Holabird Western Americana Collections: "Fall Frontier Fortunes" Numismatics & Americana Timed Auction - Day 4, 110703, Reno

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 22, 2025 - September 22, 2025
Page Size: 364 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4374

Early Postcards of the Logging Donkey Engines and Stem Loaders in the West (32)

1907-1914 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 281.25
4375

Button Face Postcard

USD 60.00 - 200.00 USD 12.50
4376

Collection of Misc. Postcards

1848-1956 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 75.00
4377

Early Miscellaneous Fire related Activity Postcards (37)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 100.00
4378

Early Miscellaneous Fire Related Ephemera Postcards (20)

USD 80.00 - 160.00 USD 62.50
4379

U.S.A Fireboats in Action Postcards (26)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
4380

Humorous Postcards Circa 1906-1912 (89)

1906-1912 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 43.75
4381

Misc US Postcards (~40)

USD 20.00 - 50.00 USD 75.00
4382

Philatelic Postcards 1905-60 (8)

1905-60 USD 40.00 - 50.00 USD 12.50
4383

Pinup Real Photo Postcards by Publisher MS (17)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 87.50
4384

Pinup Real Photo Postcards of Bare-Breasted Women by P.C., Paris, Colorized (4)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 68.75
4385

Pinup Real Photo Postcards w/ Bare-Breasted Women (10)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 200.00
4386

Pinup Real Photo Postcards w/ French Bare-Breasted Women (4)

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
4387

Postcards - Valentines, Cameo, c190X-12 (2)

190X-12 USD 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
4388

Rare 1913 Postcard Calendar

1913 USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
4389

Unusual Postcards (4)

USD 20.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
4390

Various U.S. Postcard Folders (6)

USD 70.00 - 120.00 USD 25.00
4391

Very Rare and Unique Postcards (2)

USD 70.00 - 200.00 USD 12.50
4392

Walter Wellman Postcard Group (13)

1910 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.50
4393

Bureau of Engraving and Printing Souvenir Cards (37)

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 50.00
4394

Zeppelin Cover

Germany 1931 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 25.00
4395

US Consulate Cover Pair (Italy and Malta)

USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 37.50
4396

1850s-60s Stamped Covers, Stampless, & Error

USD 70.00 - 100.00 USD 31.25
4397

Specialty Cover Collection

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
4398

US Comm. Covers - Air, Autographs, 1969-72 (8)

1969-72 USD 200.00 - 250.00 USD 12.50
  • 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.