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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2 Rome, NY Covers5150 - 2 Rome, NY Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Small cover with Rome, NY postmark with Scott # 26, c. 1857-1861, torn off top .Small cover with Scott #26, Rome, NY postmark, cut off right side. c.
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South Carolina to Alabama Cover5151 - South Carolina to Alabama Cover
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Brown 4.25" x 8.25" cover with Scott # 26. An odd sized Civil War era cover, with upper fold. Sent from South Carolina to Cherokee, County...
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The Texas Philatelist March 1887 Pamphlet5152 - The Texas Philatelist March 1887 Pamphlet
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Volume 1 Number 5, March 1887 by Reuss & Neville, Paris, Texas. 10 pages of philatelic news of the era. 8.5" x 5.75". Date: Locatio...
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c.1890s Cabinet Card of Mail Carrier5153 - c.1890s Cabinet Card of Mail Carrier
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Early (back says 1895) cabinet card by Harliss, Portable Photo. Parlor of mailman. Contrast is low to medium. Some soiling. (Prag Collection) Date:
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Philatelic Ephemera (Stamps & Magazine)5154 - Philatelic Ephemera (Stamps & Magazine)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) January 1892, Vol. XVIII of The Philatelic Monthly. Published by The Bogert & Durbin Co. 12 pages. 9 x 6" Vertical fold, toning. 2) c.19...
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Pre-1850 U.S. Letters5155 - Pre-1850 U.S. Letters
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 8. Includes: 1829 stampless cover with inventory, to Ulster County; 1836 Utica letter from sister to brother ("I understand you are gett...
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Sold to l*******c for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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11 U. S. Navy Covers5156 - 11 U. S. Navy Covers
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Eleven covers all with cancelled stamps from U S Navy ships. Ships of was like the New Mexico, Wyoming, Frigate Constitution, Shark, California, Aldeb
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19th Century Cancellation Collection5157 - 19th Century Cancellation Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of approximately 16 pieces in a nice variety of well-marked cancellations and different colors of postage. Date: Location: HWAC# 64409
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19th Century Covers Group5158 - 19th Century Covers Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 40 covers from 1860's to 1880's, mostly East Coast. Nice group. Date: Location: HWAC# 63364
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5 Leather Postcards, Other Postcards5159 - 5 Leather Postcards, Other Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
5 early 20th Century leather postcards and 25 non leather postcards from the same era. Date: Location: HWAC# 63368
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Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to 9***6 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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