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

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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 Author Name 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
  • <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.
  • <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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