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Holabird Western Americana Collections: "Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale!

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Auction Name "Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale! Total Sales (USD) 123,940.00
Auction Date December 01, 2025 - December 01, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 102,350.00
Sale Number #112492 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 659,385.00
Total Lots 845
Sold Lots 720.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 120,242.00
% of Lots Sold 85.21% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 741,798.00
Unsold Lots 125 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 16.71%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1089

Tuolumne County Water Company Stocks 1852 About 150 [206447]

 1852 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,125.00
1541

Standard Oil Company Stock Certificate Signed by John D. Rockefeller, 1875 [206674]

 1875 USD 3,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 2,750.00
1673

Yosemite Valley Railroad $100 Bonds About 150 [206708]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,625.00
1087

Tuolumne County Water Co. Stocks, 1850-60s (160) [205880]

 1850-60s USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,750.00
1088

Tuolumne County Water Co. Stocks, 1850s (160) [205879]

 1850s USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,750.00
1672

Yosemite Short Line Railway Company Bond c.1945 (60+) [206347]

 c.1945 (60+) USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,625.00
1397

The Comstock Tunnel Company Bonds (200) [205963]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,312.50
1475

Homestake Mining Company Stock Certificate, First Issue, Signed by Tevis & Haggin [206669]

 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,187.50
1195

Allied Mines Stocks 1881 (38) [206437]

 1881 USD 200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,125.00
1395

Sutro Tunnel Company Stock Signed by Adolph Sutro, 1868 [205388]

 1868 USD 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,125.00
1164

Isabella Mining Co. Stock Box Lot, Cripple Creek [206592]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
1189

Leadville Mining Stock Collection Plus RARE Leadville Cemetery Stock [205314]

 USD 500.00 - 1,700.00 USD 1,062.50
1396

The Comstock Tunnel Company Bonds (200) [205919]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
1480

Tornado Cons. Gold & Silver Mining Stocks Signed by Seth Bullock (9) [206661]

 USD 400.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
1561

Oil Stock Box Lot [201994]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,000.00
1238

Quincy Mining Company of Michigan Stocks c. 1840-1865 (69) [206185]

 c.1840-1865 USD 100.00 - 3,000.00 USD 937.50
1027

Magma Copper Company Stocks Box Lot [201983]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 812.50
1162

Cripple Creek Mining Stocks Box Lot: Isabella MC [206594]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 812.50
1163

Cripple Creek, Isabella Stocks [201988]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 812.50
1026

Magma Copper Company Stocks Box Lot [201982]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
1029

Mining Box Lot; Magma Copper Company [206596]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
1197

Rosita Mining Stocks, 2 Companies c.1880s (24) [206439]

 c.1880s USD 200.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
1570

Ford Motor Company Stocks, c1965-1976 (150+) [205488]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 750.00
1641

Claremont University & Ferries Street Railroad Stocks (120) [206109]

 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 750.00
1028

Magma Copper Company Stocks Box Lot [201984]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 687.50
  • <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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