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
1108

Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks to Mining Stock Brokers

Virginia City 1863-64 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
1109

Territorial Comstock Mining Check Pair to Vance Daguerrean Room Business (Photo Studio)

Virginia City, Nevada 1864 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 43.75
1110

Virginia City, Nevada Mining Check Issued to Prominent Gold Hill Religious Figure

Virginia City, Nevada 1865 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
1111

Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks issued to City & County Officials

Virginia City, Nevada 1864-71 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 25.00
1112

Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks to Lawyers

Virginia City, Nevada 1871-1883 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
1113

Virginia City, Nevada Territory Mining Checks to Grocers & Liquor Merchants

Virginia City, Nevada 1864 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1114

Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks Issued to Merchants

Virginia City, Nevada 1864-84 USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 93.75
1115

Virginia City, Nevada Mining Checks Issued to Mine Superintendents

Virginia City, Nevada 1863-1883 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1116

Virginia City, Nevada Territory Checks Issued to Police Officer & Fireman

Virginia City, Nevada 1863-64 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
1117

Two Virginia City, Nevada Territory Checks Issued to Gould & Curry Mill Assayers

Virginia City, Nevada 1864 USD 60.00 - 120.00 USD 37.50
1118

Gould & Curry Mining Co. Territorial Mill Assay Check Collection

Virginia City, Nevada 1864 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1119

Comstock Check Collection with Nevada Revenue Stamps (RN & Adhesive)

Virginia City, Nevada 1866-72 USD 250.00 - 400.00 USD 156.25
1120

Comstock Mining Check Archive (Territorial to 1870s) (39)

Virginia City, Nevada 1864-1871 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
1121

Gould & Curry Mine on Three Different Bank Checks

Virginia City, Nevada 1864-66 USD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
1122

Gould & Curry Mining Check Collection: 1860s, Louis Janin Supt.

Virginia City, Nevada 1865 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1123

Gould & Curry Mining Check Group for Resale (Three Types, Ten Each)

Virginia City, Nevada 1865-71 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1124

Gould & Curry Mining Checks with RN-B & Printed Green NV Stamps (30)

Virginia City, Nevada 1869 USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
1125

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Check Collection, RN-C, 50

Virginia City, Nevada 1871 USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
1126

Gould & Curry Mining Check Resale Group (3 Types incl. Imprinted Revenue)

Virginia City, Nevada 1865-71 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
1127

Gould & Curry Mining Revenue Check Pair Issued to the Same Miner

Virginia City, Nevada 1870-72 USD 70.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
1128

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Collection (5 Different Superintendents)

Virginia City, Nevada 1864-71 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 125.00
1129

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Collection Signed by CC Batterman (10)

Virginia City, Nevada 1871 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
1130

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Group from the 1860s (Janin, Bonner supts.) (10)

Virginia City, Nevada 1865-66 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
1131

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Check Group, Bank of California, 1860s (50)

Virginia City, Nevada 1866 USD 600.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
1132

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Co. Check Collection (Three Different Styles, 15 checks)

Virginia City, Nevada 1865-1871 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
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    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.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    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.