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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4379 - California Assorted EphemeraHolabird Western Americana Collections
16 registered mail receipts, 1897 and 1899 Wells Fargo receipt, attorney letter, liquor billheads, 1865 Shingle Springs receipt and approx 11 other 19
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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4380 - California Gold Rush Books (3)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gold Districts of California Bulletin 193, 1970. The California Gold Country, Highway 49 Revisited by Koeppel. In the Diggings in'49 by Coy. D...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
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4381 - California Gold Rush Checks (7)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unused checks. Banking House, Montezuma 1854. 6 PA Lamping & Co., Downieville, CA c. 1860's. Date: Location: California HWAC# 63378
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to s********x for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
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4382 - California History (5 Books)Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) California Legacy The Watson Family, 1820-1980 by Judson A. Grenier, c.1987, pp.504; 2)Ho! For the Gold Fields,Northern Overland Wagon Trains of th
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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4383 - California History Books (4)Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) It's an Old California Custom by Lee Shippey, signed by Lee Shippey 1948, pp.292. (Hardback); 2) The Story of California, by Stewart Edwqrd W...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
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4384 - California Mining Camp EphemeraHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twelve pieces. Billheads and receipts from towns of North San Juan and French Corral, Alleghany, Sierra County; North Bloomfield; Camptonville;
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 1*****c for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
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4385 - California Mission Books (2)Holabird Western Americana Collections
In and Out of the Missions by James, California's Missions by Suydam. Hardcovers. Date: Location: California HWAC# 63701
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to d******0 for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
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4387 - California Sheet Music GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
6 different California sheet music pieces. I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Golden Gate by Jolson, Cable Car San Francisco, The California Polka by D
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
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