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

Auction Reports

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

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.
ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.

ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.

ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
Chiswick Auctions
Books & Works on Paper
12th March 2026

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Churchill: The World in Crisis. Inscribed in 4 vols. 1923-31. £18,000 - £22,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Inscribed. £6,000 to £8,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Ponting. Polar Photographs (2) 1910-11. £3,000 - £4,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Gray [Artist.] India. Album 40 original drawings. 1858 - 1862. £2,000 - £3,000.

Chiswick, Mar. 12: Lane’s Celestial Globe, 1811. £600 - £800.