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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5091 - Native American Chiefs Dessert SetHolabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of five: 9.5" diameter plate with Native American Chief depicted. Nice condition. Smaller size plate--6" diameter of the same image. T...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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5092 - Native American Photo and Post Card CollectionHolabird Western Americana Collections
Fifty six pieces, mostly real photo and post cards with Native American subjects. Also a stereoview card, and a couple of photographs. Date: Locat
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
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5093 - Native American Photos and RPC'sHolabird Western Americana Collections
Photo of 2 native American men. RPC's of natives on a horse, Navajo holding a child, men in headdress, 2 women. Date: Location: HWAC# 57231
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 90.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (45.00 + 11.25BP) = 56.25
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5094 - Native American Postcards (22)Holabird Western Americana Collections
9 postcards c.1907-1940 with color Native American scenes, the balance is modern postcards with good b/w portraits. Date: Location: HWAC# 57230
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to r****3 for (95.00 + 23.75BP) = 118.75
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5095 - Indians Surrender after Big HornHolabird Western Americana Collections
Six newspapers involving Indian surrenders in the aftermath of the Little Big Horn, where US troops infiltrated the countryside from Montana to Canad
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 250.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 1,000.00
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5096 - Crazy Horse Mentioned NewspapersHolabird Western Americana Collections
Crazy Horse, a Lakota Chief who fought with Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn, was in numerous battles with whites until his surrender in the beginn
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
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5097 - Sitting Bull Mentioned in NewspapersHolabird Western Americana Collections
Five newspapers mentioning Sitting Bull, the great chief who defeated Custer at the Little Big Horn in 1876. A) Philadelphia Record, 8.6.79 where Sitt
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 350.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 1,200.00
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5098 - Sitting Bull and the Indian War by JohnsonHolabird Western Americana Collections
Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-91 by Johnson. 587pp. Note foxing and spine warping. Date: 1891 Location: HWAC# 63349
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 80.00 - 150.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
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5100 - C.N. Cotton and His Navajo Blankets (Book)Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Biography of C.N. Cotton Gallup, New Mexico Indian Trader and Re-printings of 3 mail order catalogs of Navajo Indian blankets & rugs origin...
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
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