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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Nevada Check Collection (Comstock, Railroad, Mining)1575 - Nevada Check Collection (Comstock, Railroad, Mining)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. Includes: 1866 Gould & Curry, Virginia City check signed by Janin, IR and Nevada adhesive revenue stamps; two pictorial State Controll...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Certificate of Deposit, Banker's Assoc. Of Buffalo1576 - Certificate of Deposit, Banker's Assoc. Of Buffalo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
For $5000 in gold coin. Punched, right black smudge. Date: 1899 Location: Buffalo, New York HWAC# 69040
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Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to s*********e for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Letter from Henry H. Clifford Re: Silver Coin Ladle1577 - Letter from Henry H. Clifford Re: Silver Coin Ladle
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Letter to "Charlie & John regarding a coin silver soup ladle on the one side reading "Theo: Dubosq / Philadelphia. Date: 1958 Locati...
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Three Mexican Exchanges (Two w/ Mexican Revenue Stamps)1578 - Three Mexican Exchanges (Two w/ Mexican Revenue Stamps)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Mineral del Monte, 1867. Blue paper, text in Spanish. 4.25 x 8.5" Small mining town in Hidalgo. 2) Two First of Exchanges, Manuel Dunde, 187...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Gold Scale & Box & Book (Gold Coins for Financial Survival)1579 - Gold Scale & Box & Book (Gold Coins for Financial Survival)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Allender's Gold Coin Scale is adjusted to weigh & guage all American Gold Coins "and is a perfect protection against COUNTERFEITS...&qu...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to G*****5 for (200.00 + 50.00BP) = 250.00
 
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Gold Scales1580 - Gold Scales
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mid-nineteenth European scales. This is technically a balance scale. In all probability,tis scale was used to determine weights of coins, as indicated
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to o*********d for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Scale and Loose Weights1581 - Scale and Loose Weights
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Balance Scale and Loose Weights. Pans are 44 mm (about 1 3/4 in). One counterfeit detection, "Half Guinea" weight. Two Victorian Era ,Br...
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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12 Coin Related Postcards and a  Carson City, NV Bank Check1582 - 12 Coin Related Postcards and a Carson City, NV Bank Check
Holabird Western Americana Collections
12 mostly embossed coins of the world postcards. Framed 1874 Carson City Savings Bank check with 1870 coin vignette. Date: Location: HWAC# 73034
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to a****y for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Mechanics' Art Union Lottery Ticket1583 - Mechanics' Art Union Lottery Ticket
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare. Tickets $1 each. Prizes from $1 to $10,000. George Washington portrait at lower left plus other vignettes. Printed signature of secretary John
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Mid-West & Eastern US Banking Collection1584 - Mid-West & Eastern US Banking Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 17. 1) Pennsylvania: Drexel, Harjes & Co. Duplicate of Exchange, Philadelphia, 1886; unnamed Philadelphia Second of Exchange, 1852, picto...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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