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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2060 - Quartz v. Amethyst from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
An attractive quartz variety amethyst specimen featuring a single, stout, prismatic, purple-colored quartz crystal on a basalt rock matrix which is fu
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
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2061 - Quartz v. Amethyst from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
This handsome amethyst/smoky quartz specimen was recovered from the Brandberg complex, which is a circular granite pluton 25 km in diameter rising to
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 120.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 450.00
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2062 - Quartz v. Amethyst, Smoky from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
Two doubly-terminated predominately smoky-colored quartz crystals on a granitic matrix. The quartz has good luster and has a slight hint of amethyst c
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 225.00
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2063 - Schorl (Black Tourmaline) from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
The early history of the mineral schorl shows that the name "Schorl" was in use prior to the year 1400 (AD) because a village known today ...
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,625.00
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2064 - Schorl (Black Tourmaline) from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
The Erongo Mountain is 20 km north of the town of Usakos in north central Namibia. Erongo mountain is 65 km in diameter and has significant mineral sp
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 575.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
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2065 - Shattuckite and Quartz from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
Shattuckite is a relatively rare copper silicate hydroxide mineral. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic dipyramidal crystal system and usually occurs
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,750.00 - 2,625.00
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2066 - Shattuckite from NamibiaHolabird Western Americana Collections
Shattuckite is an uncommon copper-bearing mineral that is highly coveted by mineral collectors because of its vivid blue color. Typically, shattuckite
Bidding Has ConcludedEstimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to c******u for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
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2068 - Apatite and Schorl from PakistanHolabird Western Americana Collections
This specimen was recovered from one of the numerous, complex granitic pegmatites in the area of Bulochi, Pakistan. Bulochi is a small village 4 kilom
Bidding Has ConcludedStart Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,250.00 - 1,875.00
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