Holabird Western Americana Collections: Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 5, 111578, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 04, 2025 - November 04, 2025
Page Size: 283 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5000

Grizzly Hill Tunnel Stereoview from C.P.R.R. Series (CA) [145738]

USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 68.75
5001

Stereoview of Central Pacific RR Engine at American River Forks, California [145715]

USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 68.75
5002

Los Angeles Railway Passes (24) [201664]

USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 137.50
5003

Double Marked Southern Pacific Pick [181764]

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
5004

Union Pacific System Guide to California, 1930 [201355]

1930 USD 110.00 - 150.00 USD 68.75
5005

Views of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad [204324]

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 150.00
5006

Denver & Rio Grande Illustrated Viewbook, c. late 1800s [201293]

1800s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
5007

Overland Stage Letterhead, Denver, Colorado Territory, 1865 to Ft. Bridger Post Trader [202735]

1865 to Ft. Bridger Post Trader USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
5008

Rocky Mountain Scenery Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 1888 [203966]

1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
5009

Three Different Colorado Railroad Promotional Guides [201352]

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 87.50
5010

Colorado Railroad Ephemera Collection [201353]

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 68.75
5011

New London & Long Island Steamboat Company Pass 1891 [134689]

1891 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 62.50
5012

North Western Stage Company Letterhead Pair, Boise City, Idaho Territory, 1870s [200897]

1870s USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 175.00
5013

By-Laws of the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad Company, 1858 [200918]

1858 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
5014

Three Different Chicago Railroad Timetables [201374]

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
5015

Boston & Gloucester Steamboat Co. Annual Pass 1892 [134736]

1892 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 62.50
5016

Boston Related Steamboat Passes (3) 1892 [130497]

1892 USD 160.00 - 500.00 USD 100.00
5017

Hand Pump Rail Car Mounted Photograph, St. Paul, Minnesota [201666]

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
5018

Montana & Dakota Territory River Steamer Ephemera [195362]

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 593.75
5019

Missouri River Packet Line Billhead for Steamer Colorado, 1864 [205047]

1864 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 225.00
5021

Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Time Tables [201354]

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 162.50
5022

Carson & Colorado Railroad Annual Pass 1886 [201484]

1886 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
5023

Carson & Colorado Railway Annual Pass, 1892 [201485]

1892 USD 800.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
5024

Carson & Colorado Railway Annual Pass, 1894 [201483]

1894 USD 800.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
5025

Britton, Rey & Co. Billhead for the Printing of Virginia & Truckee Railroad Passes, 1878 [201487]

1878 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.