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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Dogsled Postcards: Canadian & United States5450 - Dogsled Postcards: Canadian & United States
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 26. 12 black and white RPC's. Includes Evans Native Dog Sled, Frasher June Lake photo, Ed Clark's New Jersey team, team on Grouse Mou...
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Estimate : 90.00 - 200.00
Sold to s********x for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Dogsled Postcards: Large selection of sled dogs portraits5451 - Dogsled Postcards: Large selection of sled dogs portraits
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 23. 13 black and white RPC's, 5 color RPC's. Three show puppies. Photos by C. P. Johnstone, Conn, Joe Huber, Fraser. Most not identif...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 100.00 - 200.00
Sold to s********x for (22.50 + 4.95BP) = 27.45
 
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Dogsled Postcards: Mail Teams5452 - Dogsled Postcards: Mail Teams
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of seven. Six are black and white RPC's. Published by Murdoch's Gem Shop, Johnston, C Leighton. One was mailed in 1942 and has a nice re...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 40.00 - 80.00
Sold to w****o for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Large Group of Skiing Postcards5453 - Large Group of Skiing Postcards
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Over 80 total cards. 10+ black & white RPCs. From all over the world with an emphasis on the west. Skiing, ski jumping, lifts, lodges, racing, s...
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Estimate : 40.00 - 120.00
Sold to r********a.. for (35.00 + 8.75BP) = 43.75
 
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Women on Skies from Around the World Postcard Collection5454 - Women on Skies from Around the World Postcard Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of twenty-seven. 14 black & white RPC's. Includes two 1933 bathing beauties from Paradise Valley, Lake Placid, Colorado, England, Canada...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to r****3 for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Exploration and War Related Books (11)5455 - Exploration and War Related Books (11)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
10 hardcover and 1 softcover. The East India Company by Gardner. New World Found by Lamb. A Distant Mirror by Tuchman. The Cape Horn Breed by Jones. T
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 100.00
Sold to j****2 for (10.00 + 2.50BP) = 12.50
 
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Ford Motor Co. Stocks5456 - Ford Motor Co. Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 19 ABN stocks with vignette of an early tiller steered motor car. Date: c. 1956-1977 Location: HWAC# 64300
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to w******o for (80.00 + 20.00BP) = 100.00
 
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Four Unused Political Envelopes5457 - Four Unused Political Envelopes
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Two American flags, Union from Wisconsin, and Gen. Lyon of Missouri. Date: Location: HWAC# 63608
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
 
 
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General Ephemera including Postal5458 - General Ephemera including Postal
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Assortment of postal covers, postcards, 1898 billhead, iron stone china pricelist, stocks and more. Date: Location: HWAC# 65003
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 60.00 - 80.00
Sold to m******0 for (15.00 + 3.75BP) = 18.75
 
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Groups on Horseback Photos5459 - Groups on Horseback Photos
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of four: real photo postcard of three men holding six horses; eleven men and women on horseback in the Yosemite Valley; 8 x 10 still from a cowboy
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 90.00
 
 
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