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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 3

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Auction Name Fred Holabird's Grande Finale Auction - Day 3 Total Sales (USD) 49,004.50
Auction Date November 02, 2025 - November 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 39,590.00
Sale Number #111576 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 84,700.00
Total Lots 112
Sold Lots 103.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 43,040.00
% of Lots Sold 91.96% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 90,950.00
Unsold Lots 9 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 53.88%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3081

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $10 Note, 1871 [204920]

 1871 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,300.00
3076

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $3 Note, 1871 [204923]

 1871 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,500.00
3074

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $2 Note, 1871 [204924]

 1871 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,375.00
3095

Reno, Nevada Postal Note, 1884 [204515]

 1884 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,875.00
3099

Rhyolite Clearing House Scrip Set: Four Different Denominations [204996]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,500.00
3078

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $5 Note, 1871 [204922]

 1871 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,125.00
3097

Rhyolite Clearing House Certificate, $1, Issued Note, 1907 [204997]

 1907 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,125.00
3080

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $10 Note, c.1870 [204926]

 1870 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
3087

Satirical "Teddy Bear" Note Goldfield, Exploitation Mercantile Company [204774]

 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,125.00
3053

History of Philadelphia Mint Collection [197334]

 USD 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,062.50
3120

Republic of Texas Currency Notes Signed by Lamar [204525]

 USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,062.50
3083

Shawmut & Nevada Mining & Milling Co. Scrip, 5 and 10 Cent [204422]

 USD 500.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,000.00
3010

Fire Engine Panoramic Photograph, Pan Pacific Internal Exposition (PPIE), 1915 [200905]

 1915 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
3084

Shawmut & Nevada Mining & Milling Co. 50 cent Scrip, Fay, Nevada [204925]

 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
3075

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $3 Note, No. 1, 1870 [204520]

 1870 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 812.50
3069

Peoples National Bank, Helena, Montana Certificate of Deposit Plus ABN Vignette [204519]

 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
3104

Virginia City, Nevada Benefit of Insane Asylum Scrip, 1872, Extremely Rare [203563]

 1872 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 687.50
3098

Rhyolite Clearing House Certificate $20 Scrip [204524]

 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 625.00
3355

John J. Ford's Testimony on the Franklin Hoard (1967) [204972]

 1967) USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
3021

Louisiana Purchase Exposition Book [204455]

 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 531.25
3072

R. P. Bateman, Sheridan, Montana Scrip [204375]

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 531.25
3079

Butter Cup Silver Mining Co., Eureka, Nevada, $5 Note, Unissued [204928]

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 500.00
3118

Continental Currency (3) [203629]

 USD 100.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
3093

Red Front Saloon & Bar, Manhattan, Nevada Advertising Note [202746]

 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 437.50
3011

Pan Pacific Exposition PPIE Panoramas of Fire Chief's Convention [200904]

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
  • <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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