Holabird Western Americana Collections: "Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction - Day 1 , 100699, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 19, 2025 - September 19, 2025
Page Size: 710 items in 29 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1000

Canyon Mines Ephemera and Photos

Baxter, California c. 1910s-40s USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 18.75
1001

Bodie Mining Stock Sales in Nevada

Bodie, California 1882-91 USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 31.25
1002

Geology & Ore Deposits of the Bodie Mining District w/ Great Maps

Bodie, California 1986 USD 70.00 - 100.00 USD 31.25
1004

Corlis Andrews Lumber Receipt Letterhead, 1855, Coloma, CA

Coloma, California USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 18.75
1005

Grass Valley Mining Photograph Group

Grass Valley, California USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 37.50
1006

Grass Valley Photographs of Important Mining & Railroad Men

Grass Valley, California USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 25.00
1007

Bullion Receipts Manhattan Mine (12)

Knoxville, California 1906 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 93.75
1008

Ore Concentrator Booklet, Llewellyn Iron Works

Los Angeles, California c.1906 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 12.50
1009

Framed Mining Sketches and Photos Nevada County (7)

Nevada City, California 1800s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 37.50
1010

Nevada County and Placer County Mining Photograph Trio

Nevada County, California USD 240.00 - 400.00 USD 56.25
1011

Nevada County Mining Photograph, Probable Reproduction

Nevada County USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 25.00
1012

Mojave Miners' Union No. 51 Constitution and By-Laws, 1909

Mojave, California 1909 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 18.75
1013

Kaiser Steel Corporation General Catalog

Oakland, California USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 31.25
1014

ASARCO / Selby Smelting Works Catalog, 1925

San Francisco, California 1925 USD 70.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
1015

Rare Mining & Scientific Press Catalog of Technical Publications, c.1910s

San Francisco, California c1910s USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 87.50
1016

Dredge & Hydraulic Mining Ephemera

Stockton, California 1883-1913 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 18.75
1017

California Mine Dredging Reference Pair

California 1910-59 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 12.50
1018

Mining Tanks Catalog from Pacific Tank & Pipe Company

California 1918 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 112.50
1020

California Journal of Mines & Geology Vol. 54, 1958

California 1958 USD 50.00 - 70.00 Not Sold
1021

The Emigrant's Guide to the Gold Mines', 1978 Reprint

California USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1022

Smuggler Gold Mining Company Promotional Material, Boulder County, Colorado

Boulder County, Colorado 1926 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 281.25
1023

Denver Mining Equipment Advertiser

Denver, Colorado USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 25.00
1024

Colorado Mining Postcards incl. Underground Views (18)

Colorado USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 219.60
1025

Early Colorado Mining Town Postcards (23)

Colorado USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 531.25
1026

Site of the Diamond Swindle of 1872, Peter Farquhar

Colorado USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 18.75
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.