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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Bonanza Ore from Aurora2099 - Bonanza Ore from Aurora
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aurora. Native gold on 1.5” cube specimen. “Bonanza Ore”. Mine not designated. Gottschalk specimen. Date: Location: Aurora, Nevada HWAC# 64547
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (325.00 + 81.25BP) = 406.25
 
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Bonanza Ore from West of Antelope Mine2100 - Bonanza Ore from West of Antelope Mine
Holabird Western Americana Collections
West of Antelope Mine. “Bonanza Gold Ore” on Gottschalk label. “gold plus aguilarite.”visible gild in the black mineralized section with binocular sco
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (375.00 + 93.75BP) = 468.75
 
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Clarence Mine Gold Specimen2101 - Clarence Mine Gold Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Clarence Mine. “$3000 ore”. Gottschalk specimen. Native gold readily visible under binocular scope. 1.5” cube. Not on the Stretch, 1866 list, or Br
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (500.00 + 125.00BP) = 625.00
 
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Cortez Mine Gold-Silver Specimens2102 - Cortez Mine Gold-Silver Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cortez Mine. Two specimens, Gottschalk collection. “Bonanza Gold Ore” “1860” high grade specimen, 1.5” cube. Second specimen, same size, “1862”, not
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (750.00 + 187.50BP) = 937.50
 
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Cortez Mine Gold-Silver Specimens2103 - Cortez Mine Gold-Silver Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Cortez Mine. Two specimens, about 1.5” x 1.5” each. “Gold in aduilarite” “$5000 1860”. Gottschalk specimens. Patented, one of the richest mines, accor
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (850.00 + 212.50BP) = 1,062.50
 
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Gladiator Mine Ore Specimens2104 - Gladiator Mine Ore Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Gladiator Mine. Two specimens, 1.5 x 2 x 1”, 1.25 “ cube. Visible gold on the back of the large specimen, and in the middle front of the small specim
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (475.00 + 118.75BP) = 593.75
 
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Gold-Silver Specimen from the Esmeralda Lode2105 - Gold-Silver Specimen from the Esmeralda Lode
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Esmeralda lode. 1.5” x 1” , Gottschalk specimen. Bottom of label reads: "black is silver ore, $8-16/ton, trace of gold. Brown is gold ore, $14-...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to V********e for (600.00 + 150.00BP) = 750.00
 
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Lady Jane Mine Gold-silver Specimen2106 - Lady Jane Mine Gold-silver Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lady Jane Mine. 2 x 1.5”. “1860” Gottschalk specimen. One of the original locations on Silver Hill, according to Stretch (1866). A patented mine,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to d**********3 for (700.00 + 175.00BP) = 875.00
 
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Lucky Sam Mine Gold-silver Specimen2107 - Lucky Sam Mine Gold-silver Specimen
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lucky Sam Mine. Mineralized vuggy quartz with small pyrite. 1” x 1” 1. Gottschalk specimen. Not on the Brady map of 1862, or on the Stretch, 1866 l
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Martinez Hill Gold Specimens2108 - Martinez Hill Gold Specimens
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Martiniz Hill. Two specimens with Gottschalk labels, one about 1.5” cube, the other about half that size. Martinez mine. Visible gold in small specim
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (475.00 + 118.75BP) = 593.75
 
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