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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Canadian Postcard Collection4710 - Canadian Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of about 140 postcards. One third are early (c.1920-25) and the rest are post-1950. Real photo, scenery, birds-eyes, etc. Not cherry-picked. Look
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Maps of Counties of Nova Scotia/New Brunswick4711 - Maps of Counties of Nova Scotia/New Brunswick
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Map of County of Nova Scotia New Brunswick, Cape Breton I.d and Pr. Edward's I.d; single page, multi color lithograph, page 5. 15.25" x ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to R**********0 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Chinese Hand Script Papers (13)4712 - Chinese Hand Script Papers (13)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 13 old appearing Chinese penned papers. We are unable to translate. Date: Location: China HWAC# 69035
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 300.00
 
 
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World in Hemispheric Projection4713 - World in Hemispheric Projection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Mappe-Monde Physique" old map from 1779. Map is in beautiful condition. Slight tear at bottom right, does not encroach on map. Mounted on...
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Start Price : 150.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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Hand Painted Pitcher, Hohenzollern China Germany4714 - Hand Painted Pitcher, Hohenzollern China Germany
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Beautiful Hand Painted pitcher by Hohenzollern China Germany. White anemones with gold. Beautiful small pitcher, 6" x 3.75" diameter. No c...
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Start Price : 60.00 | Estimate : 120.00 - 240.00
 
 
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Charles Laffitte and Company Share Certificate4715 - Charles Laffitte and Company Share Certificate
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Stock certificate in French and English dated January 15, 1866 for the Charles Laffitte and Company Limited. Charles Laffitte (1803-1875) was the neph
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to s********x for (12.50 + 2.75BP) = 15.25
 
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English Theatre Autograph Collection4716 - English Theatre Autograph Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 30 autographs on small pieces of paper letters and cards. Ch. Lamb, Tho. Hoop, J. Locke, Menvels John, LM Ward, Lord Brougham?, George S. Kaufm
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (100.00 + 25.00BP) = 125.00
 
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Unusual Notice of Stolen Bonds4717 - Unusual Notice of Stolen Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Unique to this large stock and bond collection. Notice of stolen or lost railway bonds in Britian from Callender & Henderson, Brokers. Reward of...
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Cyclorama of Jerusalem Guide and Appeal Letter from Israel4718 - Cyclorama of Jerusalem Guide and Appeal Letter from Israel
Holabird Western Americana Collections
A 16 page guide to a Cyclorama of Jerusalem on the day of The Crucufixion, The Grandest Permanent Exhibition of the Nineteenth Century at the Ste-Anne
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Estimate : 80.00 - 100.00
Sold to 8********l.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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1881 Document Signed by U.S. Consul to Martinique4719 - 1881 Document Signed by U.S. Consul to Martinique
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two page shipping/customs document signed by W.H. Garfield, U.S. Consul at Saint-Pierre, Martinique. Dated Feb. 28th, 1881. For goods/merchandise bein
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Start Price : 20.00 | Estimate : 40.00 - 60.00
 
 
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