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Holabird Western Americana Collections: Spring Americana Auction - Session 2: Mining Part II

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Auction Name Spring Americana Auction - Session 2: Mining Part II Total Sales (USD) 99,433.00
Auction Date May 17, 2019 - May 17, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 133,150.00
Sale Number #58583 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 265,040.00
Total Lots 825
Sold Lots 605 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 174,100.00
% of Lots Sold 73.33% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 337,960.00
Unsold Lots 220 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 29.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2268

Bill Young Mining Company Stock Certificate (91560)

1888 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 2,562.00
2273

Bear Creek Mining Company Stock Certificate (91617)

1881 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 1,812.50
2222

Leadville Mining & Stock Exchange Association Stock Signed by Tabor (91591)

1881 USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,687.50
2270

La Plata Mining Company Stock Certificate (91732)

1880 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 1,312.50
2191

La Plata Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate (91625)

1881 USD 120.00 - 150.00 USD 1,125.00
2460

Bullion Mining Company Stock Certificate Signed by John Mackay (100726)

1868 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
2259

The Pueblo Mining Stock Exchange Stock Certificate (91852)

1892 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 812.50
2538

Tenabo Mill & Mining Co. Stock Certificate Signed by S. Wenban (91544)

1896 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
2479

Baton Rouge G & S Mining Co. Stock (91915)

1862 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 750.00
2423

Virginia Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock Certificate--Number 1 (100981)

1864 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
2521

Mayflower Gold and Silver MIning Company Stock - VERY EARLY (82028)

1861 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 625.00
2486

Bajazet & Golden Era Cons. Gold & Silver Mining Co. Stock (100928)

1864 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 593.75
2164

Kenyon Mining Company Stock Certificate (91761)

1864 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 562.50
2245

Mount Sneffles Terrible Mining Co. Stock Certificate (91738)

1888 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 562.50
2438

Bright and Colorful Capitol Gold and Silver MIning Company Stock (91892)

1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
2116

Sunflower Gold Mining Company (104778)

1897 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
2106

McKinley-Hobart GMC (104777)

1897 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
2440

Buckeye Gold and Silver MIning Company Stock (91898)

1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2441

Comet Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock (91894)

1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2444

Rey del Monte Mining Company Stock (91897)

1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2448

Fusiyama Gold & Silver Mining Company Stock (91929)

1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2449

Hemmingford French Canadian Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock (91928)

1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2457

Bowen Owen Gold & Silver MIning Company Stock - NUMBER 1 to BOWEN (91926)

1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2466

Keystone and Arrington Consolidated Gold and Silver Mining Company Stock (91920)

1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
2468

Montreal Silver Mining Company Stock - Signed by Yerington (91924)

1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
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    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
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    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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