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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Union League Club Program, Washington's Birthday4440 - Union League Club Program, Washington's Birthday
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Blue folded program from Union League Club Program, for Washington's Birthday Feb. 22, 1896. Commemorative address by Theodore Roosevelt. Date:...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Very Rare Goes Lithographing Stock Certificate Catalog with Letters4441 - Very Rare Goes Lithographing Stock Certificate Catalog with Letters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very rare Goes Lithographed and Steel-Litho Stock Certificates sales catalog. We have never seen this item before. Circa 1920. Bound catalog of approx
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Indian Territory Ephemera Archive4442 - Indian Territory Ephemera Archive
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 90 Indian Territory ephemera items with biilheads and letters. locales include McAlester, Choctaw, Eufaula, Vian, Tahlequah, Roff, Spokogee, Mu
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to s********x for (120.00 + 26.40BP) = 146.40
 
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Van Camp Hardware Archive, c1895-19124443 - Van Camp Hardware Archive, c1895-1912
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Large archive of correspondence to Van Camp Hardware in Indianapolis. The archive generally consists of full page letters on business stationery from
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Start Price : 500.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Van Camp Hardware Telegram Collection4444 - Van Camp Hardware Telegram Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 140 van Kamp Hardware telegrams c. 1900-1926. Business related Western Union telegrams. Date: Location: Indiana HWAC# 64076
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
 
 
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Maps of Indiana4445 - Maps of Indiana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Ohio and Indiana by Counties. Hand colored by Mitchell, 1860. Approximately 15.25" x 12.25." 2) Indiana, 1864, hand colored...
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Estimate : 120.00 - 200.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Iowa Mineral and Ochre Paint Co. Stock Certificate4446 - Iowa Mineral and Ochre Paint Co. Stock Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Certificate number 110 for 10 shares to RB Taylor on October 24, 1890. Three weeks later (on back) he turned all of his shares back to the company? Si
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Fort Des Moines Check4447 - Fort Des Moines Check
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$1.00 check. 2 folds, some foxing. Date: 1851 Location: Fort Des Moines, Iowa HWAC# 69050
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Guaranty Life Insurance Policy for Peter Hangsted4448 - Guaranty Life Insurance Policy for Peter Hangsted
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Peter Hangsted insured his life on September 25, 1914 for $2500. The policy opens to 12 x 19, with coupons on the interior. The only Peter Hangsted in
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Estimate : 40.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Council Grove, KS Telephone Directory4449 - Council Grove, KS Telephone Directory
Holabird Western Americana Collections
32 pp plus advertising. Old with unknown age. Some pencil writing on both covers. 9" x 6". Date: Location: Council Grove, Kansas HWAC#...
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Group of Kansas Stock Certificates (4) 1886-19354450 - Group of Kansas Stock Certificates (4) 1886-1935
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A nice group of Kansas stock certificates. 1) Rock Town Company, cert. #9, issued at Topeka, KS in 1886. Was located in Cowley County. Most of these t
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Estimate : 105.00 - 280.00
Sold to f******4 for (52.50 + 13.13BP) = 65.63
 
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LOT WITHDRAWN4451 - LOT WITHDRAWN
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Lot withdrawn
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1892 Price Lists for Plug Tobacco4452 - 1892 Price Lists for Plug Tobacco
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Four identical Price Lists for Plug Tobacco, For All Points in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah. Manufactured by the National Tobacco W
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Old Kentucky Distillery Business Card4453 - Old Kentucky Distillery Business Card
Holabird Western Americana Collections
c1900-1910 large pictorial business card. "Distillers of High Grade Whiskey". perfect for the saloon or whiskey collector Date: Locatio...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to a**********5 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Maps of Maine Counties4454 - Maps of Maine Counties
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck multi color map of railroad and counties of Maine. Pp. 6&7, slight tears in fold. 23.25" x 17.25". Single page, multi col...
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Maps of Maryland & Baltimore4455 - Maps of Maryland & Baltimore
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Single, multi color map of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. 12.5"x15.25"; single, multi color map of Plan of Baltimore. 12.5"x15.25...
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Start Price : 90.00 | Estimate : 180.00 - 300.00
 
 
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International Telephone & Telegraph Stocks Group4456 - International Telephone & Telegraph Stocks Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 11: fine group of ITT Corporation stocks, the oldest dating to 1931. These certificates vary in denomination, from the "Less Than 100 Sh...
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Start Price : 35.00 | Estimate : 70.00 - 150.00
 
 
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Maps of Maryland, Delaware & D.C.4457 - Maps of Maryland, Delaware & D.C.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1)Maryland, Delaware & D.C., Engraved by Rand, McNally & Co. with color by Lithography, 1885, 21" x 14.5"; 2) Maryland, Delaware &...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
 
 
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Revolutionary War Era, Patapsco River, Instructions for Payment4458 - Revolutionary War Era, Patapsco River, Instructions for Payment
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Patapsco River is a 39-mile-long (63 km) river in central Maryland which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. This letter gives instructions from Amos H
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Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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19th Century Fashion and Jewelry Catalog4459 - 19th Century Fashion and Jewelry Catalog
Holabird Western Americana Collections
The Fashion World by Jordan, Marsh and Co, Boston, Mass. 1885. Catalog of fashion accessories pottery, Japanese curios, jewelry, books and more. Some
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