Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 35

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Hawaiiana

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 414		(Hawaii) Bronze Royal Society's Captain Cook Memorial Medal. Bronze portrait medal by Lewis Pingo (1743-1830), chief engraver of the Royal Mint, for the Royal Society, 1784, one of 574 struck. Betts #553, M.H. #374. Showing a fine left-facing bust of Captain James Cook, explorer, surveyor and globe circumnavigator, in Naval uniform, 42mm. The legend: "OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS [THE MOST INTREPID INVESTIGATOR OF THE SEAS]"; the reverse shows the personified figure of Fortune holding a Naval rudder atop a globe: "NIL INTENTATVM NOSTRI LIQUERE [OUR MEN HAVE LEFT NOTHING UNATTEMPTED]." 43mm. Cook had first seen the Americas when, as Master of the Mercury, he surveyed the St. Lawrence River as part of General Wolf's expedition to capture Quebec. He continued to serve on the North American Station until 1767. He twice circumnavigated the globe, first in 1768-71 and later in 1772-75. On his return, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He left on this third voyage in 1776 and was murdered by natives in the Sandwich Islands in 1779. The Royal Society issued this tribute medal in 1784 and struck examples of this medal in gold (19), silver (291) and bronzed copper (574), of which this is one. They were sold for the princely sum of a guinea for two (10s 6d or 52.5 pence each). The specimen in gold given to his widow is now in the British Museum. The portrait was copied by John Flaxman when designing the well-known Wedgwood jasperware plaquette. The medal is illustrated by C. Wyllis Betts, American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals, number 553. Estimated Value $1,250 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $978
Lot 415		(Hawaii - Kamehameha III). Hawaiian language Royal Patent No. 261 Signed by Keoni Ana as Minister of the Interior and for Kamehameha, 2pp, 14¼x8½", Oahu, 2 September 1851. Partly-printed and accomplished in manuscript. Fine; overall toning. With a Royal black stamp with crown and encircling Hawaiian motto; also, a small hand-drawn map. The document is a certified contemporary copy of a Royal monarchy document, which, according to a penciled note on the verso, is a land grant to "missionary Baldwin." Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $805
Lot 416		Dole, Sanford B (1844-1926) First Governor of the Territory of Hawaii. Partly-printed Document Signed as Governor, 3pp, 16x10½", South Kona, Hawaii, 25 April 1903. Fine. Countersigned by Edward Boyd, Commissioner of Public Lands. Being Land Patent No. 4675, granting to W.C. Achi 320 acres at Honomalino, in return for one dollar and a deed for his land at Kapalama, Honolulu, "required for the widening of King Street…." A map on pages 2 and 3 shows the land involved. Honomalino is one of Hawaii's most famous and most beautiful beaches. Located in the South Kona district of the Big Island, it was the site of a major battle in the precontact period; to this day, the scattered bones of the slain warriors can be viewed sticking up through the sand during low tides. It is accessible only by 4-wheel drive or canoe. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $690
Lot 417		(Hawaii) Emerson, Samuel N. Hawaiian language property deed, 2pp, 13¾x8¼", Oahu, 29 February 1868. A transaction naming physician, historian and ethnologist Samuel N.Emerson relative to land at Mokuleia, Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. With a green Royal Stamp at top. A notary public wrote in English on the verso that Polu, one of the parties to the agreement, appeared before him. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $449
Lot 418		(Hawaii) Honolulu Land Deed. 1½pp, 12½x7¾", 28 January 1857. Deed by which Peter Johnson Gulick buys from O.H. Gulick and Alvah K. Clark the tract of land "described in Royal Patent No. 261 granted to Keliihuluhulu…" in 1850. Extremely rare black Royal Monarchy stamp at upper left has a crown encircled with "HOAILONA PAI O KE ALII ROYAL STAMP" in black ink. Peter Johnson Gulick was an early missionary who arrived with the Third American Company. From 1865-1870, he conducted a boarding school for Hawaiian girls at Waialua, Oahu. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $265
Lot 419		(Hawaii) Kamehameha III (1814-54) He became King (1824-54) after his brother, King Liholiho, died from measles while visiting London. Hawaiian language Royal Patent No. 242 Signed as King, 2pp, 13¼x8¼", Honolulu, 26 March 1850. Partly-printed and accomplished in manuscript. Printed portion is also printed in English on a conjoined page. Fine; overall toning. With a Royal red wax seal and a Royal black stamp with crown and encircling Hawaiian motto. The document is a transaction with Kaiaikawaha relative to land at Mokuleia, Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. Also signed by Keoni Ana as Minister of the Interior; he succeeded Kekauluoki as Prime Minister and also served at various times as governor of Maui and as a justice of the Supreme Court. He was the son of John Young and the chiefess Kaonaeha. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 420		(Hawaiai) Kamehameha III. Hawaiian language Royal Patent No. 261 Signed as King, 2pp, 13¼x8¼", Honolulu, 10 May 1850. Partly-printed and accomplished in manuscript. Printed portion is also printed in English on a conjoined page. Fine; overall toning. With a Royal red wax seal and a Royal black stamp with crown and encircling Hawaiian motto. The document is a transaction with Kaiaikawaha relative to 90 acres of land at Mokuleia, Waialua, Oahu, Hawaii. Also signed by Keoni Ana as Minister of the Interior. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,438
Lot 421		(Hawaii) Kamehameha IV (1834-63) Reigned 1854-63. Partial document Signed "Kamehameha," being the signature and seal portion of a royal land grant, in Hawaiian, 1p, 7½x9¾", Honolulu, 17 January 1856. Partly printed and accomplished in manuscript. Official Monarchy document. A surrogate signed for Kaahumanu. Very good; partial fold separation and scattered foxing. Includes royal red wax seal. Partial hand-drawn primitive map is sketched on the reverse. Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $776