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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Donner Lake Postcards4250 - Donner Lake Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 12. One black and White RCPC and three color RPC's. Includes a 1920 Meyers and an Emerald Bay. Date: Location: Donner, California HWA...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
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Postcards of the Road to Donner Summit4251 - Postcards of the Road to Donner Summit
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seventeen. Seven black & white RPC's and two color RPC's. Date: Location: Donner, California HWAC# 53471
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Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
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Photographs and RPCs of East Highlands, California4252 - Photographs and RPCs of East Highlands, California
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19. Six real photo postcards (two mailed,1914, East Highlands cancel) and 16 black and white photographs (3.5 x 5.5"). Show people enjoy...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 250.00
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Rare California Towns Billheads and Letterheads (10)4253 - Rare California Towns Billheads and Letterheads (10)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Assorted billheads and letterheads from uncommon California towns. Weaverville, Douglas City, Alturas, Bridgeville, Healdsburg, Biggs, Newman, Fort Bi
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Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
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Two Geyserville, California RPC's4254 - Two Geyserville, California RPC's
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two different real photo postcards of "The Geysers". Fabulous contrast and two very good views. This is a nice looking pair. Used. 1909. ...
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Penny Postcard Collection4255 - Penny Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of eleven cards from the 1870s-80s addressed to Jacob Heyman of Grass Valley, California. Several from the Anglo Californian Bank, several other c
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Billhead Collection4256 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Billhead Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty five pieces dated from 1873 through 1929. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, California HWAC# 63271
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Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
Sold to l*******c for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Druggist Ephemera4257 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Druggist Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eleven pieces of paper from local druggists Drs. Loutzenheiser, Moulton and Manning. 1879-1915. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, Californ
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Ephemera Collection4258 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Forty seven pieces of paper from the late 1800s. Billheads and receipts, some with artistic vignettes. Date: Location: Grass Valley/Nevada City, C
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
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Grass Valley & Nevada City Newspaper & Printer Ephemera4259 - Grass Valley & Nevada City Newspaper & Printer Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of ten pieces from printers and newspapers in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area. Nevada Daily Transcript (1880), Grass Valley Daily Union (1878),
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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