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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Premier Mining Lamp Parts Boxload2199 - Premier Mining Lamp Parts Boxload
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Many Premier parts including 13 NOS white felts, 65 NOS replacement blades, 30 large rubber gaskets, 100 brass reflector bases, 50 NOS bumper grips, 2
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Unfired Premier Carbide Lamps (7)2200 - Unfired Premier Carbide Lamps (7)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
7 unfired Premier carbide lamps,mostly mint condition. NIB 9" tall with 4" reflector. 9" tall 4.25" reflector. 3x 7.25" wit...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to j*****0 for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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NIB Safesport Carbide Lamps (10)2201 - NIB Safesport Carbide Lamps (10)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 NIB Safesport No. CL 1501 carbide lamps with 4.5" reflectors. 1 has a crushed reflector. Date: . Location: HWAC# 63776
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 250.00 - 500.00
Sold to G********a.. for (190.00 + 47.50BP) = 237.50
 
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3 Different Carbide Superintendent Lamps2202 - 3 Different Carbide Superintendent Lamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Justrite 7" reflector, unmarked 3.5" reflector, unmarked no reflector. Date: Location: HWAC# 63717
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to g*****9 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Carbide Lamp Group2203 - Carbide Lamp Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Five carbide miners lamps. 1 small Justrite, three autolites, two small and one tall; one ITP superintendent size. Generally nice, but far from mint.
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to b*******g for (85.00 + 18.70BP) = 103.70
 
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Lunch Box Light2204 - Lunch Box Light
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Black color lunch box/lamp used in the mines. Lamp assembly kept in lunch box. 4.75"W x 7"H x 9.5"D. Date: Location: HWA...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 70.00 - 100.00
Sold to j*****0 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Massive Carbide Lamps Parts Boxload2205 - Massive Carbide Lamps Parts Boxload
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Not Justrite but many universal parts. Dozens of flints, 60 lighter cap ends, 40 round brass water doors, 50 felt gaskets, misc lamp parts, 30 felts,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (110.00 + 27.50BP) = 137.50
 
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Catchall Group of Seven American-made Carbide Lamps2206 - Catchall Group of Seven American-made Carbide Lamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes Wolf, Justrite, Dewar, and others. Please inspect. Date: Location: HWAC# 42535
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to b********t.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Superintendent Mining Lamps (8)2207 - Superintendent Mining Lamps (8)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 well used Superintendent mining lamps with condition problems. 7" tall lamps from Acme, Dew-R-Lite, Big Boy. Perfect for a public or private ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to g*****9 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Two Teapot Coal Mining Lamps2208 - Two Teapot Coal Mining Lamps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6" tall with reflector, no name visible, large spout, heavily used; 4" tall, no name, nice. Date: Location: HWAC# 58762
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to a******l for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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