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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Horse and Rider Photograph Collection5460 - Horse and Rider Photograph Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 46 photographs of horse and rider, some cow camp branding photos. Half large size prints, a couple dozen snapshot size. Date: Location: H
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Horse Drawn Wagon Photography Collection5461 - Horse Drawn Wagon Photography Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Thirty one photographs of horse drawn wagons. One stereoview card, a few real photo postcards, but mostly photographs. Date: Location: HWAC# 63
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Start Price : 200.00 | Estimate : 400.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Kaiser-Frazier Corp. Stocks5462 - Kaiser-Frazier Corp. Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 19 certs, some are blue with car vignette. Multiple rust stains. Date: c. 1945-1947 Location: HWAC# 64309
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 80.00 - 120.00
Sold to 9***6 for (55.00 + 13.75BP) = 68.75
 
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Lapidary Magazine Collection5463 - Lapidary Magazine Collection
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx. 50 lapidary magazines from 1962-1984 including Lapidary Journal and Rock & Gem. Date: Location: HWAC# 64002
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Start Price : 25.00 | Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
 
 
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Midwest Telephone Stock Certificates Group5464 - Midwest Telephone Stock Certificates Group
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 14: extensive group of midwest and east telephone company stocks, from multiple states. The oldest pair is the "Western Illinois Telepho...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 150.00 - 300.00
Sold to l*******c for (75.00 + 18.75BP) = 93.75
 
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Misc. Electrical/Electronics Catalogs5465 - Misc. Electrical/Electronics Catalogs
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Bristol's Recording Pressure and Vacuum Gauges, Herbach & Rademan August and November 1950 catalogs, Hall & McCreary 1930 School Books ...
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Start Price : 30.00 | Estimate : 60.00 - 200.00
 
 
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Misc. Mining, Homes and Other Stocks5466 - Misc. Mining, Homes and Other Stocks
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Approx 28 stocks-Goldfield Daisy Mining, insurance, telephone, bank, Richfield Land and more. Date: c. 1880-1961 Location: HWAC# 65068
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 140.00 - 200.00
Sold to a********e.. for (40.00 + 10.00BP) = 50.00
 
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Misc. U.S. Stock Certificates & a Bond5467 - Misc. U.S. Stock Certificates & a Bond
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Lot of 5. Included: Desert Oil & Gas Co of Nevada (unissued, pictorial); Erie Petroleum Company (issued 1931, pictorial); Western Refrigerating ...
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 80.00
Sold to m******0 for (20.00 + 5.00BP) = 25.00
 
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Misc. Western Stocks (10)5468 - Misc. Western Stocks (10)
Holabird Western Americana Collections
Wall Street Mining, Western Union Mining, Blue Lizard Mines, Happy Day Mining, Utah Academy, Hazelton Stripping, Dell Coal, Ben Hur Mining, Allen Oil,
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 50.00 - 70.00
Sold to m******0 for (30.00 + 7.50BP) = 37.50
 
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Mixed Envelope Of US Ephemera5469 - Mixed Envelope Of US Ephemera
Holabird Western Americana Collections
These items did not belong to other groups and at the end of the day they all got lumped together in this lot. Nice assortment includes photos, legal
Bidding Has Concluded
Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to d******0 for (50.00 + 12.50BP) = 62.50
 
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