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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Seattle Day Ticket to the AYPE1665 - Seattle Day Ticket to the AYPE
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Souvenir ticket to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition for Seattle Day September 6th. 4 x 2 inches. The Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition was a world...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to 9***6 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Three Exposition/Fair Collectibles1666 - Three Exposition/Fair Collectibles
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Magic Self-Acting Silver Polish Plate w/envelope, souvenir from the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915, San Francisco. Manufactured by t
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 90.00
 
 
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Miscellaneous Worlds Fair & Exposition Stereoview Group1667 - Miscellaneous Worlds Fair & Exposition Stereoview Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 14: 7 stereoviews plus 7 Golden Gate Exposition postcards. Included: Underwood stereoview of The Twin Towers at Night, Trans-Mississippi Expo..
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Wells Fargo & Co's Express Receipt, Holbrook, AZ1668 - Wells Fargo & Co's Express Receipt, Holbrook, AZ
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Freight Receipt from Wells Fargo for shipment of package by ACMI (the Arizona Mormon organization). 8.5" x 5.5". Date: 1895 Location: H...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to 1*****c for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Wells Fargo Second of Exchange, Columbia, CA 18591669 - Wells Fargo Second of Exchange, Columbia, CA 1859
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare location. Dateline Columbia, Cal., March 18, 1859. At sight, pay Wm. Daegener, agent, $100. Signed Wells Fargo & Co. Pinhole, folds, crease...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
Sold to C*****r for (130.00 + 32.50BP) = 162.50
 
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Wells Fargo Receipt (bag of gold dust) from Hardy & Kennedy to Fritz & Ralston1670 - Wells Fargo Receipt (bag of gold dust) from Hardy & Kennedy to Fritz & Ralston
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1860. Wells Fargo receipt of merchandise of a bag of gold dust is addressed from Fritz and Ralston to the Fritz & Ralston Banking House which e...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********n for (120.00 + 30.00BP) = 150.00
 
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Wells Fargo Receipt (bag of gold dust) from Hardy & Kennedy to Fritz & Ralston1671 - Wells Fargo Receipt (bag of gold dust) from Hardy & Kennedy to Fritz & Ralston
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1858. Wells Fargo receipt of merchandise of a bag of gold dust is addressed from Fritz and Ralston to the Fritz & Ralston Banking House which e...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********n for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Wells Fargo Receipts (bags of gold dust) from Hardy & Kennedy to Fritz & Ralston1672 - Wells Fargo Receipts (bags of gold dust) from Hardy & Kennedy to Fritz & Ralston
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two Wells Fargo Receipts dated 1861. For bags of gold dust is addressed from Hardy & Kennedy of Foresthill. One to the newly renamed Donahoe &a...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d**********3 for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Wells Fargo Agent Letterhead, Fort Jones, CA, 18811673 - Wells Fargo Agent Letterhead, Fort Jones, CA, 1881
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Office of A.B. Carlock, Banker, and Agent for W.F. & Co.'s Express. Dateline Fort Jones, Feb. 23, 1881. Addressed to Arthur Simon, agent, in...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Wells Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, La Porte, CA, 18621674 - Wells Fargo & Co. Second of Exchange, La Porte, CA, 1862
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare location. Handwritten dateline La Porte, Cal., Feb. 17th, 1862. No. 242,938, payable for $50 to John Conly. Orange/red 8 cent California Tax Stam
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to p********n for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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