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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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Arabia District Gold specimen from the Gottschalk Collection2085 - Arabia District Gold specimen from the Gottschalk Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
About 2 x 2 x 1" specimen on original Gottschalk label. Lead, antimony, silver and gold. The Arabia District was one of the first non-Comstock ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Five Aurora Ore Specimens2086 - Five Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora. Five specimens. All thee about 1.5” cubed. All show strong silver-gold mineralization. “Gold $31.98, silver $8.30”., another “gold $279.20, s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 500.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Five Aurora Ore Specimens2087 - Five Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five Gottschalk collection Aurora high grade ore specimens. Mostly 1.5” and less, generally smaller specimens than usual for this collection. Nice gro
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Four High Grade Aurora Gold Specimens2088 - Four High Grade Aurora Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four specimens of varying size up to 2 x 4”. All contain high grade gold-silver mineralization. None mine designated. One marked “mined 1860”. Another
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Aurora Gold and Geologic Specimens2089 - Aurora Gold and Geologic Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora Gold and Geologic specimens. Two adularia crystalline specimens. One volcanic rock, one large hand specimen “mined 1860, bonanza ore” 3.5 x 3
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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Aurora Gold Specimens2090 - Aurora Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four specimens from Aurora from he Gottschalk collection. All with original labels, just like the rest of the material offered here. Excellent cross s
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (275.00 + 68.75BP) = 343.75
 
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Aurora Ore Specimens2091 - Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora. Gottschalk specimens. Three, all about 2’ cubed. One specimen “gold 1500, silver 500”, another “mined 1870”. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (400.00 + 100.00BP) = 500.00
 
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Aurora Ore Specimens2092 - Aurora Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three choice ore specimens from the Gottschalk collection. Not mine designated. One marked “mined 1870-1871”. This was, according to most authors, the
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (180.00 + 45.00BP) = 225.00
 
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Antelope Gold Specimen2093 - Antelope Gold Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope mine. High grade specimen with aguilarite, gold, pyrite. About 2” cube. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64544
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (225.00 + 56.25BP) = 281.25
 
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Antelope Gold-Silver Specimens2094 - Antelope Gold-Silver Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Antelope mine. Two Gottschalk specimens. A) 2 x 1.5 x 1”, aguilarite. B)2 x 1.5 x 1.5”, “1861” cut polished surface. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevad
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (300.00 + 75.00BP) = 375.00
 
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