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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 1

Auction Reports

Auction Name	Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 1	Total Sales (USD)	112,655.00
Auction Date	October 31, 2025 - October 31, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	110,680.00
Sale Number	#111574	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	192,665.00
Total Lots	632
Sold Lots	502.0	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	143,090.00
% of Lots Sold	79.43%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	245,625.00
Unsold Lots	130	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	45.87%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1050	Hill & Hood Mining Company Stock Certificate, Bodie, CA, 1880 [195357]	1880	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 4,375.00
1005	Keystone Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate, Klondike Gold Rush, 1897 [204623]	1897	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 3,000.00
1302	Bullion Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by John W. Mackay, 1868 [195880]	1868	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,687.50
1002	Polar Bear Mining Company Stock Certificate, 1908 [204772]	1908	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 1,625.00
1303	Bullion Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by John W. Mackay, 1869 [204766]	1869	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,562.50
1307	Challenge Consolidated Mining Company Stock Certificate, Gold Hill, NV 1879 [195904]	1879	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 1,562.50
1490	Five Generations of Homestake Mining Company Stocks, 1878-1936 [201892]	1878-1936	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 1,437.50
1018	Cerro-Colorado Mill & Mining Company Stock Certificate Plus Heintzelman CDV [204913]		USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,312.50
1491	George Hearst/Homestake Mines Stock Group (Bullock, Tevis, Haggin) [203719]		USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,187.50
1536	Silverton, Gladstone & Northerly Railroad Company Stock Certificate, 1904 [201783]	1904	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,062.50
1189	Colorado Mining Stocks and Bond [204937]		USD 1,000.00 - 1,400.00	USD 1,000.00
1481	Three Different South Dakota Mining Stocks Signed by Seth Bullock [201472]		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 875.00
1479	Ruby Bell Gold & Silver Mining Stock Pair, One Signed by Seth Bullock [201477]		USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 750.00
1241	Des Mines de Cuivre / Copper-Mine Company Stock, 1858, Possibly Michigan [205221]	1858	USD 120.00 - 200.00	USD 687.50
1064	Consolidated Garibaldi & Belvidere GSC Mining Co. Stock Certificate, 1863 [204209]	1863	USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 625.00
1130	Monitor & Northwestern Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Silver Mountain, CA 1872 [195884]	1872	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 625.00
1158	Pirate Gold Mining Company Stock Certificate, Cripple Creek, 1896 [204199]	1896	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 625.00
1244	Three Different Michigan Mining Stock Certificates [205232]		USD 150.00 - 450.00	USD 625.00
1388	Big Bonanza Mining Stock Pair: Con. Virginia and California Mining Companies, 1879 [195910]	1879	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 625.00
1480	Tornado Consolidated Gold & Silver Mining & Milling Stock #13 Signed by Seth Bullock [200327]		USD 150.00 - 300.00	USD 625.00
1580	Major Automobile Stock Collection [204933]		USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
1047	Bodie Bluff Consolidated Mining Co. Stock Certificate Signed by Leland Stanford [197612]		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 593.75
1493	South Dakota Mining Stocks [205295]		USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
1017	Arizona Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate, Cerro-Colorado, 1879 [204917]	1879	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 562.50
1039	Two Different 1880s Arizona Mining Stock Certificates: Pima & Pinal Counties [204514]	1880s	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 562.50

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.