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Holabird Western Americana Collections: April Live Auction

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Auction Name April Live Auction Total Sales (USD) 42,798.75
Auction Date April 07, 2024 - April 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 42,790.00
Sale Number #98095 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 92,285.00
Total Lots 255
Sold Lots 145.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 105,245.00
% of Lots Sold 56.86% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 223,375.00
Unsold Lots 110 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 19.16%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2460

Spy Craft OSS (Strategic Service) Hardware & Library [164094]

 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,750.00
2307

SoCal Auto Club Porcelain Sign [179011]

 USD 300.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,437.50
2289

Frazee/Bard Sign BoSox Stock Cert 1917 [176380]

 1917 USD 2,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 1,250.00
2408 William Penn

William Penn Land Grant 1715 [159933]

 1715 USD 5,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 1,250.00
2258

Starlets of the Silent Era (36) [178557]

 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 1,187.50
2476

Cowboy w/Colt Rifle C.H. Wells Photographer c1880s [178173]

 c1880s USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,125.00
2221

Music of the Gold Rush Era & San Francisco Songster 1849-1939, Rare [173760]

 1849-1939 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
2174

Glenmore Distilleries KY Advertising Fine Art Print [179128]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
2305

Indian Motorcycle Notebook 1925 and RPCs [178165]

 1925 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 687.50
2238

Film Actress Postcards [178655]

 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 593.75
2338

Benton Line, Dakota Territory, Steamer Receipt, 1877 [177568]

 1877 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 593.75
2407 Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr Signature on 1833 Check- Very Rare! [179062]

 1833 USD 800.00 - 2,000.00 USD 562.50
2193

Risque Tobacco Cards (19) [178822]

 USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 531.25
2237

Favorite Negro Spirituals by Hampton Institute Quartet [179198]

 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 531.25
2534

Early California Land Patents (8) [176908]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
2052

Lon Megargee A-1 Brewing Advertising Prints (4) [179127]

 USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2203

Frazier Saddlery Catalog, No. 15, c. 1914 [178887]

 c.1914 USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 USD 500.00
2219

Buffalo Bill Real Photo Postcard (Autographed) c1905 [173796]

 c1905 USD 800.00 - 1,500.00 USD 500.00
2247 Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell Signature & Photos 1911 [172503]

 1911 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 500.00
2546

Harry Morse Detective Agency Booklet & Business Cards [178826]

 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 500.00
2205

Complaint for Murder of CP Townsend, 1864 [178848]

 1864 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 437.50
2208

Montana Vigilante Ephemera [175011]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
2226

Lillian Russell Cabinet Cards (5) 1800s-1900s [173344]

 1800s-1900s USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
2416 Robert Morris

Robert Morris Signed Document 1795 [178972]

 1795 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 437.50
2529

Safford, Hudson & Co. Bound Receipt Ledger [176414]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
  • <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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  • <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.