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Holabird Western Americana Collections: "Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale! Day 2

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Auction Name "Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale! Day 2 Total Sales (USD) 168,696.25
Auction Date December 02, 2025 - December 02, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 115,470.00
Sale Number #112493 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 798,105.00
Total Lots 850
Sold Lots 692.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 138,140.00
% of Lots Sold 81.41% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 917,075.00
Unsold Lots 158 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 18.40%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2497

State of Louisiana $5 Municipal Bonds 1886 About 450 [205899]

 1886 USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 4,125.00
2652

North American Land Company Stock Signed by Founding Father Robert Morris, Uncancelled [206920]

 1795 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,375.00
2653

North American Land Company Stock Signed by Founding Father Robert Morris, Uncancelled [206921]

 1795 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,250.00
2650

North American Land Company Stock Signed by Founding Father Robert Morris, Uncancelled [199266]

 1795 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,875.00
2561

Edison Portland Cement Co. Stock Signed Three Times by Thomas Edison [206914]

 1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,500.00
2119

Christopher & Tenth Street Railroad Co. Stocks c. 1900-1920 (193) [205750]

 c.1900-1920 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
2657

Philadelphia Bonds, c.1850-1875 About 75 [205769]

 c.1850-1875 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,125.00
2556

Edison Manufacturing Company Stock Signed by Thomas Edison [206926]

 1908 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,812.50
2111

Brooklyn And Brighton Beach Railroad Co. Bonds. (33) [206506]

 1896 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,750.00
2175

The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Co. Box of Stocks [204886]

 1881-1902 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
2559

Edison Portland Cement Co. Stock Issued to & Signed Twice by Thomas Edison [206917]

 1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
2563

Edison Portland Cement Company Stock Issued to Thomas Edison, Plus Signed Stub [206915]

 1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,437.50
2288

Houston and Texas Central Railway Company Gold Bonds Signed by Dodge (38) [206095]

 1873 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,312.50
2560

Edison Portland Cement Co. Stock Issued to & Signed Twice by Thomas Edison [206925]

 1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,312.50
2576

Edison Portland Cement Co. Stock Group, 200 pcs [206824]

 USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,312.50
2674

Lead City Bank of Lead City, Dakota Stock Certificate, 1883 [198044]

 1883 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,250.00
2081

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Co. Stocks(125) [206162]

 1887-88 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,187.50
2392

Railroad Box Lot: Southern Railway [206690]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,125.00
2495

Bank of Kentucky Stocks c.1840s About 160 [205746]

 c.1840s USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,125.00
2425

San Francisco County Bond Group [206711]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
2038

Flint and Pere. Marquette Railroad Company Equipment Bond Certificates (200) [205918]

 C.1880 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,000.00
2567

Edison Storage Battery Co. Stock Signed by Thomas Edison, Transferred to His Wife [206912]

 1903 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,000.00
2568

Pair of Stocks Signed by Thomas Edison and His Son Charles Edison (Plus Bonus) [206913]

 1899-1918 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,000.00
2577

Edison Portland Cement Co. Stock Group, 200 pcs [206825]

 USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
2217

Harrisburg Railways, 5 different varieties, ~1,500 stocks [206696]

 USD 100.00 - 2,000.00 USD 937.50
  • <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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