Holabird Western Americana Collections: "Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction - Day 2, 110701, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Page Size: 461 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2001

Postcard - Art Smith, Pilot, c1916-17

1916-17 USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 18.75
2002

Western Greyhound Bus Line Brochures & Promo, 1930s

California 1930s USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 50.00
2003

Memphis, Dallas & Gulf Railroad Company Annual Pass

Arkansas 1916 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 56.25
2004

Oakland Traction, Trolley Talk, Issue #1, Rare

Oakland, California USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 12.50
2005

Southern Pacific Internal Railroad Broadside

San Francisco, California USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 12.50
2006

Baggage Car Engineer Drawing

Sausalito, California USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 18.75
2007

Mechanical Drawing of Locomotive

Sausalito, California USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 18.75
2008

Mechanical Drawing of Narrow Gauge Locomotive

Sausalito, California USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 25.00
2009

Weaverville & Shasta Toll Road Tickets

Weaverville, California 1890's USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 37.50
2010

Weaverville & Shasta Toll Road Tickets

Weaverville, California 1890's USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 31.25
2011

Weaverville & Shasta Toll Road Tickets

Weaverville, California 1890's USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 37.50
2012

Weaverville & Shasta Toll Road Tickets

Weaverville, California 1890's USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 37.50
2013

Weaverville & Shasta Toll Road Tickets

Weaverville, California USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 50.00
2014

Redwood Railways by Gilbert H. Kneiss, Hardcover, 1960

California 1960 USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 31.25
2015

San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railway Ephemera & Map

California 1898 USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 62.50
2016

Cripple Creek Midland Terminal Railway Brochure

Cripple Creek, Colorado c.1920s-30s USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 56.25
2017

Rails Around Gold Hill, Morris Cafky, Signed Limited Edition (Cripple Creek Railroad)

Cripple Creek, Colorado 1955 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
2018

Cripple Creek Railroad Postcards

Cripple Creek, Colorado USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 56.25
2019

Denver & Rio Grande Ephemera

Denver, Colorado 1924 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
2020

Denver & Rio Grande RR Timetables (5)

Denver, Colorado USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
2021

Rio Grande Commemorative Trip Ephemera

Colorado 1978 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 68.75
2022

Colorado One Day Excursion Timetables, Colorado and Southern Railway

Colorado 1920s USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 43.75
2023

Colorado Railroad Postcard Collection (26)

Colorado USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 12.50
2024

Chicago & North Western Railway Annual Passes (21)

Chicago, Illinois 1920s-1960s USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 25.00
2025

Michigan Southern Railroad Pass for Victim of 1871 Chicago Fire

Chicago, Illinois 1871 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,312.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.