Holabird Western Americana Collections: Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 2, 111575, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 01, 2025 - November 01, 2025
Page Size: 256 items in 11 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2341

Memorandum of Bullion, Tables of Value San Francisco Assaying and Refining Works,1867 [194253]

1867 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
2342

San Francisco Assay and Refining Works Gold and Silver Tables, 1867 [194255]

1867 USD 600.00 - 1,500.00 USD 375.00
2343

The Western Engineer (Mining Steam Engines & Boilers), John H. Godbold, 1890 [202323]

1890 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
2344

1893 California Powder Works Hercules Powder Mining Dynamite Booklet [201132]

1893 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
2345

Atlas Powder Company Original Artwork [201657]

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
2346

San Joaquin County, Cal. Auditor Statement of Foreign Miner's Licenses 1864 [205141]

1864 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2348

Accounting Ledgers Of William Macquire, California Hydraulic Mine Operator [202972]

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
2349

Gold Mining & Mine Debris Issues in California Library [202385]

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 375.00
2350

California Mines and Minerals, 1899, California Miners' Association [202548]

1899 USD 150.00 - 180.00 USD 118.75
2351

Minutes of the CA Miners Association, 1900-1906 (6) [203911]

1900-1906 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 225.00
2352

Mining Magazine, William J. Tenney, 1855, Gold Rush [204821]

1855 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 250.00
2353

Eldorado Adventures In The Path of An Empire [200736]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
2354

Recollections of California Mining Life, Henry DeGroot, 1884 [202324]

1884 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 312.50
2355

California State Mineralogist's Reports (4), 1885-1894 [202934]

1885-1894 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 110.00
2356

Key California Mining References from the Fred Holabird Collection (5) [204790]

USD 160.00 - 240.00 USD 87.50
2357

Two Mining Machinery Catalogs: Straub Mfg. Co. and Joshua Hendy Machine Works [202308]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
2358

Motherlode Mine Archive [202772]

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
2360

California Gold Country Mining Themed Trade Cards (8) [205142]

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 343.75
2361

Grab Bag Mining Ephemera (Mostly California) [203919]

USD 260.00 - 400.00 USD 100.00
2362

Atlas of the Geology of the Aspen District, 1898 [204313]

1898 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
2363

Atlas of the Geology of the Aspen District, 1898 [204317]

1898 USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
2364

Mining Claim Discovery Form, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 1866 [201661]

1866 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
2365

Federal Union Gold Mining Co. Booklet, 1866 [201076]

1866 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
2366

Hug Water Wheel Company Catalog (Rare Mining Waterwheels), 1906 [200926]

1906 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 137.50
2367

Antique Mining Reference Books Pair [202869]

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 106.25
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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