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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Five Territorial Checks issued to Identified Gould & Curry Mill Workers2515 - Five Territorial Checks issued to Identified Gould & Curry Mill Workers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These five Stateler & Arrington checks were issued to different workers of the Gould & Curry Mill. Three checks are signed by Charles Strong...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*****s for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Three Territorial Virginia City Checks signed by Different Superintendents2516 - Three Territorial Virginia City Checks signed by Different Superintendents
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three Stateler & Arrington checks with Virginia, N.T. datelines. Signatures of three different early superintendents for the Gould & Curry m...
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Estimate : 90.00 - 120.00
Sold to b*****s for (65.00 + 16.25BP) = 81.25
 
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Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks w/ Nevada Revenue Stamps2517 - Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks w/ Nevada Revenue Stamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 9 in very good condition. All are Gould & Curry related checks. 1) Five Gould & Curry SMC checks issued in 1871, signed by C.C. Batte...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to b*****s for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Four Territorial Virginia City, Nevada Checks signed by Mining President  John Earl2518 - Four Territorial Virginia City, Nevada Checks signed by Mining President John Earl
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Four Stateler & Arrington checks issued March 30, 1864. Signed by John Earl for Charles Strong as supt. of the Gould & Curry Mine. The vast ...
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Estimate : 160.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*****s for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN2519 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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National Report of the Great Virginia City fire2520 - National Report of the Great Virginia City fire
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"The Burning of Virginia City" in the New York tribune, October 29, 1875. "10,000 people homeless". Nearly a full page on the tr...
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Indenture between the Pacific Mill and the Consolidated California and Virginia Mine - With rare ful2521 - Indenture between the Pacific Mill and the Consolidated California and Virginia Mine - With rare ful
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Interesting Comstock Document. But the prize here is the signature of Mackay. He almost always signs his name J. W. Mackay. We rarely have seen his fu
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Estimate : 300.00 - 1,000.00
Sold to b*****s for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Map of the Comstock & Brunswick Lodes2522 - Map of the Comstock & Brunswick Lodes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Showing the Virginia, Gold Hill, Silver City, Silver Star and Six Mile Canyon Mining Districts, Storey and Lyon Counties. Published by Rand McNally ...
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Sold to b*****s for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Store-House Keeper's Daily Reports - Savage Mining Company2523 - Store-House Keeper's Daily Reports - Savage Mining Company
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Lot of ten daily reports in September of 1876. What will you find? How many cords of wood and bushels of charcoal are on hand. Loads of car oil that h
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Whitney & Company Ephemera (to Savage Mine in Virginia City)2524 - Whitney & Company Ephemera (to Savage Mine in Virginia City)
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Lot of two. 1) 134 packages of merchandise bound for the Savage Mine of Virginia City. From Colfax (crossed out and Alta written in). 2) Alta receipt
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Surveys of Key Comstock Claims, 18692525 - Surveys of Key Comstock Claims, 1869
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The claims which these surveys represent are the Chollar-Potosi Mine, Bacon Mill, Central Silver Mining Company, Savage Mining Company. Then there is
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Sutro Tunnel 1872 Book2526 - Sutro Tunnel 1872 Book
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A prime source of information on the Sutro Tunnel based upon the report of a US government committee. 988 gilt edge pages with index. Published 1872.
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Sutro Tunnel Company Stock Certificate2527 - Sutro Tunnel Company Stock Certificate
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Issued to John Landers for 100 shares in the Sutro Tunnel Company, April of 1887. Two vignettes, green ink, 12 x 8 inch certificate. Date: 1887 Loc
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b*******n for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Comstock Tunnel Company Bond2528 - Comstock Tunnel Company Bond
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$1000 Green Bond, State of New York Date: Location: Virginia City, Nevada HWAC# 50007
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to D******3 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Four Virginia City Mining Stock Certificates2529 - Four Virginia City Mining Stock Certificates
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Stock Certs. 1) Curtis Consolidated, No. 734, 100 shares;2) Comstock Tunnel Co. No. 21174, 100 shares; 3) Consolidated Virginia & Andes Corp. No...
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Five Different Nevada Mining Stock Certificates2530 - Five Different Nevada Mining Stock Certificates
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Lot of 5. 1) North Commonwealth Mining Co., Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County. Issued 1890 for 100 shares. Not cancelled. 2) Sheet of 2 unissued
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Goldmountain Company Stock Certificates--Graham Hardy Fantasy Pieces2531 - Goldmountain Company Stock Certificates--Graham Hardy Fantasy Pieces
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A fabulous suite of four certificates sold by Graham Hardy in Virginia City in the early 1960s to stimulate the new collecting field of stock certific
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Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Of Virginia Bond2532 - Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Of Virginia Bond
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Rare certificate. Operated gold and silver mines in Nevada. #1766 50 pound Bond, includes vignette of Lincoln and a Queen. 15.5" x 13". D...
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Nevada & California Mining Explosives Ephemera2533 - Nevada & California Mining Explosives Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) Rare billhead for R. Sadler & Co., Agents for the Vulcan & Giant Powder, Eureka, Nevada, 1885. Billed for coal oil to Cassidy...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Nevada Family Mining Scene2534 - Nevada Family Mining Scene
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Probably Tonopah, NV c. 1900. Family with dog near headframe. 5" x 7". Date: Location: Nevada HWAC# 65032
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to b*****s for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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