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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Trains in Snow Photos (6)3099 - Trains in Snow Photos (6)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 4.75" x 3.75" b/w photos of trains in snow. Rotary snow plow at Fargo North Dakota(2 small photo scrapes), a snowed in locomotive with m...
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Bonds3100 - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three $1,000 bonds issued in 1927, punch cancelled. All signed by the vice-president and the assistant secretary. Blue border with vignette of
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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Bonds3101 - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 3. All are for $1,000 and were issued in 1893. Each is signed by the president and secretary. Punch cancelled. Allegorical and railroad vignett
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Start Price : 40.00 | Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
 
 
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1881 Baldwin Locomotive Works Illustrated Catalogue by Burnham, Parry Williams3102 - 1881 Baldwin Locomotive Works Illustrated Catalogue by Burnham, Parry Williams
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A very desirable railroad book from 1881. 101pp with numerous locomotive drawings and photographs H. B. Phillips signature inside front over. Also inc
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Pennsylvania Railroad and Canal Improvement Bond3103 - Pennsylvania Railroad and Canal Improvement Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare 1862 bond 5% issued by Commonwealth of PA. The Pennsylvania Railroad and Canal (built in 1834) ran from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, was construct
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Estimate : 160.00 - 400.00
Sold to b********t for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Blue Ridge Railroad Co. Bond signed by Henry Clews3104 - Blue Ridge Railroad Co. Bond signed by Henry Clews
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$1,000 bond issued July 1st, 1869. Signed by president J.W. Harrison and the secretary. Spindle cancel with tape repair. Important autograph is on the
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to c******u for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co Certificate of Obligation3105 - Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co Certificate of Obligation
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co. an International Offering dated October, 1857. This was just 12 years after the statehood of Texas. ...
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Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co. Certificate3106 - Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co. Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad Co. an International Offering dated October, 1857. This was just 12 years after the statehood of Texas. ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to R******d for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company of Texas Stock Certificate3107 - Houston & Great Northern Railroad Company of Texas Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This is Scrip Stock. We have never offered this stock certificate in 40 years. Unused, but numbered 699. Fabulous Condition and a Real Treasure. One s
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R******d for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Co. Bond signed by Confederate General Mahone3108 - Virginia & Tennessee Railroad Co. Bond signed by Confederate General Mahone
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$1,000 bond signed as president by Confederate Major General William Mahone whose troops beat back the Union attach at the Petersburg crater. Bond No.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to k********w.. for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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