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
Bidding Has Concluded
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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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
 
 
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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
Bidding Has Concluded
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#...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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