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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Misc. Western Ephemera Collection5320 - Misc. Western Ephemera Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1876 Homestake Centennial 1976 Booklet, 96 pages and lots of photos. Old mining deeds, mining receipts, Santa Fe-The Lee Ranch Mine booklet, self gui
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Montana Billheads, Letterheads and Territorial Warrants5321 - Montana Billheads, Letterheads and Territorial Warrants
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 25 JL Smith Helena 1895 billheads, EC Hellfrich & Co. 1879 letterhead with 1" tear, approx 14 1868 Territory of Montana 100 warrants...
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Sold to l*******r for (150.00 + 37.50BP) = 187.50
 
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Montana Covers & Billhead Collection5322 - Montana Covers & Billhead Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 20+. Early 1900s covers, many with contents (billheads and letterheads) either from Montana or addressed to businesses in Montana. Includes pie
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Montana Labor Union Documents Collection5323 - Montana Labor Union Documents Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 30 Montana Labor News cancelled check c. 1940, Approx 30 receipts from Bessette Printing Company to Montana Labor News c. 1940. Approx 30 vari
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Montana Pamphlet Group5324 - Montana Pamphlet Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Includes C. D. Edwards Manufacturing Company road building catalog with pasted in cartoon drawings of "Alec and A'l". Pamphlet, A Tri...
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Eureka County Bank Stock Certificates5326 - Eureka County Bank Stock Certificates
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two capital stock certificates from the Eureka County Bank. Both 10 x 5 inches. One issued to Torre and Barberi for 20 shares on December 1st, 1886, t
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Virginia City, NV Water Bond5327 - Virginia City, NV Water Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
$1000 Gold Coin water bond from Virginia City, NV, #53. Issued January 1, 1877 to Sutro and Co. Mayor and clerk signatures are punched. Date: 1877 L
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52 Nevada Highway Bonds5328 - 52 Nevada Highway Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Fifty two State of Nevada Highway Bonds signed by Governor Boyle in 1920. Eight of the bonds have tear near the middle. 11 x 16 inches with green ink
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63 State of Nevada Bonds5329 - 63 State of Nevada Bonds
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Sixty three bonds signed by Governor Grant Sawyer in 1962. These 10 x 15 inch green ink bonds are a colorful piece of Nevada history. Date: Locati
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Holabird Nevada Bottle Books (5)5330 - Holabird Nevada Bottle Books (5)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
4 Nevada History Through Glass Vol. 1, 1 Ghost Towns & Medicines, Vol. 2. Harcdover references on Nevada bottles. Date: Location: Nevada HW...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 120.00
Sold to u********y.. for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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Nevada Stocks and Warrants5332 - Nevada Stocks and Warrants
Holabird Western Americana Collections
20 stocks/warrants. Alta Silver Mining, Empire State Silver Mining, Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining, First State Bank of Las Vegas, River Bar Gold Recover
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Printed Nevada Ephemera5333 - Printed Nevada Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
13 1970's color Nevada calendars, Scientific American June 22, 1918 with torn spine, several photocopies of Western towns from photos,1947-1961 ...
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Tonopah, NV Theatre Tickets, 2 Mining Stocks Hunting License and Desert Photo5334 - Tonopah, NV Theatre Tickets, 2 Mining Stocks Hunting License and Desert Photo
Holabird Western Americana Collections
2 tickets from Nevada Theatre and 6 tickets from Butler Theatre in Tonopah, NV. 2 B/w photos of California/Nevada desert. 2 issued Greenwater Copper M
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RPC of flood in Aztec, New Mexico - 19095335 - RPC of flood in Aztec, New Mexico - 1909
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Identified as September 6, 1909. Black and white RPC with great contrast. Uinque? Date: Location: Aztec, New Mexico HWAC# 54005
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Bigler Farm Ranch, Las Vegas Black and White RPC5336 - Bigler Farm Ranch, Las Vegas Black and White RPC
Holabird Western Americana Collections
G339x. Rare. Date: Location: Las Vegas, New Mexico HWAC# 53976
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Lordsburg and Gallup, NM RPCs5337 - Lordsburg and Gallup, NM RPCs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
1) Lordsburg. Unused. Nice contrast. Showing the Hotel Hidalgo. 2) Casa Linda Court RPC in Gallup. 1938. Date: Location: Lordsburg, New Mexico HWA
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Stratford Black and White Real Photo Postcard5338 - Stratford Black and White Real Photo Postcard
Holabird Western Americana Collections
"Hotel Stratford which housed the stagecoach passengers and notables as well as the bad men of the southwest in the early days." D-89. The...
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1911 Tucumcari RPC of the Town from its Outskirts5339 - 1911 Tucumcari RPC of the Town from its Outskirts
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Talk about a town with a history: it is famous as a town full of saloons and outlaws. It is named for a the town was nicknamed "Six-Shooter Sid...
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