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Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location3555 Airway Drive Suite 309, Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States

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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California Railroad Ephemera Collection3064 - California Railroad Ephemera Collection
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Lot of 17 from five different California railroads. 1) Two freight charge receipts from the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company....
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Central Pacific Railroad Ephemera3065 - Central Pacific Railroad Ephemera
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Eighteen pieces of CPRR bills of lading, shipping receipts from 1870s-80s. Two are from Chinese customers. Date: Location: California HWAC# 6327
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Central Pacific Railroad in California Ephemera3066 - Central Pacific Railroad in California Ephemera
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Lot of 11 Expense Bills/Receipts. Nine are for the Modesto station and issued to Chinese merchants, 1879-1882. The other two include an (El) Monte sta
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Manitou & Pikes Peak RR Cabinet Card3067 - Manitou & Pikes Peak RR Cabinet Card
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original cabinet card showing the engine and one passenger car for the Manitou and Pikes Peak RR. Engine is marked "John Hulbert". Photo &...
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Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co. Stock Certificate Pair3068 - Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Co. Stock Certificate Pair
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Lot of 2 different. Identical design except different colors. Issued in 1919 and 1920 to Elizabeth Mullin, neither cancelled. Vignette of train tracks
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Denver & Rio Grande Stock Certificate Collection3069 - Denver & Rio Grande Stock Certificate Collection
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Lot of four. 1) 1900 stock for 10 shares to LH Niles & Company. Signed by secretary Edgar Booth and Arthur (?) for the Board of Trustees. Vignet...
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Colorado Railroad Billheads (4)3070 - Colorado Railroad Billheads (4)
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Nye Forwarding Co. 1869, 3x Denver & Rio Grand Railroad Admin. 1918-1919 Date: 1869-1919 Location: Colorado HWAC# 65009
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Train Wreck Photos (5)3071 - Train Wreck Photos (5)
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5 matted photos of train wreck with pencil writing on back reading "706-720 in washout". 1 of the matts is slightly stained. One of the ph...
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Shore Line Railway Company Gold Bond3072 - Shore Line Railway Company Gold Bond
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First Mortgage Four per cent gold bond and dividend coupons. Date: 1910 Location: Connecticut HWAC# 63934
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Wreck of Street's Western Cable Car Line3073 - Wreck of Street's Western Cable Car Line
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Four black and white photographs, each mounted on heavy grey cardboard with rounded corners, portray the aftermath of a train wreck involving Engines
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Sold to p******n for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Joliet & Northern Indiana Railroad Co. Stock signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt II3074 - Joliet & Northern Indiana Railroad Co. Stock signed by Cornelius Vanderbilt II
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No. 243, issued for one share to T.J. Osborn on March 16th, 1882. Signed by C. Vanderbilt as vice-president and the secretary (illegible). Signatures
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Southeastern Railroad Correspondence Archive w/ Hardware Merchant3075 - Southeastern Railroad Correspondence Archive w/ Hardware Merchant
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Lot of 90 pieces. c.1900-1910s. All of the correspondence is to Courtland Van Camp, president of Van Camp Hardware & Iron Company in Indianapoli...
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Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Stock Certificate Signed by Jay Gould3076 - Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Stock Certificate Signed by Jay Gould
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No. B12713, issued for 100 shares to Lapsley, Field & Co. on Feb. 1st, 1881. Signed by Jay Gould as president and the secretary (illegible). Bot...
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Sold to 6******n for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Stocks (2)3077 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Stocks (2)
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I/U 1875 and i/c 1953 Nice vignettes Date: Location: Maryland HWAC# 64271
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Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway Company Bond3078 - Milford and Uxbridge Street Railway Company Bond
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Signed by president Hanson, $1000 5% gold bond. #8. 17" x 10.75". Date: Location: Boston, Massachusetts HWAC# 52622
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Western Railroad Corporation Stock Certificate, 18473079 - Western Railroad Corporation Stock Certificate, 1847
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No. 7831, issued for 2 shares to Timothy Dodd on July 24th, 1847. Signed by the president, Addison Gilmore, and Treasurer. Punch cancelled. Three smal
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Chicago and Canada Southern Railway Company Stock Certificate3080 - Chicago and Canada Southern Railway Company Stock Certificate
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Issued to W. B. Leonard for 37 1/2 shares in October, 1873. Vignette of a locomotive. The Chicago and Canada Southern Railway was a planned extension
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Four Michigan Central Railroad Company Bonds3081 - Four Michigan Central Railroad Company Bonds
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Lot of 4. One $1,000 bond (issued 1941) and three $5,000 bonds (issued 1904, 1933, 1934). All punch cancelled. Similar design with vignette of locomot
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Three Different Michigan Railroad Bonds3082 - Three Different Michigan Railroad Bonds
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1) West Shore Railroad Company. $1,000 bond issued 1885. Punch cancelled. Waterfront vignette. Sheet of 15 coupons present but detached. 14.5 x 9.5...
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