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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c.1870s Advertising Pamphlet for Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company4460 - c.1870s Advertising Pamphlet for Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Four panel brochure for C.L. Bartlett & Co., Boston agents for the Pacific Mail Steam Ship Company to California, Japan and China, and mor...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to c********e for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Atlantic Mail Steamship Co. Stock4461 - Atlantic Mail Steamship Co. Stock
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Rare! Atlantic Mail Steamship consolidated with Pacific Mail Steamship Co. in 1865 and became the largest steamship company on the continent. I/U C Du
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to b********t for (250.00 + 62.50BP) = 312.50
 
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Horace K. Turner Art Exhibit Catalog4462 - Horace K. Turner Art Exhibit Catalog
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown cover, Boston Mass. 1905-1906. 66 pages with b/w photos of many famous historical paintings. 8.5" x 5. 75". Date: Location: Bost...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 100.00
 
 
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Lockwood, Greene & Co. Bond (Architectural Firm)4463 - Lockwood, Greene & Co. Bond (Architectural Firm)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Involved with industrial engineering and construction. Lockwood, Greene & Company was established on March 1, 1882 by Amos D. Lockwood and Steph...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Child Photograph, Chicopee Falls, MA4464 - Child Photograph, Chicopee Falls, MA
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Photograph of a small child with some fun props. The photograph was taken by C.E. Pinsonneault who was located at 87 Main Street, Chicopee Falls. The
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to T******1 for (25.00 + 6.25BP) = 31.25
 
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1839 Stage Company Way Bill4465 - 1839 Stage Company Way Bill
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Pictorial large way bill for stage passage from Brattleborough and Keene to Lowell and Boston. Dated May 6th, 1839. Thirteen passengers, some identifi
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Maps of Massachusetts & Boston (3)4466 - Maps of Massachusetts & Boston (3)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Double truck, multi color lithograph of Railroad & County Map of Massachusetts & Rhode Island with with indexes on back, page #14. 17&quo...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 250.00
Sold to d******0 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Massachusetts Boathouse Photo4467 - Massachusetts Boathouse Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Choice vintage photo of a boat on a boathouse ramp in Massachusetts, 42 star US flag. By JR O'Hara, Jr. in Winthrop, Mass. Photo is 4.5" x ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 120.00
 
 
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Great Lakes Region Playing Cards4468 - Great Lakes Region Playing Cards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 19 Electric Railway playing cards featuring locations in the Great Lakes Region such as Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. Please inspec
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Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to d******0 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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1876 Duluth Newspaper4469 - 1876 Duluth Newspaper
Holabird Western Americana Collections
August 26, 1876 issue of the Minnesotian Herald printed in Duluth. 4pp, with mostly national news. Nothing much on local, including the iron mines nea
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
 
 
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