hardcover from a Montana Territory advertising ledger. Features James W. Barker Merchant Tailor in Helena, Butte Boiler Works, D. J. Henness
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