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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Texas Governors Office Letterhead Snippet4678 - Texas Governors Office Letterhead Snippet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Snippet of Texas Governor's letter head with state seal. Some writnig on reverse, heavily toned. Aprrox 2" 4.75". Date: c. 1860's...
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1854 Cass County, Texas Court Document4679 - 1854 Cass County, Texas Court Document
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early Texas document! August 13th, 1854. Sale of property by W.H. Crow, assessor and collector for Cass County, for failure to pay taxes. Opens t
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Corsicana Gas Light Bond4680 - Corsicana Gas Light Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
#51, $500 bond, issued to James Garitty, one coupon missing. 2x .25" tears and seam toning on rear. Date: 1886 Location: Corsicana, Texas HW...
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J.M. Thompson Lumber Company Stock Certificate4681 - J.M. Thompson Lumber Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Inc. August 1904. No. 40, issued for 10 shares to J.T. Beall on Nov. 26th, 1904 in Trinity. Signed by J.M. Thompson as president and L.N. Thompson as
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Texas Ephemera4682 - Texas Ephemera
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1886 receipt, 1889 protest for non payment with hole, 5 billheads from GH Schoellkopf Saddelry, 3 pictorial letterheads from American National Insuran
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A Visit to Salt Lake, Chandless, 18574683 - A Visit to Salt Lake, Chandless, 1857
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Gold Rush era volume on a "journey across the Plains" by Chandless, published by Smith, Elder & Co., London. 346pp and 16pp of ad...
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Salt Lake City, UT Billheads Including Brewing4684 - Salt Lake City, UT Billheads Including Brewing
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SLC, UT billhead collection, many are pictorial. Approx 30 items. 2 SLC Soda Works, 7 W Fisher Brewing pictorials. Date: c. 1892-1908 Location: Salt
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History of Utah Since Statehood (4 Volumes)4685 - History of Utah Since Statehood (4 Volumes)
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By Noble Warrum, c. 1919, Historical & Biographical. Has photos of Salt Lake City from Main St., in the early 1870's, the Natural Bridge &qu...
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The Great Salt Lake Trail (Book)4686 - The Great Salt Lake Trail (Book)
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The Great Salt Lake Trail by Colonel Henry Inman & Colonel William F. Cody "Buffalo Bill" with photos & illustrations. Date: 191...
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Map of Utah (3)4687 - Map of Utah (3)
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1) Utah by Hardesty, Lithographic graphics & color. Double truck. 1883 14"x 21"; 2) By Rand McNally, Counties Highlighted by Color Li...
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The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star with the story of Joseph Smith4688 - The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star with the story of Joseph Smith
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No. 9. Vol. XIV. Saturday, April 24, 1852. Price One Penny. Begins with story of Joseph Smith. 15pp. Disbound. Toning. 8 x 5.25" Date: 1852 L...
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Three Mormon Stereoviews Plus One Other Utah4689 - Three Mormon Stereoviews Plus One Other Utah
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4. Rarest is a c.1882 stereoview for Mormon President John Tayler (by B.W. Kilburn). Two other Mormon views, both of the Tabernacle: early (187
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Utah Map4690 - Utah Map
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Double truck Rand McNally Utah map. PP 476-477. Multicolor 14.5" x 21". Date: Location: Utah HWAC# 54462
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Maps of Vermont4691 - Maps of Vermont
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Lot of 2. 1) Vermont by Counties with railroad. Geo. F. Cram presents cartography and color by lithography, Chicago. 1883. Approximately 14.5" ...
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County Maps of  Virginia/West Virginia, Kentucky/Tennessee/North Carolina4692 - County Maps of Virginia/West Virginia, Kentucky/Tennessee/North Carolina
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1) County Map of Virginia/West Virginia, single page, multi color lithograph entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867, page #31. 11.5&q...
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Three Washington State Fire Postcards incl. Real Photo4693 - Three Washington State Fire Postcards incl. Real Photo
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Lot of 3. 1) Two rare real photo postcards of 1911 fire in Snohomish. Both by the same photographer (Douglass?): "Looking East on First St., Sn...
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Rare Sultan, Washington Real Photo Postcard4694 - Rare Sultan, Washington Real Photo Postcard
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Real photo postcard of Main Street, Sultan, Washington. No photographer listed. Message on back is dated 1914 and reads: ""I have mailed y...
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Northern Pacific, Yakima and Kittitas Irrigation Co. Stock Certificate4695 - Northern Pacific, Yakima and Kittitas Irrigation Co. Stock Certificate
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Rare certificate I/U 1894, #66, 34 shares. 6" x 9.75". Owned by Northern Pacific Railroad. They constructed the 60 mile long Sunnyside Ca...
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Maps of Washington & Oregon4696 - Maps of Washington & Oregon
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1) U.S. Coast Survey map of Yaquina River Entrance, Oregon 26.5" x 21". 2) U.S. Coast Survey, Columbia River, Sheet No. 1 (1870), tear in ...
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Oregon and Washington, Billheads, Letterheads and Stocks4697 - Oregon and Washington, Billheads, Letterheads and Stocks
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10 items. 3 stock., Assay report First Thought Gold Mines. 4 letterheads.2 pictorial billheads. Date: 1888-1911 Location: Washington HWAC# 65042
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