Auction Reports

Holabird Western Americana Collections

Auction Info

Auction Name
"Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale! Day 4
Auction Date
12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
Sale Number
#112495
Total Lots
442
Sold Lots
396.0
Lots Sold
89.59%
Unsold Lots
46
Total Sales (USD)
37,416.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
72,855.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
128,785.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
85,355.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
153,015.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
24.45%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4348

Mt. Lowe Railway Annual Pass, 1895, Signed by Lowe [207338]

 1895 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 1,250.00
4386

Oregonian Railway Co. Pass [205283]

 N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 750.00
4347

Southern Pacific Railroad Tolfree's Eating Houses Annual Pass, 1895 [207343]

 1895 USD 100.00 - 500.00 USD 687.50
4283

Tooele County Mining Districts Claim Records c.1880s-1901. [207145]

 c.1880s-1901. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
4141

Virginia City, Nevada Mining Hardware Billhead Lithographed by GT Brown, 1875 [195498]

 1875 USD 50.00 - 150.00 USD 531.25
4427

Texas Postal History (9) [205931]

 N/A USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 531.25
4412

Wells Fargo Express Ephemera Collection (22 Items) [198111]

 1850s-1910s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 437.50
4147

A Decade in Gould & Curry Mine History Thru Checks (27) [202034]

 1861-71 USD 500.00 - 900.00 USD 406.25
4144

Trench Mill Check to John Mackay from James Fair, Virginia City, 1870 [198128]

 1870 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 375.00
4527

President McKinley Signed Appointment Document [184379]

 N/A USD 1,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 375.00
4140

Comstock Assay Pair: Van Wyck and Adolph Sutro [198156]

 1864 USD 120.00 - 200.00 USD 375.00
4142

Articles of Incorporation & Official Documents for Major Comstock Mines [205015]

 1880s-90s USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 375.00
4349

Nevada County Narrow Guage Group with Brass Luggage Tag. [207069]

 N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
4517

Lincoln Monument Receipt [205542]

 1869 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 312.50
4485

Mystery Postcard Choice Hoard- Ex Prag [204674]

 N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
4568

RARE: Indian Kill Buffalo by Arrow - Stereo view card [203843]

 N/A USD 70.00 - 100.00 USD 312.50
4487

Mystery Postcard Hoard - Ex Prag [204673]

 N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
4489

Mystery Postcard POST WWII Hoard- Ex Prag [204675]

 N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 312.50
4254

Virginia City, Nevada Territory Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Collection (100) [201895]

 1863-64 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 281.25
4279

Original Utah Mining Photographs (2) [207144]

 N/A USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 281.25
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  • ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.
    ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
    Open for Bidding 2-17 April
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.