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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Collector's Jackpot Timed Auction - Day 2

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Collector's Jackpot Timed Auction - Day 2	Total Sales (USD)	20,385.00
Auction Date	July 13, 2025 - July 13, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	18,560.00
Sale Number	#109177	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	39,100.00
Total Lots	239
Sold Lots	226.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	20,440.00
% of Lots Sold	94.56%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	42,500.00
Unsold Lots	13	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	47.97%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
2126	Bank of California, Virginia City, Nevada Check Collection	1864-1883	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 937.50
2213	Confederate Currency Group (5)	N/A	USD 120.00 - 150.00	USD 507.81
2159	Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Check Issued to Assayer Conrad Wiegand	1870	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 468.75
2214	Confederate Fifty Dollar Note T-66	N/A	USD 70.00 - 120.00	USD 429.69
2117	Krause & Reese Pioneer Assay Office Memorandum, Aurora, Nevada Territory, 1862	1862	USD 500.00 - 1,000.00	USD 390.63
2229	Canadian Currency Collection (16)	N/A	USD 60.00 - 100.00	USD 390.63
2141	James G. Fair Autographed Check Pair, Virginia City, Nevada	1874	USD 100.00 - 120.00	USD 312.50
2201	Michigan Mining Scrip (2)	N/A	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 296.88
2157	Gould & Curry Mining Check Issued to Assayer E. Ruhling & Co.	1870	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 281.25
2131	Virginia City, Nevada Mining RN checks to Comstock Merchants (3)	1871-78	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 265.63
2232	Cuba 1869 Uncut Sheet Cincuenta Centavos Scrip Notes	N/A	USD 70.00 - 100.00	USD 265.63
2155	Gould & Curry Mining Check Issued to Assayer Harvey Harris	1870	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 250.00
2218	Colorized Two Dollar Bills (25)	N/A	USD 100.00 - 300.00	USD 240.00
2158	Gould & Curry Mining Co. Nevada Territory Check to Assayer Conrad Wiegand	1864	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 234.38
2161	Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks Issued to Gillig, Mott & Co. (Grant Lanterns)	1866-71	USD 50.00 - 100.00	USD 218.75
2150	Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks Issued to Superintendents	1864-83	USD 80.00 - 120.00	USD 203.13
2248	Pacific Island Currency (5)	N/A	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 203.13
2124	Super Early 1861 Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Check	1861	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 187.50
2221	U. S. Currency Star Note Collection (7)	N/A	USD 80.00 - 200.00	USD 187.50
2231	Chinese Bank Note Collection (56)	N/A	USD 150.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
2250	Crisp Uncirculated 1947 Russian Currency (9)	1947	USD 150.00 - 400.00	USD 180.00
2134	Virginia City, Nevada Territory Check to AP Crittenden (Lawyer/Politician)	1864	USD 50.00 - 80.00	USD 171.88
2149	Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks Issued to Mine Superintendents	1864-1884	USD 70.00 - 100.00	USD 171.88
2205	North Carolina Bank Notes (2)	N/A	USD 60.00 - 100.00	USD 171.88
2224	Currency/Scrip Grab Bag (5)	N/A	USD 80.00 - 160.00	USD 171.88

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.