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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4388 - California Trail (6 Books)Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 paperbacks & 2 hardbacks: 1) The Plains Across by John D. Unruh, Jr. 1982 reprint, pp.352; 2) The Overland Trail by Herbert Eaton, c. 1974, pp...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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4389 - Diaries of California Gold SeekersHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 6 Books 1) Westward Journeys Memoirs of Applegate & Porter Who Traveled the Overland Trail, c. 1989, pp.402. 2) Overland to California wi...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to p********n for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
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4390 - Gold Rush Books (5)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Softcover Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers, March, 1931. Hardcovers-Sam Brannan Builder of San Francisco by Stellman, On The Old West C
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold to d******0 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
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4392 - Mother Lode Ephemera GroupHolabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 30 items from the Mother Lode. Scott's Valley Republican ticket, billheads and letterheads-some pictorial. Placerville, Grass Valley, Mar...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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4395 - State Controller's Office Warrant (2)Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 California State Controller's Office Warrants. 1) dated 1880; 2) dated 1855. Both protected in plastic jackets, in excellent condition. 9.5&q...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to 1*****c for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
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4396 - The Overland Stage to California (Book)Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Overland Stage to California, by Frank A. Root and William E. Connelley. "Personal Reminisces and Authentic History of the Great Overland ...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*******e for (160.00 + 40.00BP) = 200.00
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