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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Phineas Banning Billhead, Wilmington, CA4360 - Phineas Banning Billhead, Wilmington, CA
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Phineas Banning who was a commissioned merchant who was responsible for the development of the Wilmington Harbor in the 1850's bringing the tran...
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1875 Article on Yosemite4361 - 1875 Article on Yosemite
Holabird Western Americana Collections
New York tribune 8.27.1875 with long article on Yosemite, unauthored, but listed as a "special Correspondent.". Excellent expose on the Yo...
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Four Stereoviews of Hutchings Hotel, Yosemite4362 - Four Stereoviews of Hutchings Hotel, Yosemite
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 4 different. None have the publisher identified. Similar views of the hotel with Sentinel Rock in the background. Please inspect. (Prag Collect
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Later Views4363 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Later Views
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 28. This is a really nice set of "later" stereoviews (i.e. not 1860s-80s). Includes: a set of 11 cards from a family vacation (1920...
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Moulton4364 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Moulton
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of three stereoviews (4" x 7") from John S. Moulton (Salem, Massachusetts). Best card is No.35 view of Hutchings' Hotel with Senti...
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Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Three Different of Lamon's Cabin4365 - Yosemite Stereoview Collection: Three Different of Lamon's Cabin
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Three different rare stereoviews by John P. Soule (Boston) c.1870 of Lamon's Cabin in Yosemite. 1) No. 1245: Close-up exterior view with three m...
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Mechanical Oriented Ephemera4366 - Mechanical Oriented Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
RPC of Martin Itjen and his street car, Skagway, AK. Booklet of California's Twentieth Century School-Agriculture, mechanic, household arts. Fre...
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Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to d******0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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2 California Indexed Pocket Maps4367 - 2 California Indexed Pocket Maps
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1919 Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map and Auto Road Guide, California. 89 pp plus advertisements. c. 1920's Rand McNally Indexed Pocket Map, Tour...
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to l*******r for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Map of California & Nevada4368 - Map of California & Nevada
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Double Truck, multi color California,/Nevada map South portion California. Asher & Adams. Nye and Lincoln Counties, Nevada. 17.5" x 24&...
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Gold Rush Map of California4369 - Gold Rush Map of California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Map of Public Surveys in California to accompany Report Surveyor Gen. Signed by Surveyor General of California. Gray ink on cream color paper. Slight
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to l*******r for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Map of California4370 - Map of California
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Double truck map of California. PP 102-103. Multicolor, Nevada and Oregon on reverse. 14.5" x 22". Date: Location: California HWAC# 5...
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Map of Early California4371 - Map of Early California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Old Map of California General Map of Explorations & Surveys, shows lower California, part of the Sonora Desert, the Colorado Desert, shows porti...
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Rand McNally California Pocket Maps4372 - Rand McNally California Pocket Maps
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Rand McNally Pocket Map and Shippers' Guide of California with detached covers. Additional old California map with many tears. fragile. Please i...
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Vintage California Map Assortment4373 - Vintage California Map Assortment
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Old maps-Pasadena, Los Angeles, Feather River, San Diego, Riverside, Tuolumne, San Francisco, East Bay, So. Cal Sunshine Empire Date: Location: Ca
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to b********t.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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2 Old Calif. Business Cards4374 - 2 Old Calif. Business Cards
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Small card from Mrs. John Steele, San Andreas, Cal. Larger pictorial card from Mrs. A. Horstmann, Dealer in Fashionable Cloaks and Suits, Stockton, Ca
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Santa Clara County & San Joaquin County Receipts4375 - Santa Clara County & San Joaquin County Receipts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 Billheads from California. 1) San Joaquin County, 1864 to W. B. Stamper(?) for services as County Assessor 2) Receipt for State & County Taxes...
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Book, A Yankee in Mexican California4376 - Book, A Yankee in Mexican California
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Hardback book, with plastic jacket, excellent condition. A Yankee in Mexican California, Abel Stearns, 1798-1848 By Doris Marion Wright. pp. 144, 6.5
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Brooch Pins from IOOF (2)4377 - Brooch Pins from IOOF (2)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 gold brooch pins, one reading "Olive Caplinger/Big Oak/Rebekah Lodge #259/December 6, 1922/California 760" it has "50" on it l...
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Calico Print Ghost Town Newspapers (6)4378 - Calico Print Ghost Town Newspapers (6)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
6 issues from 1960-1961. Tales and Trails of the Desert West. Date: Location: California HWAC# 69038
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Sold to m*****a for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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California Assorted Ephemera4379 - California Assorted Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
16 registered mail receipts, 1897 and 1899 Wells Fargo receipt, attorney letter, liquor billheads, 1865 Shingle Springs receipt and approx 11 other 19
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