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Treasures from Pacific Shores: Numismatics, Mining, & Americana

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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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Maps of Ohio & Indiana4660 - Maps of Ohio & Indiana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Railroad & County Map of Ohio (Oiho ) double truck, multi color, pps. 70&71. Back of map is Index of Ohio, pp. 69&72. 17.25"x23.2...
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Hill & Griffith Co. Foundry Catalog4661 - Hill & Griffith Co. Foundry Catalog
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Hardcover, embossed leather. Choice catalog of foundries and supplies. 607pp with index. Product illustrations. Date: 1925 Location: Cincinnati, Ohi
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Chauffeur License & AFL Pin4662 - Chauffeur License & AFL Pin
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) 1946 Ohio pin/license for Registered Chauffeur. 3.5 cm x 4cm 2) Very small pin. I.B.of T.C.W. & H. of A. / Registered. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERH...
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Maps of Ohio and Indiana4663 - Maps of Ohio and Indiana
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 2. 1) Ohio and Indiana, 1860. Steel engraved, intaglio printed and hand colored by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. Approximately 15.25" x 12.&...
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Oklahoma Territory Ephemera4664 - Oklahoma Territory Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
11 items. Check, billheads and letterheads. Date: Location: Oklahoma HWAC# 69047
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Sold to s********x for (35.00 + 7.70BP) = 42.70
 
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California & Oregon Stage Line Waybill, 18664665 - California & Oregon Stage Line Waybill, 1866
Holabird Western Americana Collections
California and Oregon United States Mail Line, Oregon Stage Company. Waybill shows transport from Jacksonville to Yreka, July 22, 1866. Three passenge
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1941 and 1942 Telephone Directories for South Douglas County, Oregon4666 - 1941 and 1942 Telephone Directories for South Douglas County, Oregon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
September 1941 and September 1942 Telephone Directories for South Douglas County, Myrtle Creek, Canyonville, and Riddle. Softcover. 9 x 5.5" St...
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Maps of Oregon4667 - Maps of Oregon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1)Oregon by Rand, McNally color by Lithography, 1875, 20.5" x 14.5" 2) Oregon by CRAM, cartography & color by Lithography, 1900, 20.5...
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Oregon Billhead and Letterhead Group4668 - Oregon Billhead and Letterhead Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 30 Oregon billheads and letterheads. Pictorials include Chas. H. Dodd Agricultural Implements, Geo. Lawrence Co., Doernbecher Manufacturing, Qu
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Sold to l*******c for (60.00 + 15.00BP) = 75.00
 
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Oregon Map4669 - Oregon Map
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Double truck Rand McNally pp 504-505. Multicolor 14.5" x 21". Date: Location: Oregon HWAC# 54452
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Allentown, PA Fire Dept. Ribbon4670 - Allentown, PA Fire Dept. Ribbon
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Columbia No. 4, Allentown, PA FD red, white and blue ribbon. Features horse drawn apparatus on pin. 8" long. Date: 1907 Location: Allentown, ...
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c.1890 Brochure for Oil Chemists Highlighting "Gold Scare"4671 - c.1890 Brochure for Oil Chemists Highlighting "Gold Scare"
Holabird Western Americana Collections
This 3pp brochure for E.F. Houghton & Co. in Philadelphia that begins by referencing "a big gold scare." We are able to date it to c.1...
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First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Certificate4672 - First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early church certificate. Isabella Ingram is scheduled to receive $100 plus six per cent, per annum. Signed y B B Loxley and MS Hausili (difficult to
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Very Old Dutch Bond4673 - Very Old Dutch Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare 1824 $100 bond plus coupon page for a bank in Philadelphia, PA. Has appearance of the Bank of United States borrowing money from Amsterdam. Bond
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Maps of Pennsylvania (5)4674 - Maps of Pennsylvania (5)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Three maps double truck, multi color lithograph of Western Half of Pennsylvania, pp. 36 & 37, map of Eastern Half of Pennsylvania pp. 40 &am...
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Letter, Shipping Papers for Ships Bound for R.I.4675 - Letter, Shipping Papers for Ships Bound for R.I.
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1 Letter from William Carle, Esq., Providence Rhode Island indicating the market is "...now pretty well supplied with shingles and Stoves"...
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Marine & River Phosphate Company Stock issued to Blockade Runner4676 - Marine & River Phosphate Company Stock issued to Blockade Runner
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Scarce! Number 103 for 75 shares issued to LD Mowry in 883. Great clipper ship vignette. Signed by treasurer D Rave---" and president RS Pinchi...
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Southern Iron and Timber Bond4677 - Southern Iron and Timber Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Southern Iron and Timber Bond of Newport, TN. #1181 $500 20 year bond. All coupons. 2x .25" seam tears. Date: c. 1890 Location: Tennessee H...
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Texas Governors Office Letterhead Snippet4678 - Texas Governors Office Letterhead Snippet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Snippet of Texas Governor's letter head with state seal. Some writnig on reverse, heavily toned. Aprrox 2" 4.75". Date: c. 1860's...
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1854 Cass County, Texas Court Document4679 - 1854 Cass County, Texas Court Document
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Very early Texas document! August 13th, 1854. Sale of property by W.H. Crow, assessor and collector for Cass County, for failure to pay taxes. Opens t
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