Auction Reports

Holabird Western Americana Collections

Auction Info

Sale Name
Reports and Correspondence
Auction Date
05/13/2016 - 05/14/2016
Year of Sale
2016
Sale Number
#51316
Total Lots
427
Sold Lots
337
Lots Sold
78.9%
Unsold Lots
90
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
120,304.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
106,550.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
231,955.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
137,960.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
290,255.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
41.45%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
128,736.00

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1129 Owyhee Gold & Silver Mining Company 2-Volume Archive

1865-1871

 USD 3,000.00 - 10,000.00 14,760.00
1194 Mimbres Mining Company Letter Book (Georgetown, New Mexico)

1884

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 12,300.00
1185 Rare Volume of Letters for the Twin River Mining Company (Twin River, Nevada)

1866-1871

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 12,300.00
1234 1876 Atlas to Accompany Clarence King Survey- Very Rare Geologic Reference (Nevada, Colorado, Utah)

1876

 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 4,920.00
2121 Buffalo Bill Wild West First Show Program

1883

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 4,305.00
2138 Fabulous Civil War Ear Congressional / Cabinet Autograph Book

1866

 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 3,000.00
2124 Annie Oakley Autograph and Photograph

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 2,952.00
1214 Topographic and Geologic Atlas of the Black Hills of South Dakota (1879)

1879

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 1,845.00
1277 Three Photograph Albums of Mining in Cuba

c1910

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 1,845.00
2352 Fred Dodge, John Clum letter (with Earp Connections)

1930

 USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 1,722.00
2428 Moving Picture Postcard of the Gans Nelson Fight

1907

 USD 600.00 - 1,500.00 1,660.50
1152 Mining Photo Album from Butte, Montana

1903

 USD 300.00 - 900.00 1,045.50
2247a Unique 12 1/2c Scrip from Columbian Saloon in Tombstone

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 1,045.50
2426a Eureka, Nevada Lumber Company Ledgers (Billheads from Truckee, Boca, Nevada, etc.)

1876-1881

 USD 1,000.00 - 7,500.00 984.00
1110 The Mines of Colorado (1867 Mining Reference w/ folding map)

1867

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 922.50
1160 1865 Report of United Reese River Silver Mining Co. (Austin, NV) by Benjamin Silliman

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 922.50
2359 Wells Fargo Express Receipt for a Bag of $500 Worth of Silver Coin (Arizona Territory)

1878

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 799.50
1229 1818 Geologic Map of America (William McClure)

1818

 USD 1,000.00 - 5,000.00 799.50
1104 Nine Leadville Mining Letters with Correspondence

1879

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 738.00
2416 Spectacular Fairview Vigilant Society Broadside (Illinois)

1861

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 615.00
1233 Atlas Accompanying Volume Three on the Mining Industry by Clarence King (Comstock Lode)

1870

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 615.00
1144 1855 Report of Phoenix Copper Co. (by. Samuel W. Hill) w/ Four Maps

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 615.00
2367 $250 Bond of Lake County, State of California, 1870

USD 300.00 - 500.00 615.00
2437 1839 Pocket Map: Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide (Colton)

1839

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 584.25
1188 Mint Condition "Explorations in Nevada and Arizona" (1872 Mining Reference)

1872

 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 584.25
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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