Holabird Western Americana Collections: "Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction - Day 2, 110701, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 20, 2025 - September 20, 2025
Page Size: 461 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2052

Ferry Ticket Book, Samoa Peninsula, CA

Eureka, California USD 60.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
2053

Starts Mfg. Pictorial Sternwheeler Letterhead, 1959

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 18.75
2054

Northern Pacific Express Company Annual Frank Pass, 1896

1896 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
2055

Pacific Express Company Passes & Shipping Receipt

1891-1906 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
2056

United States Express Company Frank Annual Passes, 1912-14

1912-14 USD 100.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2057

Globe Express Company Frank Annual Pass, 1915

Colorado 1915 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 593.75
2058

Southern Express Company Annual Frank Passes, 1915-17

1915-17 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 62.50
2059

Southern Express Company Railway Receipt, 1893

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
2060

Wells Fargo Cover to Dutch Flat Bankers W&P Nicholls, 1866, Plus Receipt

Dutch Flat , California 1866 USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 18.75
2061

Roseburg, Oregon Wells Fargo Cover, 1871

Roseburg, Oregon 1871 USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 43.75
2062

Wells Fargo Cover Group & RPPC

USD 70.00 - 120.00 USD 87.50
2063

Western Union Ephemera Collection, Midwest etc., 11

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
2064

Original Western Union Telegraph Insulator Mount

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 50.00
2065

California Western Union Telegraph Collection, 7

California USD 140.00 - 200.00 USD 25.00
2066

Overland Stage Line Pictorial Receipt, 1860s, Ben Holladay

1860s USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 150.00
2068

Puget Sound & Alaska Viewbook, 1925

Alaska USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 43.75
2069

Arizona History Books (4)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
2070

Central Arizona Ghost Towns by Spude & Paher

Arizona USD 100.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
2071

Arizona Photographs & Postcard

Arizona USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 18.75
2072

Fred Harvey Arizona and Railroad Archive

Arizona USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 343.75
2073

Antique Map of Arizona Territory, George F. Cram, 1899

Arizona 1899 USD 60.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
2074

c1888 Horse-drawn Hearse Photograph, Arizona

Arizona c1888 USD 50.00 - 70.00 USD 106.25
2075

Arizona Highway & Collector's Edition Turquoise Annual

Arizona c1976 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
2076

Two California Trade Cards

Alameda, California USD 40.00 - 60.00 USD 12.50
2077

Rare CDVs from an Unlisted Bishop Creek, CA Photographer

Bishop Creek, California c.1878-80 USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 18.75
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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.
  • 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.