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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Beautiful Santa Barbara BPOE Badge4340 - Beautiful Santa Barbara BPOE Badge
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Red cloisoine poinsetta on top of the Santa Barbara Mission with a bell at the bottom. Lodge 613 of the B.P.O.E. Bell dated 1909. Five inches long, pi
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to j******6 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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History of Santa Barbara County by O'Neill4341 - History of Santa Barbara County by O'Neill
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Hardcover 1939 496pp plus index, many pictorial plates. Date: Location: Santa Barbara, California HWAC# 73007
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Santa Barbara, CA Postcard and Ephemera Collection4342 - Santa Barbara, CA Postcard and Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Aprrox 50 postcards including 10 RPC's-Persian Hotel and Biltmore, 5 each. 2 cabinet cards by SB photographers-man portrait by Cook, baby portr...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (140.00 + 35.00BP) = 175.00
 
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Sacramento City Bank Certificate of Deposit, 18544343 - Sacramento City Bank Certificate of Deposit, 1854
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare Gold Rush COD. Manuscript Shasta (over printed Sacramento City), Feb. 12, 1854. King D. Keithly has deposited in the Sacramento City Bank at Shas
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Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Rare Siskiyou, CA School Bond4344 - Rare Siskiyou, CA School Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Mott School District. $500 #2 i/c 1889. Top creasing and small seam tear. Date: Location: Siskiyou, California HWAC# 65071
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1853 Siskiyou County Liquor License Possibly for a Man Massacred by Indians4345 - 1853 Siskiyou County Liquor License Possibly for a Man Massacred by Indians
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare!! H.A. Lockhart has purchased a liquor license good for 3 months. Dated Jan. 10th, 1853. 5.5 x 8" Folds and creases. Soiling on reverse. ...
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Southern California Letterheads and Billheads4346 - Southern California Letterheads and Billheads
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Approx 15 items. 1897 San Bernardino Tax Bill. Pictorial billheads-Pacific Tent and Awning, Donahoo, Emmons Hardware. Letterheads from Los Angeles, Ne
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So Cal Bill & Letterhead Collection4347 - So Cal Bill & Letterhead Collection
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Paasdena (7 pcs, mostly 1890s); Terminal Island (2, 1926 letters); Los Angeles (22, best is 1888 Canada Dairy, c1888-c1900) Date: Location: Calif
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to s********x for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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Southern CA Ephemera Assortment4348 - Southern CA Ephemera Assortment
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 13 items. c. 1940 color Knott's Berry Farm brochure. Cardboard folding map of Los Angeles with stains, 1951 rainfall chart of Los Angeles...
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Southern California Ephemera4349 - Southern California Ephemera
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Hardback books (2) City-Makers, Remi A. Nadeau, The Men who transformed Los Angeles from Village to Metropolis During the First Great Boom 1868-1876;
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Scenes in Southern California Booklet4350 - Scenes in Southern California Booklet
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1903 edition. Softcover, approx 30 b/w So. Cal. photos-Santa Barbara, Mt. Lowe, Figueroa St. etc. Cover edges have signs of wear. Date: Location:
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Picturesque Southern California Booklet4351 - Picturesque Southern California Booklet
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23 page bound booklet by M. Rieder 1903 with colored views of Southern California. Illustrations of East Lake Park in LA, oranges, Mammouth Wharf, Old
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Postcards of the Mojave Desert, Southern California  Area4352 - Postcards of the Mojave Desert, Southern California Area
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) River Lodge, Lake Havasu Sportsman's Club. 2) Cloudburst on Clientele Creek. 3) Deck on the Salton Sea, Frashers Foto. 4) Date garden in Coa...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to s******z for (85.00 + 21.25BP) = 106.25
 
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Southern California History Books (3)4353 - Southern California History Books (3)
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3 hardcovers-History of Los Angeles, City County, Vol. 1 and 2 by Spalding. Softcover Panorama-A picture history of Southern California by Title Insu
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Estimate : 120.00 - 180.00
Sold to d******0 for (70.00 + 17.50BP) = 87.50
 
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Southern California Island Books (3)4354 - Southern California Island Books (3)
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A Step Back in Time by Santa Cruz Island Foundation. Santa Barbara's Royal Rancho by Tomkins. Santa Cruz Island by Clark. Date: Location: Ca...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
Sold to b*******e for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Napa and Sonoma Wine Co. Stocks (4)4355 - Napa and Sonoma Wine Co. Stocks (4)
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One of the first public wine companies. Incorporated in the days of the nascent California wine industry in 1872. Four unissued certificates. Very rar
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Suisun & Fairfield Water Company Stock Certificate4356 - Suisun & Fairfield Water Company Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Incorporated April 24, 1866. Dateline Suisun City, Solano Co., May 4th, 1877. No. 94, issued for one share to J. Frank & Co. Signed by president...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 6******n for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Sutter County Treasurer's Warrant4357 - Sutter County Treasurer's Warrant
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1857 Warrant in the amount of $105.78 to Sutter County Auditor. Good condition. Plastic protective cover. 8" x 3.75". Date: 1857 Locatio...
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T. Edwards, Sutterville, CA Tradecard4358 - T. Edwards, Sutterville, CA Tradecard
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US Flag, Sutterville, Sacramento Co., Cal. 1.75" x 3', diagonal crease, adhesive on rear. Date: Location: Sutterville, California HWAC#...
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Weed Lumber Mill Real Photo Postcard4359 - Weed Lumber Mill Real Photo Postcard
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Postcard shows the W.L. Co. Factory. Produced by Fidler Photo. Postmarked February 1914. Date: Location: Weed, California HWAC# 63844
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to D****7 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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