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

Auction Reports

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	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

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.