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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Four Virginia City Mining Stock Certificates2529 - Four Virginia City Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock Certs. 1) Curtis Consolidated, No. 734, 100 shares;2) Comstock Tunnel Co. No. 21174, 100 shares; 3) Consolidated Virginia & Andes Corp. No...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Five Different Nevada Mining Stock Certificates2530 - Five Different Nevada Mining Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. 1) North Commonwealth Mining Co., Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County. Issued 1890 for 100 shares. Not cancelled. 2) Sheet of 2 unissued
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Start Price : 70.00 | Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Goldmountain Company Stock Certificates--Graham Hardy Fantasy Pieces2531 - Goldmountain Company Stock Certificates--Graham Hardy Fantasy Pieces
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A fabulous suite of four certificates sold by Graham Hardy in Virginia City in the early 1960s to stimulate the new collecting field of stock certific
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Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Of Virginia Bond2532 - Great Republic Gold & Silver Mining Co. Of Virginia Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare certificate. Operated gold and silver mines in Nevada. #1766 50 pound Bond, includes vignette of Lincoln and a Queen. 15.5" x 13". D...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Nevada & California Mining Explosives Ephemera2533 - Nevada & California Mining Explosives Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of two. 1) Rare billhead for R. Sadler & Co., Agents for the Vulcan & Giant Powder, Eureka, Nevada, 1885. Billed for coal oil to Cassidy...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to l*******c for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Nevada Family Mining Scene2534 - Nevada Family Mining Scene
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Probably Tonopah, NV c. 1900. Family with dog near headframe. 5" x 7". Date: Location: Nevada HWAC# 65032
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to b*****s for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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Nevada Mining Postcards2535 - Nevada Mining Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 7. 1) Real Photo Postcard. Ward Shaft, Virginia City. No postmark. Produced by the Nevada Photo Company. In famous condition. 2) Buckeye Mines
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to S*****3 for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Nevada Mining Stocks (8)2536 - Nevada Mining Stocks (8)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
8 Nevada mining stocks. Yerington Consolidated Copper, Oscela Gravel Mining, Miner;s Hope Tunnel Gold and Silver Mining, Willow Creek Gold Mining, For
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to i*****s for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Nice Nevada Mining Stocks (4)2537 - Nice Nevada Mining Stocks (4)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Tuscarora, Lewis and Groom. Belle Isle Mining i/u 1883, Groom Southend Mining i/u 1916, Eagle Silver Mining i/c 1881, Tonopah North Star Tunnel and De
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Estimate : 140.00 - 190.00
Sold to S*********m for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Silver Mines - Nevada Printers Plate2538 - Silver Mines - Nevada Printers Plate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Original engraved printers plate with vignette of "Silver Mines - Nevada". Used for stock certificates, the plate is 5 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 500.00
Sold to b*****s for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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