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Holabird Western Americana Collections

Auction Info

Auction Name
"Americana Sunset" Timed Auction: Holabird's Final Sale! Day 3
Auction Date
12/03/2025 - 12/03/2025
Sale Number
#112494
Total Lots
494
Sold Lots
386.0
Lots Sold
78.14%
Unsold Lots
108
Total Sales (USD)
27,231.20
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
43,370.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
80,795.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
61,570.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
115,235.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
23.63%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
3376

Thos. Taylor & Co. Whiskey Ephemera, Virginia City, Nevada [206516]

 1870s-90s USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 1,437.50
3222

Virginia City Farriers Forge Wall c. 1910 with Blacksmith Shop Tools [206450]

 c.1910 USD 700.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
3037

Tahoe Tattler Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 14, 1881 (Lake Tahoe, California) [198159]

 1881 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
3139

Great Variety of California Fruit Can Labels, 25 lbs. [166716]

 N/A USD 400.00 - 1,000.00 USD 750.00
3348

Occidental Hotel, Bodie, California Letterhead, 1912 (Tie to Bodie Seltzer Bottle) [206511]

 1912 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 625.00
3156

Honolulu Newspaper, 1868 [203614]

 1868 USD 80.00 - 150.00 USD 437.50
3023

W.C. Fields Signed Photos [203675]

 1941 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 437.50
3616

Stephen Foster Sheet Music, c1852-57 (9) [187268]

 1852-57 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 406.25
3086

Mid-Winter Fair Guide Map - 1894 RARE! [205287]

 1894 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 406.25
3112

Big Trees of California! Southern Pacific Tourist pamphlet, RPPC Plus! [205440]

 N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
3016

Cowboy Movie Stars Photographs, Signatures and More - 3 Albums [205077]

 N/A USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 343.75
3036

Tahoe Tattler Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 10, 1881 (Lake Tahoe, California) [198160]

 1881 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
3397

Crown Point Cigar Box Label, Mint Condition [207155]

 N/A USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 343.75
3636

Dress Styles of the 1880s-1890s in Four Cabinet Card Photos [202907]

 1880s-1890s USD 70.00 - 100.00 USD 312.50
3263

Pennsylvania (mostly) Ephemera-Political/Legal/Personal c1850-1900 [205759]

 N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
3663

Magical Mystery Mishmash Ephemera Lot! [205480]

 N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
3148

Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 [199533]

 1871 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
3509

Historical Prophylactics Collection, c1920-1950 [207237]

 N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
3092

Panama Pacific International Exhibition Certificates / Broadsides [198124]

 c.1915 USD 500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 250.00
3392

Jacob Hoffmann Brewery Advertising Posters (13) [207176]

 N/A USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 250.00
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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.