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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Western Americana Auction - session 1

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Auction Name Western Americana Auction - session 1 Total Sales (USD) 63,650.00
Auction Date April 21, 2022 - April 21, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 97,150.00
Sale Number #81361 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 177,360.00
Total Lots 441
Sold Lots 342 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 127,970.00
% of Lots Sold 77.55% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 238,310.00
Unsold Lots 99 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 26.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1286

Dr. Seuss 1st edition Books Plus (4) [141068]

 1940 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,250.00
1338

Ruby Valley Cover from Fort Ruby Commander - TERRITORIAL! [130885]

 1865 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 937.50
1289

Illustrated Story Books [146598]

 1920s-40s USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
1320

Pine Station Postmark R-10 [143486]

 October 21, 1887 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
1260

Atlases of the World Lot of 7 [146418]

 1870s-1930s USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 812.50
1311

Summit Cover - Only One Known-Unique! [130876]

 1908 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 812.50
1521

Africa Postcards (300+) with RPCs [142623]

 USD 500.00 - 900.00 USD 812.50
1249

Texas Panhandle Plains Historical Books (38) [146907]

 1928-1988 USD 400.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
1474

Hawaii Pioneer Postcards from Island Curio Company (119) [134873]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
1505

Vintage Advertising Postcards (500+) [142624]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
1523

Mexican Revolution Photo Postcards (25+ RPCs) [143848]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
1176

Pacific Coast Business Directory [144929]

 1871-1873 USD 300.00 - 800.00 USD 687.50
1390

Long Beach Earthquake Photo Postcards (Approx 150 RPCs) [147508]

 1933 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
1501

Holiday Postcard Bonanza (Over 2000) [142574]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
1508

Dogs Postcards (1000+) [145150]

 1904- USD 400.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
1471

Hawaii Pioneer Fish Postcards (64 Private Mailing Cards) [127183]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 593.75
1510

Horses & Horse Racing Postcards (900+) [142620]

 USD 900.00 - 1,800.00 USD 562.50
1480

Hawaiian Hand Colored RPC Collection (140) [143250]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
1516

Indian Motorcycle RPCs (18) [141099]

 1901 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 531.25
1306

Montana Postal Cover History Collection (115) [146966]

 USD 700.00 - 1,500.00 USD 500.00
1341

Manuscript Rarity-9 Diamond, Nevada Cover [130853]

 1878 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
1520

Aviation Archive-Over 1000 Postcards [142578]

 USD 800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 500.00
1333

Peavine & Cloverdale Rarity-10 Nye Co. Postmarks on One Postal [144116]

 1892 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
1492

Frank Patterson/Redwood Hwy Photo Postcards (380 RPCs) [143877]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 468.75
1328

Bristol: 1 of 3 Known First Period [144133]

 1885 USD 140.00 - 280.00 USD 437.50
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
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