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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 2

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Auction Name Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 74,922.50
Auction Date November 01, 2025 - November 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 64,850.00
Sale Number #111575 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 118,270.00
Total Lots 256
Sold Lots 214.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 86,100.00
% of Lots Sold 83.59% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 161,950.00
Unsold Lots 42 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 46.26%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2172

Captured White Boy w/ Apache Children [203820]

 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 4,000.00
2398

Treadwells New Map of the Comstock Mines, 1876 with Panorama [203989]

 1876 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,875.00
2330

Mammoth City Times Newspapers, 1879-1880, Plus RPPCs [203993]

 1879-1880 USD 450.00 - 600.00 USD 3,375.00
2159

Geronimo Suite - 3 Photos [203828]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,250.00
2169

Custer: Sitting Bull Pass from the 9th Infantry [181555]

 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
2327

Homer Mining News Vol 1. 1881 [200365]

 1881 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 2,000.00
2326

Early Johannesburg Photos, only known. c1895-1897 [200361]

 c1895-1897 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,750.00
2401

Comstock Mining Atlas Pair [204310]

 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,437.50
2405

1860 Chollar Mine Deed, Virginia City, Nevada [204929]

 1860 USD 700.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
2328

Lundy, Mono County Collection [200367]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,312.50
2329

Ore Wagons at Lundy, Cal. Gouache Painting, c1880 [192449]

 1880 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
2163 US - Photos & Letter

Nantaje: Native American Warrior hired by US - Photos & Letter [204505]

 USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
2369

Colorado Directory of Mines, Corbett, 1879 [200913]

 1879 USD 1,000.00 - 1,300.00 USD 1,000.00
2300

Bookends of High Grade Cobaltite Ore, Sunshine Mine, ID [203711]

 USD 200.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
2020 Salvador Dali

Grafter Woodcut by Salvador Dali [193503]

 USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
2391

Carson City Mint Documents for Comstock Mine Deposits [202691]

 USD 100.00 - 250.00 USD 750.00
2404

Storey County Labor Union Seal and Member's Badge w/Ribbon. [205073]

 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
2410

Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Assay Receipt for Conrad Wiegand, 1865 [195896]

 1865 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
2433 Phillip Deidesheimer

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Check Signed by Phillip Deidesheimer [203565]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 687.50
2555

De Re Metallica (On the Nature of Metals) 1912 Hoover Translation of 1556 Agricola Work [202389]

 1912 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
2573

Collection of Mining Engineer, T.A. Rickard (30 Books) [204504]

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 687.50
2009 Arnold Friberg

A Gentlemen's Foursome Signed Prints Limited Edition by Arnold Friberg [201616]

 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
2333

Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co. Checks, Randsburg, CA [204622]

 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 625.00
2541

CC Julian, the Great Swindler, Collection (Stocks, Medal, & More) [205207]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
2411

Best & Belcher Mining Company Check Issued to Assayer Conrad Wiegand, 1878 [201608]

 1878 USD 150.00 - 200.00 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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