Auction Reports

Holabird Western Americana Collections

Auction Info

Sale Name
Holiday 2020: Stocks and Bonds (Mining, Railroad, Other)
Auction Date
12/17/2020 - 12/17/2020
Year of Sale
2020
Sale Number
#69322
Total Lots
712
Sold Lots
494
Lots Sold
69.4%
Unsold Lots
218
Price Unknown
0
Total Sales (USD)
79,837.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
92,870.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
179,590.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
143,712.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
273,253.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
29.22%
Currency
USD
Inflation Adjusted Price in U.S. Dollars
80,937.10

Top twenty five by sale price

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Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1562 Two Chinese Publishing Company Stock Certificates (126268)

1920, 1927

 USD 200.00 - 500.00 2,125.00
1499 Edison Storage Battery Co. Stock Issued to and Signed Twice by Thomas Edison (126001)

1920

 USD 2,500.00 - 4,000.00 1,750.00
1501 Thomas Edison Phonograph-Related Stock Certificates (126310)

1889-1921

 USD 300.00 - 600.00 1,562.50
1524 Amusement Company Stocks: Midwest and South US (126312)

1905-1964

 USD 200.00 - 400.00 1,312.50
1445 Glass Company Certificate Collection (30) (127041)

USD 300.00 - 700.00 1,187.50
1097 Extra Rare Merced Mining Company, Proprietor's Stock, Mariposa, California (126744)

1856

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 812.50
1488 Parmachenee Club Stock Certificate (126307)

1906

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 812.50
1515 North American Land Co. Stock w/ Autograph of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence (107994)

1795

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 687.50
1485 Buffalo City Stock Certificate, Kansas Territory (125892)

1857

 USD 700.00 - 1,500.00 687.50
1555 Serial Number One (#1) Stock Collection (127035)

USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 625.00
1322 Walt Disney Stock Certificates Plus Bonus (10) (126961)

1990's-2000

 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 593.75
1095 Mariposa Land & Mining Company of California Common Stock Certificate (123668)

1880

 USD 250.00 - 500.00 593.75
1381 American Express Company stock certificate, signed by William Fargo, John Butterfield, and Holland

1856

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 593.75
1062 Rare Jupiter Mining Company, Bodie Stock signed by A. J. Ralston (123520)

1879

 USD 600.00 - 1,500.00 562.50
1665 De Forest Wireless Telegraph Co. Stock Signed by De Forest Plus Extra (126415)

1904-1923

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 562.50
1392 Spencer Arms Company Stock Certificate (123506)

USD 200.00 - 600.00 531.25
1547 Playboy Enterprises Stock Certificate Collection Plus Extra (126361)

1971-1990

 USD 150.00 - 300.00 531.25
1516 North American Land Co. Stock w/ Autograph of a Signer of the Declaration of Independence (109148)

1795

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 531.25
1017 Belle Union Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock, Arizona -Very Early (123654)

1864

 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 500.00
1424 Bridge Stock Collection, 1880s (9) (127039)

USD 240.00 - 400.00 500.00
1079 Gladstone Mining Co. Stock, 1879, Britton & Rey Litho (127093)

1879

 USD 300.00 - 700.00 500.00
1504 Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Stock Certificate Group incl. Fitch Signature (126402)

1923-1978

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 468.75
1519 Certificate of Stock in the Town of Swartwout (127049)

USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 468.75
1090 Garibaldi Mining Company Stock Certificate, G. T. Brown (123665)

1876

 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 468.75
1699 Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Stock & Bond Collection (126408)

1900-1928

 USD 200.00 - 500.00 468.75
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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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